Capitol Wrestling & the WWWF

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This video is a little overview of Capitol Sports, which later became known as the WWWF. Although they would drop a "W" in the late 70s and become the most visible and well-known company worldwide as the WWF under Vince McMahon, it was the territorial company that established the foundation. Under Vincent J. McMahon, the region spanning from Washington DC and Baltimore up through Philadelphia, New York City and Boston all the way into Northern New England. From Argentina Rocca and Buddy Rogers to Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales, the company used the premier stars of the day, a formulaic cycle with heel challengers to the title and relied heavily on colorful, ethnic and physically huge competitors. The opening video features their greatest champion, Bruno Sammartino, entering the ring in height of his first WWWF title reign.

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[pokewwe1999]

whats the name of the song starting at 2:22

[wrestlingscout]

@pokewwe1999 It's called "Revelations"

[SAMMARTINO68]

@wrestlingscout Good stuff. I don't know why there are not many Bruno matches are they in A VAULT Somewhere/?Post em if you got em .

[wrestlingscout]

@SAMMARTINO68, according to former WWF employee Kevin Kelly, the "archives" are not as incredible as one might've hoped. It seems that even the great Vincent J. McMahon (so-called Vince Sr.) and his people did not have the foresight to save all the tapes and probably taped over many of the weekly bicycles as almost all of his peers did. I guess time will tell.

[JKTube]

A fantastic history of what would become the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in the world. I loved how you used the old Coliseum Video music during the sequence at the end which covered the period right before the rise of Hulkamania.

Excellent work.

[wrestlingscout]

@JKTube Thanks.  For a while I was going to include 1984-2004, but wisely decided against it.

[pokewwe1999]

@wrestlingscout thanks

[1400deadwood]

AWESOME video - what great shows they put on in those days.

[grahamusic]

when wrestling was good and Jr. still worked for his dad. Too bad he ended up turning wrestling into the lame stuff it is today.

[RadioKAOS99709]

Just one minor omission - at the end where Backlund wins the title, I believe that was the first instance of Howard Finkel proclaiming a "NNNNEEEEEEWWWWWWWW champion," even though that inflection is generally associated with Hulkamania and later.

[DomenicDee]

EXCELLENT!! Great footage, brings back alot of memories.

[MILLERSI81]

WOW!!!!!!!!! BEST VIDEO EVER LOVED THAT ALL WAS YOUTUBE AND COLISEUM VIDEO NO WWE EDITS OLD SCHOOL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

[richmwill]

Fantastic video, you did an excellent job. Makes me miss those days.

[CactusBack0]

GREAT video! Thanks a lot for making and uploading it!