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00:00and there you see the finals ladies and gentlemen it's been a long arduous
00:03journey 16 men started eight qualified four made it here tonight and now there
00:08are two remaining Ken Shamrock will meet the rock and the winner and there must
00:13be a winner will be the 1998 King of the Ring
00:30ladies and gentlemen we're gonna be doing here at ringside by Triple H the leader of the nation the
00:59reigning European champion he'll be providing cover commentary oh wow for this match-up
01:08I like those lids they're wearing there they are Triple H is last year's King of the Ring award winner
01:18a lot of great athletes have used the King of the Ring to really catapult their careers including
01:24Triple H including the uncomfortable rattlesnake whoa so cold Steve Austin Owen Hart was the King of the Ring
01:33I got two words for you Hunter and Chyna
01:42I love him
01:50apparently uh Triple H has had up his share of situations where the the rock what the rock is
01:57is cooking oh boy here he comes oh yeah
02:02now look JR when Triple H comes over and sits down to do commentary don't try to suck up to him and try to be
02:07fouls and all that stuff
02:09the King of the Ring
02:11shut your mouth
02:11this contest is scheduled for football
02:15introducing first
02:17you said done
02:18Triple H has had problems with the rock what about Shamrock
02:22Shamrock and the Rock's problems go way back
02:24so the winner of this match will be the 1998 King of the Ring and we were talking as you were on your way out here
02:29that the King of the Ring has a way of helping elevate careers
02:55elevate careers. Would you agree that it helped elevate yours after last year's victory?
03:02Oh, it helped elevate everybody's career. Look at Stone Cold Steve Austin. Look at Triple H.
03:08King of the Ring is without a doubt a stepping stone to the top rung in this business.
03:13You just can't pose in any nudie magazines and they take the crown away.
03:25The world's famous famous man, King Shamrock.
03:34King Shamrock with a very outstanding ovation. Look at the eyes of Shamrock.
03:40What do you think he's thinking about right now, Triple H?
03:45He's probably in the zone. Either that or he's thinking about that ham sandwich he had earlier today
03:50which is starting to come up around his chest area.
03:53He's got to have butterflies right now because this is the king of the ring.
03:56This is going to determine who's the man right here.
04:00This is the finals. As we said, it's been a tough journey.
04:0416 men started. They qualified. Four made it here tonight.
04:08There are two remaining. That man, King Shamrock and The Rock.
04:12And keep it clear, this is the WWF. These are athletes. He's an old man stumbling around the ring.
04:19And this is where the athletes go. And this is going to determine who is the king.
04:26You know what I think Shamrock? No offense taken. It's good to be the king.
04:29Nobody knows more than I do. Look at Shamrock. I'll tell you what I think he's really thinking.
04:33I think he's thinking this is the biggest match of my entire life and I got a bad ankle.
04:37He's worried about that, JR.
04:41The ankle's got to be an issue. And you know The Rock, very well aware that Shamrock got that ankle dinged earlier tonight.
04:47Oh, he's trying to rock it up.
04:48He better hope up. Shamrock doesn't end up with that ankle shoved way up between those two gluteal cheeks of his.
04:55We can all remember what happened back in the Survivor Series in Montreal last year.
05:00Shamrock was a one-man band and eliminated two members of the nation, including The Rock.
05:06Now, when you say he was a one-man band, do you mean he, like, played his own instrument?
05:11Well, not quite. He was a figure of speech, if you know what I mean.
05:17Two words, JR.
05:18I got it.
05:19Own instrument.
05:22Shamrock's got to control his rage, his temper, and stay in his zone and not jump out of it.
05:28Remember, you can lose this match by disqualification or a countout. Don't want that to happen.
05:36Oh!
05:42Face has quickened here.
05:43Oh, Shamrock scores.
05:45And the martial arts kick right to the solar plexus.
05:48And now The Rock is going to distance himself here, one way or the other, from the world's most dangerous man.
05:54Well, you can't say that sometimes that's not a smart move.
05:57Better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
06:00Well, let me ask you this, Triple H. I know you're not really crazy about seeing The Rock win this, but in what point of view, if The Rock did win and become the king of the ring,
06:10and then later on you go out and kick his butt, look how that great that makes you look.
06:13It doesn't matter which one of these guys wins this.
06:16I walk in that ring, kick Ken Shamrock's butt.
06:18I walk in that ring, kicking Rocky my Vs, but it doesn't matter to me.
06:23He'd really rather be called The Rock.
06:24Yeah, he can be called.
06:26Now, this is a family show, right?
06:28I like The Croc. That was good.
06:30The Croc, he's full of it, all right.
