Are WWE Superstars and Divas employees of WWE?
Like some professional athletes such as golfers and tennis players or entertainers such as actors and singers, WWE performers are independent contractors. As such, they are personally responsible for acquiring their own health insurance, life insurance and financial planning. To assist in this process, under WWE’s Talent Life Skills program, WWE offers mandatory workshops to its contracted performers to assist them in these matters. What is WWE’s TV content rated? Since its debut in 1999, SmackDown has always been TV-PG. As of June 2008, ALL of WWE’s programming became TV-PG as rated by the Standards & Practices departments of our network partners. In the past, much like many other shows at the time (e.g., NYPD Blue, Jerry Springer, Big Brother), WWE engaged in what was known as “sensationalized TV” in a TV-14 environment. Currently, between 9-11 PM EST on general entertainment networks, nearly half of all programming on television remains TV-14, while WWE has made a full transition to
