Backstage News, Producers For WWE Raw & Smackdown For May 16-21
Fightful has learned the following producers for WWE Raw from May 16:
– Bobby Lashley vs. Omos: Adam Pearce
– Mustafa Ali vs. Veer: Abyss
– Riddle vs. Jimmy Uso: Michael Hayes & Curtis Axel
– AJ Styles & Finn Balor: Jamie Noble & Ariya Daivari
– Alexa Bliss vs. Sonya Deville: Molly Holly
– Ezekiel vs. Chad Gable: Shawn Daivari
– Becky Lynch vs. Asuka: Petey Williams & Kenny Dykstra
Fightful has learned the following producers for WWE Smackdown from May 20:
– Roman Reigns promo: Michael Hayes
– Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn: Abyss & Curtis Axel
– Happy Talk: Adam Pearce
– Gunther vs. Drew Gulak: Kenny Dykstra
– RKBro promo: Shane Helms
– Raquel Rodriguez vs. Shotzi: Petey Williams
– Xavier Woods vs. Butch: Jamie Noble & Ariya Daivari
– Usos vs. RKBro: Michael Hayes & Shane Helms
Other notes
– Sami Zayn was listed as a part of the opening Smackdown segment, but didn’t appear.
– Sasha Banks & Naomi weren’t listed on the standard rundowns
– The Smackdown main event was listed as “Winners Take All – Title For Title – Tag Team Championship Unification”
– Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley (produced by Jason Jordan) was the advertised dark match main event Friday.
– Viking Raiders vs. Jinder Mahal & Shanky (produced by Ariya Daivari) was the pre-Smackdown dark match.
– Ludwig Kaiser’s name was spelled “Ludvig” internally. It hasn’t changed and was just a mistake.
– Street Profits vs. Apollo & Azeez (produced by Ariya Daivari) and Reggie vs. Ciampa (produced by Curtis Axel) were filmed for Main Event.
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