– David Otunga, who has been under contract with WWE for years even though he hasn’t been used as a wrestler, returned to the ring at the WWE live event in Rockford, Illinois on Sunday evening. Otunga cut a quick pre-match promo, talking down to the fans in attendance for being out of shape. Otunga went on to lose to R-Truth via clean pinfall.
– The Thursday, July 2, 2015 edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.265 million viewers. The viewership was down this week, as last week’s show delivered a total average audience of 2.466 million viewers. SmackDown joined RAW, Impact Wrestling and ROH, all of whom saw their numbers drop due to the United States holiday week. Regardless, SmackDown was still the number one show on cable television for Thursday night.