The Truth Commission (Recon, Sniper, Tank, and The Interrogator) debuted in the WWF in 1997 with The Jackyl as their manager. After only a couple of matches, Tank departed from the company. The Interrogator changed his name to Kurrgan was pushed as a monster heel while Recon and Sniper competed as a tag team. The Jackyl also wrestled under the name "The General" at a house show, which he lost to Jim Neidhart.
The stable started to fall apart when Jackyl expressed how disappointed he was with Recon and Sniper, who had little success in their matches. During this time Jackyl would pay more attention to Kurrgan's career than Recon and Sniper. He would enter the ring when one or both of them lost a match, berated and slapped them, then ordered the towering Kurrgan to attack them. Eventually, Recon and Sniper formed the team of Armageddon (under the names of Bull Buchanan and Luc Poirier) but later left the WWF after a couple of matches. Kurrgan remained as part of The Jackyl's new stable, The Oddities.