Saturday, June 17, 2023

What If WWE's King of The Ring Tournament Continued As A Tradition After 2002?

It's been awhile since I've posted but since it's June, this got me into thinking about a past PPV event that WWE used to hold once a year. Before Money in the Bank took over that mantle, the King of the Ring event was named after a tournament comprising of multiple superstars competing in an elimination bracket to determine that year's winner. From 1993 to 2002, the PPV saw 10 competitors competing and winning the KOTR tournament. In some cases, the winner would qualify for a World Title shot at Summerslam (i.e. Owen Hart in 1994, Mabel in 1995, and Brock Lesnar in 2002). With the brand extension in full effect, poor buy rates, not to mention the inclusion of brand exclusive PPVs, WWE made a decision to retire the King of the Ring event from their yearly calendar.  Although they would bring the tournament back every few years since, it has since been largely discontinued. It got me pondering what if the King of the Ring continued as an annual tradition? 

Over on Re-Edit, I posted a series of tournament brackets using superstars that were on the active roster based on the timeline. This will mainly cover the years in which a KOTR did not take place (though I made an exception by rebooking 2006 including Raw superstars). It will start from 2003 and onto present day (as of this posting here in 2023). I will provide the links down below for the full brackets including the winners of their respective years. Enjoy:

2003: John Cena

2004: JBL

2005: Eddie Guerrero

2006*: Shelton Benjamin

2007: CM Punk

2009: The Miz

2011: R-Truth

2012: Dolph Ziggler

2013: Daniel Bryan

2014: Seth Rollins

2016: AJ Styles

2017: Samoa Joe

2018: Bobby Lashley

2020: Cesaro

2022: Finn Balor

2023: Dominik Mysterio

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