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Here are the main highlights and results of The King Of The Ring:

The show kicked off with Diamond Dallas Page coming through the crowd to the ring. He took the mic and said he was letting the Undertaker known that he had arrived. He said he saw Taker on Smackdown and saw that he looked pissed off. He said he should thank him for the PG footage he showed compared to his personal collection he has. DDP said he was coming into the big dog’s house and kicking his ass all over his own yard. He then said that on Raw DDP will be the first WCW contracted wrestler to step foot in Madison Square Garden. He then told Taker that he would be in the front row so he would be easy to find. He said he would be easy to find because he will be the one with a sign. He then held up a sign that read “Make me Famous” and then went to his front row seat.

Match 1: Kurt Angle vs. Christian (Semifinal Round)
Angle came to the ring first looking to repeat this year with a King of the Ring tournament victory.
Christian got right up and stood on Angle’s head and then whipped him off the ropes. He went for a sunset flip, but Angle countered and went for the ankle lock. Christian escaped and walked right into a belly-to-belly suplex from Angle. Christian rolled to the outside and Angle followed him out and pounded away at him. Angle pulled Christian to the announcers’ table and slammed his head into it. Christian countered and rolled Angle back into the ring. He went up top and was sent flying back to the outside by Angle. Angle got him back in the ring and hit a gut wrench into a slam and then hit another back suplex and went for a cover.

Angle got the ankle lock locked in on Christian, but he reached out and got the ropes. Angle then went for an Olympic Slam and missed and Christian hit his finisher and went for the pin. Shane reached in and pulled Christian out of the ring to break the count. Christian looked out toward Shane as he got back in the ring and Kurt Angle was able to get him from behind and hit the Olympic Slam. He pinned Christian and was victorious and will move on to the finals of the tournament.
Winner: Kurt Angle

Match 2: Edge vs. Rhyno (Semifinal Round)
The match got started and Edge had the upper hand in the match. He got Rhyno backed into the corner, but he fired back with knife edge chops. Edge then knocked Rhyno off the ring apron to the floor and followed him out and went on the attack. He tried to slam him into the security wall, but he countered and slammed Edge.

Edge then grabbed Rhyno and atomic dropped him onto the top of the security wall. They then made there way down the aisle.

Edge hit an atomic drop and then a neck breaker and Rhyno was down. Edge went up top and Rhyno tried to stop him. Edge hammered away at Rhyno and hit a sunset flip from the top. Rhyno then whipped Edge into the ropes and hit a huge spinebuster and then set up for the Gore. Edge and Rhyno collided and were down and out. Rhyno rolled over and covered Edge, but got a 2-count.

The strength of Rhyno’s legs helped him escape an inside cradle. Edge then sent Rhyno into that exposed turnbuckle after his Gore attempt. Edge for the pin and will advance to the finals of the tournament.
Winner: Edge

Match 3: Tag Team Championship Match
The Dudley Boyz vs. Spike Dudley & Mystery Partner
The Dudleyz came to the ring and awaited the arrival of their half brother and his mystery partner. An explosion erupted and Kane walked out with Spike. They went right to the ring and gained the upperhand on the Dudleyz. Spike and Buh Buh got the match started. Spike whipped Buh Buh into the ropes and was then Gorilla Pressed by Buh Buh and thrown to Kane. Kane threw Spike back on Buh Buh and he went for the pin.

D-Von dropped Spike and then hit a leglock and then tagged Buh Buh back in. Spike was nailed with a hard spinebuster and then shot up and went for a sunset flip on Buh Buh, but he just dropped down on Spike’s head. Buh Buh got Spike in a side headlock and Spike broke free. He kicked Buh Buh in the gut and went for a huricanrana, but got caught and nailed with a Power Bomb. D-Von was tagged in and beat Spike in the corner with repeated blows. Spike got a cheap shot in out of pure desperation and made the tag to Kane.

The tag champs got Spike out of the ring and double-teamed Kane. D-Von hit the whassup dive from the top on Kane. Spike came in and went for the Acid Drop on D-Von but missed. D-Von caught Spike and Buh Buh ran over and executed the 3D and pinned Spike for the victory. After the match, Kane powerbombed D-Von and then chokeslammed Buh Buh through a table.
Winner(s): The Dudley Boyz

Match 4: Kurt Angle vs. Edge (Final Round)
Kurt Angle got on the mic and said that he was sorry for getting mad at Edge last week. He said he did not want anything to get in the way of their friendship. Kurt said he has another match with Shane and since there is no way Edge will beat him, he wanted him to hand over the tournament championship to him. Edge clocked him in the face and then went to work on him in the corner. Edge hit a flapjack on Angle and then threw blows at him in the corner.

Angle fought back and they had a short exchange of blows in the middle of the ring. Edge whipped Angle into the ropes and he countered and then belly-to-belly suplexed Edge right over the ropes to the outside. Angle went outside and began to stomp away at Edge and then slammed him into the steel ring steps. Angle then picked him up and slammed his head into the railing. Angle rolled him back into the ring and hit another suplex.

Angle picked up Edge by the hair and hit another vertical suplex and nearly got the 3-count. Angle got Edge in a reverse chin lock and Edge eventually worked back up to his feet. Edge threw an elbow, but Angle nailed him with a forearm. Edge then rolled up Angle for a 2-count and then got up and got nailed with a belly-to-belly suplex by Angle.

Angle then locked in another reverse chin lock. The ref lifted the arm of Edge twice and then he got back up. He thew shots to Angle’s gut and then got thrown over the top rope, to the floor by Angle. Angle followed him out and went back to work on him on the outside. Angle picked up Edge and dropped him on the security wall.

