WWE

World Wrestling Leisure, Inc. (WWE) (previously usually often known as Capitol Wrestling Company Ltd, Titan Sports activities Inc. and World Wrestling Federation Leisure, Inc.) is a publicly traded, privately controlled sports actions entertainment firm dealing primarily in expert wrestling, with main revenue sources additionally coming from movie, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. It is at current the largest skilled wrestling company on the planet, reaching 14.4 million viewers in the U.S. and broadcasting its reveals in 30 languages to more than one hundred 45 nations It promotes below two producers, referred to as Uncooked and SmackDown.
Vince McMahon is the majority proprietor, chairman and chief govt officer (CEO) of the company. Together alongside along with his wife Linda McMahon, and their youngsters, Shane McMahon and Govt Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, the McMahons keep roughly 70% of WWE's financial curiosity and ninety six% of the voting energy within the company. The corporate's headquarters are positioned in Stamford, Connecticut with locations of work in Los Angeles, New York Metropolis, London, Tokyo, Toronto, and Sydney WWE holds an in depth library of flicks, representing a significant portion of the seen historical past of professional wrestling.
The company began because the Capitol Wrestling Company Ltd in 1952, which promoted beneath the banner of the World Giant Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In 1982 it was sold to the identical household's Titan Sports activities actions Inc. company, which later modified its identify to World Wrestling Federation Leisure, Inc., before lastly changing into World Wrestling Leisure, Inc. in 2002.