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Since we've received a few questions about last night's Smackdown being changed following some talents being pulled due to COVID-19 concerns, most of the show did go originally as planned.
The WWE United States Invitational bout was always scheduled to run 2-3 segements.
Santos Escobar vs. Austin Theory and Dominik Mysterio vs. Butch were always included in the original plans for the episode. Additional time was allotted to those bouts late in the day.
A major segment dropped was the planned announcement of Asuka's opponents for Summerslam with an in-ring segment featuring Bianca Belair, Asuka, Charlotte and Adam Pearce. That was pulled late in the day.
The lone match that was changed was a planned IYO SKY vs. Zelina Vega bout, which saw Charlotte Flair replace Vega when the in-ring segment setting up the WWE Women's Championship match was removed. Vega was backstage at the taping.
At one point, Rick Boogs vs. Odyssey Jones was scheduled as a pre-taping dark match but was removed over the course of the day.
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