King of the Ring tournament

King of the Ring tournament 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. 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. WWE released a best of King of the Ring DVD in late 2011. It returned in 2019 for both brands.

History

Prior to pay-per-view

Although the King of the Ring tournament was not made into a pay-per-view event until 1993, the original King of the Ring tournament was held in 1985. Don Muraco won the tournament last defeating The Iron Sheik.

Pay-per-view

The King of the Ring was an event in which typically sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one single elimination bracket. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, he advances to take on another wrestler who 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. The King of the Ring pay-per-view was considered one of the WWE's "Big Five" events of the year, along with the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series, up until its disestablishment after the 2002 event.

Revivals

After a four-year hiatus, the tournament would return in 2006, the first since the 1991 edition that was not on pay-per-view, which was won by Booker T, who faced Bobby Lashley in the final at Judgment Day. The tournament would return in 2008 on the April 23 episode of Raw, which was won by William Regal, who faced CM Punk in the finale, and in 2010 on the November 29 episode of Raw, which was won by Sheamus, who faced John Morrison in the finale. After a five-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2015 on the April 27 episode of Raw, with the final taking place the next night on the WWE Network. Bad News Barrett defeated Neville in the final round. After a four-year hiatus, WWE announced the return of the tournament in 2019. On the August 12, 2019 episode of Raw, it was announced the 2019 King of The Ring tournament would begin on the August 19, 2019 episode of Raw.

Using as a gimmick

In 1986, the second King of the Ring winner, Harley Race, parlayed his victory into an arrogant King of Wrestling gimmick, featuring a regal cape and crown. This gimmick led to several notable feuds for Race with Junkyard Dog, Hulk Hogan, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, and others, even after new winners had been crowned in the annual tournament. In 1988, Race suffered an abdominal injury and during his absence his manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan awarded the crown to Haku in July, rechristening him King Haku, even though Randy Savage had won the tournament by that point and Ted DiBiase would also win the tournament during this storyline. Race eventually returned from his injury and briefly feuded with King Haku, but was unable to regain the crown at the 1989 Royal Rumble. King Haku then lost the crown to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in May 1989. "King Hacksaw" then lost it on August 30, 1989 to "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who rebranded himself "Macho King". Savage abandoned the "Macho King" gimmick upon his loss of a "Career ending match" to Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania VII in 1991, following which only wrestlers who had won the most recent tournament, as well Jerry Lawler (who had used a King Of Wrestling image regionally in the Memphis area since the early 1970s) would use the gimmick.

Randy Savage ("Macho King"), Owen Hart ("King of Harts"), Mabel ("King Mabel" ), Kurt Angle ("King Kurt") Edge ("King Edge the Awesome"), Booker T ("King Booker"), Sheamus ("King Sheamus") and Bad News Barrett ("King Barrett") are all wrestlers that also took on "King" nicknames after winning King of the Ring tournaments, with varying amounts of indulgence in the regal gimmick. William Regal won the tournament while serving as General Manager of Raw and began displaying King Lear signs of tyranny and delusion. Triple H alluded to his King of the Ring victory as part of his integrated gimmick starting 2006 as the "King of Kings". In addition to the King's crown, various female wrestlers were portrayed as Queen while they were aligned with Kings, including "Queen of the Ring" Fabulous Moolah (aligned with King Harley Race at Wrestlemania III), Sensational Queen Sherri (manager of "Macho King" Randy Savage), and Queen Sharmell (manager of King Booker). Mo, Mabel's tag team partner in Men on a Mission, was "knighted" as Sir Mo by his partner after the latter's 1995 victory.

List of King of the Ring winners

Year	Winner	Times won	Finals date	Runner-up	Finals Location
1985	Don Muraco	1	July 8, 1985	The Iron Sheik	Foxborough, Massachusetts
1986	Harley Race	1	July 14, 1986	Pedro Morales
1987	Randy Savage	1	September 4, 1987	King Kong Bundy	Providence, Rhode Island
1988	Ted DiBiase	1	October 16, 1988	Randy Savage
1989	Tito Santana	1	October 14, 1989	Rick Martel
1991	Bret Hart	1	September 7, 1991	Irwin R. Schyster
1993		2	June 13, 1993	Bam Bam Bigelow	Dayton, Ohio
1994	Owen Hart	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	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	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	Brock 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

