World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 1953 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), a Northeastern territory of the National Wrestling Alliance. Following booking disputes, the CWC left the NWA and rebranded as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in April 1963. After rejoining the NWA in 1971, the promotion was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, before being acquired by Titan Sports in 1982. A trademark dispute with the World Wildlife Fund prompted a final rename to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002, with the promotion later adopting WWE as its sole branding in 2011. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, WWE is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings.
WWE is the largest wrestling promotion in the world, marketing its product as "sports entertainment" and operating two primary touring brands, Raw and SmackDown. Beyond wrestling, the company has expanded into film, football, licensing, and other ventures. Its programming reaches more than one billion homes worldwide in 30 languages, with developmental brands NXT and Evolve based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Events/PPVs
Titles
Featured Wrestlers
Triple H
16 matches
The Undertaker
16 matches
John Cena
13 matches
Kane
12 matches
Randy Orton
11 matches
Roman Reigns
10 matches
Cody Rhodes
10 matches
Brock Lesnar
9 matches
Chris Jericho
9 matches
Big Show
9 matches
Seth Rollins
9 matches
Shawn Michaels
8 matches
Becky Lynch
8 matches
Dwayne Johnson
8 matches
Hulk Hogan
7 matches
Roddy Piper
7 matches
Kurt Angle
6 matches
Edge
6 matches
Christian Cage
6 matches
Yokozuna
5 matches
Owen Hart
5 matches
Jake Roberts
5 matches
Bret Hart
4 matches
Stone Cold Steve Austin
4 matches
Charlotte Flair
4 matches
Randy Savage
4 matches
Ricky Steamboat
4 matches
Rhea Ripley
4 matches
Trish Stratus
3 matches
Mick Foley
3 matches
- WWE Championship Active
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Active
- WWE Universal Championship Active
- World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) Active
- Allstate Arena 19 events
- WWE Performance Center 16 events
- Madison Square Garden 14 events
- Staples Center 14 events
- Barclays Center 11 events
- Full Sail University 11 events
- Toyota Center 9 events
- Wells Fargo Center 9 events
- TD Garden 8 events
- American Airlines Center 7 events
Sources used for verification
- Wikipedia