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- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 05, 2010 — World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share on its Class A shares of common stock. As previously announced, members of the McMahon family have waived $0.12 per share of the dividends. As a result, all Class A and Class B shares owned by the McMahon family will instead receive dividends in the amount of $0.24 per share. The record date for the dividend will be March 15, 2010, and the payment date will be March 25, 2010.

Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. can be found at http://corporate.wwe.com. If you have additional questions, please contact WWE Investor Relations via e-mail at investor.relations@wwecorp.com.

- Former WWE star Ron Simmons has confirmed that his match tomorrow night for Purks International Championship Wrestling will be his retirement match. He will also be doing a Q & A right after the show with the first 100 fans that request admission.

Simmons will be inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010. The induction ceremony will be held February 20 in Macon.

- Hogan’s latest interview was with CraveOnline.com – he discussed bringing back the art of wrestling:
“I’m plugged in full-time,
brother. I’m there all the way across the board. Before I used to wrestle, I mean before I used to lace the yellow boots up, steal the main-event payday and run home, now, I’m in the dressing room with the guys, talking to them about finishes and storylines and stuff like that, but then I’m also partners with Dixie.”

On Jesse Ventura’s dislike of him:
“I’m dying to find out what made [Jesse] snap, you know, because I was around when we were doing the wrestling. Jesse came to Japan one day, you know, and he worked one or two main events the whole time I was around. And I would love to find out what really makes him tick just for curiosity reasons.”

- It is believed that former WWE star Joey Mercury, who is set to come back to the company, will be joining CM Punk’s “Straight Edge Society”. It’s likely they’ll play up his past painkiller addiction.