King of the Ring (1985)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	July 8, 1985
City	Foxborough, Massachusetts
Venue	Sullivan Stadium
Attendance	23,000
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous First Next → 1986

King of the Ring (1985) was the inaugural King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on July 8, 1985 at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Hulk Hogan pinned Nikolai Volkoff to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Results

No.	Matches*	Stipulations	Times
1	Jim Brunzell beat The Spoiler	King of the Ring first round match	9:19
2	Les Thornton beat Steve Lombardi	King of the Ring first round match	4:33
3	Paul Orndorff and Bob Orton, Jr. wrestled to a double disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	11:54
4	Pedro Morales beat Johnny V	King of the Ring first round match	1:06
5	Tito Santana beat Terry Funk by disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	12:58
6	Don Muraco beat Junkyard Dog	King of the Ring first round match	10:22
7	Ricky Steamboat beat Greg Valentine	King of the Ring first round match	19:59
8	The Iron Sheik beat B. Brian Blair	King of the Ring first round match	8:18
9	Don Muraco beat Les Thornton	King of the Ring quarterfinals match	5:02
10	Jim Brunzell beat Tito Santana via a time limit draw coin toss	King of the Ring quarterfinals match	20:00
11	Iron Sheik beat Ricky Steamboat	King of the Ring quarterfinals match	10:25
12	Don Muraco beat Pedro Morales	King of the Ring semifinals match	14:55
13	Iron Sheik beat Jim Brunzell	King of the Ring semifinals match	7:30
14	Don Muraco beat Iron Sheik	King of the Ring final match	10:28
15	Hulk Hogan (c) beat Nikolai Volkoff	WWF World Heavyweight Championship match	12:13
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Don Muraco

PIN

Junkyard Dog

10:22

Don Muraco

PIN

Les Thornton

5:02

Les Thornton

pin

Steve Lombardi

4:33

Don Muraco

PIN

Pedro Morales

14:55

Paul Orndorff

DDQ

Bob Orton, Jr.

11:54

BYE

Pedro Morales

Pedro Morales

PIN

Johnny V

1:06

Don Muraco

PIN

Iron Sheik

10:28

Tito Santana

DQ

Terry Funk

12:58

Tito Santana

Draw1

Jim Brunzell

20:00

Jim Brunzell

PIN

The Spoiler

9:19

Jim Brunzell

7:30

Iron Sheik

PIN

Ricky Steamboat

PIN

Greg Valentine

19:59

Ricky Steamboat

10:25

Iron Sheik

PIN

The Iron Sheik

PIN

B. Brian Blair

8:18

• Hulk Hogan pinned Nikolai Volkoff to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in a non tournament match.

1. ^ Tito Santana fought Jim Brunzell to a twenty minute time limit draw; Brunzell then won a coin toss to determine who would continue in the tournament.

1986

King of the Ring (1986)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	July 14, 1986
City	Foxborough, Massachusetts
Venue	Sullivan Stadium
Attendance	12,000
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous 1985 Next → 1987

King of the Ring (1986) was the second annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on July 14, 1986 at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

In addition to the tournament, there were two other matches. Prior to the final match of the King of the Ring tournament, Bruno Sammartino defeated The Designated Hitman (a substitute for Eddie Andelmann, a local TV/radio personality who refused to wrestle). Following the final match of the tournament, The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (with Johnny V.) in a steel cage match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship. Dynamite and Beefcake escaped from the cage first. Smith then escaped the cage to win the match after Valentine had accidentally knocked him out the door.

During the first round of the tournament, there was a total of six matches. Billy Jack Haynes pinned The Iron Sheik after a small package Harley Race beat George Steele by disqualification after Steele rammed Race into one of the golf carts at ringside. Don Muraco and Roddy Piper wrestled to a twenty minute time limit draw. Nikolai Volkoff pinned Dan Spivey. Junkyard Dog beat Paul Orndorff by disqualification for attacking the referee. Pedro Morales pinned Rudy Diamond who was substituting for Bob Orton.

