WWE Smackdown Backstage News, Producers, More

• Damian Priest was scheduled for the main event dark match against Jey Uso. He couldn't make it due to travel woes.

• WWE Speed was set up where the winner of Nathan Frazer vs. Xavier Woods faced Andrade. There are spoilers below.

•  Nick Khan was at WWE's MSG show

• It goes without saying, but WWE was very happy about the ticket sales for MSG.

• Wes Lee was backstage at the show.

• There were "we want Dijak" chants at MSG ahead of the show. See our interview at this link.

• Marcus Mathers, Channing Thomas and Facade all served as security guards. Facade took the RKO

• Lin Manuel Miranda was at WWE Smackdown

• There was frustration by several WWE sources we spoke to over the heavy censorship and editing on Smackdown. One longtime WWE talent who wasn't on Smackdown saw our tweet regarding being excited for Smackdown to move back to USA and said "it's a chore to watch sometimes. I understand censoring 'fuck the Pacers,' but it feels like every segment is edited and it makes us look like it's our production."

Producers

• Bloodline, Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens & Randy Orton segment: Michael Hayes

• MITB Qualifier: Jade Cargill vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Candice LeRae: Jamie Noble & Molly Holly

• MITB Qualifier: LA Knght vs. Logan Paul vs. Santos Escobar: Shane Helms

• MITB Qualifier: Naomi vs. Indi Hartwell vs. Blair Davenport: Jason Jordan

• Bloodline Acknowledgement Ceremony: Michael Hayes

Other Producers

• WWE Speed: Xavier Woods vs. Nathan Frazer: Nick Aldis

• WWE Speed: Xavier Woods vs. Andrade: Nick Aldis

• Dark Match: Awesome Truth vs. Finn Balor & JD McDonagh was changed to Pretty Deadly vs. Awesome Truth was produced by Jason Jordan

• Dark Match: Damian Priest vs. Jey Uso was changed to Finn Balor vs. Jey Uso and was produced by Jason Jordan

• Spoiler: Andrade defeated Woods