features Billionaire Ted appearing in front of an FTC committee akin to A Few Good Men using the "you can't handle the truth" line. The USA Network president, Kay Koplovitz, felt that McMahon was under stress and that the videos were becoming malicious rather than humorous. As a result, she ordered that no more Billionaire Ted skits would appear on the USA Network. The final Billionaire Ted skit involves a wrestling match between The Huckster and The Nacho Man, with Billionaire Ted refereeing, on the WrestleMania XII free pre-show where all the characters die from heart attacks. Legacy As a result of the skits being broadcast, Koplovitz insisted on all future WWF scripts being sent in advance to the network and that the network have a representative on the WWF's creative team. Due to her concerns over McMahon, she sent one of her executives to work with him on WWF programming, which they had hitherto paid little attention to until WWF Raw started pulling in low ratings and due to network opposition to some characters in the past, such as the heel Doink the Clown. Despite the parody, Turner reportedly found the sketches amusing. When Scott Hall moved from the WWF to WCW, his debut promo on WCW Monday Nitro involved him asking to see Billionaire Ted, The Nacho Man, and Scheme Gene. When Hall, Hogan, and Kevin Nash formed the New World Order (nWo) in WCW, in his first promo since turning heel, Hogan referred to Turner as Billionaire Ted. Hall and Hogan also referred to Savage as the "Nacho Man" in late 1996. Later, former WWF wrestler Ted DiBiase was brought in as the nWo's manager and was called "Trillionaire Ted" as a play on the Billionaire Ted name. Professional wrestling reviewers stated that they felt that, though the skits were good parody and did bring up legitimate concerns (such as about steroids), the Billionaire Ted skits were viewed as petty and not addressing the reason why WCW had been challenging the WWF. It was also viewed by Hogan as having backfired on McMahon because it led to viewers turning from the WWF to WCW to see if the parodies were actually true. References WWE World Championship Wrestling American parody television series 1996 in American television