Wrestlers who qualified for next week’s King of the Ring tournament tonight on Raw were Sheamus (over R-Truth), Ezekiel Jackson (over Alex Riley), United States Champion Daniel Bryan (over Ted DiBiase) and John Morrison (over Tyson Kidd).
It was announced during the Raw broadcast that SmackDown Superstars Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, MVP and Cody Rhodes would compete in King of the Ring qualifying matches on this week’s episode of SmackDown. Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio was announced as a qualifying match.
The single-elimination tournament will feature eight participants.