STAMFORD Conn. December 22 2011 – The votes are in WWE® and its Superstars are the proud winners of six 2011 Mashable Awards including being named “Digital Company of the Year” and "Must Follow Brand on Social Media." The fifth annual Mashable Awards presented by Buddy Media is a community-nominated voting program that honors the year’s best in Mashable’s core content areas: Social Media Tech Business and Entertainment.

WWE’s 2011 Mashable Award wins include the following categories:
• Digital Company of the Year: WWE
• Must Follow Brand on Social Media: WWE
• Must Follow Actor on Social Media: Dwayne "The Rock®" Johnson
• Must Follow Athlete on Social Media: John Cena®
• Game of the Year: THQ’s WWE ’12
• Best Social Good Cause Campaign: be a STAR

“We are thrilled to be honored by Mashable and thanks to all those who voted for us ” said Jason Hoch SVP Digital Operations for WWE. “Over the past year we pushed the social media envelope to further listen to and communicate with our fans in fun ways. With the constant evolution of social and digital media it allows WWE and our Superstars and Divas to expand our interaction and storylines in new meaningful ways.”

About WWE
WWE a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming pay-per-view digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York Los Angeles London Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Istanbul and Tokyo.

Additional information on WWE (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/.

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