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World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC
World Wide Wrestling Federation
(1963-1979)
World Wrestling Federation
(1979-2002)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
(2002–2024)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryProfessional wrestling
Founded1963
FounderVincent J. McMahon
Toots Mondt
HeadquartersStamford, Connecticut, USA
Key people
RevenueIncreaseUS$1.326 billion (2023)[1]
IncreaseUS$141 million (2023)[1]
IncreaseUS$195.6 million (2022)[2]
Total assetsIncreaseUS$1.35 billion (2022)[2]
Total equityIncreaseUS$517.2 million (2022)[2]
OwnerTKO Group Holdings
Number of employees
~800 (2023)[3]
ParentTKO Group Holdings
Websitewww.wwe.com
corporate.wwe.com

World Wrestling Entertainment (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 was the Executive Chairman of the company and ran the company from 1982 until Feburary 2024, when he stepped down after a lawsuit.[4] Currently the CEO is Ari Emanuel, and the president is Nick Khan. Vince's son-in-law Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H, acts as the chief content officer. The company is owned by TKO Group Holdings.

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,[5] 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.

On April 3, 2023, the WWE and Endeavor agreed that the WWE and Zuffa (Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC's parent company) would merge to create TKO Group Holdings and would be going public on the New York Stock Exchange.[6] The WWE and UFC will stay two seperate products even though their company is now merged. The merger was made official on September 12, 2023.[7]

Weekly shows

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Day Network
Raw
Monday Netflix
SmackDown
Friday USA Network
Main Event
Thursday Hulu
NXT
Tuesday The CW

Pay-per-view events

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Month Name Year of first event
Multiple times a year WWE in Saudi Arabia 2018
January Royal Rumble 1988
February NXT Vengeance Day 2001
Elimination Chamber 2010
March/April NXT Stand & Deliver 2021
WrestleMania 1985
May Backlash 1999
Night of Champions 2007
July Money in the Bank 2010
August SummerSlam 1988
September Payback 2013
No Mercy 1999
October Fastlane 2015
NXT Halloween Havoc 1989
November Survivor Series 1987
December NXT Deadline 2022

Championships and accomplishments

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At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy is the Undisputed WWE Championship on SmackDown and the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw. There are two world championships available for female wrestlers: the WWE Women's Championship on SmackDown and the Women's World Championship on Raw. There are three tag team championships: the World Tag Team Championship on Raw, the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown for the men and the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. There are four secondary titles in WWE: Raw has the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship, while SmackDown has the WWE United States Championship and the WWE Women's United States Championship.

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

Champions

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Main roster

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Raw
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days

held

 Location Notes Ref.
World Heavyweight Championship CM Punk 2 November 1, 2025 10 Salt Lake City, Utah Defeated Jey Uso at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI to win the vacant title. [8]
Women's World Championship Stephanie Vaquer 1 September 20, 2025 52 Indianapolis, Indiana Defeated Iyo Sky at Wrestlepalooza to win the vacant title. [9][10]
WWE Intercontinental Championship John Cena 1 November 10, 2025 1 Boston, Massachusetts Defeated Dominik Mysterio on Raw. [11]
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Becky Lynch 1 June 7, 2025 157 Inglewood, California Defeated Lyra Valkyria in a Last Chance match at Money in the Bank. Had Lynch lost, she would have never been able to challenge for the title again for as long as Valkyria was champion, but since she won, Valkyria had to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge her as the better woman. [12]
World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Dragon Lee 1
(2, 1)		 October 20, 2025 22 Sacramento, California Defeated The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) on Raw. [13]
SmackDown
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days

held

 Location Notes Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship Cody Rhodes 2 August 3, 2025 100 East Rutherford, New Jersey Defeated John Cena in a Street Fight at SummerSlam Night 2. [14]
WWE Women's Championship Jade Cargill 1 November 1, 2025 10 Salt Lake City, Utah Defeated Tiffany Stratton at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI. [8]
WWE United States Championship Ilja Dragunov 1 October 17, 2025 25 San Jose, California Defeated Sami Zayn in an open challenge on SmackDown. [15]
WWE Women's United States Championship Chelsea Green 2 November 7, 2025 4 Greenville, South Carolina Defeated Giulia on SmackDown. [16]
WWE Tag Team Championship The Wyatt Sicks
(Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy)		 1 July 11, 2025 123 Nashville, Tennessee Defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) on SmackDown. [17]
Open (available to all three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.)
Raw SmackDown NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days

held

 Days

rec.

