10 Best WWE King of the Ring PPV matches

#5 Kane vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - 1998

This was the Attitude Era

If a modern-day wrestling fan had never seen the Attitude Era and you had to choose one pay-per-view to show them, this would be it. The 1998 King of the Ring really was the Attitude Era all in one night.

The event will be best remembered for the incredible Hell in A Cell between The Undertaker and Mankind, but that is actually a shame because it was a really solid event as a whole. And one thing that is really overlooked about it is the WWE Championship main event First Blood match between Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Kane, as this was arguably the best match of the Big Red Machine's career.

In a typical crazy storyline from this era, if Kane lost, he would have had to set himself on fire. They brawled mostly in the early going, a lot of rights and lefts from Kane. On the presumed orders of Vince McMahon, the Hell in A Cell cage was lowered. They played around with it for a while before the incredible sight of Mankind, who was hurled off the top of the structure earlier, made his way out. He was soon followed by The Undertaker, who took out the referee.

Taker attempted to hit Mankind with the chair but meets Austin instead and was busted open. As Austin finally bloodied Kane, the referee called for the bell, but after seeing the blood on Austin first, he awarded the WWE title to Kane.