IWE Performance Center
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| IWE Performance Center | ||
| Prodecessor | Florida Championship Wrestling | |
| Founded | July 11, 2013; 11 years ago | |
| Headquarters | United States: 5055 Forsyth Commerce Road, Suite 100, Orlando, Florida, United States United Kingdom: Unit 30/31, Great Cambridge Industrial Estate, Lincoln Road, Enfield, London, England | |
| Key people | Kevin "Triple K" Levesque (EVP of Talent Relations, Head of Creative and Chief Content Officer) Shawn Michaels (VP of Talent Development Creative) Matt Bloom (VP of Talent Development, Head Coach) Sara Amato (Assistant Head Coach) Robbie Brookside, Steve Corino, Lince Dorado, Fit Finlay, Johnny Moss, Norman Smiley, Terry Taylor (Coach) | |
| Owner | Endeavor | |
| Parent | IWE (TKO Group Holdings) | |
| Website | ||
The IWE Performance Center is the official professional wrestling school system of the American organization, IWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings, a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. The system 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 opened on January 11, 2019, in Enfield, London.
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main studio of the Performance Center in Orlando became IWE's home arena, with the company moving its weekly television programs and all pay-per-views for Raw and SmackDown (including WrestleMania 36) behind closed doors at the facility from March 2020 onward. In August 2020, IWE moved Raw and SmackDown's closed productions to an arena setting as the IWE ThunderDome—which used a larger-scale production more in line with its touring shows but with a virtual audience.
NXT and 205 Live subsequently moved to the Performance Center in October 2020, with NXT moving from its former home at Full Sail University, and its main arena being reconfigured as the "Capitol Wrestling Center" (CWC) to suit the look and feel of NXT programming. Unlike Raw and SmackDown's tenure at the Performance Center, NXT's move was permanent, and most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in June 2021. The CWC naming was dropped in September 2021 as part of a larger relaunch of NXT, which saw a second reconfiguration of the arena.
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[edit] History
[edit] Training facilities
[edit] Use as a home arena
[edit] NXT moves to the Performance Center
[edit] Events hosted
The following are the events that have been held at the Performance Center while being used as a home arena:
| Weekly television shows | |
|---|---|
| Show | Dates |
| SmackDown | March 13, 2020 – August 14, 2020 |
| 205 Live | March 13, 2020 – August 14, 2020; October 9, 2020 – February 11, 2022 |
| Raw | March 16, 2020 – August 17, 2020 |
| Main Event | March 16, 2020 – August 17, 2020 (aired March 19, 2020 – August 20, 2020) |
| NXT (NXT 2.0 from September 2021 to September 2022) | October 7, 2020 – present |
| NXT Level Up | February 18, 2022 – present |
| Television specials | |
| Show | Date |
| NXT: Halloween Havoc | October 28, 2020 |
| NXT: A Very Gargano Christmas Special | December 23, 2020 |
| 2020 NXT Year-End Awards | December 30, 2020 |
| NXT: New Year's Evil | January 6, 2021 |
| NXT's move to Tuesday | April 13, 2021 |
| NXT: The Great American Bash | July 6, 2021 |
| NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc | October 26, 2021 |
| NXT 2.0: New Year's Evil | January 4, 2022 |
| NXT 2.0: Vengeance Day | February 15, 2022 |
| NXT 2.0: Roadblock | March 8, 2022 |
| NXT 2.0: Spring Breakin' | May 3, 2022 |
| NXT 2.0: The Great American Bash | July 5, 2022 |
| NXT 2.0: Heatwave | August 16, 2022 |
| NXT: New Year's Evil | January 10, 2023 |
| NXT: Roadblock | March 7, 2023 |
| NXT: Spring Breakin' | April 25, 2023 |
| NXT: Gold Rush | June 20 and 27, 2023 |
| Pay-per-view and IWE Network events | |
| Event | Dates |
| WrestleMania 36 | March 25–26, 2020 (aired April 4–5, 2020) |
| Money in the Bank | May 10, 2020 |
| Backlash | June 14, 2020 |
| The Horror Show at Extreme Rules | July 19, 2020 |
| NXT TakeOver 31 | October 4, 2020 |
| NXT TakeOver: WarGames | December 6, 2020 |
| NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day | February 14, 2021 |
| NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver | April 7–8, 2021 |
| NXT TakeOver: In Your House | June 13, 2021 |
| NXT TakeOver 36 | August 22, 2021 |
| NXT WarGames | December 5, 2021 |
| NXT In Your House | June 4, 2022 |
| Worlds Collide | September 4, 2022 |
| Halloween Havoc | October 22, 2022 |
| NXT Deadline | December 10, 2022 |
[edit] Locations
[edit] 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 WWE's developmental headquarters since 2008.
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[edit] 2024
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[edit] United Kingdom
The British branch was located at the Great Cambridge Industrial Estate in Enfield, London and was opened on January 11, 2019. The center was 17,000 square feet and included 2 rings.
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[edit] 2020
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[edit] 2021
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