WWE Hall of Famer and NXT executive Shawn Michaels recently appeared on the Bobby Bones Show. During the interview, he discussed various topics, including the decision to feature multiple multi-person matches at this year’s NXT Stand & Deliver. He also mentioned that delivering an outstanding performance at Stand & Deliver could potentially lead to an earlier call-up to the main roster.
Michaels said, “Absolutely. Stand & Deliver, much like WrestleMania, you can turn your career around in one match and one moment. Even when it comes to bonuses, those are things that, especially from an NXT standpoint, we have a lot of multi-person matches at Stand & Deliver. A lot of people don’t like that, but these young men and women work throughout the entire year. Not all of them get an opportunity to be on PLEs and those televisions that are on the road, which we’ve been doing more of lately. We want to give as many people as we can an opportunity to perform on the biggest weekend. That’s the reason people get into this line of work. To have that experience to have those moments. We’re hoping we have a lot of standouts come Stand & Deliver. It’s something we definitely keep an eye on and anytime there is a performance or somebody goes above and beyond, whether it’s in a match or throughout the entire year, we try to take care of them as much as possible.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
