WWE

**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. 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.

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, 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. 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.

### Weekly shows

|Day|Network|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Monday|align=center|Netflix|
|align=center|Friday|align=center|USA Network|
|align=center|Thursday|align=center|Hulu|
|align=center|Tuesday|align=center|The CW|

### Pay-per-view events

|Month|Name|Year of first event||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Multiple times a year|WWE in Saudi Arabia|2018||
|January|Royal Rumble|1988||
|rowspan="2"|February|NXT Vengeance Day|2001|
|Elimination Chamber|2010|||
|rowspan="2"|March/April|NXT Stand & Deliver|2021|
|WrestleMania|1985|||
|rowspan="2"|May|Backlash|1999|
|Night of Champions|2007|||
|July|Money in the Bank|2010||
|August|SummerSlam|1988||
|rowspan="2"|September|Payback|2013|
|No Mercy|1999|||
|rowspan="2"|October|Fastlane|2015|
|NXT Halloween Havoc|1989|||
|November|Survivor Series|1987||
|December|NXT Deadline|2022||

## Championships and accomplishments

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 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 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 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.

#### Main roster

|colspan="9" style="background:#FBB;"|Raw||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|World Heavyweight Championship|align="center"||align="center"|CM Punk|align="center"|2|align="center"|November 1, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Salt Lake City, Utah|align=left|Defeated Jey Uso at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI to win the vacant title.||
|align="center"|Women's World Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Stephanie Vaquer|align="center"|1|align="center"|September 20, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Indianapolis, Indiana|align=left|Defeated Iyo Sky at Wrestlepalooza to win the vacant title.||
|align="center"|WWE Intercontinental Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Dominik Mysterio|align="center"|2|align="center"|November 29, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|San Diego, California|align=left|Defeated John Cena at Survivor Series: WarGames.||
|align="center"|WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Becky Lynch|align="center"|2|align="center"|January 5, 2026|align="center"||align="center"|Brooklyn, New York|align=left|Defeated Maxxine Dupri on the _Raw_ on Netflix anniversary show.||
|align="center"|World Tag Team Championship|align="center"||align="center"|The Usos|align="center"|4|align="center"|December 29, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Orlando, Florida|align=left|Defeated AJ Styles and Dragon Lee on _Raw_.||

|colspan="9" style="background:#CAE1FF;"|SmackDown||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|Undisputed WWE Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Drew McIntyre|align="center"|3|align="center"|January 9, 2026|align="center"||align="center"|Berlin, Germany|align=left|Defeated Cody Rhodes in a Three Stages of Hell match on _SmackDown_. The three stages were: a regular singles match, a Falls Count Anywhere match, and a Steel cage match. McIntyre won the first and third falls.||
|align="center"|WWE Women's Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Jade Cargill|align="center"|1|align="center"|November 1, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Salt Lake City, Utah|align=left|Defeated Tiffany Stratton at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI.||
|align="center"|WWE United States Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Carmelo Hayes|align="center"|1|align="center"|December 19, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Grand Rapids, Michigan|align=left|Defeated Ilja Dragunov in an open challenge on _SmackDown_. WWE lists the start of Hayes' reign on December 26, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.||
|align="center"|WWE Women's United States Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Giulia|align="center"|2|align="center"|January 2, 2026|align="center"||align="center"|Buffalo, New York|align=left|Defeated Chelsea Green on _SmackDown_.||
|align="center"|WWE Tag Team Championship|align="center"||align="center"|The MFTs|align="center"|1|align="center"|January 23, 2026|align="center"||align="center"|Montreal, Quebec, Canada|align=left|Defeated The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy) on _SmackDown_.||

#### Developmental

|colspan="9" style="background:#ffe603;"|NXT||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|NXT Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Joe Hendry|align="center"|1|align="center"|February 3, 2026|align="center"||align="center"|Orlando, Florida|align=left|Defeated Ricky Saints, Dion Lennox, Sean Legacy, Jackson Drake, Shiloh Hill, and Keanu Carver in a seven-man ladder match to win the vacant title.||
|align="center"|NXT Women's Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Jacy Jayne|align="center"|2|align="center"|November 18, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|New York City, New York|align=left|Defeated Tatum Paxley at _NXT_: Gold Rush – Week 1.||
|align="center"|NXT North American Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Myles Borne|align="center"|1|align="center"|February 24, 2026|align="center"||rowspan="4" align="center"|Orlando, Florida|align=left|Defeated Ethan Page on _NXT_.||
|align="center"|NXT Women's North American Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Izzi Dame|align="center"|1|align="center"|January 6, 2026|align="center"||align=left|Defeated Thea Hail in an open challenge at _NXT_: New Year's Evil.||||
|align="center"|NXT Tag Team Championship|align="center"||align="center"|The Vanity Project|align="center"|1|align="center"|February 24, 2026|align="center"||align=left|Defeated DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) on _NXT_.||||
|align="center"|NXT Heritage Cup|align="center"||align="center"|Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo|align="center"|1|align="center"|June 24, 2025|align="center"||align=left|Defeated Tony D'Angelo by 2–1 to win the vacant title on _NXT_. Previous champion Noam Dar gave up the title because of an injury.||||

