WWE Raw And Smackdown Producers, Backstage News For Day 1 And New Year’s Revolution

Smackdown

– As mentioned on the Fightful post show, AOP and Ellering have been signed for well over a year. We’re told that Ellering being a part of their presentation was important to them.

– Samackdown was the highest grossing WWE event in the history of Vancouver, per internal live event reports

– When we asked if Tyler Bate’s appearance was an official call up, a WWE source claimed we would see more of Tyler Bate on the main roster.

– LA Knight was busted open during the match, but was said to be okay.

Smackdown Producers:

– Kevin Owens vs. Santos Escobar: Shane Helms

– Lashley, Street Profits, AOP, Karrion Kross segment: Jason Jordan

– IYO SKY vs. Michin: Petey Williams

– Butch & Tyler Bate vs. Pretty Deadly: Shawn Daivari

– Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight: Michael Hayes

Dark Matches:

– Bayley vs. Chelsea Green: Jason Jordan (this ended up being Bianca vs. Chelsea)

– Gable Steveson vs. Cedric Alexander: Nick Aldis

WWE RAW

– Becky Lynch was busted open legitimately, but was fine and in good spirits backstage.

– CM Punk was backstage at the show.

– Shawn Bennett was the referee in the Imperium match who was quick acting in taking care of Giovanni Vinci.

– R-Truth and Miz teamed for the first time since June 2019. Before that, they’d teamed against the Shield on a 2013 live event, but hadn’t teamed since the Survivor Series match against The Rock & John Cena.

WWE Raw producers:

– Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax: TJ Wilson

– Imperium vs. Awesome Truth: Kenny Dykstra

– Ivy Nile vs. Rhea Ripley: Jason Jordan

– The Rock promo: Adam Pearce

– Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Tegan Nox & Natalya: Molly Holly

– Seth Rollins & Drew McIntyre: Michael Hayes, Abyss, Bobby Roode

Main Event Producers:

– Johnny Gargano vs. Ivar: Bobby Roode

– Akira Tozawa vs. Bronson Reed: Adam Pearce

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