WWE is an American entertainment company and professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, itself a majority owned subsidiary of the WME Group. WWE personnel consists of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, ring announcers, interviewers, referees, trainers, producers, script writers, and various other positions. Executives and board members are also listed.
Overview As of 2024, WWE employs over 800 full-time employees as part of its business operations, spread across its three segments: Media, Live Events, and Consumer Products. In addition, they contract with various other vendors and service providers. As part of its Live Events segment, WWE signs performers known as professional wrestlers; these performers are described by the company as "independent contractors", with contracts for performers typically ranging from short developmental to multi-year deals.
Brands Since the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension in 2016, performers are assigned to one of two primary "main roster" brands: Raw and SmackDown. A third brand, NXT, had originally been designated as a developmental brand for the main roster. In 2019, it was elevated to the third main roster brand. In 2021, the brand's weekly television show was rebooted as "NXT 2.0", and was reinstated to its original status as the developmental division for the main roster (Raw and SmackDown), although it has since dropped the "2.0" name. In 2025, WWE introduced a fourth brand, called Evolve, which features wrestlers who are just beginning their training at the WWE Performance Center under the WWE NIL program, as well as wrestlers in independent promotions that are part of the WWE ID program, with the goal of advancing to NXT.
Main roster performers primarily appear on Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. Advanced developmental wrestlers appear on NXT, while beginning developmental wrestlers appear on Evolve. Supplementary shows include Main Event, which features Raw and SmackDown wrestlers (with occasional appearances from NXT wrestlers), and LFG, which features Evolve wrestlers. Performers may also appear on other WWE weekly television programming, as well as on its Premium Live Events (PLEs) and untelevised house shows. A majority of personnel in its developmental system train at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Championships For the most part, the brands have their own distinct championships, although the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is open to be held and defended across Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. On September 28, 2026, it was announced that the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship - from Mexican sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) - would officially be open to all brands under the WWE banner, with the champion able to defend the title on any show. WWE wrestlers holding other championships from AAA, U.S. partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Japanese partner promotion Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) are also recognized by WWE.
Main roster Raw Men's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesWorld Tag Team ChampionWorld Tag Team ChampionIntercontinental ChampionAAA Mega ChampionUndisclosedPer longstanding tradition, the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers is kept secret from the general public. It is considered taboo for wrestlers, news media, or fans to report or speculate on the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers.Peter EnglandAAA ProducerAAA General ManagerCommentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxHall of FamerAAA Hall of FamerWorld Heavyweight Champion
Women's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesWomen's Intercontinental ChampionWomen's World Champion
Other on-air personnel
Ring nameReal nameNotesGeneral Manager Director of Live EventsProducerCreative advisorHall of Famer
SmackDown Men's division
Note - The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship is open to all WWE brands, thus the champion can appear on any show regardless of what his home brand may be. Ring nameReal nameNotesAAA World Trios ChampionAAA World Trios ChampionLFG coachUndisclosedPer longstanding tradition, the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers is kept secret from the general public. It is considered taboo for wrestlers, news media, or fans to report or speculate on the identities of masked lucha libre wrestlers.AAA World Cruiserweight ChampionUndisputed WWE ChampionWWE Tag Team ChampionWWE Tag Team ChampionUnited States Champion
Women's division
Note - The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is shared between Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, thus the champions can appear on any brand regardless of what their home brand may be. Ring nameReal nameNotesWWE Women's ChampionWomen's Tag Team ChampionWomen's United States ChampionWomen's Tag Team Champion
Other on-air personnel
Ring nameReal nameNotesManager of The MFTsMiles McCollumManager of Trick WilliamsNicholas AldisGeneral ManagerProducer
Nonexclusive WWE refers to talent not specifically assigned to a brand as "free agents", who may appear on any show.
Men's division
Ring nameReal nameNotes
Women's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesHall of Famer
Developmental roster NXT The NXT brand is for wrestlers in an advanced stage in their training in WWE's developmental system, who are prepping for a potential call up to the main roster. WWE (in particular NXT) has partnerships with U.S. promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and the Japan based Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH). As a result of these partnerships, TNA and NOAH wrestlers periodically appear on NXT programming and vice versa. Men's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesNXT Tag Team ChampionNXT ChampionNorth American ChampionNXT Tag Team ChampionPerformance Center Assistant Coach
Women's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesNXT Women's ChampionLFG coachWomen's North American Champion
Other on-air personnel Ring nameReal nameNotesGeneral ManagerProducer
Evolve Evolve serves the brand for wrestlers just beginning their training in WWE's developmental system, featuring collegiate athletes signed through the WWE NIL program, and independent wrestlers in promotions serving as developmental territories under the WWE ID program.
Men's division Ring nameReal nameNotesUnknownEvolve Men's ChampionID ChampionOn excursion from NOAH
Women's division
Ring nameReal nameNotesWomen's ID ChampionEvolve Women's Champion
Other on-air personnel Ring nameReal nameNotesGeneral Manager ("Foreman")ProducerWWE Performance Center trainerWWE Performance Center Assistant CoachWWE ID coach
PUP list
WWE has established a PUP (physically unable to perform) list for wrestlers who are out with a legitimate injury and thus are not able to wrestle. The list documents talents of both the main and developmental rosters.