During the quarterfinal round of the tournament, there were three matches. Harley Race received a bye due to the Muraco and Piper match reaching the time limit in the first round. Billy Jack Haynes beat Mr. X with a full nelson. Mr X was a substitute for Hercules Hernandez. Nikolai Volkoff beat Junkyard Dog after Dog submitted to a bearhug. In the final quarterfinal match, Pedro Morales pinned Mike Rotunda after Rotunda performed a back suplex From The Top Rope on Morales but Rotunda's shoulders were on the mat.

During the first match of the semifinals, Race beat Haynes, when Haynes was counted out while Haynes applied the full nelson on Race while on the outside of the ring on the apron. Pedro Morales beat Nikolai Volkoff after Morales broke free and reversed a bearhug into a small package for the pin.

In the final Race pinned Morales after he superplexed Morales back into the ring.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Don Muraco (with Mr. Fuji) and Roddy Piper wrestled to a time limit draw	King of the Ring first round match	20:00
2	Harley Race beat George Steele by disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	7:41
3	Billy Jack Haynes pinned the Iron Sheik	King of the Ring first round match	10:15
4	Nikolai Volkoff beat Dan Spivey	King of the Ring first round match	6:12
5	Junkyard Dog beat Paul Orndorff by disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	13:14
6	Pedro Morales beat Rudy Diamond	King of the Ring first round match	3:02
7	Billy Jack Haynes beat Mr. X	King of the Ring quarter-final match	0:21
8	Nikolai Volkoff beat Junkyard Dog	King of the Ring quarter-final match	10:46
9	Pedro Morales beat Mike Rotunda	King of the Ring quarter-final match	10:00
10	Harley Race beat Billy Jack Haynes by count-out	King of the Ring semi-final match	12:30
11	Pedro Morales beat Nikolai Volkoff	King of the Ring semi-final match	11:55
12	Bruno Sammartino beat The Designated Hitman	Singles match	4:29
13	Harley Race beat Pedro Morales	King of the Ring final match	10:30
14	The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) (c) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (with Johnny V.) by escaping the cage	WWF World Tag Team Title steel cage match	15:47
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Mr. X2

0:21

Billy Jack Haynes

Sub

Billy Jack Haynes

pin

The Iron Sheik

10:15

Billy Jack Haynes

12:30

Harley Race

CO

Harley Race

DQ

George Steele

7:41

Harley Race

BYE

Don Muraco

draw

Roddy Piper

20:00

Harley Race

PIN

Pedro Morales

10:30

Nikolai Volkoff

pin

Dan Spivey

6:12

Nikolai Volkoff

Sub

Junkyard Dog

10:46

Junkyard Dog

DQ

Paul Orndorff

13:14

Nikolai Volkoff

11:55

Pedro Morales

pin

Pedro Morales

pin

Rudy Diamond1

3:02

Pedro Morales

pin

Mike Rotundo

10:00

1. ^ Rudy Diamond was a substitute for Bob Orton.
2. ^ Mr. X was a substitute for Hercules Hernandez. Bruno Sammartino beat The Designated Hitman in a non-tournament match The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) (with Johnny V.) in a steel cage match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship. Dynamite and Beefcake escaped from the cage first. Smith then escaped the cage to win the match after Valentine had accidentally knocked him out the door. in a non-tournament match

1987

King of the Ring (1987)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	September 4, 1987
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Venue	Providence Civic Center
Attendance	12,000
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous 1986 Next → 1988

King of the Ring (1987) was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on September 4, 1987 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Jake Roberts defeated the WWF Intercontinental champion The Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart via disqualification, after Hart accidentally hit Honky Tonk Man with the megaphone

Results

No.	Matches*	Stipulations	Times
1	Haku beat Brutus Beefcake	King of the Ring first round match	—
2	Rick Martel beat Dan Spivey	King of the Ring first round match	—
3	King Kong Bundy beat One Man Gang	King of the Ring first round match	—
4	Special Delivery Jones beat Sika	King of the Ring first round match	—
5	Dangerous Danny Davis beat Tito Santana	King of the Ring first round match	—
6	Junkyard Dog beat Tama	King of the Ring first round match	—
7	Jim Brunzell beat Ron Bass	King of the Ring first round match	—
8	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat Nikolai Volkoff	King of the Ring first round match	—
9	Haku and Rick Martel wrestled to a draw	King of the Ring quarter-final match	15:00
10	King Kong Bundy beat Special Delivery Jones	King of the Ring quarter-final match	—
11	Danny Davis beat The Junkyard Dog	King of the Ring quarter-final match	—
12	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat Jim Brunzell	King of the Ring quarter-final match	—
13	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat Danny Davis	King of the Ring semi-final match	—
14	Jake Roberts beat The Honky Tonk Man (with Jimmy Hart) by disqualification	WWF Intercontinental championship	—
15	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat King Kong Bundy	King of the Ring final match	—
*Card subject to change

