WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

WWE logo
Trading name	World Wide Wrestling Federation/WWWF (1963-1979) World Wrestling Federation/WWF (1979-2002) World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2002-present)
Type	Public (NYSE: WWE)
Industry	Professional wrestling
When it was created	1963
People who started it	Vince J. McMahon Toots Mondt
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Key people	Vince McMahon (Chairman, CEO) Stephanie McMahon (Executive Vice President, Creative) Paul "Triple H" Levesque (Executive Vice President, Talent and Live Events)
Money earned	$99.00 Million USD (2013)
Operating income	$138.00 Million (2013)
Net income	$99.00 Million (2013)
Total assets	$3.372 Billion (2013)
Total equity	$2.208 Billion (2013)
Employees	585 (2011)
Website	wwe.com corporate.wwe.com

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., doing business as WWE, is a big company that produces professional wrestling shows. It is now the most popular company in the wrestling business. Vince J. McMahon started the company in 1963. His son, Vince K. McMahon is currently the chairman and CEO of the company and runs the company along with his daughter Stephanie and her husband Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H.

The company used to be known as the World Wrestling Federation or the WWF. They changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment after a lawsuit filed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, which uses the "WWF" initials in the United States. In 2011, the company rebranded itself as WWE, although its legal name is still World Wrestling Entertainment.

Shows

Weekly shows

Name	Logo	Day	Network
WWE Raw		Monday	USA Network
WWE SmackDown		Tuesday	USA Network
WWE NXT		Wednesday	WWE Network

Pay-per-view events

See also: List of WWE pay-per-view events

Championships and accomplishments

See also: List of current champions in WWE

At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy is the WWE Universal Championship on WWE Raw and the WWE Championship on WWE SmackDown. There are two championships available for female wrestlers: the Raw Women's Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship. There are two tag team championships: the Raw Tag Team Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. There are three secondary titles in WWE, the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on WWE Raw and the WWE United States Championship on WWE SmackDown.

WWE's developmental brand NXT features its own set of championships. There is the NXT Championship, the NXT Women's Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship.

Champions

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes
Universal Championship	Brock Lesnar	1	April 2, 2017	85	Orlando, Florida]	Defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania 33.
Women's Championship	Alexa Bliss	1	April 30, 2017	57	San Jose, California	Defeated Bayley at Payback.
Tag Team Championship	Cesaro & Sheamus	2 (3, 2)	June 4, 2017	22	Baltimore, Maryland	Defeated The Hardy Boyz at Extreme Rules.
Intercontinental Championship	The Miz	7	June 4, 2017	22	Baltimore, Maryland	Defeated Dean Ambrose at Extreme Rules.
Cruiserweight Championship	Neville	1	January 29, 2017	148	San Antonio, Texas	Defeated Rich Swann at Royal Rumble.

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes
Championship	Jinder Mahal	1	May 21, 2017	36	Rosemont, Illinois	Defeated Randy Orton at Backlash.
Women's Championship	Naomi	2	April 2, 2017	85	Orlando, Florida	Defeated Alexa Bliss at WrestleMania 33.
Tag Team Championship	The Usos	1 (1, 1)	March 21, 2017	97	Uncasville, Connecticut	Defeated American Alpha on SmackDown.
United States Championship	Kevin Owens	2	May 2, 2017	55	Fresno, California	Defeated Chris Jericho on SmackDown.

NXT
Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes
NXT Championship	Bobby Roode	1	January 28, 2017	149	San Antonio, Texas	Defeated Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio.
NXT Women's Championship	Asuka	1	April 1, 2016	451	Dallas, Texas	Defeated Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.
NXT Tag Team Championship	The Authors of Pain	1 (1, 1)	January 28, 2017	149	San Antonio, Texas	Defeated #DIY at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio.
United Kingdom Championship	Pete Dunne	1	May 20, 2017	37	Chicago, Illinois	Defeated Tyler Bate at NXT TakeOver: Chicago.

Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date won	Location	Notes
Royal Rumble	Randy Orton	January 29, 2017	San Antonio, Texas	Last eliminated Roman Reigns to win.
Money in the Bank	Baron Corbin	June 18, 2017	St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri	WWE Championship match contract
Women's Money in the Bank	Carmella	June 18, 2017	St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri	WWE SmackDown Women's Championship match contract
André the Giant Memorial Trophy	Mojo Rawley	April 2, 2017	Orlando, Florida	Last eliminated Jinder Mahal to win.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic	The Authors of Pain	November 19, 2016	Toronto, Ontario	Defeated TM-61 in the tournament final.

Retired championships

Championship	Last champion(s)	Date of entry	Date retired	Notes
World Heavyweight Championship	Randy Orton	September 2, 2002	December 16, 2013	Unified with the WWE Championship at WWE TLC 2013.
Women's Championship	Layla	December 31, 1983	September 19, 2010	Unified with the WWE Divas Championship at WWE Night of Champions 2010.
Divas Championship	Charlotte	July 20, 2008	April 3, 2016	Retired at WWE WrestleMania 32.
World Tag Team Championship	The Hart Dynasty	June 3, 1971	August 16, 2010	Unified with the WWE Tag Team Championship at WWE WrestleMania XXV and was retired on WWE Raw.
European Championship	Rob Van Dam	February 26, 1997	July 21, 2002	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
Light Heavyweight Championship	X-Pac	December 7, 1997	November 30, 2001	Unified with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at WWE Survivor Series 2001.
Hardcore Championship	Rob Van Dam	November 2, 1998	August 26, 2002	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.

Related pages

• World Wrestling Entertainment roster