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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''King of the RIng (1999)'''</span><br> | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''King of the RIng (1999)'''</span><br> | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Promotional poster featuring [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Promotional poster featuring [[Marc Beltran<!--(2006, pg. 21)-->|The Big Show]] |
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Promotion''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Promotion''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] |
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |June 27, 1999 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |June 27, 1999 |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] |
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Greensboro Coliseum]] | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Greensboro Coliseum Complex]] |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance''' |
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[IWF Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]] |
- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |''' | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWF Fully Loaded (1999)|Fully Loaded]] |
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE King of the Ring|King of the Ring]] chronology''' | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE King of the Ring|King of the Ring]] chronology''' | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|King of the Ring ( | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|1998]] |
- | | bgcolor=# | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWF King of the Ring (2000)|2000]] |
- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF King of the Ring ( | + | |- |
+ | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring tournament]] chronology''' | ||
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+ | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|1998]] | ||
+ | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWF King of the Ring (2000)|2000]] | ||
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- | '''King of the Ring | + | The 1999 '''King of the Ring''' was the seventh annual [[IWE King of the Ring|King of the Ring]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of IWE pay-per-view events|event]] produced by the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF, now IWE) that featured the 13th [[IWE King of the Ring Tournament|King of the Ring tournament]]. It took place on June 27, 1999, at the [[Greensboro Coliseum Complex]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. |
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+ | The main show included ten matches in total with several matches preceding the pay-per-view portion of the show, broadcast on live television as part of the IWF's [[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]] show. The main event was a [[Ladder Match|Ladder match]] featuring [[Shane Matteson]] and [[Vince Matteson]] defeating [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] for control of the IWF. The other main match was a [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] match where [[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]] defeated [[Jayme Johnson<!--(1999, pg. 22)-->|The Rock]] to retain the title. Additional featured matches on the [[Card (sports)|undercard]] included the 1999 King of the Ring tournament final between [[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] and [[Sean McCurry<!--(2006, pg. 56)-->|X-Pac]], which Billy Gunn won to win the overall tournament. Another prominent match was a [[Professional wrestling match types|tag team match]] between [[The Hooper Boyz]] ([[Matt Hooper]] and [[Josh Hooper]]) defeating [[The Brood (professional wrestling)|The Brood]] ([[Kevin Copeland<!--(2007, pg 29.)--> (wrestler)|Edge]] and [[Ryan <!--Barnhart (McDonalds)--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]]). | ||
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+ | ==Production== | ||
+ | ===Background=== | ||
