-- Below are some late notes from tonight's WWE Friday Night Smackdown, the last show before the Royal Rumble PPV tomorrow, courtesy pwinsider.com:
- Tommaso Ciampa is at Smackdown, joining a growing group of NXT stars backstage that includes Io Shirai, Roderick Strong, LA Knight and Dakota Kai
- Kevin Owens is backstage at Smackdown
- Drew McIntyre is not backstage as of earlier this afternoon
- Although previously scheduled to be present at tonight's taping, Xavier Woods was not seen backstage
