— At the recent WWE Raw and Smackdown shows in California earlier this week, none of Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H or Kevin Dunn were present, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Stephanie is “not a regular” at TV shows these days unless she is needed and HHH decided to head to Florida to prepare for the NXT tapings. Vince ended up having some “corporate items” that he felt he needed to address and Dunn doesn’t come to TV unless Vince is there.

— With all those absences, the majority of responsibilities fell to Ed Koskey at Raw was said to be “running around like crazy.” Dana Warrior was at TV this week and was seen working closely with Lacey Evans. It is unclear if Evans is a Dana’s “project”, but the two have been working together on Lacey’s promos.

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