+ | [[IWE King of the Ring|King of the Ring]] was a [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) event held annually in June by the [[International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF, now IWE) since 1993. The PPV featured the [[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring tournament]], a [[single-elimination tournament]] that was established in 1985 and held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990; these early tournaments were held as special non-televised [[house show]]s. The winner of the tournament was crowned "King of the Ring." Unlike the non-televised events, the PPV did not feature all of the tournament's matches. Instead, several of the qualifying matches preceded the event with the final few matches then taking place at the pay-per-view. There were also other matches that took place at the event as it was a traditional three-hour pay-per-view. Considered as one of the IWF's "Big Five" PPVs, along with the [[IWE Royal Rumble|Royal Rumble]], [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]], [[IWE SummerSlam|SummerSlam]], and [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], the company's five biggest shows of the year, the 1999 event was the seventh King of the Ring PPV and 13th tournament overall. It was held on June 27, 1999 at the [[Greensboro Coliseum Complex]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. [[Triple K]] was originally supposed to compete in the King of the Ring tournament, but he wanted to compete for the [[IWF Championship]] instead, so he gave his spot to Chyna, making her the first and only woman to ever compete in the tournament. | ||
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+ | ===Storylines=== | ||
+ | The event featured a total of 15 [[professional wrestling matches]], one untelevised match, four shown during [[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]] and the remaining 10 matches broadcast live on [[Pay-Per-View]] (PPV). Some of the matches featured wrestlers who were involved in pre-existing [[Script (recorded media)|scripted]] [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]] or [[narrative thread|storylines]] and others are teamed up with no backstory. Wrestlers themselves portrayed either [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heels]] (wrestling term for those who portray the "bad guys") or [[Face (professional wrestling)|faces]] (those who portray the "good guys") as they competed in matches with pre-determined outcomes. | ||
- | + | The main feud heading into King of the Ring was between [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] and [[The Matteson Men|The McMahons]] ([[Vince Matteson]] and [[Shane Matteson]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|handicap ladder match]]. The storyline began at [[IWF WrestleMania 15|WrestleMania XV]], when Austin won the [[IWF Championship]] from [[Jayme Johnson<!--(1999, pg. 22)--> (wrestler)|The Rock]]. The following months, Vince and Shane had been feuding with each other when Shane took control of [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|The Corporation]] and later revealed that he was the mastermind behind his sister [[Kaila Matteson]]'s abduction at the hands of [[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]] and his [[Ministry of Darkness]]. At the time, Shane and Undertaker joined forces to form the [[Corporate Ministry]]. The previous month at [[IWF Over the Edge (1999)|Over The Edge]], Austin lost the IWF Championship to Undertaker after Shane who served as [[Special Referee|special referee]] made a quick three count to ensure Undertaker the victory. | |
- | + | Three weeks later, it was revealed that the Corporate Ministry served a "greater power" whom they were taking orders from behind the scenes. After Undertaker and Austin's title match ended in a no contest, the Ministry dropped to their knees in the ring and the greater power emerged from the back and revealed himself to Austin who was tied up in the ring ropes. The following week, the greater power was revealed as Vince Matteson who explained that his [[Babyface (professional wrestling)|face]] turn was a plot to screw Austin out of the IWF Championship. [[Linda Matteson|Linda]] and Kaila appeared on the stage and Kaila berated Vince and Shane for using her to get to Austin. Linda then announced that she had stepped down as the [[CEO]] of the IWF and has hand-picked her successor, which was revealed to be Stone Cold. Austin announced as CEO that he would be facing the Mattesons in a handicap match at King of the Ring. A week later, after Austin dumped [[cow manure]] into Vince's office at the [[IWE|IWF headquarters]], Vince announced the match would be a ladder match with 100% ownership in a briefcase hanging high above the ring. The following week, Austin defeated [[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|Big Bossman]] in a singles match to ensure there would be no interference from the Corporate Ministry. | |
