Episode 275: King Of The Ring 1999

Grilling JR

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Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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On this episode of Grilling JR, the voice of wrestling, Jim Ross and host Conrad Thompson take us back to King Of The Ring 1999! Stone Cold finds himself in a handicap match in our main event, Kane and The Big Show face off in a BIG man battle, and the tournament for the crowning of a new King Of The Ring fizzles out with no celebration. This is a time of change in the WWE and you'll hear all about it from the man himself Jim Ross. CREMO - You can find Cremo Men’s Body Wash at Walmart or Walmart.com. BLUECHEW - Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code JR at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That’s https://bluechew.com/, promo code JR to receive your first month FREE. BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP - Make sure you get your hands on the most anticipated books coming out this year, "Business Is About To Pick Up: 50 years in wrestling in 50 unforgettable calls" available now to ORDER at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739380/business-is-about-to-pick-up-by-jim-ross-with-paul-obrien/ SAVE WITH CONRAD - Start 2024 saving money with some help from our friends at https://www.savewithconrad.com/ ADVERTISE WITH GRILLING JR - If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on Grilling JR. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to https://www.podcastheat.com/advertise now and find out more about advertising with Grilling JR. Get all of your Grilling JR merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/grilling-jr On AdFreeShows.com, you get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9! And now, you can enjoy the first week...completely FREE! Sign up for a free trial - and get a taste of what Ad Free Shows is all about. Start your free trial today at https://www.patreon.com/adfreeshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This radio commercial was made to convince you to stop speeding.
0:03.4	We can't use siren sound effects on the radio, so we'll use other equally jarring sound effects
0:08.0	to get your attention. Like telling you that whether you drive a little over the speed limit or a lot you can crash just the same
0:14.2	you could hurt yourself or worse others and the damage you cause will be
0:20.8	beyond repair. See?
0:24.0	We didn't have to use crash or siren sounds after all.
0:27.0	Speeding catches up with you.
0:29.0	Brought to you by NHTSA. Hey, hey, it's Conrad Thompson, and you're listening to Grilling, J.R. with the voice of
0:41.1	professional wrestling, Mr. Jim Ross Jim how are you man?
0:45.0	I'm pretty good Conrad I'm above ground that's about all guys my state can expect but I'm
0:50.3	happy to say that I am and I'm pretty good and life continues to roll on about it.
0:57.6	Well we are rolling right on through as we're having conversations about 1999
1:01.9	and getting our way back machine talking about 25 years ago as we
1:06.2	tackle King of the Ring 1999 today and went down at the Greensboro Coliseum
1:12.2	June 27th, 1999. It's a legitimate sellout 19,761 fans here at the Greensboro Coliseum.
1:23.4	I know it was announced as being just over 20,000 on TV.
1:27.2	But in reality, there's 18,574 fans paying 574 fans at fans paying 574,000 at the gate and another $110,000 in
1:37.9	merge. It's a big-time house. It's just shy of the city record, which was set the prior April, another
1:45.9	unforgiven pay-per-view for WEE the prior year, but it did break the gate
1:51.0	record that was set way back when that StarCade show back in 1986.
1:57.0	The show is a success on pay-per-view too. It does 5.4 million dollars as a gross. That's $406,000 domestic buys. Things are moving right along here in
2:09.0	1999. This is a pretty infamous summer.
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