(STAMFORD CONN. — September 22 2000) — WWE Entertainment Inc. (NMS: WWE) today joined Youth Vote 2000 in calling for the Presidential candidates to make their town hall debate on October 17 in St. Louis a "youth" debate.

"Gov. Bush and Vice President Gore should do everything they can to reach out to young voters in this election " said Linda McMahon CEO of WWE. "We supported Youth Vote 2000’s request to make one of the three official Presidential debates a youth debate and we now support their request that the Presidential debate in St. Louis be directed to the concerns of younger voters."

WWE Youth Vote 2000 Project Vote Smart MTV’s Choose or Loose and most recently the National Association of Secretaries of State have helped register almost 100 000 new voters in less than two months through the non-partisan SmackDown Your Vote! campaign.

Ms. McMahon and several WWE Superstars have invited Gov. Bush and Vice President Gore to take the SmackDown Challenge and appear together on the UPN television program WWE SmackDown!. "I urge both candidates to seriously consider accepting the SMACKDOWN CHALLENGE " said Ms. McMahon. "If they want to reach out to young and disenfranchised voters they will have no greater opportunity than on our program."

Ms. McMahon said the success of SmackDown Your Vote! demonstrates that youth will become engaged in the political process if the process is made relevant to them. "We have reached out to these younger voters and made them feel that they should become involved " she said. "It’s now up to the campaigns to keep these voters attention. Having a Presidential debate directed at youth on October 17 and appearing on WWE SMACKDOWN! will get the attention of younger voters."

Ms. McMahon said that since the SMACKDOWN CHALLENGE was announced on August 30 more than 28 000 people have signed a petition asking for a Presidential debate directed at youth and calling on Gov. Bush and Vice President Gore to appear on WWE SMACKDOWN!

SMACKDOWN YOUR VOTE! will have volunteers registering voters and gathering signatures for the SMACKDOWN CHALLENGE petition at Madison Square Garden this Saturday night. The campaign moves to Pennsylvania on Sunday. Youth Vote 2000 volunteers will be registering new voters at the UNFORGIVEN Pay-Per-View at the First Union Center in Philadelphia at RAW IS WAR at Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University (the program’s debut on TNN) and at WWE SMACKDOWN! at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh.

Smackdown Your Vote! has been registering and bringing election information to thousands of previously unregistered voters during WWE arena events at WWE New York a site-based entertainment complex in New York City’s Times Square and through the company’s Web site WWEVote.com as well as through MTV’s chooseorlose.com. On-line registration for the program is being provided through links to Rock the Vote.