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(1980–1999) World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (1999–2002) World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">Streaming media</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Corporation_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.">Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>January 1953; 72 years ago (1953-01) (as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.)</li> <li>April 1963; 62 years ago (1963-04) (rebranding as the World Wide Wrestling Federation)</li> <li>February 1980; 45 years ago (1980-02) (founding of Titan Sports, Inc.)</li> <li>June 1982; 42 years ago (1982-06) (purchase of Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. by Titan Sports)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Jess_McMahon" title="Jess McMahon">Jess McMahon</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vincent_J._McMahon" title="Vincent J. McMahon">Vincent J. McMahon</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a> (as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.) <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a> (as Titan Sports, Inc.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">707 Washington Blvd <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>, <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a> (<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul "Triple H" Levesque</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chief_content_officer" title="Chief content officer">Chief Content Officer</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">Films</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Home_video" title="Home video">Home video</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">Live events</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Merchandise" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchandise">Merchandise</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">Music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">Pay-per-view</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">Publishing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">TV</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">Video on demand</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category">Licensing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>1.398 billion (2024)<a href="#cite_note-2024Report-3">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300">US$681.1 million (2024)<a href="#cite_note-2024Report-3">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">~800<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[b]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Books" title="WWE Books">WWE Books</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Libraries" title="WWE Libraries">WWE Libraries</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Music_Group" title="WWE Music Group">WWE Music Group</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Studios" title="WWE Studios">WWE Studios</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tapout_(clothing_brand)" title="Tapout (clothing brand)">Tapout</a> (50%)<a href="#cite_note-10">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW Inc.</a> <a href="#Subsidiaries">Others</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wwe.com/">WWE.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The promotion was founded in 1953 as the <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Corporation" title="Capitol Wrestling Corporation">Capitol Wrestling Corporation</a> (CWC), a Northeastern territory of the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA). Due to <a href="/wiki/Booker_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Booker (professional wrestling)">booking</a> dispute, CWC left the NWA and became the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in April 1963. After rejoining the NWA in 1971, the WWWF was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and left the NWA in 1983. Following a <a href="/wiki/WWF_vs._WWF" title="WWF vs. WWF">trademark dispute with the World Wildlife Fund</a>, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. In 2011, the promotion ceased branding itself as World Wrestling Entertainment and began solely using the initials WWE, although their legal name remained the same.<a href="#cite_note-2011name-12">[10]</a> WWE is the largest wrestling promotion in the world. Its main roster is divided into two <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">touring brands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> and <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">developmental brands</a>, <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evolve_(WWE_brand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolve (WWE brand)">Evolve</a>, are based at the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>. The promotion's programming is available in more than one billion homes worldwide in 30 languages and its global headquarters is located in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>,<a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a> with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, and Munich.<a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a> As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE does not promote a legitimate sporting contest but entertainment-based performance theater, featuring <a href="/wiki/Angle_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angle (professional wrestling)">storyline</a>-driven, <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Work_(noun)" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">scripted</a>, and partially choreographed matches; however, matches often include moves that can put performers at risk of serious injury or death if not performed correctly. The pre-determined aspect of professional wrestling (an industry <a href="/wiki/Open_secret" title="Open secret">open secret</a>) was publicly acknowledged by WWE in 1989 to avoid regulation by athletic commissions. WWE markets its product as "<a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" title="Sports entertainment">sports entertainment</a>", acknowledging professional wrestling's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater. WWE's corporate entity, Titan Sports, Inc., was incorporated on February 21, 1980, by <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a>: Titan acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd., the holding company for the wrestling promotion, in 1982. Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. in 1999, and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. in 2002. In January 2023, WWE began to explore a sale of the company, amidst an employee misconduct scandal involving McMahon that initially prompted him to step down as chairman and CEO.<a href="#cite_note-cnbc-saleprocess-15">[13]</a> In September, WWE merged with <a href="/wiki/Zuffa" title="Zuffa">Zuffa</a>, the parent company of <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a> promotion <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a> (UFC), to form TKO Group Holdings, a new <a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">public company</a> majority-owned by Endeavor Group Holdings, with McMahon as executive chairman:<a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a> the promotion's legal name was then changed to World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC.<a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a> In 2024, McMahon departed TKO amid a <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon_sex_trafficking_scandal" title="Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal">sex trafficking scandal</a> and was replaced as executive chairman by <a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-byebyevince-18">[16]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Company_history">1 Company history</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Before_Titan_Sports_(1953%E2%80%931980)">1.1 Before Titan Sports (1953–1980)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Titan_Sports,_Inc._(1980%E2%80%931999)">1.2 Titan Sports, Inc. (1980–1999)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Early_years_(1980%E2%80%931982)">1.2.1 Early years (1980–1982)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Boom_period_(1982%E2%80%931992)">1.2.2 Boom period (1982–1992)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#New_Generation_(1992%E2%80%931997)">1.2.3 New Generation (1992–1997)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Start_of_the_Attitude_Era_(1997%E2%80%931999)">1.2.4 Start of the Attitude Era (1997–1999)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#World_Wrestling_Federation_Entertainment,_Inc._(1999%E2%80%932002)">1.3 World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (1999–2002)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Initial_public_offering_(1999)">1.3.1 Initial public offering (1999)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#End_of_the_Attitude_Era_(1999%E2%80%932002)">1.3.2 End of the Attitude Era (1999–2002)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_Inc._(2002%E2%80%932023)">1.4 World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2023)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Lawsuit_and_renaming_(2002)">1.4.1 Lawsuit and renaming (2002)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#First_brand_split_(2002%E2%80%932011)">1.4.2 First brand split (2002–2011)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Brand_reunification_(2011%E2%80%932016)">1.4.3 Brand reunification (2011–2016)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Launch_of_second_brand_split_(2016%E2%80%932020)">1.4.4 Launch of second brand split (2016–2020)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href="#COVID-19_pandemic_and_return_to_touring_(2020%E2%80%932022)">1.4.5 COVID-19 pandemic and return to touring (2020–2022)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Changes_in_leadership_(2022%E2%80%932023)">1.4.6 Changes in leadership (2022–2023)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Acquisition_of_WWE_by_Endeavor_(2023)">1.4.7 Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor (2023)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_LLC_(2023%E2%80%93present)">1.5 World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC (2023–present)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href="#Merger_with_UFC_and_the_formation_of_TKO_Group_Holdings_(2023%E2%80%93present)">1.5.1 Merger with UFC and the formation of TKO Group Holdings (2023–present)</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Championships_and_accomplishments">2 Championships and accomplishments</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Main_roster">2.1 Main roster</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Developmental">2.2 Developmental</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Retired_championships">2.3 Retired championships</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Contracts">3 Contracts</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Stock_and_corporate_governance">4 Stock and corporate governance</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#WWE_Network_and_distribution_deals">5 WWE Network and distribution deals</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Terminology">6 Terminology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Expansion_beyond_wrestling">7 Expansion beyond wrestling</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Subsidiaries">7.1 Subsidiaries</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-29"><a href="#Active">7.1.1 Active</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-30"><a href="#Defunct">7.1.2 Defunct</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Investments">7.2 Investments</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Charities">7.3 Charities</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Relationship_with_Tapout">7.4 Relationship with Tapout</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#Partnerships">8 Partnerships</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#Drug_testing_and_wellness_program">9 Drug testing and wellness program</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36"><a href="#Legal_disputes_and_controversies">10 Legal disputes and controversies</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#1990s_drug_scandal">10.1 1990s drug scandal</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#1990s_ring_boy_scandal">10.2 1990s ring boy scandal</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Disputes_with_rival_companies">10.3 Disputes with rival companies</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Owen_Hart's_death">10.4 Owen Hart's death</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Dispute_with_USA_Network">10.5 Dispute with USA Network</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#WWF_name_dispute">10.6 WWF name dispute</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Harry_Slash_and_the_Slashtones_lawsuit">10.7 Harry Slash and the Slashtones lawsuit</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#Ultimate_Warrior-related_disputes">10.8 Ultimate Warrior-related disputes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#Morals_clause_violations">10.9 Morals clause violations</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href="#Concussion_lawsuit">10.10 Concussion lawsuit</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Relationship_with_Saudi_Arabia">10.11 Relationship with Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-48"><a href="#Ashley_Massaro_affidavit">10.12 Ashley Massaro affidavit</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"><a href="#Misconduct_allegations_involving_Vince_McMahon">10.13 Misconduct allegations involving Vince McMahon</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-50"><a href="#See_also">11 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-51"><a href="#Notes">12 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-52"><a href="#References">13 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-53"><a href="#Further_reading">14 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-54"><a href="#External_links">15 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Company_history">Company history</h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_WWE" title="History of WWE">History of WWE</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output 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There is uncertainty as to whom the founder of the CWC was. Some sources state that it was <a href="/wiki/Vincent_J._McMahon" title="Vincent J. McMahon">Vincent J. McMahon</a>,<a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a> while other sources cite McMahon's father <a href="/wiki/Jess_McMahon" title="Jess McMahon">Jess McMahon</a> as founder of CWC.<a href="#cite_note-22">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a> The CWC later joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA) and famous New York promoter <a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a> soon joined the promotion. <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vincent_James_McMahon,_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/250px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1085" data-file-height="613"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 141px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/250px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="141" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg/500px-Vincent_James_McMahon%2C_Verne_Gagne_and_Bruno_Sammartino_-_Wrestling_News_-_Aug-sept_1975.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Vincent J. McMahon with <a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a> in 1975</figcaption></figure> Vincent J. McMahon and Toots Mondt were very successful and soon controlled approximately 70% of the NWA's booking power, largely due to their dominance in the heavily populated <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a>. In 1963, McMahon and Mondt had a dispute with the NWA over <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers</a> being booked to hold the <a href="/wiki/NWA_Worlds_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-won2011-25">[23]</a> Mondt and McMahon were not only promoters but also acted as his manager and were accused by other NWA promoters of withholding Rogers making defenses in their cities versus only defending in Mondt and McMahon's own cities thus maintaining a monopoly on the world title. In a now infamous situation, the NWA sent former five-time world champion and legitimate wrestler <a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a> to Toronto to face Rogers on January 24, 1963. Thesz recalls this was not planned and prior to the match remembered telling Buddy "we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Rogers agreed to lose the fall and title in a one fall match versus the traditional two out of three fall matchup that most world title matches were defended. Once word reached back to Mondt and McMahon, at first they simply ignored the title change. From January until April 1963, Rogers was promoted as the NWA World Champion, or simply the World Heavyweight Champion, in their area. The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was not an immediate creation after Rogers's one fall loss to Thesz. Mondt and McMahon both eventually left the NWA in protest and formed the WWWF in the process. They brought along with them <a href="/wiki/Willie_Gilzenberg" title="Willie Gilzenberg">Willie Gilzenberg</a>, long time boxing and wrestling promoter in New Jersey. In April 1963, the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWWF World Heavyweight Championship</a> was created, with the promotion claiming that inaugural champion Rogers had won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro on April 25, 1963, defeating long time Capitol favorite <a href="/wiki/Antonino_Rocca" title="Antonino Rocca">Antonino Rocca</a> in the finals. In reality, Rocca was no longer in the area, as he was working for <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett" title="Jim Crockett">Jim Crockett Sr.</a> in the Carolinas. Rogers also had already suffered what would later be a career ending heart attack on April 18 in Akron, Ohio, and was in an Ohio hospital during the time the alleged tournament took place.<a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a> Rogers lost the championship to <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a> a month later on May 17, with the promotion beginning to be built around Sammartino shortly after.<a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a> In June 1963, Gilzenberg was named the first president of the WWWF.<a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a> Mondt left the promotion in the late 1960s and although the WWWF had previously withdrawn from the NWA, McMahon quietly re-joined in 1971. The WWWF was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Titan_Sports,_Inc._(1980–1999)">Titan Sports, Inc. (1980–1999)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_years_(1980–1982)">Early years (1980–1982)</h4></div> Vincent J. McMahon's son, <a href="/wiki/Vincent_K._McMahon" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent K. McMahon">Vincent K. McMahon</a>, and his wife <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda</a>, established Titan Sports, Inc., in 1980 in <a href="/wiki/South_Yarmouth,_Massachusetts" title="South Yarmouth, Massachusetts">South Yarmouth, Massachusetts</a> and applied trademarks for the initials "WWF".<a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a> The company was incorporated on February 21, 1980, in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Coliseum" title="Cape Cod Coliseum">Cape Cod Coliseum</a> offices, then moved to the building on Holly Hill Lane in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" title="Greenwich, Connecticut">Greenwich, Connecticut</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Boom_period_(1982–1992)">Boom period (1982–1992)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s professional wrestling boom</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vince_McMahon,_1986.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png/170px-Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="231" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="491" data-file-height="666"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 231px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png/170px-Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png" data-width="170" data-height="231" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png/255px-Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png/340px-Vince_McMahon%2C_1986.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vincent K. McMahon</a>, former majority owner and executive chairman of WWE, in 1986.</figcaption></figure> The younger McMahon bought Capitol from his father in 1982, effectively seizing control of the company. The actual date of sale is still unknown but the generally accepted date is June 6, 1982; however, this was likely only the date the deal was struck but not finalized. On WWF television, Capitol Wrestling Corporation maintained copyrights and ownership past the June 1982 date. The World Wrestling Federation was not solely owned by Vincent J. McMahon but also by <a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon" title="Gorilla Monsoon">Gorilla Monsoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Skaaland" title="Arnold Skaaland">Arnold Skaaland</a> and Phil Zacko. The deal between the two McMahons was a monthly payment basis, in which if a single payment was missed, ownership would revert to the elder McMahon and his business partners. Looking to seal the deal quickly, McMahon took several loans and deals with other promoters and the business partners (including the promise of a job for life) in order to take full ownership by May or June 1983 for an estimated total of roughly $1 million with the three business partners receiving roughly $815,000 among them and Vincent J. McMahon receiving roughly $185,000.<a href="#cite_note-31">[29]</a> Seeking to make the WWF the premier wrestling promotion in the country, and eventually, the world, he began an expansion process that fundamentally changed the wrestling business.<a href="#cite_note-si-32">[30]</a> At the annual meeting of the NWA in 1983, the McMahons and former Capitol employee <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(wrestling)" title="Jim Barnett (wrestling)">Jim Barnett</a> all withdrew from the organization.<a href="#cite_note-won2011-25">[23]</a> McMahon also worked to get WWF programming on syndicated television all across the United States. This angered other promoters and disrupted the well-established boundaries of the different wrestling promotions, eventually ending the territory system, which was in use since the founding of the NWA in the 1940s. In addition, the company used income generated by advertising, television deals, and tape sales to secure talent from rival promoters. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a>, McMahon was quoted as saying: "In the old days, there were wrestling fiefdoms all over the country, each with its own little lord in charge. Each little lord respected the rights of his neighboring little lord. No takeovers or raids were allowed. There were maybe 30 of these tiny kingdoms in the U.S. and if I hadn't bought out my dad, there would still be 30 of them, fragmented and struggling. I, of course, had no allegiance to those little lords."