WWE announces new Performance Center class

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Twelve new faces have landed at WWE’s Orlando Performance Center to officially begin their training.

Though none of the names are a particular surprise, the WWE announced their latest class of developmental prospects to begin training at their Orlando, Florida Performance Center on Monday.

Twelve new recruits — two women and 10 men — all come from similar backgrounds as previous classes of trainees, with some having professional wrestling experience in other countries and some jumping over from other sports.

Some of the more familiar names are Rachael Ellering, daughter of legendary wrestler and manager Paul Ellering (and Mae Young Classic participant) and Trevor Lee, known from his time both in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Impact Wrestling. Here is the full list of signees:

  • Rachael Ellering
  • Trevor Lee
  • Karen Q, from Ring of Honor and other independent companies
  • ACH, from Ring of Honor, New Japan and others
  • Samuel Shaw, from TNA/Impact and various indies
  • Jonah Rock, an Australian independent wrestler
  • Elliot Sexton, also from the Australian indie scene
  • Nick Comorato, from indie circuit
  • Scott Parker and Shane Matthews, known as the tag team 3.0, from CHIKARA and others
  • Omari Palmer, former football player for Syracuse University
  • Ricardo Miller, former Michigan football player