WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION 1998

WWF Over the Edge 1998 - Milwaukee, WI - Arena - May 31, 1998



The pyro goes off as JR and King welcome us to Over the Edge! They hype up the huge WWF Championship main event match tonight, which will see Steve Austin defend the championship against Vader, Kane, and The Undertaker! The theme song of Rob Van Dam and Andrew Martin hits as the crowd gives them some heat while they come down to the ring for the first match of the night!

Rob Van Dam(w/Andrew Martin) vs. Taka Michinoku(w/Bradshaw)
A fantastic opener to Over the Edge tonight. Van Dam and Andrew Martin have been a pain in Taka’s side since debuting this past month, and Bradshaw has stood up to help Taka. The bell rang and the two went back and forth for multiple minutes. Neither man was able to get the upper edge with kicks, takes downs, and cross bodies among other high flying manures. During the middle of the match Van Dam was able to take control of the match up when Andrew Martin pulled the top rope while Taka was standing there. Van Dam then went on to hit Rolling Thunder for only a two count. Then, Van Dam went for spilt legged moonsault and Taka moved out of the way! Taka then hit the Michinoku Driver, but Van Dam kicked out! Around a minute later, Taka kicked out of the Five Star Frog Slash! In the end, Martin tried to interfere again, but ate a clothesline from Bradshaw! Meanwhile, the ref was distracted and Van Dam nailed Taka with his own title in the back of the head! Van Dam then hit the Five Star Frog Splash and covered Taka for the three when the ref turned around!
Winner: Rob Van Dam (10:21)

Martin holds Van Dam up on his shoulders in the ring until Bradshaw comes in and runs them off! Van Dam and Martin celebrate on the ramp while Bradshaw checks on Taka. Van Dam makes a check mark in the air before the screen fades to black.

A video hypes up the King of the Ring, live on Pay Per View June 28th, 1998!

NWA Tag Team Championships: The New Midnight Express(c)(w/Jim Cornette) vs. The Rock N'Roll Express
This match was probably the dud of the night, and was a real downer from the opener. Jim Cornette has promised for weeks that this would be the last time anyone ever saw The Rock N’Roll Express on WWF programming, and The New Midnight Express seemed hell bent on ending them tonight. Bart and Bob fought vicious the whole way through, but The Rock N’Roll Express would not stay down! One point of the match Bart and Bob did a double flapjack on Ricky onto the steel steps, which seemed to have broke his nose, has blood started pouring out of it. Towards the end, The Rock N’Roll Express was getting fired up and Ricky took Bob down with a dropkick and took Bart off of the apron! Meanwhile, Bob was able to knock Robert off the apron, so it was down to them! Ricky unloaded on Bob, but Bob was able to duck a punch and out of nowhere he hit the Alabama Slam! He then covered for the three!
Winners and still NWA Tag Team Champions: The New Midnight Express (6:22)

JR and King hype up our main event one more time until we see a reply of Steve Blackman busting Tennessee Lee open with a kendo stick.

Jeff Jarrett vs. Steve Blackman
Well, it was finally the time. Steve Blackman versus Jeff Jarrett one on one, and no Tennessee Lee. The match starts off with Double J trying to avoid Blackman, but that doesn’t work as Blackman only ends up kicking Jeff out of the ring. Blackman chases Jeff out there, but Jeff just ends tripping him and Blackman goes into the guardrail. Throughout the match Jeff seemed to be working on Blackman’s knee, setting up for the Figure Four Leg Lock. Blackman continued to fight on though, and he and Jeff would get into a chop war! The two then went back and forth for another minute or two, and Tennessee Lee came out with a guitar! This allowed Jeff to gain the upper hand, but not for long. Then, Steve went for a kick, but he hit the ref instead! Lee then tossed the guitar to Jeff, and hooped on the apron! He got in Steve’s face, but Steve smirked and turned around, and Jeff went for the guitar shot, but Steve moved and Jeff creamed Lee instead! Jeff is in shock, but Steve hits him with the Lethal Kick! The ref gets up, and Steve covers him for the three!
Winner: Steve Blackman (8:03)

JR and King hype up our next match, Ken Shamrock vs. Faarooq, and a video plays showing the history between Ken Shamrock and The Nation of Domination.

