# @wrestlingnewsco on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T03:15:27.000+00:00
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## Caption

Did you know? WWE ran a restaurant, bar and store in Times Square, and it lasted a little over three years.

WWF New York opened in October 1999 in the Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway, a multi-level venue with a restaurant, a nightclub, a retail store and a stage that WWE used for television. Raw and SmackDown cut to it for live segments, pay-per-views were shown on the big screens with a live crowd, and the company ran talk shows and press events from the floor. It was renamed The World in 2002 after the WWF-to-WWE change.

The World closed in February 2003. The space became a Hard Rock Cafe in 2005. JBL said on his podcast last week that Vince McMahon’s mistake was not turning it into a Hall of Fame. 

#WWF #TheWorld #TimesSquare #WrestlingHistory #DidYouKnow

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wwf, wrestlinghistory, didyouknow, timessquare, theworld

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