Various: Performance Center Rumor Update, WWE UK Tournament, Indies

WWE Building New Performance Center Rumors Update

As noted before, Arkansas television station KARK-TV held a recent interview with Bobby Roode and one of the topics discussed involved WWE’s Performance Center. While answering the question, Roode claimed the WWE was currently working on plans for the construction of a new Performance Center.

In an update to the new Performance Center rumors, Triple H recently debunked those rumors during a media call held on Wednesday for NXT’s upcoming TakeOver: Chicago event. Triple H stated the WWE currently is not building a new facility nor have any plans to do so in the near future. He did state the idea of expanding the current facility is something they have considered for a while as possible future plans.

“We have no current plans for a larger facility that are in the works. It is constantly something we are looking at, growing and evolving, I never want to be stagnant to where we are. The Performance Center is kind of the heart of what we do, because it’s creating the future and it’s churning out all this talent, plus the content we’re creating there. There will be some announcements on some new things we are doing from there soon.

“I’m always open to that idea of expanding out in the future. Is it in my mind? Absolutely. Have we started actually doing that yet or physically going down that road? We have not. But I do appreciate Bobby’s enthusiasm for it, certainly.”

WWE Releases United Kingdom Championship Tournament First Round Match

WWE recently uploaded one of the first round matches from their on-going United Kingdom Championship tournament. This was the Drew Gulak versus Gentleman Jack Gallagher match which took place last month during NXT’s set of television tapings at Full Sail University.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Joey Janela revealed the card for EVOLVE 106 in Queens, New York on June 23rd features a WWN Championship match of himself versus champion Austin Theory.

Major League Wrestling announced the card for their July 12th MLW Fusion tapings in Orlando, Florida features a singles match of Jimmy Havoc versus Tom Lawlor.

ROH announced they will be holding a United States vs. United Kingdom International Cup tournament at their upcoming Honor Re-United tour. The first round will take place on August 16th in Edinburgh, Scotland while the semifinals and finals will take place on August 18th in Doncaster, England. The winner of this tournament will receive an automatic title shot for the ROH World Championship at the August 19th show in London, England.