Intercontinental Championship: Ken Shamrock(c) vs. Faarooq(w/The Nation)
A lot of tension in this match here as Shamrock has been feuding with the Nation for months now. Shamrock even put The Rock on the shelf, but he has been on the side of multiple beat downs from the Nation. This match was more of a brawl then a match, but it was fine. The match started off and Shamrock unloaded on Faarooq, but the vet quickly fought back with hard shots of his own. Faarooq then took control of the match only for Shamrock to quickly fight back with a belly to belly suplex. Shamrock then put multiple submission holds on Faarooq throughout the match, but Faarooq was able to escape all of them. Faarooq began to take back the advantage with an eye rake and axe handle chop. Faarooq used dirt tactics such as choking Shamrock along the ropes. Towards the end of the match Faarooq tossed Shamrock to the outside and he distracted the ref. The Nation went to attack Shamrock, but Ken fought back! He punched them one at a time, threw Kama into the guard rail, banged Henry’s head against the steps and threw D-Lo into a ring post! Shamrock has snapped! Shamrock then got into the ring, and Faarooq levels him with a big boot! Faarooq then goes for the Dominator, but Shamrock slips out and locks in the Ankle Lock! Faarooq seems to be getting close to the ropes, but Shamrock pulls him back and grapevines it! Faarooq has no choice but to tap out!
Winner: Ken Shamrock (9:24)

Following the match, Shamrock celebrates with his championship while the crowd explodes! He poses on the turnbuckles, but all of a sudden, Shamrock gets hit in the back by a steel chair and he falls down! It’s The Rock! The Rock is back! Rock then begins to hit Shamrock’s ankle with the chair multiple times! Shamrock then staggers to his feet, and The Rock sends him back down with The Rock Bottom! The crowd boos as Rock holds up the Intercontinental title before the screen fades out.

Catch the encore presentation of this event Tuesday night at eight P.M. eastern time!

We come back live to see JR and King hyping up our next match, Triple H versus Cactus Jack for the European Championship! We see a replay of a few weeks ago where Cactus Jack pinned Triple H in a tag team match!

European Championship: Triple H(c)(w/Chyna and Sean Waltman) vs. Cactus Jack
It’s now time for Cactus Jack to prove if his pin fall victory over Triple H a few weeks ago was a fluke. Cactus goes right after Hunter and quickly backs him into a corner. Cactus pounds hard shots into Hunter, but he quickly fights back and takes the upper hand. Triple H shows his vicious side here as he throws Cactus Jack into the steel ring post! While Cactus was still there, Hunter went to the apron and kicked Cactus’ skull into the steel! He covered, but Cactus kicked out. Triple H seems to be in complete, control, but Cactus starts to fight back. Cactus takes full control and he then plants Triple H with a Double Arm DDT! He covers, but Triple H kicks out. As the match comes to a close, Triple H and Cactus Jack are trading blows inside the ring. Cactus is able to gain the edge, as he grabs one of HHH’s fist and he applies the Mandible Claw! Hunter seems to be desperate strengths, when all of a sudden Sean hops on the apron! Cactus then lets go of the hold, and he dropkicks Sean off the apron to the floor! Triple H is on his knees, and Cactus plants him with another Double Arm DDT! Cactus covers, but Chyna pulls the ref out! The ref then gets in Chyna’s face and he throws DX out! The crowd explodes as Cactus gets a sadistic smile on his face! Chyna refuses to leave, but then Terry Funk makes his way out to the ring with a chair! Terry and Chyna have a heated stare down, but in the ring, Hunter hits Cactus with a low blow followed by a pedigree! The ref hops back in the ring and covers for the three!
Winner: Triple H (11:12)

Triple H is handed his title while Funk runs into the ring and chases him out! DX retreats up the ramp while Funk helps Cactus to his feet. These hardcore icons are not done with DX just yet!

We then see JR and King once more, who hype up our next match, The New Age Outlaws vs. The Legion of Doom, for the tag team titles in a street fight!

