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Since 2011, the company has branded itself solely with the initials WWE, though the legal name did not change at the time. [21] WWE's majority owner was its executive chairman, third-generation wrestling promoter Vince McMahon, who retained a 38.6% ownership of the company's outstanding stock and 81.1% of the voting power before the merger.
Host of WWE This is Awesome: Jerry Soto [375] Jerry Soto: Spanish-language color commentator on Raw, SmackDown, and pay-per-views Co-host of WWE en Español: Jesse Ventura: Jesse Ventura: Commentator for Saturday Night's Main Event Hall of Famer Ambassador [376] Jimena Sánchez [377] Jimena Sánchez: Co-host of WWE Saturday Night: Marcelo ...
In April 2023, Endeavor and WWE announced a merger to form TKO Group Holdings, a new public company majority-owned by Endeavor, with McMahon serving as executive chairman of the new entity, and Nick Khan becoming president of the WWE while Dana White maintaining his position as president of the UFC. The merger was completed on September 12, 2023.
Upon splitting WWE into two separate brands in the WWE brand extension of 2002, on-screen co-owners Vince McMahon and Ric Flair proceeded to draft WWE wrestlers into two separate rosters. Flair took ownership of Raw while McMahon controlled SmackDown. After McMahon regained control of the entire company, he removed Flair from control of Raw ...
Dwayne Johnson now officially owns title to the sobriquet “The most electrifying man in sports and entertainment.” The actor and entertainment mogul, who broke out as a WWE star two decades ...
The McMahon family (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n /) is an Irish-American family known for their ownership of World Wrestling Entertainment (). Vince McMahon, a third-generation wrestling promoter, was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WWE from 1982 until 2023. [1]
On April 3, 2023; WWE and Endeavor reached a deal under which WWE would merge with UFC's parent company Endeavor to form a new company, which would go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "TKO". Endeavor will hold a 51% stake in "TKO", with WWE's shareholders having a 49% stake, [103] valuing WWE at $9.1 billion.
WWE markets the brand through various products, including beverages, supplements, and gyms. [261] WWE will hold a 50% stake in the brand, and so will advertise it regularly across all its platforms, hoping to give it one billion impressions a month, and take some of the fitness market from Under Armour. WWE wrestlers and staff have been shown ...