Wwe


World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings.[9] A global integrated media and entertainment company, it has also branched out into fields outside of wrestling, including film, football, and various other business ventures. The company is additionally involved in licensing its intellectual property to companies to produce video games and action figures.

World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC
Trade name
 WWE
Formerly Titan Sports, Inc. (1980–1999)
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (1999–2002)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2023)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry
  • Professional wrestling
  • Streaming media
Predecessor Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.
Founded
  • January 1953; 71 years ago
    (as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.)
  • April 1963; 61 years ago
    (rebranding as the World Wide Wrestling Federation)
  • February 1980; 44 years ago
    (founding of Titan Sports, Inc.)
  • June 1982; 41 years ago
    (purchase of Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. by Titan Sports)
Founder Jess McMahon or Vincent J. McMahon[a]
(as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd.)
Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon
(as Titan Sports, Inc.)
Headquarters
707 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

,

United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Ari Emanuel
    (CEO, TKO)
  • Nick Khan
    (President)
  • Paul “Triple H” Levesque
    (Chief Content Officer)
Products
  • Films
  • Home video
  • Live events
  • Merchandise
  • Music
  • Pay-per-view
  • Publishing
  • TV
  • Video on demand
Services Licensing
Revenue IncreaseUS$1.326 billion (2023)[2]
Operating income
 IncreaseUS$141 million (2023)[2]
Net income
 IncreaseUS$195.6 million (2022)[3]
Total assets IncreaseUS$1.35 billion (2022)[3]
Total equity IncreaseUS$517.2 million (2022)[3]
Number of employees
 ~800[4] (2023)
Parent TKO Group Holdings[5][b]
Divisions WWE Books
WWE Libraries
WWE Music Group
WWE Network
WWE Podcast Network
WWE Performance Center
WWE Studios[7]
Subsidiaries Tapout (50%)[8]
WCW Inc.
Others
Website wwe.com

The promotion was founded in 1953 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), a Northeastern territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Following 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 before the promotion left the NWA for good in 1983. In 2002, following a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 2011, the promotion ceased branding itself as World Wrestling Entertainment and began solely branding itself with the initials .learn more