Category: King of the Ring

The first eight wrestlers have been sent home with 0-2 records after the conclusion of the first round of the losers’ bracket. Most notably, top-eight seed King Kong Bundy is out after a second straight upset, this time at the hands of Rick Martel. Bob Orton (seeded 29th) and Curt Hennig (32nd) also picked up…

Unlike the top half of the bracket, the bottom half saw mostly chalk, with the higher-seeded wrestler prevailing in seven of the eight matches. The exception was #18 Big Boss Man defeating #15 Iron Sheik by disqualifcation. Both Sheik and his tag team partner Nikolai Volkoff were DQd after using illegal objects in this round.…

The first half of the winners’ bracket had some surprises, as the lower-seeded wrestler prevailed in five of the eight matches. The #5 and #8-seeded wrestlers were among those sent to the losers’ bracket. 28th-seeded Bam Bam Bigelow provided the biggest upset. King of the Ring Home Page Winners’ Bracket First Round matches: (1) Hulk…