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1073: 391:. 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 WWF's "Big Five" PPVs, along with the 677: 921:. Roberts countered and hit a Short-arm Clothesline of his own. Roberts ran through the ropes but Vader hit him with a Running Splash and tried to charge Roberts into the corner. Roberts avoided the charge and tried to hit a DDT on Vader but Vader used the referee as a human shield to prevent himself from getting a DDT. As a result of using the referee, Vader was 859: 1036:
regrouped and refused to forfeit. He began attacking Austin and attempted to hit a DDT, but Austin avoided the move and began focusing on Roberts' injured ribs. In the end of the match, Austin hit a Stone Cold Stunner to win the match and the King of the Ring tournament. After the match, Austin mocked Roberts'
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The Undertaker continued his rivalry with Mankind after King of the Ring. Mankind interfered in Undertaker's match with Goldust at In Your House 9, causing Goldust to get disqualified. After the match, Undertaker and Mankind brawled with each other and their fight reached the locker room. This led to
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through the apron but Undertaker blocked the move with the chair. Mankind returned to the ring and hit Undertaker with a Piledriver. Mankind grabbed Undertaker's urn and tried to attack him with it, but Bearer snatched the urn from Mankind. Mankind focused on Undertaker and applied a Mandible Claw on
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In the next match, The Smoking Gunns defended the WWF Tag Team Championship against The Godwinns. The Gunns got the earlier advantage in the match when Billy distracted Phineas and Bart attacked Phineas from behind. However, Godwinns got advantage and dominated most part of the match. In the closing
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and attempted to pin Bulldog. Hebner and Perfect both began counting the pinfall. Hart left the commentary table and pulled Perfect out of the ring to prevent him from counting the pin but Hebner counted to three, allowing Michaels to win the match and retain the WWF Championship. After the match,
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Next was the final round match of the King of the Ring tournament pitting Stone Cold Steve Austin against Jake Roberts. WWF President Gorilla Monsoon came to the ring during the match and offered Roberts to stop the match due to his rib injury suffered in his semifinal match against Vader. Roberts
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Austin's victory speech after winning the 1996 King of the Ring tournament gave rise to the "Austin 3:16" tag line, which would go on to become one of the most popular catchphrases in the history of professional wrestling and the event has been cited by WWE as the starting point of the
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tried to retrieve a director's chair for Goldust's valet Marlena, but Warrior grabbed the chair and destroyed it. Lawler had been critical of a comic book released by Warrior and made statements about how it would have been better if he did the artwork. On the June 10 episode of
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As the event concluded, the semi-final round of the King of the Ring tournament started. The first semi-final match pitted Marc Mero against Stone Cold Steve Austin. During the match, Austin's mouth was badly injured. Mero whipped Austin through the ropes and then
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Undertaker. Bearer tried to hit Mankind with the urn but Mankind pulled Undertaker to prevent from being hit and Undertaker was hit with the urn. This allowed Mankind to apply another Mandible Claw on Undertaker. As a result, Mankind was awarded the victory by
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The fourth match was between The Ultimate Warrior and Jerry Lawler. Lawler brought a scepter to the ring during his entrance. As Warrior was making his entrance, Lawler started attacking Warrior with the scepter and used many
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would be the inside referee. The match went back and forth with Bulldog's wife Diana and manager Cornette interfering on Bulldog's behalf on many occasions during the match. Bulldog's brother-in-law and
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In the sixth match of the event, Goldust defended the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Ahmed Johnson. Johnson dominated most of the match. Goldust had nearly won the match after applying a
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became the manager of the Gunns. Due to the betrayal of Sunny, the Godwinns continued their rivalry with the Gunns, leading to a tag title match between the two teams at King of the Ring.
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Mankind into the chair. The Undertaker backdropped Mankind into the ring and the two returned to the ring. Undertaker's manager Paul Bearer distracted the referee, allowing Undertaker to
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The tournament took place between May 27 and June 23, 1996 (the entire first two rounds were actually done on May 27 and 28, two of the three quarterfinal matches actually occurred
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Following the formation of an alliance of Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson and Warrior after Michaels' title defense at King of the Ring, the three were scheduled to compete against
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This would be Ultimate Warrior's final PPV match. His final WWF match was a victory against Owen Hart by DQ. His next appearance in a WWE ring was in a non-wrestling role at
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Vader joined Bulldog and Hart to attack Michaels and Johnson. Warrior came out to rescue Michaels and Johnson from Bulldog, Hart and Vader and this ended the show.
