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Originally known as the "WWWF" (World Wide Wrestling Federation) run by Vince McMahon Sr., it eventually became "World Wrestling Federation", taken over by Vince McMahon, Jr. (a one time commentator) and gave birth to the "Grand Daddy of them all", "WrestleMania". The very first of which was in Madison Square Garden, New York City on March 31st, 1985.

"WrestleMania 24" is at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL on Mar. 30, 2008.
Matches scheduled for Wrestlemania 24 are :

WWE Title Match: Randy Orton © vs. HHH vs. John Cena
World Title Match: Edge © vs. The Undertaker
24-Man Battle Royal (Winner gets an immediate ECW Title Shot)
ECW Title Match: Chavo Guerrero © vs. Winner of the 24-Man Battle Royal
Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Chris Jericho vs. MVP vs. John Morrison vs. Carlito vs. CM Punk vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin
Career Threatening Match: Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
The Biggest vs. The Best: The Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather
Raw vs. Smackdown: Umaga vs. Batista
Belfast Brawl: JBL vs. Finlay
BunnyMania – Lumberjill Match: Ashley and Maria vs. Beth Phoenix and Melina

WWE Hall of Fame Class 2008 to be inducted the night before Wrestlemania 24 are : Ric Flair, High Chief Peter Maivia, Rocky Johnson, Jack & Gerald Brisco, Eddie Graham and Gordon Solie.

Traditionally, the winner of the "Royal Rumble" determines which brand's champion the winner would face at "Wrestlemania". In 2003, however, a loophole was created stating that the winner could face either show's world champion, not necessarily the brand he belonged to. The "big 5" pay-per-views were whittled down to 4 when "King of the Ring" was changed to "Bad Blood". The other 4 are "SummerSlam", "Survivor Series", "Royal Rumble" and "WrestleMania".

History was made in March, 2001 when the McMahon family bought their competition, "WCW", which was based in Atlanta. Shortly thereafter, another, albeit smaller, competitor was bought in the form of "ECW", which was based in Philadelphia, which both brands tried (and failed) to "invade" the then "WWF". Things were definitely "shaken up" in the month of June 2005 when the WWE had it's 2nd draft lottery. In this case, one Superstar from Raw and Smackdown switched shows until the final week of June when 2 picks were chosen. The biggest impact was the fact that both WWE Champion John Cena and World Heavyweight Champion Batista switched shows. Here are the respective draft picks in order from first to last.

Raw : John Cena, Kurt Angle, Carlito Caribbean Cool, Big Show and Rob Van Dam.

SmackDown : Chris Benoit, Randy Orton, Muhammad Hassan, Christian and Batista.

On June 11, 2007 another draft will be held, this time for all 3 brands, "Raw", "Smackdown" and "ECW". No telling who will go where, but one thing is certain, things will change and new rivalries and storylines will be introduced.

To this day, the "WWE" is the Microsoft of the wrestling industry having swallowed it's competition and has only to worry about "TNA" and several small time independant companies. Thus far, nothing to keep Vince McMahon up at night. The "WWF" was sued into changing it's name to "WWE" (World Wrestling Entertainment) last year by another "WWF", the "World Wildlife Fund. "WWE" has recently "unleashed" a new breed in the reborn "ECW" which highlights new talent like Elijah Burke, Big Daddy V & C.M. Punk along with "ECW Originals" like Tommy Dreamer and "Balls" Mahoney. "ECW" is currently on Sci-Fi on Tues. at 9 p.m. (Central) and the action is called by Mike Adamle and Tazz