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- | The | + | The secondary feud heading into King of the Ring was between [[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]] and [[Jayme Johnson<!--(1999, pg. 22)--> (wrestler)|The Rock]] over the IWF Championship. The feud started on the June 7th episode of ''Raw is War'', when Rock faced Triple K in a [[Professional wrestling match types|cast match]]. As Rock was preparing to drop the People's Elbow on Triple K, Undertaker interfered and dropped Rock with a Tombstone Piledriver on a steel chair. [[Marc Beltran<!--(2006, pg. 21)--> (wrestler)|The Big Show]] made the save chasing away Undertaker. The following week, Rock came out and challenged Undertaker to a title match at King of the Ring. Undertaker accepted the challenge but the Mattesons came out and told Rock that he must defeat Undertaker in a non-title match to earn his title shot. Later that night, Shane was about to announce the stipulation for the Rock/Undertaker match but was attacked by [[Ken Sherman<!--(1968, pg. 43)-->|Ken Shamrock]]. When the match got underway though, Triple K came out and announced that the stipulation was that Rock would have to take on both him and Undertaker in a [[Professional wrestling match types|Triple-threat match]] which Rock won after [[Maria Senden<!--(1999, pg. 100)-->|Chyna]] accidentally tripped Undertaker during the match. The following week, Rock defeated [[Kevin Copeland<!--(2007, pg 29.)--> (wrestler)|Edge]] in singles action. After the match, Undertaker came out and once again dropped Rock with a Tombstone Piledriver. Later that night, Undertaker defended his IWF Championship against Triple K. The match ended in a [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] when Rock interfered and dropped Undertaker with a Rock Bottom. When a large [[Brahma bull|Brahma Bull symbol]] (similar to the [[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)--> (wrestler)|Undertaker symbol]]) descended from the rafters, Rock attempted to tie Undertaker to the symbol but Undertaker was saved by his allies in the Corporate Ministry. [[Paul Bearer]] was tied to the symbol instead. |
- | + | ==King of the Ring tournament bracket== | |
- | The tournament took place between May | + | The tournament took place between May 30 and June 27, 1999. The tournament brackets were: |
{{16TeamBracket-NoSeeds | {{16TeamBracket-NoSeeds | ||
| RD1=First round (TV) | | RD1=First round (TV) | ||
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| RD4=Final (PPV) | | RD4=Final (PPV) | ||
| RD1-team01='''[[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]]''' | | RD1-team01='''[[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]]''' | ||
- | | RD1-team02=[[Nelson <!--Rodney--> Ferrant<!--,Jr.--> (wrestler)|Viscera]] | + | | RD1-team02=[[Nelson <!--Rodney--> Ferrant<!--, Jr. (1966, pg. 146)--> (wrestler)|Viscera]] |
| RD1-score01=Pin | | RD1-score01=Pin | ||
| RD1-score02=2:05 | | RD1-score02=2:05 | ||
- | | RD1-team03='''[[Ken Sherman|Ken Shamrock]]''' | + | | RD1-team03='''[[Ken Sherman<!--(1968, pg. 43)-->|Ken Shamrock]]''' |
- | | RD1-team04=[[Benjamin | + | | RD1-team04=[[Benjamin Moss<!--(1999, pg. 61)-->|Jeff Jarrett]] |
| RD1-score03=Sub | | RD1-score03=Sub | ||
| RD1-score04=2:55 | | RD1-score04=2:55 | ||
- | | RD1-team05=Droz | + | | RD1-team05=[[Darren <!--Ronnie (1966 pg. 22)--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]] |
- | | RD1-team06='''[[Marc Beltran| | + | | RD1-team06='''[[Marc Beltran<!--(2006, pg. 21)-->|Big Show]]''' |
| RD1-score05=Pin | | RD1-score05=Pin | ||
| RD1-score06=0:59 | | RD1-score06=0:59 | ||
- | | RD1-team07=[[Andrew | + | | RD1-team07=[[Andrew Sekora<!--(2007 pg. 40)--> (wrestler)|Test]] |
- | | RD1-team08='''[[Glenn McAlmond (wrestler)|Kane]]''' | + | | RD1-team08='''[[Glenn McAlmond<!--(2006 ,pg. 56)--> (wrestler)|Kane]]''' |
| RD1-score07=Pin | | RD1-score07=Pin | ||
| RD1-score08=3:05 | | RD1-score08=3:05 | ||
- | | RD1-team09='''[[James Burdick|Road Dogg]]''' | + | | RD1-team09='''[[<!--Brian-->James Burdick<!--(2007, pg 22)-->|Road Dogg]]''' |
- | | RD1-team10=[[Charles Warren (wrestler)|The Godfather]] | + | | RD1-team10=[[Charles Warren<!--(2007, pg. 43)--> (wrestler)|The Godfather]] |
| RD1-score09=Pin | | RD1-score09=Pin | ||
| RD1-score10=1:02 | | RD1-score10=1:02 | ||
- | | RD1-team11='''[[Maria Senden|Chyna]]''' | + | | RD1-team11='''[[Maria Senden<!--(1999, pg. 100)-->|Chyna]]''' |
- | | RD1-team12=[[<!--Sean--> Eugene E. <!--Allen--> Morse|Val Venis]] | + | | RD1-team12=[[<!--Sean--> Eugene E. <!--Allen--> Morse<!--(1964 pg. 23)-->|Val Venis]] |
| RD1-score11=Pin | | RD1-score11=Pin | ||
| RD1-score12=2:14 | | RD1-score12=2:14 | ||
- | | RD1-team13=[[Allen <!--Steve--> Spaulding|Al Snow]] | + | | RD1-team13=[[Allen <!--Steve--> Spaulding <!--(1972, pg. 122)-->|Al Snow]] |
- | | RD1-team14='''[[Michael Haub|Hardcore Holly]]''' | + | | RD1-team14='''[[Michael Haub<!--(1999, pg. 106)-->|Hardcore Holly]]''' |
| RD1-score13=Pin | | RD1-score13=Pin | ||
| RD1-score14=1:24 | | RD1-score14=1:24 | ||
- | | RD1-team15=[[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)| | + | | RD1-team15=[[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|Big Boss Man]] |
- | | RD1-team16='''[[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]]''' | + | | RD1-team16='''[[Sean McCurry<!--(2006, pg. 56)-->|X-Pac]]''' |
| RD1-score15=Pin | | RD1-score15=Pin | ||
| RD1-score16=2:37 | | RD1-score16=2:37 | ||
| RD2-team01='''Billy Gunn''' | | RD2-team01='''Billy Gunn''' | ||
