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King of the Ring (1997) was the fifth annual King of the Ring professional as wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Federation. It was presented by Super Soaker and took place on June 8, 1997, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship. The Undertaker defeated Faarooq to retain the title. The undercard featured the 1997 King of the Ring tournament, won by Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Other matches featured on the undercard included Shawn Michaels versus Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart) versus Sycho Sid and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) in a six-man tag team match and Goldust versus Crush. ==Background== King of the Ring featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on ''Raw is War''—World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) main television program. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment )〕 The pay-per-view event featured the annual King of the Ring single elimination bracket tournament. The tournament started on the May 12, 1997, episode of ''Raw is War'', with Ahmed Johnson defeating Hunter Hearst Helmsley in the first quarter-final match by disqualification.〔 On the May 19 episode of ''Raw is War'', Helmsley got another spot in the tournament because he was not properly instructed before his match with Johnson and thus threatened to sue WWF with legal action. He replaced the injured Vader, who was originally scheduled to wrestle Crush in the spot but had been injured in a No Holds Barred match against Ken Shamrock at In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell. Helmsley defeated Crush and regained his spot in the tournament.〔 On the May 26 episode of ''Raw is War'', Jerry Lawler defeated Goldust in the third quarter-final match.〔 The final quarter-final match was held on the June 2 episode of ''Raw is War'', as Mankind defeated Savio Vega.〔 The predominant rivalry heading into the event was between The Undertaker and Faarooq over Undertaker's WWF Championship. On the May 12 episode of ''Raw is War'', The Undertaker had nearly defeated Faarooq's Nation of Domination teammate Savio Vega in a non-title match until Faarooq interfered and attacked The Undertaker.〔 On the May 31 episode of ''Shotgun'', Faarooq, Crush, and Vega defeated The Undertaker, Mankind, and Vader in a six-man tag team match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WWF Shotgun 1997 Results )〕 It would eventually lead to a title match between Undertaker and Faarooq at King of the Ring. Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels. On the May 26 episode of ''Raw is War'', Austin and Michaels defeated Owen Hart and British Bulldog to win the WWF Tag Team Championship. However, after the title win, Austin went to fight Bret Hart and Michaels was attacked by the rest of The Hart Foundation, which created jealousy between the new champions.〔 On the June 2 episode of ''Raw is War'', Austin and Michaels began fighting each other during a title defense against the Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). This led to a match between Austin and Michaels at King of the Ring to determine the captain of the team.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King of the Ring (1997)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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