06:35China has joined our Spanish commentators.
06:37Take no crap from those guys, China.
06:47I think he just insulted her.
07:00What did she say?
07:02Something about Taco Bell.
07:04I don't know, they want to go to Taco Bell or something, they want a Burrito Supreme.
07:08Run for the border.
07:09You're not bilingual?
07:10Huh?
07:11You're not bilingual?
07:11There's a lot of bi-things I am, but lingual's not one of them.
07:17Hey, wait a minute.
07:18Did I just mean to say that?
07:19I don't think you did, but be that as it may, we're live.
07:22And Shamrock sidestepped The Rock, and over he went to the Intercontinental Champion.
07:27He has had injury issues to address.
07:36He is 100%.
07:37However, here tonight, can't say the same for Shamrock.
07:40At least that's our suspicion that the ankle that Owen Hart and the nation almost destroyed
07:45has been aggravated again.
07:47Well, so far, Shamrock's done a good job of keeping The Rock away from his ankle.
07:52We've got to continue to do that, or it could cost him the King of the Rings after he's worked
07:56so hard.
07:57We haven't talked about Stone Cold Steve Austin's hospitalization.
08:02He was hospitalized last week for three days with a high fever and a severe staph infection.
08:06You just keep your mind on your business.
08:08You keep your mind on your business right there.
08:11You don't want none of me, Fuzzy Top.
08:13You don't want none of me.
08:15I'm telling you right now.
08:17You get your...
08:19Oh!
08:21Hey!
08:21Come on here!
08:24Well, I had a feeling something like that might happen.
08:30And Shamrock and The Rock now are...
08:33We got...
08:35J.R., I think you instigated that.
08:39I didn't do a damn thing to instigate anything.
08:40Watch it!
08:41Watch it!
08:41Look out!
08:42Come on, Rockies!
08:45Shamrock is going to snap here, and he may call The Rock with a low blow there.
08:50I don't know if the referee was too close to see it, maybe.
08:55Triple H is trying to get his headset back operable.
08:59And now Shamrock now at a disadvantage as The Rock has regained control here.
09:04Are you unplugged, Triple H?
09:06Testes, one, two, three?
09:07Yeah, you're on.
09:08Yeah, you're on.
09:08Three?
09:08Yep, you're on.
09:10Testes.
09:10You're on.
09:11Okay.
09:14A little skirmish we can live without.
09:15Oh!
09:17Hard suplex by Shamrock, who floats over and looks for three but finds only two.
09:22I'll tell you what, Rocky might be a better shave a little bit for after this is done.
09:27He and I are going to have a couple words in the back.
09:31Yeah.
09:31Ow.
09:32Oh, Shamrock got his, he's got his wrist hung up in the ropes.
09:35Had to get in the match right there.
09:37Look at it.
09:39And now Shamrock right out here in front of us.
09:41Not again.
09:43He ain't going to pie face me.
09:44I'll tell you right now, I'm not seeing him out, too.
09:46Here comes the Rock.
09:49Triple H back up here.
09:51Look out, Shamrock just took a right hand to the face.
09:57And it's all three balls.
09:59Oh!
09:59And the wrong ball.
10:01He kind of pulled off a steal with a close line.
10:04You want some more?
10:05Take it easy here.
10:07Come on, JR.
10:08Assert yourself.
10:09Well, I'm not the assertive kind, actually.
10:14I've heard that.
10:16Shamrock.
10:17Ooh!
10:18Shamrock.
10:19I'll tell you right, Rocky's lucky that my middle name is Scorchmanship.
10:24Or I'd get up and end this foray right now by sticking my right boot up Rocky's ass.
10:28Well, I wish he wouldn't do that.
10:31I wish I wouldn't either.
10:32So does the Rock.
10:34Shamrock's got that, Shamrock's re-injured ankle.
10:36I noticed he was really limping trying to get up there.
10:40And let's see if the Rock can capitalize on the injury to Shamrock.
10:45Look at Shamrock.
10:46He's hopping.
10:47He's skipping.
10:48Well, we knew that was going to happen.
10:49It's just a matter of time before the Rock zeroed in on that ankle.
10:53Ow.
10:54Swinging neckbreaker with a lot of authority.
10:56A very lax press.
10:58Somewhat arrogant in the cover was the Rock.
11:03Here's where Shamrock gets the test.
11:05Let's see if he can suck it up, so to speak.
11:07Shamrock!
11:08Shamrock!
11:08Shamrock!
11:09Shamrock!
11:11Shamrock!
11:12Shamrock!
11:12Shamrock!
11:12No quit.
11:14He won't back up.
11:16Will Shamrock?
