King of the Ring
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| King of the Ring | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | WWE |
| First event | King of the Ring (1985) |
| Last event | King of the Ring (2015) |
King of the Ring 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. In 2003, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by Bad Blood.
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 WWE and Raw in 2008, 2010, and 2015. WWE released a best of King of the Ring DVD in late 2011.
Use of the King gimmick
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.
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.[1] "King Hacksaw" then lost it on August 30, 1989 to "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who rebranded himself "Macho King".[2] 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"),[3] Mabel ("King Mabel" ),[4] Kurt Angle ("King Kurt") Edge ("King Edge the Awesome"), Booker T ("King Booker"),[5] Sheamus ("King Sheamus")[6][7] 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[8] 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".[9] 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[10] (manager of "Macho King" Randy Savage), and Queen Sharmell[11] (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.
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.
Revival
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 finals 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 finals taking place the next night on the WWE Network. Bad News Barrett defeated Neville in the final round.
List of King of the Ring winners
| Year | Winner | Times won | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Don Muraco | 1 | July 8, 1985 | Defeated The Iron Sheik |
| 1986 | Harley Race | 1 | July 14, 1986 | Defeated Pedro Morales |
| 1987 | Randy Savage | 1 | September 4, 1987 | Defeated King Kong Bundy |
| 1988 | Ted DiBiase | 1 | October 16, 1988 | Defeated Randy Savage |
| 1989 | Tito Santana | 1 | October 14, 1989 | Defeated Rick Martel |
| 1991 | Bret Hart | 1 | September 7, 1991 | Defeated Irwin R. Schyster |
| 1993 | Bret Hart | 2 | June 13, 1993 | Defeated Bam Bam Bigelow |
| 1994 | Owen Hart | 1 | June 19, 1994 | Defeated Razor Ramon |
| 1995 | Mabel | 1 | June 25, 1995 | Defeated Savio Vega |
| 1996 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 1 | June 23, 1996 | Defeated Jake Roberts |
| 1997 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | June 8, 1997 | Defeated Mankind |
| 1998 | Ken Shamrock | 1 | June 28, 1998 | Defeated The Rock |
| 1999 | Billy Gunn | 1 | June 27, 1999 | Defeated X-Pac |
| 2000 | Kurt Angle | 1 | June 25, 2000 | Defeated Rikishi |
| 2001 | Edge | 1 | June 24, 2001 | Defeated Kurt Angle |
| 2002 | Brock Lesnar | 1 | June 23, 2002 | Defeated Rob Van Dam |
| 2006 | Booker T | 1 | May 21, 2006 | Defeated Bobby Lashley |
| 2008 | William Regal | 1 | April 21, 2008 | Defeated CM Punk |
| 2010 | Sheamus | 1 | November 29, 2010 | Defeated John Morrison |
| 2015 | Bad News Barrett | 1 | April 28, 2015 | Defeated Neville |
King of the Ring event dates and venues
From 1993 through 2002, King of the Ring was produced as a pay-per-view event. In 2006, the tournament finals were featured as part of the Judgment Day pay-per-view. In 2008 and 2010, the tournament was featured as a one-night tournament that aired on Monday Night RAW. In 2015, the tournament was started on Monday Night RAW and then concluded the next night as a WWE Network exclusive.
The King of the Ring was the only one of the WWE's "Big Five" pay-per-view events (The others being the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series) to never be hosted at least once at Madison Square Garden.
| SmackDown-branded event |
- ^ The finals of the 2006 King of the Ring were held as part of the Judgment Day pay-per-view, which emanated from Phoenix. The quarterfinal and semifinal matches were conducted at various other venues.
- ^ The 2015 King of the Ring was held over two nights. The quarterfinal matches were broadcast on Raw, held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while the semifinal and final matches were broadcast live on the WWE Network from Moline, Illinois (prior to a SmackDown taping).
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[12] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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*[12] Stipulations Times 1 Jim Brunzell beat The Spoiler King of the Ring first round match 3:19 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 5:18 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 finals match 10:28 15 Hulk Hogan (c) beat Nikolai Volkoff WWF World Heavyweight Championship match — (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 | 3:19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5:18 | ||||||||||||||||||
- 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 20 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[13] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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 6 matches. Billy Jack Haynes pinned The Iron Sheik. after a SMALL PACKAGING 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 time limit draw at 20 minutes. when the two man battled in the Ring with Punch's to the Head Nikolai Volkoff pinned Dan Spivey. Junkyard Dog beat Paul Orndorff by disqualification for attacking the Referee. The final match saw Pedro Morales PINNED Rudy Diamond who was substituting for Bob Orton.
During the quarterfinal round of the tournament there were only 3 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 THE full Nelson who was a substitute for Hercules Hernandez. Nikolai Volkoff beat Junkyard Dog by submission to a Bearhug. In the final quarterfinals match, Pedro Morales PINNED Mike Rotunda after Rotunda performed a back suplex 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. Race would go on to face Pedro Morales in the finals, after Pedro Morales beat Nikolai Volkoff After volkoff had morales in a baerhug but Pedro broke free and revised the hold into a Small Packaging FOR THE pin in the other semifinals match. in the finals race pinned Morales after the men began brawling in and out of the ring until race got back in and Morales got back up on the apron when the two men began Suplexing one other until race Superplxed Morales back into ring for the win. Ultimately Race went on to win the King of the Ring after defeating Morales.
- Results
No. Results[13] 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.) 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. 15:47 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[14] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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*[14] 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[15] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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*[15] | Stipulations | Times[15] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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- 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.[16]
- Randy Savage was counted out when he chased Virgil around the ring
- Flag match Jim Duggan Pinned Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin)when Martin accidentally hit Bravo with the flag. in a non tournament match 8:43
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[17] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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 | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | 6:22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bad News Brown | 7:01 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Martel | 9:48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 10:04 in 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[18] | ||
| King of the Ring chronology | |||
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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*[18] Stipulations Times[18] 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 teg team match 7:23
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- ^ a b WWF King Of The Ring 1985
- ^ a b WWF King Of The Ring 1986
- ^ a b WWF King Of The Ring 1987
- ^ a b c WWF King Of The Ring 1988
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- ^ WWF King Of The Ring 1989
- ^ a b c WWF King Of The Ring 1991