Angle then threw Edge back into the ring and went up top. Edge dropkicked the ropes and Angle fell down on the ropes. Edge hit a huricanrana on Angle from the top and almost got the 3-count. Edge and Angle exchanged blows in the middle of the ring and Edge finally got Angle down. Edge back dropped Angle and then ducked a dropkick attempt by Angle. Edge rolled him up, but Angle kicked out.

Angle went for the Olympic Slam and then the ankle lock. Edge nailed Angle and had him in the pin, but Christian came down and distracted the referee. Angle rolled up Edge and almost got the pin. The referee was knocked down and Angle got Edge in the ankle lock. Edge tapped but the ref was not there to make the call. Shane then came in and speared Angle. Edge DDTed Angle and covered him to get the victory and become the 2001 King of the Ring.
Winner: Edge

Match 5: Light Heavyweight Title Match
Jeff Hardy vs. X-Pac
the match got started and X-Pac got a quick arm drag takedown on Jeff. X-Pac got Hardy in a side headlock and then wrestled him to the mat and slapped him in the head to rub it in. Jeff whipped X-Pac off the ropes and he fired at him with a shoulder block. They got up and exchanged blows and Jeff then hit a tilt-a-world leg whip. They fought to the outside and then back to the ring. X-Pac hit a big slam and then worked him over while was down.

X-Pac charged Jeff and they collided in a strange way. Jeff then got up and hit the top rope and nailed X-Pac with a corkscrew moonsault. Jeff backed X-Pac into the corner and threw blows at his face. X-Pac hit the X-Factor and went for the cover, but Jeff got his foot on the bottom rope to break the count.

Jeff took down X-Pac and went upstairs. He hit the Swanton Bomb on X-Pac and covered him for the 3-count. Jeff Hardy retained his Light Heavyweight Title.
Winner: Jeff Hardy

Confrontation
Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Undertaker
DDP and Undertaker went right at it in the ring. Page knocked down taker with a low blow and then started talking shit. Taker threw a series of blows and then knocked DDP out of the ring. Sarah then came down to the ring with that camera. She was video taping as Taker beat up Page. Taker had DDP up against the railing and he pounded Page’s face. DDP ran over and grabbed a chair and nailed Taker in the gut and then across the back. Taker got up and tackled DDP across the announce table. Taker rolled DDP back into the ring and stomped away at him in the corner. Taker threw Page out of the ring and held him by the hair in front of Sarah’s camera. Page rolled back in the ring and begged Taker to forgive him, but Taker nailed him with a boot to the face. DDP rolled out of the ring and ran out of the arena through the crowd and Sarah videotaped him as he walked out.

Match 6: Street Fight Match
Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon
Angle came down after Shane and they went right at it in the ring. Angle worked over Shane and threw him to the outside. Shane got back in the ring and Angle was in the referee’s position for Olympic style wrestling. Shane got on top and Angle broke out and slammed Shane down. Angle was busted open at this point.

Angle got outside and chased Shane around the ring. Shane stopped at the announcers’ table and got on top of the security wall. Shane leaped over the table and nailed Angle. Shane reached under the ring and pulled out a Kindo Stick. He reared back and whipped Angle with the stick repeatedly. Angle powered Shane into the ring with his shoulder and then clotheslined him into the crowd.

Shane executed an arm drag takeover on Angel that sent him into the security wall. Shane then got back and speared Angle right into the steel ring steps. Shane rolled Angle back into the ring and covered him for the pin but only got a 2-count. Shane then went back to the outside and got weapons from under the ring.

Shane locked Angle in the patented Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Angle reached out and grabbed a Kindo stick and beat Shane in the back with pure desperation and broke the hold. Angle swung the stick at Shane twice and missed and Shane hit Angle with stiff jabs. He got him down and went for the cover, but only got 2.

Shane nailed Angle with a garbage can. Angle was down and Shane just laid the can on top of Angle’s body. Shane went upstairs and went for the Shooting-Star press, but missed and landed on the trashcan. Angle went for the cover, but Shane kicked out at 2. Angle back dropped Shane to the mat and then flipped him to the outside.

Angle followed him to the outside and he slammed Shane into the railing. They made their ways down the aisle and Angle went for a suplex, but both men went down hard and were hurt. Angle got up and threw fists at Shane’s head. Shane got right up and fired back at him and Angle then slammed Shane’s head into part of the ramp.

Angle belly-to-belly suplexed Shane right into the stage and he came down hard on the small of his back and head. Angle picked him up and hit the move again, but this time shattered him through the King of the Ring glass. Angle picked Shane up and slammed him into another piece of glass. He tried to get him through again and Shane hit the glass and bounced off it. Angle finally got him through another piece of glass face-first.

Angle went for a cover, but the ref would not make the count unless it was in the ring. Both men were bleeding a lot at this point. Angle wheeled an anvil case over to Shane and picked him up. He laid him across the top of it and started to wheel Shane back to the ring.

Angle got him to the ring and rolled him back in under the bottom rope. Angle went for the cover and won.
Winner: Kurt Angle

Match 7: Triple Threat WWF Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho

They then showed the events leading up the Triple Threat WWF Title match tonight between Austin, Benoit and Jericho.

Jericho and Benoit came right down and put the beating to Austin. They fought him to the outside into the crowd and double-teamed him. They threw him back over the railing and Benoit thew him back into the ring.

Jericho was knocked out of the ring and Benoit and Austin squared off in the ring. Austin finally tossed Benoit out of the ring. Austin suplexed Benoit back in the ring and then slammed into him whiloe he was draped on the ropes. Austin slammed Benoit into Jericho and he went back to the floor.

Benoit back suplexed Jericho off the ropes and they were both down. Austin rolled over and covered the motionless Chris Benoit for the 3-count and retained his WWF Championship.
Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin

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