The Kliq (sometimes spelled as Clique) was a backstage group in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the mid 1990s, composed of Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, and Triple H. In 1996, The Kliq broke character at a house show at Madison Square Garden in an incident referred to as the "Curtain Call", an event that affected the WWF's subsequent storylines and development. The Kliq was also the primary catalyst for two of the most controversial stables in wrestling history: the New World Order (nWo) in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and D-Generation X (DX) in the WWF/E. Of the Kliq, Michaels and Waltman would serve in both groups, though Waltman was a member when both were in separate companies while Michaels was in the nWo when they formed in WWE; Triple H was a member of DX while Nash and Hall performed with the nWo.