Street Fight for the WWF Tag Team Championships: The New Age Outlaws(c) vs. The L.O.D.
A straight fight here and the crowd just ate it up. The Legion of Doom was out first, but the Outlaws attacked them from behind in their entrance! That didn’t seem to work, as Hawk and Animal brought the fight right back to them! Hawk and Billy Gunn brawled to the ring while Animal and Road Dogg fought on the stage. Animal took the upper hand by throwing Road Dogg into the guardrail while Billy Gunn took advantage inside the ring! Animal set a table right outside the ring, but Road Dogg hit him from behind! Road Dogg then placed Animal on the table, and Gunn leaped off the top rope and gave Animal an elbow drop through it! The Outlaws went to double team Hawk in the ring, but he quickly fought back when he hit a double clothesline on them! He then went to ringside and grabbed a chair before rolling back in! He then creamed both of them over the head and taunted! Animal was able to get back up and the two teams continued to brawl. The match eventually spilled into the crowd, were Animal and Road Dogg fought and Billy Gunn took on Hawk once again. Hawk gained the edge this time, even picking up a fan’s chair and hitting Gunn with it in the back multiple times! Road Dogg was able to control Animal throughout the crowd, but they went on to brawl backstage! They went from everywhere to the hot dog stand to the bathrooms! They fought their way back while Hawk and Gunn were back in the ring. Gunn had Hawk in the sleeper while Animal came in and gave him a big boot! Road Dogg hopped the apron, but Animal tossed a cooler at him that they had placed in the ring earlier! Animal then held up Gunn as Hawk climbed to the top rope as they prepared for the Doomsday Deceive! Hawk jumps off the top, but Gunn ducks and rolls up Animal! Hawk face plants into the mat while Gunn grabs the rope and the ref counts to three!
Winners: The New Age Outlaws (14:46)

Gunn hops out of the ring and grabs the tag titles. He hands one to Road Dogg as they celebrate in the ring. Animal can’t believe what just happened as Hawk just gets on his feet.

We once again go back to JR and King, who hype up our main event, and its next! A video then plays next highlighting the race for the WWF Championship over the past five weeks.

WWF Championship: Steve Austin(c) vs. Vader(w/Vince McMahon) vs. Kane(w/Paul Bearer) vs. Undertaker
Wow, this match was all over the place! There is just so much bad blood between these four men; it was hard to contain them! The bell rung and Austin went right after Vader while Kane and Undertaker traded blows. Taker took advantage in his fight as so did Vader in his. Taker hit Kane with a big boot causing him to fall out of the ring and then Vader tossed out Austin. Taker and Vader brawled in the ring while Austin and Kane got up and fought on the outside! Halfway through the match all four men were fighting at the ringside area. Austin had just thrown Kane into the steel steps while Vader had took Taker down with a power bomb and he begun to rip apart the announcers table. Austin pounded on Vader after he turned around, but Vader was soon able to overpower him and he threw Austin onto the floor! Then Kane was up and he grabbed Vader by the throat! Taker then got up, and he grabbed Vader too! The two brothers stared at each other, before chokeslamming Vader through the table! The crowd went crazy but the two traded fist right after! Later on Vader was on the floor still while Kane was in a corner and Taker and Austin were trading shots in the ring. Undertaker was able to take the advantage and he was able to chokeslam Austin! He went for the cover, but Paul handed Kane the urn and Kane attacked Undertaker with it! Taker was out cold while Paul was cheering on Kane from the outside. Kane then picked up The Undertaker and put him back down with the Tombstone! He covered, but Undertaker kicked out at two! Kane was in shock, but Vader came back in the ring and super kicked Kane! Meanwhile, on the outside, Austin got up and grabbed Paul by the collar! He then dragged him over to the next side and threw him right into Vince McMahon! The crowd was going crazy for Austin, but in the ring Vader hit a double Vader Bomb on Taker and Kane! Vader then taunted the crowd, but Austin came in with the title and whacked Vader in the face! Vader then tumbled out of the ring! Kane staggered to his feet, and Austin gives him the Stunner! He covers for the three count!
Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin (17:59)

The crowd explodes while King complains that Vader was screwed! JR talks about how Austin once again over came the odds! Austin called for two beers as he chugged them down his throat on the top turnbuckle! Austin then held the title in one hand while sticking the finger at Austin and Vince! The show goes off the air with Austin drinking a beer in the ring, will Austin have hell to pay?