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Haku

pin

Brutus Beefcake

11:08

Haku

15:00

Rick Martel

Draw

Rick Martel

pin

Dan Spivey

5:12

King Kong Bundy

BYE

King Kong Bundy

CO

One Man Gang

3:09

King Kong Bundy

PIN

Special Delivery Jones

4:09

Special Delivery Jones

pin

Sika

6:25

King Kong Bundy

13:04

Randy Savage

PIN

Tito Santana

7:22

Dangerous Danny Davis

CO

Danny Davis

CO

The Junkyard Dog

8:02

Junkyard Dog

pin

Tama

8:19

Danny Davis

7:15

Randy Savage

PIN

Jim Brunzell

pin

Ron Bass

6:38

Jim Brunzell

12:10

Randy Savage

PIN

Randy Savage

PIN

Nikolai Volkoff

7:03

• Jake Roberts defeated the WWF Intercontinental champion The Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart via disqualification, after Hart accidentally hit Honky Tonk Man with the megaphone in a non tournament match

1988

King of the Ring (1988)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	October 16, 1988
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Venue	Providence Civic Center
Attendance	6,700
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous 1987 Next → 1989

King of the Ring (1988) was the fourth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on October 16, 1988 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Jim Duggan defeated Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin) in a flag match. Duggan pinned Bravo when Martin accidentally hit Bravo with the flag.

Results

No.	Matches*	Stipulations	Times
1	Ken Patera beat Nikolai Volkoff	King of the Ring first round match	10:20
2	Ted DiBiase beat Brutus Beefcake	King of the Ring first round match	7:32
3	Ron Bass beat The Barbarian by disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	7:02
4	Shawn Michaels beat Dangerous Danny Davis	King of the Ring first round match	3:37
5	Bad News Brown and Hercules wrestled until a double count-out	King of the Ring first round match	6:05
6	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat Virgil	King of the Ring first round match	5:43
7	The Red Rooster beat Marty Jannetty	King of the Ring first round match	11:00
8	Mike Sharpe beat Boris Zhukov	King of the Ring first round match	6:27
9	Jim Duggan beat Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin)	Flag match	8:43
10	Ted DiBiase beat Ken Patera	King of the Ring quarter-final match	5:42
11	Ron Bass beat Shawn Michaels	King of the Ring quarter-final match	7:39
12	The Red Rooster beat Mike Sharpe	King of the Ring quarter-final match	3:27
13	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) beat The Red Rooster	King of the Ring semi-final match	7:21
14	Ted DiBiase beat Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) by count-out	King of the Ring final match	6:11
*Card subject to change

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ken Patera

Pin

Nikolai Volkoff

10:20

Ken Patera

Pin

Ted DiBiase

5:42

Brutus Beefcake

Pin

Ted DiBiase

7:32

Ted DiBiase

Forfeit

Ron Bass

2

The Barbarian

DQ

Ron Bass

7:02

Ron Bass

Pin

Shawn Michaels

7:39

Dangerous Danny Davis

Pin

Shawn Michaels

3:37

Ted DiBiase

CO

Randy Savage

6:11

Bad News Brown

DCO

Hercules

6:05

BYE

Randy Savage

Randy Savage

Pin

Virgil

5:43

Randy Savage

Pin

The Red Rooster

7:21

Marty Jannetty

Pin

The Red Rooster

11:00

The Red Rooster

Sub

Iron Mike Sharpe

3:27

Mike Sharpe1

Pin

Boris Zhukov

6:27

1. ^ Mike Sharpe substituted for The Warlord.
2. ^ DiBiase paid Bass off to fake an injury.

• Randy Savage was counted out when he became distracted by Virgil on the outside of the ring.
• Jim Duggan pinned Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin) in a Flag match when Martin accidentally hit Bravo with the flag.

