They were slowly pushing tension between Hogan and Tugboat for some reason. Tugboat eliminated Hogan in the April SNME battle royal (a pretty good one, actually. Not sure why it didn't make the cut here) as revenge for Hogan dumping him out in the Rumble.
It should be noted that if people thought the crowd was dead on TV, about how the response doesn't come off as well because it is outdoors. Someone on Twitter said the crowd was pretty up during the Lesnar/HHH match.
The match was actually from the Meadowlands across the river.
In the script it was a hockey game, but they didn't get clearance from the NHL since it emphasized the violent aspects of the sport.
To be fair, this was when Megadeth started to decline. Their previous album to the one they released that year was a hit for them, and they had some radio play. Not that this is the place to discuss it, but thought it'd be fair to say that much.