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WWE Announces Chelsea Green, Matt Riddle, Mia Yim, Punishment Martinez And Others As New WWE PC Recruits

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WWE has officially announced the latest class of WWE Performance Center recruits – Matt Riddle, Mia Yim, Chelsea Green, Humberto Carrillo (Ultimo Ninja), Luis Martinez (Punishment Martinez), Daniel Vidot and Jordan Omogbehin.

Below is the full announcement on the new recruits in Orlando:

Matt Riddle, Mia Yim, Chelsea Green among WWE Performance Center’s newest recruits

From one of NXT’s most highly publicized signings of all time to a 7-foot-3 giant, the WWE Performance Center’s newest roster members reported for orientation this week at WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Fla.

The group of seven, headlined by former wrestling champion Matt Riddle, features standouts from the U.S. and international independent scenes, as well as aspiring Superstars from the worlds of rugby and basketball.

Check out the full rundown below.

“The King of Bros” Matt Riddle was announced as NXT’s newest blockbuster signee at TakeOver: Brooklyn IV in August. He rose to the top of the international circuit after a successful career in professional MMA, which included a winning record in UFC’s welterweight division. Considered one of the top strikers and submission artists in sports-entertainment, Riddle captured championships in the U.K.’s PROGRESS Wrestling and the U.S.-based EVOLVE Wrestling, among other organizations. He made his NXT in-ring debut at a Live Event in Florida in September, defeating Fabian Aichner.

WWE fans recognize Mia Yim from the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Mae Young Classic. After making it to the Second Round in the inaugural tournament, the California native advanced to the Quarterfinals in this year’s event, where she lost to Toni Storm but received “Please sign Mia” chants from the WWE Universe, which led to WWE COO Triple H offering her a contract. A training partner of Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke, Yim made her ring debut in August 2009. She is set to make her NXT TV debut this Wednesday on WWE Network.

Canadian grappler Chelsea Green has competed around the world, wrestling in faraway places like India and Australia, as well as throughout North America. A product of Lance Storm’s Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary (the same school where Tyler Breeze, Peyton Royce and Oney Lorcan trained), Green first came onto the WWE Universe’s radar as a competitor in the 2015 season of WWE Tough Enough. Before wrestling, Green was a multi-sport athlete who excelled in soccer, volleyball, basketball and track.

Third-generation luchador Humberto Carrillo of Monterrey, Mexico, recently debuted on NXT TV, facing The Forgotten Sons’ Jaxson Ryker in September. Formerly competing under the alias Ultimo Ninja, Carrillo comes from lucha libre’s famed Garza dynasty. WWE fans may remember Carrillo’s uncle, the late Hector Garza, a master of the corkscrew plancha who wrestled in both WCW and WWE at the height of the Monday Night War in the 1990s. Prior to joining the WWE PC, Carrillo won titles throughout Mexico, as well as competed in Japan’s NOAH organization.

Luis Martinez, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound striker from the independent scene, also joins the WWE PC ranks. Initially trained at the Monster Factory in New Jersey, Martinez has wrestled under the ring name Punishment Martinez. Splitting his upbringing between New York and Puerto Rico, Martinez learned the G?j?-ry? form of karate at a young age. Among other accolades, Martinez won Ring of Honor’s Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2017, and he has previously tangled with the likes of NXT’s War Raiders.

Six-foot-two, 230-pound Daniel Vidot of Queensland, Australia, arrives to the WWE PC from the world of professional rugby. He played wing in Australia’s National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans, Canberra Raiders and St. George Illawarra Dragons, as well as competed in English Super League play.

Towering over the rest of the recruits is 7-foot-3, 370-pound Jordan Omogbehin. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, the imposing Omogbehin played college basketball at the University of South Florida and Morgan State University in Baltimore.

Stay with WWE Digital in the coming weeks for more information on the WWE PC’s newest roster members. To learn more about the WWE PC, including how to apply for a WWE tryout, visit WWEPerformanceCenter.com.

The Rock’s Daughter Has Started Training At The WWE Performance Center

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s daughter Simone Johnson is training on a part-time basis at the WWE Performance Center.

In the latest episode of Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast, Zelina Vega talked about becoming close with Simone and revealed the 17-year-old has been training at the PC in Orlando.

Zelina detailed working closely with The Rock during the filming of “Fighting with My Family” and how Simone gave her the ultimate compliment following a shoot at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Vega says Johnson told her, “I knew I wanted to start wrestling for sure where I saw you at RAW doing the movie. ”

Sources tell Pro Wrestling Sheet Simone has been training part-time at the PC for the past few months, mainly just occasional sessions with trainers, but there’s word going around that she’ll be starting at the facility in a more serious manner in the near future. Since she’s still in high school, it’s safe to assume that factors into her schedule.

Back in November of last year, Simone spoke about being interested in the business. At the time, she said she hoped to give it a try following graduation from college.

“It’s a sport that is unlike anything else in the world. There’s just a certain amount of passion that every move and match requires, and that’s so admirable. It’s definitely something I’ve thought about and want to pursue,” Simone said.

