List of WWE personnel#SmackDown
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WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/contacts.jsp |title=Contact WWE |access-date=January 31, 2009 |publisher=WWE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224102626/http://corporate.wwe.com/company/contacts.jsp |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |url-status=dead }} 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, 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 other vendors and service providers.{{cite web|title=Company Information|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-information|access-date=2021-03-12|website=corporate.wwe.com|archive-date=March 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306143453/https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-information|url-status=live}} As part of WWE's Live Events segment, their performers are described as "independent contractors", with contracts for performers typically ranging from short developmental to multi-year deals.{{cite web|title=FAQ|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/faq|access-date=2021-03-12|website=corporate.wwe.com|archive-date=February 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201232409/https://corporate.wwe.com/faq|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/what-we-do/live-events|title=Live Events|website=corporate.wwe.com}}
= Brands =
Since the reintroduction of WWE's 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/most-influential-figure-womens-evolution|title=Who is the most influential figure in the Women's Evolution?|website=WWE|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618003534/https://www.wwe.com/article/most-influential-figure-womens-evolution|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-moves-to-usa-network|title=NXT moves to USA Network|website=WWE|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923040707/https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-moves-to-usa-network|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-moves-nxt-to-usa-network-expands-show-to-two-hours-starting-in-september/|title=WWE moves NXT to USA Network, expands show to two hours starting in September|website=CBSSports.com|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820133715/https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-moves-nxt-to-usa-network-expands-show-to-two-hours-starting-in-september/|url-status=live}} But 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), though it has since dropped the "2.0" name.{{cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/beth-phoenix-on-how-the-wwe-nxt-2-0-changes-affected-the-announce-team/|website=411Mania|title=Beth Phoenix on How the WWE NXT 2.0 Changes Affected the Announce Team|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325063249/https://411mania.com/wrestling/beth-phoenix-on-how-the-wwe-nxt-2-0-changes-affected-the-announce-team/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Joseph |title=WWE Announces More Details For EVOLVE Series on Tubi |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-more-details-evolve-tubi/ |website=411 Mania |access-date=February 3, 2025}}
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 primarily features Raw wrestlers (with occasional appearances from NXT wrestlers), and Speed, which features wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, and has its own specialty championships.
Performers may also appear on WWE's other weekly television programming, as well as pay-per-views, and on untelevised live events.
Personnel in WWE's developmental system are additionally assigned to train at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
= Championships =
For the most part, the brands have their own distinct championships, but some select titles are open to all the brands, such as the WWE Speed Championship for male wrestlers, as well as the WWE Women's Speed Championship and WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for female wrestlers.
Main roster
= Raw =
== Men's division ==
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== Women's division ==
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== Other on-air personnel ==
= SmackDown =
== Men's division ==
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== Women's division ==
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== Other on-air personnel ==
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= Nonexclusive =
WWE refers to talent not specifically assigned to a brand as "free agents", who may appear on any show.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/2023-05-01|title=Raw results, May 1, 2023: Who was drafted on Night Two of the WWE Draft?|website=WWE}}
==Men's division==
==Women's division==
Developmental roster
= NXT =
:The NXT brand is for wrestlers in an advanced stage in their training in the developmental system, who are prepping for a potential call up to the main roster.
Note - WWE (particularly NXT) has a partnership with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). As a result, TNA wrestlers may periodically appear on NXT programming, and vice versa.
== Men's division ==
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== Women's division ==
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== Other on-air personnel ==
=Evolve=
:Evolve serves the brand for wrestlers just beginning their training in WWE's developmental system, featuring collegiate athletes signed though the WWE NIL program, and independent wrestlers in promotions serving as developmental territories under the WWE ID program.
{{See also|WWE Performance Center}}
== Men's division ==
== Women's division ==
Referees
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Broadcast team
The following section pertains to announcers who cover WWE broadcasts. This group includes backstage interviewers, presenters, ringside commentators, ring announcers, pre-show hosts, and analysts.
= Raw =
= SmackDown =
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= NXT =
= Other =
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Ambassadors
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Select former or retired WWE wrestlers not currently 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.
Creative team
Producers
{{see also|Road agent (professional wrestling)}}
=Main roster=
=NXT=
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| {{sortname|Ryan|Katz|G. Q. Money}}{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Mike |title=The Next Triple H Team Member to Return to WWE Is... |url=https://pwinsider.com/article/162659/the-next-triple-h-team-member-to-return-to-wwe-is.html |website=Pro Wrestling Insider |access-date=September 1, 2022 |date=September 1, 2022}}
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Music department
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| {{sortname|Anthony|Mirabella III|nolink=1}}
|{{sort|Mirabella III, Anthony|Anthony Mirabella III}} |
| {{sortname|Neil|Lawi|nolink=1}}
|{{sort|Lawi, Neil|Neil Lawi}} |Senior Vice President of WWE Music Group |
Performance Center staff
As both NXT and Evolve are based at the Performance Center, PC coaches and trainers also work as producers for those brands.
Medical team
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| sortname|Chris Robinson{{cite web|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/who-we-are/talent|title=Talent Wellness Program Summary|access-date=April 30, 2021}}
|Chris Robinson |Ringside Physician |
| sortname|Jeffrey Dugas
|Jeffrey R. Dugas |Associate Medical Director |
| sortname|Jeffrey Westerfield
|Jeffrey Westerfield |Ringside Physician |
| {{sortname|Joseph|Maroon}}
|{{sort|Maroon, Joseph|Joseph Maroon}} |Medical Director |
Corporate staff
= TKO Board of Directors =
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| Name | Representative | Role |
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| Ari Emanuel | Endeavor | CEO and Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings |
| Egon Durban | Endeavor | Co-CEO of Silver Lake Management |
| Nick Khan | WWE | President of WWE |
| Steve Koonin | WWE | Lead Independent Director CEO of Atlanta Hawks |
| Jonathan Kraft | Endeavor | President of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots |
| Sonya Medina Williams | Endeavor | President and Executive Director for Reach Resilience |
| Mark Shapiro | Endeavor | President and COO of TKO Group Holdings |
| Carrie A. Wheeler | WWE | CEO of Opendoor |
| Nancy Tellem | Endeavor | Chief Media Officer of Eko |
| Peter Bynoe | WWE | Senior Advisor of DLA Piper |
| Dwayne Johnson | WWE | Co-owner of the United Football League |
| Brad Keywell | Endeavor | Executive Chairman of Uptake Technologies |
= Senior management =
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Notes
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.wwe.com/superstars WWE roster at WWE.com]
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