Tons Of Changes To April 11-15 WWE Raw And Smackdown, More Production Notes
Fightful Select learned tons of notes on Raw and Smackdown from April 11-15.
WWE Raw producers for April 11.
– Cody Rhodes vs. Miz: Jamie Noble & Curtis Axel (Joe Hennig)
– Dominik Mysterio vs. Veer: Shane Helms
– Liv Morgan vs. Naomi: Kenny Dykstra
– VIP Lounge: Adam Pearce
– Bianca Belair vs. Zelina: Molly Holly
– RKBro vs. Alpha Academy: Shawn Daivari
– Street Profits vs. Usos: Abyss & Ariya Daivari
Raw Production Notes
– Apollo Crews vs. Cedric Alexander for Main Event was produced by Adam Pearce
– T-Bar vs. Tommaso Ciampa for Main Event was produced by Petey Williams
– Finn Balor was listed internally as being Damian Priest’s opponent, despite AJ Styles being advertised in the spot the day before and filming content to set up the match.
– RKBro vs. Alpha Academy was listed as “If Alpha Academy win, they earn a tag title match. If they lose, they can’t challenge RKBro for the titles again” but wasn’t referenced on TV
– Roman Reigns & Usos vs. Drew McIntyre & New Day was the dark match main event and produced by Jason Jordan
Smackdown producers for April 15:
– Rhea Ripley vs. Naomi: Jamie Noble & Ariya Daivari
– Madcap Moss vs. Humberto: Adam Pearce
– Charlotte & Drew Gulak segment: Petey Williams
– Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn: Abyss
– Ricochet vs. Jinder Mahal: Shawn Daivari
– Lacey Evans promo: Petey Williams
– RKBro and Usos promo, Riddle vs. Jimmy Uso: Michael Hayes & Joe Hennig.
Production Notes from Smackdown
– LA Knight worked as a manager for MACE before Smackdown, in a match against Erik, produced by Shawn Daivari.
– MACE hadn’t wrestled since November before his dark match before Smackdown
– The Imperium backstage promo wasn’t listed on rundowns. Neither were New Day, Butch, Sheamus or Ridge Holland
– Sasha Banks was scheduled to face Rhea Ripley on internal rundowns.
– Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins as a dark match after Smackdown was produced by Jason Jordan.
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