History Trivia / KingOfTheRing

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the [[BreakingTheFourthWall "MSG Incident"]][[note]]:During Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash's last appearance in WWF before they left for WCW, they no-sold the finish of a match and celebrated together in the ring with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH, breaking kayfabe severely. Since Vince [=McMahon=] couldn't punish Hall and Nash for it and was afraid to punish HBK, who was his top draw at the time, the full punishment for the incident fell on Triple H[[/note]] not taken place in 1996, Wrestling/TripleH, ''not'' Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, would have won the King of the Ring tournament that year. Of course, Austin's [=KotR=] victory speech was where he coined "Austin 3:16" and is looked on as a pivotal moment in his ascent to the top of the wrestling industry, meaning that without Austin's win, the Attitude Era might not have happened, and WWE might very well have gone bankrupt. Triple H would eventually win the tournament the next year in 1997.[[note]]Ironically, instances such as this may have also been the reason for Triple H steadfastily ensuring to establish himself to the top of the industry, which would become controversial in itself.[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the [[BreakingTheFourthWall "MSG Incident"]][[note]]:During Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash's last appearance in WWF before they left for WCW, they no-sold the finish of a match and celebrated together in the ring with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH, breaking kayfabe severely. Since Vince [=McMahon=] couldn't punish Hall and Nash for it and was afraid to punish HBK, who was his top draw at the time, the full punishment for the incident fell on Triple H[[/note]] not taken place in 1996, Wrestling/TripleH, ''not'' Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, would have won the King of the Ring tournament that year. Of course, Austin's [=KotR=] victory speech was where he coined "Austin 3:16" and is looked on as a pivotal moment in his ascent to the top of the wrestling industry, meaning that without Austin's win, the Attitude Era might not have happened, and WWE might very well have gone bankrupt. HHH has yet to accept the thanks he deserves for this.[[note]]Ironically, instances such as this may have also been the reason for Triple H steadfastily ensuring to establish himself to the top of the industry, which would become controversial in itself.[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the [[BreakingTheFourthWall "MSG Incident"]][[note]]:During Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash's last appearance in WWF before they left for WCW, they no-sold the finish of a match and celebrated together in the ring with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH, breaking kayfabe severely. Since Vince [=McMahon=] couldn't punish Hall and Nash for it and was afraid to punish HBK, who was his top draw at the time, the full punishment for the incident fell on Triple H[[/note]] not taken place in 1996, Wrestling/TripleH, ''not'' Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, would have won the King of the Ring tournament that year. Of course, Austin's [=KotR=] victory speech was where he coined "Austin 3:16" and is looked on as a pivotal moment in his ascent to the top of the wrestling industry, meaning that without Austin's win, the Attitude Era might not have happened, and WWE might very well have gone bankrupt. HHH has yet to accept the thanks he deserves for this. (Ironically, instances such as this may also been the reason for Triple H steadfastily ensuring to establish himself to the top of the industry, which would become controversial in itself.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the [[BreakingTheFourthWall "MSG Incident"]][[note]]:During Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash's last appearance in WWF before they left for WCW, they no-sold the finish of a match and celebrated together in the ring with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH, breaking kayfabe severely. Since Vince [=McMahon=] couldn't punish Hall and Nash for it and was afraid to punish HBK, who was his top draw at the time, the full punishment for the incident fell on Triple H[[/note]] not taken place in 1996, Wrestling/TripleH, ''not'' Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, would have won the King of the Ring tournament that year. Of course, Austin's [=KotR=] victory speech was where he coined "Austin 3:16" and is looked on as a pivotal moment in his ascent to the top of the wrestling industry, meaning that without Austin's win, the Attitude Era might not have happened, and WWE might very well have gone bankrupt. HHH has yet to accept the thanks he deserves for this.

* ToughActToFollow: Regarding the 1998 [=PPV=], you might find a few people that remember the Steve Austen vs. Kane main event, or even know who won the [=KotR=] itself, but what does ''everyone'' talk about? Undertaker versus Mankind.