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{{Infobox Company
|company_name=World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
|company_logo=[[Image:Wwelogo.jpg|175px]]
|company_type=[[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|WWE}})
|foundation=1952
|location=[[Stamford, Connecticut]], [[United States of America|USA]]
|key_people=[[Vince McMahon]], [[Chairperson|Chairman]]<br>[[Linda McMahon]], [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]<br>[[Shane McMahon]], Executive Vice President of Global Media<br>[[Stephanie McMahon]], Executive Vice President of Creative Writing
|industry=[[Professional wrestling]], [[sports entertainment]]
|products=
|revenue={{profit}} $400.3 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2006)<ref name=2006Q4>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/documents/4QF2006PressReleaseFINALdoc.pdf|title=World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Reports Q4 Results|accessdate=2006-08-28|format=[[PDF]]|pages=4}}</ref>
|operating_income={{profit}} $71.5 million USD (2006)<ref name=2006Q4 />
|net_income={{profit}} $47.0 million USD (2006)<ref name=2006Q4 />
|num_employees=460 (April 2006, excluding wrestlers)<ref name=200610-K>{{cite web|title=WWE 2006 10-K Report|publisher=WWE.com|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/documents/200610-K.pdf|accessdate=2006-08-28}}</ref>
|homepage= [http://www.wwe.com/ WWE.com]<br />[http://corporate.wwe.com/ Corporate WWE Web Site]
}}

'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly traded, privately controlled [[integrated media]] (focusing in [[television]], [[internet]], and live events), and [[sports entertainment]] company dealing primarily in the [[professional wrestling]] industry, with major revenue sources also coming from [[Motion picture|film]], [[music]], product licensing, and direct product sales. [[Vince McMahon]] is the [[Ownership|majority owner]] and [[Chairperson|Chairman]] of the company and his wife [[Linda McMahon]] holds the position of [[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media [[Shane McMahon]] and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie McMahon-Levesque]], the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of all voting power in the company.
The company's global headquarters are located at 1241 East Main Street in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], with international offices in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[New York City]], [[London]], and [[Toronto]]. The company was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc. before changing to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., and most recently becoming World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

WWE's business focus is on professional wrestling. It is currently the largest [[professional wrestling promotion]] in the world, and holds an [[WWE Video Library|extensive library of videos]] representing a significant portion of the visual history of professional wrestling. The promotion previously existed as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which promoted under the banner of the '''World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF)''', and later the '''World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'''. WWE promotes under three brands; [[WWE Raw|RAW]], [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]] and [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]. WWE is also home to three of the eight [[World heavyweight championship#Professional wrestling|world heavyweight championships]] recognized by ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]''.

WWE's revenue in [[fiscal year|fiscal]] 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately [[United States dollar|$]]400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's [[market capitalization]] is over $1 billion. Its stock is traded on the [[New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]] as [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/wwe.html WWE].
==Company history==
{{main|History of World Wrestling Entertainment}}
===Capitol Wrestling===
[[Roderick McMahon|Roderick James "Jess" McMahon]] was a boxing promoter whose achievements included co-promoting a bout in 1915 between [[Jess Willard]] and [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]]. In 1926, while working with [[Tex Rickard]] (who actually despised wrestling to such a degree he prevented wrestling events from being held at Madison Square Garden between 1939 and 1948), he started promoting boxing in [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York]]. The first match during their partnership was a light-heavyweight championship match between [[Jack Delaney]] and [[Paul Berlenbach]].

Around the same time, professional wrestler [[Toots Mondt|Joseph Raymond "Toots" Mondt]] created a new style of professional wrestling that he called Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling to make the sport more appealing to spectators. He then formed a promotion with wrestling champion [[Ed Lewis (wrestler)|Ed Lewis]] and his manager [[Billy Sandow]]. They persuaded many wrestlers to sign contracts with their [[Gold Dust Trio]]. After much success, a disagreement over power caused the trio to dissolve and, with it, their promotion. Mondt formed partnerships with several other promoters, including [[Jack Curley]] in New York City. When Curley was dying, Mondt moved to take over New York wrestling with the aid of several bookers, one of whom was Jess McMahon.

