Tuesday, December 22, 2015

History Of WWE

By Wanda Rosner


World Wrestling entertainment is a American based entertainment company which basically comprises of professional wrestling, the major revenues of this company comes from film productions, music, advertisement and also direct sales of various products. WWE aims to the promotion of professional wrestling which was earlier founded by McMahon and Mondt as Capitol wrestling Corporation.

According to recent statistics the WWE Corporation is the largest wrestling promotion in the world, which holds more than three hundred events in a year. It has more around 40 million fans around the world and is viewed in almost 150 countries. It has its headquarters at Connecticut and its offices in many major countries around the world.

The NWA got an undisputed World Heavy Weight championship that went to several other wrestling companies in the alliance. The championship was defended around the world. Now the NWA only chose good fighters as champions, so to give their worked sport credibility. They have made a strong business in the Middle West which was also the core of the alliance. The wrestlers gained interest in the Capitol territory.

The WWE wrestling company has its history way back from 1950 when it was started by Vincent McMahon and Mondt, which is now handled by him and his wife Linda McMahon. WWE is said to be the inheritance of the McMahon family so even his son, Shane McMahon has joined the corporation. Majority of the number of shares of WWE is under the McMahons.

WWE is considered to be one of the biggest organisations in the world of multimedia and entertainment. McMahons also share a major part of WWE economic interest. Having the highest number of shares of WWE, McMahons manage the company accordingly on their own.

The WWE has its headquarters at Connecticut. It has also opened other branches in various other cities all over the world such as London, Toronto, New York, etc. This makes it relevant that the WWE franchise does not only restrict itself to a part of the world. It has spread its wings to several countries across the world. It is considered to be a phenomenon more than a sport or an event. Individuals tend to fall for it once they watch it. Even you can get addicted to it if you watch it once and make sure you watch all the matches and events that happen in WWE.

Later WWE decided to start two branches of it, namely the RAW and the SmackDown. There were lot of talented wrestlers that couldn't find their place in the WWE ring, therefore providing them another platform was necessary. Raw and Smackdown followed the same protocols for entertainment. They continued to divide and create separate shows such as the ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). They also launched combined shows of Raw and SmackDown under the tag Raw Supershow.

The WWE Corporation also launched their online streaming network where all the matches were documented and kept for viewers to watch them; it also allowed live streaming for matches held. They were able to get a lot of subscribers from this and it was the largest ever subscription. WWE uses several terms for defining there products such as the fans are termed as WWE Universe, the male wrestlers are termed as the WWE superstars and the female Wrestlers are known as the WWE Divas.




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