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WWE keeps all wrestlers' salary, employment length, benefits, and all other contract details strictly private. Carried an interbrand theme from 2016 to 2021, [37] and then themed on the WarGames match beginning in 2022. Following the name change, the use of the WWF "scratch" logo became prohibited on all WWE properties. McMahon, majority owner and executive chairman of WWE Hulk Hogan pictured in 1989 was the WWF's top star during the 1980s professional wrestling boom.

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McMahon and Toots Mondt were very successful and soon controlled approximately 70% of the NWA's booking power, largely due to their dominance in the heavily populated Northeastern United States. The fan base is referred to as the "WWE Universe" for the main roster shows, while for NXT shows, they are also referred to as the "NXT Universe". The company's PPV lineup expanded to a monthly basis in the mid-1990s following the introduction of the In Your House series of pay-per views before expanding even further in the mid-2000s during the first WWE brand extension. There are two tag team championships for male wrestlers on the main roster, which are held and defended jointly across both brands as an undisputed championship.The World Heavyweight Championship is held by Seth "Freakin" Rollins, who became the inaugural champion by defeating AJ Styles in a tournament final at Night of Champions on May 27, 2023.

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WWE executive Paul "Triple H" Levesque said the eventual plan with the new title and tournament was to establish a UK-based brand with its own weekly television show.

In June 2003, Eddie Fatu (then known as "Jamal" and later "Umaga") was released after his involvement in a bar fight. Secondary titles for male wrestlers include the Intercontinental Championship on Raw and the United States Championship on SmackDown. At the annual meeting of the NWA in 1983, the McMahons and former Capitol employee Jim Barnett all withdrew from the organization. Team WWF ( The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane), and Big Show) vs. WWE Home Video releases were discontinued in the United States and Canada in early 2022 but continue in the United Kingdom.

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In April 1963, the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship was created, with the promotion claiming that inaugural champion Rogers had won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro on April 25, 1963, defeating long time Capitol favorite Antonino Rocca in the finals.The Court of Appeal agreed that the promotion company had violated the 1994 agreement, particularly in regards to merchandising. Even Chris Benoit has a profile in the encyclopedia, even though WWE has tried to distance itself from him since his double murder and suicide. The younger McMahon bought Capitol from his father in 1982, effectively seizing control of the company. On May 6, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) changed both its company name and the name of its wrestling promotion to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after the company lost a lawsuit initiated by the World Wildlife Fund over the WWF trademark. million including Raw is War on TNN/Spike TV, a revamped Sunday Night Heat on MTV and retained SmackDown!