| Date: June 23rd, 2002 | Venue: Nationwide Arena | City: Columbus, Ohio | Attendance: 14, 198 | Buyrate: 320, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The tenth annual King Of The Ring pay per view is upon us and as we would later find out, it is also the last ever KOTR PPV. The King Of The Ring tournament takes centre stage as it always does in June and like we have … Continue reading King Of The Ring 2002
| Date: June 24, 2001 | Venue: Continental Airlines Arena | City: East Rutherford, New Jersey | Attendance: 17, 777 | Buyrate: 445, 000 My muscles ache. My mind is spent. My body is broken. Lead me to my throne. Those would be the words uttered by our four King Of The Ring semi finalists. The annual tournament is back to just the semi-finals unlike last year when the PPV hosted the … Continue reading King Of The Ring 2001
| Date: June 25, 2000 | Venue: Fleet Centre | City: Boston, Massachusetts | Attendance: 17, 651 | Buyrate: 475, 000 King Of The Ring 2000 had the highest buyrate for any King Of The Ring in history so the build was good and the tournament itself had a lot of interest behind it. That would be because it is the biggest King Of The Ring history with no less than 32 … Continue reading King Of The Ring 2000
| Date: June 27, 1999 | Venue: Greensboro Coliseum | City: Greensboro, North Carolina | Attendance: 19, 761 | Buyrate: 430, 000 King Of The Ring can make careers and has springboarded the likes of Steve Austin, Triple H, Owen Hart, Mabel, Ken Shamrock and Bret Hart. Tonight, 8 men will compete in the tournament in hope of becoming the next King Of The Ring. As you can see in the first … Continue reading King Of The Ring 99
Off With Their Heads. Off with whose heads? I don’t know. The bad guys. Or the losers. You take your pick. In any case, welcome everybody to this review of King Of The Ring 1998. A show with a double main event and King Of The Ring tournament semi finals and final being he main focuses of the show. In the main event, WWF Champion … Continue reading King Of The Ring 98
It’s Bound To Get Medieval. Brace Yourself. That sounds like something Ahmed Johnson will say. Could he be a shoe-in for the King Of The Ring tournament tonight? He’ll take on Hunter Hearst Helmsley in one semi final whilst Jerry Lawler will battle Mankind in the other. Much like last years tournament, we’ll only get the semi finals and final. Ahmed Johnson actually defeated Hunter … Continue reading King Of The Ring 97
To Battle Is Honor, To Win Is Hell is the tagline for this pay per view. I genuinely have no idea what that means. The poster for this show features Ultimate Warrior which is an interesting choice. He makes his King Of The Ring PPV debut tonight when he takes on Jerry “The King” Lawler. Lawler has been a part of every KOTR PPV whether … Continue reading King Of The Ring 96
Guts & Glory. They are the two things required to go all the way in the King Of The Ring tournament. So welcome to this King Of The Ring 1995 review. I’ll be taking you through all nine matches on the card, reviewing and adding my own two cents. We’re now in a world of one pay per view every month so these reviews will … Continue reading King Of The Ring 95
The Perfect Father’s Day Card. Welcome to this King Of The Ring 1994 Review. This second annual KOTR took place on Fathers Day 1994 and features some big matches. Tonight will focus around the annual King Of The Ring tournament. A tournament Bret Hart won in it’s first televised showing. This year he’s not in it but Razor Ramon, Tatanka and Bam Bam Bigelow who … Continue reading King Of The Ring 94
Welcome to this King Of The Ring 93 review! This will be the first ever King Of The Ring show to be broadcast live and thus my first review of the event. We’ve got 9 big matches coming up including two title matches and the tournament to decide the “first ever” King Of The Ring. The WWF title will be contested with Hulk Hogan who … Continue reading King Of The Ring 93
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