History Wrestling / WWE

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/intercontinental Intercontinental Champion]]: [[Wrestling/{{Walter}} GUNTHER]]''' since June 10, 2022

WWE currently recognizes 13 championships across three brands;

* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/raw-tag-team-championship Raw Tag Team Champions]]: Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay ([[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] and Damian Priest)''' since October 16, 2023

* '''Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay ([[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] and Damian Priest)''' since October 16, 2023

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-womens-championship NXT Women's Champion]]: Roxxane Perez''' since April 6, 2024

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-womens-championship NXT Women's Champion]]: Lyra Valkyria''' since October 24, 2023

## [[Wrestling/WWEEndeavorEra Enddeavor Era]]: 2023-present. By 2023, a series of scandals regarding Vince [=McMahon=] has caused him in real life to resign in disgrace but not before selling the company to Endeavour Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC. With the resignation of [=McMahon=], Triple H has gotten complete creative control and has made many adjustments towards the storylines including making the tag team division more important than ever, adding a second world championship after Roman Reigns united the previous two and gradually making Wrestling/LAKnight a top superstar. Some notable returns many thought weren't possible include Kairi Sane, Naomi, and especially Cody Rhodes and CM Punk, the former due to helping to start and was the face of WWE's [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling new competition]] and the latter due to having a notorious walkout and grudge against the company for many years. This is also the first time in a long time that the head on-screen authority figure wasn't a villain who was trying to make the faces life a living hell but a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.

## [[Wrestling/WWENewEra "The New Era"]]: 2016-current. By the end of the PG Era, audiences, on-air talent, and even authority figures were occasionally letting it be known that the company's direction wasn't quite where it could be. A series of changes were instituted to adjust the company's business model. Women were once again billed as legitimate wrestling talents and ''not'' "Divas", thanks largely to the efforts of the "Four Horsewomen" and Paige, who came up during the PG Era. Several high profile performers were called up from developmental, signed, or pulled away from top competing brands like NJPW and independent promotions, and, unusually, allowed to keep their same monikers, the prime example being Wrestling/AJStyles. Shane [=McMahon=] returned as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to balance out the rest of his family, resulting in ''Smackdown!'' (now ''Smackdown LIVE'') and ''RAW'' once again being treated as competing A-shows. The Cruiserweight Classic tournament led to the resurrected division getting its own show, the UK Championship tournament and other efforts similarly signaled expansion, etc. All of the above was the first year of this "New Era", and by 2019, the WWE's most popular star was, for the first time in its history, [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch a woman]].

** Subverted by Mark Calaway, AKA "The Undertaker". While the gimmick has changed during his run 20+ year run, he's been The Undertaker through pretty much his entire run. He's only wrestled under a different name, Kane the Undertaker, at the very beginning of his WWE career, and only for the first couple of weeks.

-->'''Wrestling/TripleH'''. "Now either fight me, or sit around and bleed!"[[note]]This was said to Wrestling/BrockLesnar one week after their altercation on Raw, after Wrestling/TripleH split Brock's head open, and Triple H challenging him to fight at Wrestling/WrestleMania[[/note]].

* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-tag-team-championship Women's Tag Team Champions]]: The Kabuki Warriors ([[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] and Kairi Sane)''' since January 26, 2024

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-north-american-championship North American Champion]]: Oba Femi''' since January 9, 2024
* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship Tag Team Champions]]: The [=WolfDogs=] (Wrestling/BaronCorbin and Bron Breakker)''' since February 13, 2024
* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-womens-championship Women's Champion]]: Lyra Valkyria''' since October 24, 2023
* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-uk-heritage-cup Heritage Cup]]''' [[note]]Unlike other championships, the NXT Heritage Cup is represented by a trophy instead of a title belt. It is defended just like any other championship, but all matches are contested under British Rounds Rules [[/note]] ''': Charlie Dempsey''' since February 27, 2024

* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-uk-heritage-cup Heritage Cup]]''' [[note]]Unlike other championships, the NXT Heritage Cup is represented by a trophy instead of a title belt. It is defended just like any other championship, but all matches are contested under British Rounds Rules [[/note]] ''': Noam Dar''' since August 22, 2023

* DoubleSidedBook: The company's souvenir programs were divided into two parts printed upside-down from each other, with one half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]'' and the other half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Thursday Night SmackDown]]''.

