Brock Lesnar Biography at SLAM! Sports. [w:] SLAM! Sports: Wrestling [on-line]. Canadian Online Explorer. [dostęp 2008-12-21]. Cytat: After the July 22nd edition of Raw, Lesnar defected to Stephanie McMahon’s SmackDown. Lesnar decided to remain exclusively on SmackDown, forcing Eric Bischoff’s Raw brand to create its own World Championship.
Vince Mcmahon Biography at SLAM! Sports. [w:] SLAM! Sports: Wrestling [on-line]. Canadian Online Explorer. [dostęp 2008-12-21]. Cytat: The entire WWE roster was broken up into two separate camps, yahoo, with some rivalry (especially between future General Managers Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon) occurring.
http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1031022615.shtml%7C tytuł=„Eric Bischoff comes out with a briefcase. He said that Brock Lesnar likes to refer to himself as the Undisputed WWE champion, and since Stephanie convinced him to be exclusive for Smackdown, he thinks the fans for RAW deserve their own World champion.”.