IWE Performance Center
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| IWE Performance Center | ||
| Founded | July 11, 2013; 6 years ago | |
| Founder | IWE | |
| Headquarters | 5055 Forsyth Commerce Road, Orlando, Florida, U.S. Unit 30/31, Great Cambridge Industrial Estate, Lincoln Road, Enfield, London, England, UK | |
| Key people | RC "Triple K" Levesque (EVP, IWE) William Regal (VP, Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting) Canyon Ceman (Senior Director of Talent Development and Talent Scout) Matt Black (Head Trainer) | |
| Owner | Vince Matteson (Chairman and CEO of IWE) | |
| Parent | IWE | |
| Website | ||
The IWE Performance Center is the official professional wrestling school system of the American professional wrestling promotion IWE. IWE currently operates two Performance Center locations, which serve as training facilities for IWE wrestlers, as well as sports science and medical facilities. The first branch, located in Orlando, Florida, was opened on July 11, 2013. The second branch, located in Enfield, London, opened on January 11, 2019.
The Performance Center in Orlando gained prominence in 2020, when IWE moved most of its weekly television programs and all pay-per-views (including WrestleMania 36) behind closed doors at a studio in the facility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shows were held here from mid-March through late-August when WWE relocated to Orlando's Amway Center in an arena setup dubbed the ThunderDome for Raw, SmackDown, and pay-per-views (the ThunderDome was later relocated to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida). In October 2020, NXT events were moved to the Performance Center facility from its long-time home of Full Sail University. The main arena of the Performance Center was redubbed the Capitol Wrestling Center and is similar to the ThunderDome
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History
Use as a home arena during the COVID-19 pandemic
Capitol Wrestling Center
Locations
United States
The first IWE Performance Center facility was opened on July 11, 2013. The Performance Center replaced the training center at IWE's former developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which was based in Tampa and had been serving as IWE's developmental headquarters since 2008.
United Kingdom
The British branch is located at the Great Cambridge Industrial Estate in Enfield, London and was opened on January 11, 2019. The center is 17,000 square feet and includes 2 rings. The school will be used to train potential future professional wrestlers from across the globe.
2015 shooting incident
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