8 Secrets We Learned From WWE's Leaked NXT TakeOver Script
1. Shawn Michaels Helped Produce The Main Event
A producer is listed for every bout on the runsheet. These agents piece match layouts together for the wrestlers to perform, and while it's safe to assume NXT's aren't as overbearing as their main roster counterparts, they play an instrumental role in drafting the initial roadmap.
Head trainer Matt Bloom took this role for Ohno vs. Riddle, the Women's Revolution's quiet hero Sara Amato did it for Baszler vs. Sane, while Terry 'The Red Rooster' Taylor took care of Black vs. Gargano, and former ECW Champion Steve Corino handled Black vs. Dream.
The main event was deemed a three-man job. Bloom played a role, as did main roster producer Michael Hayes, but Shawn Michaels is the most interesting name by far. Having only joined the Performance Center team earlier this year, he has already worked himself into a position of great prominence, and his dramatic fingerprints were all over a War Games match that most fans adored.
Michaels' standing in the wrestling business almost guarantees his NXT prominence will keep growing as time passes. Get used to his match layouts, because they aren't going anywhere.