A lot of changes to this week's Raw and NXT (Patreon)

In case it was hard to tell, there have been big changes to both Raw and NXT this week based on the original plans.

Fightful has learned that there was a major reshuffling for both shows, although it happened much sooner than usual -- which seems to be when the scripts are already finalized. Last week, WWE announced that Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley was moved from Extreme Rules to WWE Raw. We also revealed earlier that both Big E and Samoa Joe were planned for the show as of last week, though that was before Samoa Joe announced his injury.

Obviously Samoa Joe's injury caused things to change for NXT as well, as he had to relinquish his title. However, we're told that lineup changes are already happening for Tuesday's NXT as well. We were told that several of these changes for Raw and NXT were not within the control of the company. NXT talent still has not been clued in for much of the changes to the NXT brand.