WWE Performance Center
International professional wrestling school
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| 2025 | Performance Center in Orlando became the home venue of WWE's LFG and Evolve programs. |
| February 2025 | Leah Van Dale (Carmella) left WWE after competing on the Raw and SmackDown brands. |
| 2024 | Thunder Justice Keck began training at the WWE Performance Center, currently developing under the ring name Shiloh Hill for the Evolve brand. |
| 2024 | Skylor Clinton trained at the WWE Performance Center, competing under the ring name Niko Vance on the NXT brand. |
| 2024 | Sidney Bateman left WWE after his contract expired. |
| 2023 | Peyton Prussin completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Kendal Grey on the NXT brand. |
| 2023 | Valerie Loureda completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Lola Vice on the NXT brand. |
| 2023 | Jade Cargill began training at the WWE Performance Center and currently competes on the SmackDown brand. |
| 2023 | Lea Mitchell completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Kelani Jordan on the NXT brand. |
| 2023 | Anna Keefer completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Adriana Rizzo on the NXT brand. |
| 2023 | Issac Odugbesan completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Oba Femi on the NXT brand. |
| 2023 | Roman Macek completed training at the WWE Performance Center and now competes as Luca Crusifino on the NXT brand. |
| 2022 | Multiple wrestlers trained at the WWE Performance Center, including Dani Palmer (Alexsis Amrhein), Jaida Parker (Tiana Lillian Marie Caffey), Jazmyn Nyx (Jade Gentile), Thea Hail (Madison Knisley), Brinley Reece (Breanna Ruggiero), Maxxine Dupri (Sydney Jeannine Zmrzel), Tavion Heights (Tracy Hancock), Izzi Dame (Franki Carissa Strefling), Sol Ruca (Calyx Harmony Hampton), Myles Borne (David Bostian III), Roxanne Perez (Carla Gonzalez), Karmen Petrovic (Monika Klisara), and Carlee Bright (Kennedy Cummins). |
| 2021 | Multiple wrestlers trained at the WWE Performance Center this year, including Dante Chen (Sean Tan Li Hao), Tiffany Stratton (Jessica Woynilko), Bron Breakker (Bronson Rechsteiner), Brutus Creed (Drew Kasper), Tony D'Angelo (Joseph Ariola), Jakara Jackson (Jamara Garrett), Tatum Paxley (Natalie Holland), and Logan Paul, who subsequently began competing on various WWE brands. |
| September 14 2021 | The Performance Center received a new set design as part of the 'NXT 2.0' relaunch, dropping the Capitol Wrestling Center name. |
| June 2021 | TakeOver: In Your House lifted almost all COVID-19 protocols, expanding seating capacity to around 300 and removing mask requirements and virtual audience. |
| June 2021 | Most COVID-19 restrictions were lifted for NXT's operations at the Performance Center. |
| April 2021 | For TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, plexiglass wall dividers were removed and live audience capacity was increased. |
| 2020 | Amy Samardzija began training at the WWE Performance Center, competing as Candy Floss on the NXT UK brand before being released from WWE in 2021. |
| 2020 | Multiple wrestlers trained at the WWE Performance Center in this year, including Anriel Howard (later Lash Legend), Emily Andzulis (later Ivy Nile), Jacob Kasper (later Julius Creed), Sidney Bateman (later Scrypts), Simone Johnson (later Ava), and Taylor Grado (later Jacy Jayne). |
| October 2020 | NXT and WWE 205 Live were permanently moved to the WWE Performance Center, with the main studio reconfigured as the 'Capitol Wrestling Center' (CWC). |
| August 2020 | WWE moved Raw and SmackDown productions to the 'ThunderDome', a new arena setting with a virtual audience, leaving the Performance Center. |
| March 16 2020 | WWE announced that WrestleMania 36 would be moved from Raymond James Stadium to the Performance Center, expanding to two nights on April 4 and 5, with no live audience. |
| March 12 2020 | WWE announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, live episodes of Raw and SmackDown would air from the Performance Center without an audience, beginning with the following day's SmackDown episode. |
| 2019 | Marie Gabert began training at the WWE Performance Center, competing as Jazzy Gabert on NXT UK before being released from WWE in 2020. |
| 2019 | WWE Performance Center trained several notable wrestlers including Briana Brandy (who later competes as B-Fab on the SmackDown brand), Karen Yu (who becomes Wendy Choo in NXT), and Ashley Louise Urbanski (who develops into Shotzi in the NXT brand). |
| April 2019 | WWE announced plans to open additional Performance Centers in India and China. |
| January 11 2019 | WWE opened a second Performance Center branch in Enfield, London. |
| 2018 | Allyssa Lane began training at the WWE Performance Center, later competing on the SmackDown brand as Kayden Carter. |
| 2018 | Tehuti Miles began training at the WWE Performance Center, later competing on the NXT brand as Ashante "Thee" Adonis. |
| 2018 | Ronda Rousey began training at the WWE Performance Center, competing on the Raw and SmackDown brands before leaving WWE in October 2023. |
| May 7 2018 | Montalvo was arrested for missing his court date with WWE. |
| April 19 2018 | WWE filed an emergency restraining order against Montalvo after he returned to the Performance Center and harassed employees, also posting threatening messages to WWE wrestlers and staff on Instagram. |
| February 2016 | Montalvo faced trial on charges of aggravated assault, resisting an officer with violence, and trespassing, with a public defender entering a not guilty plea on his behalf. |
| 2015 | WWE began training Kenneth Crawford, who currently competes as Montez Ford on the SmackDown brand. |
| 2015 | WWE began training Chelsea Green at the Performance Center, who currently competes on the SmackDown brand. |
| 2015 | WWE began training Christopher Girard (later known as Oney Lorcan) at the Performance Center, who later became an NXT brand wrestler and currently works as a trainer at the Performance Center since 2022. |
| 2015 | Bill DeMott departed as head trainer and was replaced by Matt Bloom. Dusty Rhodes, who was responsible for developing trainees' microphone skills and wrestling personas, passed away. |
| August 2015 | Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies shot Armando Montalvo outside the WWE Performance Center after he threatened them and repeatedly attempted to trespass while being 'obsessed' with wrestler AJ Lee. |
| July 11 2013 | WWE opened its first Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, replacing the training facility of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). |
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