Three letters that you will not hear strung together on any new WWE broadcast are W-W-F. After being the three most important letters in company history, the WWF acronym was buried in 2002 after years of legal battles between Vince McMahon's professional wrestling promotion and the World Wildlife Fund, known as World Wide Fund For Nature outside the US and Canada. When Titan Sports first registered the WWF trademark in 1979, there was little opposition from the Fund. It wasn't until 1993 that the environmentalists filed an injunction in Switzerland that they threatened to take around the world, but the two sides came to an agreement the following year in which the wrestling company would limit its use of the W-W-F initials. McMahon seemingly violated this agreement as the initials were still utilized on his television programming just as they were prior to '94, but the likely catalyst for the Fund's 2001 London court victory came when McMahon registered the wwf.com domain. Vince fought and appealed but eventually submitted to the courts and changed his company's name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002; it has since been renamed just WWE, with the letters no longer being an official acronym.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
