WKMG-TV in Orlando has obtained footage from the Performance Center shooting back in August. The video aired on their local newscast on Monday, and showed the moments leading up to a deputy shooting a crazed fan outside the building.
The trespasser is 29 year old Armando Montalvo, who had been showing up to the Performance Center multiple times. He at the time was reportedly “fixated” on an unnamed female NXT performer who was not present on the day of the incident. The police knew who the suspect was, as he has a criminal record involving violence and robbery. The police were called that day after he showed up to the Performance Center “acting deranged” with a knife.
He got shot in the chest after charging at a deputy. The video ends right before the shot is fired. His father would later tell investigators that Montalvo suffers from bipolar and manic depressive disorders.
Montalvo already had an injunction barring him from the WWE Training Center due to prior incidents. Montalvo had applied for a job but was rejected. In the newly released video footage, you can hear Montalvo yelling “Why don’t you train me to become your undisputed, best, NXT wrestler of all (expletive) time?”
Montalvo is out on bond and is scheduled for trial in February at the Orange County Courthouse.
