Every WWE Gimmick Match And The Wrestlers That Defined Them
12. First Blood Match - Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin, probably, who headlined two main events under a risky stipulation that, of course, once made a cropper of LOLWCW.
The pitch behind King Of The Ring 1998 was stupendous Attitude Era fare. The audience was guaranteed one of two things: one guy is going to piss blood from his face, or one guy is going to set himself on fire. Kane of course wore a mask, adding cruel McMahon intrigue to the stipulation. Would Austin unmask Kane?
The hooks were preposterous and multiplied. The match didn't reflect the intrigue of the hype, but this was Steve Austin in 1998. Everything he did mattered. And, in contrast to the pulled promises of WCW, that audience knew the WWF was going to deliver.
The lunacy embedded in the Federation was intensifying by the week.