WWE Raw & Smackdown Producers & Backstage News For October 17-21
WWE Raw producers:
– Brock Lesnar/Lashley segment: Michael Hayes
– The OC vs. Alpha Academy: Petey Williams
– Seth Rollins promo: Shawn Daivari
– Bianca Belair & Candice LeRae vs. Damage CTRL: Molly Holly
– JBL Promo, Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler: Michael Hayes
– AJ Styles vs. Dominik Mysterio: Jamie Noble
– Dexter Lumis vs. The Miz: Jason Jordan
– Elias returns: Adam Pearce
– United States Title: Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins: Adam Pearce
Backstage News
– Although Triple was sidelined with COVID, we’ve heard he’s doing fine. Road Dogg helped run the show, and it was mainly written by Sunday evening.
– Happy Corbin is now Baron Corbin internally, as well.
– WWE did not keep JBL and Corbin’s appearances secret, and were included internally all throughout the weekend.
– Duke Hudson of NXT vs. Cedric Alexander was filmed for Main Event, produced by Shawn Daivari
– Cameron Grimes vs. Akira Tozawa was filmed for Main Event, produced by Jason Jordan.
– Plans for Cameron Grimes to appear on Raw were finalized the week prior. We’ve been told plans have been getting done much sooner under the current WWE regime.
Other Stories from Fightful:
– Shinsuke Nakamura appeared on NXT.
– NXT Takeover Deadline is set for December 10.
– JBL and Baron Corbin’s WWE Raw return.
Smackdown Producers
– Sheamus vs. Solo Sikoa: Michael Hayes
– Liv Morgan vs. Sonya Deville: Kenny Dykstra
– Braun Strowman and Omos face to face: Adam Pearce
– Women’s Tag Title Match: Damage CTRL vs. Raquel & Shotzi: TJ Wilson
– Rey Mysterio vs. Ludvig Kaiser: Abyss
– Logan Paul promo: Michael Hayes
Dark Matches:
– New Day vs. Maximum Male Models: Jason Jordan
– Miz vs. Matt Riddle: Jason Jordan
– Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya: Jason Jordan
Backstage Notes:
– Jason Jordan pulled triple duty and produced all the dark match
– Most of WWE Smackdown creative was done by Thursday afternoon
– Miz has been working banged up of late. Plans for him to appear on Smackdown’s dark match were finalized by the weekend prior.
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