8 Facts About The WWE

1. In 2015, The WWE entered a partnership with Evolve—a US independent promotion that WWE uses as a scouting group for potential signees for their NXT brand.

2. In 1997, The WWE would do business with Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling, bringing in MPW talent to compete in the company's light heavyweight division and in their 1997 Light Heavyweight Championship tournament.

3. In March 2015, The WWE announced a partnership with Authentic Brands Group to relaunch Tapout, formerly a major MMA-related clothing line, as a more general "lifestyle fitness" brand.

4. In 2003, The WWE won a limited decision to continue marketing certain classic video games from THQ and Jakks Pacific that contained the WWF "scratch" logo.

5. On September 13, 2010, The WWE updated their list of banned substances to include muscle relaxers.

6. On December 15, 2016, it was announced that The WWE was establishing a new WWE United Kingdom Championship, with the winner being decided by a 16-man tournament to air on WWE Network featuring wrestlers from the UK and Ireland during January 2017.

7. On May 25, 2016, The WWE announced a relaunch of the brand extension, billed as the "New Era".

8. Since the 1980s, The WWE publicly has branded their product as sports entertainment, acknowledging the product's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater.