 When the Samoan Swat Team did not show up for the television taping on April 9 where they were supposed to film the beginnings of the storyline that would lead to the match WCW replaced them with The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) instead.The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.