World Wrestling Entertainment

Type Public (NYSE: WWE)
Founded 1952
Founder(s) Roderick McMahon
Toots Mondt
Headquarters Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Key people Vince McMahon
(Chairman and CEO)
Shane McMahon
(Executive Vice President of Global Media)
Stephanie McMahon-Levesque
(Executive Vice President, Creative Development & Operations)
Industry Professional wrestling, sports entertainment
Revenue ▲ $526.46 million (2008)[1]
Operating income ▲ $70.29 million (2008)[1]
Net income ▼ $45.42 million (2008)[1]
Total assets ▼ $429.41 million (2008)[1]
Total equity ▼ $359.97 million (2008)[1]
Employees 564 (as of February 2009, excluding wrestlers)[2]
Website Official Site
Corporate WWE Web Site







World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events) and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. Vince McMahon is the majority owner, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Together with his wife Linda McMahon, and their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media, Shane McMahon and Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of the voting power in the company.

The company's global headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Toronto. The company was previously known as Titan Sports before changing to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., and then becoming World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

WWE's business focus is on professional wrestling, a simulated sport that consists of wrestling combined with acting and theatre. It is currently the largest professional wrestling promotion in the world and holds an extensive library of videos representing a significant portion of the visual history of professional wrestling. The promotion previously existed as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which promoted under the banner of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). WWE promotes under three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. WWE is also home to three world heavyweight championships: the WWE Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship, and the ECW Championship.

Ring name(s) Mean Jimmy Jack[1]
Jeff Hardy[2]
Jeff Harvey[3]
Willow the Whisp[4]
Wolverine[1]
Galaxion[1]
Gladiator[1]
The Iceman[1]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Billed weight 225 lb (102 kg)[2]
Born August 31, 1977 (1977-08-31) (age 32)[5]
Cameron, North Carolina[5]
Resides Raleigh, North Carolina
Billed from Cameron, North Carolina[2]
Trained by Dory Funk, Jr.[2]
Michael Hayes[2]
Debut October 15, 1993






Jeffrey "Jeff" Nero Hardy[5] (born August 31, 1977)[4] is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment.

Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a promotion he ran with his brother Matt.[4] After being signed by WWE, the brothers worked as jobbers,[6] before gaining notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches.[7] With the addition of Lita, the team became known as Team Xtreme and continued to rise in popularity.[2] As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a six-time World Tag Team Champion and a one-time WCW Tag Team Champion.[2][8]

Hardy has also experienced success as a singles wrestler and is a three-time World Champion, having held the WWE Championship once and World Heavyweight Championship twice, a four-time Intercontinental Champion, and has held the Light Heavyweight, and European Championships once each. He is also a former Hardcore Champion, having held the championship on three occasions.[8] He received his first major main event push towards the end of 2007, including challenging for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble in 2008, and eventually won the WWE Championship at the Armageddon pay-per-view in December 2008.[9][10]

Moreover, Hardy is involved in motocross, music, painting, and other artistic endeavors.[11] He is currently a member of the band Peroxwhy?gen

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Barrack Obama

Barack Obama



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44th President of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden
Preceded by George W. Bush

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United States Senator
from Illinois
In office
January 4, 2005 – November 16, 2008
Preceded by Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded by Roland Burris

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Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 13th district
In office
January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004
Preceded by Alice Palmer
Succeeded by Kwame Raoul

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Born August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 47)[1]
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.[2]
Birth name Barack Hussein Obama II[2]
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Michelle Obama (m. 1992)
Children Malia Ann (b.1998)
Natasha (Sasha) (b.2001)
Residence Chicago, IL (private)
White House, Washington, D.C. (official)
Alma mater Occidental College
Columbia University (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Occupation Community Organizer
Lawyer
Constitutional law professor
Author
Religion Christian,[3] former member of United Church of Christ [4][5]
Signature
Website The White House




Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned following his election to the presidency.

Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a community organizer in Chicago prior to earning his law degree, and practiced as a civil rights attorney in Chicago before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Obama was elected to the United States Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. During his tenure as Senator, he served on several committees, including the Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works, Veterans' Affairs, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

After a particularly close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination as a candidate for president, becoming the first major African American candidate for president. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican candidate John McCain and was sworn in as president on January 20, 2009.

Sachin Tendulker - The Master Blaster

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nickname Little Master, Master Blaster,[1] The Master,[2][3] The Little Champion[4]
Born 24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 35)
Mumbai, India
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break/off break/medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 187) 15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test 19 December 2008 v England
ODI debut (cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 26 November 2008 v England
ODI shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
1988–present Mumbai
2008-present Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992 Yorkshire
Career statistics
Test ODI FC LA
Matches 156 419 257 506
Runs scored 12,429 16,422 21,314 19,974
Batting average 54.27 44.26 58.87 45.19
100s/50s 41/51 42/90 68/97 53/108
Top score 248* 186* 248* 186*

Balls bowled 3,880 8,009 7,239 10,185
Wickets 42 154 67 201
Bowling average 53.02 44.12 61.43 41.90
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32
Catches/stumpings 100/– 126/– 167/– 161/–



Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर), born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[5][6][7] In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time next only to Sir Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time next only to Sir Viv Richards.[8] The list was later revised to make him the greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time.[9] In September 2007, Shane Warne, the world-record breaking Australian leg spinner, rated Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.[10] Sachin Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven, the dream team of Sir Donald Bradman, published in his biography.[11] He is sometimes referred to as the Little Master or the Master Blaster.[12][13]

Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game,[14] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[15] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years back.[16] Tendulkar has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor.