WWE Smackdown Backstage News, Producers, More (Patreon)

Producers

- Sheamus & Brawling Brutes vs. Gunther and Imperium: Abyss

- Ricochet vs. Ivar: Adam Pearce

- Natalya & Shotzi vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez: TJ Wilson

- Triple H and Judgment Day: Shawn Daivari

- Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar vs. Judgment Day: Shawn Daivari

- Sami Zayn vs. Jey Uso: Jason Jordan

Backstage News

- Internal live events reports indicated Smackdown was the highest grossing NON-PLE in the history of the venue for WWE.

- Vince McMahon was not at WWE Smackdown, and was back on the east coast.

- Creative notes were sent for Smackdown a full 24 hours before Smackdown.

- Tegan Nox vs. Sonya Deville was a pre-show dark match, produced by Adam Pearce

- Dolph Ziggler vs. Austin Theory was a post-show dark match, produced by Jason Jordan. 

- The morale was significantly improved Friday without Vince McMahon, but a lot of it is a "we'll see what happens" approach.

- A few select talent had caught wind of the Draft announcement coming, but they still don't know definitive dates.

- We haven't been given any reason why Drew McIntyre was off of Smackdown. His contract still has about nine months on it.