WWE® 15% Yield

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) announced its 24^th consecutive dividend payment at $0.36 per share on its Class A shares of common stock.

The Company’s current dividend yield of 15.1% exceeds that of both broad market indices and other entertainment companies. Specifically, the S&P 500 and S&P Movies and Entertainment indices have dividend yields of 3.8% and 2.2%, respectively, while our entertainment peers have an average yield of 1.9%.*

“WWE is the best value in entertainment for our shareholders,” said Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.

WWE has announced that it will release its Q4 and full year 2008 earnings on February, 24, 2009.

* Dividend yields are as of February 19, 2009. Selected entertainment peers include 4 Kids Entertainment Inc., Playboy Enterprises Inc., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., International Speedway Corp., Marvel Entertainment Inc., Viacom Inc., THQ Inc., JAKKS Pacific Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Inc. Investors should note that past returns are not a guarantee of future performance.

Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.

Trademarks: All WWE programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks, copyrights and logos are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

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Today the stock market plummeted even more than I thought possible.  DJIA dropped another 250 to 7,114.78

WWE dropped 22 cents to $9.32

JAKKS dropped $1.08 to $12.47

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