The
PMG Clash of Legends had originally been scheduled to take place in the
Mid-South Coliseum. However, the Mid-South Coliseum was closed in late 2005 due to failure to comply with
disabled accessibility regulations. When the FedExForum was chosen as a replacement, the operators of the FedExForum contacted WWE, which had in the past held events in the FedExForum, to ensure that WWE did not object to an alternative professional wrestling promotion staging an event there. WWE did not object to the event taking place. Following the announcement that Lawler would not be allowed to wrestle at the event, WWE offered to refund Maclin's deposit on the rental of the FedExForum. He declined. Initially, the sole match announced for the event was the titular "Clash of Legends", a bout between Hogan and Memphis Wrestling mainstay Lawler that had been promoted on the Memphis Wrestling television show
Memphis Wrestling Prime Time for several months. However, on April 12, 2007, Lawler announced in a
news conference that WWE had barred him from wrestling Hogan on the basis that
NBC Universal employees (which includes Lawler, on the basis of co-hosting the NBC Universal-owned
USA Network's
WWE Raw, and his appearances on the biannual ''
Saturday Night's Main Event) are contractually prohibited from appearing on any of the channels owned by MTV Networks, which includes VH1, the channel on which Hogan Knows Best'', a
reality television series starring Hogan, airs. Following the cancellation of the Hogan-Lawler match, Memphis Wrestling owner Corey Maclin announced that Hogan would instead wrestle
Paul Wight in Wight's first match since leaving WWE in December 2006. When referred to by the
ring name he used in WWE, "The Big Show", Wight stated that this was his "
slave name" and that he was to be referred to as "'The Great' Paul Wight". The event was hosted by Maclin and
Lance Russell, and
mayor of Memphis W. W. Herenton served as
timekeeper. Colin Bowman was brought in at the last minute as the Show Director. On May 5, 2007, it was revealed that 2,200 fans attended the event, yielding a
$104,500 gate. In January 2008, Maclin filed a claim for
punitive damages against WWE and WWE Chairman
Vince McMahon in the
Shelby County circuit court, alleging that WWE and McMahon had breached section two of the
Sherman Antitrust Act. ==Results==