Backstage And Production Notes For WWE Raw And Smackdown April 18-22
Fightful has learned the following producers for the April 18 WWE Raw:
– Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins opening segment: Michael Hayes & Petey Williams
– Women’s Tag Title Match: Tyson Kidd
– Bianca Belair-Sonya Deville segment: Molly Holly
– Veer match: Shane Helms & Curtis Axel
– KO Show with Ezekiel: Shawn Daivari
– Ezekiel vs. Chad Gable: Shawn Daivari
– RKBro vs. Street Profits: Abyss
– Finn Balor vs. Theory: Jamie Noble & Ariya Daivari
– 24/7 Wedding: Kenny Dykstr
Fightful has learned the following producers for the April 22 WWE Smackdown:
– Contract signing with Rousey & Charlotte: Petey Williams
– Xavier Woods vs. Butch: Shane Helms & Jamie Noble
– Gunther’s squash: Kenny Dykstra
– Riddle vs. Jey Uso: Michael Hayes & Ariya Daivari
– Sasha Banks, Naomi, Natalya & Shayna Baszler: Tyson Kidd
– Madcap Moss vs. Angel Garza: Adam Pearce & Joe Hennig
– Kenny Dykstra was listed as producer for a variety of backstage elements
– Lumberjack match: Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre: Abyss.
Production Notes:
– Shawn Daivari produced a Smackdown dark match between Mace and Ivar. LA Knight was ringside
– Curtis Axel and Ariya Daivari continued their trial basis as producers
– WWE filmed two episodes of Smackdown, with similar teams of people working with one another, from workers to producers. Most of the producers for this week’s Smackdown were tasked with that particular talent’s segments for next week.
– It’s obvious now, but we’re told Natalya working NXT wasn’t affecting her main roster work.
– The Raw dark matches were T-Bar vs. Apollo Crews (produced by Shane Helms) and Tommaso Ciampa vs. Cedric Alexander (produced by Adam Pearce).
– The most recent episode of Main Event was #500.
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