Rick Rude appeared live on WCW Monday Nitro on TNT at the same time he was on Raw on the USA Network.
After Vince McMahon's "Bret screwed Bret" explanation, commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler (Jerry Lawler) said, "With all the money Bret Hart's going to be making over there in WCW, all the guys in that whole NWO, or whatever that thing is, are going to be checking their contracts." Bret would, of course, end up as one of those "guys in that whole NWO." It's also notable as one of the few outright references to the NWO on WWE TV prior to 2002.