During Sunday night’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, WWE announced this week’s WWE Network schedule, which shockingly included a live King of the Ring special on Tuesday. Yes, the wrestling tournament will indeed return for the first time in five years, beginning with the opening round matches. The live special on Tuesday will air exclusively on the WWE Network, will begin at 8 p.m. ET and will feature the semi-final matches and tournament final in their entirety.
WWE announces King of the Ring will return this week
The beloved tournament makes an unexpected (but welcome) return.
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The list of previous King of the Ring winners reads like a veritable who’s who of legendary WWE wrestlers (and Mabel). The participants in this year’s tournament have not yet been revealed, but if history is any indicator, WWE could very well use the event as a way to push a new face as a top star.
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WWF (and later WWE) ran the King of the Ring tournament every year from 1985 to 1989 at live events. Beginning in 1993, the King of the Ring became an annual pay-per-view, which ran all the way through 2002. Since 2002, the tournament has only ben held three times. The most recent King of the Ring was Sheamus, who won the crown in 2010 and briefly tried to run with a “King Sheamus” gimmick. Probably for the best that one didn’t catch on.
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