2/12/2023 0 Comments King of the ring 2002![]() ![]() While some believe that the new King of the Ring traditionally receives a WWF/WWE Championship shot at the SummerSlam pay-per-view, this only became an established rule in 2002, for what would become the final King of the Ring tournament for 4 years until SmackDown! general manager Theodore Long brought it back in 2006. 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 winner of the final match is officially crowned the King of the Ring. The final few matches would then take place at that year's King of the Ring event. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, they advance forward to take on another wrestler that has also won. The King of the Ring was an event in which typically fifteen to sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one single elimination bracket. Other winners who did the same include Randy Savage ("Macho King"), Owen Hart ( "King of Harts"), "King" Mabel, Kurt Angle ("King Kurt"), Edge ("King Edge The Awesome"), Booker T ("King Booker") and most recently Bad News Barrett ("King Barrett") The second king, Harley Race, is noted for parlaying his King of the Ring victory into his "King of Wrestling" gimmick. Don Muraco was the first King of the Ring in 1985. Although the King of the Ring tournament was first made into a pay-per-view event in 1993, the original King of the Ring tournament was actually held in 1985. ![]()
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