GWF King of the Ring (2012)
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| King of the Ring (2012) | ||
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | Global Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | August 26, 2012 | |
| Venue | Pepsi Center | |
| City | Denver, Colorado | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| SummerSlam (2012) | King of the Ring (2012) | Global Warfare (2012) |
| King of the Ring chronology | ||
| King of the Ring (2011) | King of the Ring (2012) | King of the Ring (2013) |
King of the Ring (2012) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by GWF, which will take place on August 26, 2012 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. It will be the fourteenth annual King of the Ring.
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Background
The main competition leading into King of the Ring is the King of the Ring tournament which is a yearly tournament held only the night of the King of the Ring event with sixteen participates will be in the tournament and the winner usually would get a GWF World Heavyweight Championship shot at the Global Warfare pay-per-view. There are currently no participates in the tournament as of yet. On Sunday August 11 on GWFWrestling.net the eight participates was announced. On the August 11, episode of Monday Night Raw, CM Punk defeated James Storm in the first Quarterfinal match, Violent J defeated Richie Steamboat in the second Quarterfinal match, Chris Jericho defeated Hollywood Hogan in the third Quarterfinal match, and Randy Orton defeated Snitsky in the final Quarterfinal match. The Semi-final and Final match will take place at King of the Ring.
The main event match was a Championship Scramble match with the current World Heavyweight Champion Matt Murphy defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Buff Bagwell, John Cena, Scott Steiner, and Paul Burchill. On the August 13 episode of Raw Murphy successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Steiner, after the match President McDermott announced that Matt Murphy would defend the World Heavyweight Championship in a Championship Scramble match against Buff Bagwell, John Cena, Scott Steiner, and Paul Burchill.
One of the main feuds for King of the Ring is for the GWF Intercontinental Championship with now current champion Jeff Hardy is set to defend his title against No. 1 Contender AJ Styles and former GWF Intercontinental Champion Triple H. Styles won a Fatal four way match on the August 1, 2012 addition of GWF Raw which gave him the No. 1 Contenders spot. Styles defeated former Intercontinental Champion's Hollywood Hogan, Jeff Hardy and Chris Jericho to win the No. 1 spot for the Intercontinental Championship. On August 6, 2012 episode of Monday Night Raw, Jeff Hardy defeated Triple H to win the Intercontinental Championship. On the August 13 episode of Raw, Triple H put his rematch clause up at King of the Ring making the Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles a Triple Threat match adding Triple H into the play.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CM Punk vs. Violent J | Semi-final match in the King of the Ring tournament |
| 2 | Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho | Semi-final match in the King of the Ring tournament |
| 3 | Jeff Hardy (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Triple H | Triple threat match for the GWF Intercontinental Championship |
| 4 | TBA vs. TBA | Final match in the King of the Ring tournament |
| 5 | Matt Murphy (c) vs. Buff Bagwell vs. John Cena vs. Scott Steiner vs. Paul Burchill | Championship Scramble match for the GWF World Heavyweight Championship |
| 6 | Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle | No Holds Barred match |
| 7 | Abyss vs. Kane | Singles match |
King of the Ring tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals (Raw) | Semifinals (PPV) | Finals (PPV) | |||||||||||
| Randy Orton | |||||||||||||
| Snitsky | |||||||||||||
| Randy Orton | |||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Hogan | |||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | |||||||||||||
| James Storm | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | |||||||||||||
| Violent J | |||||||||||||
| Violent J | |||||||||||||
| Richie Steamboat | |||||||||||||
