WWE Announces 10 New Signings to the Performance Center

WWE has announced signings for the annual spring class of recruits.

A few months ago, WWE held tryouts for men and women that are looking to join the company. Most of them usually don’t get signed, but a select few end up making the cut and arrive months later. This was last seen in the fall of 2015 when the company brought in 19 new talents, including Tough Enough alumni Patrick Clark and Mada Abdelhamid.

Last spring, WWE signed a class headlined by Apollo Crews, who is now on the main roster. Other notables included NXT Superstars Peyton Royce and Billie Kay.

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On Tuesday, WWE would announce the latest group of members coming to the Performance Center in a press release. The class includes 10 people, most notably the former Pro Wrestling NOAH tag team of Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste. We noted how WWE signed this group a few weeks ago.

Here is a look at Nicholls, Haste and the other people that are coming to the Performance Center. The following descriptions are all courtesy of WWE’s press release.

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Babatunde Aiyegbusi (Olesnica, Poland) – “Standing 6 feet 9 inches and weighing 350 pounds, Aiyegbusi is a former professional football player who had stints in Poland and Germany. Most recently, he spent the 2015 pre-season with the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive lineman.”

Bianca Blair (Knoxville, Tennessee) – “Blair was an All-American and All-SEC track & field performer in hurdles at the University of Tennessee, and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2011 and 2012. A CrossFit competitor and powerlifter, Blair has been featured in RX Magazine, Femme Rouge Magazine and CrossFit.com.”

Nikola Bogojevic (Superior, Wisconsin) – “World-class Greco Roman Wrestler who was the National Champion in Greco Roman Wrestling at the Junior Pan-American Games in 2011. Bogojevic also won bronze at the Pan-American Games in Greco Roman Wrestling in 2014 and has extensive experience training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.”

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Carolyn Dunning (Las Vegas, Nevada) – “Dunning is a former Air Force ROTC member and nationally ranked bodybuilding bikini competitor by The National Physique Committee (NPC).”

Macey Estrella (Parris Island, South Carolina) – “Trained with Tom Caiazzo of American Premier Wrestling, Estrella is a former U.S. Marine and member of the Marine Corps SWAT Team.”

Nicola Glencross (Glasgow, Scotland) – “Also known as Nikki Storm, Glencross has eight years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling (JWP), Pro Wrestling Eve, Scottish Wrestling Alliance, Insane Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Elite, Stardom and Shine.”

Terrance Jean-Jacques (Boston, Massachusetts) – “Standing 6 feet 3 inches and weighing 265 pounds, Jean-Jacques was an All-American wrestler at the University of Rhode Island in 2015. Prior to that, he accumulated a 32-2 record in wrestling at the University of Iowa.”

Daniella Kamela (Los Angeles, California) – “Trained with Rikishi Fatu and David Gangrel Heath at Knokx Pro Entertainment, Kamela was an on-air talent for FOX Sports Arizona, Phoenix Suns dancer and Arizona Cardinals cheerleader.”

Michael Nicholls (Perth, Australia) – “Also known as Mickey, Nicholls has 10 years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for multiple organizations, including Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he was two-time Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Shane Veryzer, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Explosive Pro Wrestling.”

Shane Veryzer (Perth, Australia) – “Also known as Shane Haste, Veryzer has 11 years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for multiple organizations, including Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he was two-time Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Michael Nicholls, and Explosive Pro Wrestling.”

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So does any of these members of WWE’s newest class of recruits intrigue you?