- The idea behind Brock Lesnar basically squashing John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Title at SummerSlam was to put Lesnar over as strong as possible and to make him break away from the pack. They also wanted to get John Cena over for not giving up and for taking the beating from Lesnar.
- While Dean Ambrose may be developing a strong following on his own pretty quickly in WWE, officials do not see him as being ready for a main event spot yet.