WWE has reportedly released a number of staff from the WWE Performance Center today, according to a report from PWInsider.
WWE issued the following statement saying “With the continued evolution of NXT 2.0, we’ve decided to part ways with some of the staff based in our Performance Center. We thank them for their many contributions throughout the years and wish them the best.”
Fightful is reporting that Road Dogg and William Regal were both let go, he had been teaching classes on in-ring promos and character development at the Performance Center.
Others released by WWE include:
- Chris Guy (Ace Steel), a WWE Performance Center Coach. He trained CM Punk and was a WWE NXT producer.
- Dave Kapoor (Ranjin Singh), former on-screen manager of WWE Hall Of Famer The Great Khali. Kapoor was once the Senior Vice President of Creative for the company. He worked on the WWE NXT brand more recently.
- WWE NXT Creative Producer Ryan Katz who worked on character development and vignettes. He took over classes following the passing of Dusty Rhodes.
- Scott Armstrong. 15-year tenure with the company.