<a href="#cite_note-si-32">[30]</a> McMahon gained significant traction when he hired <a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a> (AWA) talent <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>, who had achieved popularity outside of wrestling, notably for his appearance in the film <a href="/wiki/Rocky_III" title="Rocky III">Rocky III</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[31]</a> McMahon signed <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> as Hogan's rival, and then shortly afterward <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Ventura" title="Jesse Ventura">Jesse Ventura</a> as an announcer. Other wrestlers joined the roster, such as <a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik" title="The Iron Sheik">The Iron Sheik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Volkoff" title="Nikolai Volkoff">Nikolai Volkoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junkyard_Dog" title="Junkyard Dog">Junkyard Dog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Orndorff" title="Paul Orndorff">Paul Orndorff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Valentine" title="Greg Valentine">Greg Valentine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a>, joining existing stars such as <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Muraco" title="Don Muraco">Don Muraco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sgt_Slaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sgt Slaughter">Sgt. Slaughter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a>. Many of the wrestlers who would later join the WWF were former AWA or NWA talent. <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg/250px-Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3046" data-file-height="1989"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 163px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg/250px-Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="163" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg/500px-Hulk_Hogan_Pointing.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>, pictured in 1989, was the WWF's top star during the <a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s professional wrestling boom</a>.</figcaption></figure> The WWF would tour nationally in a venture that would require a huge capital investment, one that placed the WWF on the verge of financial collapse. The future of McMahon's experiment came down to the success or failure of McMahon's groundbreaking concept, <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania" title="WrestleMania">WrestleMania</a>. WrestleMania was a major success and was (and still is) marketed as the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> of professional wrestling. The concept of a wrestling <a href="/wiki/Card_(sports)" title="Card (sports)">supercard</a> was nothing new in North America; the NWA had begun running <a href="/wiki/Starrcade" title="Starrcade">Starrcade</a> a few years prior. In McMahon's eyes, however, what separated WrestleMania from other supercards was that it was intended to be accessible to those who did not watch wrestling. He invited celebrities such as <a href="/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T">Mr. T</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a> to participate in the event, as well as securing a deal with <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> to provide coverage. The event and hype surrounding it led to the term <a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Wrestling_Connection" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection">Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection</a>, due to the cross-promotion of <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> and professional wrestling. The WWF business expanded significantly on the shoulders of McMahon and his <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">babyface</a> hero Hulk Hogan for the next several years after defeating <a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik" title="The Iron Sheik">The Iron Sheik</a> at Madison Square Garden on January 23, 1984.<a href="#cite_note-34">[32]</a> The introduction of <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event" title="Saturday Night's Main Event">Saturday Night's Main Event</a> on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> in 1985 marked the first time that professional wrestling had been broadcast on network television since the 1950s when the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a> broadcast matches of Vincent J. McMahon's Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The 1980s "Wrestling Boom" peaked with the <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_III" title="WrestleMania III">WrestleMania III</a> pay-per-view at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1987, which set an attendance record of 93,173 for the WWF for 29 years until <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_32" title="WrestleMania 32">2016</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a> A rematch of the WrestleMania III main event between WWF champion Hulk Hogan and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a> took place on <a href="/wiki/The_Main_Event_I" class="mw-redirect" title="The Main Event I">The Main Event I</a> in 1988 and was seen by 33 million people, the most-watched wrestling match in North American television history.<a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a> In 1983, Titan moved its offices to <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>. Subsequently, a new Titan Sports, Inc. (originally WWF, Inc.) was established in <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> in 1987 and was consolidated with the Massachusetts entity in February 1988.<a href="#cite_note-37">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Generation_(1992–1997)">New Generation (1992–1997)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night War</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_(28).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg/250px-Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="227" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="1716"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 227px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg/250px-Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="227" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg/330px-Shawn_Michaels_-_Birmingham_200997_%2828%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> became one of the biggest stars in WWF during this time, since an iconic <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_X" title="WrestleMania X">WrestleMania X</a> in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a></figcaption></figure> The WWF was hit with allegations of <a href="/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" title="Anabolic steroid">steroid</a> abuse and distribution in 1992. This was followed by allegations of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a> by WWF employees the following year.<a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[38]</a> McMahon was eventually exonerated, but the allegations brought bad <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a> for the WWF, and an overall bad reputation. The steroid trial cost the company an estimated $5 million at a time of record low revenues. This helped drive many WWF wrestlers over to rival promotion <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW), including 1980s babyface hero Hulk Hogan. During this period, the WWF promoted wrestlers of a younger age comprising "The New Generation", featuring <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> among others in an effort to promote new talent into the spotlight. In January 1993, the WWF debuted its flagship cable program <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Monday Night Raw</a>. WCW countered in September 1995 with its own Monday night program, <a href="/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro" title="WCW Monday Nitro">Monday Nitro</a>, which aired in the same time slot as Raw.<a href="#cite_note-41">[39]</a> The two programs would trade wins in the ensuing <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> competition (known as the "<a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Monday Night Wars">Monday Night War</a>") until mid-1996. At that point, Nitro began a nearly two-year ratings domination that was largely fueled by the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling)" title="New World Order (professional wrestling)">New World Order</a> (nWo), a stable led by former WWF performers Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall (the former Razor Ramon), and Kevin Nash (the former Diesel).<a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Start_of_the_Attitude_Era_(1997–1999)">Start of the Attitude Era (1997–1999)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg/250px-Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="367" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="1431"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 175px;height: 367px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg/250px-Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg" data-width="175" data-height="367" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg/330px-Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg/500px-Austin_with_WWF_title.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> rivalry with Vince McMahon is often cited as having turned the tides for WWF in the <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Monday Night Wars">Monday Night War</a> against rival promotion WCW.<a href="#cite_note-43">[41]</a></figcaption></figure> As the Monday Night War continued between Raw Is War and WCW's Nitro, the WWF would transform itself from a family-friendly product into a more adult-oriented product, known as the <a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a>. The era was spearheaded by WWF VP <a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane McMahon</a> (son of owner Vince McMahon) and head writer <a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a>. 1997 ended with McMahon facing real-life controversy following <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>'s controversial departure from the company, dubbed as the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[42]</a> This proved to be one of several founding factors in the launch of the Attitude Era as well as the creation of McMahon's on-screen character, "<a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon#As_Mr._McMahon_character_(1996%E2%80%931997)" title="Vince McMahon">Mr. McMahon</a>". Before the Montreal Screwjob, which took place at the <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1997)" title="Survivor Series (1997)">1997 Survivor Series</a>, former WCW talent were being hired by the WWF, including <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Vader</a>. Austin was slowly brought in as the new face of the company despite being promoted as an <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a>, starting with his "<a href="/wiki/Austin_3:16" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin 3:16">Austin 3:16</a>" speech shortly after defeating <a href="/wiki/Jake_Roberts" title="Jake Roberts">Jake Roberts</a> in the tournament finals at the <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1996)" title="King of the Ring (1996)">King of the Ring</a> pay-per-view in 1996.<a href="#cite_note-45">[43]</a> On April 29, 1999, the WWF made its return to <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">terrestrial television</a>, airing a special program known as <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown!</a> on the fledgling <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> network. The Thursday night show became a weekly series on August 26, 1999 – competing directly with WCW's Thursday night program titled <a href="/wiki/WCW_Thunder" title="WCW Thunder">Thunder</a> on <a href="/wiki/TBS_(U.S._TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="TBS (U.S. TV channel)">TBS</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wrestling_Federation_Entertainment,_Inc._(1999–2002)">World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (1999–2002)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Initial_public_offering_(1999)">Initial public offering (1999)</h4></div> In the summer of 1999, Titan Sports, Inc. was renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. On October 19, 1999, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. launched an <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> as a publicly traded company, trading on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> (NYSE) with the issuance of stock then valued at $172.5 million.<a href="#cite_note-money.cnn.com-46">[44]</a> The company was traded on the NYSE under ticker symbol WWE.<a href="#cite_note-nyse.com-47">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="End_of_the_Attitude_Era_(1999–2002)">End of the Attitude Era (1999–2002)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion (professional wrestling)</a></div> By the fall of 1999, the Attitude Era had turned the tide of the <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Monday Night Wars">Monday Night War</a> into WWF's favor. After <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Time Warner</a> merged with <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">America Online</a> (AOL), <a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a>'s control over WCW was considerably reduced. The newly merged company lacked interest in professional wrestling as a whole and decided to sell WCW in its entirety. Although <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a>, whom Time Warner fired as WCW president in October 1999, was nearing a deal to purchase the company, in March 2001 McMahon acquired the rights to WCW's trademarks, tape library, contracts, and other properties from AOL Time Warner for a number reported to be around $7 million.<a href="#cite_note-wcw-48">[46]</a> Shortly after <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_X-Seven" title="WrestleMania X-Seven">WrestleMania X-Seven</a>, the WWF launched the Invasion storyline, integrating the incoming talent roster from WCW and <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> (ECW). With this purchase, WWF now became by far the sole largest wrestling promotion in North America and in the world. The assets of ECW, which had folded after filing for <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> protection in April 2001, were purchased by WWE in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-49">[47]</a> In 2000, the WWF, in collaboration with television network <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, launched the <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL</a>, a new professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> league that debuted in 2001.<a href="#cite_note-xfl-50">[48]</a> The league had high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated prime-time show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after being unable to reach a deal with UPN, McMahon shut down the XFL.<a href="#cite_note-xflfolds-51">[49]</a> WWE maintained control of the XFL trademark<a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[51]</a> before McMahon reclaimed the XFL brand, this time under a separate <a href="/wiki/Shell_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell company">shell company</a> from WWE, in 2017<a href="#cite_note-revival-54">[52]</a> with intent to <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">relaunch the XFL in 2020</a>.<a href="#cite_note-espn-newannounce-55">[53]</a> On June 24, 2002, episode of Raw, Vince McMahon officially referred to the start of the next era, called the "Ruthless Aggression" era.<a href="#cite_note-56">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_Inc._(2002–2023)">World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2023)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lawsuit_and_renaming_(2002)">Lawsuit and renaming (2002)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/WWF_vs._WWF" title="WWF vs. WWF">WWF vs. WWF</a></div> On May 6, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) changed both its company name and the name of its wrestling promotion to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after the company lost a lawsuit initiated by the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature" title="World Wide Fund for Nature">World Wildlife Fund</a> over the WWF trademark.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> Although mainly caused by an unfavorable ruling in its <a href="/wiki/WWF_vs._WWF" title="WWF vs. WWF">dispute</a> with the World Wildlife Fund regarding the "WWF" initialism, the company noted it provided an opportunity to emphasize its focus on entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-GetFOut-60">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_brand_split_(2002–2011)">First brand split (2002–2011)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">WWE brand extension</a> and <a href="/wiki/WWE_Draft" title="WWE Draft">WWE Draft</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Cena_2010.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/John_Cena_2010.jpeg/175px-John_Cena_2010.jpeg" decoding="async" width="175" height="233" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 175px;height: 233px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/John_Cena_2010.jpeg/175px-John_Cena_2010.jpeg" data-width="175" data-height="233" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/John_Cena_2010.jpeg/263px-John_Cena_2010.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/John_Cena_2010.jpeg/350px-John_Cena_2010.jpeg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> gradually became one of the biggest stars of the WWE during this time and since 2005 he went on to win the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> a record 13-times.</figcaption></figure> In March 2002, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, with each group of wrestlers appearing on one of their main programs, Raw and SmackDown!, due to the overabundance of talent left over from the <a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">Invasion storyline</a> and the ensuing absorption of WCW and ECW contracts. This was dubbed as the "<a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand extension</a>". Beginning in 2002 a <a href="/wiki/WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE draft">draft lottery</a> was held nearly every year to set the rosters, with the first draft to determine the inaugural split rosters, and subsequent drafts designed to refresh the rosters of each show. WWE expanded the brand split by relaunching <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW as a third brand</a> on May 26, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-SciFi-61">[59]</a> Two years later, WWE adapted a more <a href="/wiki/Family-friendly" title="Family-friendly">family-friendly</a> format and their programming <a href="/wiki/PG_Era" title="PG Era">received a TV-PG rating</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[60]</a> The final <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE)" class="mw-redirect" title="ECW (WWE)">ECW</a> program aired on February 16, 2010, after which it was replaced with <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT_(seasons_1%E2%80%935)" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE NXT (seasons 1–5)">NXT</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a> During this time many new and young wrestlers would join the company, many which would become household names for the next years to come such as <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Batista" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Batista">Batista</a>. On April 7, 2011, WWE, via the WWE Corporate website, the company ceased using the full name World Wrestling Entertainment and henceforth referred to itself solely as WWE, making the latter an <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-acronym" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudo-acronym">orphan initialism</a>. This was said to reflect WWE's global entertainment expansion away from the ring with the ultimate goal of acquiring entertainment companies and putting a focus on television, live events, and film production. WWE noted that their new company model was put into effect with the relaunch of <a href="/wiki/WWE_Tough_Enough" title="WWE Tough Enough">Tough Enough</a>, being a non-scripted program (contrary to the scripted nature of professional wrestling) and with the launch of the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a> (at the time scheduled to launch in 2012; later pushed back to 2014). However, the legal name of the company still remains as World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.<a href="#cite_note-2011name-12">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brand_reunification_(2011–2016)">Brand reunification (2011–2016)</h4></div> Beginning with the August 29, 2011, episode, Raw - referred to as Raw Supershow - featured talent from both Raw and SmackDown (the "Supershow" epithet would be dropped on July 23, 2012).<a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> Championships previously exclusive to one show or the other were available for wrestlers from any show to compete for; the "Supershow" format would mark the end of the brand split, as all programming and live events (until July 2016) featured the full WWE roster.<a href="#cite_note-65">[63]</a> In 2013, the company built the sports medicine and training facility <a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a> in the east <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida" title="Orange County, Florida">Orange County, Florida</a> in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Full_Sail_University" title="Full Sail University">Full Sail University</a> from <a href="/wiki/Winter_Park,_Florida" title="Winter Park, Florida">Winter Park, Florida</a>. The training facility is targeted at career and athletic development for the company's wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a> Full Sail is also home base to WWE's <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brand,<a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a> which served as a developmental territory for WWE.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> On February 24, 2014, WWE launched <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service" title="Over-the-top media service">over-the-top</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_streaming_media_services" title="List of streaming media services">streaming service</a> that would feature archive content from WWE and its predecessors, all pay-per-views, (which would continue to be sold through television providers as well), and original programming.<a href="#cite_note-:3-69">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-70">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-71">[69]</a> Beginning in 2015 WWE started to push <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> as their face of the company since having him win the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2015)" title="Royal Rumble (2015)">2015 Royal rumble match</a>, amidst <a href="/wiki/Persona_and_reception_of_Roman_Reigns" class="mw-redirect" title="Persona and reception of Roman Reigns">mixed reception</a>. By 2017 Roman Reigns became their highest merchandise seller.<a href="#cite_note-72">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Launch_of_second_brand_split_(2016–2020)">Launch of second brand split (2016–2020)</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:64px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg/125px-WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="65" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1171" data-file-height="609"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 125px;height: 65px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg/125px-WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="125" data-height="65" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg/188px-WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg/250px-WWE_RAW_Logo_2025.