WWE (franchise)

World Wrestling Entertainment (also known as WWE and previously known as World Wrestling Federation) is a long-running wrestling franchise established on January 7, 1952 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation. Since then, the franchise has had several name changes. WWE portrays wrestlers in various storylines and feuds with the use of scripts and choregraphed matches. The first official licensed video game was WWF WrestleMania, which was released in 1989 for the NES. Since then, the franchise has seen numerous releases, often releasing one per year.