Together, Roderick McMahon and Raymond Mondt created the '''Capitol Wrestling Corporation''' (CWC). The CWC joined the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] in 1953. Also in that year, Ray Fabiani, one of Mondt's associates, brought in [[Vincent J. McMahon]] to replace his father Jess in the promotion. McMahon and Mondt were a successful combination, and within a short time, they controlled approximately 70% of the NWA's booking, largely due to their dominance in the heavily populated Northeast region. Mondt taught McMahon about booking and how to work in the wrestling business.

===World Wide Wrestling Federation===
The NWA recognized an undisputed [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] that went from wrestling company to wrestling company in the alliance and defended the belt around the world. In 1963, the champion was [["Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers]].

The rest of the NWA was unhappy with Mondt because he rarely allowed Rogers to wrestle outside of the Northeast. Mondt and McMahon wanted Rogers to keep the NWA World Championship, but Rogers was unwilling to sacrifice his $25,000 deposit on the belt (title holders at the time had to pay a deposit to insure they would honor their commitments as champion). Rogers lost the NWA World Championship to [[Lou Thesz]] in a one-fall match in Toronto, Ontario on [[January 24]], [[1963]], which led to Mondt, McMahon and the CWC leaving the NWA in protest, creating the '''World Wide Wrestling Federation''' (WWWF) in the process.

In April, Rogers was awarded the new WWWF World Championship following an [[apocryphal]] tournament in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. He lost the title to [[Bruno Sammartino]] a month later on [[May 17]] [[1963]], after suffering a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] shortly before the match. To accommodate Rogers' condition, the match was booked to last under a minute.

Mondt left the company in the late sixties for unclear reasons, probably due to old age.

Although the WWWF had withdrawn from the NWA, Vince McMahon Sr. still sat on the NWA Board of Directors, no other territory was recognized in the Northeast, and several "champion vs. champion" matches occurred (usually ending in a double disqualification or some other non-decisive ending).

In March 1979, the WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The change was purely cosmetic, and the ownership and front office personnel remained unchanged during this period.

===World Wrestling Federation===
[[Image:OriginalWWFlogo.jpg|right|125px|thumb|The original World Wrestling Federation logo (1979 - 1983)]]
In 1980, the son of Vincent J. McMahon, [[Vince McMahon|Vincent K. McMahon]], founded Titan Sports, Inc. and in 1982 purchased Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father. The elder McMahon had long since established the northeastern territory as one of the most vibrant members of the NWA. He had long since recognized that professional wrestling was more about [[sports entertainment|entertainment]] than actual sport. Against his father's wishes, McMahon began an expansion process that would fundamentally change the sport, and place both the WWF - and his own life - in jeopardy.

The WWF was not the only promotion to have broken ranks with the NWA; the [[American Wrestling Association]] (AWA) had long ago ceased being an official NWA member (although like the WWF, they seldom left their own territory). But in neither instance did the defecting member attempt to undermine the [[National Wrestling Alliance#Territories|territory system]] that had been the foundation of the industry for more than half a century.

Other promoters were furious when McMahon began syndicating WWF television shows to [[television stations]] across the [[United States]], in areas outside of the WWF's traditional northeastern stronghold. McMahon also began selling [[videotape]]s of WWF events outside the Northeast through his [[Coliseum Video]] distribution company. He effectively broke the unwritten law of regionalism around which the entire industry had been based. To make matters worse, McMahon would use the income generated by advertising, television deals, and tape sales to poach talent from rival promoters. Wrestling promoters nationwide were now in direct competition with the WWF.

[[Image:Oldtymewwelogo.jpg|right|125px|thumb|One of the World Wrestling Federation logos (1983 - 1994)]]

The first step in McMahon's attempt to go national was to sign AWA superstar [[Hulk Hogan]], who, due to his appearance in ''[[Rocky III]]'' had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could manage. To play Hogan's nemesis, he signed North Carolina badboy [[Roddy Piper]], and also another bodybuilder in the [["Superstar" Billy Graham]] mold, [[Jesse Ventura]] (although Ventura rarely wrestled in the WWF at that point due to the lung disorder that caused his retirement, moving to the commentator booth alongside [[Gorilla Monsoon]]). McMahon built a superstar roster consisting of these men on top, in addition to New York mainstays like [[André the Giant]], [[Jimmy Snuka]] and [[Don Muraco]], and wandering journeymen like [[Paul Orndorff]], [[Greg Valentine]], [[Ricky Steamboat]] and the [[Iron Sheik]]. It has long been a point of contention whether McMahon could have gone national without Hogan's presence, or vice versa.

