* The show has been locally advertised as “Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night”.
* While not advertised, Brock Lesnar was expected to be in attendance tonight as of last week. That may have changed though.
* WWE will continue building up the WWE Title match at SummerSlam between CM Punk, John Cena and The Big Show.
* Advertized as appearing tonight are: AJ, Sheamus, Randy Orton, Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Kane, Christian, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Tensai, Layla, and BethPhoenix.
* No matches or segments are officially advertised for tonight’s three-hour RAW broadcast.