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349:. The winner of the tournament was crowned "King of the Ring." Unlike the non-televised events, the PPV did not feature all of the tournament's matches. Instead, several of the qualifying matches preceded the event with the final few matches then taking place at the pay-per-view. There were also other matches that took place at the event as it was a traditional three-hour pay-per-view. Considered as one of the WWF's "Big Five" PPVs, along with the 698:
their roster. Vince chose to push one of the worst choices imaginable. In order to not sacrifice anyone too big for that experiment, he had to fill the brackets with lesser stars. He shot himself in the foot and this show suffered for it. It’s unfortunate Diesel couldn’t wrestle a one-on-one match in his condition. However, they could have booked a better main event. This PPV is the epitome of the bad booking in ’95."
670:, Hart confronted Lawler at the announce table and demanded a rematch. Lawler accepted and added in a stipulation that the loser must kiss the winner's feet. To prepare for this, Lawler spent the next few weeks walking around stables barefoot in horse manure and not washing his feet at all until after he beats Hart. On the June 10 edition of 697:
In 2020, Paul Matthews of Classic Wrestling Review described the event as the "most disappointing of all-time," stating, "Was this the worst PPV of all-time? It is certainly near the bottom. I would call it the most disappointing one of all-time. They could have put together a better tournament with
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In 2021, John Canton of TJR Wrestling gave the event a rating of 3/10, stating, "This is one of the worst PPVs in WWE history. Rating it 3 out of 10 might be generous by me. That’s how bad it is. Choosing Mabel to win King of the Ring meant two bad matches from him while the great Shawn Michaels only
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In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 1.0 , stating, "In the running for the worst WWF Pay-Per-View in history. I’ve yet to review one worse, though I can recall a worse WCW one. Nothing on this show is redeemable. The nonsensical booking, the boring matches and the painfully
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got to wrestle once. Meanwhile, there was a lot of Savio Vega and I don’t know if people were clamoring for him. The show was also hurt by the lack of a WWE Title match since Diesel only wrestled in a tag team match that really didn’t feel like that big of a deal."
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and advance to the Quarter-Finals of the King of the Ring tournament. Jarrett, however, was defeated by The Undertaker later in the night, with The Undertaker winning following a
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against Jeff Jarrett meaning he could no longer compete in the tournament. As a result, the final Quarter-Final place was decided moments before the pay-per-view aired.
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In a departure from regular protocol, the Savio Vega vs IRS match originally on Sunday Night Slam where the winner was added to the 8 man tournament, is included on the
737:, who would lose to Hart by disqualification at SummerSlam. The feud would finally end when Hart defeated Yankem in a steel cage match on the October 16 edition of 365:, the company's five biggest shows of the year, the 1995 event was the third King of the Ring PPV and ninth tournament overall. It was held on June 25, 1995 at the 658:, which began two years earlier at the 1993 King of the Ring. At the previous pay-per-view, In Your House 1, Lawler defeated Hart after outside interference from 2378: 3433: 2516: 2052: 2102:
At the time, SummerSlam was one of WWE's "big five" Pay-Per-Views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, and Survivor Series were the others), ...
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that was established in 1985 and held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990; these early tournaments were held as special non-televised
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after performing a legdrop on the arena floor. Even though all of the places for the Quarter-Finals were now filled, Razor Ramon suffered a
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boring main event all were horrible. Everyone in attendance deserved a refund and to have the show wiped from their memory."
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injury, but was able to compete at King of the Ring. To explain the injury, footage was shown on the May 29 edition of
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were present. During the "King of the Ring" final between Mabel and Savio Vega, these fans began chanting "
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on June 5, 1995 in a King of the Ring Qualifying Match. Yokozuna would defeat Luger the next week on
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As well as the annual King of the Ring tournament heading into the event, there were two other major
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Following his victory, Mabel was given a major push as a main eventer, culminating in a match with
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interfered and kayfabe attacked Diesel. This resulted in Diesel retaining the championship via
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The tournament took place between May 14 and June 25, 1995. The tournament brackets were:
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King of the Ring 1995: Like Savio Vega? Here, have FOUR matches of his in one night!
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in the first round. The next First Round match took place on the May 15 edition of
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The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship
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in a "Kiss My Foot" match and the King of the Ring final, which was won by
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in a match prior to the pay-per-view, to fill the vacancy left due to
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Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith wrestled to a 15:00 Time Limit Draw on
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was the next wrestler through to the Quarter-Finals, as he defeated
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decided to recruit some help in the form of his personal dentist,
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The event has received universally negative reviews from critics.
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The other main feud heading into King of the Ring was between
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proceeded to the Quarter-Finals on the May 20 edition of
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for the final slot in the King of the Ring Tournament.
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The main storyline going into the pay-per-view was the
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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In Your House 2
King of the Ring
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King of the Ring tournament
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1996
King of the Ring
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event
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King of the Ring tournament
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
main event
WWF Champion
Diesel
Bam Bam Bigelow
Tatanka
Sycho Sid
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