According to several reports, the elder McMahon warned his son: "Vinny, what are you doing? You'll wind up at the bottom of a river." In spite of such warnings, the younger McMahon had an even bolder ambition: the WWF would tour nationally. However, such a venture required huge capital investment; one that placed the WWF on the verge of financial collapse.

[[Image:WWELogo 84-94.png|right|125px|thumb|One of the World Wrestling Federation logos (1984 - 1997)]]

The future of not just McMahon's experiment, but also the WWF, the NWA, and the whole industry came down to the success or failure of McMahon's groundbreaking concept, [[WrestleMania]]. WrestleMania was a [[pay-per-view]] extravaganza (in some areas; most areas of the country saw WrestleMania available on [[closed-circuit television]]) that McMahon marketed as being the [[Super Bowl]] of professional wrestling.

The concept of a wrestling super card was nothing new in North America; the NWA had been running [[Starrcade]] a few years prior to WrestleMania, and even the elder McMahon had marketed large [[Shea Stadium]] cards viewable in closed-circuit locations. However, McMahon wanted to take the WWF to the mainstream, targeting the public who were not regular wrestling fans. He drew the interest of the mainstream media by inviting celebrities such as [[Mr. T]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]] to participate in the event. [[MTV]], in particular, featured a great deal of WWF coverage and programming at this time, in what was termed the ''Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection''.

====The Golden Age====
The original [[WrestleMania (1985)|WrestleMania]], held in 1985, was a resounding success. This event is sometimes credited as the debut of what McMahon called "sports entertainment". However, as mentioned above, his father had emphasized pro wrestling's entertainment value some years before. The WWF did incredible business on the shoulders of McMahon and his all-American [[face (professional wrestling)|babyface]] hero, [[Hulk Hogan]], for the next several years, creating what some observers dubbed a second golden age for professional wrestling. However, by the 1990s the WWF's fortunes steadily declined as fans were tired of Hulk Hogan's ability to beat anyone and everyone whenever he wanted.

====The New Generation====
[[Image:WWELogo 94-98.png|right|150px|thumb|The World Wrestling Federation logo (1994 - 1998)]]

The WWF hit a low point in the wake of allegations of steroid abuse and distribution made against McMahon and the WWF in 1994; there were also allegations of [[sexual harassment]] made by WWF employees. McMahon was eventually exonerated, but it was a [[public relations]] nightmare for the WWF. The [[anabolic steroid|steroid]] trial cost the WWF an estimated $5 million at a time when revenues were at an all-time low. To compensate, McMahon cut the pay of both wrestlers and front office personnel - close to 40% in the latter case (and about 50% for top level managers such as [[Bobby Heenan]] and [[Jimmy Hart]], who both left). This helped drive many WWF wrestlers to its only major competition, [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), between 1993 and 1996. During this time period, WWF promoted itself as "The New WWF Generation" which was led by [[Shawn Michaels]], [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]], [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]], [[Bret Hart]], and [[The Undertaker]]. In an effort to promote them and other young talent as the new superstars of the ring WWF began to play on the age restrictions which former WWF wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage (who by now were working for WCW) now faced. This is best seen in the [[Billionaire Ted]] parodies of 1996 (a reference to WCW's owner and patron, media mogul [[Ted Turner]]) which culminated in a "rasslin" match during the warm-up to [[WrestleMania XII]].

====The Attitude Era====
During the 1990s wrestling boom, starting with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]]'s now infamous [[Stone Cold Steve Austin#1996|Austin 3:16]] speech, shortly after defeating [[Jake Roberts]] in the tournament finals at the [[King of the Ring#1996|1996 King of the Ring]] pay-per-view, the WWF moved away from its "family era" and began broadcasting more violence, [[Profanity|swearing]], and more edgy angles in its attempt to compete with [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]. After [[Bret Hart]] left for WCW following the infamous [[Montreal Screwjob]] incident, Vince McMahon used the resulting backlash in the creation of his "Mr. McMahon" character, a dictatorial and fierce ruler who favored [[heel (professional wrestling)|heels]] who were "good for business" over "misfit" faces like Austin. This, in turn, led to the Austin vs. McMahon feud, which, along with the formation of [[D-Generation X]], laid the foundation for the Attitude Era. The Attitude Era also featured the established [[Monday Night Wars]], where both WCW and the WWF had Monday night shows that competed against each other in the ratings.

