Backstage news regarding the Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes segment at Georgia Tech from WWE Smackdown

As seen during the September 21st 2024 edition of WWE Smackdown, Roman Reigns had a face-off with Universal champion Cody Rhodes at the Georgia Tech football field. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com reported that the scene was shot earlier in the week at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium. Cody ended up appearing in the arena for the final segment of Smackdown.

Johnson also noted the following…

“Jeremy Borash, who holds the title of Senior Director of Content and Development in WWE NXT, was on hand producing the segment. We are told that Borash has very much become Paul Levesque’s doyen for on location segments like this. PWInsider.com is also told that WWE’s Director of Character Development Rob Fee was also on the scene for the segment as he and Borash have been collaborating on projects and segments like this of late.”

It was also confirmed with multiple sources that Paul Heyman was “intricately” involved in the segment and “personally directed” Reigns and Cody.