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List of WWE personnel
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WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut.[1] It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. WWE personnel consists of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, ring announcers, interviewers, referees, trainers, producers, script writers, and various other positions. Executives and board members are also listed.
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Overview
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As of 2024, WWE employs over 800 full-time employees as part of its business operations, spread across its three segments: Media, Live Events, and Consumer Products. In addition, they contract with other vendors and service providers.[2] As part of WWE's Live Events segment, their performers are described as "independent contractors",[1] with contracts for performers typically ranging from short developmental to multi-year deals.[3][4]
Brands
Since the reintroduction of WWE's brand extension in 2016, performers are assigned to one of two primary "main roster" brands: Raw and SmackDown.
A third brand, NXT, had originally been designated as a developmental brand for the main roster. In 2019 it was elevated to the third main roster brand.[5][6][7] But in 2021, the brand's weekly television show was rebooted as "NXT 2.0", and was reinstated to its original status as the developmental division for the main roster (Raw and SmackDown), though it has since dropped the "2.0" name.[8]
In 2025, WWE introduced a fourth brand, called Evolve, which features wrestlers who are just beginning their training at the WWE Performance Center under the WWE NIL program, as well as wrestlers in independent promotions that are part of the WWE ID program, with the goal of advancing to NXT.[9]
Main roster performers primarily appear on Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. Advanced developmental wrestlers appear on NXT, while beginning developmental wrestlers appear on Evolve. Supplementary shows include Main Event, which primarily features Raw wrestlers (with occasional appearances from NXT wrestlers), and Speed, which features wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, and has its own specialty championships.
Performers may also appear on WWE's other weekly television programming, as well as pay-per-views, and on untelevised live events.
Personnel in WWE's developmental system are additionally assigned to train at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Championships
For the most part, the brands have their own distinct championships, but some select titles are open to all the brands, such as the WWE Speed Championship for male wrestlers, as well as the WWE Women's Speed Championship and WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for female wrestlers.
Note - WWE wrestlers holding championships from Mexican sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and U.S. partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) are also recognized.
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Main roster
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Raw
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SmackDown
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Women's division
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Nonexclusive
WWE refers to talent not specifically assigned to a brand as "free agents", who may appear on any show.[203]
Men's division
Women's division
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Developmental roster
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NXT
- The NXT brand is for wrestlers in an advanced stage in their training in the developmental system, who are prepping for a potential call up to the main roster.[9]
Note - WWE (particularly NXT) has a partnership with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). As a result, TNA wrestlers may periodically appear on NXT programming, and vice versa.
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Other on-air personnel
Evolve
- Evolve serves the brand for wrestlers just beginning their training in WWE's developmental system, featuring collegiate athletes signed though the WWE NIL program, and independent wrestlers in promotions serving as developmental territories under the WWE ID program.[9]
Men's division
Women's division
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Referees
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Broadcast team
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The following section pertains to announcers who cover WWE broadcasts. This group includes backstage interviewers, presenters, ringside commentators, ring announcers, pre-show hosts, and analysts.
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Ambassadors
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Select former or retired WWE wrestlers not currently on the main roster (sometimes billed as "WWE Legends") and other celebrities and personalities have contracts to make periodic appearances—either on WWE TV or for promotional events—serving as "ambassadors" (public representatives/spokespeople) for the company.
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Creative team
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Producers
Main roster
NXT
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Music department
Performance Center staff
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As both NXT and Evolve are based at the Performance Center, PC coaches and trainers also work as producers for those brands.
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Medical team
Corporate staff
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TKO Board of Directors
Senior management
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Notes
- Per longstanding tradition, the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers is kept secret from the general public. It is considered taboo for wrestlers, news media, or fans to report or speculate on the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers.
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External links
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