Backstage News and Notes From This Week’s WWE RAW, Creative Changes, and More

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Several notes from Monday night’s WWE RAW in Louisville are provided below courtesy of Fightful Select. Click here for our detailed RAW recap, and click here for the episode’s producers.

* The current plan is for Mia Yim to continue using her main ring name, but her new nickname is “Michin.”

* Nikki Cross is listed internally as a member of Damage CTRL; it is unclear whether Cross will remain a member of Damage CTRL after War Games at Survivor Series, but it is unlikely.

* Several changes were made to the RAW lineup. PWMania.com previously reported how Alpha Academy vs. Elias and Matt Riddle was renamed Chad Gable vs. Riddle. Riddle stated in a promo that Elias was away “doing rock star things,” such as booking their first gig as a band, but there has been no word on why Elias was not present.

* Another change was made to the main event, which was originally scheduled to be a non-title match between WWE United States Champion Seth Rollins and Finn Balor. In addition, Dominik Mysterio was not originally scheduled to wrestle, but he ended up facing Shelton Benjamin.