According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t WrestlePurists ), WWE's original plans called for the WWE Championship bout between John Cena and Cody Rhodes to be the main event of Night 2, potentially with the inclusion of a stipulation.

San Antonio was the host city for this week's episode of "WWE SmackDown," which served as a major building block as the promotion heads toward the first two-night SummerSlam in WWE history.