INTRODUCTION
The WWE (formerly known as the World Wrestling Entertainment) is a wrestling company juggernaut. In the 1980s to 1990s, Vince McMahon swooped up the hottest talents from the various wrestling territories, which led to the demise of these territories. Not being able to match the then-known “WWF” money to keep their talents and being limited to a small portion of the American market, many of these territories closed shop. In the 1990s, WCW became the biggest challenger to the WWF/E with ECW being the alternate wrestling show for the wrestling fans. ECW was the first to fold and the company eventually was bought by the WWE. WCW followed after losing ratings, corporate management changes, and bloated payrolls for their talents. It too was eventually bought by WWF/E. By early 2000s, the newly named WWE became the only wrestling show to watch on TV. Due to the lack of variety, the TV ratings for WWE slowly dwindled, and have maintained that constant number over the years, only slightly going up or down weekly. Since moving from private-ownership to a corporation