 Location Notes Ref.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship The Kabuki Warriors
(Asuka and Kairi Sane)		 3
(5, 3)		 November 10, 2025 1 Boston, Massachusetts Defeated Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair on Raw. [11]
WWE Speed Championship El Grande Americano 1 May 5, 2025 190 188 Omaha, Nebraska Defeated Dragon Lee on Speed.
El Grande Americano was played by Chad Gable when he won the title. After Gable suffered an injury, Ludwig Kaiser replaced him in the role.
WWE lists the start of Americano's reign on May 7, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.		 [18]
WWE Women's Speed Championship Vacant — — — — — Vacated after previous champion Sol Ruca was injured [19]

Developmental

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NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
NXT Championship Ricky Saints 1 September 27, 2025 45 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Defeated Oba Femi at No Mercy. [20]
NXT Women's Championship Tatum Paxley 1 October 25, 2025 17 Prescott Valley, Arizona Defeated Jacy Jayne at Halloween Havoc. [21]
NXT North American Championship Ethan Page 1 May 27, 2025 168 Orlando, Florida Defeated Ricky Saints on NXT. [22]
NXT Women's North American Championship Blake Monroe 1 October 25, 2025 17 Prescott Valley, Arizona Defeated Zaria, who defended the title on behalf of previous champion Sol Ruca, at Halloween Havoc. [21]
NXT Tag Team Championship DarkState
(Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin)		 2 Defeated The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) in a Broken Rules match at Halloween Havoc.
NXT Heritage Cup Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo 1 June 24, 2025 140 Orlando, Florida Defeated Tony D'Angelo by 2–1 to win the vacant title on NXT. Previous champion Noam Dar gave up the title because of an injury. [23]
Evolve
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date Won Days
held		 Days
rec.		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE Evolve Championship Jackson Drake 1 April 25, 2025 200 160 Orlando, Florida Defeated Keanu Carver, Edris Enofe, and Sean Legacy, who Drake last eliminated, in a Fatal four-way elimination match to become the first champion on Evolve.
WWE lists the start of Drake's reign on June 4, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.		 [24]
WWE Evolve Women's Championship Kendal Grey 1 September 23, 2025 49 27 Defeated Kali Armstrong at Evolve: Succession.
WWE lists the start of Grey's reign on October 15, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.		 [25]
WWE ID
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Days
rec.		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE ID Championship Cappuccino Jones 1 August 1, 2025 102 Rutherford, New Jersey Defeated Jack Cartwheel in a tournament final to become the first champion at Game Changer Wrestling's event, The ID Showcase. [26]
WWE Women's ID Championship Vacant Vacated after previous champion Kylie Rae announced her pregnancy. [27]

Other accomplishments

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Accomplishment Latest winner(s) Date won Location Notes
Main roster
Royal Rumble Jey Uso (men's)
Charlotte Flair (women's)		 February 1, 2025 Indianapolis, Indiana Uso last eliminated John Cena to win. Flair last eliminated Roxanne Perez to win.
André the Giant Memorial Trophy Carmelo Hayes April18,, 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada Last eliminated Andrade to win.
Money In The Bank Seth Rollins

(men's)
Naomi (women's)

 June 7, 2025 Inglewood, California Rollins (with Paul Heyman) defeated Andrade, El Grande Americano, LA Knight, Penta, and Solo Sikoa Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss, Giulia, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, and Stephanie Vaquer
King of the Ring Cody Rhodes June 28, 2025 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.
Queen of the Ring Jade Cargill Defeated Asuka in the finals.
NXT
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker Feburary 4, 2024 Clarksville, Tennessee Defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the finals.