[[Image:WWF_Attitude_Logo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The World Wrestling Federation logo (1997 - 2002) that WWE is now prohibited from using after its agreement with the conservation organization [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]]]]

====Business advances====
On [[April 29]] [[1999]], the WWF made its return to [[terrestrial television]] by launching a special program known as ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' on the fledgling [[UPN]] network. The Thursday-night show became a weekly series on [[August 26]] [[1999]].

On the back of the success of the Attitude Era, on [[October 19]] [[1999]] the WWF's parent company, Titan Sports (by this time renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.) became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each.<ref name=wwfstock>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec99/wwf.html|title=WWF Enters the Stock Market|accessdate=2007-05-05|month=10|date=19|year=1999}}</ref> WWF announced its desire to diversify, including creating [[The World (WWE)|a nightclub in Times Square]], [[WWE Films|producing feature films]], and book publishing.

In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network [[NBC]], announced the creation of the [[XFL]], a new professional [[American football|football]] league that debuted in 2001.<ref name=xfl>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2000/2000_02_03.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment, Inc. announces the formation of the XFL -- a new professional football league|accessdate=2007-05-05|month=02|date=03|year=2000}}</ref> The league had surprisingly high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated primetime show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after being unable to reach a deal with UPN, McMahon shut down the XFL.<ref name=xflfolds>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/05/10/xfl_folds_ap/|title=XFL folds after disappointing first season|accessdate=2007-05-05|month=05|date=10|year=2001}}</ref>

====Acquisition of WCW and ECW====
With the success of the ''Attitude Era'', WCW's already shaky financial situation deteriorated even further. It only survived because [[Ted Turner]] retained control over it as a result of [[Turner Broadcasting System]]'s merger with [[Time Warner]]. However, after Time Warner merged with [[AOL]], Turner's power was considerably reduced, and the newly merged company decided to shed its dead weight, namely WCW which was now losing scores of millions of dollars each year. In March 2001, WWF Entertainment, Inc. acquired World Championship Wrestling, Inc. from AOL Time Warner for a number reported to be around $7 million.<ref name=wcw>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2001/2001_03_23.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment, Inc. Acquires WCW from Turner Broadcasting|accessdate=2007-05-05|month=03|date=23|year=2001}}</ref> With this purchase, WWF was now the largest wrestling promotion in the world, and practially the only one in North America. It would remain so until the launch of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] in 2002.

The assets of [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] (ECW), which had folded after filing for [[bankruptcy]] protection in April 2001, were purchased by WWE in mid-2003.

=== World Wrestling Entertainment ===
In 2000, the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wildlife Fund]] (also WWF), an environmental organization now called the World Wide Fund for Nature, sued the World Wrestling Federation. A British court agreed that Titan Sports had violated a 1994 agreement which had limited the permissible use of the WWF initials overseas, particularly in merchandising.<ref name=Agreement>{{cite web|title=Agreement-WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature and Titan Sports Inc.|url=http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/wwf/worldwildlife.1997.01.20.html|accessdate=2006-11-23}}</ref>

On Sunday [[May 5]] [[2002]], the company quietly changed all references on its website from "WWF" to "WWE", while switching the [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] from ''WWF.com'' to ''[http://www.wwe.com WWE.com]''. The next day, a press release announced the official name change from ''World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.'' to ''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.'', or WWE, and the change was publicized later that day during a telecast of ''Monday Night RAW'', which emanated from the [[Hartford Civic Center]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. For a short time, WWE used the slogan "Get The 'F' Out".<ref name=GetFOut>{{cite web|title=World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment.|publisher=WWE.com|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp|accessdate=2006-08-28}}</ref> The company had also been ordered by court to stop using the old WWF Attitude logo on any of its properties and to censor all past references to ''WWF'', as they no longer owned the trademark to the initials ''WWF'' in 'specified circumstances'.<ref>[http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp corporate.wwe.com]</ref>

In April 2002, about a month before the name change, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, one on ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'', the other on ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' due to the overabundance of talent left over from the ''Invasion'' storyline (which involved talent from the absorbed ECW and WCW rosters interacting in WWF storylines). This is known as the [[WWE Brand Extension]]. Following the Brand Extension, a yearly ''[[WWE Draft|Draft Lottery]]'' was instituted to exchange members of each roster and generally refresh the lineups.

