After the match, Undertaker nailed Triple H with multiple chair shots targeting his arm with it. Later that night, Undertaker distracted Triple H and cost him a match against Test. Afterwards, Triple H assaulted Taker, claiming that if Taker gives him a title shot, he won't retain the Undisputed title. On the episode of SmackDown, the storyline restarted when Undertaker defeated Randy Orton to retain the Undisputed Championship. The two fought at Insurrextion with Triple H winning. Undertaker cost Triple H a match against Chris Jericho on the same week's Smackdown. At Backlash, The Undertaker cost Triple H his title match against Hulk Hogan, making Triple H attack him the next night on Raw. At WrestleMania X-Seven the previous year, Undertaker and Triple H first fought each other with The Undertaker extending his WrestleMania record 9-0 by defeating Triple H. The main rivalry heading into the event was between The Undertaker and Triple H for the WWE Undisputed Championship.
On the June 20 episode of SmackDown, Test defeated Hardcore Holly and Chris Jericho defeated Val Venis in the quarterfinal matches. On the June 17 episode of Raw, the quarterfinal matches occurred with Rob Van Dam defeating X-Pac and Brock Lesnar defeating Booker T.
On the June 13 episode of SmackDown, the final qualification matches occurred with Test and Hardcore Holly defeating the WWE Cruiserweight Champion The Hurricane and Tajiri respectively. On the June 10 episode of Raw, the qualification continued as the WWE Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Eddie Guerrero and Brock Lesnar defeated Bubba Ray Dudley. Jericho attacked Edge and worsened his injury. Edge forfeited the match due to his shoulder injury that he suffered the previous week in a Steel Cage match. The other scheduled match was between Chris Jericho and Edge. The first match saw Val Venis defeat Christian. On the June 6 episode of SmackDown, two qualifying matches were held. Qualifying matches for the tournament started on the Jepisode of Raw, with X-Pac and Booker T defeating Goldust and the WWE European Champion William Regal respectively. The winner would earn a WWE Undisputed Championship match at SummerSlam on August 25. The pay-per-view event featured the annual King of the Ring single elimination bracket tournament. All wrestlers were from WWE's Raw and SmackDown brands-a storyline division in which WWE employees are assigned to a television program of the same name.
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. 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 and SmackDown- World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) television programs.
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