Gagne pushed Hennig and the Midnight Rockers throughout 1987 and into 1988, but the WWF came calling and all three of his top stars would soon be gone.

He teamed with another former NWA member, the Continental Wrestling Association ( CWA ), and the AWA to try to compete with WCW and the WWF, but the arrangement soon fell apart due to inter-promotional politics.

Leaving the WWF again, he soon returned in 1995 at WrestleMania XI, once again in a referee capacity, for the submission-only match between Hart and Bob Backlund.

Though he was not ousted from the WWF, Sammartino was then given a series of insignificant matches that were not designed to give him a shot at the championship title, and he soon left the circuit of his own accord, his career essentially ruined.

Eric Bischoff soon became the voice of Nitro ( in perhaps, a subtle knock on Vince McMahon, who often appeared on camera as a commentator although Bischoff had been a commentator for quite some time before attaining his position of power in both WCW and the AWA ) and began to air Nitro a couple of minutes before Raw so he could give away the results of the WWF program so fans had no point to see the competition.

He soon challenged Backlund for the WWF Championship, but was unable to win the title.

Sid earned himself into contention for the WWE Championship | WWF Championship and left the company very soon after losing it to The Undertaker.

The WWF soon renamed their recognition of the title as the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) Women's Championship.

Following Diesel and Razor Ramon leaving the WWF for World Championship Wrestling and debuting there as The Outsiders, Ross began to proclaim on television that he was still in touch with " Diesel " and " Razor Ramon " and claimed that he would be bringing them back to the WWF soon.

Hercules would soon join Skandor Akbar ’ s stable known as Devastation Inc. alongside future WWF co-worker Ted DiBiase.

Hernandez soon found himself floundering in the WWF midcard.

Hogan then promised to stand up for his country and take the title from Slaughter as soon as possible, and was later named the # 1 contender for the WWF title which he had not contended for since losing the title to the Warrior at WrestleMania VI.

Heenan's original plan was to retire, spend time with his family, and relax, but he was contacted by WCW soon after he left the WWF.

The WWF soon began to turn the matches into comedy skits, illustrating the ridiculousness they involved.

His capture of the WWF Championship soon thereafter, coupled with Road Dogg and Billy Gunn's dominance of the tag team division helped cement the faction's power.

They soon began challenging The US Express ( Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham ) for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Roma made his pro wrestling debut in 1985 and soon signed contracts with the WWF.

Following this, Cyrus ( kayfabe ) canceled ECW on TNN ( as the show was soon to be canceled legitimately, in favor for WWF Raw ).

He soon came back to WWF TV as the manager for The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ).

Plotcheck was soon after released by WWF.

In the WWF, they wrestled under the guidance of Cyndi Lauper's manager David Wolff, but soon left the promotion when WWF officials wanted to split the team up.

Remaining with the WWF, Mr. T became a special " WWF boxer " in light of his character in Rocky III.

Later, Chyna became the first female to hold a belt that was not exclusive to women when she won the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

In 1988, Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions which he renamed World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) which became the main competitor to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ).

With this purchase, WWF now became the largest wrestling promotion in the world, and the only one in North America with mainstream exposure.

Following that Raw episode, Waltman was initially being billed as " The Kid " on the WWF homepage but became known as " X-Pac " by the next broadcast.

During this time, he won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, held by Billy Kidman, and became the first and only person to hold both belts simultaneously.

Two years after he joined the WWF, Johnson won the WWF Championship, and became one of the most popular wrestlers within the company's history for his engaging interviews and promos.

He thus became the thirteenth WWF Champion, but lost the belt in a match against Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VII.

In 2000, with Vince McMahon absent as a result of injuries inflicted upon him by Triple H at the Armageddon event in 1999, Triple H and Stephanie became the on-screen owners of the WWF, a period known as the " McMahon-Helmsley Era " and dominated by the McMahon-Helmsley Faction.

Stephanie later became Angle's manager and was in his corner when he defeated The Rock for the WWF Championship at No Mercy.

When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became a WWF employee.

After defeating Jeff Hardy for the WWF Hardcore Championship at Invasion, Van Dam became one of the most " over " members of the Alliance and even challenged Alliance leader Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship including a triple threat match at No Mercy.

Between leaving the WWF and joining ECW, Polo's state of mind was said to have drastically changed, and he became a depressed, sociopathic, nihilistic misanthrope with a grunge-inspired wardrobe ( which continues to this day ).

Flair also became the only man to have won the WWF Championship in a Royal Rumble match, when he accomplished this in the 1992 edition of the event.

He apparently became friends with Scott Hall who offered to mentor him and from there he ended up travelling with the rest of the group until he negotiated his WWF release in 1997.

As a manager, DiBiase also later introduced " The Ringmaster ", who eventually became Steve Austin, to the WWF in December 1995.

In 1959, the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) became interested in the islands and signed a contract / promise with the owner, Luís Rocha Machado.

On his way out of Crockett's promotion he became a heel, which set the stage for his WWF run in 1984.

In 1997, Lawler became heavily involved in the working relationship between the WWF and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ).

In the WWF, he found success as Mr. Perfect, a nickname introduced in his second run with the company which gradually became his official ring name.