 The match ended with both Undertaker and Kane pinning Austin simultaneously, which cost Austin the WWF Championship but left the title vacant.Austin was then forced to be the special guest referee for a match between Undertaker and Kane for the vacant title at in October, where he was threatened with being fired if he did not count the fall.Late in the match, after Undertaker hit Kane with a chair handed to him by his brother's manager Paul Bearer, Austin attacked Undertaker and counted both men pinned, declaring himself the champion.