King of the Ring (1998)

Infobox Wrestling event
name=King of the Ring (1998)


tagline=Off With Their Headscite news|author= Martin, Finn|title=Power Slam Magazine, issue 49|work=No Turning Back (King of the Ring 1998)|publisher=SW Publishing|date= 1998-07-21|pages=12-15]
promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=June 28 1998
venue=Pittsburgh Civic Arena
city=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
attendance=17,087
lastevent=
nextevent=
event=King of the Ring
nextevent2=King of the Ring (1999)
lastevent2=King of the Ring (1997)

King of the Ring (1998) was the sixth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on June 28 1998 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.cite news|first=John|last=Powell|title=Kane wins WWF World Title, Foley soars|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/jun29_kingring.html|publisher=SLAM! Sports|date=1998-06-29 |accessdate=2007-10-24]

The WWF Tag Team Championship and WWF Championship were both defended at King of the Ring. The New Age Outlaws team of Road Dogg and Billy Gunn defeated The New Midnight Express team of Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart to retain their tag team championships. In the main event, Stone Cold Steve Austin lost the WWF Championship to Kane, a title switch that shocked many fans as Austin had been the heavy favorite. Kane would only hold onto the title for one day before losing it back to Austin on "RAW is War".cite news|first=Greg|last=Oliver|title= Stone Cold champ again|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/jun30_austin.html|publisher=SLAM! Sports|date=1998-06-30|accessdate=2007-10-24]

This event produced arguably the most famous Hell in a Cell match of all time, pitting The Undertaker against Mankind. A couple of minutes into the match, The Undertaker threw Mankind off of the top of the cell, which was a full 16 feet, onto the Spanish Announce team table. The footage of that fall has since become one of the most used/viewed videos in professional wrestling history.cite news|first=Mike|last=Mcavennine|title=Go to "Hell"|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/listthis/mostextremematches/mostextremematches1|publisher=SLAM! Sports|date=2007-05-21| accessdate=2007-10-24]

Results

Event

King of the Ring bracket

16TeamBracket
RD1=First Round
(TV)
RD2=Quarterfinals
(TV)
RD3=Semifinals
(PPV)
RD4=Final
(PPV)

RD1-seed01=| RD1-seed02=| RD1-seed03=| RD1-seed04=| RD1-seed05=| RD1-seed06=| RD1-seed07=| RD1-seed08=| RD1-seed09=| RD1-seed10=| RD1-seed11=| RD1-seed12=| RD1-seed13=| RD1-seed14=| RD1-seed15=| RD1-seed16=

RD1-team01=Vader
RD1-team02=The Rock
RD1-score01=Pin
RD1-score02=4:41

RD1-team03=Triple H
RD1-team04=X-Pac
RD1-score03=CO
RD1-score04=5:11

RD1-team05=Owen Hart
RD1-team06=Scorpio
RD1-score05=Sub
RD1-score06=5:16

RD1-team07=D'Lo Brown
RD1-team08=Dan Severn
RD1-score07=Sub
RD1-score08=3:08

RD1-team09=Ken Shamrock
RD1-team10=Kama Mustafa
RD1-score09=Sub
RD1-score10=2:43

RD1-team11=Mark Henry
RD1-team12=Terry Funk
RD1-score11=Pin
RD1-score12=4:55

RD1-team13=Jeff Jarrett
RD1-team14=Faarooq
RD1-score13=Pin
RD1-score14=3:32

RD1-team15=Marc Mero
RD1-team16=Steve Blackman
RD1-score15=Pin
RD1-score16=2:57

RD2-team01=The Rock
RD2-team02=Triple H
RD2-score01=Pin
RD2-score02=8:08

RD2-team03=Owen Hart
RD2-team04=Dan Severn
RD2-score03=Sub
RD2-score04=3:00

RD2-team05=Ken Shamrock
RD2-team06=Mark Henry
RD2-score05=Sub
RD2-score06=4:37

RD2-team07=Jeff Jarrett
RD2-team08=Marc Mero
RD2-score07=Pin
RD2-score08=4:31

RD3-team01=The Rock
RD3-team02=Dan Severn
RD3-score01=Pin
RD3-score02=4:25

RD3-team03=Ken Shamrock
RD3-team04=Jeff Jarrett
RD3-score03=Sub
RD3-score04=5:29

RD4-team01=The Rock
RD4-team02=Ken Shamrock
RD4-score01=Sub
RD4-score02=14:09

References

*cite news|title=Stone Cold champ again|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/jun30_austin.html|publisher=SLAM! Sports|date=1998-06-30 |accessdate=2007-10-24

See also