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Cranky Kong
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What I liked about Booker T's win was that he continued to incorporate the 'king' gimmick long after the tournament was over. Not everybody did that. Owen Hart did to an extent. King Mabel did, but it sucked. Booker T made it work pretty well, I thought.
Does William Regal's titantron still say "2008 King of the Ring"? |
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Get a poke on
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Kurt Angle also carried the crown and cape around for a while, which was pretty funny. It was particular funny when he tried to explain what a king is to Taka and Funaki. "Sort of like an Emperor, or head ninja." |
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Crows Before Hoes
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i think i loved this even more than when Edge won, and E&C were talking about doing a "Billy Gunn" after winning KOTR
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He's Here
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Yes, lol.
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Cranky Kong
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I wish more people had past accomplishments in their titantrons. Triple H's could say "FORMER EUROPEAN CHAMPION" or something.
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He's Here
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Cranky Kong
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The Macho King was amazing, but he didn't win any King of the Ring tournament, did he?
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He's Here
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He did. 1987.
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Get a poke on
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Yea. 1987
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Did you know? 8 of the KOTR events have been held in a New England arena?
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All but 2 of them on the East Coast. Including the Raw ones. And those 2 exceptions are Ohio. Weird.
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Cranky Kong
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Nice. I was 4 years old at the time. I always wondered how he became "king".
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I kinda like it when talented midcarders just never win titles. I'm serious too. There needs to be more of that.
Because it makes the fans want it more when they finally win it. Everything moves faster now. When Shawn Michaels left The Rockers, it took him some time to get IC gold, and 5 years to win the title. Nowadays that all probably would have happened in a year or two. It's nice to still see wrestlers that have been around for years finally get there. It builds character, and a connection with the audience. I think that's why so many people were happy to see RVD and Jeff Hardy finally get there, even if they fucked it up. |
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The black Corey Graves
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Don't get me wrong, I don't want a guy randomly to win then get pushed to the moon and win the title a month later. I just dont want to see a guy win it just to do....nothing afterwards, even to the point where they dont even point out that he was a former KotR winner. |
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If they're going to have most PPVs have a theme/gimmick, then I think KOTR should be one.
Otherwise, no, a PPV shouldn't be built around KOTR as I think the original reason they got rid of it after 2002 was that it didn't draw. If it's on a PPV, they should be doing the whole 8-man tournament on one night instead of just the semi-finals and finals. |
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To be honest, I'd like it if there was a King of the Ring PPV in June next year. You could have Swagger be the kayfabe reason for it. I believe he was protesting the concept of "Fatal 4-Way" as a PPV, since he lost the World Heavyweight Title there. Swagger could petition to bring back King of the Ring, and be presented as a favourite to become the 2011 King.
More so than the tournament making anybody, though -- the performers make the tournament. Bret Hart and Owen Hart breathed such great life into it, but legitimately being two of the best workers in the world. In 1996, Stone Cold Steve Austin's memorable promo cemented him as a figure the world should care about. Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar were guys with legitimate backgrounds and on the rise. The more I think about it, the more I want Daniel Bryan to win the crown this year. He's the best in the ring, and serviceable on the mic. It'd be pretty hectic if they had a ceremony on RAW the following week, where they invited Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and Triple H (one Bryan's trainer and the others former Kings). The Miz could crash the ceremony, and it could lead to a match between The Miz and Bryan with both titles on the line. Next year, I'd give the win to Swagger, just because I think he might need it more then. |
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It should return, but only if they do it right and the way it should've always been done: the winner gets a shot at the title of his show at SummerSlam.
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They should also give some sort of trophy with it. I liked when they did that in 2001 with Edge. A few other times, they had the winner put the crown on and all that.
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Cranky Kong
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Remember when Christian would carry around Edge's trophy all the time? Those were the days.
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It's kind of redundant seeing as this year we've had 3 MITB winners, which has given 2 guys first time wins. The young talent doesn't really need KOTR anymore.
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And there's a much bigger talent pool of young stars than there has been in a very long time. I can think of a handful of guys who could really benefit from a KOTR win, who didn't win and use one of the MITB cases this year. |
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That's a good point. The royal rumble and KOTR were the two main PPVs for young talent to get their initial main event pushes. MITB has increased the likelihood of pushes for younger talent.
The timing is good for KOTR, because all the MITB briefcases are cashed in, and we have a two month gap till the rumble. The E have been warming up to pushing first timers in the winter months before WM season, so it's a good time of year to test the waters with new talent. It worked for Sheamus this time last year. |
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