Last week, we learned that WWE has put together a taping schedule which will take them from now right through to SummerSlam. Now, Dave Meltzer has provided additional details in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, and we see that the company isn't going to be taping anything out of order.
While they could have saved time by doing tapings for RAW and SmackDown before SummerSlam, they would rather not "risk" spoilers leaking, so will shoot those post-PPV shows after the PPV itself.
"With the nature of closed sets, the spoilers aspect isn’t even an issue but the reality is they can’t trust themselves for carry out plans without the ability to change their minds prior to a PPV show," he explains. He added that all the crews will be kept separate, though the problem with the same fans being used from show to show remains.
Here's the current schedule from July 15th to August 23rd:
July 15th: NXT episodes to air July 15th and July 22nd
July 17th: SmackDown episode to air July 17th
July 19th: Extreme Rules
July 20th: RAW episodes to air July 20th and July 27th
July 21st: SmackDown episodes to air July 24th and July 31st
July 29th: NXT episodes to air July 29th and August 5th
August 3rd: RAW episodes to air August 3rd and August 10th
August 4th: SmackDown episodes to air August 7th and August 14th
August 12th: NXT episodes to air August 12th and August 19th
August 17th: RAW episode to air August 17th, SmackDown episode to air August 21st, along with 205 Live/Main Event/RAW Talk
August 22nd: NXT TakeOver
August 23rd: SummerSlam