11:17And he's fighting with everything he's got on one leg here.
11:20Come to your neck with a right hand, and that's what we are.
11:25Man, Shamrock's head driven into the canvas with a DDT.
11:30And Rock, oh my, close.
11:33How did he kick out there?
11:35And Rock seems to be getting a little frustrated, Hunter.
11:37I'll tell you what, this is a hell of a match right here.
11:39Rocky should be frustrated.
11:41Shamrock's showing he's pretty tough in there.
11:44He's got more than I thought he had, you know.
11:45A lot of guys lay down on stuff like that.
11:48Not Ken Shamrock.
11:50I'll tell you what, the athletes in the WWF are beyond compare as far as playing through an injury
11:56or playing when they're hurt, competing when they're hurting.
12:00That's what Shamrock is doing here.
12:01Everybody's had it.
12:02You've done it.
12:04It's just the way that it is here in the World Wrestling Federation.
12:07That's what separates champions from losers in the WWF.
12:11Not how much stroke you got with the guy running the show.
12:14Not how much you can stick your nose up somebody's butt that's running the show.
12:18It's about who's got it in that ring.
12:23Does Shamrock have it?
12:24Does he have enough?
12:25We know he has it.
12:27But does he have enough left here?
12:29And The Rock now going for another cover.
12:31The Rock is a magnificent athlete.
12:35He's a thoroughbred.
12:36Oh, man, he is.
12:38You like him or you don't.
12:40You got to admire his athleticism.
12:42And now it just may be a matter of time.
12:44What do you think The Rock's parents are thinking in Tampa right now, Zayla?
12:49Uh-oh, here it comes.
12:50I'm sure they're pulling for him and rightfully so.
12:55And another last cover with that.
13:01Oh, man, that was a...
13:03I'd like to see how close that one was.
13:06Referee Chioda must have been just inches away from a three-count.
13:09One of several three-counts that The Rock has earned here.
13:13Why don't you run up there, Jim Ross?
13:14Drop your pants and measure just how close it was.
13:17Well, I'd rather not.
13:21King, you know, he's an experienced official.
13:24You saw him earlier in that travesty.
13:25He said, oh, we've got our business back about, I don't know, 20 years.
13:28Right.
13:29Well, you know, hey, some attempts at humor are missed by everybody.
13:34I like it.
13:37And I got two words for you, JR.
13:39Shut up.
13:40Yeah.
13:40Let's talk about this match.
13:42You can't, you know, I like to talk about The Rock, but you can't count Shamrock.
13:46Shamrock can beat you quickly.
13:47I mean, in a flash, out of nowhere, you can have your leg locked into that submission hole.
13:54Just like Double J.
13:55Double J had the upper hand and then bang, he was beat.
13:58Shamrock will fight his way back up here.
14:03And he's going back to what he learned in the streets.
14:07That's just a hand-to-hand physical combat.
14:10And again, DDT.
14:11The second one.
14:14This guy's got to be in here.
14:15I can't believe.
14:16I can't believe this guy.
14:18Shamrock kicked out before three.
14:21I dare Rocky Maivia to give a serious cover.
14:24I guess Shamrock got dropped on his head a lot in the streets, huh, JR?
14:27What about these sob stories, Hunter, that JR tells about these guys and their background?
14:31Their fathers ran away from home.
14:33They had it tough.
14:34Hey, look.
14:34When life hands you a lemon, throw it at somebody.
14:37Right.
14:37And there's a suplex.
14:38They're true stories.
14:40Who really cares?
14:41Who really cares?
14:42Do you think I'd give a crap if Kenny Shamrock's family dumped him when he was a kid?
14:46I'd try to dump them, too.
14:48I don't care what these sob stories.
14:50It doesn't matter except for what's happening today right here in this ring.
14:54Both men are down.
14:55Now, this is an interesting situation.
14:59What if both men are counted out?
15:01The Rock is out.
15:02Do we go overtime?
15:03Or maybe Hunter would remain the king of the ring from last year.
15:09Which is what should happen anyway.
15:13I think some movement here at eight.
15:16They're gutting it out here.
15:17They're moving at nine.
15:19They're up.
15:20They're up.
15:21That was a nine count there.
15:26Shamrock meeting the Rock.
15:27Well, here comes Shamrock.
15:29He's getting the second win.
15:30And the Irishman is reaching down.
15:34He's snapping.
15:38He drowned in.
15:39That could be.
15:40No, it's not.
15:43Did you see the Rock?
15:44The Rock had his eyes right on the hand of the referee.
15:46He knew where he was at.
15:47He wasn't out of it.
15:48He watched.
