Smackdown Backstage News, Producers, More (Patreon)

- Friday was Kairi Sane's first Smackdown match in front of fans since September of 2019.

- Bobby Lashley and Carlito had actually never had a singles televised match ever. They'd wrestled in a singles on two house shows in 2007 and in WWC in 2016.

- Smackdown was the highest grossing non-PLE in the history of the Columbus market for WWE, per internal live reports.

- Nick Aldis has continued serving as a solo producer on pre-show dark matches.

- As of this week, GUNTHER was tentatively slated to do media ahead of Survivor Series. 

- Asuka is officially considered a part of Damage CTRL, we're told

SMACKDOWN PRODUCERS

- Carlito vs. Bobby Lashley: Jason Jordan

- Damage CTRL promo: Kenny Dykstra

- Dargon Lee vs. Cedric Alexander: Jamie Noble

- LA Knight vs. Grayson Waller: Michael Hayes

- Owens/Waller/Theory segment: Jason Jordan

- Asuka, Bianca Belair & Charlotte vs. Damage CTRL: Kenny Dykstra & Molly Holly

Dark Matches:

- Brawling Brutes vs. Pretty Deadly: Nick Aldis

- Cody Rhodes vs. Dirty Dominik Mysterio: Jason Jordan

- Jey Uso vs. GUNTHER: Jason Jordan