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WWE

Acronym	WWE
Established	1948
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Location	Stamford, Connecticut
Founder	Jess McMahon Toots Mondt
Owner	Vince McMahon
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Formerly	World Wrestling Entertainment (2002-2011) World Wrestling Federation (1979-2002) World Wide Wrestling Federation (1963-1979) NWA Capitol Wrestling Federation (1952-1963) NWA Capital Sports (1948-1952)
Website	WWE.com

WWE, Inc. (previously known as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd, Titan Sports Inc., World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) (WWE) is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. It is currently the largest professional wrestling company in the world, reaching 13 million viewers in the U.S. and broadcasting its shows in 30 languages to more than 145 countres. It promotes under two brands, known as Raw and SmackDown.

Vince McMahon is the majority owner, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. Together with his wife Linda McMahon, and their children Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque (WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing), the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of the voting power in the company. The company's headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Tokyo, Toronto, and Sydney.

WWE holds an extensive library of videos, representing a significant portion of the visual history of professional wrestling. The company began as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation in 1952, which promoted under the banner of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In 1982 it was sold to the same family's Titan Sports company, which later changed its name to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, before finally becoming World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002, and simplified to "WWE" in 2011.

Last Pay-Per-View EventEdit

Extreme Rules 2012 (April 29, 2012)

Next Pay-Per-View EventEdit

WWE Over The Limit 2012 (May 20, 2012)

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

Current championsEdit

As of May 18 , 2012.

	Championship	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date Won	Location	Event	Days Held
RAW
	WWE Champion	CM Punk	Alberto Del Rio	November 20, 2011	New York City, New York	Survivor Series 2011	180+
	WWE United States	Santino Marella	Jack Swagger	March 5, 2012	Boston, Massachussetts	Monday Night Raw	74+
SmackDown!
	World Heavyweight	Sheamus	Daniel Bryan	April 1, 2012	Miami, Florida	WrestleMania XXVIII	47+
	WWE Intercontinental	Cody Rhodes	The Big Show	April 29, 2012	Chicago, Illinois	Extreme Rules 2012	19+
Dual Branded
	WWE Tag Team	Kofi Kingston & R-Truth	Primo & Epico	April 30, 2012	Dayton, Ohio	Monday Night Raw	18+
	WWE Divas	Layla	Nikki Bella	April 29, 2012	Chicago, Illinois	Extreme Rules 2012	19+

AccomplishmentsEdit

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date Won
Royal Rumble	Sheamus	January 29, 2012
Raw Money in the Bank	Alberto Del Rio	July 17, 2011
SmackDown Money in the Bank	Daniel Bryan	July 17, 2011
WWE NXT	Johnny Curtis	March 1, 2011
Bragging Rights	SmackDown	October 24, 2010
King of the Ring	Sheamus	November 29, 2010

Current developmental territory championsEdit

Championship	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date Won	Location	Event
Florida Championship Wrestling
FCW Florida Heavyweight	Seth Rollins	Leo Kruger	February 23, 2012	Tampa, FL	FCW TV
FCW Florida Tag Team	Jake Carter & Cory Graves	Bo Rotundo & Husky Harris	March 15, 2012	Tampa, Florida	FCW TV
FCW Divas Championship	Raquel Diaz	Audrey Marie	December 15, 2011	Tampa, FL	FCW TV
Queen of FCW	Raquel Diaz	Aksana	November 17, 2011	Tampa, FL	FCW TV
Florida 15	Richie Steamboat	Damien Sandow	January 13, 2012	Tampa, FL	Live Event

Defunct championshipsEdit

World Tag Team Championship (WWE) (1971-2010)
WWE Unified Tag Team Championship (2009-2010)
WWE Women's Championship (1956-2010)
WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991-2007)1
WWE Hardcore Championship (1998-2002)
WWE European Championship (1997-2002)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2001)2
WCW World Tag Team Championship (2001)2
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1981-2001) (recognized officially 1997-2001)
WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1991)
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983-1989)
WWF Canadian Championship (1985-1986)
WWF International Heavyweight Championship (1959-1963, 1982-1985)
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1967-1985)
WWF International Tag Team Championship (1969-1985)
WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1978-1985)
WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1979-1981)
WWWF United States Championship (1970-1975)
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1963-1967)

1WCW Cruiserweight title from 1991 to 2002

2Acquisition of WCW and ECW.

