G1 Finals (1998)

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G1 Finals 1998 was the fourteenth G1 Finals event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 11th October 1998.

## Background

The main match heading into the show is The Rock vs Shawn Michaels in the G1 Finals with the winner getting a WWF Championship shot next month at Survivor Series. At Royal Rumble 1998, Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to become WWF champion after Owen Hart screwed over his brother which led to all of DX join Vince Mcmahon, after Wrestlemania 14 where Austin defeated Shawn to become champion, Vince formed The Corporation which added Nation of Domination to it, Shawn kept disappointing Vince as he kept losing to Austin in rematches and a new rookie started stepping up with The Rock as he eventually defeated Austin clean but not for the title. The Rock eventually forfeited the IC title as it was clear Vince had picked him as his golden boy to beat Austin for the title, Rock managed to win the A Block with help from The Corporation while Shawn had to claw his way to win B Block with no help from anyone, tonight both men who were supposed to be The Corporation's golden boys will fight it out

The Undertaker has terrorized the WWF roster since Summerslam 1997 where he threw Mankind off the top of the cell, him along with Ministry of Darkness only have 1 goal: achieve what the higher power wants. Undertaker entered a long feud against his brother Kane which ended at Summerslam with Ministry of Darkness defeating Ministry of Fire as MoF joined MoD, with this Taker became the NO1 contender to the WWF title but had a match against Mankind before it who wanted revenge, Mankind and Austin aligned themselves as the 2 most popular guys on the roster, they started doing everything to make MOD fall down including poisoning them on the last RAW is WAR so there will be no interference on Austin vs Taker

The Union's Dr.Death and european champion Dan Severn started beating up IC champion Ken Shamrock for no reason, Shamrock tried to take the european championship but failed in a 6 men package. At King of the Ring, Severn cost Shamrock the IC title against The Rock, Shamrock won a 20 men battle royal to become NO1 contender to the european belt but failed to win it in a lion's den weapons match at Summerslam, after failing to win the A Block Vince granted Shamrock another title shot, Test and The Rock had a tag match against Shamrock and Austin but randomly Test and The Rock decided to add The Brood's Christian to make it a handicap match and Christian shockingly pinned Shamrock adding himself to tonight's match

Vince Mcmahon announced a tournament would be held for the new Hardcore Championship with talent that are rarely featured in television, tonight will be the semi finals and the finals, Edge defeated Brooklyn Brawler and Steve Blackman; Al Snow defeated Christian and Gangrel; Bradshaw defeated Scorpio and Jeff Hardy and Bob Holly defeated Val Venis and Brian Christopher to qualify

Owen Hart could've won the B Block if it wasn't for his partner Kurt Angle doing a cheap rollup win, Owen was pissed calling him out on it saying Angle has 0 chance of winning the G1 and this cheap win does nothing for him, Angle kept saying he was the greatest professional wrestler in the world so Owen started brawling with him, Jim Cornette stopped them and decided they needed to work as a team so he got them a tag title match by making a deal with Vince: if they get the match, The Union will help Vince on making sure Austin loses the title

The women's division has had a surge in popularity with all the hot women and managers coming into WWF, Vince Mcmahon's assistant Debra announced the return of the women's title in a bikini contest between Terri Runnels, Sable, Tori, Jacqueline and Debra herself with Jerry Lawler as the presenter

Dustin Rhodes was scheduled to have a match when a pissed off Kane attacked him and chokeslammed him off the stage, his father Dusty Rhodes wanted revenge on this maniac and Paul Bearer accepted because Dusty had no idea what he was getting himself into

Test and Big Boss Man have been feuding constantly since both men's arrivals in The Corporation, Vince announced that if The Corporation failed to defeat Austin in a 6 men package at Fully Loaded, he would kick someone out of the group, they failed to do it as Test and Boss Man started beating each other up, Vince was pissed and decided there would be a match between the 2 where the loser would be forced to leave The Corporation

## Details

* Bradshaw vs Christopher starts in the backstage area as Bradshaw enters Brian's locker room and hits a kendo stick to the head
* As soon as the bell rings in the european title match, Severn and Shamrock look at the vampire and take him out. the ending is Shamrock has got Severn locked in the ankle lock, Severn manages to counter it and start punching Shamrock as hard as he can, Shamrock is knocked out, Christian ROLLS UP SEVERN AND WINS THE BELT
* Vince Mcmahon comes out after the finals of the hardcore title tournament and announces that this title is a NEW variation of the 24/7 belt, Edge tries to run away but Matt Hardy chairshots him and wins the belt
* Kane destroys Dusty for 2 minutes when he puts gasoline on him, he gets a lighter and Mankind's theme hits as he gets him out of there and has saved Dusty
* Lawler says it's between Sable and Jacqueline as he can't tell who should win this, Sable takes off her bikini to be full topless as the crowd goes wild and Lawler announces she's the winner, Meanie and Snow put a towel and cover her
* During the WWF title match, The Union come out when Austin's setting up for the stunner WHEN THE CORPORATION COME UP BEHIND THE UNION AND BEAT THEM UP, they enter the ring and beat up Taker as Austin watches in disbelief, Vince shows up from the barricade and tells the ref not to ring the bell as this is now a no DQ, Austin starts beating up The Corporation as he doesn't want help by them, Taker tombstones Austin but Vince takes out the ref and reveals he's now the ref, Taker looks at him pissed, Jarrett hits a lowblow on Taker, Austin hits a stunner and Vince counts the pin as Austin has won with The Corporation's help
* The main event is amazing ruined by a bad ending, Shawn kicks out of three rock bottoms as Vince gets pissed when Shawn kicks out of the third one, Rock locks in the sharpshooter and Vince rings the bell without Shawn tapping out screwing him over clearly showing who he has chosen as the corporate champ.