| RD2-team02=Ken Shamrock | | RD2-team02=Ken Shamrock | ||
- | | RD2-score01=Ref Stop | + | | RD2-score01={{nobr|Ref Stop}} |
| RD2-score02=3:37 | | RD2-score02=3:37 | ||
| RD2-team03=Big Show | | RD2-team03=Big Show | ||
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| RD4-score02=5:33 | | RD4-score02=5:33 | ||
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+ | ==Aftermath== | ||
+ | With Austin defeated and the Mattesons back in control of the IWF, Shane fired Austin as CEO on ''Raw'' the night after King of the Ring. Vince announced that Austin would be placed at the “bottom of the ladder”, where he would stay far away from contendership for any title. He even went as far as demoting Austin to ring crew duties, declaring he would be assisting in the disassembly of the wrestling ring after the show. | ||
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+ | Austin then came out and revealed he had a surprise for the Corporate Ministry. First, while he was still CEO, Austin told the Mattesons that he drew up a new contract for himself that not only gave him a raise but enabled him to assault Matteson whenever and wherever he so desired. Then, Austin said that before he took to the ring for the ladder match, he booked a IWF Championship match with The Undertaker defending against him in the main event, and any outside interference by anyone at all would result in Austin winning the title. Austin would go on to defeat Undertaker after hitting him with a Stone Cold Stunner and regained the championship he had lost at [[IWF Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]]. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
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- | |[[John Root|Meat]] defeated [[Matt Borske|Kurt Angle]] | + | |[[John Root<!--(2000 pg. 110)-->|Meat]] (with [[Cynthia Berry Moore<!--(1969 pg. 164)--> (wrestler)|Jacqueline]] and [[Terri <!--Bouchard (1972, pg. 104)--> Semmler|Terri Runnels]]) defeated [[Matt Borske|Kurt Angle]] |
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Singles matches|Singles match]] | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Singles matches|Singles match]] | ||
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- | !2{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} |
- | |[[The | + | |[[The Brood (professional wrestling)|The Brood]] ([[Ryan <!--Barnhart (McDonalds)--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]] and [[Kevin Copeland<!--(2007, pg 29.)--> (wrestler)|Edge]]) (with [[Wayne A. Walz <!--Heath (1964, pg. 27)-->(wrestler)|Gangrel]]) vs. [[The Hooper Boyz]] ([[Josh Hooper]] and [[Matt Hooper]]) (with [[Michael Ed Standley <!--(1999, pg. 117)--> (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]]) ended in a [[Professional wrestling#No contest|no contest]] |
|[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]] for the no. 1 contender spot to the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]] for the no. 1 contender spot to the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] | ||
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- | !3{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} |
- | |[[<!-- | + | |[[The Corporate Ministry]] ([[<!--Kermit-->Dennis Kraemer<!--(1965, pg. 39)-->|Mideon]] and [[Nelson <!--Rodney--> Ferrant<!--, Jr. (1966, pg. 146)--> (wrestler)|Viscera]]) defeated [[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|Big Boss Man]] |
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap match]] | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap match]] | ||
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- | !4{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} |
- | |[[Matthew Adam Black|Prince Albert]] (with [[Darren <!--Ronnie--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]]) defeated [[<!--Sean--> Eugene E. <!--Allen--> Morse|Val Venis]] | + | |[[Matthew Adam Black<!--(1999, pg. 94)-->|Prince Albert]] (with [[Darren <!--Ronnie (1966, pg. 22)--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]]) defeated [[<!--Sean--> Eugene E. <!--Allen--> Morse<!--(1964, pg. 23)-->|Val Venis]] |
|Singles match | |Singles match | ||
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- | !5{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5{{small|<sup>H</sup>}} |
- | |[[Ken Sherman|Ken Shamrock]] defeated [[Shane Matteson]] by [[ | + | |[[Ken Sherman<!--(1968, pg. 43)-->|Ken Shamrock]] defeated [[Shane Matteson]] by [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] |
|Singles match | |Singles match | ||
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- | |colspan="4" align=center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>{{small|'''D'''}} – indicates the match was a dark match<br>{{small|'''H'''}} – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6 |