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:161px;max-width:161px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:64px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_SmackDown_(2024)_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg/250px-WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="159" height="65" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1088" data-file-height="442"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 159px;height: 65px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg/250px-WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="159" data-height="65" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg/330px-WWE_SmackDown_%282024%29_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> and <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> have been WWE's two main brands since the brand split was first initiated in 2002.</div></div></div></div> On May 25, 2016, WWE relaunched the brand split, billed as the "New Era". Subsequently, Raw and SmackDown have each featured their unique rosters, announcers, championships and ring sets/ropes. A <a href="/wiki/2016_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 WWE draft">draft</a> took place to determine which wrestlers would appear on what show. SmackDown also moved from Thursdays to Tuesday nights, which began on July 19 (the night of the aforementioned draft), and airs live instead of the previous pre-recorded format.<a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a> Due to the return of the brand split, a new <a href="/wiki/World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="World Championship">World Championship</a>, called the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">WWE Universal Championship</a> was introduced at the August 21, 2016 <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2016)" title="SummerSlam (2016)">SummerSlam</a> event with <a href="/wiki/Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion.<a href="#cite_note-74">[72]</a> On November 29, 2016, WWE introduced a new program specifically for their <a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">cruiserweight division</a> (wrestlers 205 lbs. and under) called <a href="/wiki/WWE_205_Live" title="WWE 205 Live">WWE 205 Live</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[73]</a> The program focuses exclusively on those wrestlers who qualify for the division.<a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a> The cruiserweights – who first became a fixture in WWE with the <a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_Classic" title="Cruiserweight Classic">Cruiserweight Classic</a> tournament – were originally exclusive to the Raw brand before landing their <a href="/wiki/205_Live_(WWE_brand)" title="205 Live (WWE brand)">own brand</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a> On December 15, 2016, WWE established a new <a href="/wiki/WWE_United_Kingdom_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE United Kingdom Championship">WWE United Kingdom Championship</a>, with the inaugural champion being decided by a 16-man tournament to air on WWE Network featuring wrestlers from the UK and Ireland during January 2017. WWE executive <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul "Triple H" Levesque</a> said the eventual plan with the new title and tournament was to establish a UK-based brand with its own weekly television show.<a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a> WWE subsequently launched its UK-based brand as an offshoot of NXT, <a href="/wiki/NXT_UK" title="NXT UK">NXT UK</a>, in June 2018, with <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Saint" title="Johnny Saint">Johnny Saint</a> serving as inaugural general manager.<a href="#cite_note-81">[79]</a> Starting in September 2019, NXT had a weekly, live, two-hour show Wednesday nights on the <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> and WWE began promoting NXT as their "third brand".<a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[81]</a> However, in 2021 NXT was moved to Tuesday nights, having conceded the <a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a> to rival promotion <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW), and in September of that year was reinstated to its original function as the developmental brand for the main roster (Raw and SmackDown), under the name "NXT 2.0". <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="COVID-19_pandemic_and_return_to_touring_(2020–2022)">COVID-19 pandemic and return to touring (2020–2022)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports</a></div> In March 2020, WWE began to be impacted by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">American onset</a> of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. In mid-March, three of the four major sports leagues closed locker rooms to the media as a precautionary measure. As other sports cancellations and postponements were being introduced, WWE began to film its weekly programs at the Performance Center <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)" title="Behind closed doors (sport)">without spectators</a> and with only essential staff present, beginning with the March 13 episode of SmackDown – the March 11 episode of NXT had been recorded at the Performance Center with paying fans, thus being WWE's last event to have ticketed fans in attendance before the pandemic took full effect.<a href="#cite_note-84">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a> was scheduled to take place on April 5 at <a href="/wiki/Raymond_James_Stadium" title="Raymond James Stadium">Raymond James Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> but on March 16, was moved to Orlando to be held behind closed doors.<a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[85]</a> WrestleMania, as well as Raw and SmackDown for a period before and after WrestleMania, shifted from live broadcasts to a pre-recorded format.<a href="#cite_note-88">[86]</a> NXT continued to air from Full Sail University, but under similar restrictions.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-wwelive-89">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-90">[88]</a> Live broadcasts returned on April 13, with the existing arrangements continuing; WWE stated to <a href="/wiki/ESPN.com" title="ESPN.com">ESPN.com</a> that "we believe it is now more important than ever to provide people with a diversion from these hard times", and that the company's programming "bring[s] families together and deliver a sense of hope, determination and perseverance".<a href="#cite_note-cbs-wwelive-89">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-90">[88]</a> It was subsequently reported that Florida Governor <a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a> had deemed WWE a business critical to the state's economy, and had added an exception under the state's <a href="/wiki/Stay-at-home_order" title="Stay-at-home order">stay-at-home order</a> for employees of a "professional sports and media production" that is closed to the public and has a national audience.<a href="#cite_note-nyt-wweessentual-91">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[90]</a> The decision was met with criticism from media outlets, with several media outlets pointing out that DeSantis's actions happened on the same day a pro-<a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a>, who was previously a part of Trump's cabinet, pledged to spend $18.5 million in advertising in Florida, and that, also on the same day, Vince McMahon was named part of an advisory group created by Trump to devise a strategy in re-launching the US economy.<a href="#cite_note-BusinessInsiderDozensLivid-93">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-PCMLindaScrutinyEssential-94">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-GMS-DonationSameDay-95">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-FreePressPanelFiringSpree-96">[94]</a> On April 15, WWE started a series of cuts and layoffs in response to the pandemic, including releasing a number of performers (<a href="/wiki/Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aiden_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Aiden English">Aiden English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Carter_III" title="Ethan Carter III">EC3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epico_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epico (wrestler)">Epico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Gallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Gallows">Luke Gallows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curt_Hawkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Curt Hawkins">Curt Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/No_Way_Jose_(wrestler)" title="No Way Jose (wrestler)">No Way Jose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Logan" title="Sarah Logan">Sarah Logan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Kanellis" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Kanellis">Mike Kanellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Kanellis" title="Maria Kanellis">Maria Kanellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Primo_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primo (wrestler)">Primo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rusev_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rusev (wrestler)">Rusev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lio_Rush" title="Lio Rush">Lio Rush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zack_Ryder" class="mw-redirect" title="Zack Ryder">Zack Ryder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heath_Slater" title="Heath Slater">Heath Slater</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Young_(wrestler)" title="Eric Young (wrestler)">Eric Young</a>), three producers (<a href="/wiki/Dave_Finlay" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Finlay">Dave Finlay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Helms" class="mw-redirect" title="Shane Helms">Shane Helms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a>), referee <a href="/wiki/Mike_Chioda" title="Mike Chioda">Mike Chioda</a>, and multiple NXT/Performance Center trainees and staff. WWE executives also took a pay cut, and the company has also suspended construction on its new headquarters for at least six months.<a href="#cite_note-97">[95]</a> The firings caused significant backlash by fans; with <a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a> calling them "livid." Both fans and several media outlets pointed out that while WWE claimed that these actions were "necessary due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic", the WWE also claimed to have "substantial financial resources. Available cash and debt capacity currently total approximately $0.5 billion". DeSantis's claimed WWE was "essential", which meant that the company's revenues loss would be limited.<a href="#cite_note-BusinessInsiderDozensLivid-93">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-newsweekFurloughedImpact-98">[96]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg/330px-The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="218" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1080"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 218px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg/330px-The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg" data-width="275" data-height="218" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg/500px-The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg/960px-The_Bloodline_at_Royal_Rumble_2023.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> (center) has been a top star in the WWE since 2015, and at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_38" title="WrestleMania 38">WrestleMania 38</a> in 2022 Reigns defeated <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> to unify the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> with the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">WWE Universal Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[97]</a></figcaption></figure> In August 2020, WWE relocated from the Performance Center to Orlando's <a href="/wiki/Amway_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Amway Center">Amway Center</a> for a long-term residency, broadcasting episodes of Raw, SmackDown, and pay-per-views through a virtual fan viewing experience called <a href="/wiki/WWE_ThunderDome" title="WWE ThunderDome">WWE ThunderDome</a>. Inside the ThunderDome, drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections were utilized to enhance the wrestlers' entrances on a level similar to that of pay-per-view productions pre-pandemic. Nearly 1,000 LED boards were installed to allow for rows and rows of virtual fans. It was free of charge for fans to virtually attend the events, though they had to reserve their virtual seat ahead of time.<a href="#cite_note-100">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[100]</a> During this time, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> began his historic world title reign with the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">WWE Universal Championship</a>, which would eventually surpass 1,000 days; being the longest world title reign in the WWE since <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> from 1984 to 1988. WWE remained at the Amway Center up through early December before relocating the ThunderDome to <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg, Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[102]</a> The ThunderDome relocated to <a href="/wiki/Yuengling_Center" title="Yuengling Center">Yuengling Center</a>, located on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Florida" title="University of South Florida">University of South Florida</a> in Tampa, beginning with the April 12, 2021, episode of Raw.<a href="#cite_note-105">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-650,000-106">[104]</a> In October 2020, NXT events were relocated from Full Sail University to the Performance Center in a similar setup dubbed the Capitol Wrestling Center. It had many of the same features as the ThunderDome, but with a small crowd of select live fans included, in addition to the virtual fans. The name is also an homage to WWE's predecessor, the Capitol Wrestling Corporation.<a href="#cite_note-107">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[106]</a> On May 21 WWE brought back fans full time, beginning with a 25-city tour, thus ending the ThunderDome residency. The July 16 episode of <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a> started WWE's return to the road, taking place at the <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a> in Houston, Texas. In January 2021, WWE moved <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_37" title="WrestleMania 37">WrestleMania 37</a>, which was originally to be held in <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a> on March 28, to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida – WrestleMania 36's original location – as a two-night event on April 10 and 11, with fans in attendance, though to a limited capacity.<a href="#cite_note-109">[107]</a> This marked WWE's first event during the pandemic to have ticketed fans in attendance with a maximum of 25,000 spectators for each night with COVID-19 protocols in place.<a href="#cite_note-110">[108]</a> Also around this time, the WWE Network in the United States became exclusively distributed by <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a> on March 18, 2021 (ahead of <a href="/wiki/Fastlane_(2021)" title="Fastlane (2021)">Fastlane</a> and WrestleMania 37). The merger of the WWE Network and Peacock did not affect the service outside of the United States.<a href="#cite_note-CCK-111">[109]</a> The move to Peacock received some criticisms from fans particularly due to Peacock's heavy censorship policy, the company began the removal of some of the contents that were considered iconic moments of the <a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a> that were deemed inappropriate by Peacock, these archived contents would no longer be available under any of WWE's authorized platforms.<a href="#cite_note-112">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[111]</a> Amdist the criticisms, in April 2021 WWE executive <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> defended WWE's move to Peacock.<a href="#cite_note-114">[112]</a> NXT was moved to a Tuesday night timeslot in 2021 and was rebooted as NXT 2.0 later that year, reinstituting its original function as a developmental brand. The Performance Center became NXT's permanent home base, replacing Full Sail. Maximum capacity crowds resumed and the Capitol Wrestling Center name was phased out.<a href="#cite_note-115">[113]</a> In February 2022, the 205 Live brand was dissolved and the 205 Live show was replaced by a new NXT show called <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT_Level_Up" title="WWE NXT Level Up">Level Up</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[114]</a> On February 24, 2022, WWE launched a partnership with On Location, a company known for providing premium hospitality experiences for marquee events. Through the partnership, spectators will have access to hospitality packages for WWE's five biggest events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank. The <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2022)" title="Money in the Bank (2022)">2022 Money in the Bank</a> was WWE's first event to offer the premium hospitality packages. These ticket and travel packages include premier seating, premium hospitality offerings, and meet-and-greets with current WWE wrestlers and legends.<a href="#cite_note-117">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Changes_in_leadership_(2022–2023)">Changes in leadership (2022–2023)</h4></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg/150px-Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="267" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1635" data-file-height="2909"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 267px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg/150px-Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="267" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg/225px-Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg/300px-Triple_H_and_Stephanie_McMahon_2014.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Former WWE Chairwoman and CEO <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a> (right) with her husband WWE CCO and Head of Creative <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> (left)</figcaption></figure> On June 17, 2022, amidst an investigation by WWE's Board of Directors into reported "hush money" paid to a former employee by Vince McMahon following an affair, Mr. McMahon stepped down as chairman and CEO of WWE and was replaced by his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, as the interim chairwoman of WWE.<a href="#cite_note-118">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[117]</a> Despite the change Vince McMahon came out on WWE SmackDown, that night opening the show with a brief speech, the highlights of which "then, now, forever and most importantly together" was quoted by various news media as Vince letting people know that he was still in creative control from behind the scenes.<a href="#cite_note-120">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[119]</a> On July 22, 2022, Vince McMahon officially retired, stating on Twitter, "At 77, time for me to retire. Thank you, WWE Universe. Then. Now. Forever. Together."<a href="#cite_note-122">[120]</a> Following Vince's retirement, Stephanie McMahon was officially named chairwoman while she and Nick Khan were named co-CEOs of WWE.<a href="#cite_note-Vince_McMahon_Retires-123">[121]</a> Triple H would take over as head of creative, while resuming his position as Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and later being promoted to Chief Content Officer.<a href="#cite_note-124">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[123]</a> Commentators have highlighted the significance of McMahon's retirement, saying that it marked the historic start of a new period in WWE's history.<a href="#cite_note-126">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[130]</a> The 2022 <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2022)" title="SummerSlam (2022)">SummerSlam</a> event held on July 30, 2022, was the first WWE pay-per-view event to be held under the leadership of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H.<a href="#cite_note-133">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[132]</a> On August 18, 2022; WWE Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> was promoted to WWE Vice President of Talent Development Creative.<a href="#cite_note-135">[133]</a> On September 6, 2022, WWE announced Paul 'Triple H' Levesque's promotion to <a href="/wiki/Chief_Content_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Content Officer">Chief Content Officer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[134]</a> On January 6, 2023, Vince McMahon announced intentions to return to the company ahead of media rights negotiations. WWE's media rights with Fox and USA Network are set to expire in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-137">[135]</a> That same month, JP Morgan were hired to handle a possible sale of the company, with companies such as <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> (owners of NBCUniversal and long-time partners of WWE), <a href="/wiki/Fox_Corporation" title="Fox Corporation">Fox Corp</a> (broadcaster of SmackDown), <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a> (owners of <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>), <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery" title="Warner Bros. Discovery">Warner Bros. Discovery</a> (broadcasters of rival promotion AEW), <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endeavor_(company)" title="Endeavor (company)">Endeavor Group Holdings</a> (owners of <a href="/wiki/UFC" class="mw-redirect" title="UFC">UFC</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Media" title="Liberty Media">Liberty Media</a> being in the speculation for buying the company<a href="#cite_note-138">[136]</a> with <a href="/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency">CAA</a> and Saudi Arabia's <a href="/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund" title="Public Investment Fund">Public Investment Fund</a> also on the list.<a href="#cite_note-139">[137]</a> On January 10, 2023, Stephanie McMahon resigned as chairwoman and co-CEO.<a href="#cite_note-140">[138]</a> On the same day Vince McMahon assumed the role of executive Chairman of the WWE while Nick Khan became the sole CEO of the WWE.<a href="#cite_note-141">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Acquisition_of_WWE_by_Endeavor_(2023)">Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor (2023)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_WWE_by_Endeavor" class="mw-redirect" title="Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor">Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor</a></div> On April 3, 2023; WWE and Endeavor reached a deal under which WWE would merge with <a href="/wiki/UFC" class="mw-redirect" title="UFC">UFC</a>'s parent company <a href="/wiki/Endeavor_(company)" title="Endeavor (company)">Endeavor</a> to form a new company, which would go public on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> (NYSE) under the <a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">symbol</a> "<a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO</a>". Endeavor would hold a 51% stake in "TKO", with WWE's shareholders having a 49% stake,<a href="#cite_note-142">[140]</a> valuing WWE at $9.1 billion.<a href="#cite_note-:2-143">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-:02-144">[142]</a> This marked the first time that WWE has not been majority-controlled by the <a href="/wiki/McMahon_family" title="McMahon family">McMahon family</a>.<a href="#cite_note-145">[143]</a> Vince McMahon was appointed to serve as executive chairman of the new entity, Endeavor CEO <a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a> would become CEO, with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Shapiro_(media_executive)" title="Mark Shapiro (media executive)">Mark Shapiro</a> becoming president and chief operating officer. Emanuel would not take on any creative roles with WWE's head of creative <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul Levesque</a> appointed to remain in his role,<a href="#cite_note-:10-146">[144]</a> and with Nick Khan becoming president of WWE post-merger (not unlike <a href="/wiki/Dana_White" title="Dana White">Dana White</a>'s role as president of UFC).