Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels King of the Ring 1997 June 8, 1997 – Providence, Rhode Island While the 1997 King of the Ring is often remembered for crowning Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) as that year’s tournament winner, the true main event was a blockbuster non-tournament singles match between two of WWE’s biggest stars: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels. Both men were red-hot at the time — Austin was riding the wave of momentum from his legendar