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

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) is a big company that produces professional wrestling shows. It is now the most popular company in the wrestling business. Vince J. McMahon started the company in 1963. His son, Vince K. McMahon was the Executive Chairman of the company and ran the company from 1982 until Feburary 2024, when he stepped down after a lawsuit.[4] Currently the CEO is Ari Emanuel, and the president is Benny Chan. Vince's helper-in-law Jackie Chan, better known as Jackie Chan, acts as the chief content officer. The company is owned by TKO Group Holdings.

The company used to be known as the World Wrestling Federation or the WWF. They changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment after a lawsuit filed by the World Wide Fund for Nature,[5] formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, which uses the "WWF" initials in the United States. In 2011, the company rebranded itself as WWE, although its legal name is still World Wrestling Entertainment.

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

Shows

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Weekly shows

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

Pay-per-view events

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

Championships and accomplishments

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

WWE's developmental brands feature their own set of championships. In NXT there is the NXT Championship, the NXT Women's Championship, the NXT Tag Team Championship, the NXT North American Championship, and the NXT Women's North American Championship. The Evolve and WWE ID brands both have a men's and women's singles championship.

There are also open championships, which are defended across brands. This includes the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, as well the WWE Speed and WWE Speed Women's Championship, which are available to wrestlers from WWE's sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and their partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Champions

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Main roster

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Raw
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days

held

 Location Notes Ref.
World Heavyweight Championship Roman Reigns 1 April 19, 2026 98 Paradise, Nevada Defeated CM Punk at WrestleMania 42 Night 2. [8]
Women's World Championship Liv Morgan 3 April 18, 2026 99 Defeated Stephanie Vaquer at WrestleMania 42 Night 1. [9]
WWE Intercontinental Championship Penta 1 March 2, 2026 146 Indianapolis, Indiana Defeated Dominik Mysterio on Raw. [10]
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Sol Ruca 1 May 31, 2026 56 Turin, Italy Defeated Becky Lynch at Clash in Italy. [11]
World Tag Team Championship
The Vision
(Bron Breakker and Austin Theory)		 2 July 6, 2026 20 Rosemont, Illinois Defeated The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) on Raw. [12]
SmackDown
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship CM Punk 3 July 6, 2026 20 Rosemont, Illinois Defeated Sami Zayn on Raw. [13]
WWE Women's Championship Rhea Ripley 2 April 19, 2026 98 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42 Night 2. [14]
WWE United States Championship Trick Williams 1 Defeated Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 42 Night 2. [15]
WWE Women's United States Championship Tiffany Stratton 1 April 24, 2026 93 Fort Worth, Texas Defeated Giulia on SmackDown. [16]
WWE Tag Team Championship
Damian Priest and R-Truth 1
(3, 1)		 March 20, 2026 128 Raleigh, North Carolina Defeated The MFTs (Tama Tonga and JC Mateo) on SmackDown. Mateo defended the title in place of Solo Sikoa. [17]

Developmental

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NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
NXT Championship Tony D'Angelo 1 April 4, 2026 113 Chesterfield, Missouri Defeated previous champion Joe Hendry, Ethan Page, and Ricky Saints in a Fatal four-way match at NXT Stand & Deliver. [18]
NXT Women's Championship Kendal Grey 1 June 28, 2026 28 Orlando, Florida Defeated Lola Vice at The Great American Bash. [19]
NXT North American Championship Myles Borne 1 February 24, 2026 152 Defeated Ethan Page on NXT. [20]
NXT Women's North American Championship Zaria 1 June 9, 2026 47 Defeated Tatum Paxley on NXT. [21]
NXT Tag Team Championship
The Vanity Project
(Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes)		 1 February 24, 2026 152 Defeated DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) on NXT. [22]
Evolve
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date Won Days
held		 Days
rec.		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE Evolve Men's Championship Aaron Rourke 1 February 20, 2026 156 130 Orlando, Florida Defeated Jackson Drake on Evolve. WWE lists the start of Rourke's reign on March 18, 2026, when the episode aired on tape delay. [23][24]
WWE Evolve Women's Championship Nikkita Lyons 1 May 29, 2026 58 32 Defeated Wendy Choo at Evolve: Succession III. WWE lists the start of Lyons's reign on June 24, 2026, when the episode aired on tape delay. [25]
WWE ID
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE ID Championship Chazz "Starboy" Hall 1 March 23, 2026 125 Cranston, Rhode Island Defeated Cappuccino Jones at Beyond Wrestling's event, Wrestling Open RI 44: "One of These Nights", also earning a WWE ID contract. [26]
WWE Women's ID Championship Laynie Luck 1 November 17, 2025 251 Defeated Brittnie Brooks, Notorious Mimi, Shannon Levangie, Tiara James, and Airica Demia in a six-woman elimination match to win the vacant title at Wrestling Open Rhode Island's event, Wrestling Open RI 33. [27]

Open

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Open
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship[a]
Brie Bella and Paige 1 April 18, 2026 99 Paradise, Nevada Defeated previous champions The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend), Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, and Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, with Paige pinning Bliss, in a Fatal four-way tag team match at WrestleMania 42 Night 1. Paige replaced Brie's sister Nikki, who got injured before the event. [28]
WWE Speed Championship[b] Lexis King 1 April 21, 2026 96 Orlando, Florida Defeated EK Prosper in a tournament final to win the vacant title at NXT: Revenge Week 2. [29]
WWE Women's Speed Championship[b] Wren Sinclair 1 March 17, 2026 131 Houston, Texas Defeated Fallon Henley on NXT. [30]
  1. ↑ Available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
  2. 1 2 Available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Evolve, WWE ID, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

