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King of the Ring (2001) was the ninth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Mars' Combos and took place on June 24, 2001, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main event was a Triple threat match, a match involving three competitors, for the WWF Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho to retain the title. The undercard featured the 2001 King of the Ring tournament won by Edge. Other matches on the undercard included a Street Fight between Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon, a WWF Light Heavyweight Championship match between champion Jeff Hardy and challenger X-Pac and a WWF Tag Team Championship between champions Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) and the challenger team of Kane and Spike Dudley.〔 ==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'' and ''SmackDown''—World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) television programs. 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 qualification for the tournament started on the June 4, 2001 episode of ''Raw is War'', with Jeff Hardy and Rhyno defeating Matt Hardy and Tazz respectively.〔 The qualification continued on the June 7 episode of ''SmackDown'', as Kurt Angle defeated Hardcore Holly and Edge defeated Test.〔 On the June 11 episode of ''Raw is War'', Christian and Perry Saturn defeated Kane and Steve Blackman in respective matches to qualify for the tournament.〔 On the June 14 episode of ''SmackDown'', qualification ended as Big Show defeated Raven and Tajiri defeated Crash Holly.〔 On the June 18 episode of ''Raw is War'', the quarterfinal round occurred as Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Hardy, Rhyno defeated Tajiri, Edge defeated Perry Saturn and Christian defeated Big Show.〔 The main rivalry heading into the event was between Steve Austin, Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho for the WWF Championship. At Judgment Day, Benoit and Jericho won a Tag Team Turmoil match to become the #1 contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championship. The next night, on the May 21, 2001 episode of ''Raw is War'', Benoit and Jericho defeated The Two-Man Power Trip (Steve Austin and Triple H) for the Tag Team Championship. Triple H suffered a legitimate quadriceps injury and was out of action for nearly a year. Austin started to feud with Benoit and Jericho. Austin defeated Benoit and Jericho in separate title matches.〔 On the June 11 episode of ''Raw is War'', it was announced that Austin would defend the title against Benoit and Jericho in a Triple Threat match at King of the Ring.〔 Another preliminary feud heading into the event was between Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon. On the May 21 episode of ''Raw is War'', McMahon interrupted Angle's celebration of regaining his Olympic gold medals from Chris Benoit, the previous night at Judgment Day. McMahon announced that WCW was coming back and mocked Angle, which led to Angle hitting an Angle Slam on McMahon.〔 On the June 11 episode of ''Raw is War'', McMahon hit Angle with an Angle Slam after Angle was attacked by The Undertaker.〔 This led to a match between Angle and McMahon at King of the Ring. On the June 11 episode of ''Raw is War'', Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) defeated X-Factor (X-Pac and Justin Credible) in a tag team match when Jeff pinned X-Pac. After the match, X-Pac hit Jeff with a steel chair.〔 This led to a match between Jeff and X-Pac for Jeff's WWF Light Heavyweight Championship match at King of the Ring. Spike Dudley, a member of Dudley Boyz faction with Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley split from the group when Bubba and D-Von started to turn into villains. Spike started a storyline affair with Molly Holly of Holly Cousins (Hardcore and Crash), rivals of Dudley Boyz. On the May 21 episode of ''Raw is War'', Bubba and D-Von powerbombed Molly on a table but Spike laid down on the table to protect Molly.〔 On the June 21 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Dudley Boyz defeated Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho for the WWF Tag Team Championship, leading to a title defense for Dudley Boyz against Spike and a partner of Spike's choosing at King of the Ring. Another major storyline in the WWF heading into the event was that a mystery man was stalking The Undertaker's wife, Sara. On the June 11 episode of ''Raw is War'', Undertaker confronted Kurt Angle as he thought that Angle was Sara's stalker. Angle refused to claim that he was the stalker and insulted Sara, prompting Undertaker to hit Angle with a Last Ride.〔 On the June 18 episode of ''Raw is War'', Diamond Dallas Page debuted in WWF and revealed that he was Sara's stalker.〔 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 (2001)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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