|colspan="10" style="background:#CBC3E3;"|Evolve||||||||||||||||||
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|align="center"|WWE Evolve Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Jackson Drake|align="center"|1|align="center"|April 25, 2025|align="center"||align="center"||rowspan="2" align="center"|Orlando, Florida|align=left|Defeated Keanu Carver, Edris Enofe, and Sean Legacy, who Drake last eliminated, in a Fatal four-way elimination match to become the first champion on _Evolve_. WWE lists the start of Drake's reign on June 4, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.||
|align="center"|WWE Evolve Women's Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Kendal Grey|align="center"|1|align="center"|September 23, 2025|align="center"||align="center"||align=left|Defeated Kali Armstrong at _Evolve: Succession_. WWE lists the start of Grey's reign on October 15, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.||||

|colspan="9" style="background:silver;"|WWE ID|||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|WWE ID Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Cappuccino Jones|align="center"|1|align="center"|August 1, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Rutherford, New Jersey|align=left|Defeated Jack Cartwheel in a tournament final to become the first champion at Game Changer Wrestling's event, The ID Showcase.|align="center"||
|align="center"|WWE Women's ID Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Laynie Luck|align="center"|1|align="center"|November 17, 2025|align="center"||align="center"|Cranston, Rhode Island|align=left|Defeated Brittnie Brooks, Notorious Mimi, Shannon Levangie, Tiara James, and Airica Demia in a six-woman elimination match to win the vacant title at Wrestling Open Rhode Island's event, Wrestling Open RI 33.|align="center"||

#### Open

|colspan=10 style=background:#B9FFC5|Open||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|WWE Women's Tag Team Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Rhiyo|align="center"|1|align="center"|January 5, 2026|colspan="2" align="center"||align="center"|Brooklyn, New York|align="left"|Defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) on the _Raw_ on Netflix anniversary show.||||
|align="center"|WWE Speed Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Elio LeFleur|align="center"|1|align="center"|February 24, 2026|colspan="2" align="center"||align="center"|Orlando, Florida|align=left|Defeated defending champion Jasper Troy and Eli Knight in a Triple Threat match with a seven-minute time limit on _NXT_.||||
|align="center"|WWE Women's Speed Championship|align="center"||align="center"|Fallon Henley|align="center"|1|align="center"|November 18, 2025|align="center"||align="center"||align="center"|New York City, New York|align=left|Defeated Zaria in a tournament final to win the vacant title in sudden death overtime at _NXT_: Gold Rush – Night 2. WWE lists the start of Henley's reign on November 25, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.||

### Other accomplishments

|Accomplishment|Latest winner(s)|Date won|Location|Notes||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Royal Rumble|align=center|Roman Reigns (men's) Liv Morgan (women's)|align=center|January 31, 2026|align=center|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia|Reigns last eliminated Gunther to win. Morgan last eliminated Tiffany Stratton to win.||
|align=center|André the Giant Memorial Trophy|align=center|Carmelo Hayes|align=center|April 18, 2025|align=center|Las Vegas, Nevada|Last eliminated Andrade to win.||
|align=center|Money In The Bank|align=center|Seth Rollins (men's) Naomi (women's)|align=center|June 7, 2025|align=center|Inglewood, California|Rollins (with Paul Heyman) defeated Andrade, El Grande Americano, LA Knight, Penta, and Solo Sikoa Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss, Giulia, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, and Stephanie Vaquer||
|align="center"|King of the Ring|align="center"|Cody Rhodes|rowspan="2" align="center"|June 28, 2025|rowspan="2" align="center"|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia|align="left"|Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.|
|align="center"|Queen of the Ring|align="center"|Jade Cargill|align="left"|Defeated Asuka in the finals.|||||
|align=center|Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic|align=center|Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker|align=center|Feburary 4, 2024|align=center|Clarksville, Tennessee|align="left"|Defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the finals.|

### Retired championships

|Championship|Last champion(s)|Date of entry|Date retired|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|WWE Universal Championship|Roman Reigns|July 25, 2016|April 7, 2024||
|Women's Championship|Layla|December 31, 1983|September 19, 2010||
|WWE Divas Championship|Charlotte|July 20, 2008|April 3, 2016||
|NXT Women's Tag Team Championship|Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn|March 10, 2021|June 23, 2023||
|World Tag Team Championship|The Hart Dynasty|June 3, 1971|August 16, 2010||
|WWE European Championship|Rob Van Dam|February 26, 1997|July 21, 2002||
|WWF Light Heavyweight Championship|X-Pac|December 7, 1997|November 30, 2001||
|WWE Hardcore Championship|Rob Van Dam|November 2, 1998|August 26, 2002||

## Related pages

- List of WWE personnel

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC
- **company logo**: WWE official logo.svg
- **company type**: Subsidiary
- **trade name**: World Wide Wrestling Federation
(1963-1979)
World Wrestling Federation
(1979-2002)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
(2002–2024)
- **founder**: Vincent J. McMahon
Toots Mondt
- **foundation**: 1963
- **location**: Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America, USA
- **logo caption**: The 2014–present logo
- **industry**: Professional wrestling
- **revenue**: (2023)
- **operating income**: (2023)
- **net income**: (2022)
- **assets**: (2022)
- **equity**: (2022)
- **num employees**: ~800 (2023)
- **owner**: TKO Group Holdings
- **parent**: TKO Group Holdings
- **homepage**: