King of the Ring 2008

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

King of the Ring 2008

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I read Trips is in this tournement,if so then theres your King of the ring this year.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

I dunno, I d place some money on either Kennedy or Umaga myself with Matt Hardy and Finlay as the outside bets. You have to think heel moniker king... Kennedy?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

WWE.com posted a graphic which had the likes of HHH, HBK, Big Show, DAVE, etc in it but then they retracted it so it's open to anyone right now.

Lava · A List Star

What about CM Punk surely he's good for it. Or actually they should have Dreamer win it

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Well on wwe.com there is an article which has Carlito, Jericho, Willam Regal and Cryme Time?!?! Saying they all want to be in the KotR for RAW. King Carlito works but then if you think about it Royal William Regal does so too. But they are not definte yet.

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

I like Kennedy.

On a side note, the KOTR was always one of my favorite events when i used to watch wrestling. I liked to see some of the second-billed guys get some notoriety, but then when they had Lesnar and Angle win it, it just became too predictable and I'm glad they finally stopped it.

I was looking at the list of winners, and it is pretty interesting:

06-Booker T (The King Booker gimmick was a bit much)
02-Brock Lesnar (Really, who DIDN'T see this coming?)
01-Edge (Interesting story to move Edge from a tag team wrestler to a singles star)
00-Angle (Again, who DIDN'T know?)
99-Billy Gunn (Another tag team star tried to turn into a singles star, but this one didn't work)
98-Ken Shamrock (I forgot all about this)
97-Triple H (Fit his gimmick at the time very well, remember those tights he used to wear?)
96-Steve Austin (The Stone Cold era began)
95-Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V? (Never really translated into a big-name star like they hoped)
94-Owen Hart (Bret's little brother is on my list of favorites, too).
93-Bret Hart (At the height of his popularity)
92-...What happened?
91-Bret Hart

Interestingly enough, only 3 of these 11 wrestlers are still in WWE.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Actually, the KOTR tourney first began in 1985 as a house show attraction.

The winners were:

1985 - Don Muraco
1986 - Harley Race (which quickly became his gimmick)
1987 - Randy Savage
1988 - Ted DiBiase
1989 - Tito Santana

No tourney in 1990 or 1992

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Hey if Kofi Kingston won the KotR and took on the King moniker then he'd be KKK.....

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Iv never seen this Kofi Kingston character, is he any good?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

He's very flippy and athletic and seems to be getting over quite well,but is still a bit green in places.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

OK so here's this weeks preview (Well part check out the RAW thread for the rest.) Still no idea of who will enter although this press release may infer that HHH, Cena, JBL & Randy Orton may be taking part.

As WWE Superstars return from the rich, royal tradition of the United Kingdom to American shores, the stars of Raw, SmackDown and ECW will compete for their own unique crowning glory.

For the first time in two years, a new King of the Ring will be decided in a one-night tournament that commences in the very first hour of a special three-hour episode of Raw, live from the BI-LO Center in Greenville, S.C.

Eight competitors will have to defeat multiple opponents in a single night to be coronated with the treasured crown and robe that WWE Legends and Hall of Famers such as Harley Race, Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, Bret Hitman Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Edge have worn during their illustrious careers.

Its not known which Superstars will make up the tournament field, but be assured that the four men involved in the Fatal Four Way Match for the WWE Championship at Backlash John Cena, John Bradshaw Layfield, Triple H and WWE Champion Randy Orton will want to make their mark and gain momentum just days before their title tilt. A King of the Ring Tournament victory would do just that.

Find out as a king is crowned on Monday Night Raw, airing live at a special start time of 8/7 CT, only on USA Network.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Another little bit of news which might explain why they pulled the graphic.

There were no long term plans for WWE to do a one-night King of the Ring tournament on Raw tonight. Apparently the decision was made in the last ten days.

So it was a quickly rushed job and not a confirmed idea. im now thinking Cena will win as he hasn't won it yuet and needs it on his CV. Or maybe JBL, so his return can mean something without him actually getting a title.