{"id":5474,"date":"2026-05-12T01:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?p=5474"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:44:51","slug":"the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duke and Rogue are back to cover one of the most memorable shows of the Attitude Era, WWF King of the Ring 1998.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe show is headlined by a double main event for the ages, as Mankind takes on the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, and Stone Cold Steve Austin defends his world title against Kane. If Kane fails to win the title, he has vowed to set himself on fire and breathe his last breath. Elsewhere, we will crown a new King of the Ring. It&#8217;s all on the line this time around, and we thank you for joining us for episode four of season 10&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5928\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5474-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net\/staging\/2026-4-11\/b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net\/staging\/2026-4-11\/b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3\">https:\/\/d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net\/staging\/2026-4-11\/b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net\/staging\/2026-4-11\/b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?powerpress_pinw=5474-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net\/staging\/2026-4-11\/b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"b27a4485-e5fa-f04c-4904-8a00bfdd9229.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duke and Rogue are back to cover one of the most memorable shows of the Attitude Era, WWF King of the Ring 1998. The show is headlined by a double main event for the ages, as Mankind takes on the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, and Stone Cold Steve Austin defends his world title against Kane. If Kane fails to win the title, he has vowed to set himself&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","category-yearpod"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Duke and Rogue are back to cover one of the most memorable shows of the Attitude Era, WWF King of the Ring 1998. The show is headlined by a double main event for the ages, as Mankind takes on the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, and Stone Cold Steve Austin defends his world title against Kane. If Kane fails to win the title, he has vowed to set himself...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shining Wizards Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"swtony\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"swtony\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"swtony\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf\"},\"headline\":\"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Our Shows\",\"Year of Duke and Rogue\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/12\\\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shining Wizards Network\",\"description\":\"Entertainment. Here.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf\",\"name\":\"swtony\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"swtony\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\\\/episodes\\\/author\\\/swtony\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network","og_description":"Duke and Rogue are back to cover one of the most memorable shows of the Attitude Era, WWF King of the Ring 1998. The show is headlined by a double main event for the ages, as Mankind takes on the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, and Stone Cold Steve Austin defends his world title against Kane. If Kane fails to win the title, he has vowed to set himself...","og_url":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/","og_site_name":"Shining Wizards Network","article_published_time":"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00","author":"swtony","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"swtony"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/"},"author":{"name":"swtony","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/#\/schema\/person\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf"},"headline":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998","datePublished":"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/"},"wordCount":118,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Our Shows","Year of Duke and Rogue"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/","url":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/","name":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998 - Shining Wizards Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-12T01:44:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/#\/schema\/person\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/05\/12\/the-year-of-duke-and-rogue-wwf-king-of-the-ring-1998\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF King of the Ring 1998"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/","name":"Shining Wizards Network","description":"Entertainment. Here.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/#\/schema\/person\/2e45a44edc0f17b8e3993d46ce820aaf","name":"swtony","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb244af742350740a623c0cfbf37f42c5ac4f47c3c55a244f398237dbf7a83fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"swtony"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes"],"url":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/author\/swtony\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5475,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474\/revisions\/5475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}