WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc

A producer of sports entertainment, WWE stages live professional wrestling events and airs weekly shows like Raw and SmackDown, featuring branded superstars such as John Cena and The Undertaker. It grew out of a wrestling promotion founded in 1953 and was renamed World Wrestling Federation in 1979 before taking its current initials, WWE, in 2002 after a trademark dispute with the World Wildlife Fund. The company's founder's father ran the early promotion, and WWE's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, has become a pop-culture spectacle drawing fans worldwide.