Category: King of the Ring

The favorites mostly made it through the first round of the winners’ bracket, with the only exceptions being the 7-10 and 8-9 matches. Two members of the Four Horsemen, both members of America’s Team, one Russian, and a couple of people mostly known for being in tag teams are among the eight that advanced. King…

The four first-round matchups saw three upsets, at least according to the seedings. The top-12 seeded wrestlers had a bye to the second round. King of the Ring II Tournament Home Page Winners’ Bracket First Round: (16) Ivan Koloff vs. (17) Rick Rude: Rude took it to Koloff in a short match, getting in two…

Randy Savage def. Honky Tonk Man by pinfall at 25:00. Randy Savage earned the championship of the first King of the Ring tournament, ending upset-minded Honky Tonk Man’s run to the final. It wasn’t really close, as Savage hit a number of damaging blows, had success off the top rope, and didn’t allow Honky Tonk…

The championship of the King of the Ring is set. Randy Savage beat Andre the Giant in a five-star slugfest to become the only wrestler left in the competition without a loss. The fans expected a Savage-Andre rematch in the final, but Honky Tonk Man — the #20 overall seed — cheated his way into…

Only four wrestlers remain in the competition. The winners’ bracket final will feature two men who are deservedly there, #2 Andre the Giant and #4 Randy Savage. The two still alive in the losers’ bracket are much more unexpected, with #20 Honky Tonk Man and #21 Brutus Beefcake both posting back-to-back upsets to remain alive.…

Eight more wrestlers were eliminated in two rounds of losers’ bracket action, and only eight men remain in the tournament. Jimmy Snuka pulled off one of the biggest upsets yet, knocking out #1 Hulk Hogan, though Snuka went out in the next round at the hands of Jake Roberts. Honky Tonk Man found a way…

Four men are now 3-0 and have advanced to the winners’ bracket semifinals: #2 Andre the Giant, #4 Randy Savage, #9 Ricky Steamboat and #11 Tito Santana. Savage-Steamboat will recreate their Wrestlemania III classic for the right to move on to the winners’ final. King of the Ring Home Page Winners’ Bracket Quarterfinals: (9) Ricky…

There was only one real upset in the second round of the losers’ bracket, but it was a big one, as third-seeded Ultimate Warrior was ousted from the competition. Elsewhere, Ted DiBiase advanced in a match between two of the top six seeds. Top-seeded Hulk Hogan got back on the winning path. King of the…

Amazingly, only two of the top eight seeds have won twice and made it to the third round. Shockingly, #1 Hulk Hogan, #3 Ultimate Warrior and #6 Roddy Piper were among the second-round collapses who now find themselves in the losers’ bracket. #2 Andre the Giant and #4 Randy Savage look like the big favorites…