Dwayne Johnson - King of the Ring (1998)
Time: Wednesday Jan 28, 1998
Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Details: The Rock and The Nation then feuded with Triple H and D-Generation X, with the two stable leaders first meeting in the quarter-final of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, which The Rock won. At King of the Ring, The Rock defeated Dan Severn in the semi-final match and lost to rival Ken Shamrock in the final.
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