UPDATE: Paul Heyman & Eric Bischoff Not Scheduled to Appear on TV Next Week Despite Being Advertised

UPDATE: Well, Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff’s tenures as Raw and Smackdown Executive Directors are off to a confusing start. As noted previously, an email blast was sent out today advertising Paul Heyman for Raw, and now on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez reports that Eric Bischoff was advertised in a nearly identical email blast for Smackdown. The email from WWE featured Eric Bischoff in the graphic and said “See what Eric Bischoff has in store for Smackdown Live!”

That is word-for-word what the email blast for Heyman read, with only the name and show changed. However, Alvarez said that on Thursday night there was a creative meeting that ran until 4:23 AM and there was no pitch for Smackdown; only Raw was discussed. Alvarez noted that as of right now, there is no plan for the two to appear and the announcement that the two would not be television characters is still in place.

It is worth noting that neither email specifically says that Bischoff or Heyman will appear on the shows, and it is entirely possible that they are using the publicity of the big announcement to try and get fans to see how the shows will be different under Heyman and Bischoff’s new regimes. The two have already started in their duties according to a report earlier today.

ORIGINAL: The American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas sent out an e-mail alert today promoting a special appearance by Paul Heyman for Monday’s episode of RAW. The alert simply stated: “See what Paul Heyman has in store for Monday Night RAW!”

They also wrote the same thing on Twitter immediately after Heyman was named the executive director of RAW yesterday.

https://twitter.com/AACenter/status/1144311736213917696

It’s unknown if Heyman will actually appear on RAW (WWE has yet to announce an appearance) or what he’ll be doing if he does. Eric Bischoff was named the Executive Director of Smackdown yesterday as well. Both men will be in charge of their respective brands and report directly to Vince McMahon.

The venue is also advertising Baron Corbin vs. Seth Rollins and Lacey Evans vs. Becky Lynch, although they will likely be dark matches.