- 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. We have not heard if this means he's slated for a match.
- 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