1989

King of the Ring (1989)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	October 14, 1989
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Venue	Providence Civic Center
Attendance	4,500
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous 1988 Next → 1991

King of the Ring (1989) was the fifth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on October 14, 1989 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Brutus Beefcake

10:22

Akeem

pin

Akeem

BYE

Hercules

DDQ

Jim Neidhart

6:33

Akeem

10:15

Tito Santana

pin

Bushwhacker Butch

3:14

The Warlord

pin

The Warlord

6:22

Tito Santana

pin

Tito Santana

pin

Bad News Brown

7:01

Rick Martel

12:48

Tito Santana

PIN

Rick Martel

sub

Bill Wood1

0:44

Rick Martel

sub

Bushwhacker Luke

4:06

Bushwhacker Luke

pin

Nikolai Volkoff

4:18

Rick Martel

pin

Jimmy Snuka

8:34

Jimmy Snuka

DQ

The Barbarian

8:13

Jimmy Snuka

pin

Haku

7:20

Haku

pin

The Red Rooster

5:12

1. ^ Bill Wood substituted for Barry Windham.

• Dusty Rhodes defeated The Big Boss Man, with Slick at 10:04 in a non tournament match.

1991

King of the Ring (1991)
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	September 7, 1991
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Venue	Providence Civic Center
Attendance	2,400
King of the Ring tournament chronology
← Previous 1989 Next → 1993

King of the Ring (1991) was the sixth King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The tournament was held on September 7, 1991 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match The Beverly Brothers defeated The Bushwhackers, in a tag team match.

Results

No.	Matches*	Stipulations	Times
1	Jerry Sags (with Jimmy Hart) beat Hawk by disqualification	King of the Ring first round match	3:02
2	Ricky Steamboat and Ted DiBiase wrestled to a time limit draw	King of the Ring first round match	15:00
3	Jim Duggan beat Brian Knobbs (with Jimmy Hart)	King of the Ring first round match	5:04
4	Irwin R. Schyster beat The Berzerker by count-out	King of the Ring first round match	2:51
5	Bret Hart beat Pete Doherty by submission	King of the Ring first round match	0:33
6	Skinner beat Virgil	King of the Ring first round match	5:02
7	Sid Justice beat The Warlord	King of the Ring first round match	3:23
8	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) beat Animal	King of the Ring first round match	3:40
9	The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly and Blake Beverly) beat The Bushwhackers (Bushwhacker Butch and Bushwhacker Luke)	Tag team match	7:23
10	Irwin R. Schyster beat Jim Duggan	King of the Ring quarter-final match	3:16
11	Bret Hart beat Skinner	King of the Ring quarter-final match	4:47
12	The Undertaker and Sid Justice ended in a double disqualification	King of the Ring quarter-final match	4:08
13	Irwin R. Schyster beat Jerry Sags	King of the Ring semi-final match	1:22
14	Bret Hart beat Irwin R. Schyster	King of the Ring final match	10:00
*Card subject to change

Tournament bracket

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Hawk

DQ

Jerry Sags

3:02

Jerry Sags

BYE

Ricky Steamboat

Draw

Ted DiBiase

15:00

Jerry Sags

Pin

Irwin R. Schyster

1:22

Jim Duggan

Pin

Brian Knobbs

5:04

Jim Duggan

Pin

Irwin R. Schyster

3:16

The Berzerker

CO

Irwin R. Schyster

2:51

Irwin R. Schyster

Pin

Bret Hart

10:00

Pete Doherty 1

Sub

Bret Hart

0:33

Bret Hart

Sub

Skinner

4:47

Skinner

Pin

Virgil

5:02

Bret Hart

BYE

Sid Justice

Pin

The Warlord

3:23

The Undertaker

DDQ

Sid Justice

4:08

Animal

Pin

The Undertaker

3:40

1. ^ Pete Doherty substituted for Kerry Von Erich.

• The Undertaker and Sid Justice were disqualified for attacking the Referee. After the bout, Jake Roberts helped The Undertaker put Sid into the Casket.
• Bret Hart pinned Irwin R. Schyster with a roll up.
• The Beverly Brothers beat The Bushwhackers in a tag team match at 7:23.