“The Great One” later came out in support of his daughter pursing sports entertainment, saying she’d be a future champion in the business.

You can listen to Zelina’s comments around the 1:17 mark of the podcast by clicking here.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Robbie E And Chelsea Green Attending WWE Performance Center Tryout (Video)

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Former Impact Wrestling stars Robbie E and Chelsea Green are among the wrestlers attending a tryout this week at the WWE Performance Center.

NXT‘s Instagram account shared videos from the first day and both Chelsea — aka Laurel Van Ness — and Robbie are seen working out with other WWE hopefuls.

As you may recall, Green was on the 2015 season of Tough Enough alongside current NXT/WWE stars Velveteen Dream, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. She made her departure from Impact earlier this year and filmed episodes for the current season of Lucha Underground.

Robbie left Impact in September of last year and has since focused on outside projects related to fitness, while still wrestling on the independent scene.

Both can be seen in the video (Chelsea is in a Disney shirt and Robbie is on the ring apron) at the link below:

Serena Deeb Reveals New WWE Role

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Serena Deeb is back with WWE as a Women’s coach at the WWE Performance Center. Deeb, 31, had worked for WWE from 2009 through 2010. During that time, she was a member of The Straight Edge Society with CM Punk and Luke Gallows. She returned to the company last year in the Mae Young Classic where she defeated Vanessa Borne in the first round before losing to Piper Niven in the second. In an interview with WWE.com, she said that her goal it to be teaching her own class at the Performance Center. She also was asked about her goals specifically as a teacher as someone who’s just starting out as a coach.

“To really step up into this leadership role, which is a new thing for me,” Deeb said. “I’m just looking forward to the set of challenges and rewards that are coming with this responsibility and getting to improve myself personally and professionally. I’m focused on how I can be a better person and a better coach. [I want] to give my best self to them so I can be a reflection of them and receive their best selves back. I think it’s so important for the individual, regardless of the role you’re in, to always be mindful of where you’re at and always take your self-inventory so you can garner the best side of them as well.”

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Hires Scotty 2 Hotty As Performance Center Coach

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WWE announced the following today:

Scotty 2 Hotty joins WWE Performance Center as a coach

The WWE Performance Center coaching staff has added another former champion to the team.

Attitude Era favorite Scotty 2 Hotty — aka, Scott Taylor— began coaching NXT recruits full-time this week in Orlando, Florida. A former WWE Tag Team and Light Heavyweight Champion, Taylor visited the Performance Center as a guest coach in June, and has competed in WWE and NXT as recently as 2014.

Famous for his outstretched hair and crowd-pleasing “Worm” taunt, Taylor became one of the most popular WWE Superstars of The Attitude Era, teaming regularly with Too Cool partner Grandmaster Sexay and WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi.

He joins another former teammate at the Performance Center in the form of Head Coach Matt Bloom. Bloom and Taylor partnered in 2001-2002, while Bloom competed under the moniker of the “Hip Hop Hippo” Albert.

Former WWE Star Likely Being Hired For The Perfomance Center Soon

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Performance Center coaches Adam Pearce and Sara Amato (Sara Del Rey) are coming to the main roster soon to work as producers. According to PWInsider, Scotty 2 Hotty looks to be one of the new coaches coming into the Performance Center. Scotty has been working at the PC and with the WWE NXT brand often over the past year or so.

A Man ‘Fixated’ With Female Wrestler Shot By Officer At WWE Performance Center

A man “fixated” with a female wrestler, believed to be WWE Hall of Famer Lita (Amy Dumas), to the extent that a court order had been obtained against him, though he hadn’t been served it yet, was shot Monday by a sheriff’s officer outside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Lita wasn’t at the Performance Center at the time of the shooting.

The 29 year old man identified as Armando Alejandro Montalvo underwent surgery after what sheriff Jerry Demings described as life-threatening injuries.

According to the Orange County sheriff, two plainclothes officers responded around 1:30 p.m. to a call from a manager at the Performance Center that a man had come in and created “a commotion.” At the time, WWE staff told authorities the man “had some type of knife.”

So when the two officers arrived, they drew their weapons, fearful the man might go after them, police said.

And while it wasn’t clear if he was armed the man did charge at one of the officers in the parking lot. “And so the deputy retreats,” Demings said. The officer “was running backward trying to create distance between he and the subject, and ultimately the subject closes within just a few feet of him. And he fired the shot.”

Triple H tweeted the following about the incident:

 

Montalvo had confronted Orange County sheriff deputies in the past. Montalvo was arrested back on August 4th at the Performance Center when he had a sign that said “Lita I Love You”, a chair and binoculars.

A deputy wrote that when he was taking the man away by police that day, the man “kept asking if I saw Lita while I was inside the WWE building. Armando kept stating that he loves Lita and that she is attractive. Armando also kept laughing and stating that what was happening is awesome.”

Source: CNN and WrestlingINC.com

 

Triple H Welcomes New Talent To WWE

This morning WWE announced new recruits for the WWE Performance Center. Triple H welcomed them with a post on Twitter and NXT Twitter page also welcomed them with a post: