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Michael Gordon Leonardi

  • Producer
  • Writer
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Michael Gordon Leonardi was born in Queens, NY in 1979, raised in Calabasas, CA and later Upper Saddle River, NJ. Graduating from the University of Maryland with a degree in Film and Television production, Michael cut his chops interning for both CBS sports and the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather during the historic 2000 Presidential election in Washington DC. Michael had a short stint with Miramax films in their trailer division before taking a position at World Wrestling Entertainment in Stamford, CT. At WWE, Michael learned all components of Television and Film production working as a Producer/Writer/Editor/Director on all formats, most times under intense deadlines.

Michael has spent the last 10 years developing various brands and companies as an entrepreneur, while feeding his passion for film and television by writing scripts and taking on various video production projects.
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    John Cena, Randy Orton, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Ashley Fliehr, Savelina Fanene, and Bianca Belair in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
    WWE Smackdown!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Colby Lopez in WWE Survivor Series (2014)
    WWE Survivor Series
    7.3
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Mark Calaway and Brock Lesnar in WWE: Summerslam (2015)
    WWE: Summerslam
    7.1
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 2015
    CM Punk, Dominik Gutiérrez, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Pentagon Jr., Joshua Samuel Fatu, and Demi Bennett in WWE Raw (1993)
    WWE Raw
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    • CM Punk, Dominik Gutiérrez, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Pentagon Jr., Joshua Samuel Fatu, and Demi Bennett in WWE Raw (1993)
      WWE Raw
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2001–2016
    • Mark Calaway and Brock Lesnar in WWE: Summerslam (2015)
      WWE: Summerslam
      7.1
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2015
    • John Cena, Randy Orton, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Ashley Fliehr, Savelina Fanene, and Bianca Belair in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
      WWE Smackdown!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2001–2015
    • Colby Lopez in WWE Survivor Series (2014)
      WWE Survivor Series
      7.3
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2014
    • WWE the Great American Bash (2005)
      WWE the Great American Bash
      5.5
      TV Special
      • producer (video segment)
      • 2005
    • Paul Levesque and Dave Bautista in WWE Vengeance (2005)
      WWE Vengeance
      7.3
      TV Special
      • producer (segment "Cold Open")
      • 2005
    • Paul Levesque in WWE Backlash (2005)
      WWE Backlash
      6.9
      TV Special
      • producer (segment "Cold Open")
      • 2005
    • Kurt Angle, Mark Calaway, Shawn Michaels, Paul Levesque, John Layfield, Trish Stratus, John Cena, and Dave Bautista in WrestleMania 21 (2005)
      WrestleMania 21
      7.7
      TV Special
      • producer (video segment)
      • 2005
    • WWE No Way Out (2005)
      WWE No Way Out
      6.2
      TV Special
      • producer (segment "Cold Open")
      • 2005
    • WrestleMania XX (2004)
      WrestleMania XX
      8.0
      TV Special
      • producer (video segment)
      • 2004
    • WWE No Mercy (2003)
      WWE No Mercy
      6.1
      TV Special
      • producer (video segment)
      • 2003

    Writer



    • CM Punk, Dominik Gutiérrez, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Pentagon Jr., Joshua Samuel Fatu, and Demi Bennett in WWE Raw (1993)
      WWE Raw
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2015–2016
    • Mark Calaway and Brock Lesnar in WWE: Summerslam (2015)
      WWE: Summerslam
      7.1
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2015
    • John Cena, Randy Orton, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Ashley Fliehr, Savelina Fanene, and Bianca Belair in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
      WWE Smackdown!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Colby Lopez in WWE Survivor Series (2014)
      WWE Survivor Series
      7.3
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2014

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      • Michael Leonardi

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