Titan Towers is an office building located in Stamford,

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. It serves as a global

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for the American professional wrestling promotion,

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(WWE). While the interior is not accessible to the general public, WWE fans and visitors frequently visit or view the exterior of Titan Towers on a regular basis.

Overview

Built in 1989, the building consists of four stories of office space and four levels of parking. The building was opened on May 13, 1991. Though the building originally had only one flagpole with the United States flag, it later housed a second flag that featured the company's logo on a black background. The main exterior logo has also changed over the years. Prior to the construction of the Titan Towers, the offices of Titan Sports, Inc., the parent company of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), were headquartered in Holly Hill Lane in nearby

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then moved to 1055 Summer Street just 2 km away in 1985. On September 7, 1995, the rooftop of Titan Towers was used for one of the scenes of the opening intro of ''

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''. This scene featured

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, Razor Ramon, and several other wrestlers. In 1999, Titan Towers was featured in a 30-second television commercial that consisted of

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, The Rock, Kane,

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, and

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during

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. That same year, on the June 14 edition of ''Raw is War'', Austin took a

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role as CEO overseeing day-to-day operations within the WWF. During the August 21, 2006, episode of ''Raw'',

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defaced Titan Towers by tagging the "DX" logo on the building with green spray paint. In the build-up to Extreme Rules in 2013,

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and

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visited Titan Towers on May 13 in which they vandalized

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's office and attacked nearby employees of WWE. On March 20, 2019, the company announced they will sell Titan Towers, and relocate their headquarters to 677 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, Connecticut by 2021. Though the moved was later delayed to late 2022. During the

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, Titan Towers began to be used as an alternative location for selected matches during

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s (as opposed to the

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); WrestleMania 36's "Firefly Fun House" match between

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and

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was filmed at Titan Towers using props and set pieces in storage. The two eponymous ladder matches at Money in the Bank were also filmed on its premises, with the participants fighting their way to a ring on its rooftop to locate the Money in the Bank briefcases. According to

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, Vince McMahon's office, as well as those in charge of creative, are on one side of the building, while Linda McMahon's office, as well as those in charge of corporate, are on the other

References

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