The actual event was produced for Maclin by Jimmy Hart, Dave Penzer, Sal Corrente, and Colin Bowman in order to give Maclin the freedom to handle promotional work the day of the show and other aspects of Hulk Hogan's involvement. Penzer handled ring announcing while Bowman directed the show. Corrente worked backstage and also appeared on the show as a manager. The gorilla position was handled by Memphis Wrestling's Jim Doty.

The show's lineup was put together by Cory Maclin with Jimmy Hart's crew booking the finishes with Maclin's input and final approval. The exception to that was the main event of Hogan vs. Paul Wight was put together by Hogan and Wight alone with no one backstage being clued into the planned finish before they went to the ring.

The actual production of the show was originally planned to be two and a half hours, including intermission but they ended up going longer due to some segments and matches (including Abdullah the Butcher vs. Al Greene, which went 15 minutes longer then planned with all the Abby shenanigans and brawling) as well as the live crowd's reaction, which was strong all night, leading the wrestlers to improvise and go longer at times, as opposed to ignoring the crowd and sticking to the planned times. The feeling was that if the crowd was into the show, they weren't going to rain on the fans' parade.

Hulk Hogan made 13 media appearances on the day of the show, starting at 6 AM and going all the way until 2 PM. He then took a four hour break at his hotel before arriving at the Fed Ex Forum at 6 PM. Hogan took part in the pre-show meet and greet for the 500-600 ringside fans, who were allowed inside the ringside area for free autographs and photos. There was concern about putting Hogan with the other wrestlers for fear that everyone would immediately mob him, but that didn't happen as everyone was respectful.

Hogan was followed by three VH-1 cameras at all times during the day, filming him from the side, behind, and in front of him without exception. Hogan's family was not in attendance at the show. Although he had his own locker room, Hogan interacted with everyone backstage and didn't stay off to himself. He signed a number of autographs and posed for photos with everyone who asked, staying more then an hour past the ending of the show to hang out backstage and accommodate everyone.