History of Official WWE Amino

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The Official WWE Amino is just shy of being two years old. In the 21 months this community has existed, we've seen a lot of shifts in the community landscape.

Since a lot of haven't been here from the beginning like myself, I've decided it'd be a great idea to look back at each month of the community's life in detail in celebration of hitting 5,000 . We'll begin at June 2017, and continue to the current month, March 2019.

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On July 12th, 2017, the Official WWE Amino was made. The community looked VERY different back then. I didn't have a theme, icon, logo or any of that. Heck, our original icon used to be a picture of Seth Rollins before we eventually changed it to the one we have now.

There's not that much to say honestly besides that the community had absolutely no personality and it was a baron wasteland. Moving on.

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Just like July, August was a relatively quiet month with not much happening. We barely had anyone here, maybe around 7 total? Possibly 10. I was also the only active member too. So I was the only one posting. I would only really post about news from WWE 2K18 before its release, and posting about the SummerSlam 2017 match card.

I have a memory of spending multiple hours writing the list of confirmed superstars for WWE 2K18, it turned out it wasn't worth it because nobody read it but oh well. If you'd like to see that ancient post, just tap here.

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Naturally, the early months of the community were the quietest. And just like the previous two, September was no different. The majority of this month saw absolutely no changes to the community at all. We only had around 13 , and I was still the only active member. It was around the very end of September where we started to see some growth, it was very small growth but to me just getting that new member or two felt like a huge accomplishment.

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October is when the Amino really started to kick off. This is the time we hit the growth spurt and before you knew it we went from 13 to 50. Which in itself felt like an amazing feat for me back then. I myself and a couple of other were watching the Hell In A Cell 2017 PPV together. The first real time the community felt alive. Plus, we finally added a complete theme.

October is the month where we welcomed our first bunch of staff , excluding myself. The first two Curators of this Amino were Prince Ali. We wouldn't welcome any new staff for a good while.

However, in mid October I announced I had to take some time away from the Amino, so I left the community in Ali and Natalya's hands.

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I would check in maybe once every two weeks, but I was gone the majority of October and especially November. Since I wasn't around, I don't much. What I do though is that November is the month this community reached 400 . So yeah, that growth spurt has never really ended since September. I also made a post celebrating hitting 400 , which you can read here. Please ignore my cringy presentation. :)

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December was a cool month. It was early December when we hit 600 , the community was really starting to develop at this point. At the end of December, I returned to the Amino. Safe to say, Ali and Natalya did a great job looking after the place while I was gone because I came back to the same place I left just two months ago. There's really nothing else to say about December.

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The first month of the new year kicked off with us hitting 700 , and this is the month we started changing the Amino's theme based on whatever Pay-per View was . Not many other events happened, besides hitting 800 at the very end of the month.

January was also the month where we welcomed the next few Curators to the staff team. Unfortunately both of these are no longer here with us in the community, but I thank them both for how much they contributed to the community and helped me out. So thank you Jeff and AJ.

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February was just as eventful as January, they were basically the exact same in of what happened. We reached 900 around mid February, and I began to get extremely hyped because I knew it was just a matter of time before we hit the big 1K.

We added another two new Curators to the staff team, both of which are still here which makes me really happy honestly. One pretty much all of you will be familiar with, and one is also as of now a retired Curator. In February we welcomed Justin Quinn Johnson to the team. Thank you both for your help.

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March was one of my favorite months of this community's life I will not disclose, but this was a very big month regardless. On March 3rd, 2018, the Amino hit 1,000 . Probably one of the most feel good moments for me in this community's life. Not only that, March was the month we hosted the very first challenge which was also very exciting.

On March 4th we announced the #WrestleManiaChallenge which consisted of deg your own WrestleMania card. Unfortunately I can't show you guys the original announcement post because unfortunately for some reason, all of my old posts got deleted. I don't know if it was a glitch or something, but it's depressing regardless, so I'm sorry about that.

