A report on King of the Ring (1998), Stone Cold Steve Austin, Dwayne Johnson, Mick Foley and Over the Edge: In Your House

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Austin in July 2010.
Johnson in 2014
Foley in 2019
Promotional poster featuring Ken Shamrock and Billy Gunn
Austin in 1996.
As part of The Corporation, the Rock feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin and stole Austin's personalized WWF Championship, the "Smoking Skull" belt.
Foley as Cactus Jack at the IWA Kawasaki Dream, Tokyo, Japan, August 1995
Steve Austin, the WWF Champion
Austin as WWF Champion
The Rock's popularity was fueled by his charisma and speaking abilities, which led to many catchphrases and merchandising opportunities.
Foley at WrestleMania X-Seven Fan Axxess
Austin celebrates with referee Earl Hebner.
The Rock as the WWF Champion in 2000
Foley at Bound for Glory IV
Austin with a fan
The Rock taunting an opponent at ringside
Foley at a TNA house show in Dublin, Ireland in January 2009
Austin's signature "flipping off" the crowd pose
The Rock doing his signature pose before his match with "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan (bottom right) at WrestleMania X8
Foley returned to WWE in November 2011 at a house show in Dublin, Ireland
Austin (left) faces off against The Rock at WrestleMania XIX, which was Austin's last match until 2022.
The Rock defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (left) in the latter's final match at WrestleMania XIX in March 2003.
Foley at Tribute to the Troops in December 2016
Austin in Iraq, 2003
The Rock in the ring as host of WrestleMania XXVII in April 2011
Foley promoting his book on WWE ECW brand
Austin is noted for his signature "beer smash", seen here at WrestleMania 25.
The Rock and John Cena (left) on Raw, agreeing to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII one year in advance
Foley signing autographs
Austin (center) with Hulk Hogan (left) and The Rock at WrestleMania XXX
The Rock celebrating his victory at WrestleMania XXVIII in April 2012
Foley at a signing in 2008
Austin is a six-time WWF Champion...
The Rock revealing the brand new WWE Championship design in 2013
Foley speaking at the USO Metro awards in March 2008
...and a WWE Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2009).
Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and the Rock at WrestleMania XXX in April 2014
The Wyatt Family confronting The Rock at WrestleMania 32
The Rock during a 2001 Vanity Fair photo shoot
Johnson at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Johnson with his ex-wife Dany García in April 2009
The Rock during his eighth and final WWE Championship reign
The Rock during one of his two Intercontinental Championship reigns
The Rock (right) confronts Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans, April 2014
Johnson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2022

The main event was a First Blood match featuring Kane defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship.

- King of the Ring (1998)

In the main event WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Dude Love after overcoming biased officiating from Vince McMahon.

- Over the Edge: In Your House

The other main match was a Hell in a Cell match featuring The Undertaker defeating Mankind.

- King of the Ring (1998)

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.

- King of the Ring (1998)

The previous month at Over The Edge, Austin retained the WWF Championship against Dude Love despite the efforts of Vince McMahon as special referee and Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson as time keeper and ring announcer respectively.

- King of the Ring (1998)

After the brawl was settled, DX members Road Dogg and Billy Gunn defeated The Rock and D'Lo Brown of The Nation in a tag team match, further enhancing their feud.

- Over the Edge: In Your House

After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 28, 1997 episode of Raw Is War and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind, Maivia returned in August 1997 and turned heel for the first time in his career by lashing out at fans who had been booing him and joining Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination.

- Dwayne Johnson

At D-Generation X: In Your House in Springfield, Massachusetts on December 7, 1997, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated the Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship.

- Dwayne Johnson

At King of the Ring

- Over the Edge: In Your House

He then successfully defended the Intercontinental title against Faarooq at Over the Edge: In Your House on May 31 in Milwaukee.

- Dwayne Johnson

The Rock and The Nation then feuded with Triple H and D-Generation X, with the two stable leaders first meeting in the quarter-final of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, which the Rock won.

- Dwayne Johnson

Late in the match, a debuting Dude Love came out to offer assistance.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

With Hart out of the way, Austin set his sights on The Rock, who stole Austin's championship belt after Austin suffered a beating by his Nation of Domination stablemates.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

This led to a match between Dude Love and Austin at Unforgiven: In Your House, where Austin hit McMahon with a steel chair, then the following month they had a rematch at Over the Edge: In Your House for the WWF Championship.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

McMahon continued to do everything he could to ruin Austin and he finally scored a big victory for his side at King of the Ring.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Around this time, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels won the WWF Tag Team Championships from Owen Hart and The British Bulldog, but Michaels was injured and could no longer compete.

- Mick Foley

At Over the Edge, Dude Love took on Austin for the title.

- Mick Foley

At King of the Ring in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena on June 28, the two performed in the third Hell in a Cell match, which became one of most notable matches in professional wrestling history.

- Mick Foley

He and The Rock both reached the finals, where McMahon turned on Mankind.

- Mick Foley
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Kane (wrestler)

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American politician, actor, and semi-retired professional wrestler.

American politician, actor, and semi-retired professional wrestler.

Jacobs in August 2021
Kane in 2003, wearing his half mask weeks before his unmasking on Raw
A bloodied Kane in a steel cage match against Edge
Kane with a portrait done by a fan
Kane was reunited with The Undertaker when he returned to SmackDown! in 2006
Kane preparing for a chokeslam at a WWE Live Event in February 2008.
Kane performing his signature fire pyro at WrestleMania XXVIII in April 2012.
Kane offering to "hug it out" with Daniel Bryan
Kane as The Authority's Director of Operations in 2014
Kane after his second re-masking in 2014
Kane reformed his alliance with Big Show during a feud with The Wyatt Family back in 2016
Kane alongside former Team Hell No partner Daniel Bryan in July 2018
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Jacobs as Mayor speaking with attendees at Revolution 2021 hosted by Young Americans for Liberty at Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
Kane at WrestleMania 32 Axxess
In WWE, Kane is a former ECW Champion...
...and a former World Heavyweight Champion

Following his WWF debut, Kane remained a pivotal component of the company's "Attitude Era" of the late 1990s and early 2000s, defeating the era's "poster boy" Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship in his first pay-per-view (PPV) main event at King of the Ring in June 1998.

At In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker, The Undertaker launched a fireball into the face of his former manager, Paul Bearer, who had previously had his protégé Mankind do the same to The Undertaker prior to the event.

At Over the Edge: In Your House, Kane defeated Vader in a Mask vs. Mask match.

Kane returned on the May 29 episode of Raw, when he helped The Undertaker and The Rock fight off the McMahon-Helmsley Faction.