External linksEdit

World Wrestling Entertainment
History
Black Saturday • Monday Night Wars • Montreal Screwjob • The Invasion • Brand Extension • WWE Video Library
Programming
RAW • SmackDown! • NXT • Superstars Current programming • Former Programming • Pay-per-views
Developmental territories
Florida Championship Wrestling
Former and defunct developmental territories
Deep South Wrestling • Heartland Wrestling Association • International Wrestling Association • Memphis Championship Wrestling • Ohio Valley Wrestling
Subsidiaries
WWE Films • WWE Niagara Falls • WWE Records • WWE Video Games • WWE Home Video • WWE Books • WWE Shop.com • WWE Network
Defunct subsidiaries
Coliseum Video • The World
Other wrestling organizations acquired
World Championship Wrestling • Extreme Championship Wrestling
Talent
Current roster (current champions) • WWE Divas • Alumni • Hall of Fame (inductees) • Diva Search • Tough Enough • WWE Draft

World Wrestling Entertainment roster

Alex Riley • Brodus Clay • Chris Jericho • CM Punk • Curt Hawkins • David Otunga • Dolph Ziggler • Epico • Evan Bourne • Jack Swagger • John Cena • John Laurinaitis • JTG • Kane • Kevin Nash • Kofi Kingston • Lord Tensai • Mason Ryan • Michael McGillicutty • Primo • R-Truth • Rey Mysterio • Santino Marella • Skip Sheffield • The Miz • Triple H • Tyler Reks • Zack Ryder

Alberto Del Rio • Antonio Cesaro • Big Show • Camacho • Christian • Cody Rhodes • Daniel Bryan • Darren Young • Derrick Bateman • Drew McIntyre • Ezekiel Jackson • Great Khali • Heath Slater • Hornswoggle • Hunico • Jey Uso • Jimmy Uso • Jinder Mahal • Johnny Curtis • Justin Gabriel • Mark Henry • Percy Watson • Randy Orton • Ranjin Singh • Ryback • Sheamus • Sin Cara • Ted DiBiase • Theodore Long • The Undertaker • Titus O'Neil • Trent Baretta • Tyson Kidd • Wade Barrett • William Regal • Yoshi Tatsu

AJ • Aksana • Alicia Fox • Beth Phoenix • Eve Torres • Kaitlyn • Kelly Kelly • Kharma • Layla • Maxine • Natalya • Rosa Mendes • Tamina Snuka
Stables & Tag Teams
Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler • Kofi Kingston & R-Truth • Primo and Epico • Reks and Hawkins

Darren Young • Derrick Bateman • Titus O'Neil • Conor O'Brian • Lucky Cannon • Byron Saxton • Jacob Novak
Commentators
Booker T • Carlos Cabrera • Jerry Lawler • Jim Ross • Josh Mathews • Marcelo Rodriguez • Matt Striker • Michael Cole • Scott Stanford • William Regal
Ring announcers
Eden Stiles • Justin Roberts • Lilian Garcia • Tony Chimel
Referees
Chad Patton • Charles Robinson • Jack Doan • John Cone • Justin King • Mike Chioda • Rod Zapata • Scott Armstrong
Unassigned employees
Renato Cortes • Tenille Dashwood
Current Champions
WWE Championship
CM Punk
World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Cody Rhodes
WWE United States Championship
Santino Marella
WWE Tag Team Championship
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth
WWE Divas Championship
Layla

World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events

Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • WrestleMania • Extreme Rules • Over The Limit • Capitol Punishment • Money in the Bank • Night of Champions • Night of Champions • Hell in a Cell • Vengeance • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs

Former pay-per-view events

The Wrestling Classic (1985) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) • King of the Ring (1993-2002) • In Your House (1995-1999) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003-2004) • Fully Loaded (1998-2000) • Over The Edge (1998-1999) • InVasion (2001) • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005-2007) • Unforgiven (1998-2009) • No Mercy (1999-2009) • Cyber Sunday (2004-2008) • Armageddon (1999-2008) • Fatal 4-Way (2010)

Former International pay-per-view events

One Night Only (1997) • Mayhem in Manchester (1998) • Capital Carnage (1998) • No Mercy (UK) (1999) • Rebellion (1999-2002) • Insurrextion (2000-2003)

List of Computer and video games based on World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE SmackDown!
Original series SmackDown! \| Know Your Role \| Just Bring It \| Shut Your Mouth \| Here Comes The Pain
SmackDown! vs. RAW SmackDown! vs. RAW \| 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008 \| 2009 \| 2010 \| 2011
WWE
WWE '12
X-Box games
RAW \| RAW 2 \| WrestleMania 21
Nintendo games
Nintendo GameCube WrestleMania X8 \| WrestleMania XIX \| Day of Reckoning \| Day of Reckoning 2
Nintendo 64 War Zone \| Attitude \| WrestleMania 2000 \| No Mercy
Game Boy (Color / Advance)
Superstars \| Superstars 2 \| King of the Ring \| Betrayal \| Road to WrestleMania \| Road to WrestleMania X8 \| Survivor Series
NES / SNES / Sega Genesis
WrestleMania Challenge \| Steel Cage Challenge \| Super WrestleMania \| Royal Rumble (1993) \| RAW (1994) \| WrestleMania: Arcade Game
Miscellaneous
Legends of WrestleMania \| Superstars \| WrestleFest \| In Your House \| Rage in the Cage \| Royal Rumble (2000) \| Crush Hour \| With Authority! \| WWE All Stars \| WWF European Rampage Tour