The WWE Performance Center is a professional wrestling school, as well as a training, sports science, and sports medical facility owned and operated by the WWE in Orlando, Florida, that opened July 11, 2013.
Background[]
The Performance Center serves as the new home to WWE's talent developmental system, NXT, and creates nearly 100 high-wage jobs in Orlando. With 26,000 square-feet, seven training rings, a world-class strength and conditioning program, and cutting-edge edit and production facilities, the new facility will give WWE the ability to train more potential performers through a comprehensive program including in-ring training, physical preparedness, and character development. The new facility will be the training ground for talent that includes former professional and collegiate athletes, Olympians and entertainers, and will offer a best-in-class sports medicine program creating a central location for all WWE talent to receive the best care both in and out of the ring. There will be also a voice over room that the talents plus the on air announcers can use to practice.
Leading up to the opening, the headquarters for WWE's former developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, was officially shut down, as WWE transferred NXT Wrestling's headquarters to the Performance Center; ring equipment & other materials held at the FCW Arena in Tampa were broken down on June 28, 2013, and what is being kept by WWE was transferred to the new facility.
Ryan Katz (a.k.a. GQ Money) was hired to work as an associate producer at NXT. He noted on Twitter this week that he was unloading and setting up 33,000 pounds of weights and equipment.
Attending the opening was WWE executive Paul "Triple H" Levesque and Florida Governor Rick Scott. "I love anybody that brings jobs to our state," Scott said. "They have all this talent here. Everyone when they come here to work here, they want to stay here. Every job is important."
Events[]
- Halftime Heat 2019 February 3, 2019
- NXT - March 11, 2020
- 205 Live - March 13, 2020
- Smackdown - March 13, 2020
- RAW - March 16, 2020
- Main Event - March 18, 2020
- WrestleMania 36 - April 4-5, 2020
- Money in the Bank 2020 - May 10, 2020
- Backlash 2020 - June 14, 2020
- The Horror Show at Extreme Rules - July 19, 2020
- NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020 - December 6, 2020
- NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day - February 14, 2021
- NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver - April 7-8, 2021
- NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021 - June 13, 2021
- NXT TakeOver 36 - August 22, 2021
- NXT WarGames - December 5, 2021
- NXT In Your House - June 4, 2022
- NXT Worlds Collide 2022 - September 4, 2022
- NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 - October 22, 2022
- NXT Deadline - December 10, 2022
- NXT - January 16, 2024
- NXT - January 30, 2024
- NXT - February 6, 2024
- NXT Level Up - February 16, 2024
- NXT - February 27, 2024
- NXT - March 12, 2024
- NXT - March 26, 2024
- NXT Level Up - April 12, 2024
- NXT - April 16, 2024
- NXT Level Up - April 19, 2024
- NXT Level Up - April 26, 2024
- NXT - May 28, 2024
- NXT Level Up - May 31, 2024
- NXT - June 25, 2024
- NXT Level Up - June 28, 2024.
- NXT - July 9, 2024.
- NXT Level Up - July 12, 2024.
- NXT - July 16, 2024.
- NXT Level Up - July 19, 2024.
- NXT - July 23, 2024.
- NXT - August 13, 2024.
- NXT - August 20, 2024.
- NXT - September 3, 2024.
- NXT - September 10, 2024.
- NXT - October 15, 2024.
- NXT Level Up - October 18, 2024.
- NXT - October 29, 2024.
- NXT - November 19, 2024.
- NXT Level Up - November 22, 2024.