Donovan Dijak Officially Joins WWE Performance Center

It is official! Massive independent star Donovan Dijak has today joined the WWE Performance Center, according to WWE.com.

Dijak is a native of Massachusetts and has traveled all around the world in promotions such as Beyond Wrestling, WrestleCircus, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, EVOLVE, wXw and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

Dijak joins Lio Rush as a recent addition to the Performance Center. WWE had the following to say about the incident:

“A new hoss has arrived at the WWE Performance Center.

Six-foot-7, 265-pound Chris Dijak of Worcester, Mass., better known to ring fans as Donovan Dijak, is the latest signee to join WWE’s training center in Orlando, Fla.

Combining heavy-hitting power with cat-like agility, Dijak’s explosive offense has won him admirers around the world. His “Feast Your Eyes” knee-smash, meanwhile, has downed enough opponents to put Dijak on WWE’s radar with only four years’ experience.

A football and basketball standout in high school and college, Dijak stormed onto the New England independent wrestling scene in 2013. He remained a force in the region ever since, crossing paths with the likes of Tommaso Ciampa and Oney Lorcan, and becoming a fixture in organizations including Massachusetts’ Chaotic Wrestling, Connecticut’s Northeast Wrestling and Rhode Island’s Beyond Wrestling.

Dijak’s search for new competition broadened in short order. In 2015, he won Ring of Honor’s Top Prospect tournament, and earlier this year he competed in the wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament in Germany. He has also wrestled for EVOLVE, and this past weekend, he fought in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s Battle of Los Angeles tournament, held in Reseda, Calif.

Dijak’s arrival at the Performance Center comes on the heels of WWE signing another sensation from the independent ranks, high-flyer Lio Rush.”

If you’ve never seen Dijak perform, here is a match we highly suggest the following match, featuring Dijak vs. former NXT Tag Team Champion Tommaso Ciampa:

(Free Match) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Donovan Dijak | Beyond Wrestling "Fete Finale" (NXT, ROH, PWG)

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