Some big changes have taken place on SmackDown Live before their official move to Fox in October. The lead writer for SD Live has stepped down from his role and will take on a less demanding role in terms of travel when he returns from his brief hiatus. This change very well may have taken place in wake of the “botched” Roman Reigns storyline, which apparently was supposed to go in a completely different direction and it wouldn’t even make much sense at this point to disclose what was originally intended to happen. This is most likely the reason why this storyline feels a little disorganized. The good news is that despite this, it is still very interesting. (Hopefully, WWE is able to salvage this and still create a compelling ending).
There are also some questions regarding the leadership of Eric Bischoff. There are questions about exactly what he does in preparation for each episode of SD Live considering he is not very involved in the creative process. There are also concerns about his hiring of a former Sons of Anarchy writer (who was found sleeping on the job backstage by Michael “P.S.” Hayes recently). I won’t mention the names of the writers out of respect for their privacy, but this does not bode well for Bischoff at all considering he has only been on the job for about two months.