IWE King of the Ring
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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.
