WWE King of the Ring 1998 (1998)
June 28, 1998Release Date
WWE King of the Ring 1998 (1998)
June 28, 1998Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Glenn Jacobs
Kane
Mark Calaway
The Undertaker
Mick Foley
Mankind
Dwayne Johnson
Rocky Maivia
Dan Severn
Dan 'The Beast' Severn
Ken Kilpatrick
Ken Shamrock
Jeffrey Jarrett
'Double J' Jeff Jarrett
Dan Severn
Dan Severn
Monty Sopp
'Badd Ass' Billy Gunn
Brian James
The Road Dogg
Robert Howard
'Bombastic' Bob Holly
Michael Polchlopek
'Bodacious' Bart Gunn
Kevin Dunn
Director
Owen Hart
Owen Hart
Sean Waltman
X-Pac
Allen Sarven
Al Snow
Brian Lawler
Brian Christopher
Scott Garland
Scott Taylor
Takao Yoshida
TAKA Michinoku
Glenn Ruth
Thrasher
Charles Warrington
Mosh
Shoichi Funaki
Sho Funaki
Takeo Ōtsuka
Men's Teioh
Shigeki Sato
Dick Togo
William Moody
Paul Bearer (Manager)
Paul Lévesque
Triple H (Appearance)
Joanie Laurer
Chyna (Ringside)
Yusuke Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi-San (Manager)
Jim Cornette
James E. Cornette (Manager) / Writer
Jerry Lawler
Jerry 'The King' Lawler (Referee)
Vince McMahon
Mr. McMahon (Appearance) / Director / Writer
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Release DateJune 28, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 36m
Content RatingNR
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The 1998 King of the Ring was the sixth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) that featured the 12th King of the Ring tournament. 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 Stone Cold 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 1998 King of the Ring tournament final between Ken Shamrock and The Rock, which Shamrock won to win the tournament. Another prominent match was 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 Midnight Express, to retain the championship.
This event produced the best-known Hell in a Cell bout in history, pitting The Undertaker vs. Mankind; Michael Landsberg of TSN's Off the Record in 2002 called it "maybe the most famous match ever". Less than two minutes into the contest, The Undertaker threw Mankind from the top of the 16-foot (5 m) high cell through the Spanish announcers' 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, briefly knocking him legitimately unconscious.