In one of the most anticipated King of the Ring tournament matches ever, the Big Show took on Kane. After the referee was inadvertently knocked out, Hardcore Holly came out with a steel chair and went after the Big Show. But Kane grabbed the former Hardcore Champion, took the chair away, and chokeslammed him! A fallen Holly retreated to the locker room. With the referee still unconscious, Kane resorted to a chokehold to try and get the Big Show off his feet. Although he had been literally choked for minutes, the Big Show was able to break out of the hold. But while he recovered, the Big Red Machine picked up a chair and absolutely clobbered the Big Show. The thud that echoed throughout the arena when the chair collided with the Big Show’s skull was as loud as had ever been heard. Kane went for the cover, and the referee recovered a few seconds later and administered the three count. With the victory, Kane moved on the face the winner of the Mr. Ass-Ken Shamrock match.

After being badly beaten by Steve Blackman earlier on HEAT, Ken Shamrock was in no condition to fight. But Mr. Ass came to the ring and accused Shamrock of backing down. Shamrock would have nothing of it, and he threw a couple EMTs aside and made his way to the ring. But the "World Most Dangerous Man" was losing blood and was hurt badly. Shamrock went for a huricanrana, but Mr. Ass countered into a powerbomb. Referee Teddy Long had seen enough, and he stopped the match due to Shamrock’s physical condition.

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