It’s been confirmed that the special 3-hour November 29th episode of Monday Night RAW will feature the return of the King of the Ring tournament. The show will take place from Philadelphia, PA.
This will be the first KOTR tournament since 2008, when William Regal was crowned king.
The King of the Ring tournament began back in 1998 and ran almost every year until 1993, when the event was turned into its own pay-per-view event. WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart was crowned King of the Ring in 1993 and the event ran on PPV until 2002. KOTR winners in that period included stars like Steve Austin, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Edge and Brock Lesnar.
After the brand split, the show disappeared for 4 years, when it was revived on the SmackDown brand and won by Booker T, which kicked off his “King Booker” gimmick. There was no KOTR in 2007 and the following year, William Regal won the event. There was no KOTR last year.
No word yet on whether the entire tournament will take place that night, but its likely.
With the amount of young talent on the RAW roster, WWE will have no problem filling the brackets with good match-ups.
