More Releases, Title Rumor, Big Cass

– According to sources, Patrick Dooley, who served as WWE’s Senior Vice President of Global Strategy and Creative Operations, has departed the company. His exit reportedly took place several weeks ago.

– Meanwhile, WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is expected to be sidelined for several months following the surgery she recently underwent. With Ripley facing a lengthy recovery, there continue to be reports that newly crowned Interim WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green is expected to be recognized as the official Undisputed WWE Women’s Champion as a result of Ripley’s extended absence.

– Following his surprise return on the post-SummerSlam edition of WWE Raw on August 3 in Des Moines, Big Cass was reportedly thrilled to be back with the company. The former AEW star, who competed as Big Bill during his time with the promotion, reunited with numerous WWE talent backstage that he had not seen in years. Cass spent the past several years in AEW, most notably as a member of Chris Jericho’s Learning Tree faction before making his WWE comeback.

– Another interesting note from Monday’s Raw involves Becky Lynch’s controversial viral verbal jab at Liv Morgan. While Netflix removed Lynch’s line telling Morgan, “You’re not even the greatest women’s champion to sleep with Dominik Mysterio,” the remark was reportedly included in WWE’s internal rundown for the segment. That indicates the line was planned in advance and was not an improvised comment made during the live broadcast.

– The following writers and producers helped put together the listed matches and segments from the post-SummerSlam episode of WWE Raw on Netflix from August 3 in Des Moines, IA. The show was internally titled “The Samoan Werewolf,” which is, of course, the nickname of Jacob Fatu of The Bloodline.

Writers:
* Roman Reigns, The Usos, Jacob Fatu and LA Knight backstage segment: Michael Kirshenbaum and Mike Mirabile
* Fatu and Royce Keys backstage segment: Michael Kirshenbaum and Mike Mirabile
* Paul Heyman and Oba Femi backstage segment: Brian Parise
* Big Cass backstage interview: James Curtn and Kirsten Koedding
* Bron Breakker, Paul Heyman backstage segment: Brian Parise

Producers:
* Je’Von Evans vs Ethan Page: Jamie Noble
* Roxanne Perez vs Sol Ruca: TJ Wilson
* Oba Femi promo and Bron Breakker staredown: Shane Helms
* Joe Hendry vs Bron Breakker: Shane Helms
* Chad Gable and Penta vs Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh: Jason Jordan
* Jacob Fatu vs Royce Keys: Michael Hayes and Bobby Roode

For those interested, you can check out our complete WWE Raw Results 8/3/26 here at WrestlingHeadlines.com.

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