WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), 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.^[4] 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.

World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC

The 2014–present logo
Trade name	World Wide Wrestling Federation (1963-1979) World Wrestling Federation (1979-2002) World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–2024)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Professional wrestling
Founded	1963
Founder	Vincent J. McMahon Toots Mondt
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Key people	Ari Emanuel (CEO, TKO) Nick Khan (President) Paul "Triple H" Levesque (Chief content officer)
Revenue	US$1.326 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income	US$141 million (2023)[1]
Net income	US$195.6 million (2022)[2]
Total assets	US$1.35 billion (2022)[2]
Total equity	US$517.2 million (2022)[2]
Owner	TKO Group Holdings
Number of employees	~800 (2023)[3]
Parent	TKO Group Holdings
Website	www.wwe.com corporate.wwe.com

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,^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Shows

Weekly shows

Day	Network
Raw
Monday	Netflix
SmackDown
Friday	USA Network
Main Event
Thursday	Hulu
NXT
Tuesday	The CW

Pay-per-view events

Main article: List of WWE pay-per-view events

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

Championships and accomplishments

Main article: List of current champions in WWE

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.

Champions

Main roster

Raw
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
World Heavyweight Championship		Seth Rollins	2	August 2, 2025	3	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Defeated CM Punk at SummerSlam Night 1 in Rollins' Money in the Bank cash-in match, right after Punk had defeated Gunther for the title.	[8]
Women's World Championship		Naomi	3	July 13, 2025	23	Atlanta, Georgia	Defeated previous champion Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley at Evolution in Naomi's Money in the Bank cash-in match. She cashed in during a singles match between Sky and Ripley to make it a Triple Threat match.	[9]
WWE Intercontinental Championship		Dominik Mysterio	1	April 20, 2025	107	Paradise, Nevada	Defeated previous champion Bron Breakker, Penta, and Finn Bálor, who he pinned, in a Fatal four-way match at WrestleMania 41 Night 2.	[10]
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship		Becky Lynch	1	June 7, 2025	59	Inglewood, California	Defeated Lyra Valkyria in a Last Chance match at Money in the Bank. Had Lynch lost, she would have never been able to challenge for the title again for as long as Valkyria was champion, but since she won, Valkyria had to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge her as the better woman.	[11]
World Tag Team Championship		The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh)	2 (4, 2)	June 30, 2025	36	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) on Raw.	[12]

SmackDown
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
Undisputed WWE Championship		Cody Rhodes	2	August 3, 2025	2	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Defeated John Cena in a Street Fight at SummerSlam Night 2.	[13]
WWE Women's Championship		Tiffany Stratton	1	January 3, 2025	214	Phoenix, Arizona	Defeated Nia Jax in Stratton's Money in the Bank cash-in match on SmackDown.	[14]
WWE United States Championship		Solo Sikoa	1	June 28, 2025	38	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Defeated Jacob Fatu at Night of Champions.	[15]
WWE Women's United States Championship		Giulia	1	June 27, 2025	39		Defeated Zelina Vega on SmackDown.	[16]
WWE Tag Team Championship		The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy)	1	July 11, 2025	25	Nashville, Tennessee	Defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) on SmackDown.	[17]

Open (available to all three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.) Raw SmackDown NXT
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Days rec.	Location	Notes	Ref.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship		Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair	1 (4, 2)	August 2, 2025	3		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Defeated Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez at SummerSlam Night 1.	[8]
WWE Speed Championship		El Grande Americano	1	May 5, 2025	92	90	Omaha, Nebraska	Defeated Dragon Lee on Speed. El Grande Americano was played by Chad Gable when he won the title. After Gable suffered an injury, Ludwig Kaiser replaced him in the role. WWE lists the start of Americano's reign on May 7, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.	[18]
WWE Women's Speed Championship		Sol Ruca	1	April 11, 2025	116	111	Seattle, Washington	Defeated Candice LeRae on Speed. WWE lists the start of Ruca's reign on April 16, 2025, when the match aired on tape delay.	[19]

Developmental

NXT
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
NXT Championship		Oba Femi	1	January 7, 2025	210	Los Angeles, California	Defeated Trick Williams in a Triple Threat match also involving Eddy Thorpe at New Year's Evil	[20]
NXT Women's Championship		Jacy Jayne	1	May 27, 2025	70	Orlando, Florida	Defeated Stephanie Vaquer on NXT.	[21]
NXT North American Championship		Ethan Page	1	May 27, 2025	70		Defeated Ricky Saints on NXT.	[22]
NXT Women's North American Championship		Sol Ruca	1	April 19, 2025	108	Paradise, Nevada	Defeated Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Lola Vice, Thea Hail, and Zaria in a six-woman ladder match to win the vacant championship at Stand & Deliver.	[23]
NXT Tag Team Championship		Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger)	1	April 19, 2025	108		Defeated Nathan Frazer and Axiom at Stand & Deliver.	[23]
NXT Heritage Cup		Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo	1	June 24, 2025	42	Orlando, Florida	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.	[24]

Evolve
Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date Won	Days held	Days rec.	Location	Notes	Ref.
WWE Evolve Championship		Jackson Drake	1	April 25, 2025	102	62	Orlando, Florida	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.	[25]
WWE Evolve Women's Championship		Kali Armstrong	1			69		Defeated Kendal Grey, Wendy Choo, and Kylie Rae, who Armstrong last eliminated, in a Fatal four-way elimination match to become the first champion on Evolve. WWE lists the start of Armstrong's reign on May 28, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.	[26]

WWE ID
Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Days rec.	Location	Notes	Ref.
WWE ID Championship	—	1	TBD	—	—	TBD	The first champion will be crowned in a tournament.	[27]
WWE Women's ID Championship

Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date won	Location	Notes
Main roster
Royal Rumble	Jey Uso (men's) Charlotte Flair (women's)	February 1, 2025	Indianapolis, Indiana	Uso last eliminated John Cena to win. Flair last eliminated Roxanne Perez to win.
André the Giant Memorial Trophy	Carmelo Hayes	April18,, 2025	Las Vegas, Nevada	Last eliminated Andrade to win.
Money In The Bank	Seth Rollins (men's) Naomi (women's)	June 7, 2025	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
King of the Ring	Cody Rhodes	June 28, 2025	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Defeated Randy Orton in the finals.
Queen of the Ring	Jade Cargill			Defeated Asuka in the finals.
NXT
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic	Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker	Feburary 4, 2024	Clarksville, Tennessee	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	Retired in favor of the Undisputed WWE Championship
Women's Championship	Layla	December 31, 1983	September 19, 2010	Unified with the WWE Divas Championship at WWE Night of Champions 2010.
WWE Divas Championship	Charlotte	July 20, 2008	April 3, 2016	Retired at WrestleMania 32.
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship	Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn	March 10, 2021	June 23, 2023	Unified with the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
World Tag Team Championship	The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)	June 3, 1971	August 16, 2010	Defended together with the WWE Tag Team Championship since WrestleMania XXV and was retired on WWE Raw.
WWE European Championship	Rob Van Dam	February 26, 1997	July 21, 2002	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship	X-Pac	December 7, 1997	November 30, 2001	Unified with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at Survivor Series.
WWE Hardcore Championship	Rob Van Dam	November 2, 1998	August 26, 2002	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.

Related pages

• List of WWE personnel