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WWE
World Wide Wrestling Federation
(1963-1979)
World Wrestling Federation
(1979-2002)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
(2002–2024)
IndustryProfessional wrestling
FounderVince Russo
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

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 separate 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 is also one open championship, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which is available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown and NXT.

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 tape delay.

The colors and symbols indicate the home brand of the champions.

† Raw double-dagger SmackDown § NXT + Evolve * ID ∞ Unaffiliated

Main roster

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Raw

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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 206 Paradise, Nevada Defeated CM Punk at WrestleMania 42 Night 2. [8]
Women's World Championship Liv Morgan 4 October 10, 2026 32 New Orleans, Louisiana Defeated Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer in a triple threat match at Money in the Bank. [9]
WWE Intercontinental Championship Chad Gable 1 August 2, 2026 101 Minneapolis, Minnesota Defeated Penta at SummerSlam Night 2. [10]
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Raquel Rodriguez 1 July 27, 2026 107 Inglewood, California Defeated Sol Ruca on Raw. [11]
World Tag Team Championship
The Vision
(Bron Breakker and Austin Theory)		 2 July 6, 2026 128 Rosemont, Illinois Defeated The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) on Raw. [12]

SmackDown

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SmackDown
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship Sami Zayn 2 September 11, 2026 61 Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico Defeated CM Punk on SmackDown. [13]
WWE Women's Championship Chelsea Green 1 August 2, 2026 101 Minneapolis, Minnesota Defeated Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill, Lash Legend, and Tiffany Stratton in a five-way ladder match at SummerSlam Night 2.

At the time, Green was recognized as interim champion due to an injury incurred by lineal champion Rhea Ripley, but on September 11, 2026, WWE amended the title history, recognizing Ripley's reign as ending when Green's began on August 2, thus making Green the official and lineal champion.

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WWE United States Championship Trick Williams 2 September 6, 2026 66 Atlanta, Georgia Defeated Baron Corbin at Sunday Night's Main Event. [16]
WWE Women's United States Championship Jacy Jayne 1 August 14, 2026 89 Boston, Massachusetts Defeated Tiffany Stratton on SmackDown. [17]
WWE Tag Team Championship
The MFTs
(Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga)		 1
(3, 1)		 August 14, 2026 89 Boston, Massachusetts Defeated previous champions Damian Priest and R-Truth and The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) in a triple threat tag team match on SmackDown. [18]

Open

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Open
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Rey Fénix 2 May 30, 2026 165 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Defeated Laredo Kid at Noche de Los Grandes.

On the September 28, 2026 episode of Monday Night Raw, reigning champion Rey Fénix announced that the title would now be open to all brands under the WWE banner, with the champion able to defend the title on any show.		 [19][20]
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Alexa Bliss (pictured) and Tatum Paxley 1
(5, 1)		 October 9, 2026 33 Lafayette, Louisiana Defeated Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) on SmackDown. [21]

Developmental

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NXT

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NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Location Notes Ref.
NXT Championship Grayson Waller 1 August 30, 2026 73 Edinburg, Texas Defeated previous champion Tony D'Angelo, Cruz Montana, and Zilla Fatu in a fatal four-way match at Heatwave. [22]
NXT Women's Championship Kelani Jordan 1 August 30, 2026 73 Edinburg, Texas Defeated Kendal Grey at Heatwave. [23]
NXT North American Championship Jackson Drake 1 August 30, 2026 73 Edinburg, Texas Defeated Myles Borne at Heatwave. [24]
NXT Women's North American Championship Zaria 1 June 9, 2026 155 Orlando, Florida Defeated Tatum Paxley on NXT. [25]
NXT Tag Team Championship
The Vanity Project
(Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes)		 2 August 30, 2026 73 Edinburg, Texas Defeated Myles Borne and Tavion Heights at Heatwave. [26]

