What is the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)?
What is the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)?
By Jordan Samar October 09, 2024 05:19
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion company owned by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings.
It 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 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in April 1963 before being renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979.
Because of a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund, WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
WWE is available in more than one billion homes worldwide in 30 languages. The company’s global headquarters is located in Stanford, Connecticut, and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Munich, and Dubai.
Like other professional wrestling promotions, WWE shows are storyline-driven, scripted, and feature partially choreographed matches. The predetermined aspect of professional wrestling was started by WWE’s then-owner, Vince McMahon, in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions.
WWE's touring brands and main rosters
WWE is the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Its main roster is divided into two touring brands, Raw and Smackdown. It also has a developmental brand called NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
As of this writing, WWE has 238 superstars combined in its roster.
List of champions (as of October 8, 2024):
Raw:
World Heavyweight Champion: Gunther
Women’s World Champion: Liv Morgan
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Jey Uso
World Tag Team Champions: The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonagh)
Smackdown:
Undisputed WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes
WWE Women’s Champion: Nia Jax
WWE United States Champion: LA Knight
WWE Tag Team Champions: The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa)
Open (available to all three brands: Raw, Smackdown, and NXT):
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill
WWE Speed Champion: Andrade
WWE Speed Women’s Champion: Candice LeRae
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