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New York Radio Advertisements for Live WWF Event in 2002

Radio WWF was a radio broadcast in the early 1990s.  


The below radio advertisements promoted two separate World Wrestling Federation (WWF) live events, to be held at Broome County Arena in Binghamton, New York, in December 2001. Prior to the purchase of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the acquisition of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in early 2001, the WWF tended to book their live events (house shows) at larger venues. Having wrestling superstars like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, and The Rock, the WWF would fill large stadiums and venues with ease. However, now with an influx of new professional wrestling talent from the WCW and ECW, the WWF had the opportunity to return to their old live event format from the WWF "Golden Age" in the 1980s. This format would allow the WWF to hold multiple live events on the same day, utilizing the large roster of wrestlers the company now employed. For example on January 4, 2002, the WWF held two separate events with different wrestlers, one at the Broome County Arena, and another at Moncton Coliseum in New Brunswick, Canada. For the first time in professional wrestling history, there was one major professional wrestling company that dominated the landscape of the United States and Canada.


World Wrestling Federation
Radio Advertisement Promoting
January 4, 2002 Live Event



World Wrestling Federation
Radio Advertisement Promoting
January 4, 2002 Live Event



Retro World Wrestling Federation Newspaper Advertisements (April Edition)

 


The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) held more professional wrestling live events in more locations than any other wrestling organization during the "Golden Age" of sports entertainment. Below are some examples of newspaper advertisements promoting live events (known as house shows) throughout the United States of America. As seen in the advertisement examples from 1988 and 1989, the WWF held multiple events on the same day throughout the country.

April 30, 1977
Baltimore, Maryland

April 28, 1985
Atlanta, Georgia

April 1986
Poughkeepsie, New York

April 30, 1986
Fresno, California

April 28, 1987
Rochester, New York


April 30, 1987
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

April 27, 1988
Allentown, Pennsylvania


April 30, 1988
Notre Dame, Indiana
Scranton, Pennsylvania
San Francisco/Daly City, California




April 4, 1989
Glens Falls, New York


April 24, 1989
New York, New York
Moline, Illinois
Cedar Rapids, Iowa




April 4, 1990
Glens Falls, New York
(note Hogan lost the WWF Championship on April 1, 1990)


April 19, 1991
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 29, 1992
Syracuse, New York

ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE highlights professional wrestling in March 1989

Live Broadcast on NIGHTLINE, an ABC NEWS Television Special on Professional Wrestling, aired on Friday, March 10, 1989.


Part 1:
Taped segment with James Walker featuring
National Wrestling Association wrestler Michael Hayes,
former wrestlers Roddy Piper and Jim Wilson, and
Olympic wrestler Bruce Baumgartner.


Part 2:
Live discussion regarding professional wrestling with Jeff Greenfield,
former wrestler Lou Albano, Democratic California Assemblyman Richard Floyd,
and Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford.

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