<a href="#cite_note-:02-144">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-143">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-147">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-146">[144]</a> The deal additionally granted McMahon life tenure as executive chairman, the right to nominate five WWE representatives on the 11 member board, as well as veto rights over certain actions by the new company.<a href="#cite_note-148">[146]</a> In addition, McMahon would own 34% of the new company, with a 16% voting interest.<a href="#cite_note-149">[147]</a> Emanuel stated that this merger would "bring together two leading pureplay sports and entertainment companies" and provide "significant operating synergies".<a href="#cite_note-:02-144">[142]</a> Vince McMahon stated that "family businesses have to evolve for all the right reasons", and that "given the incredible work that Ari and Endeavor have done to grow the UFC brand — nearly doubling its revenue over the past seven years — and the immense success we've already had in partnering with their team on a number of ventures, I believe that this is without a doubt the best outcome for our shareholders and other stakeholders."<a href="#cite_note-:2-143">[141]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_LLC_(2023–present)">World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC (2023–present)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Merger_with_UFC_and_the_formation_of_TKO_Group_Holdings_(2023–present)">Merger with UFC and the formation of TKO Group Holdings (2023–present)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg/250px-TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="93" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3257" data-file-height="1515"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 93px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg/250px-TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg.png" data-width="200" data-height="93" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg/330px-TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg/500px-TKO_Group_Holdings_Logo_2024.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>The logo of <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings</a></figcaption></figure> The merger between WWE and UFC into <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings</a> (TKO) was completed on September 12, 2023.<a href="#cite_note-150">[148]</a> Although the company's legal name remained World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC, it remained united with UFC as part of the new entity "TKO". As part of the deal WWE and UFC remained separate divisions of the new entity featuring Professional Wrestling and Mixed martial arts respectively.<a href="#cite_note-151">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[150]</a> The first WWE show under the <a href="/wiki/Endeavor_(company)" title="Endeavor (company)">Endeavor</a> regime was the September 12, 2023 episode of <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> which opened with <a href="/wiki/Ilja_Dragunov" title="Ilja Dragunov">Ilja Dragunov</a> defeating Wes Lee in a singles match, and in the main event Becky Lynch defeated Tiffany Stratton to win the NXT Women's Championship.<a href="#cite_note-153">[151]</a> The first WWE pay per view under TKO was <a href="/wiki/NXT_No_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" title="NXT No Mercy">NXT No Mercy</a> on September 30, 2023.<a href="#cite_note-154">[152]</a> Popular wrestler <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a> returned to WWE in late 2023 and in his first match upon return he defeated <a href="/wiki/Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a> at WWE MSG Show on December 26, 2023.<a href="#cite_note-155">[153]</a> On January 23, 2024 <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Dwayne Johnson</a>, also known as "The Rock" joined the <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings</a> board of directors.<a href="#cite_note-espntko-156">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-boardappoint-157">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-boardappointment-158">[156]</a> Three days later on January 26 Vince McMahon once again resigned due to further sexual misconduct allegations, with <a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a> obtaining greater control as the new Chairman of TKO.<a href="#cite_note-159">[157]</a> On April 1, 2024, Triple H stated that WWE had entered "another era".<a href="#cite_note-160">[158]</a> The next day, before <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XL" title="WrestleMania XL">WrestleMania XL</a>, TKO's parent company, Endeavor was taken private by its largest investor, Silver Lake, a year after Endeavor's three-year run as a public company where Endeavor purchased WWE a year prior.<a href="#cite_note-161">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[160]</a> On April 3, WWE wrestler <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> coined the term "Renaissance Era" for the period.<a href="#cite_note-163">[161]</a> At WrestleMania XL, the WWE would officially debut a new signature intro ahead of the event's first match. Paul "Triple H" Levesque would introduce the fans in attendance, “Welcome to a new time, welcome to a new era,”<a href="#cite_note-164">[162]</a> and at the WrestleMania's second night Stephanie McMahon would reiterate this, referring to it as the "Paul Levesque era”.<a href="#cite_note-165">[163]</a> On April 7, in the main event of the second and final night of the event, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns to win the <a href="/wiki/Undisputed_WWE_Universal_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Undisputed WWE Universal Championship">Undisputed WWE Universal Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[164]</a> On January 23, 2024, WWE announced that WWE Raw will move to <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> streaming service in January 2025,<a href="#cite_note-167">[165]</a> while also providing behind-the-scenes series.<a href="#cite_note-168">[166]</a> On May 4, 2024, WWE held <a href="/wiki/Backlash_France" title="Backlash France">Backlash France</a>, their first ever <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> event in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Raw04152024-169">[167]</a> On October 29, WWE announced launching their own <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">independent wrestling</a> development program named <a href="/wiki/WWE_ID" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE ID">WWE ID</a>, short for WWE Independent Development.<a href="#cite_note-WWEID-170">[168]</a> In 2024, WWE began a wider talent exchange with <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA). Several TNA wrestlers would make appearances on NXT's weekly television series and livestreaming events and vice versa. A multi-year partnership between <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA) and WWE was officially announced on January 16, 2025.<a href="#cite_note-171">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[170]</a> WWE also formed partnerships with <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dream_Star_Fighting_Marigold" title="Dream Star Fighting Marigold">Dream Star Fighting Marigold</a>.<a href="#cite_note-173">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[172]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_champions_in_WWE" title="List of current champions in WWE">List of current champions in WWE</a></div> Note: Tables with a "Days rec." column means that WWE officially recognizes a different number of days that a wrestler has held a title, generally due to an event airing on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a>. The colors and symbols indicate the home brand of the champions. <table class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#FBB; width:2em" align="center">† </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> </td> <td style="background:#CAE1FF; width:2em" align="center">‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> </td> <td style="background:silver; width:2em" align="center">§ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> </td> <td style="background:#B9FFC5; width:2em" align="center">∞ </td> <td>Unaffiliated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_roster"> Main roster</h3></div> Raw <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9" style="background:#FBB;"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Championship </th> <th colspan="2">Current champion(s) </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Days held </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)">World Heavyweight Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Gunther_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1329" data-file-height="1703"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 128px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="128" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Gunther_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">August 3, 2024 </td> <td align="center">248 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Damian_Priest" title="Damian Priest">Damian Priest</a> at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2024)" title="SummerSlam (2024)">SummerSlam</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-SSlam2024-175">[173]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Championship_(WWE)" title="Women's World Championship (WWE)">Women's World Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Iyo_Sky_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="1770"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 119px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="119" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Iyo_Sky_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Iyo_Sky" title="Iyo Sky">Iyo Sky</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">March 3, 2025 </td> <td align="center">36 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Rhea_Ripley" title="Rhea Ripley">Rhea Ripley</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Raw03032025-176">[174]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">WWE Intercontinental Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="209" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="950"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 209px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="209" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Bron_Breakker_-_WWE_Live_RTWM_Nottingham_March_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">October 21, 2024 </td> <td align="center">169 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Jey_Uso" title="Jey Uso">Jey Uso</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Raw10212024-177">[175]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship">WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1562" data-file-height="2257"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 144px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="144" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Lyra_Valkyria_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Lyra_Valkyria" title="Lyra Valkyria">Lyra Valkyria</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">January 13, 2025 </td> <td align="center">85 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> </td> <td>Defeated <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Kai" title="Dakota Kai">Dakota Kai</a> in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Raw01132025-178">[176]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">World Tag Team Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Machine_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/War_Machine_2017.jpg/120px-War_Machine_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1983" data-file-height="2191"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 110px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/War_Machine_2017.jpg/120px-War_Machine_2017.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="110" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/War_Machine_2017.jpg/250px-War_Machine_2017.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/The_Viking_Raiders" class="mw-redirect" title="The Viking Raiders">The War Raiders</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erik_(wrestler)" title="Erik (wrestler)">Erik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivar_(wrestler)" title="Ivar (wrestler)">Ivar</a>) </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">December 16, 2024 </td> <td align="center">113 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/The_Judgement_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="The Judgement Day">The Judgement Day</a> (<a href="/wiki/Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a> and <a href="/wiki/JD_McDonagh" title="JD McDonagh">JD McDonagh</a>) on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Raw12162024-179">[177]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> SmackDown <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9" style="background:#CAE1FF;"><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Championship </th> <th colspan="2">Current champion(s) </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Days held </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Undisputed_WWE_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Undisputed WWE Championship">Undisputed WWE Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE</a> and <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">Universal</a> championships) </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg/120px-Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3064" data-file-height="3830"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 125px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg/120px-Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="125" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg/250px-Cody_Rhodes_RR25.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">April 7, 2024 </td> <td align="center">366 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Anything_Goes_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Anything Goes match">Bloodline Rules match</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XL" title="WrestleMania XL">WrestleMania XL</a> Night 2. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-WM40N2-180">[178]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Championship" title="WWE Women's Championship">WWE Women's Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1711" data-file-height="2311"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 135px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="135" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Tiffany_Stratton_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Stratton" title="Tiffany Stratton">Tiffany Stratton</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">January 3, 2025 </td> <td align="center">95 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Nia_Jax" title="Nia Jax">Nia Jax</a> in Stratton's <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match#Cash-in_matches" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank cash-in match</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-SmackDown01032025-181">[179]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">WWE United States Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:LA_Knight_RR24_(2)_(headshot).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg/120px-LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="968"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 129px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg/120px-LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="129" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg/250px-LA_Knight_RR24_%282%29_%28headshot%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/LA_Knight" title="LA Knight">LA Knight</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">March 7, 2025 </td> <td align="center">32 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-SmackDown03072025-182">[180]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_United_States_Championship" title="WWE Women's United States Championship">WWE Women's United States Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Chelsea_Green_RR25_(1)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="2624"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 150px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="150" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Chelsea_Green_RR25_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Green" title="Chelsea Green">Chelsea Green</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">December 14, 2024 </td> <td align="center">115 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Uniondale,_New_York" title="Uniondale, New York">Uniondale, New York</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Michin" class="mw-redirect" title="Michin">Michin</a> in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion at <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XXXVII" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII">Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-SME12142024-183">[181]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWE Tag Team Championship">WWE Tag Team Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Street_Profits_March_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="105" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2588" data-file-height="2723"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 105px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="105" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Street_Profits_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/The_Street_Profits" class="mw-redirect" title="The Street Profits">The Street Profits</a> (<a href="/wiki/Angelo_Dawkins" title="Angelo Dawkins">Angelo Dawkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montez_Ford" title="Montez Ford">Montez Ford</a>) </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">March 14, 2025 </td> <td align="center">25 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona, Spain">Barcelona, Spain</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/DIY_(professional_wrestling)" title="DIY (professional wrestling)">#DIY</a> (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tommaso_Ciampa" title="Tommaso Ciampa">Tommaso Ciampa</a>) on <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-184">[182]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The WWE and Universal Championships–while maintaining their separate lineages–are jointly held and defended as the <a href="/wiki/Undisputed_WWE_Universal_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Undisputed WWE Universal Championship">Undisputed WWE Championship</a>.</li></ul> Open These titles are available to all three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:#B9FFC5;">Open </th></tr> <tr> <th>Championship </th> <th colspan="2">Current champion(s) </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Days held </th> <th>Days rec. </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Notes </th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWE Women's Tag Team Championship">WWE Women's Tag Team Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Liv_Morgan_RR25_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg/120px-Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="2174"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 125px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg/120px-Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="125" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg/250px-Liv_Morgan_RR25_%281%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <a href="/wiki/File:Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1592" data-file-height="2238"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 141px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="141" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Raquel_Rodriguez_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td style="background:#FBB;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Liv_Morgan_and_Raquel_Rodriguez" title="Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez">Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez</a> † </td> <td align="center">3 (3, 4) </td> <td align="center">February 24, 2025 </td> <td align="center">43 </td> <td align="center">43 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Bianca_Belair" title="Bianca Belair">Bianca Belair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naomi_(wrestler)" title="Naomi (wrestler)">Naomi</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Raw02242025-185">[183]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Speed_Championship" title="WWE Speed Championship">WWE Speed Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon_Lee_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dragon_Lee_II.jpg/100px-Dragon_Lee_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="900"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 150px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dragon_Lee_II.jpg/100px-Dragon_Lee_II.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="150" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dragon_Lee_II.jpg/150px-Dragon_Lee_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dragon_Lee_II.jpg/200px-Dragon_Lee_II.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td style="background:#FBB;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Lee_(wrestler)" title="Dragon Lee (wrestler)">Dragon Lee</a> † </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">November 15, 2024 </td> <td align="center">144 </td> <td align="center">139 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Andrade_El_Idolo" title="Andrade El Idolo">Andrade</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Speed" title="WWE Speed">Speed</a>. WWE recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on November 20, 2024, when the match aired on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Spoiler15112024-186">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[185]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Speed_Championship" title="WWE Women's Speed Championship">WWE Women's Speed Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Candice_LeRae_RR25_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1077" data-file-height="1383"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 128px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="128" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Candice_LeRae_RR25_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td style="background:#CAE1FF;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Candice_LeRae" title="Candice LeRae">Candice LeRae</a> ‡ </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">October 4, 2024 </td> <td align="center">186 </td> <td align="center">181 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Iyo_Sky" title="Iyo Sky">Iyo Sky</a> in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion on <a href="/wiki/WWE_Speed" title="WWE Speed">Speed</a>. WWE recognizes LeRae's reign as beginning on October 9, 2024, when the match aired on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-spoilers-188">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[187]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Developmental">Developmental</h3></div> <dl><dt></dt><dl><dt>NXT</dt></dl></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:silver;"><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Championship </th> <th colspan="2">Current champion(s) </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Days held </th> <th>Days rec. </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Notes </th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_Championship" title="NXT Championship">NXT Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Oba-Femi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Oba-Femi.jpg/100px-Oba-Femi.