WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., is the largest professional wrestling promotion. It was founded as Capitol Wrestling Corporation in 1953. The wrestling matches are entertainment-based performances, which means the shows are scripted beforehand and carried out by trained professionals.
- Headquarter location: Stamford, Connecticut
- Founded: January 7, 1953
- Founders: Vincent J. McMahon or Vincent J. McMahon (for CWC), and Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon (for Titan Sports, Inc)
- Previous name: Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. and Titan Sports, Inc.
- Events per year: 450+
- Most recent WWE champion: Bobby Lashley (March 1, 2021)
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WWE Monday Night Raw is heading to Netflix in January 2025. Watch the first promo video below. Netflix Gets Raw WWE has found a new home on the most popular streaming service in the world. In January 2024, Netflix secured the rights to Monday Night Raw, one of WWE’s premier weekly shows. Reports say WWE signed a 10-year […]
Netflix has released the first trailer for Mr. McMahon, the highly anticipated docuseries about the rise and fall of WWE co-founder Vince McMahon. Mr. McMahon Trailer “People have wondered who I really am,” McMahon says in the trailer’s opening moments. “Portrayal of me is I’m a bad guy. But no one really knows me.” Netflix’s […]
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Paul Heyman tore into a fan over Chris Benoit.
WWE is on fire under its new management. Vince McMahon retired just over a month ago, and the wrestling promotion — under the control of co-CEOs Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan and the creative direction of Paul “Triple H” Levesque — is gaining steam at rates not seen since the Attitude Era. As Triple H continues to surprise and excite […]
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