Backstage News On How WWE's New NXT Head Writer Got His Job
Who is he and how did he get the gig?
WWE NXT has got itself a new head writer.
With previous incumbent Ryan Word moving up (a questionable word) to focus more and more on writing for Monday Night RAW and SmackDown, NXT was in need of a new writer and one such individual has been found. His name is Joe Belcastro, and this is his story.
A longtime wrestling fan, Belcastro has kept himself busy since graduating from college in 2008 by writing movie reviews online and working for the Tampa Tribune, ironically a publication under the umbrella of the organisation that broke news of Adam Rose's arrest yesterday. Belcastro initially applied for a job with WWE directly out of college in 2008, but was turned down.
Proving further that wrestling is about who you know, a friend working for WWE got Belcastro an interview once again in 2013, and this time he was successful. WWE hired the man, despite the fact he had zero experience of writing a TV script before. Three years have since passed, and Joe Belcastro is now the man working directly under Triple H attempting to make Elias Sampson relevant.
Reports suggest that Belcastro has also been working with Hunter on the upcoming Global Cruiserweight Series, which begins next month.