World Wrestling Federation
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The World Wrestling Federation was a major professional wrestling promotion, now known as WWE, that became globally famous for its sports entertainment shows and iconic wrestlers like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Wrestling Federation canonical | 24 |
| WWF | 3 |
| Capitol Wrestling Corporation | 1 |
| Golden Era of WWF | 1 |
| World Wide Wrestling Federation | 1 |
| World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | 1 |
| World Wrestling Federation promotion and events | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13348654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: World Wrestling Federation Context triple: [The Rock, employer, World Wrestling Federation]
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A.
WWF
WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is a leading international conservation organization focused on protecting endangered species, preserving natural habitats, and addressing global environmental challenges such as climate change.
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B.
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was a prominent U.S.-based professional wrestling promotion, especially influential in the 1960s–1980s, known for showcasing major stars and helping shape modern wrestling.
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C.
World Wrestling Council
World Wrestling Council is a Puerto Rico-based professional wrestling promotion known for its long-running events and role in developing many prominent luchadores and wrestlers.
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D.
World Association of Wrestling
World Association of Wrestling is a British professional wrestling promotion, best known as the family-run company founded by the Knight wrestling family in Norwich, England.
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E.
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling was a major American professional wrestling promotion that rose to prominence in the 1990s as the primary rival to the World Wrestling Federation, featuring stars like Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Ric Flair.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Wrestling Federation Target entity description: The World Wrestling Federation was a major professional wrestling promotion, now known as WWE, that became globally famous for its sports entertainment shows and iconic wrestlers like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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A.
WWF
WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is a leading international conservation organization focused on protecting endangered species, preserving natural habitats, and addressing global environmental challenges such as climate change.
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B.
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was a prominent U.S.-based professional wrestling promotion, especially influential in the 1960s–1980s, known for showcasing major stars and helping shape modern wrestling.
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C.
World Wrestling Council
World Wrestling Council is a Puerto Rico-based professional wrestling promotion known for its long-running events and role in developing many prominent luchadores and wrestlers.
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D.
World Association of Wrestling
World Association of Wrestling is a British professional wrestling promotion, best known as the family-run company founded by the Knight wrestling family in Norwich, England.
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E.
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling was a major American professional wrestling promotion that rose to prominence in the 1990s as the primary rival to the World Wrestling Federation, featuring stars like Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Ric Flair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment company
ⓘ
professional wrestling promotion ⓘ |
| abbreviationChangedTo | WWE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| championship |
WWF Championship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WWF Intercontinental Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ WWF Tag Team Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ WWF Women's Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
Attitude Era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Generation Era NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock 'n' Wrestling Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Andre the Giant
NERFINISHED
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Bret Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Hulk Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cena NERFINISHED ⓘ Mick Foley NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawn Michaels NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Cold Steve Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ The Undertaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Triple H NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | WWE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jess McMahon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vince McMahon Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | World Wrestling Federation, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sports entertainment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Stamford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
professional wrestling
ⓘ
sports entertainment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue | trademark dispute with World Wildlife Fund ⓘ |
| nameChangedTo | World Wrestling Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Royal Rumble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SummerSlam NERFINISHED ⓘ Survivor Series NERFINISHED ⓘ WrestleMania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableShow |
Monday Night Raw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SmackDown! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStoryline | Montreal Screwjob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Vince McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Capitol Wrestling Corporation
NERFINISHED
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World Wide Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNameChange | trademark settlement with World Wildlife Fund ⓘ |
| shortName | WWF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
WWE
NERFINISHED
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World Wrestling Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
Sky Sports
NERFINISHED
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Spike TV NERFINISHED ⓘ USA Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: World Wrestling Federation Description of subject: The World Wrestling Federation was a major professional wrestling promotion, now known as WWE, that became globally famous for its sports entertainment shows and iconic wrestlers like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
WWE Intercontinental Championship
subject surface form:
WWE Intercontinental Championship
this entity surface form:
WWF
this entity surface form:
Capitol Wrestling Corporation
this entity surface form:
World Wide Wrestling Federation
this entity surface form:
Golden Era of WWF
this entity surface form:
World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
this entity surface form:
World Wrestling Federation promotion and events
this entity surface form:
WWF
this entity surface form:
WWF