Evolve

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Evolve
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date Won Days
held		 Days
rec.		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE Evolve Men's Championship Harlem Lewis 1 June 19, 2026 145 119 Orlando, Florida Defeated Aaron Rourke on Evolve. WWE recognizes Lewis' reign as beginning on July 15, 2026, when the episode aired on tape delay. [27]
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WWE Evolve Women's Championship Nikkita Lyons 1 May 29, 2026 166 140 Orlando, Florida Defeated Wendy Choo at Evolve: Succession III. WWE recognizes Lyons's reign as beginning on June 24, 2026, when the episode aired on tape delay. [29]
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WWE ID

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WWE ID
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref.
WWE ID Championship Max Abrams 1 June 26, 2026 138 Atlanta, Georgia Defeated Chazz "Starboy" Hall at The Nightmare Factory's event, The ID Showcase. [31]
WWE Women's ID Championship Monica Monroe 1 October 3, 2026 39 Texas City, Texas Defeated Laynie Luck at Reality of Wrestling's event, Rise of Wrestling Royalty, also earning a WWE ID contract. [32]

Retired championships

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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.[33] 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.[34]

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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. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (October 10, 2026). "Liv Morgan Wins Women's World Title At WWE Money In The Bank". Fightful. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 2, 2026). "Chad Gable Submits Penta To Capture Intercontinental Championship At WWE SummerSlam". Fightful. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ Russell, Skylar (July 27, 2026). "Raquel Rodriguez Defeats Sol Ruca To Win Women's Intercontinental Title On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved July 27, 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. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (September 11, 2026). "Sami Zayn Defeats CM Punk To Win WWE Championship On 9/11 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved September 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 2, 2026). "Chelsea Green Wins Ladder Match To Become Interim WWE Women's Champion At SummerSlam". Fightful. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  15. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (September 11, 2026). "Chelsea Green Listed As WWE Women's Champion". Fightful. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
  16. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (September 6, 2026). "Trick Williams Wins United States Title At Sunday Night's Main Event". Fightful. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
  17. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (August 14, 2026). "Jacy Jayne Wins Women's United States Title On 8/14 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
  18. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (August 14, 2026). "The MFTs Win WWE Tag Team Championship On 8/14 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
  19. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (May 30, 2026). "Rey Fenix Ends Laredo Kid's AAA World Cruiserweight Title Reign At Noches de Los Grandes". Fightful. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  20. ↑ Cook, Steve. "Cook's WWE Raw Review 9.28.26". 411 Mania.com. 411 Mania. Retrieved September 28, 2026.
  21. ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (October 9, 2026). "Alexa Bliss & Tatum Paxley Become WWE Women's Tag Team Champions On 10/9 WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
  22. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 30, 2026). "Grayson Waller Captures NXT Championship At Heatwave PLE". Fightful. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  23. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 30, 2026). "Kelani Jordan Def. Kendal Grey To Become NXT Women's Champion At Heatwave PLE". Fightful. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  24. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 30, 2026). "Vanity Project Helps Jackson Drake Win NXT North American Championship At Heatwave PLE". Fightful. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (August 30, 2026). "Vanity Project Ends Myles Borne & Tavion Heights' NXT Tag Team Title Reign At Heatwave PLE". Fightful. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  27. ↑ "WWE EVOLVE #69". Cagematch. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  28. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (July 15, 2026). "Harlem Lewis Wins WWE EVOLVE Championship". Fightful. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  29. ↑ Cite error: The named reference WomensEvolve was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  30. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (June 24, 2026). "Nikkita Lyons Wins WWE EVOLVE Women's Title At EVOVLE Succession III". Fightful. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  31. ↑ Rose, Bryan (June 26, 2026). "New men's WWE ID Champion crowned". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  32. ↑ Cite error: The named reference MonicaMonroe was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  33. ↑ www.espn.com https://www.espn.com/gaming/story/_/id/44293027/who-the-wwe-video-game-cover-list-2000. Retrieved 2026-06-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  34. ↑ "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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