King of the Ring

King of the Ring is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event has been held annually starting in 1985 (with the exception of 1990 and 1992), and has been an official pay-per-view since 1993.

King of the Ring PPV
The King of the Ring was an event in which typically sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one single elimination bracket. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, he advances to take on another wrestler who has also won. The final few matches would then take place at that year's King of the Ring event. The winner of the final match is officially crowned the King of the Ring. There were also other matches that took place at the King of the Ring event since it was a traditional three hour pay-per-view. An exception to this is the 1996 show that only had one match on the card that wasn't a king of the ring match.