— The finish to the WWE Crown Jewel Universal title match between Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar is expected to finish with a clean winner instead of a screwjob type finish. On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, it was stated that the deal with Lesnar is that he’s either going to be leaving for UFC and lose the match or a lesser chance, he’s going to stay with WWE for the short-term and end up winning.
— The original plan for the World Cup tournament was to have a random mix of matches with Raw and Smackdown superstars competing against each other from the opening rounds. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, this idea was abandoned and the brands were separated in order to build towards a Raw vs. Smackdown guaranteed final as a build up to Survivor Series later in the month.