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:''This article is about the event series. For the tournament itself, see [[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring tournament]].<br>For other uses, see [[King of the Ring (Disambiguation)|King of the Ring (disambiguation)]].''
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'''King of the Ring''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[single-elimination tournament]] held by [[WWE]]. The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002, with the exception of 1990 and 1992, and from 1993 to 2002 the tournament was produced as a [[pay-per-view]] event.
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The tournament endured a four year hiatus, until it returned in 2006 and was exclusive to the [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]]. The tournament returned as an inter-brand event on ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' in both 2008 and 2010.
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''King of the Ring'''</span><br>
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==History==
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |The King of the Ring logo
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Although the King of the Ring tournament was first made into a pay-per-view event in 1993, the original King of the Ring tournament was actually held in 1985. Don Muraco was the first King of the Ring in 1985. The second King, Harley Race, is noted for parlaying his ''King of the Ring'' victory into his "King of Wrestling" [[List of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]]. Other winners who did the same include [[Randy Savage]] ("Macho King") though Savage's "King" gimmick was the result of defeating Jim Duggan for the crown in 1989, who beat [[Haku]] (''"King Haku"'' ).  [[Owen Hart]] (''"King of Harts"''), [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Mabel]] (''"King Mabel"'' ), [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] (''"King Booker"''), and most recently [[William Regal]] and [[Sheamus]] are all wrestlers that took on "King" nicknames after winning King of the Ring tournaments.
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
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===Pay-per-view===
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE]]
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The King of the Ring was an event in which typically sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one [[Tournament|single elimination bracket]]. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, they advance to take on another wrestler that has also won. The final few matches would then take place at that year's King of the Ring event. The winner of the final match is officially crowned the King of the Ring. There were also other matches that took place at the King of the Ring event since it was a traditional three hour pay-per-view.
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''First event'''
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While some believe that the new King of the Ring traditionally receives a [[WWE Championship|WWF/WWE Championship]] shot at the [[SummerSlam]] pay-per-view, this only became an established rule in 2002, for what would become the final King of the Ring tournament for 4 years until SmackDown! General Manager [[Theodore Long]] brought it back in 2006. Only four kings went on to challenge for the championship at SummerSlam (Owen Hart, Mabel, [[Kurt Angle]], and [[Brock Lesnar]]) and only in Lesnar's case was the challenger granted a title shot as a "right" after winning the ''King of the Ring''. More important than an actual title shot was the prestige of winning the tournament itself; in general, the winner of the King of the Ring is a wrestler whom management has picked to advance in the storylines and be the next breakout star. In fact, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin's]] famous "Austin 3:16" saying started during a speech made after he became the ''King of the Ring''. A number of wrestlers have had huge successes after winning the tournament (in particular Steve Austin, but also Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Edge, [[Triple H]], and others), while some wrestlers have admittedly been flops as king (such as Mabel) or received little to no push after winning (such as [[Monty Sopp|Billy Gunn]]), and continued to be treated as lower card wrestlers after winning the tournament, even though Mabel challenged for the World title and Gunn went on to win the Intercontinental Championship a year later.
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWF King of the Ring (1985)|1985]]
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From 1993 to 2002, the ''King of the Ring'' was considered the fifth major WWF PPV (alongside the [[Royal Rumble]], [[WrestleMania]], [[SummerSlam]], and [[Survivor Series]]).
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Last event'''
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===Revival===
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It was announced in April 2006 that the King of the Ring tournament would be returning after its four year hiatus. The 2006 tournament was the first tournament since 1991 that had not been shown on pay-per-view. The 2006 tournament was won by Booker T, who faced [[Bobby Lashley]] in the finals at the Judgment Day pay-per-view event. After a brief hiatus in 2007, it was announced on the April 14, 2008 episode of ''Raw'', that the tournament would be held the following week on a special three hour edition of ''Raw''.  The King of the Ring returned again on November 29, 2010.
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'''King of the Ring''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) and [[IWE Network]] [[List of IWE Network events|event]] produced by [[IWE]], a [[Connecticut]]-based [[Professional Wrestling Promotion|professional wrestling promotion]]. The PPV event was held annually in June and was established in 1993 when the promotion was still called the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, renamed IWE in 2002). It centered on the [[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring tournament]], which had been held annually as a non-televised [[house show]] from 1985 to 1991, with the exception of 1990. During the event's run as a PPV, it was considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with the [[IWE Royal Rumble|Royal Rumble]], [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]], [[IWE SummerSlam|SummerSlam]], and [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], dubbed the "Big Five." The [[IWE King of the Ring (2002)|2002 event]] was the final King of the Ring produced as a PPV. To coincide with the [[IWE brand extension|brand extension]] introduced earlier that same year, the 2002 event featured wrestlers from both the [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown!]] brand divisions. In 2003, the event's PPV slot was replaced by [[IWE Bad Blood|Bad Blood]].
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==King of the Ring event dates and venues==
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The tournament endured a four-year hiatus until its return in [[IWE King of the Ring (2006)|2006]] as an exclusive tournament for wrestlers of the SmackDown! brand. Instead of a dedicated PPV, however, this tournament concluded at that year's [[IWE Judgment Day (2006)|Judgment Day]]. While the tournament has since been held periodically as a non-PPV event and included IWE's other brands, the conclusion to the [[IWE King of the Ring (2015)|2015 tournament]] aired exclusively as an event on the IWE Network and also occurred when a brand extension was not in effect. It has thus far been the last tournament to air as a separate event from IWE's other programs.
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Between 1993 and 2002 King of the Ring was produced as a pay-per-view event.
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== Events ==
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!Event
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|[[King of the Ring#1985|King of the Ring (1985)]]
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=25%|Main Event
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|July 8, 1985
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=1%|Ref.
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|Foxborough, Massachusetts
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|Sullivan Stadium
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|[[Don Muraco|Donald]]
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|[[King of the Ring#1986|King of the Ring (1986)]]
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|July 14, 1986
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|Foxborough, Massachusetts
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|Sullivan Stadium
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|[[Harley Race|Dan Dietzen]]
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|[[King of the Ring#1987|King of the Ring (1987)]]
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|September 4, 1987
