According to a report from Fightful, the word going around is that the production crew who worked last week’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW was severely short-handed thanks to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in WWE. This included lead executives such as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, WWE Executives Bruce Prichard, Michael Hayes, Adam Pearce and Kevin Dunn being absent from the show. From a talent standpoint, Seth Rollins, Big E, Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch and Omos were not backstage at the show, with Rollins testing positive for COVID-19. Several others were simply kept off the show as a precautionary measure.
Additionally, other Superstars such as Bobby Roode, Rhea Ripley, Zelina Vega, Finn Balor, and Austin Theory did not appear. Producers were split between RAW that night and the SmackDown house show that was held in Orlando, Florida.
According to sources, producers James Gibson, Shawn Daivari, Pat Buck, and TJ Wilson were all absent from the list of names that were made available for last week’s RAW. However, while some of the names were not on the list, it’s possible they still might’ve been in attendance.
