A new book explores how Hulk Hogan and the nWo, short for New World Order, changed professional wrestling and pop culture.

WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment. Previously the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the name was officially changed to WWE in 2002 after a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund ...

Steve Austin played both roles to perfection across 1997 and 1998, all but saving the World Wrestling Federation. The extent to which the New World Order - stylised as the nWo - radically changed ...

Goldberg keeps coming back for “one more match,” but pretty soon, his career will come to an end. The 58-year-old former WCW ...

When Vincent McMahon Jr., owner of the World Wrestling Federation, appears tomorrow before a Federal judge in Uniondale, L.I., he will doubtless be more soft-spoken but every bit as determined.

This weekend, tens of thousands of people will make their way to Las Vegas — and millions more around the globe will tune in on TV — for the two-day spectacle that is WrestleMania: WWE’s ...

Jeremy Hanna is a Newsweek contributor based in Los Angeles. His focus is on professional wrestling, sports, and entertainment. Jeremy has been with Newsweek since 2024 from LA Sports Report.

Things are much different than they were almost 20 years ago. In September of 1996, the then-World Wrestling Federation was reeling after rapid-fire departures of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash ...