Facts About WWE

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Fact 1: The World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc., Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Ltd., and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. The company started in the year 1952.

Fact 2: WWE is the sports entertainment company that involves mostly professional wrestling. The company also gets revenue from other sources like product licensing, films, direct product sales, and music.

Fact 3: The current largest professional wrestling company in the world is WWE. The approximate number of viewers of its shows is 14.4 million in the United States.

Fact 4: The WWE broadcasts its shows in more than 145 countries in 30 languages.

Fact 5: In competition with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE has launched in the year 1993 a brand called Raw. In 1999, another new brand was launched by the WWE known as Smackdown. These two brands are sports entertainment television programs.

Fact 6: About 70 percent of the economic interest on WWE was shared by Vince McMahon and his family. Vince McMahon is the CEO of the company, and he owns 96 percent of the voting power in the company.

Fact 7: The headquarters of the WWE Company is situated at Stamford, Connecticut. Its offices are located in Tokyo, London, New York city, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Toronto.

Fact 8: WWE initially started with the banner that has promoted the organization called Worldwide Wrestling Federation or WWWF. Later, this name has changed to World Wrestling Federation, or WWF.

Fact 9: The Company was sold to Titan Sports, Inc. in 1982 when its name was changed to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. Again, in 2002, its name was finalized as World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

Fact 10: In the year 2001 and in the month of March, WWE, Inc. was known to have acquired WCW from AOL Time Warner. Later on, in the middle of 2003, the assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) were purchased by WWE.

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