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="450"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 56px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Oba-Femi.jpg/100px-Oba-Femi.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="56" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Oba-Femi.jpg/150px-Oba-Femi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Oba-Femi.jpg/200px-Oba-Femi.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Oba_Femi" title="Oba Femi">Oba Femi</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">January 7, 2025 </td> <td align="center">91 </td> <td align="center">91 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a> </td> <td>Defeated <a href="/wiki/Trick_Williams" title="Trick Williams">Trick Williams</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Triple_threat_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple threat match">triple threat match</a> also involving <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Thorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddy Thorpe">Eddy Thorpe</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT:_New_Year%27s_Evil_(2025)" title="NXT: New Year's Evil (2025)">NXT: New Year's Evil</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NewYearsEvil2025-190">[188]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_Women%27s_Championship" title="NXT Women's Championship">NXT Women's Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg/100px-Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="3840"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 125px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg/100px-Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="125" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg/150px-Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg/200px-Stephanie_Vaquer_RR25.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Vaquer" title="Stephanie Vaquer">Stephanie Vaquer</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">March 11, 2025 </td> <td align="center">28 </td> <td align="center">28 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Giulia_(wrestler)" title="Giulia (wrestler)">Giulia</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Winner_Takes_All_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Winner Takes All match">Winner Takes All match</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Roadblock_(2025)" title="NXT Roadblock (2025)">NXT: Roadblock</a> in which Vaquer defended the <a href="/wiki/NXT_Women%27s_North_American_Championship" title="NXT Women's North American Championship">NXT Women's North American Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Roadblock2025-191">[189]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_North_American_Championship" title="NXT North American Championship">NXT North American Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="91" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1774"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 91px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="91" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Starks_as_DEFY_Champion_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricky Saints">Ricky Saints</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">April 1, 2025 </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Spears" title="Shawn Spears">Shawn Spears</a> on <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NXT04012025-192">[190]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_Women%27s_North_American_Championship" title="NXT Women's North American Championship">NXT Women's North American Championship</a> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">Vacant </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="left">During <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a> on April 1, 2025, previous champion <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Vaquer" title="Stephanie Vaquer">Stephanie Vaquer</a> relinquished the title due to also holding the <a href="/wiki/NXT_Women%27s_Championship" title="NXT Women's Championship">NXT Women's Championship</a>. The next Women's North American Champion will be determined by a six-woman <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">Ladder match</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Stand_%26_Deliver_(2025)" title="NXT Stand & Deliver (2025)">Stand & Deliver</a> on April 19, 2025. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Womens-NA-Vacated-193">[191]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_Heritage_Cup" title="NXT Heritage Cup">NXT Heritage Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Pillman_Jr,_2020_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="891"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 133px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="133" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Brian_Pillman_Jr%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Lexis_King" title="Lexis King">Lexis King</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">December 17, 2024 </td> <td align="center">112 </td> <td align="center">105 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dempsey_(wrestler)" title="Charlie Dempsey (wrestler)">Charlie Dempsey</a> by 1–0 due to disqualification on <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a>. WWE recognizes King's reign as beginning on December 24, 2024, when the match aired on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a>. As of February 4, 2025<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WWE&action=edit">[update]</a>, King defends the title in one-fall matches instead of under British Rounds Rules. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NXT12242024-194">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-NXT02042025-195">[193]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NXT_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NXT Tag Team Championship">NXT Tag Team Championship</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Carter,_July_2020_(cropped_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/100px-Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2573" data-file-height="3432"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 133px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/100px-Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="133" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/150px-Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/200px-Benjamin_Carter%2C_July_2020_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> <a href="/wiki/File:Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg/100px-Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2095" data-file-height="3029"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 145px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg/100px-Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg" data-width="100" data-height="145" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg/150px-Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg/200px-Ruiz_as_his_in_ring_character_%E2%80%9CAxiom%E2%80%9D.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Frazer_and_Axiom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Frazer and Axiom">Nathan Frazer and Axiom</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">September 1, 2024 </td> <td align="center">219 </td> <td align="center">219 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a> </td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Chase_U" class="mw-redirect" title="Chase U">Chase U</a> (<a href="/wiki/Andre_Chase" title="Andre Chase">Andre Chase</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ridge_Holland" title="Ridge Holland">Ridge Holland</a>) at <a href="/wiki/NXT_No_Mercy_(2024)" title="NXT No Mercy (2024)">NXT No Mercy</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NXTNM2024-196">[194]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt></dt><dl><dt>WWE ID</dt></dl></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:silver;"><a href="/wiki/WWE_ID" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE ID">WWE ID</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Championship </th> <th colspan="2">Current champion(s) </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Days held </th> <th>Days rec. </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Notes </th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_ID_Championship" title="WWE ID Championship">WWE ID Championship</a> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="left">The inaugural champion will be crowned in a tournament. </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-WWEID-170">[168]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_ID_Championship" title="WWE Women's ID Championship">WWE Women's ID Championship</a> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a> </td> <td align="left">The inaugural champion will be crowned in a tournament. </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-WWEID-170">[168]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_championships">Retired championships</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_championships_in_WWE" title="List of former championships in WWE">List of former championships in WWE</a></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Contracts">Contracts</h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel" title="List of WWE personnel">List of WWE personnel</a></div> WWE signs most of its talent to exclusive contracts, meaning talent can appear or perform only on WWE programming and events. They are not permitted to appear or perform for another promotion unless special arrangements are made beforehand. WWE keeps all wrestlers' salary, employment length, benefits, and all other contract details strictly private.<a href="#cite_note-197">[195]</a> WWE classifies its professional wrestlers as <a href="/wiki/Independent_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent contractor">independent contractors</a> and not as employees. A study by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville_School_of_Law" title="University of Louisville School of Law">University of Louisville Law Review</a> found that after applying the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> (IRS) 20-factor test, 16 factors "clearly indicate that wrestlers are employees". However, as a result of WWE terming them as independent contractors, "the wrestlers are denied countless benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled".<a href="#cite_note-198">[196]</a> In December 2021, WWE revealed a new recruitment contract for athletes who are currently attending college. The <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a>-approved <a href="/wiki/Student_athlete_compensation" title="Student athlete compensation">name, image, and likeness</a> contracts are referred to by WWE as "next in line agreements".<a href="#cite_note-199">[197]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Stock_and_corporate_governance">Stock and corporate governance</h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> On October 19, 1999, WWF, which had been owned previously by parent company Titan Sports, launched an <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> as a publicly traded company, trading on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> (NYSE) with the issuance of stock then valued at $172.5 million.<a href="#cite_note-money.cnn.com-46">[44]</a> The company traded on the NYSE under ticker symbol WWE.<a href="#cite_note-nyse.com-47">[45]</a> The company has actively marketed itself as a publicly traded company through presentations at investor conferences and other investor relations initiatives.<a href="#cite_note-200">[198]</a> In June 2003, the company began paying a dividend on its shares of $0.04 per share.<a href="#cite_note-201">[199]</a> In June 2011, the company cut its dividend from $0.36 to $0.12.<a href="#cite_note-202">[200]</a> In 2014, concerns about the company's viability caused wide fluctuations in its share price.<a href="#cite_note-203">[201]</a> In September 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings, UFC and WWE formed a new publicly traded company, <a href="/wiki/TKO_Group_Holdings" title="TKO Group Holdings">TKO Group Holdings, Inc.</a> The new entity went public on September 12, 2023, and is listed on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> (NYSE) under the <a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">symbol</a> "<a href="/wiki/Technical_knockout" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical knockout">TKO</a>".<a href="#cite_note-204">[202]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[203]</a> At the close of the deal, Endeavor held a 51% stake in TKO Group Holdings, with WWE's shareholders having a 49% stake, valuing WWE at $9.1 billion. This marked the first time that WWE had not been majority-controlled by members of the <a href="/wiki/McMahon_family" title="McMahon family">McMahon family</a>.<a href="#cite_note-206">[204]</a> Endeavor CEO <a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a> became CEO of TKO and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Shapiro_(media_executive)" title="Mark Shapiro (media executive)">Mark Shapiro</a> became president and chief operating officer, with each maintaining their respective roles at Endeavor. UFC and WWE continued to operate as separate divisions under TKO, with <a href="/wiki/Dana_White" title="Dana White">Dana White</a> as CEO of the UFC and Nick Khan serving as president of WWE post-merger.<a href="#cite_note-207">[205]</a> WWE's head of creative <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul Levesque</a> remained in his role.<a href="#cite_note-208">[206]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="WWE_Network_and_distribution_deals">WWE Network and distribution deals</h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a></div> On February 24, 2014, WWE launched <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service" title="Over-the-top media service">over-the-top</a> subscription streaming service<a href="#cite_note-:3-69">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-70">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-71">[69]</a> The service, which was initially proposed as a linear <a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">pay television</a> service,<a href="#cite_note-209">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-210">[208]</a> carries all WWE pay-per-view events, original programming (including in-ring programs, as well as documentary and reality programming highlighting the promotion and its history), and access to <a href="/wiki/WWE_Libraries" title="WWE Libraries">WWE library</a> content such as classic pay-per-views and television episodes from WWE and other promotions that it had acquired.<a href="#cite_note-211">[209]</a> The service reached 1,000,000 subscribers on January 27, 2015, in less than one year of its launch, with WWE claiming that it was thus "the fastest-growing digital subscription service ever".<a href="#cite_note-212">[210]</a> In May 2014, WWE and <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a> agreed to a new contract that would see both Raw and SmackDown continue on NBC owned networks the <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-213">[211]</a> In January 2016, SmackDown would change networks to the USA Network. The contract with NBCUniversal expires in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-214">[212]</a> On November 17, 2016, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Deutschland" title="Sky Deutschland">Sky Deutschland</a> signed a multi-year agreement to distribute WWE's premier pay-per-view events and broadcast Raw and SmackDown Live on SKY Sports starting in April 2017.<a href="#cite_note-215">[213]</a> On April 10, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a>, made Raw and SmackDown available live in Japan with Japanese commentary.<a href="#cite_note-216">[214]</a> On April 27, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/TV5_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV5 (Philippines)">TV5</a>, reached a new agreement to broadcast one-hour editions of SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-217">[215]</a> On May 12, 2017, WWE and Saran Media, reached a new multi-year agreement to televise Raw and SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-218">[216]</a> On July 10, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/AB1" title="AB1">AB 1</a>, extended their partnership into its 18th year with a new, multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming.<a href="#cite_note-219">[217]</a> On July 20, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/SuperSport_(South_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperSport (South African TV channel)">SuperSport</a>, reached a new, multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in more than 50 countries.<a href="#cite_note-220">[218]</a> On August 1, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a>, extend their partnership into its 18th year with a new agreement to broadcast WWE programming.<a href="#cite_note-221">[219]</a> On August 8, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Canal_1_(Colombia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal 1 (Colombia)">Canal 1</a>, a new agreement to broadcast One-hour editions of Raw and SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-222">[220]</a> On August 16, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a> reached a broadcast agreement to air weekly one-hour versions of Raw and SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-223">[221]</a> On August 24, 2017, WWE and Flow reached a multi-year agreement to televise WWE's flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-auto-224">[222]</a> On September 7, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/TVA_Sports" title="TVA Sports">TVA Sports</a> reached a multi-year agreement to air a weekly, one-hour only edition of Raw, in French in Canada.<a href="#cite_note-auto-224">[222]</a> On October 24, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Sport_TV" title="Sport TV">Sport TV</a> reached a multi-year agreement to air Raw and SmackDown.<a href="#cite_note-225">[223]</a> On December 15, 2017, WWE and <a href="/w/index.php?title=IB_Sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IB Sports (page does not exist)">IB SPORTS</a>, they will extend their partnership with a new agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-226">[224]</a> On December 18, 2017, WWE and <a href="/w/index.php?title=SPS_HD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPS HD (page does not exist)">SPS HD</a>, reached an agreement to broadcast Raw and SmackDown on SPS Sports for the first time in Mongolia.<a href="#cite_note-227">[225]</a> On December 13, 2017, WWE and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> introduced a new <a href="/wiki/Internet_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet television">Internet</a> in-ring series called <a href="/wiki/WWE_Mixed_Match_Challenge" title="WWE Mixed Match Challenge">WWE Mixed Match Challenge</a> that will stream live in the U.S. exclusively on <a href="/wiki/Facebook_Watch" title="Facebook Watch">Facebook Watch</a>. Premiering on January 16, 2018, the 12-episode series will feature wrestlers from both the <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> and <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> rosters competing in a single-elimination mixed tag-team tournament to win $100,000 to support the charity of their choice. Each episode will be 20 minutes long and will air at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.<a href="#cite_note-228">[226]</a> Starting on March 18, 2021 (ahead of <a href="/wiki/Fastlane_(2021)" title="Fastlane (2021)">Fastlane</a> and WrestleMania 37), the WWE Network in the United States became exclusively distributed by <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a>. The merger of the WWE Network and Peacock did not affect the service outside of the United States.<a href="#cite_note-CCK-111">[109]</a> On September 9, 2022, WWE reached a new multi-year partnership deal with <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">The Foxtel Group</a>,<a href="#cite_note-229">[227]</a> which allowed Foxtel to be the exclusive distributor of WWE in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, starting in early December 2022, allowing all pay-per-view events and original programming to be available on a dedicated WWE channel, <a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Now" title="Foxtel Now">Foxtel Now</a>, and on <a href="/wiki/Binge_(streaming_service)" title="Binge (streaming service)">Binge</a>, with no additional cost to Foxtel and Binge users. As announced on, January 23, 2024, Netflix will exclusively broadcast WWE's flagship weekly wrestling show Raw starting in January 2025 in the United States, Latin America, Canada and the United Kingdom. Netflix will also be the exclusive home of all WWE content outside of the U.S., which will include documentaries, original series, SmackDown, NXT and Premium Live Events such as WrestleMania, SummerSlam and the Royal Rumble.<a href="#cite_note-230">[228]</a><a href="#cite_note-231">[229]</a><a href="#cite_note-232">[230]</a> Broadcasts <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Program</th> <th>Original release</th> <th>Network</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></td> <td>January 11, 1993–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a></td> <td>One of WWE's two flagship programs that airs on Mondays. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">WWE SmackDown</a></td> <td>April 29, 1999–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA</a></td> <td>One of WWE's two flagship programs that airs on Fridays. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">WWE NXT</a></td> <td>February 23, 2010–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></td> <td>Developmental wrestling program that airs on Tuesdays. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event" title="Saturday Night's Main Event">Saturday Night's Main Event</a></td> <td>December 14, 2024–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a></td> <td>Quarterly <a href="/wiki/Television_special" title="Television special">television specials</a> that air on select Saturdays. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WWE_Speed" title="WWE Speed">WWE Speed</a></td> <td>April 13, 2024–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/X_(Twitter)" class="mw-redirect" title="X (Twitter)">X</a></td> <td>Streams on X. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_and_livestreaming_supercards" title="List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards">Premium Live Events</a></td> <td>March 31, 1985–present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a></td> <td>Major standalone events that air primarily on Peacock and WWE Network once per month. Formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">Pay-per-view</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> WWE uses a variety of special terms in promoting their product, such as describing the wrestling industry as <a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" title="Sports entertainment">sports entertainment</a>. The fan base is referred to as the "WWE Universe" for the main roster shows, while for NXT shows, they are also referred to as the "NXT Universe". Main roster wrestlers are designated "WWE Superstars", while those in NXT are also referred to as "NXT Superstars". Retired wrestlers are described as "WWE Legends", while those who have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a> are called "Hall of Famers".<a href="#cite_note-233">[231]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Expansion_beyond_wrestling">Expansion beyond wrestling</h2></div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subsidiaries">Subsidiaries</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Active">Active</h4></div> <ul><li>TSI Realty Co. (1997–present): In 1997, WWE established a real estate brokerage and investment firm called TSI Realty Company.