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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]

Shows

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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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Main article: List of WWE pay-per-view events
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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Main article: List of current champions in WWE

At the top of WWE's championship hierarchy is the WWE Universal Championship and the WWE Championship on SmackDown (currently defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship) 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 Jey Uso 1 April 19, 2025 21 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Gunther at WrestleMania 41 Night 1. [8]
Women's World Championship Iyo Sky 1 March 3, 2025 68 Buffalo, New York Defeated Rhea Ripley on Raw. [9]
WWE Intercontinental Championship Dominik Mysterio 1 April 20, 2025 20 Paradise, Nevada Defeated previous champion Bron Breakker, Penta, and Finn Bálor, who he pinned, in a Fatal four-way match at WrestleMania 41 Night 2. [10]
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Lyra Valkyria 1 January 13, 2025 117 San Jose, California Defeated Dakota Kai in a tournament final to become the first champion on Raw. [11]
World Tag Team Championship The New Day
(Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) 		5
(7, 5) 		April 19, 2025 21 Paradise, Nevada Defeated The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) at WrestleMania 41 Night 1. [8]
SmackDown
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days

held

Location Notes Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship John Cena 14 April 20, 2025 20 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 Night 2. [10]
WWE Women's Championship Tiffany Stratton 1 January 3, 2025 127 Phoenix, Arizona Defeated Nia Jax in Stratton's Money in the Bank cash-in match on SmackDown. [12]
WWE United States Championship Jacob Fatu 1 April 19, 2025 21 Paradise, Nevada Defeated LA Knight at WrestleMania 41 Night 1. [8]
WWE Women's United States Championship Zelina Vega 1 April 25, 2025 15 Forth Worth, Texas Defeated Chelsea Green on SmackDown. [13]
WWE Tag Team Championship The Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) 		2 March 14, 2025 57 Barcelona, Spain Defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) on SmackDown. [14]
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
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez 4
(4, 5) 		April 21, 2025 19 19 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria on Raw. [15]
WWE Speed Championship Dragon Lee 1 November 15, 2024 176 171 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Defeated Andrade on Speed.
WWE lists the start of Lee's reign on November 20, 2024, when the match aired on tape delay. 		[16][17]
WWE Women's Speed Championship Sol Ruca 1 April 11, 2025 29 24 Seattle, Washington Defeated Candice LeRae on Speed.
WWE lists the start of Ruca's reign on April 16, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay. 		[18]

Developmental

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NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.
NXT Championship Oba Femi 1 January 7, 2025 123 Los Angeles, California Defeated Trick Williams in a Triple Threat match also involving Eddy Thorpe at New Year's Evil [19]
NXT Women's Championship Stephanie Vaquer 1 March 11, 2025 60 New York, New York Defeated Giulia in a Winner Takes All match at NXT: Roadblock in which Vaquer defended the NXT Women's North American Championship. [20]
NXT North American Championship Ricky Saints 1 April 1, 2025 39 Orlando, Florida Defeated Shawn Spears on NXT. [21]
NXT Women's North American Championship Sol Ruca 1 April 19, 2025 21 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Lola Vice, Thea Hail, and Zaria in a six-woman ladder match to win the vacant championship at Stand & Deliver. [22]
NXT Heritage Cup Noam Dar 4 April 22, 2025 18 Defeated Lexis King on NXT. [23]
NXT Tag Team Championship Hank and Tank
(Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) 		1 April 19, 2025 21 Defeated Nathan Frazer and Axiom at Stand & Deliver. [22]
WWE ID
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Days
rec. 		Location Notes Ref.
WWE ID Championship — 1 TBD — — TBD The first champion will be crowned in a tournament. [24]
WWE Women's ID Championship

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 Bronson Reed April 5, 2024 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Last eliminated Ivar to win.
Money In The Bank Drew McIntyre

(men's)
Tiffany Stratton (women's)

July 6, 2024 Paradise, Nevada McIntyre defeated Andrade, Carmelo Hayes, Chad Gable, Jey Uso, and LA Knight. Stratton defeated Chelsea Green, Iyo Sky, Lyra Valkyria, Naomi, and Zoey Stark.
King of the Ring Gunther May 25, 2024 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.
Queen of the Ring Nia Jax Defeated Lyla Valkyria 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results" (PDF). TKO Group Holdings, Inc. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Powell, Jason (April 19, 2025). "WrestleMania 41 results: Powell's live review of night one with Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins, Gunther vs. Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ Powell, Jason (March 3, 2025). "WWE Raw results (3/3): Powell's live review of Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky for the Women's World Championship, War Raiders vs. The Creeds for the World Tag Titles, Elimination Chamber fallout". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Powell, Jason (April 20, 2025). "WrestleMania 41 results: Powell's live review of night two with Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship, Iyo Sky vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  11. ↑ McGuire, Colin (January 13, 2025). "WWE Raw results (1/13): McGuire's live review of Dakota Kai vs. Lyra Valkyiria to become the first Women's IC Champion, Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor in a Street Fight, Chad Gable vs. a mystery luchador". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ Powell, Jason (January 3, 2025). "WWE Smackdown results (1/3): Powell's live review of Nia Jax vs. Naomi for the WWE Women's Championship, U.S. Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Andrade in a non-title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  13. ↑ Powell, Jason (April 25, 2025). "WWE Smackdown results (4/25): Powell's live review of the WrestleMania 41 fallout edition with WWE Champion John Cena, plus The Street Profits vs. MCMG vs. DIY in a TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  14. ↑ Powell, Jason (March 14, 2025). "WWE Smackdown results (3/14): Powell's live review of Cody Rhodes on Miz TV, DIY vs. The Street Profits for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Randy Orton vs. Carmelo Hayes, Charlotte Flair vs. B-Fab". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  15. ↑ Powell, Jason (April 21, 2025). "WWE Raw results (4/21): Powell's live review of the Raw after WrestleMania 41". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  16. ↑ Martínez, Sebastián (November 15, 2024). "WWE Speed Spoilers November 15, 2024". Solowrestling.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  17. ↑ Powell, Jason (November 20, 2024). "WWE Speed – Andrade vs. Dragon Lee for the WWE Speed Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  18. ↑ Liam (April 11, 2025). "WWE Title Change Confirmed". WrestleTalk. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  19. ↑ Moore, John (January 7, 2025). "NXT TV results (1/7): Moore's review of The Rock's appearance, Trick Williams vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe for the NXT Title, Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  20. ↑ Moore, John (March 11, 2025). "NXT TV results (3/11): Moore's review of Giulia vs. Stephanie Vaquer in a title vs. title match, Oba Femi vs. Moose for the NXT Title, The Hardys vs. Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the TNA Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  21. ↑ Moore, John (April 1, 2025). "NXT TV results (4/1): Moore's review of Shawn Spears vs. Ricky Saints for the NXT North American Championship, Trick Williams calling out NXT Champion Oba Femi". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Moore, John (April 19, 2025). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams vs. Je'Von Evans for the NXT Title, Stephanie Vaquer vs. Giulia vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  23. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (April 22, 2025). "Noam Dar Returns On WWE NXT, Wins NXT Heritage Cup Championship". Fightful. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  24. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (February 18, 2025). "WWE ID Championships Unveiled". Fightful. Retrieved February 28, 2025.

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