WWE to Expand Orlando Performance Center, Not Relocating Operations

World Wrestling Entertainment is planning to build a larger Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, and does not intend to relocate its developmental operations, industry reports and company comments indicate. The proposed facility would expand training space and include a dedicated television studio near a new stadium being developed in the area, but construction has not yet begun and the move is expected to take several years.

WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed the company remains based in Orlando during a recent podcast appearance, saying, "It's in Orlando. We're in the process of building a new one now in Orlando. It'll be even bigger and better." Reports describing the plan say the new center would be an upgrade over the current complex and would consolidate more production capabilities alongside talent development and rehabilitation functions.

The existing WWE Performance Center opened in 2013 and has served as the primary training ground for developmental talent in NXT, a rehabilitation facility for main roster performers, and a production site for weekly programming. WWE opened a second Performance Center in the United Kingdom in 2019. The...