<a href="#cite_note-234">[232]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Books" title="WWE Books">WWE Books</a> (2002–present): A book series that often publishes biographies of WWE personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to WWE, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other nonfiction books.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCW_(WWE_subsidiary)" class="mw-redirect" title="WCW (WWE subsidiary)">WCW Inc.</a> (2001–present): A subsidiary that was originally created as W. Acquisition Company in 2000. It was renamed WCW Inc. in 2001 following the WWF's purchase of the rights to the video library and intellectual property for <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Libraries" title="WWE Libraries">WWE Legacy Department</a> (2001–present): A collection of professional wrestling videos and copyrights.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Studios" title="WWE Studios">WWE Studios</a> (2002–present): Formerly known as WWE Films, a subsidiary that creates and develops feature film properties, including scripted, non-scripted, family and animated television and digital content.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Music_Group" title="WWE Music Group">WWE Music Group</a> (2006–present): A music group that specializes in compilation albums of WWE wrestlers' entrance themes. The group also releases titles that have been performed by WWE wrestlers.</li> <li>WWE Jet Services, Inc. (2013–present): A subsidiary formed to manage the financing and operations of the company's fleet of private jets.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a> (2013–present): A subsidiary that serves as the usual training center for future WWE wrestlers.</li> <li>WWE Shop (2015–present): A website established as the place to buy officially licensed WWE-related apparel, gear, and several other of the merchandise's products.</li> <li>Alpha Entertainment (2018–present): A <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" title="Limited liability company">limited liability company</a> that was established in 2018 by Vince McMahon for the purpose of being the parent company of the new <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a>. While McMahon stated that the XFL would remain as a separate company from WWE, it was revealed through WWE's 2018 10-K that the company holds a minority stake in Alpha Entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-235">[233]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Podcast_Network" title="WWE Podcast Network">WWE Podcast Network</a> (2019–present): A podcast network that features several WWE wrestlers hosting their own podcasts. WWE partnered with Endeavor Audio to launch the network.<a href="#cite_note-236">[234]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Defunct">Defunct</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Bodybuilding_Federation" title="World Bodybuilding Federation">World Bodybuilding Federation</a> (1990–1992): A subsidiary of Titan Sports which promoted professional <a href="/wiki/Bodybuilding" title="Bodybuilding">bodybuilding</a> through a television show, magazine, and annual pay-per-view events.</li> <li>Radio WWF (1993) A syndicated radio station hosted by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Polo">Johnny Polo</a>. The station featured shows that would cover ongoing WWF storylines and behind the scenes incidents. Radio WWF hosts also provided commentary for two pay-per-views.</li> <li>Wrestle Vessel (1996–1999): A series of WWF-themed cruise ship experiences.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Home_Video" title="WWE Home Video">WWE Home Video</a> (1997–2023): A home video subsidiary that specialized in distributing VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc copies of WWE pay-per-view events, compilations of WWE wrestlers' performances and entrances, and biographies of WWE performers. WWE Home Video releases were discontinued worldwide on December 26, 2023.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL</a> (2000–2001): A partially-owned subsidiary of the WWF which comprised eight league-owned <a href="/wiki/Professional_football_(gridiron)" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional football (gridiron)">professional football</a> teams. The league included television broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> (the other co-owners of the league), <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Spike_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike (TV network)">TNN</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_World_(WWE)" title="The World (WWE)">The World Entertainment</a> (1999–2003): A subsidiary of World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment that operated a restaurant, nightclub, and memorabilia shop in New York City. World originally opened as "WWF New York", and was renamed "The World". <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title="Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Cafe</a> took over the location in 2005.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Niagara_Falls" title="WWE Niagara Falls">WWE Niagara Falls</a> (2002–2011): A retail store that was located in <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario" title="Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls, Ontario</a>, Canada. The store featured autograph signings and appearances by WWE wrestlers, alumni, and Hall of Famers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Classics_on_Demand" title="WWE Classics on Demand">WWE Classics on Demand</a> (2004–2014): A subscription video-on-demand television service. Classics had footage from WWE's archive footage, including <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a>, and others. Classics offered around 40 hours of rotating programming per month, arranged into four programming buckets, and often centered on a specific theme.</li> <li>WWE Kids (2008–2014): A website and comic set, aimed at the children's end of the wrestling market. WWE Kids' comics were produced bi-monthly.</li> <li>WWE Universe (2008–2011): A social media website which was managed and operated by WWE. Its original name was "WWE Fan Nation" and was renamed "WWE Universe".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Magazine" title="WWE Magazine">WWE Magazine</a> (1983–2014): WWE's magazine – originally released bi-monthly, it later switching to a monthly schedule, before being discontinued in 2014.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investments">Investments</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tout_(company)" title="Tout (company)">Tout</a>: A social media 15-second video service. In 2012, WWE invested $5,000,000 and entered into a two-year partnership. Stephanie McMahon was named a part of the Tout Board of Directors. The agreement between the two companies ended in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-237">[235]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Experience" title="Marvel Experience">Marvel Experience</a>: Marvel Experience is an interactive live event with <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> characters appearing. WWE invested in the experience in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-238">[236]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phunware" title="Phunware">Phunware</a>: A business that creates mobile apps. WWE invested in Phunware in 2014 and<a href="#cite_note-239">[237]</a> uses the company for their app.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FloSports" title="FloSports">FloSports</a>: An over-the-top sport streaming service that WWE originally invested into in 2016. In 2019, WWE once again invested into FloSports. The sports that are available in FloSports include <a href="/wiki/Amateur_wrestling" title="Amateur wrestling">amateur wrestling</a>, professional wrestling, <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grappling" title="Grappling">grappling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">softball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheerleading" title="Cheerleading">cheerleading</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ESports" class="mw-redirect" title="ESports">eSports</a>.<a href="#cite_note-240">[238]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avid_Technology" title="Avid Technology">Avid Technology</a>: A technology and multimedia company. Avid specializes in audio and video; specifically digital non-linear editing systems, management and distribution services. WWE invested in Avid in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-241">[239]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_Racing_League" title="Drone Racing League">Drone Racing League</a>: A league that contains remote-controlled lightweight aircraft races and appears as a spectator sport. WWE invested in Drone in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-242">[240]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud9" title="Cloud9">Cloud9</a>: An <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> organization, which has teams compete in many different video games including a WWE sponsor, <a href="/wiki/Rocket_League" title="Rocket League">Rocket League</a>. WWE invested in Cloud9 in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-243">[241]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DraftKings" title="DraftKings">DraftKings</a>: WWE's fantasy sports partner.<a href="#cite_note-244">[242]</a></li> <li>Rad: A company that has a streaming platform focusing on <a href="/wiki/Non-fungible_token" title="Non-fungible token">non-fungible token</a> technology for film, TV, and celebrities. WWE invested in Rad in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-245">[243]</a></li> <li>Jomboy Media: A multimedia company that produces a baseball show. WWE invested in Jomboy Media in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-246">[244]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a>: A professional <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">lacrosse</a> league in the United States and Canada. WWE invested in the Premier Lacrosse League in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-247">[245]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charities">Charities</h3></div> <ul><li>WWE has had a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Make-A-Wish_Foundation" title="Make-A-Wish Foundation">Make-A-Wish Foundation</a> that spans four decades.<a href="#cite_note-248">[246]</a> Multi-time WWE champion <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> has granted more wishes than any other celebrity in history, having completed his 500th wish in August 2015.<a href="#cite_note-249">[247]</a></li> <li>WWE has had a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/United_Service_Organizations" title="United Service Organizations">United Service Organizations</a> since the early 2000s.<a href="#cite_note-250">[248]</a> The partnership allows WWE to host <a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops">WWE Tribute to the Troops</a> around the world and provide tickets to WWE events to service members.<a href="#cite_note-251">[249]</a></li> <li>In 2011, WWE launched its anti-bullying campaign, Be A S.T.A.R (Show Tolerance and Respect). The campaign, targeted towards children, consists of an interactive ceremony with WWE wrestlers visiting children at their schools and lecture the children on bullying.<a href="#cite_note-252">[250]</a></li> <li>Since 2012, WWE has partnered with <a href="/wiki/Susan_G._Komen_for_the_Cure" title="Susan G. Komen for the Cure">Susan G. Komen for the Cure</a> to raise awareness of <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> during the month of October. Their partnership includes offering special charity-related wrestler merchandise, as well as adding a pink color scheme to the sets and ring ropes; 20% of all October purchases of WWE merchandise go to the organization.<a href="#cite_note-253">[251]</a></li> <li>Since 2012, WWE has partnered with Hire Heroes USA to donate and implement a veterans hiring initiatives through WWE's partners.<a href="#cite_note-254">[252]</a> Multiple times a year, WWE hosts a panel for companies and veterans to come together and discuss career opportunities.<a href="#cite_note-255">[253]</a></li> <li>In June 2014, Connor's Cure<a href="#cite_note-256">[254]</a> – a non-profit charitable organization – was established by <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a>, who have personally funded it through the <a href="/wiki/UPMC_Children%27s_Hospital_of_Pittsburgh" title="UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh">Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation</a>. It is named in honor of <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> native <a href="/wiki/Connor_Michalek" title="Connor Michalek">Connor Michalek</a> (October 17, 2005 – April 25, 2014) who had died two months earlier from <a href="/wiki/Medulloblastoma" title="Medulloblastoma">medulloblastoma</a>, a rare tumor that affects the brain and spinal cord. Beginning in 2015, WWE began recognizing September as Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, adding a gold color scheme to the sets and ring ropes, and offering special Connor's Cure merchandise, with the proceeds going to charity.<a href="#cite_note-257">[255]</a><a href="#cite_note-258">[256]</a></li> <li>Since 2014, WWE has partnered with the <a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-259">[257]</a></li> <li>Since 2016, WWE has partnered with <a href="/wiki/Boys_%26_Girls_Clubs_of_America" title="Boys & Girls Clubs of America">Boys & Girls Clubs of America</a>.<a href="#cite_note-260">[258]</a></li> <li>In October 2018, a week before the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Evolution" title="WWE Evolution">Evolution</a> pay-per-view, the WWE and the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Foundation" title="United Nations Foundation">United Nations Foundation</a>'s Girl Up created Sports for a Purpose program aiming to create a culture of sports participation for girls around the world. The program launched in fall 2019. Stephanie McMahon stated, "WWE is proud to partner with Girl Up to create Sports for a Purpose, a new program designed to help our youth achieve gender equality in sports. Playing sports has a positive impact on girls' leadership skills, confidence and self-esteem, and we are excited to work with Girl Up to create this meaningful program."<a href="#cite_note-261">[259]</a></li> <li>Since 2019, WWE has partnered with <a href="/wiki/Leukemia_%26_Lymphoma_Society" title="Leukemia & Lymphoma Society">Leukemia & Lymphoma Society</a> to drive awareness and support for the research of <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-262">[260]</a></li> <li>Since November 2021, WWE has partnered with National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, honoring <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipients. Funds are raised through ticket sales.<a href="#cite_note-263">[261]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Tapout">Relationship with Tapout</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tapout_(clothing_brand)" title="Tapout (clothing brand)">Tapout (clothing brand)</a></div> In March 2015, WWE joined forces with <a href="/wiki/Authentic_Brands_Group" title="Authentic Brands Group">Authentic Brands Group</a> to relaunch <a href="/wiki/Tapout_(clothing_brand)" title="Tapout (clothing brand)">Tapout</a>, formerly a major <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">MMA</a>-related clothing line, as a more general "lifestyle fitness" brand. The apparel, for men and women, was first released in spring of 2016. WWE markets the brand through various products, including beverages, supplements, and gyms.<a href="#cite_note-264">[262]</a> WWE will hold a 50% stake in the brand, and so will advertise it regularly across all its platforms, hoping to give it one billion <a href="/wiki/Impression_(online_media)" title="Impression (online media)">impressions</a> a month, and take some of the fitness market from <a href="/wiki/Under_Armour" title="Under Armour">Under Armour</a>. WWE wrestlers and staff have been shown wearing various Tapout gear since the venture began.<a href="#cite_note-265">[263]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Partnerships">Partnerships</h2></div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> Though an infrequent occurrence, during its history WWE has worked with other wrestling promotions in collaborative efforts. During the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, WWE had working relationships with the Japanese <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW), <a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Japan)" title="Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)">Universal Wrestling Federation</a> (UWF), <a href="/wiki/Universal_Lucha_Libre" title="Universal Lucha Libre">Universal Lucha Libre</a> (FULL), and the Mexican <a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Association" title="Universal Wrestling Association">Universal Wrestling Association</a> (UWA). These working relationships led to the creations of the WWF <a href="/wiki/WWF_World_Martial_Arts_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship">World Martial Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/WWF_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF Light Heavyweight Championship">Light Heavyweight</a> and <a href="/wiki/WWF_Intercontinental_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship">Intercontinental Tag Team</a> championships.<a href="#cite_note-266">[264]</a><a href="#cite_note-267">[265]</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[266]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[267]</a> During the period of 1992–1996, WWE had talent exchange agreements with the United States and Japanese independent companies <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Mountain_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Smokey Mountain Wrestling">Smokey Mountain Wrestling</a> (SMW),<a href="#cite_note-270">[268]</a><a href="#cite_note-271">[269]</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_World_of_Sports" title="Super World of Sports">Super World of Sports</a> (SWS),<a href="#cite_note-272">[270]</a> <a href="/wiki/WAR_(wrestling_promotion)" title="WAR (wrestling promotion)">WAR</a>,<a href="#cite_note-273">[271]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association" title="United States Wrestling Association">United States Wrestling Association</a> (USWA).<a href="#cite_note-274">[272]</a> In 1997, the company did business with Mexico's <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">AAA</a> promotion, bringing in a number of AAA wrestlers for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1997)" title="Royal Rumble (1997)">Royal Rumble</a> event and namesake match.<a href="#cite_note-275">[273]</a><a href="#cite_note-276">[274]</a> In 1997, WWE would also do business with Japan's <a href="/wiki/Michinoku_Pro_Wrestling" title="Michinoku Pro Wrestling">Michinoku Pro Wrestling</a> (MPW), bringing in MPW talent to compete in the company's light heavyweight division and in their <a href="/wiki/WWF_Light_Heavyweight_Championship#1997_tournament" title="WWF Light Heavyweight Championship">1997 Light Heavyweight Championship tournament</a>.<a href="#cite_note-277">[275]</a> From 1997 to 1998, WWE partnered with the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA), with WWE hosting NWA matches on its programming. These matches were presented as part of <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance_(stable)" title="National Wrestling Alliance (stable)">"an invasion" of WWE by NWA wrestlers</a>. In 2015, WWE entered a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Evolve_(professional_wrestling)" title="Evolve (professional wrestling)">Evolve</a> – a U.S. independent promotion that WWE used as a scouting group for potential signees for the NXT brand.<a href="#cite_note-278">[276]</a> In 2020, WWE would purchase Evolve for an undisclosed amount.<a href="#cite_note-279">[277]</a> In 2016, WWE partnered with England's <a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling" title="Progress Wrestling">Progress Wrestling</a> with Progress hosting qualifying matches for WWE's <a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_Classic" title="Cruiserweight Classic">Cruiserweight Classic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-280">[278]</a> In 2017, Progress talent would participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Championship_Tournament_(2017)" title="United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017)">WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament</a><a href="#cite_note-281">[279]</a> and at WWE's <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_Axxess" class="mw-redirect" title="WrestleMania Axxess">WrestleMania Axxess</a> events.<a href="#cite_note-ManiaAxxess-282">[280]</a> Three years later in 2020, Progress programming began airing on the WWE Network. In 2017, WWE partnered with Scotland's <a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">Insane Championship Wrestling</a> (ICW) with some ICW talent appearing in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament and at WWE's WrestleMania Axxess events.<a href="#cite_note-ManiaAxxess-282">[280]</a> In 2017, WWE explored a deal to bring ICW programming onto the WWE Network<a href="#cite_note-283">[281]</a> – ICW programming began airing on the WWE Network in 2020. In 2018, WWE partnered with Germany's <a href="/wiki/Westside_Xtreme_Wrestling" title="Westside Xtreme Wrestling">Westside Xtreme Wrestling</a> (wXw).<a href="#cite_note-284">[282]</a> In October 2018, WWE hosted German tryouts at the wXw Wrestling Academy.<a href="#cite_note-285">[283]</a> In 2020, wXw programming began airing on the WWE Network. In February 2023, WWE (specifically their NXT brand) launched a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>-based independent promotion <a href="/wiki/Reality_of_Wrestling" title="Reality of Wrestling">Reality of Wrestling</a> (ROW), which is owned by <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Famer</a> and NXT commentator <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a>.<a href="#cite_note-286">[284]</a> In December 2023, WWE launched a partnership with <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a> (AJPW).<a href="#cite_note-287">[285]</a><a href="#cite_note-288">[286]</a> In early 2024, WWE expanded their partnership with AJPW, with NXT wrestler <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dempsey_(wrestler)" title="Charlie Dempsey (wrestler)">Charlie Dempsey</a> going to Japan to challenge for AJPW's <a href="/wiki/AJPW_Triple_Crown_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="AJPW Triple Crown Championship">Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship</a> which marked the first match under the new collaboration.<a href="#cite_note-289">[287]</a> Throughout 2024, WWE launched partnerships with <a href="/wiki/Dream_Star_Fighting_Marigold" title="Dream Star Fighting Marigold">Dream Star Fighting Marigold</a> (Marigold),<a href="#cite_note-290">[288]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a> (NOAH), and <a href="/wiki/Game_Changer_Wrestling" title="Game Changer Wrestling">Game Changer Wrestling</a> (GCW). In October 2024, WWE launched the <a href="/wiki/WWE_ID" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE ID">WWE ID system</a> to develop and support the training of independent wrestlers,<a href="#cite_note-291">[289]</a> with the first WWE ID partner wrestling schools and promotions being Black and Brave Academy, Nightmare Factory, Elite Pro Wrestling Training Center, and KnokX Pro Academy, among others.<a href="#cite_note-292">[290]</a><a href="#cite_note-293">[291]</a> In January 2025, WWE announced a multi-year partnership with <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA) that allows TNA wrestlers and <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> wrestlers to appear on NXT events, <a href="/wiki/TNA_Impact!" title="TNA Impact!">TNA Impact!