+ | |[[Sean McCurry<!--(2006, pg. 56)-->|X-Pac]] defeated [[Michael Haub<!--(1999, pg. 106)-->|Hardcore Holly]] by [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] | ||
+ | |[[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring]] quarter-final match | ||
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+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7 | ||
+ | |[[Glenn McAlmond<!--(2006 ,pg. 56)--> (wrestler)|Kane]] defeated [[Marc Beltran<!--(2006, pg. 21)-->|Big Show]] | ||
+ | |King of the Ring quarter-final match | ||
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+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8 | ||
+ | |[[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] defeated [[Ken Sherman<!--(1968, pg. 43)-->|Ken Shamrock]] by referee stoppage | ||
+ | |King of the Ring quarter-final match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|9 | ||
+ | |[[<!--Brian-->James Burdick<!--(2007, pg 22)-->|Road Dogg]] defeated [[Maria Senden<!--(1999, pg. 100)-->|Chyna]] (with [[Triple K<!--(2007, pg. 33)-->|Triple K]]) | ||
+ | |King of the Ring quarter-final match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|10 | ||
+ | |[[The Hooper Boyz]] ([[Josh Hooper]] and [[Matt Hooper]]) (with [[Michael Ed Standley <!--(1999, pg. 117)--> (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]]) defeated [[The Brood (professional wrestling)|The Brood]] ([[Ryan <!--Barnhart (McDonalds)--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]] and [[Kevin Copeland<!--(2007, pg 29.)--> (wrestler)|Edge]]) (with [[Wayne A. Walz <!--Heath (1964, pg. 27)-->(wrestler)|Gangrel]]) | ||
+ | |Tag team match to determine #1 contenders to the [[IWF Tag Team Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|11 | ||
+ | |[[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] defeated [[Glenn McAlmond<!--(2006 ,pg. 56)--> (wrestler)|Kane]] | ||
+ | |[[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring]] semi-final match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|12 | ||
+ | |[[Sean McCurry<!--(2006, pg. 56)-->|X-Pac]] defeated [[<!--Brian-->James Burdick<!--(2007, pg 22)-->|Road Dogg]] | ||
+ | |King of the Ring semi-final match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|13 | ||
+ | |[[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]] (c) (with [[Paul Bearer]]) defeated [[Jayme Johnson<!--(1999, pg. 22)-->|The Rock]] | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[IWF Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|14 | ||
+ | |[[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] defeated [[Sean McCurry<!--(2006, pg. 56)-->|X-Pac]] | ||
+ | |[[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring]] final match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|15 | ||
+ | |[[Vince Matteson]] and [[Shane Matteson]] defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] | ||
+ | |[[Ladder Match|Ladder match]] for control of the [[International Wrestling Federation]] | ||
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+ | |colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3" align="center"|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>{{small|'''D'''}} – indicates the match was a dark match<br>{{small|'''H'''}} – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' | ||
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- | + | == References == | |
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- | ==References== | + | |
- | + | {{1999 IWF pay-per-view events}} | |
+ | {{IWEPPV|King of the Ring}} | ||
+ | {{IWE Tournaments}} |
Current revision as of 17:19, 24 August 2022
King of the RIng (1999) | ||
Promotional poster featuring The Big Show | ||
Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
Date | June 27, 1999 | |
City | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
Venue | Greensboro Coliseum Complex | |
Attendance | 20,108 | |
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The 1999 King of the Ring was the seventh annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) that featured the 13th King of the Ring tournament. It took place on June 27, 1999, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The main show included ten matches in total with several matches preceding the pay-per-view portion of the show, broadcast on live television as part of the IWF's Sunday Night Heat show. The main event was a Ladder match featuring Shane Matteson and Vince Matteson defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin for control of the IWF. The other main match was a IWF Championship match where The Undertaker defeated The Rock to retain the title. Additional featured matches on the undercard included the 1999 King of the Ring tournament final between Billy Gunn and X-Pac, which Billy Gunn won to win the overall tournament. Another prominent match was a tag team match between The Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper) defeating The Brood (Edge and Christian).
