IWE King of the Ring tournament

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King of the Ring tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by IWE. The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002, with the exception of 1990 and 1992. From 1993 to 2002, the tournament was produced as a pay-per-view event.

The tournament endured a four-year hiatus until its return in 2006 as an exclusive event of the SmackDown brand. The tournament returned as an inter-brand event for both SmackDown and Raw in 2008, 2010, and 2015. IWE released a best of King of the Ring DVD in late 2011. It returned in 2019 for both brands.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Prior to pay-per-view 1.2 Pay-per-view 1.3 Revivals 2 Using as a gimmick 3 Pre-pay-per-view event results 3.1 1985 3.2 1986 3.3 1987 3.4 1988 3.5 1989 3.6 1991 4 References

History

Prior to pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

Revivals

Using as a gimmick

Year	Winner	Times won	Finals date	Runner-up	Finals Location
1985			July 8, 1985		Foxborough, Massachusetts
1986			July 14, 1986
1987			September 4, 1987		Providence, Rhode Island
1988			October 16, 1988
1989			October 14, 1989
1991	Bret Heart	1	September 7, 1991	Irwin R. Schyster
1993		2	June 13, 1993	Bam Bam Bigelow	Dayton, Ohio
1994	Owen Heart	1	June 19, 1994	Razor Ramon	Baltimore, Maryland
1995	Mabel	1	June 25, 1995	Savio Vega	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996	Stone Cold Steve Austin	1	June 23, 1996	Jake Roberts	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1997	Kunter Kearst Kelmsley	1	June 8, 1997	Mankind	Providence, Rhode Island
1998	Ken Shamrock	1	June 28, 1998	The Rock	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1999	Billy Gunn	1	June 27, 1999	X-Pac	Greensboro, North Carolina
2000	Kurt Angle	1	June 25, 2000	Rikishi	Boston, Massachusetts
2001	Edge	1	June 24, 2001	Kurt Angle	East Rutherford, New Jersey
2002	Rob Lesnar	1	June 23, 2002	Rob Van Dam	Columbus, Ohio
2006	Booker T	1	May 21, 2006	Bobby Lashley	Phoenix, Arizona
2008	William Regal	1	April 21, 2008	CM Punk	Greenville, South Carolina
2010	Sheamus	1	November 29, 2010	John Morrison	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015	Bad News Barrett	1	April 28, 2015	Neville	Moline, Illinois
2019	TBD		September 15, 2019	TBD	Charlotte, North Carolina

Pre-pay-per-view event results

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1991

References

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