WWE contracts typically range from developmental contracts to multi-year deals. WWE describes most personnel as independent contractors. Personnel on the main roster appear on specific brands such as Raw and SmackDown Live while they can also appear on WWE's primary weekly television programming such as Main Event, Superstars, Total Divas as well as pay-per-views, and at live events.
Personnel from the NXT division appear on the television series of the same name, which airs online in the U.S. and on TV in select countries, and at live events. Personnel on the main roster may wrestle in NXT and vice versa.
Personnel are organized below by their role in WWE. Their ring name is on the left and their real name is on the right. If someone is inactive for any reason, due to injury, suspension, not appearing in more than 30 days, or otherwise, that information is noted. WWE refers to its performers as superstars.
Overview
As of 2021, WWE employs over 800 full-time employees. It also has many vendors and service providers working for it. WWE calls the people who wrestly for it "independent contractors". These people have contracts that range from short developmental to contracts that last many years.
Brands
Since the WWE's brand extension in 2016, performers work on one of two "main roster" brands – Raw and SmackDown.
A third brand, NXT, was created to be a developmental brand for the main roster. New people would go there to train to work for the main brands. In 2019 it was made into the third main roster brand. In 2021, the brand was changed to "NXT 2.0". The brand returned to being the developmental division for Raw and SmackDown. Some developmental performers work on NXT's United Kingdom-based brand NXT UK.
The McMahon family are the main owners of WWE. In addition to their job for the company, they also appear on-air as authority figures and wrestlers on all of the brands.
The following list features wrestlers – promoted as free agents – who make limited or part-time appearances (such as Hall of Famers or legends), and thus aren't bound to any one brand, as well as newly-signed and undrafted personnel who are awaiting brand assignment.
The following section pertains to announcers who cover WWE broadcasts. This group includes presenters, ringside commentators, ring announcers, backstage interviewers, pre-show hosts, and analysts.
Select former or retired WWE wrestlers not currently on the main roster (sometimes billed as "WWE Legends") and other celebrities and personalities have contracts to make periodic appearances—either on WWE TV or for promotional events—serving as "ambassadors" (public representatives/spokespeople) for the company.
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