Shawn Michaels recently commented on the significance of Jeremy Borash to WWE and NXT.
Borash was part of the team that produced the Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes Georgia Tech video for WWE SmackDown.
In a recent appearance on the “Ringer Wrestling Show,” Michaels was asked about Borash’s influence on the main roster. Borash has also been involved in production elements in NXT.
Michaels said, “Jeremy is somebody that Triple H brought here years ago. A lot of things that we do here at NXT are now making their way to the main roster. A lot of it, it sounds like blowing smoke, but a lot of it started with Triple H. He wanted NXT to always kind of be different, but also be a testing ground to try things and try different aspects to see what works and see what doesn’t. That’s something that NXT is still doing today.”
He continued, “The segment turned out fantastic. One thing that I think we’re all very proud of is that, whether you want to call it the old way….we just have to continue to try to be innovative. That is something that everybody at WWE is very excited about. We’re just not putting any shackles on ourselves. When it comes to creativity, we’re going to try a lot of different stuff. I think that goes for NXT. Obviously, Raw and SmackDown. Not all of it may hit, but I think when we stumble on something fantastic, everybody is going to notice it. I think they’re seeing that in the product today.”
Borash was part of the TNA production team for many years before he joined WWE in 2018.
On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, Shawn Spears discussed his return to WWE on on the February 27th episode of NXT.
Spears attacked Ridge Holland upon his return to WWE NXT.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the return being kept secret: “You have the team around you. You know who the team is and you keep your mouth shut. That is the only way to keep a secret nowadays. Keep your mouth shut; just don’t tell anybody. I knew, Matt Bloom, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H [knew], that was it, I’m guessing. I knew Shawn for sure, Bloom for sure.”
On not telling anyone he was coming back: “I didn’t tell anybody, because in an excitement stage, some people that want you to see you do really well get really excited for you. With excitement comes loose lips sometimes. The same thing with someone who kind of wants to see you fail, it’s much easier to have loose lips, so I went the safe route by keeping my mouth shut. They kept me in a room the majority of the day. I didn’t even tell Cody [Rhodes].”