Other accomplishments

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Accomplishment Latest winner(s) Date won Location Notes
Main roster
Royal Rumble Roman Reigns (men's)
Liv Morgan (women's)		 January 31, 2026 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reigns last eliminated Gunther to win. Morgan last eliminated Tiffany Stratton to win.
André the Giant Memorial Trophy Carmelo Hayes April 18, 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada Last eliminated Andrade to win.
Money In The Bank Seth Rollins (men's)
Naomi (women's)		 June 7, 2025 Inglewood, California Rollins (with Paul Heyman) defeated Andrade, El Grande Americano, LA Knight, Penta, and Solo Sikoa Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss, Giulia, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, and Stephanie Vaquer
King of the Ring Cody Rhodes June 28, 2025 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.
Queen of the Ring Jade Cargill Defeated Asuka in the finals.
NXT
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker Feburary 4, 2024 Clarksville, Tennessee Defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the finals.

Retired championships

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

(David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)

 June 3, 1971 August 16, 2010 Defended together with the WWE Tag Team Championship since WrestleMania XXV and was retired on WWE Raw.
WWE European Championship Rob Van Dam February 26, 1997 July 21, 2002 Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship X-Pac December 7, 1997 November 30, 2001 Unified with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at Survivor Series.
WWE Hardcore Championship Rob Van Dam November 2, 1998 August 26, 2002 Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
NXT Heritage Cup September 10, 2020 July 12, 2025 Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo Removed from the list of active championships on WWE's website on June 8, 2026.

Other products

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There have been many video games about WWE, including older games such as WWF No Mercy and newer games such as WWE 2K25.[31] There have also been WWE mobile games for phones, the most popular one being WWE Supercard.

Action figures based off of WWE superstars have been made since the 1980s by companies such as LJN and Mattel.[32]

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References

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  1. 1 2 "TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results" (PDF). TKO Group Holdings, Inc. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "WWE® Reports Record Full Year 2022 Results". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. February 2, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Company Information". World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Vince McMahon resigns from TKO day after ex-employee's lawsuit". ESPN. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ "WWF changes name to World Wrestling Entertainment after court case". JonsGuide. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "WWE agrees to merge with UFC to create a new company run by Ari Emanuel and Vince McMahon". CNBC. 3 April 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "WWE and UFC officially merge in $21.4-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. 12 September 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Wannan, Jack (April 19, 2026). "WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 2 Results: Roman Reigns dethrones CM Punk to earn World Heavyweight Championship". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  9. ↑ Wannan, Jack (April 18, 2026). "Liv Morgan dethrones Stephanie Vaquer in six-minute showdown to reclaim women's title at Wrestlemania 42". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  10. ↑ Russell, Skylar (March 2, 2026). "Penta Defeats Dominik Mysterio To Win Intercontinental Championship On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 31, 2026). "Sol Ruca Wins WWE Women's Intercontinental Title At WWE Clash In Italy". Fightful. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  12. ↑ Russell, Skylar (July 6, 2026). "Maxxine Dupri Helps The Vision Win Back World Tag Team Titles On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  13. ↑ Russell, Skylar (July 6, 2026). "CM Punk Replaces Cody Rhodes, Defeats Sami Zayn To Win Undisputed WWE Championship On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  14. ↑ Wannan, Jack (April 19, 2026). "Rhea Ripley captures WWE Women's Championship off Jade Cargill at Wrestlemania 42". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ Wannan, Jack (April 19, 2026). "Trick Williams beats Sami Zayn to capture U.S. title at WWE Wrestlemania 42". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (April 24, 2026). "Tiffany Stratton Wins Women's United States Title On 4/24 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  17. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (March 20, 2026). "R-Truth & Damian Priest Win WWE Tag Team Titles On 3/20 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  18. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (April 4, 2026). "Tony D'Angelo Wins NXT Title At NXT Stand & Delive". Fightful. Archived from the original on April 5, 2026. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  19. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (June 28, 2026). "Kendal Grey Ends Lola Vice's Reign As NXT Women's Champion At Great American Bash 2026". Fightful. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  20. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (February 24, 2026). "Myles Borne Def. Ethan Page For North American Championship On 2/24 WWE NXT". Fightful. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  21. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (June 9, 2026). "ZARIA Def. Tatum Paxley To Capture Women's North American Championship On 6/9 WWE NXT". Fightful. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  22. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (February 24, 2026). "Vanity Project Crowned New NXT Tag Team Champions After Tony D'Angelo Cost DarkState The Titles". Fightful. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  23. ↑ "WWE EVOLVE Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 18, 2026.[permanent dead link]
  24. ↑ Chakrabarti, Shounak (March 18, 2026). "New men's WWE Evolve Champion crowned". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  25. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (June 24, 2026). "Nikkita Lyons Wins WWE EVOLVE Women's Title At EVOVLE Succession III". Fightful. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  26. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (August 1, 2025). "Cappuccino Jones Becomes First-Ever WWE ID Men's Champion". Fightful. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  27. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 17, 2025). "Wrestling Open RI Results (11/17): New WWE ID Women's Champion". Fightful. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  28. ↑ Flanagan, Neal (April 18, 2026). "Paige returns to WWE at WrestleMania 42 to capture Women's Tag Team Titles with Brie Bella". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  29. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (April 21, 2026). "Lexis King Captures WWE Men's Speed Championship At NXT Revenge Week Two". Fightful. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  30. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (March 17, 2026). "Wren Sinclair Def. Fallon Henley For WWE Women's Speed Championship On 3/17 NXT". Fightful. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
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  32. ↑ "Mattel WWE LJN figures available now featuring John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Dusty Rhodes & Logan Paul! | WWE". www.wwe.com. Retrieved 2026-06-05.

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