King of the Ring (1998) Totally Explained

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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. The tagline for the event was "Off With Their Heads".
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.
In the event's most famous match, The Undertaker took on Mankind in the second Hell in a Cell match. 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 videos in professional wrestling history.

Results

Event

The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and TAKA Michinoku defeated Kaientai (Funaki, Men's Teioh, and Dick Togo) (6:44)
- Rock pinned Severn after D'Lo Brown interfered and hit a 'Lo Down on Severn.
Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) defeated Al Snow and Head (w/Jerry Lawler as Special Guest Referee) (8:26)
- Christopher pinned Head after attaching a bottle of Head & Shoulders to it.
X-Pac (w/Chyna) defeated Owen Hart (8:30)
- X-Pac pinned Hart after Chyna interfered and hit Owen with a DDT.
The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) (w/Chyna) defeated The New Midnight Express (Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:34)
- Billy Gunn pinned Bombastic Bob.
KOTR Final: Ken Shamrock defeated The Rock to win the King of the Ring tournament (14:09)
- Shamrock forced The Rock to submit with an Ankle Lock.
The Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell in a Cell match (17:38)
- Undertaker pinned Mankind after a Chokeslam on thumbtacks and a Tombstone Piledriver.
Kane (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Steve Austin in a First Blood match to win the WWF Championship (15:58)
- Kane won after the Undertaker interfered and hit Austin (he was meaning to hit Foley) with a steel chair causing Austin to bleed.
- Mick Foley interfered to help his tag team partner Kane.
- If Kane had lost he'd have had to set himself on fire.

King of the Ring bracket

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