Backstage News, WWE Raw & Smackdown Producers
Added 2022-05-22 21:16:54 +0000 UTCFightful 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.
Comments
Congrats to Petey and Kenny on helping put together a real good match between Becky and Asuka at short notice!
Jaryd Cornwell
2022-05-22 22:23:56 +0000 UTC
