News On Whether Or Not Xavier Woods Was Aware Of The Paige Reference Prior To Smackdown Rap Battle

During this week's Battle Rap on Smackdown between New Day and The Usos, rapper Mega Ran was part of New Day's entourage. Megan Ran spoke with Hip Hop DX regaring segment and his involvement and revealed he had no involvement in the written rhymes that ended up airing on television

"For everybody who's asking me, I did not write rhymes," Mega Ran said. "I just kinda sat and listened. I helped them with their deliveries and getting down the cadence and stuff. ...[The Usos] were able to write rebuttal lines. I felt it gave them an advantage. They might've gotten a little better crowd response, but they went a little below the belt to get it."

The article also goes on to state that New Day were unaware of the Paige reference ahead of time. But was cleared by a producer. The line used was: "Let's just keep it 'PG,' you know what's good. Don't get all 'Rated-R,' like ya boy Xavier Woods." The article gave some background to how this all played out:

"Although the producers of the segment requested both teams send in their rhymes for the script, only The New Day obliged. The Usos showed theirs to one producer, but made a point to not let The New Day see their bars, which referenced a salacious story involving Woods."