Free AgentRing nameReal nameReasonNotesHall of FamerNXTRing nameReal nameReasonNotesTorn labrumWilliam WalkerUndisclosed injuryRawRing nameReal nameReasonNotesMaternity leaveSmackDownRing nameReal nameReasonNotesMaternity leaveBoxer's fractureNeck injuryTorn tricepsCervical stenosisTorn meniscus
Referees
NameReal nameBrandNotesNXT/SmackDownSenior referee: NXTAAA ProducerRawSenior referee: RawSmackDownSenior referee: SmackDownRing crew stagehandNXTNXTSmackDownRawSmackDownNXTRawSammy Carrion NXTSmackDownRawNXTUnknownNXTRawVice President of Talent RelationsNXTRawSmackDownRawEvolve/NXT/SmackDown
Broadcast team
Raw
NameReal nameNotesRing announcerHost of LFGBackstage interviewerBackstage interviewerPre-show co-host for PLEsPlay-by-play commentatorPost-show host for PLEsColor commentatorCommentator for PLEs
SmackDown
NameReal nameNotesBackstage interviewerColor commentatorCommentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxRing announcerPlay-by-play commentatorCommentator for Premium Live Events
NXT
NameReal nameNotesColor commentatorHall of FamerLFG coachCommentator for Premium Live Events on WWE RadioBackstage interviewerRing announcerBackstage interviewerPlay-by-play commentatorCommentator for Main EventCommentator for LFGCommentator for Premium Live Events on WWE Radio
Evolve NameReal nameNotesPlay-by-play commentatorBackstage interviewer for NXTCommentator for Main EventBackstage interviewerInterviewer for select WWE/AAA eventsColor commentatorPre-show analyst for PLEs
Other NameReal nameNotesAndrea BazarteWWE Español Digital HostBackstage interviewer for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxPre-show analyst for Premium Live EventsGerman-language commentator on Premium Live EventsTagalog-language commentator on Premium Live EventsFrench-language commentator on Raw, SmackDown, and Premium Live EventsDigital HostJapanese-language color commentator on Premium Live EventsJapanese-language host of This Week in WWECommentator for LFGVice President of Content and DevelopmentDirector of WWE Latin AmericaWriter for NXT and Lucha Libre AAA on FoxSpanish-language color commentator on Raw, SmackDown, and Premium Live EventsCo-host of WWE en EspañolJesús Zuñiga Jesús Zuñiga Ring announcer for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxCommentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxHall of FamerJosé Manuel GuillénJosé Manuel GuillénSpanish-language play-by-play commentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxCommentator for select WWE/AAA eventsWriter for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxAAA Hall of FamerRing announcer for Saturday Night's Main EventRing announcer for select WWE/AAA eventsSpanish-language lead commentator on Raw, SmackDown, and Premium Live EventsCo-host of WWE en EspañolHost of Main EventCo-host of Raw RecapFrench-language commentator on Premium Live EventsRoberto FigueroaRoberto de Jesús Figueroa SalazarSpanish-language color commentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxCo-host of Raw RecapPre-show analyst for Premium Live EventsSavio VegaJuan Rivera Occasional commentator for Lucha Libre AAA on FoxAAA ProducerTagalog-language commentator on Premium Live EventsHost of Saturday Night's Main EventHall of FamerTKO minority shareholderVice President of AnnouncingGerman-language commentator on Premium Live Events
Ambassadors
Select former or retired WWE wrestlers not on the main roster (sometimes billed as "WWE Legends") and other celebrities and personalities have contracts to make periodic appearances—either on WWE TV or for promotional events—serving as "ambassadors" (public representatives/spokespeople) for the company.
NameReal nameNotesHall of FamerHall of Famer-designateHall of FamerHall of FamerLFG coachHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerThe Honky Tonk ManHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerWellness CounselorHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerHall of FamerGlobal AmbassadorHall of FamerHall of FamerWWE ID coachHall of Famer
Creative team NameReal nameNotesVice President and Lead Writer for RawSenior Writer for NXTWriter for RawWriter for NXTWriter for RawExecutive DirectorWriter for RawWriter for RawWriter for SmackDownWriter for NXTSenior Writer for SmackDownSenior Director of Creative StrategyWriter for SmackDownWriter for RawSenior Vice President of Creative WritingWriter for SmackDownCreative ConsultantWriter for NXT and EvolveWriter for SmackDownLead writer for SmackDownWriter for RawVice President and Lead Writer for NXTLead writer for RawWriter for RawWriter for SmackDownWriter for SmackDownWriter for SmackDownDirector of Character DevelopmentVice President of Creative WritingLead writer for SmackDownWriter for SmackDownWriter for NXT
Producers
Main roster NameReal nameNotesProgram CoordinatorLead ProducerSenior ProducerVice President, Creative Writing & BookingHall of FamerHall of Famer
NXT NameReal nameNotes Ring announcer for Evolve
Music department NameNotesMusic ProducerSenior Director of Music, Marketing & CatalogSenior Vice President of WWE Music GroupGeneral Manager of WWE Music Group
Performance Center staff