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After Chyna's death, Chyna's sister Kathy reported the wrestler was offered a new WWF contract in 2001 with a minimum salary of $400,000 per year and the potential for substantially higher income via merchandising and pay-per-view appearances, but she refused to sign a contract for less than a base salary of $1 million per year. [73]
Xia Zhao [4] (simplified Chinese: 赵霞; traditional Chinese: 趙霞; pinyin: Zhào Xià; born July 28, 1988) is a Chinese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Léi Ying Lee. She also makes appearances on the independent circuit under her real name.
WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut. [1] It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings , a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings . WWE personnel consists of professional wrestlers , managers , play-by-play and color commentators , ring announcers , interviewers , referees , trainers ...
WWE chairman Vince McMahon said he regarded John Cena as the WWE's Babe Ruth. [348] Bleacher Report named Cena one of the 10 greatest WWE wrestlers of all time. [13] In 2012, WrestleMania XXVIII, headlined by the John Cena vs. The Rock main event, became the highest drawing event in WWE history with 1,217,000 buys. [349]
WWE Music Group (2006–present): A music group that specializes in compilation albums of WWE wrestlers' entrance themes. The group also releases titles that have been performed by WWE wrestlers. WWE Jet Services, Inc. (2013–present): A subsidiary formed to manage the financing and operations of the company's fleet of private jets.
After the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) due to a lawsuit by the World Wide Fund for Nature on May 6, 2002, the title was also renamed Undisputed WWE Championship and then WWE Undisputed Championship. [96] World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 66 The Undertaker: May 19, 2002: Judgment Day: Nashville, TN: 4 63: 62 [97] 67 The ...
[5] [8] His classmates included fellow future WWF wrestlers Chyna, whom he would later date, and Perry Saturn. He made his professional debut under the ring name Terra Ryzing (a play on "terrorizing") in Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation (IWF) on March 24, 1992, defeating Tony Roy. [ 9 ]
The ring boy scandal was a sex scandal in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now known as WWE) centered around allegations that in the late 1980s and early 1990s ring announcer Mel Phillips (1941–2012) had recruited teenage boys for the purposes of sexual exploitation.