WWE

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

World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC

The 2014–present logo
Trade name	World Wide Wrestling Federation (1963-1979) World Wrestling Federation (1979-2002) World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2024)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Professional wrestling
Founded	1963
Founder	Vincent J. McMahon Toots Mondt
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Key people	Ari Emanuel (CEO, TKO) Nick Khan (President) Paul "Triple H" Levesque (Chief content officer)
Revenue	US$1.326 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income	US$141 million (2023)[1]
Net income	US$195.6 million (2022)[2]
Total assets	US$1.35 billion (2022)[2]
Total equity	US$517.2 million (2022)[2]
Owner	TKO Group Holdings
Number of employees	~800 (2023)[3]
Parent	TKO Group Holdings
Website	www.wwe.com corporate.wwe.com

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

Weekly shows

Day	Network
Raw
Monday	USA Network till Jan 2025 Netflix- January 2025
SmackDown
Friday	USA Network
Main Event
Thursday	Hulu
NXT
Tuesday	The CW
NXT Level Up
Friday	WWE Network

Pay-per-view events

See the main article: List of WWE pay-per-view events

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

Championships and accomplishments

See the main article: List of current champions in WWE

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

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

Champions

Main roster

Raw
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
World Heavyweight Championship		Gunther	1	August 3, 2024	89	Cleveland, Ohio	Defeated Damian Priest at SummerSlam.	[8]
Women's World Championship		Liv Morgan	2	May 25, 2024	159	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Defeated Becky Lynch at King and Queen of the Ring.	[9]
WWE Intercontinental Championship		Bron Breakker	2	October 21, 2024	10	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Defeated Jey Uso on Raw.	[10]
World Tag Team Championship		The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh)	1 (3, 1)	June 24, 2024	129	Indianapolis, Indiana	Defeated the Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) on Raw.	[11]

SmackDown
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship (WWE and Universal championships)		Cody Rhodes	1	April 7, 2024	207	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Defeated Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules match at WrestleMania XL Night 2.	[12]
WWE Women's Championship		Nia Jax	2	August 3, 2024	89	Cleveland, Ohio	Defeated Bayley at SummerSlam.	[8]
WWE United States Championship		LA Knight	1				Defeated Logan Paul at SummerSlam.
WWE Tag Team Championship		The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	1	October 25, 2024	6	Brooklyn, New York	Defeated The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa) on SmackDown.	[13]

Unbranded (available to all three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.) Raw SmackDown NXT
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Days rec.	Location	Notes	Ref.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship		Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill	2	August 31, 2024	61		Berlin, Germany	Defeated previous champions The Unholy Union (Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre) at Bash in Berlin.	[14]
WWE Speed Championship		Andrade	1	June 7, 2024	146	139	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated Ricochet on Speed. WWE lists the start of Andrade's reign on June 14, 2024, when the match aired on tape delay.	[15]
WWE Women's Speed Championship		Candice LeRae	1	October 4, 2024	27	22	Nashville, Tennessee	Defeated Iyo Sky in a tournament final to become the first champion on Speed. WWE lists the start of LeRae's reign on October 9, 2024, when the match aired on tape delay.	[16]

Developmental

NXT
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
NXT Championship		Trick Williams	2	October 1, 2024	30	Rosemont, Illinois	Defeated Ethan Page with CM Punk as the special guest referee on NXT.	[17]
NXT Women's Championship		Roxanne Perez	2	April 6, 2024	208	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Defeated Lyra Valkyria at Stand & Deliver.	[18]
NXT North American Championship		Tony D'Angelo	1	October 8, 2024	23	Chesterfield, Missouri	Defeated Oba Femi on NXT.	[19]
NXT Women's North American Championship		Fallon Henley	1	October 27, 2024	4	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Defeated Kelani Jordan in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stable partners Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne at Halloween Havoc.	[20]
NXT Heritage Cup		Charlie Dempsey	2	May 14, 2024	79	Orlando, Florida	Defeated Tony D'Angelo by 2–1 on NXT.	[21]
NXT Tag Team Championship		Nathan Frazer and Axiom	2	September 1, 2024	60	Denver, Colorado	Defeated Chase U (Andre Chase and Ridge Holland) at No Mercy.	[22]

Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date won	Location	Notes
Main roster
Royal Rumble	Cody Rhodes (men's) Bayley (women's)	January 27, 2024	St. Petersburg, Florida	Rhodes last eliminated CM Punk to win. Bayley last eliminated Liv Morgan to win.
André the Giant Memorial Trophy	Bronson Reed	April 5, 2024	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Last eliminated Ivar to win.
Money In The Bank	Drew McIntyre (men's) Tiffany Stratton (women's)	July 6, 2024	Paradise, Nevada	McIntyre defeated Andrade, Carmelo Hayes, Chad Gable, Jey Uso, and LA Knight. Stratton defeated Chelsea Green, Iyo Sky, Lyra Valkyria, Naomi, and Zoey Stark.
King of the Ring	Gunther	May 25, 2024	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.
Queen of the Ring	Nia Jax			Defeated Lyla Valkyria in the finals.
NXT
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic	Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker	Feburary 4, 2024	Clarksville, Tennessee	Defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the finals.

Retired championships

Championship	Last champion(s)	Date of entry	Date retired	Notes
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.

Related pages

• List of WWE personnel

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