According to Fightful Select,<\/a> WWE\u2019s latest round of tryouts is underway in Orlando, Florida, with talent arriving this week to begin the process. The company is once again mixing experienced independent wrestlers with athletes who have never stepped into a ring before. The report notes that the first step for talent is medical testing before they even get a chance to show what they can do inside the ring.<\/p>\n\u201cThe WWE tryouts kick off Tuesday, as talent are in Orlando to get their medicals done. Assuming all goes well, they continue their tryouts during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the past few months, WWE has leaned heavily into recruiting established names from the independent wrestling scene. However, that hasn\u2019t stopped the company from continuing its tradition of bringing in fresh athletes with no prior wrestling background.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last couple of months, there had been a heavy independent wrestling presence at tryouts. However, we’re told there are still some attendees who were recruited without wrestling experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for who actually lands a deal, the process can take time. Even now, names from last month\u2019s tryouts during SummerSlam week are still being sorted out.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for people who got signed off of last month’s tryouts, we’re still just learning some names that were getting signed off of the Summerslam week tryouts, so it could be a while before we hear for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not everyone gets good news, though. The report also confirmed that some hopefuls from January\u2019s tryouts have already been told they won\u2019t be moving forward with WWE.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do know that there were some talent from January’s tryouts who were told they would not be signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
With WWE continuing to evolve its recruitment strategy \u2014 blending indie standouts with raw athletic prospects \u2014 the company\u2019s developmental pipeline remains as competitive as ever. The next breakout star could be someone with years of ring experience, or someone who has never taken a bump before.<\/p>\n
Who do you think WWE should be focusing on \u2014 seasoned independent talent or fresh athletes with no wrestling background? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WWE\u2019s next wave of hopeful Superstars is officially stepping into the spotlight \u2014 and not everyone is walking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-159106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}