In August 2002, the company launched [[WWE Niagara Falls]], a retail establishment in [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]].

On [[May 26]] [[2006]], WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as its third brand. The [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|new ECW]] program airs Tuesday nights, on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]].<ref name=SciFi>{{cite web|title=WWE brings ECW to Sci Fi Channel|publisher=WWE.com|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|accessdate=2006-08-28}}</ref>

==== Current title holders ====
<!---Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on USA TV.--->
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFEEEE;"
|rowspan=4 align=center|''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
|[[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]]
|[[John Cena]]
|[[September 17]] [[2006]]
|[[September 17]] [[2006]]
|-style="background: #FFEEEE;"
|[[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]]
|[[Anthony Carelli|Santino Marella]]
|[[April 16]] [[2007]]
|[[April 16]] [[2007]]
|-style="background: #FFEEEE;"
|[[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's Champion]]
|[[Melina Perez|Melina]]
|[[April 24]] [[2007]]
|N/A (<small>[[House show|Live Event]]</small>)
|-style="background: #FFEEEE;"
|[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Champions]]
|[[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]]
|[[June 4]] [[2007]]
|[[June 4]] [[2007]]
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|rowspan=4 align=center|''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]''
|[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
|[[May 8]] [[2007]]
|[[May 11]] [[2007]]
<!---Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on US TV.--->
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|[[WWE United States Championship|WWE United States Champion]]
|[[Alvin Burke, Jr.|Montel Vontavious Porter]]<!---Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on US TV.--->
|[[May 20]] [[2007]]
|[[May 20]] [[2007]]
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WWE Cruiserweight Champion]]
|[[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]]<!---Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on US TV.--->
|[[February 18]] [[2007]]
|[[February 18]] [[2007]]
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|[[WWE Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]]
|[[Deuce 'N Domino]]<!---Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on US TV.--->
|[[April 17]] [[2007]]
|[[April 20]] [[2007]]
|-style="background: #F7EEFF;"
|rowspan=1 align=center|''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''
|[[ECW World Championship|ECW World Champion]]
|[[Franklin Lashley|Bobby Lashley]]
|[[June 3]] [[2007]]
|[[June 3]] [[2007]]
|}

==== Other wrestler accomplishments ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Latest winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
|-
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|align=center|''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]''
|[[King of the Ring]]
|[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]
|[[May 21]], [[2006]]
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'', ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'', ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''
|[[Royal Rumble]]
|[[The Undertaker]]
|[[January 28]], [[2007]]
|-
|[[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]]
|[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
|[[May 7]], [[2007]]
|-
|align=center|''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'', ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]''
|[[WWE Diva Search|Diva Search]]
|[[Layla El]]
|[[August 16]], [[2006]]
|}

==== Current developmental territory champions ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Promotion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship<br />or accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|rowspan=4 align=center|[[Ohio Valley Wrestling|''OVW'']]
|[[OVW Heavyweight Championship|OVW Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Brad Bradley|Jay Bradley]]
|[[June 1]], [[2007]]
|{{small|Won at a [[house show]].}}
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[OVW Television Championship|OVW Television Champion]]
|[[Ronnie Arniell|Shawn Spears]]
|[[March 17]], [[2007]]
|{{small|Won at a house show.}}
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship|OVW Southern Tag Team Champions]]
|[[Charles Evans (wrestler)|Charles Evans]] and [[Justin LaRoche]]
|[[April 11]], [[2007]]
|[[April 14]], [[2007]]
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[OVW Women's Championship|OVW Women's Champion]]
|[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]]
|[[June 1]], [[2007]]
|{{small|Won at a house show}}
|}

====Defunct promotion championships and accomplishments====
*[[WWE Undisputed Championship]] (2001-2002)<sup>1</sup>
*[[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 Kuwaiti Cup]] (1996-1997)
*[[WWF Kuwaiti Cup#Middle East Cup Tournament|WWF Middle East Cup]] (1996)
*[[WWF Million Dollar Championship]] (1989-1992, 1995-1996)
*[[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 New Japan Martial Arts Championship]] (1978-1985)
*[[WWF North American Championship]] (1979-1981)
*[[WWWF United States Championship]] (1970-1975)
*[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship]] (1963-1967)

<sup>1</sup>Has the same lineage as the [[WWE Championship]].

