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WWE Magazine

December 2009 Magazine Cover
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	1984
Company	WWE
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	[1]

WWE Magazine is the official professional wrestling magazine of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). This incarnation of the magazine contains lifestyle sections, a monthly calendar, entertainment, work out tips, and other information.

[edit] History

WWE Magazine has gone through many incarnations throughout the years. It was originally known as WWF Victory Magazine from its debut issue through the third issue of publication.

Starting with the third issue (April/May 1984) it became known as World Wrestling Federation Magazine (or WWF Magazine for short), with newly crowned WWF Champion Hulk Hogan on the cover. WWF Magazine would continue to be bi-monthly until June 1987, in which it would become a monthly operation and a staple of the WWF for the next decade. For several years, WWF Magazine operated as a magazine; stories included biographies of wrestlers and feuds,as well as previews of upcoming events, editorials, and other features targeted at younger audiences. Rarely, it would include a professional wrestling life story particularly if a wrestler had died or the topic had such far-reaching interest to WWF fans that it could not be ignored.

In April 1996, the WWF decided to create a second magazine called Raw Magazine, which became a focus on behind the scenes activity, focusing on wrestlers real life profiles. It debuted with the May/June 1996 issue, and was bi-monthly until the January 1998 issue.

In May 2002 the World Wrestling Federation became known as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and therefore the magazine was changed accordingly to WWE Magazine starting with the June 2002 issue.

Shortly before that, the WWF/E had split up into two brands, Raw and SmackDown!. WWE Magazine and Raw Magazine were unaffected, however, until the January 2004 issues, in which the WWE decided to have separate magazines for their respective brands. Raw Magazine retained its name but followed the style of WWE Magazine however, it focused solely on the Raw brand. WWE Magazine became SmackDown! Magazine, and would focus solely on the SmackDown! brand. That lasted until the summer of 2006, in which Raw Magazine and SmackDown Magazine would be discontinued and a new WWE Magazine would debut with the August 2006 issue (Dave Batista cover).

The new WWE Magazine was designed to move away from being solely a wrestling magazine. Instead the majority of the magazine contains lifestyle tips, product reviews and photos of WWE's superstars and divas outside the ring. The new style is similar to current men's magazines, such as Maxim and Stuff.

[edit] Monthly sections

BRAWL: 'By the Numbers': Give info about picture or relate info about picture. 'Jerk of the Month': WWE selects one superstar to be the jerk of the month. 'The Fatal Four': WWE puts four superstars and divas in the hot seat and are given random questions. 'Superstar Spending Spree': WWE selects on superstar to see what they would do with $1 million in 24 hours. 'Sexy Super fan of the Month': WWE selects one female super fan as the sexy super fan of the month. (ONGOING CONTEST) 'Will the Real _________ Stand up?': WWE selects one superstar or diva and finds a person anywhere in the world with the same name. 'Punching the Clock': Shows what WWE Editors do when they should be earning money. 'Fast Times at WWE High': WWE selects one superstar or diva and go back and see what they did in high school. '60 seconds with ___________': WWE selects on superstar or diva and interview them for 60 seconds. 'Mr. McMahon’s Secret Stash': Each month WWE Editors break into Mr. McMahon’s Stash and steals info about the past. 'My 3 Favourite Matches': WWE selects one superstar or diva and asks what there 3 favourite matchers were. 'Would you Buy This?': WWE puts a WWE superstar or diva in a existing product and changes the name to the superstar/diva name. 'Meet the Rejects': Shows the other 3 WWE Magazine covers that didn't make the cut. 'You Got the Mic': Super fans send in questions and WWE Editors answer them.

WATCH IT: Related info about 3 upcoming PPV's.

KNOWLEDGE: 'Cash For Questions': Selects one WWE Superstar. Fans send in questions. WWE superstar answers them. (If your question gets printed, WWE will send you 20 dollars in cash (US DOLLARS)) 'The Ultimate WWE _________ Quiz': A quiz. Topic changes every month. 'Debating Divas': Where two divas tell their opinion about questions.

ON THE ROAD: 'On the Road': WWE Editors select a superstar and make a car for them. 'Excite Bikes': 2 types of bikes reviewed by WWE Editors. 'What’s in your Travel Bag?': WWE Editors select one superstar and ask what they would put in there carry-on.

BODY SHOP:----------(Body shop topics vary as they may change month to month.)

REVIEWS: 'Games': Game reviews. (Games vary as they change month to month.) 'Music': Music reviews. (Music varies as they change month to month.) 'Movies': Movie reviews. (Movies vary as they change month to month.)

INSIDER: Tells you the latest in the WWE. (Examples: Hardest Hitting Match, Best _________ ever, New Champion, Big Return, Worst _________, and Biggest Debut. Has results of SmackDown, Raw, ECW, Superstars and PPV’s. Has a calendar about what is happening during the month.

FINISHER: (Last Page) Comic with Superstars and/or Divas.

[edit] External links

• Magazines.WWE.com