WWF King of the Ring - June 29, 2003

KAIENTAI defeated The Holly's when Michinoku pinned Holly after a sunset flip in 0:15:04.
Rating: ** 3/4

[KoR Q]:
Randy Savage pinned Chris Benoit after a clothesline in 0:14:16.
Rating: **

[KoR Q]: Non-Title-Match:
Rob Van Dam pinned Scott Steiner with his special move in 0:20:25.
Rating: *** 1/2

[KoR Q]:
Kanyon pinned Booker T with the Flatliner in 0:25:18.
Rating: *** 1/4

[KoR Q]: Non-Title-Match:
Triple H defeated Bill Goldberg via pinfall in 0:20:24.
Rating: ** 1/4

Non-Title-Match:
Jeff Hardy pinned William Regal with the Senton Bomb in 0:17:56.
Rating: **

The Dark Carnival defeated E & C when Vampiro pinned E. Guerrero with the Vampiro Spike in 0:22:16.
Rating: ***

[KoR S]:
Rob Van Dam pinned Randy Savage with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:15:31.
Rating: ** 1/2

[KoR S]:
Kanyon pinned Triple H with the Flatliner in 0:26:48.
Rating: **

X-Pac pinned Sean O'Haire after a flying bodypress in 0:12:00.
Rating: *** 1/2
(X-Pac retained the WWF Intercontinental Title.)

The Outsiders defeated Impact Players when Nash made L. Storm submit to a Canadian backbreaker in 0:10:32.
Rating: 1/4*
(The Outsiders won the WWF World Tag-Team Titles.)

[KoR F]:
Rob Van Dam pinned Kanyon with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:24:01.
Rating: **** 1/4

Chris Jericho pinned Kurt Angle after a power bomb in 0:28:53.
Rating: ***
(Chris Jericho retained the WWF World Heavyweight Title.)

Notes:

KAINENTAI once again fights the Holly's to start things spinning to what will be a great PPV, as many people would be psyched about what's going to happen with Bischoff's surprises and what not. Plus, it's the return of Kurt Angle after he was injured by the "REAL WCW" at WrestleMania. He had attacked Jericho on May 19's RAW and set up this re-match at King of the Ring. Anyway, KAIENTAI win again.
Now the start of the King of the Ring tournament. Chris Benoit is just DYING to win one of these, but he fails this time as he loses his quarter-final to Randy Savage. All qualifying matches took place on the RAW last week.
Next up, Rob Van Dam faces Scott Steiner, not for the WCW title, but in the KotR. RVD beats Steiner to advance to the Semi's against Savage.
Booker T takes on Kanyon in another QF, and the surprise ending comes when Kanyon beats Booker T to advance!!!
The final QF is Triple H against Bill Goldberg. HHH is trying to get a second KotR crown, and Goldberg is just trying to be a pain in the ass. Triple H beats Goldberg to advance against Kanyon.
In a non-title match, Jeff Hardy takes on William Regal because Hardy insulted Regal's friend, Tajiri. Hardy, however, gets the victory in a great match.
Now the first of Eric Bischoff's surprises, as he has a surprise team taking on Eddie & Chavo to punish them for not joing the RWCW. The team is...The Dark Carnival! Vampiro and The Great Muta come out with the Insane Clown Posse rapping them to the ring. ICP's involvement in wrestling is a guilty pleasure of mine, sorry. The Dark Carnival gets the convincing win over E & C.
Semi-finals start, as Rob Van Dam takes on Randy Savage. RVD is able to move on to the finals of the tournament after beating Savage in a decent match. Savage is pissed, because he wanted to be the "Macho King" again.
Kanyon gets another upset victory as he beats Triple H to head to the finals of the KotR tournament! This time, though, Eric Bischoff's second surprise was revealed when he hit Triple H over the head with a chair, allowing Kanyon the win. Kanyon has joined the RWCW!
Sean O'Haire tries to get his IC title back, but to no avail. I don't think X-Pac is done with it yet, and O'Haire can do better for now.
The Outsiders finally get their WWF World Tag-Team title shot against the Impact Players. And for the first time in known history, the ECW/WCW/WWF Tag-Team titles become ONE, as the Outsiders get the win!!! They had some help from the outside, by Eric Bischoff. After the match, Bishoff claims the Players will never get a title shot again.
Kanyon comes to the ring along with Bill Goldberg and Scott Steiner, who I would make as the bodyguards of the group, as they both hold a World title and they're both muscular and mean lookin. RVD, however, takes them out with chairs before the match starts, and then goes on to beat Kanyon to become the 2003 King of the Ring! He gets a title shot at Over The Edge! The RWCW comes down, minus Jericho, but RVD escapes into the crowd with his trophy.
Kurt Angle is ready to get his revenge! It's too bad Jericho isn't ready to give it to him. Yes, Kurt would hurt his former friend extremely bad, but it's not enough to stop Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair from helping young Jericho retain the title they've all held. Angle suffers another beatdown at the hands of the RWCW, but RVD saves him and fights off the dogs to end the PPV!