²Invasion storyline.

====Defunct developmental territories championships====
*[[OVW Hardcore Championship]] (2000 - 2001)
*[[OVW Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1999-2001)

== Expansion beyond wrestling ==

In addition to licensing wrestling and performers' likenesses to video game companies such as [[Electronic Arts|EA]] and [[THQ]] to capitalize on the market for their entertainment dollar, WWE has moved into other areas of interest in order to market their product.

*[[WWE Films]]: A subsidiary of WWE created in 2002 to create and develop feature film properties for the professional wrestlers within the company.
*[[WWE Niagara Falls]]: A retail and entertainment establishment that is located in [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]] and owned by WWE.
*[[WWE Records]]: A subsidiary that specializes in compilation albums of WWE wrestlers' entrance themes. Also releases titles that have been actually performed by the wrestlers themselves.
*[[WWE Home Video]]: A subsidiary that specializes in distributing compilation VHS and DVD copies of WWE pay-per-view events, compilations of WWE wrestlers' performances, and biographies of WWE performers.
*[[WWE Books]]: A subsidiary of WWE that serves to publish autobiographies of and fiction based on WWE personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to the WWE, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other general nonfiction books.

== WWE Executive Officers ==
*Vincent K. McMahon (Chairman) <ref name=vince>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/vk_mcmahon.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Vince McMahon|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Linda E. McMahon (CEO) <ref name=linda>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/le_mcmahon.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Linda McMahon|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Michael Sileck (Chief Operating Officer) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/m_sileck.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Michael Sileck|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Shane B. McMahon (Executive Vice President, Global Media) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/sb_mcmahon.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Shane McMahon|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Kevin Dunn (Executive Vice President, Television Production) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/k_dunn.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Kevin Dunn|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Frank G. Serpe (Chief Financial Officer) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/fg_serpe.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Frank Serpe|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Donna Goldsmith (Executive Vice President, Consumer Products) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/d_goldsmith.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Donna Goldsmith|accessdate =2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Geof Rochester (Executive Vice President, Marketing) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/g_rochester.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Geof Rochester|accessdate =2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Stephanie McMahon-Levesque (Executive Vice President, Talent and Creative Writing) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/s_mcmahon_levesque.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Stephanie McMahon-Levesque| accessdate =2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Edward L. Kaufman (Executive Vice President and General Counsel) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/el_kaufman.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Edward Kaufman|accessdate =2007-05-20}}</ref>
*John Laurinaitis (Senior Vice President, Talent Relations) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/j_laurinaitis.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of John Laurinaitis|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Joel Simon (President, WWE Films) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/bios/j_simon.jsp|title=WWE Corporate Biography of Joel Simon|accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>

== WWE Board of Directors ==
*Vincent K. McMahon (Chairman of the Board of Directors - WWE) <ref name=vince/><ref name=directors>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/governance/board.jsp|title=Corporate Board of Directors | accessdate=2007-05-20}}</ref>
*Linda E. McMahon (Chief Executive Officer - WWE) <ref name=linda/><ref name=directors/>
*Michael Sileck (Chief Operating Officer - WWE) <ref name=directors/>
*Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Former Governor of the State of Connecticut and United States Senator) <ref name=directors/>
*David Kenin (Executive Vice President of Programming - Hallmark Channel) <ref name=directors/>
*Joseph Perkins (President - Communications Consultants, Inc.) <ref name=directors/>
*Michael B. Solomon (Managing Principal - Gladwyne Partners, LLC) <ref name=directors/>
*Robert A. Bowman (Chief Executive Officer - Major League Baseball Advanced Media) <ref name=directors/>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE WWE Stock]
*[http://www.wwe.co.jp WWE Japanese website]

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