King of the Ring (1998)

King of the Ring (1998)
	Promotional poster featuring Sable and a guillotine
Tagline	Off With Their Heads
Theme(s)	{{{theme}}}
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Brand(s)
Date	June 28, 1998
Venue	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance	17,087
Buyrate
Pay-per-view chronology
King of the Ring chronology
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King of the Ring (1998) was the sixth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on June 28, 1998 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Nine matches were scheduled on the event's card. The main event was a First Blood match featuring Kane defeating Steve Austin for the WWF Championship. The other main match was a Hell in a Cell match featuring The Undertaker defeating Mankind. Featured matches on the undercard included the KOTR tournament final between Ken Shamrock and The Rock, which Shamrock won to win the tournament and a Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship (which was only added to the card earlier that morning) between The New Age Outlaws defeating The New Midnight Express, to retain the championship.

This event produced arguably the most famous Hell in a Cell match of all time, pitting The Undertaker against Mankind. Less than two minutes into the match, The Undertaker threw Mankind from the top of the 16-foot high cell through the Spanish Announce table. The footage of that fall has since become one of the most used and viewed videos in professional wrestling history. A few minutes later in the match in another memorable moment, The Undertaker chokeslammed Mankind through the top of the cell.

Aftermath[]

The next night on RAW, Austin defeated Kane to regain the WWF Championship and began a feud with both Kane and the Undertaker which lasted through September. At Fully Loaded: In Your House in July, Austin and Undertaker defeated Kane and Mankind for the WWF Tag Team Championship, but dropped the titles back to them in a fatal-four way match on the August 10 episode of RAW.

Kane and the Undertaker were gradually revealed to be in cahoots with each other over the WWF Championship. As part of the storyline Kane turned on Mankind at SummerSlam, losing the tag team titles to the New Age Outlaws, and Undertaker ordered his brother not to interfere in his title match with Austin in the main event. The feud culminated in a match at Breakdown: In Your House in September where Kane and Undertaker simultaneously pinned Austin. This led to a match between Kane and Undertaker at Judgment Day: In Your House in October where Austin, who was the special referee, attacked both men and refused to count a fall. After the match Undertaker turned on Kane and reunited with Paul Bearer, reigniting their feud.

Results[]

Event[]

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and Taka Michinoku defeated Kaientai (Funaki, Men's Teioh, and Dick Togo)	Tag team match	06:41
2	Ken Shamrock defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Tennessee Lee)	KOTR Semi-Final	05:29
3	The Rock defeated Dan Severn	KOTR Semi-Final	04:25
4	Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) defeated Al Snow and Head	Tag team match with Jerry Lawler as Special Guest Referee	08:27
5	X-Pac (with Chyna) defeated Owen Hart	Singles match	08:30
6	The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) (c) (with Chyna) defeated The New Midnight Express (Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart)	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	09:54
7	Ken Shamrock defeated The Rock	KOTR Final	14:09
8	The Undertaker defeated Mankind	Hell in a Cell match	16:00
9	Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (c)	First Blood match for the WWF Championship	14:52

King of the Ring bracket[]

First Round
(TV)

Quarterfinals
(TV)

Semifinals
(PPV)

Final
(PPV)

Vader

The Rock