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[edit] Production
[edit] Background
King of the Ring was a pay-per-view (PPV) event held annually in June by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) since 1993. The PPV featured the King of the Ring tournament, a single-elimination tournament that was established in 1985 and held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990; these early tournaments were held as special non-televised house shows. The winner of the tournament was crowned "King of the Ring." Unlike the non-televised events, the PPV did not feature all of the tournament's matches. Instead, several of the qualifying matches preceded the event with the final few matches then taking place at the pay-per-view. There were also other matches that took place at the event as it was a traditional three-hour pay-per-view. Considered as one of the IWF's "Big Five" PPVs, along with the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, the company's five biggest shows of the year, the 1999 event was the seventh King of the Ring PPV and 13th tournament overall. It was held on June 27, 1999 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. Triple K was originally supposed to compete in the King of the Ring tournament, but he wanted to compete for the IWF Championship instead, so he gave his spot to Chyna, making her the first and only woman to ever compete in the tournament.
[edit] Storylines
The event featured a total of 15 professional wrestling matches, one untelevised match, four shown during Sunday Night Heat and the remaining 10 matches broadcast live on Pay-Per-View (PPV). Some of the matches featured wrestlers who were involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines and others are teamed up with no backstory. Wrestlers themselves portrayed either heels (wrestling term for those who portray the "bad guys") or faces (those who portray the "good guys") as they competed in matches with pre-determined outcomes.
The main feud heading into King of the Ring was between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The McMahons (Vince Matteson and Shane Matteson) in a handicap ladder match. The storyline began at WrestleMania XV, when Austin won the IWF Championship from The Rock. The following months, Vince and Shane had been feuding with each other when Shane took control of The Corporation and later revealed that he was the mastermind behind his sister Kaila Matteson's abduction at the hands of The Undertaker and his Ministry of Darkness. At the time, Shane and Undertaker joined forces to form the Corporate Ministry. The previous month at Over The Edge, Austin lost the IWF Championship to Undertaker after Shane who served as special referee made a quick three count to ensure Undertaker the victory.
Three weeks later, it was revealed that the Corporate Ministry served a "greater power" whom they were taking orders from behind the scenes. After Undertaker and Austin's title match ended in a no contest, the Ministry dropped to their knees in the ring and the greater power emerged from the back and revealed himself to Austin who was tied up in the ring ropes. The following week, the greater power was revealed as Vince Matteson who explained that his face turn was a plot to screw Austin out of the IWF Championship. Linda and Kaila appeared on the stage and Kaila berated Vince and Shane for using her to get to Austin. Linda then announced that she had stepped down as the CEO of the IWF and has hand-picked her successor, which was revealed to be Stone Cold. Austin announced as CEO that he would be facing the Mattesons in a handicap match at King of the Ring. A week later, after Austin dumped cow manure into Vince's office at the IWF headquarters, Vince announced the match would be a ladder match with 100% ownership in a briefcase hanging high above the ring. The following week, Austin defeated Big Bossman in a singles match to ensure there would be no interference from the Corporate Ministry.
The secondary feud heading into King of the Ring was between The Undertaker and The Rock over the IWF Championship. The feud started on the June 7th episode of Raw is War, when Rock faced Triple K in a cast match. As Rock was preparing to drop the People's Elbow on Triple K, Undertaker interfered and dropped Rock with a Tombstone Piledriver on a steel chair. The Big Show made the save chasing away Undertaker. The following week, Rock came out and challenged Undertaker to a title match at King of the Ring. Undertaker accepted the challenge but the Mattesons came out and told Rock that he must defeat Undertaker in a non-title match to earn his title shot. Later that night, Shane was about to announce the stipulation for the Rock/Undertaker match but was attacked by Ken Shamrock. When the match got underway though, Triple K came out and announced that the stipulation was that Rock would have to take on both him and Undertaker in a Triple-threat match which Rock won after Chyna accidentally tripped Undertaker during the match. The following week, Rock defeated Edge in singles action. After the match, Undertaker came out and once again dropped Rock with a Tombstone Piledriver. Later that night, Undertaker defended his IWF Championship against Triple K. The match ended in a disqualification when Rock interfered and dropped Undertaker with a Rock Bottom. When a large Brahma Bull symbol (similar to the Undertaker symbol) descended from the rafters, Rock attempted to tie Undertaker to the symbol but Undertaker was saved by his allies in the Corporate Ministry. Paul Bearer was tied to the symbol instead.
