Chris Jericho was originally scheduled to face Test, due to Jericho hitting Stacy Keibler with a steel chair on the January 20th edition of WWE Raw. But when Test and Stacy both missed the February 17th edition of Raw due to harsh weather conditions causing them to miss their flight, Test was pulled from the match and Jeff Hardy was put in his spot.
The bogus referee, Sylvain Grenier, hired by Mr. McMahon for Rock-Hogan II match would return two months later on Raw. He would be part of a new tag team, La Resistance, along with newcomer Rene Dupree.