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship Tag Team Champions]]: The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo)''' since November 24, 2023

The company was founded in [[TheFifties 1952]] by Roderick "Jess" [=McMahon=] (1882-1954) and Raymond "Toots" Mondt (1894-1976) to promote wrestling matches in the UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity area. Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (1914-1984) took over in 1954, following the death of his father. Vincent expanded the company to cover the entire northeastern United States from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh to Maine. Run by [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent K. McMahon]] (1945-) after acquiring the company from his father in 1982, the then-WWF revolutionized -- and monopolized -- the pro wrestling world in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], using a series of closed-circuit broadcast events, colorful characters, and clever cross-promotion with Creator/{{MTV}} to transform wrestling from a regionalized industry with a series of small players in a loose confederation into its own private Idaho, and transforming themselves into a multi-billion-dollar global entertainment conglomerate. In 2022, [=McMahon=] stepped down from day-to-day management of the company he owned, and would fully resign from the company in 2024 after a sex scandal, leaving the promotion in the hands of WWE President Nick Khan, with son-in-law [[Wrestling/TripleH Paul "Triple H" Levesque]] (1969-) taking his place as head booker. The following year, WWE announced a merger with the UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, creating a large combat sports powerhouse owned by UFC owner Endeavor Group Holdings.

The company was founded in [[TheFifties 1952]] by Roderick "Jess" [=McMahon=] (1882-1954) and Raymond "Toots" Mondt (1894-1976) to promote wrestling matches in the UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity area. Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (1914-1984) took over in 1954, following the death of his father. Vincent expanded the company to cover the entire northeastern United States from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh to Maine. Run by [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent K. McMahon]] (1945-) after acquiring the company from his father in 1982, the then-WWF revolutionized -- and monopolized -- the pro wrestling world in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], using a series of closed-circuit broadcast events, colorful characters, and clever cross-promotion with Creator/{{MTV}} to transform wrestling from a regionalized industry with a series of small players in a loose confederation into its own private Idaho, and transforming themselves into a multi-billion-dollar global entertainment conglomerate. In 2022, [=McMahon=] stepped down from day-to-day management of the company he owned, leaving the promotion in the hands of CEO Nick Khan, with son-in-law [[Wrestling/TripleH Paul "Triple H" Levesque]] (1969-) taking his place as head booker. The following year, WWE announced a merger with the UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, creating a large combat sports powerhouse owned by UFC owner Endeavor Group Holdings.

* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-tag-team-championship Women's Tag Team Champions]]: Kayden Carter and Katana Chance''' since December 18, 2023

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-north-american-championship North American Champion]]: Dragon Lee''' since December 9, 2023

* '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-tag-team-championship Women's Tag Team Champions]]: Chelsea Green and Piper Niven''' since August 14, 2023 [[note]]Wrestling/SonyaDeville got injured, so Chelsea had to get a new partner to avoid vacating the titles[[/note]]

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-north-american-championship North American Champion]]: Wrestling/DominikMysterio''' since October 3, 2023

WWE currently has five different television shows that they produce weekly: ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' are the A shows, which air live on weekly television, and are currently treated as two separate brands, with the characters and storylines not interacting except at special pay-per-view events.[[note]]This is not always the case; they were initially split in 2002, merged in 2012, and re-split in 2016.[[/note]] ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'' started out as a developmental show, but thanks to heavily featuring technically-gifted former indy darlings and the quality of its matches and storylines, has gained a fanbase and become a brand unto itself, albeit one often treated by WWE booking as subordinate to ''Raw'' or ''[=SmackDown=]''. ''[[Wrestling/WWEMainEvent Main Event]]'' and ''205 Live'' are C level shows.

They currently hold twelve [=PPVs=] a year[[note]]All featuring Main Roster talent. It's worth nothing that since 2014, NXT runs their own group of [=PPVs=] called NXT: Takeover featuring talent from that brand[[/note]]:

Three magazines about WWE (''[[Magazine/WWEMagazine WWE Magazine]]'', ''WWE Kids'', and ''WWE Presents'') were also published.

WWE launched its own subscription 24/7 web-stream and on-demand service, the WWE Network, on February 24, 2014, which carries WWE's pay-per-views and B-shows, as well as NXT, a number of original documentary/reality programs, and selections from the WWE/WCW/ECW/World Class tape vaults. In January 2021, WWE announced that it would close the service in the United States and move all programming to Creator/{{Peacock}}, for that service's premium subscribers, though it will remain in operation overseas.

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship Tag Team Champions]]: Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson)''' since October 24, 2023

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/unitedstates United States Champion]]: [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]]''' since August 11, 2023

* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship Tag Team Champions]]: The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo)''' since July 30, 2023
* '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-womens-championship Women's Champion]]: Wrestling/BeckyLynch''' since September 12, 2023

* AssKicksYou: Any wrestler who would use a butt-drop as a move, including Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]], Wrestling/DoinkTheClown, Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and Wrestling/{{Goldust}}. Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, Wrestling/{{Naomi}}, and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] use a jumping butt attack (a butt-butt, the name is most associated with 1980s great Wrestling/IcemanKingParsons.)

* '''Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay ([[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Balor]] and Damian Priest)''' since October 16, 2023

* '''Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/CodyRhodes and [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jey Uso]]''' since October 7, 2023