
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., an integrated media and entertainment company, engages in the sports entertainment operations that develop content centered around its talent and present at live and televised events featuring World Wrestling Entertainment brand. The company operates through four segments: Live and Televised Entertainment, Consumer Products, Digital Media, and WWE Films. The Live and Televised Entertainment segment conducts live events; produces content for television, pay-per-view, and video on demand programming; sells merchandise; offers television rights, and television advertising and sponsorships. This segment distributes its programming in approximately 18 languages and in approximately 110 countries. Its merchandise consists of various WWE-branded products, such as T-shirts, caps, and novelty items at live events. The Consumer Products segment licenses and sells home videos, video games, and toys, as well as publishes magazines and books based on its WWE theme. The Digital Media segment operates Web sites and offers advertising, sells merchandise on its Web site at WWEShop Internet storefront, and offers broadband and mobile content. The WWE Films segment engages in the distribution of entertainment films featuring its talent. World Wrestling Entertainment was founded in 1980 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.