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Event
King of the Ring 1993

Date
Sun 13th June 1993 (UTC)
Sun 13th June 1993 (Local)

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00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-23 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-23 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-23 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-24 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-24 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-24 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-24 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-24 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-24 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
WWE

Season
1993

Round
24

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(6,500 Attendance)

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Description
King of the Ring (1993) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). This was the first of ten King of the Ring events that was produced as a pay-per-view. The event resulted from the WWF's decision to make its annual King of the Ring tournament into a televised event. It took place on June 13, 1993, at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. The card featured ten matches, which resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by the WWF.

The central focus of this PPV event was the tournament itself. Wrestlers gained entry into the tournament by participating in qualifying matches on WWF television programs, and the second, third and fourth rounds of the tournament were televised on the King of the Ring PPV broadcast.

Seven of the eight entrants in the quarter-final matches wrestled in a qualifying round prior to the PPV broadcast, while Bret Hart was entered without needing to qualify. Lex Luger was the first wrestler to qualify, as he defeated Bob Backlund in a match televised on the May 2 episode of Wrestling Challenge. Six days later, Razor Ramon was added to the tournament after he defeated Tito Santana on WWF Superstars. On May 9, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan pinned Papa Shango on Wrestling Challenge to become the fourth entrant. The following night, Bam Bam Bigelow qualified by defeating Typhoon on a live episode of Monday Night Raw.

On the May 15 episode of WWF Superstars, Tatanka faced Giant Gonzalez in a qualifying match. Gonzalez choked his opponent and was disqualified by referee Bill Alfonso - whom Gonzalez attacked after the match; as a result, Tatanka advanced to the next round of the tournament. Mr. Perfect and Doink the Clown wrestled three qualifying matches against each other, before a decisive winner could be found to advance in the tournament. They first faced each other on the May 1 episode of WWF Superstars, but the match was declared a draw when the time limit expired. Their next match took place on the May 16 episode of Wrestling Challenge and resulted in yet another time-limit draw. On the May 24 episode of Monday Night Raw, a third match between the two was ordered, this time with no time limit and there must be a winner, and Perfect pinned Doink to advance to the seventh spot in the quarter-finals. In the final qualifying match, Mr. Hughes defeated Kamala on the May 30 episode of Wrestling Challenge.

At WrestleMania IX, Bret Hart dropped the WWF Championship to Yokozuna. At the conclusion of the match, Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna's manager, threw salt in Hart's eyes, enabling Yokozuna to win the match. After the match, Hulk Hogan came to the ring to help Hart. Fuji challenged Hogan to a match for the WWF Championship, which took place immediately. Fuji attempted to throw salt in Hogan's eyes, but Hogan moved and the salt hit Yokozuna instead. Hogan quickly defeated him to become the new WWF Champion. Due to a real-life arrangement with WWF owner Vince McMahon, Hogan was supposed to lose the title to Bret Hart, but he changed his mind and refused to lose to Hart. He formed a compromise that allowed him to face Yokozuna in a rematch at King of the Ring 1993. He did not want to be pinned cleanly, so he insisted on a storyline in which he would lose the belt due to outside interference. As a result of Hart's controversial loss, Jack Tunney, who played the on-screen role of WWF President, granted Hart entry into the King of the Ring tournament without requiring him to win a qualifying match.

Crush faced WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels several times in early 1993 but was unable to win the title belt. The pair also faced each other in a qualifying match for the King of the Ring tournament on the May 23 episode of WWF Superstars. The match ended in a double countout, however, and both wrestlers were eliminated from the tournament. It was later announced that they would wrestle each other at King of the Ring 1993, with Michaels's championship on the line.

The event also featured an eight-man tag team match that pitted the fan favorite team of The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) and The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) against the villain team of Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) and The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu). The Steiners and The Headshrinkers had faced each other at WrestleMania in a match won by the Steiners. The Steiners then moved on to feud with Money Inc., the WWF Tag Team Champions. The Gunns made their WWF debut in the spring of 1993 and faced The Headshrinkers in a series of matches. The match was not a standard tag team match so the championship was not on the line.


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Result List


Result Description
King Of The Ring 1993 First Round Match
Bret Hart defeats Razor Ramon (10:25)

King Of The Ring 1993 First Round Match
Mr. Perfect defeats Mr. Hughes (w/Harvey Wippleman) by DQ (6:02)

King Of The Ring 1993 First Round Match
Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Jim Duggan (4:59)

King Of The Ring 1993 First Round Match
Lex Luger vs. Tatanka - Time Limit Draw (15:00)

King Of The Ring 1993 Semi Final Match
Bret Hart defeats Mr. Perfect (18:56)

WWF World Heavyweight Title Match
Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) defeats Hulk Hogan (w/Jimmy Hart) (c) (13:08) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

Eight Man Tag Team Match
The Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn & Billy Gunn) & The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) defeat Money Inc. (Irwin R. Schyster & Ted DiBiase) & The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) (w/Afa) (6:49)

WWF Intercontinental Title Match
Shawn Michaels (w/Diesel) (c) defeats Crush (11:14)

King Of The Ring 1993 Final Match
Bret Hart defeats Bam Bam Bigelow (18:11)


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