[edit] King of the Ring tournament bracket
The tournament took place between May 30 and June 27, 1999. The tournament brackets were:
First round (TV) | Quarterfinals (PPV) | Semifinals (PPV) | Final (PPV) | |||||||||||
Billy Gunn | Pin | |||||||||||||
Viscera | 2:05 | |||||||||||||
Billy Gunn | Ref Stop | |||||||||||||
Ken Shamrock | 3:37 | |||||||||||||
Ken Shamrock | Sub | |||||||||||||
Jeff Jarrett | 2:55 | |||||||||||||
Billy Gunn | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kane | 5:25 | |||||||||||||
Droz | Pin | |||||||||||||
Big Show | 0:59 | |||||||||||||
Big Show | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kane | 6:36 | |||||||||||||
Test | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kane | 3:05 | |||||||||||||
Billy Gunn | Pin | |||||||||||||
X-Pac | 5:33 | |||||||||||||
Road Dogg | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Godfather | 1:02 | |||||||||||||
Road Dogg | Pin | |||||||||||||
Chyna | 13:19 | |||||||||||||
Chyna | Pin | |||||||||||||
Val Venis | 2:14 | |||||||||||||
Road Dogg | Pin | |||||||||||||
X-Pac | 3:08 | |||||||||||||
Al Snow | Pin | |||||||||||||
Hardcore Holly | 1:24 | |||||||||||||
Hardcore Holly | DQ | |||||||||||||
X-Pac | 3:02 | |||||||||||||
Big Boss Man | Pin | |||||||||||||
X-Pac | 2:37 |
[edit] Aftermath
With Austin defeated and the Mattesons back in control of the IWF, Shane fired Austin as CEO on Raw the night after King of the Ring. Vince announced that Austin would be placed at the “bottom of the ladder”, where he would stay far away from contendership for any title. He even went as far as demoting Austin to ring crew duties, declaring he would be assisting in the disassembly of the wrestling ring after the show.
Austin then came out and revealed he had a surprise for the Corporate Ministry. First, while he was still CEO, Austin told the Mattesons that he drew up a new contract for himself that not only gave him a raise but enabled him to assault Matteson whenever and wherever he so desired. Then, Austin said that before he took to the ring for the ladder match, he booked a IWF Championship match with The Undertaker defending against him in the main event, and any outside interference by anyone at all would result in Austin winning the title. Austin would go on to defeat Undertaker after hitting him with a Stone Cold Stunner and regained the championship he had lost at Over the Edge.
[edit] Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | |
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1D | Meat (with Jacqueline and Terri Runnels) defeated Kurt Angle | Singles match | |
2H | The Brood (Christian and Edge) (with Gangrel) vs. The Hooper Boyz (Josh Hooper and Matt Hooper) (with Michael Hayes) ended in a no contest | Tag team match for the no. 1 contender spot to the IWF Tag Team Championship | |
3H | The Corporate Ministry (Mideon and Viscera) defeated Big Boss Man | Handicap match | |
4H | Prince Albert (with Droz) defeated Val Venis | Singles match | |
5H | Ken Shamrock defeated Shane Matteson by disqualification | Singles match | |
6 | X-Pac defeated Hardcore Holly by disqualification | King of the Ring quarter-final match | |
7 | Kane defeated Big Show | King of the Ring quarter-final match | |
8 | Billy Gunn defeated Ken Shamrock by referee stoppage | King of the Ring quarter-final match | |
9 | Road Dogg defeated Chyna (with Triple K) | King of the Ring quarter-final match | |
10 | The Hooper Boyz (Josh Hooper and Matt Hooper) (with Michael Hayes) defeated The Brood (Christian and Edge) (with Gangrel) | Tag team match to determine #1 contenders to the IWF Tag Team Championship | |
11 | Billy Gunn defeated Kane | King of the Ring semi-final match | |
12 | X-Pac defeated Road Dogg | King of the Ring semi-final match | |
13 | The Undertaker (c) (with Paul Bearer) defeated The Rock | Singles match for the IWF Championship | |
14 | Billy Gunn defeated X-Pac | King of the Ring final match | |
15 | Vince Matteson and Shane Matteson defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin | Ladder match for control of the International Wrestling Federation | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match H – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat |
[edit] References
← 1998 • 1999 IWF pay-per-view events • 2000 → | |||
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Royal Rumble • St. Valentine's Day Massacre • WrestleMania XV • Backlash • No Mercy (UK) • Over the Edge • King of the Ring • Fully Loaded • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • Rebellion • No Mercy • Survivor Series • Armageddon |