You can check out some backstage news, notes, and the producers from this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown below, courtesy of Fightful Select:
* Michael Hayes produced the John Cena, LA Knight and Bloodline opening segment. He also produced the LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa main event match.
* Abyss produced the Brawling Brutes vs. Pretty Deadly match.
* Kenny Dykstra produced the Zelina Vega vs. Bayley match.
* Adam Pearce produced the segment with himself, Triple H, Nick Aldis, Dominik Mysterio and Kevin Owens.
* Jason Jordan and Jamie Noble produced the Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso vs. Grayson Waller & Austin Theory match. He also produced a dark match with Imperium vs. Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee and Sami Zayn.
* Molly Holly produced the Shotzi & Mia Yim vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn dark match.
* Jade Cargill arrived to the arena very early on Friday afternoon and met with several members of the roster.
* Nick Aldis’ new role as Smackdown General Manager wasn’t kept a secret.
* And finally, the decision to move Kevin Owens to SmackDown was known to many people by Thursday.