WWE is looking to bring in new Olympic athletes after holding a tryout to see if it’s found a new crop of talent that it can use for years to come.
WWE’s current strategy for developing talent at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL, is to mix veteran talent who have worked elsewhere with athletes who have never stepped foot inside a wrestling ring before.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that WWE had a tryout with 17 Olympic athletes.
Meltzer wrote, “WWE had a tryout with 17 Olympic athletes. Since then they offered deals to Aaron Fara, Shady Einahes, a 26-year-old judo player from Canada who won at both the Commonwealth Games and Pan American games, and Francois Prinaloo, a 22-year-old discus thrower from South Africa. Fara being signed got coverage in almost all the mainstream outlets in Austria this past week. Fara is about 6-foot-4, with a good physique and is a good media interview and said to be charismatic.”
As of this writing, it’s unclear when these talents will start training at the facility.
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