Notes from WWE Raw & Smackdown for the last week of Vince McMahon in power.
WWE Raw July 18:
- Bianca Belair vs. Carmella: TJ Wilson
- KO Show with Riddle: Shawn Daivari
- Rey Mysterio vs. Damian Priest: Jamie Noble
- Ezekiel vs. Seth Rollins: Kenny Dykstra
- Angelo Dawkins vs. Omos: Adam Pearce
- Street Profits vs. Omos & MVP: Adam Pearce
- AJ Styles vs. Theory: Michael Hayes
- Alexa Bliss, Asuka & Dana Brooke vs. Doudrop, Nikki ASH & Tamina: Shawn Daivari
- Miz TV with Logan Paul: Jason Jordan
Smackdown July 22:
- Street Profits promo: Michael Hayes
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ludwig Kaiser: Petey Williams
- Liv Morgan/Ronda Rousey segment: Adam Pearce
- Pat McAfee promo, Jinder & Shanky vs. Viking Raiders: Kenny Dykstra
- Sheamus and Drew McIntyre story: Jason Jordan
- Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville: Petey Williams
- Aliya and Lacey Evans' non match: Kenny Dykstra
- Street Profits & Moss vs. Usos & Theory: Michael Hayes
Backstage notes
- Reggie vs. Tozawa (produced by Kenny Dykstra) and Mustafa Ali & Cedric Alexander vs. Alpha Academy (produced by Jason Jordan) were filmed for Main Event.
- The script was rewritten and handed out around 7 PM for Smackdown, Maximum Male Models was significantly scaled back and Max Dupri was a last minute write off. Also the Liv Morgan/Ronda Rousey face to face was scaled back.
- Brock Lesnar, nor Stephanie McMahon were listed on internal rundowns for Smackdown. Stephanie's segment, much like Vince McMahon's random appearances of late, were at the top of the show.
- Titus O'Neil's segment was also not listed internally
- In case you wondered, WWE is still misspelling Ludwig Kaiser's name as Ludvig internally.
- Jason Jordan produced the dark match street fight with Drew McIntyre and Sheamus after Smackdown
- Kenny Dykstra produced the Los Lotharios vs. Ricochet & Drew Gulak pre-show dark match before Smackdown.
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