10 Fascinating WWE Facts About King Of The Ring 2002

King of the Ring

June 23rd 2002

Columbus, OH

10 Fascinating WWE Facts About King Of The Ring 1997

KING OF THE RING

2001 King of the Ring Winner 

Edge

Edge defeated Kurt Angle to win the crown on 24th 2001 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ.

WWF Magazine July 1990

WWF Magazine 

July 1990

Today in Wrestling History (June 13th)

June 13th 1993

WWF King of the Ring

Nutter Center

Dayton, Ohio

No.	Results[19]	Stipulations	Times[19]
Dark match	Papa Shango (c) defeated Owen Hart	Singles match for the USWA Heavyweight Championship	Unknown
1	Bret Hart defeated Razor Ramon	King of the Ring Quarter-Final match	10:25
2	Mr. Perfect defeated Mr. Hughes (with Harvey Wippleman)	King of the Ring Quarter-Final match	06:02
3	Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Jim Duggan	King of the Ring Quarter-Final match	04:59
4	Tatanka fought Lex Luger to a time-limit draw	King of the Ring Quarter-Final match	15:00
5	Bret Hart defeated Mr. Perfect	King of the Ring Semi-Final match	18:56
6	Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji) defeated Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	13:09
7	The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart) and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) (with Afa) andMoney Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster)	Eight-man tag team match	06:49
8	Shawn Michaels (c) (with Diesel) defeated Crush	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	11:14
9	Bret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow	King of the Ring Final match	18:11

King of The Ring 1996

King of The Ring

June 23rd 1996

Mecca Arena

Milwaukee  WI

 In a King of the Ring tournament semifinal match, Steve Austin pinned Marc Mero (with Sable) after the Stone Cold Stunner. During the match, a kick from Mero busted open Austin's lip. After the match, Austin went to a local hospital and received 16 stitches to close the wound.
- In the other King of the Ring tournament semifinal, Jake Roberts defeated Vader (with Jim Cornette) by disqualification, when Vader grabbed the referee and pulled him into Roberts as Roberts hit the DDT. Vader attacked Roberts after the match, hitting him with several Vader Bombs.
- WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart (with Sunny)) defeated The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas (with Hillbilly Jim)), when Billy pinned Phineas after Bart hit Phineas with one of his boots, to retain the title.
- The Ultimate Warrior pinned Jerry Lawler after a flying tackle, after no-selling Lawler's piledriver.
- Mankind defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) by referee stoppage with the Mandible Claw, after Bearer accidentally hit Taker with the urn.
- Ahmed Johnson pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust (with Marlena) with the Pearl River Plunge to win the title, ending Goldust's second reign.
- Steve Austin pinned Jake Roberts after the Stone Cold Stunner to win the King of the Ring tournament. As Roberts was helped backstage, Austin was interviewed by Dok Hendrix, where Austin coined his most famous slogan: "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass."
- WWF Champion Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario) pinned The British Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Smith) after Sweet Chin Music to retain the title. Mr. Perfect was the referee outside the ring.

King of the Ring 1993

King of the Ring 1993 was held in Dayton, Ohio at the Nutter Center on June 13th.


The night featured of course the King of The Ring Tournament that was won by Bret Hart as he pinned Bam Bam Bigelow.


Some of the other highlights included a rare 8 man tag team match with The Steiner Brothers/Smoking Gunns against The Headshrinkers/Money Inc (Ted Dibiase and IRS)


The big shock of the night was Yokozuna defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWF Title.






The King of the Ring Tournament featured a classic semifinals match with Bret Hart taking on Mr. Perfect Curt Henning

Happy Birthday Stone Cold Steve Austin

Today is the 46th birthday of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Here is the final King of the Ring match in 1996 that set Stone Cold on his way to superstardom. The clip begins with the tremendous Brian Pillman making his debut in the WWF.