With the introduction of the Titantron entrance screen in 1997, WWF / WWE wrestlers also had entrance videos made that would play along with the their entrance music.

With the exception of WWE SmackDown, all programs during the final three months were reruns.

With this win, Mysterio became the twenty first Triple Crown Champion in WWE history.

With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship in 2002, the winner is also given the option to choose between the world title or the WWE championship.

With American-Franco hostility subsiding, WWE ceased billing the team as being from France and instead promoted them as being haughty French Canadians who carried the flag of Quebec to the ring, with Grenier often singing the Canadian national anthem.

With the release of WWE SmackDown!

With the release of WWE SmackDown vs.

With the release of WWE SmackDown!

With the exception of WWE SmackDown!

With the WWE Brand Extension, the WWE Undisputed Championship and WWE Women's Championship became the only titles allowed to be defended on both the Raw and SmackDown brands, while all other titles were exclusive to a single brand.

With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw brand after the WWE Championship was moved to the SmackDown!

With Shawn Michaels winning the belt, it made him the first Grand Slam Champion in WWE.

With WWE impressed by his in-ring ability, Doug received numerous try-out matches in late 2002 and early 2003 against opponents such as Mark Jindrak, Charlie Haas, Lenny Lane, Val Venis, Nathan Jones, Redd Dogg, Nova, Johnny Jeter, Horshu, Shannon Moore, and Billy Kidman.

* WWE Tough Enough III -- “ Switchback ,” “ Under My Feet ,” “ Stay With Me ( Unlikely ),” “ Frozen ,” “ The Last Firstborn and “ One Good Reason ”

With the closing of the New Haven Coliseum in 2002, the Arena at Harbor Yard became somewhat of a home arena for WWE, as it just away from the company's international headquarters in Stamford.

With Daivari as his manager, the unnamed Singh debuted on WWE television on the 7 April 2006 episode of SmackDown !, attacking The Undertaker and leaving him defenceless during his match with Mark Henry, and thus causing a no-contest ruling.

With the mystery solved, Triple H asks the player's wrestler for a title match at WrestleMania 21 in a Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship.

With this, Miz also became the 25th Triple Crown Champion in WWE history.

With the loss of WWE SmackDown, the final original program of MyNetworkTV, the station de-emphasized any branding involving the network on September 14, 2010, rebranding as TV 33 and using an orange " circle 33 " logo similar in style to that of WSBK's " circle 38 ".

With it being two years since the last Game Boy Advance WWE game, the roster is vastly different from previous one and included eight Raw and eight SmackDown!

With this neck, according to an article in WWE Magazine, he gained fame by being put into a noose, getting hanged, and living, while whistling " Yankee Doodle ".

On the March 6, 2003 episode of SmackDown !, Mysterio defeated Tajiri and Jamie Noble in a Triple Threat match to earn a shot at the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

On the June 26 episode of SmackDown !, McMahon told Gowen that if he would join his " Kiss My Ass Club ", he would be awarded a WWE contract.

On the June 13 episode of SmackDown !, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory.

Rhyno returned to WWE television thirteen months later on the February 27, 2003 episode of SmackDown !, aligning himself with Chris Benoit thus making him a fan favorite for the first time since joining WWE.

* WWE SmackDown !, ECW on Sci Fi, and WWE NXT-June 19, 2007 ( This event featured the last match of Chris Benoit, who died several days later ), July 15 and December 26, 2008, and April 5 and November 29, 2011

Here Comes the Pain, TNA Impact !, WWE ' 12, and WWE ' 13.

The Coliseum has also hosted several WWE television shows including RAW, SmackDown !, HEAT, Velocity, Superstars of Wrestling, and Saturday Night's Main Event, as well as non-televised " house shows ".

On the January 29, 2004 edition of SmackDown !, Eddie Guerrero last eliminated Angle in a 15-man Royal Rumble style match to earn a shot at the WWE Championship.

On the February 19, 2004 edition of SmackDown !, Angle was the special guest referee in a match between WWE Champion, Eddie Guerrero and WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Chavo Guerrero.

Hart was interviewed about the DVD and his career by Todd Grisham on the November 16, 2005 edition of Byte This !, marking Hart's first appearance on WWE programming since the Montreal Screwjob.

At the August 7, 2007 taping of SmackDown !, Sylvan made his televised return under his old model gimmick, where he lost Kane in what turned out to be Grenier's final match for WWE as he was released from his WWE contract six days later.

In late 2002, Big Show was traded to SmackDown !, immediately challenging Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship.

This was the first ever WWE event ( with the exception of WrestleMania ) that became tri-branded with talent from Raw, SmackDown !, and ECW.

On the September 23, 1999 edition of WWE Smackdown !, a plot line had professional wrestler Big Boss Man trick fellow wrestler Al Snow into appearing to eat his pet chihuahua Pepper.

A few weeks later on Impact !, The James Gang reemerged under a new name Voodoo Kin Mafia ; the group name ' Voodoo Kin Mafia ' share the same initials as WWE chairman Vincent Kennedy McMahon.

In 2002, the WWE split its entire roster into two brands of wrestling, called Raw and SmackDown !, which were named after WWE's television shows.

WWE Velocity was primarily used to summarize major occurrences on the latest episode of SmackDown !, which aired Thursday and later Friday nights on UPN.

The arena has been the site of several WWF / WWE pay per view events, such as SummerSlam ' 96, No Mercy ' 99, Invasion ( 2001 ), Survivor Series ' 04, and Unforgiven ' 08, as well as numerous episodes of Raw, Friday Night SmackDown !, ECW on Sci Fi, WWE Superstars, and NXT.

When the WWE purchased both WCW and ECW in 2001, they also obtained the entire past video libraries of both productions and have released many past matches online and on home video.

On October 17, Big Show defeated Edge and was thus entered in an online opinion poll, with the winner of the poll facing John Cena and Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship at Taboo Tuesday 2005.

Online gameplay was kept at a minimum, as online players only had two game modes to compete in: one-on-one and a Bra and Panties match, in which a player competes as a WWE Diva and strips the opposition of her clothes, until she is left with only her undergarments.

During the weekend of August 30, 2007, articles posted by Sports Illustrated, the New York Daily News, and The Washington Post named Fatu as one of a number of superstars to have purchased pharmaceuticals from an online pharmacy, a violation of the WWE " Talent Wellness " program.

It was found an online entry was posted on the wrestling site's general forums by someone ( username: Aussie WWE Diva ) claiming to have received a text message from a friend working at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital where the Australian entertainer spent her last days with friends and family.

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This is the first WWE game on the PlayStation 2 to have the feature to play online.