15:49Shamrock of a ring general.
15:50He knows where that referee is every second.
15:53Suplex this time.
15:54Got another two.
15:55The tables have turned here.
15:57And now the Shamrock seemingly in control.
16:00But here comes a Rock right back.
16:06The interesting thing is, is how tough both these guys are.
16:09But neither one tougher than me.
16:11That's amazing, isn't it?
16:12It's a real fun fact.
16:15I'm full of fun facts.
16:18That's got to be it.
16:19That's got to be it.
16:20No, he didn't get it.
16:23No doubt about the fact that both of these guys want to be the King of the Ring.
16:27This shows you just how important being King of the Ring is right here.
16:31Both these guys are pulling out everything in their arsenal to win this.
16:35And they're about to get exhausted here.
16:37The Rock must think that he's got to knock Shamrock out to win this thing.
16:41That'd be a good idea.
16:42They've already competed once earlier tonight.
16:45And again.
16:46Uh-oh.
16:47Rock looking for a DDT.
16:48Uh-oh.
16:48He's hooked.
16:49And Shamrock counter.
16:52No.
16:53Woo.
16:55How close was that, Hunter?
16:56Shoot.
16:58Too close to call.
17:00Too close to call.
17:01Man, the fatigue, as you mentioned, King got to be setting in here on these two guys.
17:06They're competing in a doubleheader here tonight at the King of the Ring.
17:10You can see the fatigue sitting in now, though.
17:12Shamrock doesn't have the sting in those punches he had in his first match with Double J.
17:16Part of Hotline.
17:18This time it's a good snub cover.
17:20And a small, what a near fall.
17:22The cover was good then, but the ammunition beforehand was just not enough.
17:26They're slower and slower getting up are these two magnificent athletes.
17:35Look at the speed.
17:36They've lost a step.
17:38They just beat the hell out of each other.
17:40There's a cover.
17:41Again.
17:42And again, we got a nearer.
17:43Nobody's going to stay down here.
17:44You've got to give them both credit.
17:47I'll tell you what.
17:47You look around at these people.
17:48There's not a person sitting down in here.
17:51They're all on the edge of their seats.
17:52As far as a couple of points.
17:54And The Rock now.
17:55That could do it.
17:56A hot shot might get it.
17:58Oh, no.
17:59How can that referee stop that count?
18:01The King of the Ring Championship.
18:03Uh-oh, look at that line here.
18:04Now Rocky's frustrated.
18:06Now don't blame him.
18:07Don't want to be stupid and get yourself disqualified.
18:09I would have already counted as...
18:10Oh, look at him.
18:11Shamrock, Shamrock.
18:12There it is.
18:13It's a lock.
18:13It's a lock.
18:14He's screaming like a girl.
18:16Look at him.
18:18Rocky Maivia is screaming like a broad.
18:20This is it.
18:21Bring it.
18:22He tapped.
18:23Shamrock, Shamrock, Shamrock.
18:24Shamrock, King of the Ring.
18:27The most difficult.
18:29And the most difficult.
18:31Look away.
18:32Damn, maybe you should say it five or six more times.
18:34Here's Shamrock, the 1998 King of the Ring.
18:42And he did it with his ankle off submission.
18:45And would never, ever quit.
18:47Nothing was handed to Ken Shamrock.
19:02Nothing's been handed to him his entire life.
19:04And now he can say that he's the 1998 King of the Ring
19:08and joins the mighty elite company.
19:11I'll tell you what.
19:20Ken Shamrock didn't beat me.
19:22That's all I've got to say.
19:23Let's take a look at exactly how he did beat The Rock, though.
19:26And it's still a little questionable if you ask me.
19:29What do you mean?
19:29What a little questionable.
19:30I'm going to tell you this.
19:31Look.
19:31Okay.
19:32I'll give him credit.
19:33I'll give Shamrock great credit right there.
19:35That was a beautiful move.
19:36He stepped right into that.
19:37And unsuspecting Rock was in trouble.
19:39But I've got to question this tap out.
19:42I don't see The Rock screaming that he quits.
19:46I don't know.
19:47Let's see.
19:47Wait.
19:47Does he actually tap out?
19:49He hasn't yet.
19:51Run.
19:53The referee throws his hand away.
19:55He's tapping.
19:56He's tapping out right there, King.
19:58Don't try to degrade the victory of Ken Shamrock, will you?
20:01Have a little bit of dignity.
20:03For God's sake.
20:06Well, Triple H's the leader of DX.
20:10Pretty important.
20:11Yes, it's a pretty unique thing to say here tonight.
20:16And congratulations go to Ken Shamrock.
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