At the beginning of the event, Jim Ross states this is the 10th annual Summerslam, when in fact it is the 11th.
During The Undertaker's entrance, fireworks were scheduled to go off in the ring. Referee Earl Hebner was in the ring at the time, and someone could be heard yelling "Get out, Earl!" Hebner barely escaped the ring before the fireworks went off.
Ring announcer Tony Chimel described the handicap tag-team-title match as a "no holds barred pinfalls match count anywhere".