World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American professional wrestling company founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1953 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation. WWE is the largest wrestling promotion in the world.
WWE Headquarters, 1241 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902, USAFounded January 7, 1952
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was founded in 1952 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt. The company became the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, later renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and finally WWE in 2002. Now a global entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, WWE produces more than 500 live events annually and reaches approximately 1 billion homes worldwide.
