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The company that I researched for this paper is the World Wrestling FederationEntertainment. The company was organized and founded in the early 1940's by VincentMcMahon Sr. The current owner and CEO is McMachon's son, Vincent Kennedy McMahonJr. The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) is headquarters in the Titan Tower, in StamfordConnecticut. The WWF specializes in the area of Pro Wrestling, which are "scripted fights"in which highly trained athletes simulate a fighting experience. The "sport" of Pro Wrestlinghas been around since the middle of the 19th century. In early times the "fighting" was real(in fact Abe Lincoln was an early wrestling champion) but the fighting turned "fake" in theearly 1990's. The performers in Pro Wrestling are regarded as independent contractors whosign with an individual company to perform exclusively with that company. There arecurrently no unions, benefits, or retirement plans for any of the wrestling performers, acontroversial topic in the industry. This practice may change in the future. Today, ProWrestling is a billion dollar business with its "performers" recognized throughout the The are a wide variety of products and service
As a whole the numbers (like Neilson numbers, Pay Per View numbers,) 3have been increasing with the "wrestling" boom of the 1990's. This is also a hot competition among the performers due to thefact that royalties are distributed to performers for sales of products with their likenesses. Items such as shirts, hats, posters, keychains, beer holders, etc. At any respected wrestlingwebsite, the Neilson ratings for each WWF program is broken down for fans and investors. This could have be a factorin the difficult financial period the WWF suffered in the early 90's, which coincide with the1990-1991 recessions. The WWF has these "specials"once a month and have run these specials since 1985, being the largest revenue earner in Pay 2Per View history (Mike Tyson is second on the list). com) -The success of their flag ship program, RAW IS WAR, on the USA CableNetwork. Also, thispast month the WWF has announced plans to create a new football league, titled the XFL. They have a very stong marketing, advertising departments,an accountingdepartment, a human resources department all which have lucrative employmentopportunities. The global market has had a distinct effect on the industry. The most difficult employment opportunity to obtain is that of a performer. com) -The WWF recently introduced the newest show, SMACKDOWN, on the UPNNetwork, on Thursday nights.
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