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|Providence Civic Center
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|[[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]]
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|[[King of the Ring#1988|King of the Ring (1988)]]
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|October 16, 1988
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|Providence Civic Center
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|[[Kyle Johnson, Sr.|Kyle Johnson]]
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|[[King of the Ring#1989|King of the Ring (1989)]]
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|October 14, 1989
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|Providence Civic Center
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|[[Tito Santana|Liam Phillips]]
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|[[King of the Ring#1991|King of the Ring (1991)]]
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|September 7, 1991
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|Providence Civic Center
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|[[Bret Heart]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1993)|King of the Ring (1993)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1993)|King of the Ring (1993)]]
|June 13, 1993
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|Dayton, Ohio
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|[[Dayton, Ohio]]
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|Nutter Center
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|[[Nutter Center]]
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|[[Bret Heart]]
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|[[Bret Heart]] vs. [[Derrick <!--Reintjes (2006, pg. 58)--> Bigelow|Bam Bam Bigelow]] in the 1993 [[IWE King of the Ring tournament|King of the Ring tournament]] final
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1994)|King of the Ring (1994)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1994)|King of the Ring (1994)]]
|June 19, 1994
|June 19, 1994
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|Baltimore, Maryland
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|[[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]
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|Baltimore Arena
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|[[Baltimore Arena]]
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|[[Owen Heart]]
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|[[Jerry Lawler]] vs. [[Roddy Piper]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1995)|King of the Ring (1995)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1995)|King of the Ring (1995)]]
|June 25, 1995
|June 25, 1995
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|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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|[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
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|The Spectrum
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|[[Spectrum (arena)|The Spectrum]]
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|[[Viscera|Nable]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1996)|King of the Ring (1996)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1996)|King of the Ring (1996)]]
|June 23, 1996
|June 23, 1996
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|Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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|[[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
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|MECCA Arena
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|[[MECCA Arena]]
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|[[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1997)|King of the Ring (1997)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1997)|King of the Ring (1997)]]
|June 8, 1997
|June 8, 1997
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|[[Providence, Rhode Island]]
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|Providence Civic Center
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|[[Providence Civic Center]]
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|[[Triple K|Kunter Kearst Kelmsley]]
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|[[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]] (c) vs. [[Jon Rispens<!--(2007, pg. 37)-->|Faarooq]] for the [[IWF Championship]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|King of the Ring (1998)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|King of the Ring (1998)]]
|June 28, 1998
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|[[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
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|Pittsburgh Civic Arena
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|[[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Pittsburgh Civic Arena]]
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|[[Ken Shamrock|Ken Shammy]]
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|[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] (c) vs. [[Glenn McAlmond<!--(2006 ,pg. 56)--> (wrestler)|Kane]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#First Blood match|First Blood match]] for the [[IWF Championship]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (1999)|King of the Ring (1999)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (1999)|King of the Ring (1999)]]
|June 27, 1999
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|Greensboro, North Carolina
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|[[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
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|Greensboro Coliseum
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|[[Greensboro Coliseum]]
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|[[Billy Morgan]]
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|[[Vince Matteson]] and [[Shane Matteson]] vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|2-on-1 Handicap]] [[Ladder Match|Ladder match]] for control of the [[International Wrestling Federation]]
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (2000)|King of the Ring (2000)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (2000)|King of the Ring (2000)]]
|June 25, 2000
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|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
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|Fleet Center
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|[[FleetCenter (Boston)|Fleet Center]]
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|[[Matt Borske]]
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|The Matteson-Kelmsley Faction ([[Triple K<!--(2007, pg. 33)-->|Triple K]], [[Vince Matteson]], [[Shane Matteson]]) vs. [[Jayme Johnson<!--(1999, pg. 22)-->|The Rock]] and [[The Brothers of Destruction]] ([[Glenn McAlmond<!--(2006, pg. 56)--> (wrestler)|Kane]] and [[Martin McAlmond<!--(2000, pg. 89)-->|The Undertaker]]) for the [[IWF Championship]] where if Triple K, Shane, or Vince was pinned or submitted, Triple K would lose his title to whoever scored the fall
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|[[IWF King of the Ring (2001)|King of the Ring (2001)]]
|[[IWF King of the Ring (2001)|King of the Ring (2001)]]
|June 24, 2001
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|East Rutherford, New Jersey
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|[[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
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|Continental Airlines Arena
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|[[Continental Airlines Arena]]
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|[[Kevin Adams Copeland|Edge]]
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|[[IWE King of the Ring (2002)|King of the Ring (2002)]]
|[[IWE King of the Ring (2002)|King of the Ring (2002)]]
|June 23, 2002
|June 23, 2002
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|[[Columbus, Ohio]]
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|Nationwide Arena
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|[[Nationwide Arena]]
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|[[Brock Lesnar|Rob Lesnar]]
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|[[IWE King of the Ring (2006)|King of the Ring (2006)]]
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|[[IWE King of the Ring (2015)|King of the Ring (2015)]]
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|April 28, 2015
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|[[Moline, Illinois]]
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|[[Steve Britz]]
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|[[iWireless Center]]
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|April 21, 2008
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|Greenville, South Carolina
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|BI-LO Center
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|[[William Kapphan]]
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{{IWEPPV|King of the Ring}}

