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The company was created in [[The Fifties|1952/1953]] by Roderick "Jess" McMahon (1882-1954) and Raymond "Toots" Mondt (1894-1976) to promote wrestling matches in the [[New York City]] area. Vincent J. McMahon (1914-1984) took over in 1954, following the death of his father. Vincent expanded the company to cover the entire northeastern United States from Washington DC to Pittsburgh to Maine. Run by [[Vince McMahon|Vincent K. McMahon]] (1945-), the then-WWF revolutionized the pro wrestling world in the [[The Eighties|1980s]], using a series of closed-circuit broadcast events, colorful characters, and clever cross-promotion with MTV to transform wrestling from a regionalized industry with a series of small players in a loose confederation into its own private Idaho, and transforming themselves into a multi-billion-dollar global entertainment conglomerate.
Currently{{when}} has two brands: [[WWE Raw]] and [[WWE Smackdown]].
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