King of the Ring 2002 (2016 Redo): It’s Not Like It Matters
King of the Ring 2002
Date: June 23, 2002
Location: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 14,198
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
We open with a recap of some great King of the Ring winners with 1995 obviously being omitted. Does anyone want to see Savio Vega anyway? The regular opening video talks about the tournament and the two regular matches, as you would expect.
King of the Ring Semifinals: Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho
Back up and a springboard kick to the face gives Rob two, followed by the cartwheel moonsault for the same. Jericho shrugs off a few more kicks and sends Rob into the exposed buckle for two. The Lionsault gets the same and the Walls send Van Dam bailing for the ropes. They head up top so Jericho can get shoved off and very obviously crawl to the middle of the ring so the Five Star can put him away.
Lawler goes in to talk to Van Dam but Jericho chairs Rob down and puts him in the Walls.
Heyman fires Brock up.
King of the Ring Semifinals: Test vs. Brock Lesnar
Lance Storm and Christian would rather rant about people being anti-Canadian instead of picking a winner.
Cruiserweight Title: Hurricane vs. Jamie Noble
Eddie Guerrero vs. Ric Flair
Angle wants to know why he and Hogan are both considered American heroes. After all, Hogan is only considered a hero because Vince wanted him to be. “If Mr. McMahon wanted Hogan to be a zookeeper, Hogan would be a zookeeper!”
Kurt Angle vs. Hulk Hogan
King of the Ring: Brock Lesnar vs. Rob Van Dam
HHH runs into Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels, who offer their help tonight if needed.
Heyman jumps in on commentary to say the winner of this is keeping the title warm for Lesnar until Summerslam.
WWE World Title: Undertaker vs. HHH
HHH is challenging and comes out second for no apparent reason. They slug it out to start (get used to that kind of exchange) with neither really getting an advantage. HHH mixes it up with a choke before the fight heads outside for more punching. The slow punching continues until Undertaker misses a running boot in the corner. A modified Snake Eyes gets Undertaker out of trouble and he drops an elbow for two.
Post match Undertaker talks trash to Rock and gets Rock Bottomed, setting up a Pedigree to Rock to end. Undertaker chokeslams HHH to end the show.
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