Current revision as of 13:43, 5 November 2023

This article is about the event series. For the tournament itself, see King of the Ring tournament.
For other uses, see King of the Ring (disambiguation).
King of the Ring
The King of the Ring logo
Promotion IWE
First event 1985
Last event 2015

King of the Ring was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and IWE Network event produced by IWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. The PPV event was held annually in June and was established in 1993 when the promotion was still called the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, renamed IWE in 2002). It centered on the King of the Ring tournament, which had been held annually as a non-televised house show from 1985 to 1991, with the exception of 1990. During the event's run as a PPV, it was considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Five." The 2002 event was the final King of the Ring produced as a PPV. To coincide with the brand extension introduced earlier that same year, the 2002 event featured wrestlers from both the Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. In 2003, the event's PPV slot was replaced by Bad Blood.

The tournament endured a four-year hiatus until its return in 2006 as an exclusive tournament for wrestlers of the SmackDown! brand. Instead of a dedicated PPV, however, this tournament concluded at that year's Judgment Day. While the tournament has since been held periodically as a non-PPV event and included IWE's other brands, the conclusion to the 2015 tournament aired exclusively as an event on the IWE Network and also occurred when a brand extension was not in effect. It has thus far been the last tournament to air as a separate event from IWE's other programs.

[edit] Events

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 King of the Ring (1993) June 13, 1993 Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center Bret Heart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow in the 1993 King of the Ring tournament final
2 King of the Ring (1994) June 19, 1994 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Arena Jerry Lawler vs. Roddy Piper
3 King of the Ring (1995) June 25, 1995 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum
4 King of the Ring (1996) June 23, 1996 Milwaukee, Wisconsin MECCA Arena
5 King of the Ring (1997) June 8, 1997 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center The Undertaker (c) vs. Faarooq for the IWF Championship
6 King of the Ring (1998) June 28, 1998 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. Kane in a First Blood match for the IWF Championship
7 King of the Ring (1999) June 27, 1999 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Vince Matteson and Shane Matteson vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a 2-on-1 Handicap Ladder match for control of the International Wrestling Federation
8 King of the Ring (2000) June 25, 2000 Boston, Massachusetts Fleet Center The Matteson-Kelmsley Faction (Triple K, Vince Matteson, Shane Matteson) vs. The Rock and The Brothers of Destruction (Kane and The Undertaker) for the IWF Championship where if Triple K, Shane, or Vince was pinned or submitted, Triple K would lose his title to whoever scored the fall
9 King of the Ring (2001) June 24, 2001 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Airlines Arena
10 King of the Ring (2002) June 23, 2002 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena
11 King of the Ring (2015) April 28, 2015 Moline, Illinois iWireless Center
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

[edit] References

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