10 Things Paul Heyman may have planned for SummerSlam

#2 A surprise debut or return

Under Paul Heyman's direction, ECW had a history of booking big surprise debuts and returns.

One of the staples of ECW was for the lights to turn off, only for them to come back on with a surprising wrestler in the ring. Often it was someone making a return after some time away for injury or working other promotions. Other times, it was a big name from elsewhere in the wrestling world debuting in front of the ECW faithful.

In heading up Monday’s Night RAW’s creative, Paul Heyman has access to more talent and resources to yield a similar effect on the biggest stage possible at SummerSlam.

Maybe it’s a surprise call up from NXT, or maybe it’s someone coming off the injured list, or back to WWE after some time away.

However it might be handled, few creative heads in wrestling have a better track record when it comes to debuting talent than Heyman, and we might see him take advantage of the SummerSlam platform to do just that.