WWE Libraries
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Professional wrestling, sports entertainment, tape library |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Vivek Gupta (CEO) |
| Products | DVD,VHS,Online Streaming,Channel Subscriptions |
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Number of employees
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N/A |
| Parent | WWE |
| Subsidiaries |
American Wrestling Association Georgia Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling |
WWE Libraries Inc. (branded as WWE Legacy Content) is a WWE-owned subsidiary that consists of the largest collection of professional wrestling videos and copyrights in the world. It is comprised not only of past and current works by WWE (formerly the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, World Wide Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Federation, and World Wrestling Entertainment) but the works of now defunct professional wrestling promotions dating back to the 1940s. As of 2014, the library stands at 150,000 hours of content including weekly television shows, pay-per-views, and recorded house shows. The collection represents a very significant portion of the visual history of modern professional wrestling in the United States and Canada. WWE has made their classic holdings available through numerous home-video releases, the WWE Vintage television program, and the WWE Network.
The dates listed below for purchased organizations and libraries represent the duration of that company, and may not necessarily represent the extent of historical video owned.
The library includes all past and present WWE tapes dating back to the 1950s, including all previous forms of the company, although tapes prior to 1975 have not yet been made available to the public via the WWE Network:
Although not wrestling content, the library's holdings also include footage from various WWF/E produced ventures including the 1985-1987 cartoon series Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, the 1989 film No Holds Barred, the World Bodybuilding Federation (1990-1992), the XFL (2001), and any motion pictures produced by WWE Studios. Footage saved from WWE's days as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation is also among the few surviving footage of broadcasts from the DuMont Television Network, as most of their footage was destroyed in the mid-1970s.
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