WWE cards

These are just two of the WWE cards I'm going to show at Chicago Comic-Con. Obviously I'm a wrestling fan, and pretty much have been all my life so, I thought it would be cool to do a wrestling card featuring some of WWF/WWE legends that older fans could appreciate and something for the younger fans to enjoy.

Though there's been several wrestling companies over the years, WWE has had the longest and strongest run. They were king of the industry in the 80's with stars like Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior etc and crossed into the mainstream media with the Wrestling/rock and roll gimmick when Cyndi Lauper teamed with Wendi Richter at Wrestlemania 1.
Then in the 90's WWE had to fend off much stronger competition when World Championship Wrestling (owned by Ted Turner) was signing former WWF superstars to major contracts and began winning the Monday night ratings war for 80 consecutive weeks.
But the balance of power shifted back to Stamford,CT (home of WWE headquarters) when WCW's younger stars were feeling slighted by being pushed back as the older stars got all of the spotlight. Also WWE developed newer and controversial character's such as Mankind, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and D-Generation X, along with more adult themed storylines. This was considered by fans to be the "Attitude" era.

WWE was finally able to break WCW's streak and in February of 2001, WWE Owner Vince McMahon purchased the bankrupt WCW, bringing over some of the contracted talent from their roster. During that time WWE also started to place more emphasis on their female talent known as the "Divas". No longer were they basic in-ring warriors or just eye candy valets standing ringside they were beautiful and deadly in the ring.
While WWF was on a roll during 1999-2001, soon major changes would come to the company.

In 2001, the World Wildlife Fund sued the World Wrestling Federation for using WWF (a battle that went on since the 80's) and won. The next year WWF became WWE (world wrestling entertainment) and also seperated their two premier wrestling shows Raw and Smackdown into seperate brands with completely different rosters.
This is pretty much the era WWE is in currently while changing to a more family friendly programming as a opposed to the "Attitude" era programs. Among today's stars in WWE are John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge, Chris Jericho and the longest running wrestler in the company The Undertaker.

And while some fans feel that there are other wrestling brands offering better programming currently, the WWE still remains the top in the industry and any wrestler feels privileged to perform in the #1 brand in sports-entertainment.