-- Roman Reigns continues on with his part-time scheduling, remaining away from WWE after SummerSlam and only recently returning to TV to build storylines towards Crown Jewel. In the time that he was away, significant changes took place within WWE's creative team, the biggest of which was Triple H re-assuming control of the direction of Raw and Smackdown from Vince McMahon. Despite this change, fightfulselect.com reports that the "creative process" as it pertains to Reigns is largely the same.
-- Reigns and Paul Heyman have been given almost full creative control of the direction of his storylines and that's been the case for a long time regardless of if it's Vince, Triple H or some combination of the two heading up creative. Michael Hayes continues to be responsible for handling the production on most Bloodline-related interviews, segments and angles especially if Reigns is involved in some way. Examples of Hayes involvement recently include producing Sami Zayn's promo as well as the tag team title main event that took place on Monday Night Raw.
-- With LA Knight pushed to be Reigns' next opponent, many wondered if this was a result of Vince being ousted out of creative, but the fightful report notes that this direction was already planned before the change at the top.