</a>, and select <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_and_livestreaming_supercards" title="List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards">WWE</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_TNA_pay-per-view_and_livestreaming_events" title="List of TNA pay-per-view and livestreaming events">TNA Premium Live Events</a>.<a href="#cite_note-294">[292]</a><a href="#cite_note-295">[293]</a> Throughout the company's history, WWE has had past arrangements with independent companies from the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling" title="Ohio Valley Wrestling">Ohio Valley Wrestling</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> (such as the <a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_(Puerto_Rico)" title="International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)">International Wrestling Association</a>) with the companies serving as <a href="/wiki/Developmental_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Developmental territory">developmental territories</a>.<a href="#cite_note-296">[294]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="Drug_testing_and_wellness_program">Drug testing and wellness program</h2></div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> The World Wrestling Federation had a drug-testing policy in place as early as 1987, initially run by an in-house administrator. In 1991, wrestlers were subjected to independent testing for <a href="/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" title="Anabolic steroid">anabolic steroids</a> for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-297">[295]</a> The independent testing ceased in 1996, being deemed too expensive as the company was going through financial duress at the time as a result of their competitors, <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a>, being so overwhelmingly more popular and hurting the federation's business.<a href="#cite_note-298">[296]</a> The Talent Wellness Program is a comprehensive drug, alcohol, and cardiac screening program initiated in February 2006, three months after the <a href="/wiki/Sudden_death_of_athletes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudden death of athletes">sudden death</a> of one of their highest-profile and most popular talents, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a>, who died at 38-years-old.<a href="#cite_note-wwepolicy-299">[297]</a> The policy tests for <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drug use</a> and abuse of prescription medication, including anabolic steroids.<a href="#cite_note-wwepolicy-299">[297]</a> Under the guidelines of the policy, talent is also tested annually for pre-existing or developing cardiac issues. The drug testing is handled by Aegis Sciences Corporation; the cardiac evaluations are handled by New York Cardiology Associates P.C.<a href="#cite_note-wwepolicy-299">[297]</a> The Wellness Policy requires that all talent "under contract to WWE who regularly perform in-ring services as a professional sports entertainer" undergo testing; however, part-time competitors are exempt from testing.<a href="#cite_note-300">[298]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide" title="Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide">double-murder and suicide</a> committed by one of its performers, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a>, with a possible link to steroid abuse encouraged by WWE, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a> requested that WWE turn over any material regarding its talent wellness policy.<a href="#cite_note-steroid-301">[299]</a> In August 2007, WWE and its contracted performers defended the program in the wake of several busts of illegal pharmacy that linked WWE performers to steroid purchases even after the policy was put into place. Ten professional wrestlers were suspended for violating the Wellness Policy after reports emerged they were all customers of Signature Pharmacy in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>. According to a statement attributed to WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt, an eleventh wrestler was later added to the suspension list.<a href="#cite_note-302">[300]</a><a href="#cite_note-303">[301]</a><a href="#cite_note-304">[302]</a> On September 13, 2010, WWE updated their list of banned substances to include <a href="/wiki/Muscle_relaxant" title="Muscle relaxant">muscle relaxers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-305">[303]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="Legal_disputes_and_controversies">Legal disputes and controversies</h2></div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s_drug_scandal">1990s drug scandal</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_v._McMahon" title="United States v. McMahon">United States v. McMahon</a></div> During the 1980s and 1990s, George Zahorian was thought to have routinely distributed steroids and other drugs to WWF wrestlers, supposedly with the approval of WWF owner Vince McMahon.<a href="#cite_note-SESCOOPS-306">[304]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">unreliable source?</a>] In 1993, McMahon was indicted in federal court after the steroid controversy engulfed the promotion, forcing him to temporarily cede control of the WWF to his wife Linda.<a href="#cite_note-307">[305]</a> The case went to trial in 1994, where McMahon himself was accused of distributing steroids to his wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-308">[306]</a> One notable prosecution witness was <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Wacholz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Wacholz">Nailz</a> (real name: Kevin Wacholz), a former WWF performer who had been fired after a violent confrontation with McMahon. Nailz testified that McMahon had ordered him to use steroids, but his credibility was called into question during his testimony as he repeatedly stated that he "hated" McMahon.<a href="#cite_note-309">[307]</a><a href="#cite_note-310">[308]</a> The jury would later acquit McMahon of the charges and he resumed his role in the day-to day operations of the WWF.<a href="#cite_note-311">[309]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s_ring_boy_scandal">1990s ring boy scandal</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ring_boy_scandal" title="Ring boy scandal">Ring boy scandal</a></div> During the early 1990s, Mel Phillips, WWF's ring announcer and ring crew head, was accused of molesting multiple "ring boys", under-aged children that worked as part of the WWF ring crew.<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> In 1992, Phillips was fired from the WWF.<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> Phillips had previously been temporarily dismissed from the WWF in 1988 for sexual misconduct, but was brought back that same year.<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> On October 29, 2020, it was reported by <a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a> that Vince McMahon and his wife <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda</a> were aware of the allegations against Phillips but willfully <a href="/wiki/Turning_a_blind_eye" title="Turning a blind eye">turned a blind eye</a> to them. According to <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" title="Freedom of Information Act (United States)">Freedom of Information Act</a> requests for court records regarding the ring boy scandal, Vince, under oath, stated that he was aware that Phillips had taken a "peculiar and unnatural interest in children" but refused to take action against him.<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> Further testimony revealed that Vince, after bringing Phillips back to the WWF in 1988, had made Phillips promise to "stop chasing after kids".<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> It was also reported by Business Insider that, under Vince and Linda McMahon's directive, the WWF began a campaign to discredit Tom Cole, one of the children who had accused Phillips of sexual misconduct, and Cole's family.<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> In response to the Business Insider report, Jerry McDevitt, WWE's attorney, stated that the accusations against Phillips were related to his unusual "foot fetish" but did not include "anything approximating conventional forms of sexual abuse such as rape, sodomy, etc."<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> He additionally described the claims that the McMahons knew about the accusations against Phillips but refused to take action and continued to employ him under the condition that he "stop chasing after kids" as "outlandish" and "classic libel."<a href="#cite_note-BIallegations-312">[310]</a> Tom Cole died in February 2021.<a href="#cite_note-313">[311]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disputes_with_rival_companies">Disputes with rival companies</h3></div> In 1996, Titan Sports, the parent company of the World Wrestling Federation, sued World Championship Wrestling (WCW) over WCW implying that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (Razor Ramon and Diesel) were invading WCW on the WWF's behalf. This led to a series of lawsuits filed by both companies as the Monday Night War heated up. The lawsuit went on for years, ending with a settlement in 2000. One of the terms gave then WWF the right to bid on WCW's assets if the company were liquidated. AOL Time Warner, the then-parent company of WCW, canceled WCW's television shows in March 2001 and sold the company assets to the WWF.<a href="#cite_note-314">[312]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">unreliable source?</a>] On May 23, 2012, <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA) sued former employee Brian Wittenstein and WWE. <a href="/wiki/TNA_Entertainment,_LLC_v._Wittenstein" title="TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein">The suit</a> alleged that Wittenstein violated a non-disclosure agreement and shared confidential information with the WWE which represented a comparative advantage in negotiating with wrestling talent under contract with TNA. He was subsequently hired by WWE, after which TNA asserted that Wittenstein violated the agreement by downloading confidential TNA trade secrets and providing that information to WWE. Although WWE fired Wittenstein and alerted TNA officials as to the disclosure of the information, TNA claimed that WWE had access to the information for three weeks prior to disclosure and in this time, the WWE used <a href="/wiki/Trade_secret" title="Trade secret">secret contract information</a> and attempted to poach their talent in violation of Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Trade_Secrets_Act" title="Uniform Trade Secrets Act">Uniform Trade Secrets Act</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Burr&Forman-315">[313]</a> The lawsuit was formally withdrawn without prejudice, by the plaintiff, TNA, on January 15, 2013, under a "Notice of Voluntary Nonsuit" which offers no ruling on the merits of the suit and allows TNA to potentially refile at a later date.<a href="#cite_note-316">[314]</a> On January 11, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling</a> (MLW) filed an <a href="/wiki/Anti-trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-trust">anti-trust</a> lawsuit against WWE, accusing them of interfering in television and streaming deals and poaching talent. Through the lawsuit, it was disclosed that a streaming deal with <a href="/wiki/Fox_Corporation" title="Fox Corporation">Fox Corporation</a>-owned <a href="/wiki/Tubi" title="Tubi">Tubi</a> was terminated due to WWE allegedly threatening to pull their programming from the sibling <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> broadcast network. The suit also alleges that WWE pressured Vice TV to withdraw from negotiations with MLW.<a href="#cite_note-317">[315]</a><a href="#cite_note-318">[316]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Owen_Hart's_death">Owen Hart's death</h3></div> On May 23, 1999, <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> fell to his death in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(1999)" title="Over the Edge (1999)">Over the Edge</a> pay-per-view event in a stunt that went wrong. WWF broke <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a> by having television commentator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> repeatedly tell those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.<a href="#cite_note-Tragedy-319">[317]</a> While several attempts to revive him were made, he died from his injuries. The cause of death was later revealed to be <a href="/wiki/Internal_bleeding" title="Internal bleeding">internal bleeding</a> from <a href="/wiki/Blunt_force_trauma" class="mw-redirect" title="Blunt force trauma">blunt force trauma</a>. The WWF management controversially chose to continue the event.<a href="#cite_note-SLAM-320">[318]</a> Later, Jim Ross revealed Hart's death to the home viewers during the pay-per-view, but not to the crowd in the arena.<a href="#cite_note-OWoWr-321">[319]</a> While the show did go on, it has never been released commercially by <a href="/wiki/WWE_Home_Video" title="WWE Home Video">WWF Home Video</a>. In 2014, fifteen years after his death, the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a> aired the event for the first time. A small photo tribute is shown before the start informing fans that Hart died during the original broadcast. All footage of Hart was edited out of the event. The statement reads: "In Memory of Owen Hart May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999 who accidentally passed away during this broadcast."<a href="#cite_note-322">[320]</a> Four weeks after the event, the Hart family sued the WWF over how dangerous and poorly planned the stunt was, and that the harness system was defective.<a href="#cite_note-court-323">[321]</a> After over a year and a half into the case, a settlement was reached on November 2, 2000, which saw the WWF give the Hart family US$18 million.<a href="#cite_note-court2-324">[322]</a><a href="#cite_note-325">[323]</a><a href="#cite_note-326">[324]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dispute_with_USA_Network">Dispute with USA Network</h3></div> In April 2000, <a href="/wiki/IAC_Inc." title="IAC Inc.">USA Networks, Inc.</a>, the parent company of <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a>, had filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. in a bid to keep <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw is War</a> and all WWF programming after the WWF opened up a bidding war a month prior.<a href="#cite_note-327">[325]</a> <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(original)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (original)">Viacom</a>'s proposed bid included a $30-million to $50-million equity investment in the company and carriage on broadcast, billboards and radio of both wrestling matches along with the then-launched <a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL</a>. On June 27, 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Supreme_Court" title="Delaware Supreme Court">Delaware Supreme Court</a> ruled in favor of the WWF.<a href="#cite_note-328">[326]</a> The next day, Viacom won the rights to all WWF programming for $12.6 million including Raw is War on <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network" title="Paramount Network">TNN/Spike TV</a>, a revamped <a href="/wiki/WWE_Heat" title="WWE Heat">Sunday Night Heat</a> on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> and retained <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown!</a> on <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> after the merger with <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> in 1999. The lawsuit centered on USA's contention that it did not have to match every aspect of a Viacom offer to satisfy a <a href="/wiki/Right_of_first_refusal" title="Right of first refusal">right of first refusal</a> clause in its contract that allowed its deal with the WWF to continue.<a href="#cite_note-329">[327]</a><a href="#cite_note-330">[328]</a><a href="#cite_note-331">[329]</a> In 2005, WWE's programming (excluding SmackDown!) moved back to USA Network (now owned by <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a>) and maintains its relationship to this day.<a href="#cite_note-332">[330]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWF_name_dispute">WWF name dispute</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/WWF_vs._WWF" title="WWF vs. WWF">WWF vs. WWF</a></div> In 1994, Titan Sports had entered into an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature" title="World Wide Fund for Nature">World Wide Fund for Nature</a> (also trademarked WWF), an environmental organization, regarding Titan's use of the "WWF" acronym, which both organizations had been using since at least March 1979. Under the agreement, Titan had agreed to cease using the written acronym "WWF" in connection with its wrestling promotion, and to minimize (though not eliminate) spoken uses of "WWF" on its broadcasts, particularly in scripted comments. In exchange, the environmental group (and its national affiliates) agreed to drop any pending litigation against Titan, and agreed not to challenge Titan's use of the full "World Wrestling Federation" name or the promotion's then-current logo.<a href="#cite_note-333">[331]</a> In 2000, the World Wide Fund for Nature sued World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. in the United Kingdom, alleging various violations of the 1994 agreement.<a href="#cite_note-334">[332]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal of England and Wales">Court of Appeal</a> agreed that the promotion company had violated the 1994 agreement, particularly in regards to merchandising. The last televised event to market the WWF logo was the UK-based <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Insurrextion" title="WWE Insurrextion">Insurrextion 2002</a>. On May 5, 2002, the company launched its "Get The F Out" marketing campaign and changed all references on its website from "WWF" to "WWE", while switching the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</a> from WWF.com to WWE.com.<a href="#cite_note-GetFOut-60">[58]</a> The next day, the official name change from World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., was publicized in a press release and during a broadcast of Raw, from the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford Civic Center">Hartford Civic Center</a>. Following the name change, the use of the WWF "scratch" logo became prohibited on all WWE properties. Additionally, past references to the WWF trademark and initials in 'specified circumstances' became censored.<a href="#cite_note-335">[333]</a> Despite the litigation, WWE was still permitted use of the original WWF logo, which was used from 1979 through 1994 and had been explicitly exempted under the 1994 agreement, as well as the similar "New WWF Generation" logo, which was used from 1994 through 1998. Furthermore, the company could still make use of the full "World Wrestling Federation" and "World Wrestling Federation Entertainment" names without consequence. In 2003, WWE won a limited decision to continue marketing certain classic video games from <a href="/wiki/THQ" title="THQ">THQ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jakks_Pacific" title="Jakks Pacific">Jakks Pacific</a> that contained the WWF "scratch" logo.<a href="#cite_note-336">[334]</a> However, the packaging on those games had all WWF references replaced with WWE. Starting with the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_1000" title="WWE Raw 1000">1,000th episode of Raw</a> in July 2012, the WWF "scratch" logo is no longer censored in archival footage due to WWE reaching a new settlement with the World Wide Fund for Nature.<a href="#cite_note-337">[335]</a> In addition, the F in WWF initials are no longer censored when spoken or when written in plain text in archival footage. Since then, full-length matches and other segments featuring the WWF initials and "scratch" logo have been added to the WWE website and the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Classics_on_Demand" title="WWE Classics on Demand">WWE Classics on Demand</a> and eventually the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a> service. This also includes <a href="/wiki/WWE_Home_Video" title="WWE Home Video">WWE Home Video</a> releases since October 2012, starting with the re-release of Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain.<a href="#cite_note-338">[336]</a> Although the WWF initials and logo are no longer censored in archival footage, WWE cannot use the WWF initials or logo in any new, original footage, packaging, or advertising.<a href="#cite_note-339">[337]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harry_Slash_and_the_Slashtones_lawsuit">Harry Slash and the Slashtones lawsuit</h3></div> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Slash_%26_The_Slashtones" title="Harry Slash & The Slashtones">Harry "Slash" Grivas</a> and Roderick Kohn filed a lawsuit against WWE in June 2003 due to the music being used for its programming and DVDs without consent or payment. It also asserted a violation of the rights to original music used by ECW that WWE had been using during <a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">the Invasion storyline of 2001</a>. The case was resolved on both sides with a settlement that saw WWE purchase the catalog outright in January 2005.<a href="#cite_note-340">[338]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ultimate_Warrior-related_disputes">Ultimate Warrior-related disputes</h3></div> In 1993, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hellwig" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Hellwig">Jim Hellwig</a>, known in the WWF as "The Ultimate Warrior", legally changed his name to the <a href="/wiki/Mononymous_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Mononymous person">mononym</a> Warrior.<a href="#cite_note-341">[339]</a><a href="#cite_note-342">[340]</a> This one-word name appears on all legal documents pertaining to Warrior, and his children carry the Warrior name as their legal surname.<a href="#cite_note-343">[341]</a> Warrior and the WWF engaged in a series of lawsuits and legal actions in 1996 and 1998,<a href="#cite_note-344">[342]</a> where both parties sought a declaration that they owned the characters, Warrior and Ultimate Warrior, under both contract and copyright law. The court ruled that Warrior was legally entitled to use the gimmick, costuming, face paint designs, and mannerisms of the "Warrior" character.<a href="#cite_note-Flynn3-345">[343]</a> On September 27, 2005, WWE released a DVD documentary focusing on Warrior's retrospective wrestling career, titled The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior. The DVD featured clips of his more notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past and present (most of which are unflattering). The DVD has provoked some controversy due to Warrior's allegations of libel by WWE against him. Originally, Warrior was asked to help with the production of the DVD, but as he refused to work with WWE, there had been some resulting animosity between Warrior and WWE over the Warrior claiming bias on the part of WWE.<a href="#cite_note-Sokol-346">[344]</a> In January 2006, Warrior filed another lawsuit against WWE in an <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> court over the depiction of his wrestling career in The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD.<a href="#cite_note-347">[345]</a> On September 18, 2009, Warrior's lawsuit in Arizona was dismissed. Warrior returned to WWE to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a>. During his induction, he mentioned that WWE should create an award to honor those behind the scenes called the Jimmy Miranda Award, named after a long time WWE employee who died. Warrior died three days after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. WWE decided to create the Warrior Award, an award for people "who embodied the spirit of the Ultimate Warrior." The award was later given to <a href="/wiki/Connor_Michalek" title="Connor Michalek">Connor Michalek</a> (a child who died from cancer), <a href="/wiki/Joan_Lunden" title="Joan Lunden">Joan Lunden</a> (a journalist who was diagnosed with cancer), and <a href="/wiki/Eric_LeGrand" title="Eric LeGrand">Eric LeGrand</a> (a former college football player who became a quadriplegic after an in-game injury). In October 2017, WWE used the tagline "Unleash Your Warrior" when promoting <a href="/wiki/Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Month" title="Breast Cancer Awareness Month">Breast Cancer Awareness Month</a>. Since Warrior's death, WWE has been accused of whitewashing and ignoring Warrior's bigoted and controversial past comments.