Producers And Backstage News From WWE Raw & Smackdown November 14-18

WWE Raw Producers

- Bobby Lashley vs. Mustafa Ali: Adam Pearce

Guru Raaj Moved To Alumni Section Of WWE Roster

- Mia Yim vs. Tamina: Molly Holly

- Matt Riddle vs. Chad Gable: Shawn Daivari

- Miz TV: Jason Jordan

- Shelton Benjamin vs. Dominik Mysterio: Shane Helms

- Dana Brooke vs. IYO SKY: Petey Williams

- Dolph Ziggler vs. Austin Theory: Michael Hayes

- Akira Tozawa vs. Baron Corbin: Jason Jordan

- US Title: Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor: Jamie Noble

Backstage News

- There were several revisions to the lineup. Dominik Mysterio was originally not scheduled to wrestle. Rollins vs. Balor was made a United States Title match, and Elias & Riddle vs. Alpha Academy was set for the show.

- JD McDonah faced Cedric Alexander on Main Event, with Shane Helms producing. Kiana James faced Asuka, with Molly Holly producing.

- Nikki Cross was not internally listed as a member of Damage CTRL heading into Raw.

- Seth Rollins is still Seth "Freakin" Rollins internally.

- The working plan is for Mia Yim to still use that name moving forward, but to use Michin as a nickname.

WWE Smackdown

- Drew McIntyre, Brawling Brutes, Sami Zayn promo: Michael Hayes

- Mustafa Ali vs. Ricochet: Kenny Dykstra

- New Day Interview, Emma & Madcap Moss backstage: Abyss

- Madcap Moss vs. Karrion Kross: Abyss

- Bray Wyatt and LA Knight promo: Jason Jordan

- Shotzi vs. Shayna Baszler: TJ Wilson/Tyson Kidd

- Braun Strowman & New Day vs. Imperium: Adam Pearce

- Butch vs. Sami Zayn: Michael Hayes

Backstage News:

- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. ma.ce was the dark match, with Jason Jordan producing.

- mån.sôör and ma.çé are legitimately how the names are stylized within the company.

- As is tradition of late, we're told creative was done by Thursday for Smackdown. However, much of what we heard was actually done by early afternoon. One source indicated they learned what they'd be doing even earlier than usual.

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