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'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly-traded company dealing with [[professional wrestling]] entertainment.  It also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building (the World Bodybuilding Federation). WWE puts on live and telecast wrestling shows, produces [[video games]] and licenses various products. The company was previously known was the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), and before 1979 the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), before changing its name in 2002.  It is the largest entertainment wrestling organization in the world.

'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a company dealing with [[professional wrestling]] entertainment.  Of the professional wrestling organizations, it is by far the most prominent, having a near-monopolistic position in the industry at one point.

 

It is owned by TKO, which also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the predominant organization in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.

 

WWE has also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building (the World Bodybuilding Federation).

 

WWE puts on live and telecast wrestling shows, produces [[video games]] and licenses various products.

 

Originally started as the Capitol Wrestling Federation during the "territory" days of the [[National Wrestling Alliance]], it would change its name to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), then in 1979 to the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), before taking its current name in 2011 due to protracted legal battles with the [[World Wildlife Fund]] over the "WWF" branding and concerns that behind-the-scenes issues at WWF (the wrestling organization) was causing harm to WWF (the environmental charity).

WWE events are scripted performances with predetermined winners/losers (though unexpected events, sometimes tragic, have taken place during events; notably the death of [[Owen Hart]] after a mechanical failure caused him to fall into the ring with no protection).  As such, it prefers to use the term "sports entertainment" to distinguish itself from actual wrestling events.

WWE events are scripted performances with predetermined winners/losers (though unexpected events, sometimes tragic, have taken place during events; notably the death of [[Owen Hart]] after a mechanical failure caused him to fall into the ring with no protection).  As such, it prefers to use the term "sports entertainment" to distinguish itself from actual wrestling events.