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Do King's of the ring stand the test of time?, 22 Jul 2005
In my opinion, this "tagged classic" of the inaugral wwe king of the ring in 1993 and it's successor in 1994 should definatly be in the collection of any die hard wrestling fan. The "king of the ring" tournament hasn't been around in the wwe for a few years now, but when it was around, it was used by several superstars as a springboard to greatness in the wwe. previous winners over the years include "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Triple H and Kurt Angle to name a few, and of course the 1st two winners of these king of the rings are on this dvd!The format of the king of the ring is an 8 man single elimination tournament all taking place on the one night, with a superstar potentially having to compete 3 times in one evening.
in 1993 it was:
Bret "Hitman" Hart
Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall
Mr.Perfect Curt Hennig
Mr. Hughes
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Bam Bam Bigelow
Tatanka and Lex Luger. Without spoiling the results of the event, this pay per view is one of the best performances of Bret Hart's career, and includes a wrestling clinic between The Hitman and Mr.Perfect, in a rematch from their classic at 'summerslam 91'. It also includes Hulk Hogans' last ppv in the WWE before he left to join WCW, as he defended the WWE title against (the late) Yokosuna, as well as Shawn Michaels against Crush for the Intercontinental title, and an 8 man tag between the Smoking Gunns & the Steiner Brothers against Money inc & the Headshrinkers. The 1994 event had a similar format, with:
I.R.S
Mabel (now known in the WWE as Viscera)
Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall
Bam Bam Bigelow
Jeff Jarrett
123 Kid (or 'X-pac' Sean Waltman)
Owen Hart and
Tatanka, in the king of the ring tournament. The event also includes: Bret Hart vs Kevin "Diesel" Nash,(In arguably one of Diesel's rare great matches) Hall of famer 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper vs Jerry 'The King' Lawler and The Headshrinkers vs Crush and Yokosuna for the Tag titles As is often the case at Wrestling pay per view's, the event is let down a little by some of the matches on the card. in this case, some of the tournament matches and so called "Filler" matches on both events don't quite stand the test of time when you compare them to the athletisism of some of todays WWE matches. However, there are enough great matches on the DVD to just skip through and watch those! If you're a Bret hart fan like myself, this is him at perhaps his best, and there is also the opportunity on this DVD to see some of todays Superstars in the early days of their careers, and a chance to see some wrestlers that have since passed away, such as Curt hennig, Yokosuna and Owen Hart, in some of their best matches.
in closing, it's WWE before it was World Wrestling "entertainment", Before the era of wwf "Attitude", but after the old school 80's days. well worth a watch to see one of the 1st times WWE/F went into transition. 4 out of five, due to some of the matches not being great, but both shows have some great matches and some famous wwe moments.
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