The undercard featured many matches including a tournament final for the United States Heavyweight Championship between Sting and Meng.

[3] The two major stories involved the crowning of a new United States Heavyweight Champion and the rivalry between Ric Flair and Randy Savage, as mentioned above.

[4] Sixteen men, including Flair and Savage, were entered into a tournament taking place beginning on the April 22, 1995 edition of Saturday Night.

Flair, at the time, was inactive after having been forced to retire following a loss to Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc the previous October.

[6] On the May 27 edition of Saturday Night, broadcast live from Charlotte, North Carolina, Savage defeated Steve Austin in his quarterfinal matchup.

[7] A singles match between Flair and Savage was set for The Great American Bash, but they would square off on the June 3 Saturday Night show to determine which one of them would advance to the finals of the tournament.

[8] Thus, the other semifinal matchup that had been scheduled to take place on the same show was pushed back to The Great American Bash, where it would now serve as the final and the winner would claim the vacant championship.

Renegade then challenged Anderson to a match for the World Television Championship at The Great American Bash, which was later made official.

On the May 21 episode of Main Event during Slamboree pre-show, The Blue Bloods (Earl Robert Eaton and Lord Steven Regal) attacked The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) backstage.

On the June 3 episode of Saturday Night, a match between the two teams was made official for the title at The Great American Bash.

On the June 3 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Pittman would face Marcus Alexander Bagwell in a match at The Great American Bash.

Soon after, Diamond Doll would develop an affection for Sullivan as she visited him in hospital on the April 15 episode of Saturday Night while he was recovering from an attack by Vader in March.