IWE King of the Ring (2021)

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The 2021 King of the Ring is the ongoing 22nd edition of the King of the Ring tournament produced by IWE and is being held between wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Tournament matches began on the October 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown and will continue to be held across episodes of Raw and SmackDown, concluding at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view and IWE Network event on October 21. It is the first King of the Ring tournament since 2019. IWE also introduced a female counterpart called the Queen's Crown tournament which is being held simultaneously with the 2021 King of the Ring tournament.

Background

The King of the Ring tournament is a single-elimination tournament that was established by IWE in 1985 with the winner being crowned "King of the Ring." It was held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990. These early tournaments were held as special non-televised house shows and were held when the promotion was still called the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, renamed to IWE in 2002). In 1993, the promotion began to produce the King of the Ring tournament as a self-titled pay-per-view (PPV). Unlike the previous non-televised events, the PPV did not feature all of the tournament's matches. Instead, several of the qualifying matches preceded the event with the final few match then taking place at the pay-per-view. There were also other matches that took place at the event as it was a traditional three-hour pay-per-view.

King of the Ring continued as the annual June PPV until the 2002 event, which was the final King of the Ring produced as a PPV. Following the conclusion of the PPV chronology, the tournament began to be held periodically every few years, first making its return in 2006, which was held exclusively for wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand—the 2008 and 2010 tournaments also featured wrestlers from IWE's other brands. In August 2011, the brand extension ended with both the Raw and SmackDown television shows featuring the full main roster, but in mid-2016, the brand split was reinstated. The 2021 tournament's return was confirmed on the October 1 episode of SmackDown during the first night of the 2021 IWE Draft.

Bracket

See also

• Queen's Crown tournament

References

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