When WWE ( then WWF ) unveiled its new " Attitude " era in 1997, the no-disqualification match was used as a centerpiece for this new design of wrestling, and a Hardcore Title was offered between 1998 and 2002.

When Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002, Hogan was removed from the latest incarnation of the nWo.

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

When the WWF was divided into two " brands ", Raw and SmackDown!

When WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Flair was the leader of the villainous group called the Magnificent Seven.

When they lost the titles they briefly left the WWF only to return with longtime manager Paul Ellering by their side, as well as a wooden dummy called “ Rocco ”.

Austin held on to the WWF Championship until SummerSlam when he lost it to Mankind in a Triple Threat match also featuring Triple H. Austin would get his rematch at No Mercy against Triple H but lost after The Rock accidentally struck him with a sledgehammer that was meant for Triple H. When Survivor Series rolled around, Triple H was still champion.

When the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment and then divided into two " brands ", the two storyline divisions to which WWE assigned its employees, Holly was initially drafted to the Raw roster, where he had little success.

When Copeland received a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ), Reso went with him.

When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) Morrus signed a deal with the WWF and became part of The Invasion angle as a member of The Alliance.

When that angle ended at Survivor Series 2001, after Team Alliance lost to Team WWF, Morrus was kayfabe fired by Vince McMahon.

When NWA / WCW sued WWF and Flair for their use of the " Big Gold " Title belt on WWF TV, the WWF made a new, similar belt ( called the " Vegas " Big Gold as it was debuted by Flair in Las Vegas ).

When Shango was finally set to have a match with Warrior in November 92, Warrior was released from WWF.

When WCW was bought by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) ( now WWE ), Helms ' contract was kept by WWF.

When WCW was bought by the WWF, he was one of three WCW referees who had their contracts purchased, along with Charles Robinson and Billy Silverman.

When the Gangstas left SMW in 1995, he signed a deal with the WWF and was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association for more training while making more appearances as a jobber on WWF television.

When the team was finally brought up to WWF television, after months of ' jobbing ' and live events, they formed the acrobatic tag team called the Hardy Boyz.

When WWF wrestler Duane Gill was repackaged as Gillberg, who used Bill Goldberg's wrestling moves and mannerisms, his entrance was accompanied by over exaggerated and clearly recorded chants of " Gillberg ".

When the show started airing on MTV in late 2000, it was broadcast live from WWF New York.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

When Coleridge travelled to Chamonix, he declaimed, in defiance of Shelley, who had signed himself " Atheos " in the guestbook of the Hotel de Londres near Montenvers, " Who would be, who could be an atheist in this valley of wonders ".

When King Amadeus finally had the bill in his desk, which would extend the 1837 Abolition Act to the Antilles, he was put on notice of a coup financed by Cuban plantationers and industrialists if he signed.

When the peace treaty was signed in February, 1828, Abbas Mirza sought to restore order in the province of Khorasan, which was nominally under Persian supremacy, and while engaged in the task died at Mashhad in 1833.

When Nintendo revived the industry, they signed up software development companies to create NES games under a strict license agreement which imposed serious restrictions on what they were allowed to do.

When Brubeck signed with Fantasy Records, he thought he had a half interest in the company and he worked as a sort of A & R man for it, encouraging the Weiss brothers to sign other contemporary jazz performers, including Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, and Red Norvo.

When they warned him that they would ask Charles Gounod instead and then threatened to engage Richard Wagner's services, Verdi began to show considerable interest, and agreements were signed in June 1870.

When Monroe and the British signed a renewal in December 1806, Jefferson decided to reject it, and not submit it to the Senate.

When he formed his exploratory committee, he signed Ed Rollins, Reagan's 1984 re-election political director, as an advisor.

When the Pact was signed, invitations were sent to Italy, China, Britain, and Poland to join.

When his brother Leon became a doctor and started signing his name " Dr L. Zamenhof ", Ludwik reclaimed his birth name Lazar and from 1901 signed his name " Dr L. L. Zamenhof ".

When Public Enemy was formed and signed to Def Jam, Ridenhour invited Griffin to be a sideman.

When Iran and Iraq signed the Algiers Agreement in 1975, the support ceased.

When the Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, Thich Nhat Hanh was denied permission to return to Vietnam and he went into exile in France.

When Williams returned, he signed a $ 98, 000 contract on May 13.

When the U. S. Constitution was sent to the states for ratification after being signed on September 17, 1787, the Anti-Federalists argued that a Bill of Rights should be added.

When Heath signed an accession treaty before Parliament had even debated the issue, the second reading of the Bill to put the Treaty into law was passed by just eight votes on second reading, and it became clear that the British people would have no further say in the matter, he declared hostility to his party's line.

When the Armistice was signed, the city thus fell under Jordanian military control.

When the treaty arranging the marriage of Margaret and Eric was signed at Roxburgh on 25 July 1281, Alexander III's younger son David had already died in June 1281, leaving the King of Scots with only one legitimate son, Alexander.

When that job ended sooner than expected, in October 1927, Beiderbecke and Trumbauer signed on with Whiteman.

When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting signed on to sponsor the program, the organization's chairperson was Frank Pace.

When he returned to San Marcos in 1965, after having signed the Higher Education Act of 1965, Johnson looked back:

When M. Thénardier demands more money, Valjean gives him the note Fantine signed before she died, saying that the bearer of the note was authorized to take Cosette.

When the official government newspaper, Le Moniteur Universel, published the ordinances on Monday, 26 July, Adolphe Thiers, journalist at the opposition paper Le National, published a call to revolt, which was signed by forty-three journalists: