Producers, Backstage Notes For WWE Raw & Smackdown October 24-28
Producers and Backstage notes from last week!
RAW
– Karl Anderson vs. Finn Balor: Jamie Noble
– Miz vs. R-Truth: Adam Pearce
– Mustafa Ali vs. Austin Theory: Jason Jordan
– Omos squash: Adam Pearce
– Elias vs. Chad Gable (w/ Otis): Shawn Daivari
– Johnny Gargano vs. Baron Corbin: Michael Hayes
– Bianca Belair vs. Bayley: Petey Williams
Backstage News
– Candice LeRae’s segment wasn’t listed on internal runsheets, nor was Seth Rollins appearing on commentary.
– Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins was the post-show dark match, produced by Jason Jordan
– Triple H and Bruce Prichard ran WWE Raw.
– Von Wagner and Kiana James of NXT were both up to film matches for Main Event against Cedric Alexander and Dana Brooke, respectively. Molly Holly produced both of those matches.
– This was another episode of Raw we heard was largely written before Sunday.
SMACKDOWN
– Brawling Brutes vs. Sami Zayn & Solo Sikoa
– Bloodline in-ring promo: Michael Hayes
– New Day vs. Maximum Male Models: Adam Pearce
– Ronda Rousey vs. Emma: TJ Wilson
– Hit Row & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Legado Del Fantasma: Kenny Dykstra
– Madcap Moss vs. Karrion Kross: Abyss
– Bray Wyatt in ring promo: Jason Jordan
Backstage news:
– The dark match featured Raquel Rodriguez & Shotzi vs. Xia Li and Lacey Evans. It was produced by Kenny Dykstra.
– Emma was not hidden, and was not kept a secret. Neither was Shinsuke Nakamura for his spot.
– Sheamus and Drew McIntyre were at the former’s wedding and were not at the show.
– The show was finalized for both weeks well ahead of the show.
– There was originally a segment in which the Fiend mask was to be ripped up. Also, there were other former character elements planned.
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