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At the time, SummerSlam was one of WWE's "big five" Pay-Per-Views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, and Survivor Series were the others), ...
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that was established in 1985 and held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990; these early tournaments were held as special non-televised
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Owen Hart served as the guest commentator for the entire pay-per-view. In the closing moments of the match, Michaels attempted to hit Bulldog a
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a year later, with Austin being a major character in WWF storylines and a regular PPV head-liner until his in-ring retirement in 2003.
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You sit there and you thump your Bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere! Talk about your psalms, talk about
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for the first time since his final match on Raw in nearly 18 years, the night after WrestleMania, and died on the next day.
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The fifth match was between The Undertaker and Mankind. The Undertaker started the match by attacking Mankind with a
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and his catchphrase "Austin 3:16" became the most popular catchphrase in professional wrestling history. Austin was
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as Michaels and Johnson's tag team partner. At In Your House 9, Camp Cornette defeated Michaels, Johnson and Sid.
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as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
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in the corner and tried to throw Mero out of the ring but Mero tossed Austin outside the ring. Mero delivered a
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The next semi-final match was between Jake Roberts and Vader. Vader dominated Roberts with a Body Press and a
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decided that Perfect would be refereeing outside the ring (due to Perfect's controversial refereeing at
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but did not pin Johnson and tried to further assault him but Johnson countered and hit Goldust with a
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and a huge box-office draw, punishment fell solely on Levesque. As a result, Levesque's anticipated "
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but Bulldog countered it into a Sitout Powerbomb. Michaels regained his momentum and hit Bulldog a
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Bulldog and Hart attacked Michaels. Johnson came to rescue Michaels until Bulldog and Hart's
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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment
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moments of the match, Bart hit a Boot to Phineas, allowing Billy to pin Phineas with a
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to Austin causing Austin to bleed from his mouth. Mero returned to the ring and hit a
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featured Shawn Michaels defending the WWF Championship against the British Bulldog.
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expired and the two men left the WWF to join the promotion's main competitor,
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The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship
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on Undertaker against the steel steps. He tried to attack Undertaker with a
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in 2014 (almost 18 years later) the day after being inducted into the
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was scheduled to referee the match but at the last minute President
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but Mero kicked out of it. Austin followed by hitting Mero with a
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on Vader but Vader backed him into the corner and tried to hit a
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featured the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, which was won by
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during his coronation as King of the Ring by uttering a quote:
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conducted an in-ring interview segment with The Undertaker and
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the first round was completed). The tournament brackets were:
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Another predominant feud heading into the event was between
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The pay-per-view event featured the annual King of the Ring
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After winning the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, Austin
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to weaken Warrior. Lawler tried to finish the match with a
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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds,
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declared the match a no contest. On the June 3 episode of
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Several weeks prior to King of the Ring, the contracts of
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to win the match and the Intercontinental Championship.
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on Undertaker and helped Mankind in winning the match.
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in a qualification match. On the June 10 episode of
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Simon and Schuster. p. 298. 605:heading into the event was between 438:Michael Hickenbottom (wrestling as 13: 2572: 442:) and Paul Levesque (wrestling as 14: 4329: 3911:TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 3199: 2423:Beaston, Erik (August 18, 2019). 1483:WWF Intercontinental Championship 1360:King of the Ring semi-final match 961:and pinned him to win the match. 909:. Roberts booted Vader and hit a 687:as "Mankind" at King of the Ring. 293:WWF Intercontinental Championship 4242:Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament 3155:. March 31, 1996. Archived from 1598: 824:) in a match that aired live on 436:embraced their real-life friends 3803:Live from Madison Square Garden 3614:(1997, 2003–2004, 2024–present) 3566:(1993–2002, 2015, 2024–present) 3170: 3141: 3092: 3043: 2992: 2965: 2940: 2915: 2716: 2597:"King of the Ring 1996 results" 972:. Mankind gained momentum by a 968:. 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Index


The Ultimate Warrior
Promotion
World Wrestling Federation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
MECCA Arena
Tagline
In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
In Your House 9: International Incident
King of the Ring
1995
1997
King of the Ring tournament
1995
1997
King of the Ring
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event
World Wrestling Federation
King of the Ring tournament
MECCA Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
main event
standard wrestling match
WWF Championship
Shawn Michaels
British Bulldog
Mr. Perfect
special guest enforcer

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