King of the Ring Results
June 8, 1997
Providence, RIFirst round matches (not on
the main event):
- Ahmed Johnson def. Hunter Hearst-Helmsley
- Hunter Hearst-Helmsley (Vader scheduled)
def. Crush
- Jerry Lawler def. Goldust
- Mankind def. Savio Vega
Semi-Final matches
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. Ahmed Johnson
- Hunter pinned Ahmed after a pedigree
- Mankind def. Jerry "The King" Lawler
- Mankind won on a submission by a mandible
claw.
- Goldust def. Crush
- Goldust pinned Crush after a DDT
- Six man tagteam match:Hart
Foundation [British Bulldog (European champion),
Owen Hart (Intercontinental champion), Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart]
def. Legion of Doom & Sycho Sid
- Owen pinned Sid after a sunset flip.
King of the Ring Final:
- Hunter Hearst-Helmsley def. Mankind
- Hunter Hearst-Helmsley became the 1997 King
of the Ring by winning by a pinfall over Mankind. Hunter attacked
Mankind with the crown after the match.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (tagteam champion) vs. Shawn Michaels
(tagteam champion) (2xDQ)
- First Austin knocked down one referee, and
when another one came in, Shawn knocked him. Earl Hebner then came in
and disqualified both men.
- Championship match: Undertaker (ch)
def. Farooq
- Undertaker pinned Farooq after a tombstone.
Paul Bearer ordered Undertaker to apply more tombstones to Farooq, but
Undertaker didn't really want to do that. Ahmed Johnson then appeared
in the ring, stopping the Undertaker with a chickenwing suplex.
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