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.

It was a whole scene, complete with Cody Rhodes walking up to ask Pearce about the contract signing almost ignoring everything else going on. Backstage, police asked Pearce to speak with Fatu about the accident.