World Wrestling Entertainment | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-09

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00:02:57 1 Company history
00:03:07 1.1 Prior to Titan Sports
00:05:07 1.2 Titan Sports, Inc.
00:05:14 1.2.1 Golden Age
00:11:10 1.2.2 New Generation (1993–1997)
00:13:26 1.2.3 The Attitude Era (1997–2002)
00:15:09 1.3 World Wrestling Federation, Inc. / World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.
00:17:21 1.3.1 Acquisition of WCW and ECW
00:19:07 1.4 World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. / WWE
00:20:57 1.4.1 Brand extension
00:21:06 1.4.1.1 Original
00:22:18 1.4.1.2 Reunification
00:23:47 1.4.1.3 Second brand split
00:26:24 2 Terminology
00:27:13 3 WWE Network and distribution deals
00:32:23 4 WWE stock and corporate governance
00:34:40 5 Contracts
00:35:57 6 Wellness Program
00:39:40 7 Legal disputes and controversies
00:39:51 7.1 1990s drugs scandal
00:41:21 7.2 Disputes with rival companies
00:44:07 7.3 Owen Hart's death
00:46:25 7.4 USA Network-Viacom programming bids
00:48:15 7.5 WWF name dispute
00:53:32 7.6 Harry Slash and the Slashstones lawsuit
00:54:24 7.7 Ultimate Warrior related disputes
00:59:38 7.8 Domestic violence and criminal related issues
01:04:31 8 Expansion beyond wrestling
01:05:02 8.1 Subsidiaries
01:05:12 8.1.1 Active
01:08:22 8.1.2 Defunct
01:11:57 8.2 Tapout
01:13:02 8.3 TSI Realty Co.
01:13:24 8.4 Investments
01:16:29 8.5 Charities
01:19:17 9 Partnerships
01:22:52 10 Championships and accomplishments
01:23:03 10.1 Championships
01:23:12 10.1.1 Current
01:23:20 10.1.1.1 Raw
01:23:41 10.1.1.2 SmackDown
01:24:03 10.1.1.3 205 Live
01:24:23 10.1.1.4 NXT
01:24:45 10.1.1.5 NXT UK
01:25:05 10.1.1.6 Unbranded
01:25:23 10.1.2 Defunct



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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling. WWE has also branched out into other fields, including movies, real estate, and various other business ventures.
The WWE name also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself, founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1952 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. As of 2019, it is the largest wrestling promotion in the world, holding over 500 events a year, with the roster divided up into various globally traveling brands, and is available to about 36 million viewers in more than 150 countries. The company's global headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut, with offices in major cities across the world.As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE shows are not legitimate contests, but purely entertainment-based, featuring storyline-driven, scripted, and choreographed matches, though matches often include moves that can put performers at risk of injury, even death, if not performed correctly. This was first publicly acknowledged by WWE's owner Vince McMahon in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions. Since the 1980s, WWE publicly has branded their product as sports entertainment, acknowledging the product's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater.
The company's majority owner is its chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon, who retains a 42% ownership of the company's outstanding stock and 83% of the voting power.The current entity, incorporated on February 21, 1980, was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc., which was founded that same year in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. It acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation  Ltd., the holding company for the World Wrestling Federation, in 1982. Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation, Inc. in 1998, then World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. in 1999, and finally the current World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. in 2002. Since 2011, the company has officially branded itself solely as WWE though the company's legal name was not changed.