WWE and Rick Scott Team Up to Launch Orlando Facility

Gov. Rick Scott formed a tag team with Paul Levesque, the executive vice president of talent and live events for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), on Thursday to open the WWEs Global Performance Center in Orlando. Levesque, best known by wrestling fans as Triple H is the son-in-law of WWE CEO Vince McMahon. The project will bring $2.3 million in capital investment and almost 100 jobs to Central Florida.

We are happy to be back here at WWEs Global Performance Center, officially opening this state-of-the-art training facility, Scott said. WWE is a big name in sports entertainment so its fitting that they have chosen to take a one-way ticket to Florida to grow their business. In only two and a half years, Florida has created 330,000 private-sector jobs and our unemployment rate has dropped well below the national average to 7.1 percent. Its working in Florida.

The WWE Performance Center represents the future of our company, providing the next generation of WWE superstars with a world-class facility to call their own, said Levesque. The venue offers our developmental talent a full training experience with real time feedback from WWE coaches, trainers and doctors, giving them the resources they need to develop their talent both athletically and creatively.