Retired championships

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Championship Last champion(s) Date of entry Date retired Notes
WWE Universal Championship Roman Reigns July 25, 2016 April 7, 2024 Retired in favor of the Undisputed WWE Championship
Women's Championship Layla December 31, 1983 September 19, 2010 Unified with the WWE Divas Championship at WWE Night of Champions 2010.
WWE Divas Championship Charlotte July 20, 2008 April 3, 2016 Retired at WrestleMania 32.
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn March 10, 2021 June 23, 2023 Unified with the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
World Tag Team Championship The Hart Dynasty

(David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)

 June 3, 1971 August 16, 2010 Defended together with the WWE Tag Team Championship since WrestleMania XXV and was retired on WWE Raw.
WWE European Championship Rob Van Dam February 26, 1997 July 21, 2002 Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship X-Pac December 7, 1997 November 30, 2001 Unified with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at Survivor Series.
WWE Hardcore Championship Rob Van Dam November 2, 1998 August 26, 2002 Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
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References

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  1. 1 2 "TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results" (PDF). TKO Group Holdings, Inc. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "WWE® Reports Record Full Year 2022 Results". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. February 2, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Company Information". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vince McMahon resigns from TKO day after ex-employee's lawsuit". ESPN. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ "WWF changes name to World Wrestling Entertainment after court case". JonsGuide. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "WWE agrees to merge with UFC to create a new company run by Ari Emanuel and Vince McMahon". CNBC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "WWE and UFC officially merge in $21.4-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Powell, Jason (November 1, 2025). "WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (11/1): Powell's live review of CM Punk vs. Jey Uso for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship, Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ Russell, Skylar (August 18, 2025). "Naomi Announces Pregnancy And Relinquishes Women's World Championship, Jokes About The Bloodline Continuing". Fightful. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ Flanagan, Neal (September 20, 2025). "Stephanie Vaquer wins vacant Women's World Championship at WWE Wrestlepalooza". POST Wrestling. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Beaston, Erik. "WWE Raw Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights From Nov. 10". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  12. ↑ McGuire, Colin (June 7, 2025). "WWE Money in the Bank results (6/7): Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyria for the Women's Intercontinental Title, Ladder Matches, Roman Reigns returns, more". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 7, 2025.[permanent dead link]
  13. ↑ Russell, Skylar (October 20, 2025). "AJ Styles & Dragon Lee Win WWE World Tag Titles On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  14. ↑ Powell, Jason (August 3, 2025). "WWE SummerSlam results: Powell's live review of night two with John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes in a Street Fight for the WWE Championship, Naomi vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky for the Women's World Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  15. ↑ Ravens, Andrew (October 17, 2025). "Ilja Dragunov Returns, Wins WWE US Title". SE Scoops. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  16. ↑ Powell, Jason (November 7, 2025). "WWE Smackdown results (11/7): Powell's live review of Ilja Dragunov's open challenge for the U.S. Title, Giulia vs. Chelsea Green for the Women's U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  17. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (July 11, 2025). "Wyatt Sicks Win WWE Tag Team Titles On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 7, 2025). "El Grande Americano Wins WWE Speed Championship". Fightful. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  19. ↑ "WWE Women's Speed Championship". WWE. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  20. ↑ Chiari, Mike (September 27, 2025). "Ricky Saints Beats Oba Femi, Wins NXT Title at No Mercy 2025". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
  21. 1 2 Chiari, Mike (October 26, 2025). "Tatum Paxley Makes History Beating Jacy for 1st NXT Women's Title at Halloween Havoc". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  22. ↑ Moore, John (May 27, 2025). "NXT TV results (5/27): Moore's review of Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page for the NXT North American Title, Mike Santana vs. Tavion Heights, Tatum Paxley vs. Jaida Parker, Jasper Troy's in-ring debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  23. ↑ Defelice, Robert (June 24, 2025). "Channing 'Stacks' Lorenzo Wins NXT Heritage Cup Championship On 6/24 WWE NXT". Fightful. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  24. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 7, 2025). "WWE EVOLVE Championships Unveiled". Fightful. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  25. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (October 15, 2025). "Kendal Grey Wins WWE EVOLVE Women's Championship". Fightful. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  26. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (August 1, 2025). "Cappuccino Jones Becomes First-Ever WWE ID Men's Champion". Fightful. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  27. ↑ Boone, Matt (September 22, 2025). "WWE Confirms Another Title Has Been Vacated, Issues Statement". WrestlingHeadlines. Retrieved September 22, 2025.

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