12 Reasons WWE’s Ruthless Aggression Documentary Is An Absolute Mess
2. Shut The F Up
Thank you, World Wrestling Entertainment, for teaching us the very important and accurate history lesson that is about the time in 2002 when, entirely on his own, with no outside pressure, Vince McMahon changed the name of the WWF to WWE.
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) February 17, 2020
Just breathtaking.#RuthlessAggression pic.twitter.com/4FBUrGqmvs
The most egregious of fabrications - so much so that the above clip went viral within seconds of the show launching on the WWE Network - came as Vince McMahon's so-called creative genius was responsible for the WWE's 2002 name change. Not a lawsuit they lost handily thanks to the relentless breaking of an agreement made years earlier.
The World Wrestling Federation shared initials with the World Wildlife Fund for many years as per a deal in which McMahon wouldn't hammer the "WWF" brand too hard. Until he did, almost immediately after settling the dispute.
2002 was the culmination of a legal battle the company were never going to win (nor did they deserve to) that spoke to the Chairman's stubbornness more than some sort of magic power or foresight.
It's thought that if you tell a lie long enough and loud enough it will eventually become true. This overreach appears to be the most recent case of the winners writing their own history but (and doesn't this sound familiar) over-scripting to a fault. Nobody believed this, and those that even questioned it immediately discovered the truth.