<a href="#cite_note-Vice-348">[346]</a> Pro Wrestling Torch described Warrior in real-life having made public "vile, bigoted, hateful, judgmental comments", citing as an example that regarding Bobby Heenan's cancer diagnosis, Warrior said, "Karma is just a beautiful thing to behold."<a href="#cite_note-349">[347]</a> <a href="/wiki/Vice_(magazine)" title="Vice (magazine)">Vice</a> wrote that "completely whitewashing his past and elevating his likeness to a bland symbol of corporate altruism is shockingly tone-deaf, especially for a company that's at least outwardly trying to appear progressive, inclusive and diverse."<a href="#cite_note-Vice-348">[346]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morals_clause_violations">Morals clause violations</h3></div> Under Section 9.13(a) of WWE's booking contract, commonly known as the "morals clause", the company has a zero-tolerance policy involving domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault. Upon arrest and conviction for such crimes, a WWE talent shall be immediately suspended and their contract terminated.<a href="#cite_note-350">[348]</a> <ul><li>On May 10, 1983, Nancy Argentino, the girlfriend of <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a>, then 39 years old, died in their hotel room, hours after Snuka defeated <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Estrada_Sr." title="José Estrada Sr.">José Estrada</a> at a WWF TV taping at the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Lehigh County</a> Agricultural Hall in <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>. Snuka was arrested 32 years later on September 1, 2015, and charged with <a href="/wiki/Third-degree_murder" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-degree murder">third-degree murder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_manslaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Involuntary manslaughter">involuntary manslaughter</a> for Argentino's death.<a href="#cite_note-charged-351">[349]</a><a href="#cite_note-6ABC-charged-352">[350]</a> This eventually led WWE to suspend his Legends contract (a long-term deal to make infrequent, non-wrestling appearances) and removed his Hall of Fame page from its website.<a href="#cite_note-RS-353">[351]</a> However, Snuka never stood trial due to his poor health, and he died on January 15, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-354">[352]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">unreliable source?</a>]</li> <li>In June 2003, <a href="/wiki/Umaga_(wrestler)" title="Umaga (wrestler)">Eddie Fatu</a> (then known as "Jamal" and later "Umaga") was released after his involvement in a bar fight.<a href="#cite_note-355">[353]</a></li> <li>In the aftermath of <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide" title="Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide">murder of his wife and son, along with his suicide</a> in June 2007, the WWE removed mentions of Benoit in its broadcasts and its merchandise.<a href="#cite_note-356">[354]</a><a href="#cite_note-357">[355]</a></li> <li>On November 30, 2012, <a href="/wiki/Thom_Latimer" title="Thom Latimer">Thom Latimer</a>, then known as Kenneth Cameron, was charged with <a href="/wiki/Battery_(crime)" title="Battery (crime)">battery</a> of a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg, Florida</a> which led him being released from his NXT contract by the WWE. Latimer had previously been arrested in January 2011 for <a href="/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence" title="Driving under the influence">driving under the influence</a>.<a href="#cite_note-358">[356]</a></li> <li>On December 10, 2017, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Swann" title="Rich Swann">Rich Swann</a> was arrested in <a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida" title="Gainesville, Florida">Gainesville, Florida</a> on charges of battery and kidnapping/false imprisonment.<a href="#cite_note-359">[357]</a><a href="#cite_note-360">[358]</a> The victim was identified as his wife, <a href="/wiki/Su_Yung" title="Su Yung">Vannarah Riggs</a>. According to the arrest report, Swann and Riggs had gotten into an argument over Swann critiquing Riggs's performance at a show that night. When Riggs tried to get away from Swann, witnesses state that he grabbed her in a <a href="/wiki/Headlock" class="mw-redirect" title="Headlock">headlock</a> and dragged her back into his car.<a href="#cite_note-ArrestDetailsWON-361">[359]</a><a href="#cite_note-ArrestDetailsPWI-362">[360]</a> WWE suspended Swann indefinitely and was released on February 15, 2018.<a href="#cite_note-363">[361]</a> He was originally scheduled to face Drew Gulak in a match to determine the number one contender to the Cruiserweight Championship, <a href="/wiki/Enzo_Amore" title="Enzo Amore">Enzo Amore</a>, the following night on Raw, but the match was canceled in light of his domestic violence arrest.<a href="#cite_note-ArrestDetailsPWI-362">[360]</a></li> <li>On January 22, 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Police_Department" title="Phoenix Police Department">Phoenix Police Department</a> confirmed that <a href="/wiki/Enzo_Amore" title="Enzo Amore">Eric Arndt</a> (Enzo Amore) was under investigation for an alleged sexual assault that was reported to authorities in October 2017.<a href="#cite_note-364">[362]</a><a href="#cite_note-USAT_firing-365">[363]</a> Later that day, Arndt was suspended by WWE due to violating their zero tolerance policy for matters involving sexual harassment and sexual assault. WWE released a statement indicating that he would remain suspended until the matter was resolved.<a href="#cite_note-WWE_suspension-366">[364]</a> In an interview on January 23, a woman accused Arndt of raping her in a <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, hotel room on October 19, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-367">[365]</a> As a result, his scheduled title defense against <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Alexander" title="Cedric Alexander">Cedric Alexander</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2018)" title="Royal Rumble (2018)">Royal Rumble</a> was canceled.<a href="#cite_note-368">[366]</a> Arndt was fired from WWE the next day and the title was vacated.<a href="#cite_note-WWE_firing-369">[367]</a><a href="#cite_note-370">[368]</a> On Twitter, Arndt "fully and unequivocally" denied the allegations against him.<a href="#cite_note-371">[369]</a> On May 16, 2018, the Phoenix Police Department ceased their investigation due to insufficient evidence.<a href="#cite_note-drop-372">[370]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Concussion_lawsuit">Concussion lawsuit</h3></div> Starting in 2014, numerous former WWE talent filed multiple lawsuits against WWE alleging that WWE did not protect and hid information from their talent about <a href="/wiki/Concussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Concussions">concussions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">CTE</a>. The former talent claimed physical and mental health issues as a result of physical trauma they experience in WWE. The lawsuits were filed by attorney Konstantine Kyros. US District Judge <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Lynne_Bryant" title="Vanessa Lynne Bryant">Vanessa Lynne Bryant</a> dismissed many of the lawsuits in September 2018.<a href="#cite_note-373">[371]</a> In September 2020, the lawsuits were dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit</a>.<a href="#cite_note-374">[372]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> subsequently declined to hear the case in April 2021.<a href="#cite_note-375">[373]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Saudi_Arabia">Relationship with Saudi Arabia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WWE_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="WWE in Saudi Arabia">WWE in Saudi Arabia</a></div> The events promoted in Saudi Arabia by WWE have been subjected to criticism due to allegations of <a href="/wiki/Sportswashing" title="Sportswashing">sportswashing</a>. WWE has been accused of contributing to Saudi Arabia's <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Saudi Arabia">discrimination of LGBT people</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Women's rights in Saudi Arabia">women</a> by holding events in the country.<a href="#cite_note-376">[374]</a><a href="#cite_note-377">[375]</a> WWE's relation with Saudi Arabia has been condemned by activist groups such as <a href="/wiki/Code_Pink" title="Code Pink">Code Pink</a> and several politicians.<a href="#cite_note-378">[376]</a><a href="#cite_note-379">[377]</a><a href="#cite_note-380">[378]</a><a href="#cite_note-WON2019-381">[379]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ashley_Massaro_affidavit">Ashley Massaro affidavit</h3></div> Prior to her death on May 15, 2019, former WWE wrestler <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Massaro" title="Ashley Massaro">Ashley Massaro</a> alleged that she was sexually assaulted at a US military base during a 2006 WWE tour of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> by a man posing as a doctor, and that WWE officials persuaded her to not report it to the appropriate authorities as they did not want it to affect the company's relationship with the military.<a href="#cite_note-382">[380]</a> WWE officials would later claim they had no knowledge of Massaro's alleged sexual assault. After her death, an <a href="/wiki/Affidavit" title="Affidavit">affidavit</a> by Massaro describing the sexual assault allegations in detail was subsequently released by the law firm that represented her.<a href="#cite_note-wwestatement-383">[381]</a> In response, WWE said that their executives had not been previously informed of the allegations described in the affidavit.<a href="#cite_note-newsweek-384">[382]</a> Despite previous denials from WWE about having knowledge of her allegation, in February 2024 an attorney representing former WWE Head of Talent Relations <a href="/wiki/John_Laurinaitis" title="John Laurinaitis">John Laurinaitis</a> stated that: "most upper level management at sometime became aware of the [Massaro] allegations and ensured all proper WWE protocols were followed, including privacy for the alleged victim."<a href="#cite_note-385">[383]</a> That month, <a href="/wiki/Vice_News" title="Vice News">Vice News</a> reported that the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">Naval Criminal Investigative Service</a> had investigated Massaro's allegations from June 2019 to January 2020, although no further information about the investigation other than its existence is known.<a href="#cite_note-386">[384]</a> A further report by Vice News revealed that Massaro had accused Vince McMahon of "preying on female WWE wrestlers" and that she believed he had tried to sabotage her wrestling career after she rejected an advance from him.<a href="#cite_note-387">[385]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Misconduct_allegations_involving_Vince_McMahon">Misconduct allegations involving Vince McMahon</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon_sex_trafficking_scandal" title="Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal">Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal</a></div> One of the first allegations against Vince McMahon was made on April 3, 1992, when <a href="/wiki/Rita_Chatterton" title="Rita Chatterton">Rita Chatterton</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a> noted for her stint as Rita Marie in the WWF in the 1980s and for being the first female referee in the WWF (possibly in professional wrestling history),<a href="#cite_note-388">[386]</a> made an appearance on <a href="/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera" title="Geraldo Rivera">Geraldo Rivera</a>'s show Now It Can Be Told. She claimed that on July 16, 1986, McMahon tried to force her to perform <a href="/wiki/Oral_sex" title="Oral sex">oral sex</a> on him in his limousine; when she refused, he raped her.<a href="#cite_note-389">[387]</a> Former wrestler <a href="/wiki/Mario_Mancini" title="Mario Mancini">Leonard Inzitari</a> has corroborated Chatterton's allegation.<a href="#cite_note-390">[388]</a> Several years later, on February 1, 2006, McMahon was accused of sexual harassment by a worker at a tanning bar in <a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida" title="Boca Raton, Florida">Boca Raton, Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-391">[389]</a> At first, the charge appeared to be discredited because McMahon was in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2006_Royal_Rumble" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Royal Rumble">2006 Royal Rumble</a> at the time. It was soon clarified that the alleged incident was reported to police on the day of the Rumble, but actually took place the day before.<a href="#cite_note-392">[390]</a> On March 25, it was reported that no charges would be filed against McMahon as a result of the investigation.<a href="#cite_note-393">[391]</a> Both Chatterton and a separate tanning spa worker who alleged that McMahon sexually assaulted her in California in 2011 filed civil sex abuse lawsuits against him in late 2022.<a href="#cite_note-394">[392]</a> McMahon would agree to pay Chatterton an undisclosed multimillion-dollar legal settlement.<a href="#cite_note-chattertonsettlement-395">[393]</a> In 2014, activist investor <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Lemelson" title="Emmanuel Lemelson">Emmanuel Lemelson</a> stated that he believed the company had made material misrepresentations in its <a href="/wiki/Financial_Reporting" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Reporting">financial reporting</a><a href="#cite_note-WSJCA-396">[394]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-397">[395]</a> and called for new leadership or a sale of the company.<a href="#cite_note-:6-398">[396]</a> Lemelson's analysis was credited with an $800 million drop in the <a href="/wiki/Market_capitalization" title="Market capitalization">market capitalization</a> of the stock.<a href="#cite_note-399">[397]</a><a href="#cite_note-:7-400">[398]</a> In April 2022, the WWE board began investigating a $3 million hush-money settlement that McMahon paid over an alleged affair with a former employee of the company. The investigation also revealed other nondisclosure agreements related to misconduct claims by other women in the company against McMahon and executive <a href="/wiki/John_Laurinaitis" title="John Laurinaitis">John Laurinaitis</a>, totaling $12 million.<a href="#cite_note-401">[399]</a><a href="#cite_note-402">[400]</a><a href="#cite_note-403">[401]</a> This eventually led to McMahon retiring from all of his positions on July 22, 2022, and a change in leadership of the WWE for the first time since 1982;<a href="#cite_note-404">[402]</a><a href="#cite_note-405">[403]</a><a href="#cite_note-406">[404]</a> he would later return to the company in January 2023 as executive chairman.<a href="#cite_note-chattertonsettlement-395">[393]</a> The company would eventually report $19.6 million in unrecorded payments made by Vince McMahon between 2006 and 2022.<a href="#cite_note-407">[405]</a> In January 2024, McMahon's history of having a role with the WWE ended amid new allegation by ex-WWE employee Janel Grant.<a href="#cite_note-mcmahongone-408">[406]</a> Grant accused McMahon and John Laurinaitis of not only sexually assaulting her, but also sex trafficking.<a href="#cite_note-byebyevince-18">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-mcmahongone-408">[406]</a> The allegation also led to Slim Jim pausing its sponsorship of WWE events.<a href="#cite_note-byebyevince-18">[16]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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While some sources claim that CWC was founded by Vincent J. 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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via The Atrium at University of Guelph.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=WWE%3A+Wrestling%2C+Wellness+%26+Entertainment+%E2%80%93+An+Analysis+of+Work+and+Health+in+Professional+Wrestling&rft.inst=Department+of+Sociology+and+Anthropology%2C+University+of+Guelph&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Fargiorgo&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fatrium.lib.uoguelph.ca%2Fxmlui%2Fhandle%2F10214%2F8022&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWWE" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOlsonReinhard2021" class="citation book cs1">Olson, Cristopher; Reinhard, Carrie Lynn D. (2021). "Wrestling with Eating Disorders: Transmedia Depictions of Body Issues in WWE's Women's Professional Wrestling". In Johnson, Malynnda; Olson, Cristopher (eds.). Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media (1st E-book ed.). London: Routledge. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9781003011668-15">10.4324/9781003011668-15</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781003011668" title="Special:BookSources/9781003011668"><bdi>9781003011668</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:233598773">233598773</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wrestling+with+Eating+Disorders%3A+Transmedia+Depictions+of+Body+Issues+in+WWE%27s+Women%27s+Professional+Wrestling&rft.btitle=Normalizing+Mental+Illness+and+Neurodiversity+in+Entertainment+Media&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st+E-book&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2021&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A233598773%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.4324%2F9781003011668-15&rft.isbn=9781003011668&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=Cristopher&rft.au=Reinhard%2C+Carrie+Lynn+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWWE" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVerma2020" class="citation thesis cs1">Verma, D. S. (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210907114035/https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/399263">Wresting Fans as Players, Performers as Characters: Conceptualizing WWE Storytelling and Production in Terms of Games and Play</a> (Master). Faculty of Humanities Theses, Utrecht University. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/1874%2F399263">1874/399263</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/399263">the original</a> on September 7, 2021. 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aymar aru</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="دبلیودبلیوئی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دبلیودبلیوئی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87" title="ডাব্লিউডাব্লিউই – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডাব্লিউডাব্লিউই" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%87" title="Световна федерация по кеч – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Световна федерация по кеч" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target">Chi-Chewa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE,_Inc." title="WWE, Inc. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="WWE, Inc." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="دبلیودبلیوئی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دبلیودبلیوئی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5_%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%A8" title="વિશ્વ કુસ્તી મનોરંજન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિશ્વ કુસ્તી મનોરંજન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%88" title="डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target">IsiZulu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="WWE SmackDown" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ವರ್ಲ್ಡ್ ವ್ರೆಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್ ಎಂಟರ್‌ಟೈನ್‌ಮೆಂಟ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವರ್ಲ್ಡ್ ವ್ರೆಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್ ಎಂಟರ್‌ಟೈನ್‌ಮೆಂಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.W.E." title="W.W.E. – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="W.W.E." data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="വേൾഡ് റെസ്‌ലിങ് എന്റർടെയിന്മെന്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വേൾഡ് റെസ്‌ലിങ് എന്റർടെയിന്മെന്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%88" title="डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%89" title="دبليو دبليو اى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دبليو دبليو اى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%88" title="डब्ल्युडब्ल्युई – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="डब्ल्युडब्ल्युई" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%82.%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%82.%E0%A8%88." title="ਡਬਲਯੂ.ਡਬਲਯੂ.ਈ. – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਡਬਲਯੂ.ਡਬਲਯੂ.ਈ." data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="ڈبلیو ڈبلیو ای – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ڈبلیو ڈبلیو ای" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русиньскый</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gagana Samoa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sardu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target">Soomaaliga</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88_%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="دەبلیوو دەبلیوو ئی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەبلیوو دەبلیوو ئی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_LLC." title="World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC. – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC." data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="உலக மற்போர் மகிழ்கலை நிறுவனம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="உலக மற்போர் மகிழ்கலை நிறுவனம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B5" title="ดับเบิลยูดับเบิลยูอี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ดับเบิลยูดับเบิลยูอี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkmençe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="ڈبلیو ڈبلیو ای – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ڈبلیو ڈبلیو ای" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%91%94%E8%A7%92%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90" title="世界摔角娱乐 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="世界摔角娱乐" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="World Wrestling Entertainment" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target">Yorùbá</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%91%94%E8%A7%92%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82" title="世界摔角娛樂 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="世界摔角娛樂" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">粵語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%91%94%E8%A7%92%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82" title="世界摔角娛樂 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="世界摔角娛樂" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zgh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE – Standard Moroccan Tamazight" lang="zgh" hreflang="zgh" data-title="WWE" data-language-autonym="ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ" data-language-local-name="Standard Moroccan Tamazight" class="interlanguage-link-target">ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ</a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"> <img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> <ul id="footer-icons" class="footer-icons"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://www.wikimedia.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia.svg" width="25" height="25" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> <li 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