But finally, March is the month we introduced the Official Chat to the Amino, which has proven to be a hit since its still active a whole year later!

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April, what a month. In April we hosted #SoundtrackChallenge. This challenge consisted of creating a custom soundtrack for WWE 2K19. But again, the announcement post was deleted. We also hit 1,100 , possibly even 1,200.

In April, we also added a new Curator to the team. On April 10th I promoted Brie to Curator. As of now, she is retired. But she served as both a Curator and a Leader, and I thank her dearly for everything she's done for me and the community. Thank you.

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May was a fairly quiet month, not a lot went on. We hit 1,500 , but not much else happened. We did add the Official Roleplay Chat to the Amino, which also seems to be a hit. Honestly I can't think of anything else. :joy:

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June was a fun month. We held the #MITBChallenge, which was the very first dual category challenge we did. What does that mean? Let me explain. We had two ways to participate in this challenge. You could either write a story about a superstar winning and cashing in the briefcase, or you could make a poster for the Money In The Bank PPV.

This was personally one of my favorite challenges, and was also one of the most successful. We had four winners, two from each category. Maybe one day we'll do a challenge in this layout once again. Also, 1,700 .

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I don't much from July besides us hitting 1,900 . But one big thing that happened at the end of July, was me having to potentially take another break. Some of you may this. When I was Maryse, I made an announcement post saying I had to leave and would be leaving the Amino in the hands of Becky temporarily. Unfortunately Becky is gone. Also, Bookah was promoted to Leader.

Thankfully I managed to solve the issue that was preventing me from staying around, so I was still able to be active, but I took a two week break as a Leader. I haven't taken another break since.

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August was an amazing month, for some personal reasons. It was my favorite month of this community's life. But besides that, August was the month we also hit 2,000 ! Not only that, we had a really unique challenge too! The #SuperstarChallenge consisted of creating a new WWE Superstar from scratch, from their appearance to their entrance and gimmick.

August was also the month that Wiki Team to the Amino. A dedicated team of who would work on creating a wiki for every current and former superstar, and other people related to WWE. Unfortunately the team has currently be disbanded, but I hope to see it revived one day.

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September was a pretty quiet month. Not that much happened, we hit 2,200 this month, and added two new curators to the staff team. September was the month that Shinsuke ed the Staff Team. Naomi is currently a retired Curator, while Shin remains active serving as a Curator. Thank you for the help.

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Honestly, the months of October and November are pretty blank in my mind. I really can't any significant events that happened in October. We hit 2,600 at the end of the month. No new staff ed the team. It was pretty quiet.

However, after planning since December 2017, I really began to get to work on the Official WWE Amino Hall of Fame. It took a long time to plan everything out too. But we managed to prevail.

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Like I said in the previous month, I don't much of what happened. We added two new Curators to the Staff Team, being Miz. Not only that, we launched the Security Team. Unfortunately the post regarding the team has been deleted. We also hit 3,000 at the very beginning of the month.

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The final month of 2018 was a big one. We kicked off the year by finally making the Official Hall of Fame a thing, also having the #FestiveChallenge which consisted of making a Christmas themed WWE edit or any other form of art. A fine send off to 2018 if I do say so myself.

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2019, the final year of the decade. We hit 4,000 and launched the Official WWE Amino Royal Rumble. Oddly, a pretty eventful month with not much to say, hm. I can't think of anything else really.

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February was a nice month. Even though it's not really a big thing, I launched my weekly series I'd been planning to do for over a year, Brie became a Leader!

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And here we are, March 2019. The current moment in time. We hit the biggest milestone ever in this community's life. 5,000 . A massive milestone that back in July, I never expected to ever witness. But somehow, I did, and it's all thanks to each and every single one of you.

We currently have the #MemoryChallenge going on, where look back at their fondest memories in detail, and reminisce about the good ol' days. Since I just looked back at this community's entire life, I suppose this was my entry for the Memory Challenge.

Who knows what the future holds for this community, but I know I'm excited to see what's in store. Thank you all for reading.

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