The King of the Ring was established in 1985. It represents a single-elimination tournament where the winner would be named the King of the Ring. Some of the biggest names in professional wrestling have won the tournament. Here is a list of all the King of the Ring winners in WWE history. We include the name of the winners and the year in which they won the tournament.
List Of All The King Of The Ring Winners In WWE History
Don Muraco (King of the Ring 1985)
Muraco defeated the Iron Sheik in the finals to win the tournament.
Harley Race (King of the Ring 1986)
Race defeated the Pedro Morales in the finals to win the tournament.
Randy Savage (King of the Ring 1987)
Savage defeated the King Kong Bundy in the finals to win the tournament.
Ted DiBiase (King of the Ring 1988)
DiBiase defeated the Randy Savage in the finals to win the tournament.
Tito Santana (King of the Ring 1989)
Santana defeated the Rick Martel in the finals to win the tournament.
Bret Hart (King of the Ring 1991)
Hart defeated the Irwin R. Schyster in the finals to win the tournament.
Bret Hart (King of the Ring 1993)
Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in the finals to win the tournament.
Owen Hart (King of the Ring 1994)
Hart defeated Razor Ramon in the finals to win the tournament.
Mabel (King of the Ring 1995)
Mabel defeated Savio Vega in the finals to win the tournament.
‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin (King of the Ring 1996)
Austin defeated Jake Roberts in the finals to win the tournament.
Triple H (King of the Ring 1997)
Triple H defeated Mankind in the finals to win the tournament.
Ken Shamrock (King of the Ring 1998)
Shamrock defeated The Rock in the finals to win the tournament.
Billy Gunn (King of the Ring 1999)
Gunn defeated X-Pac in the finals to win the tournament.
Kurt Angle (King of the Ring 2000)
Angle defeated Rikishi in the finals to win the tournament.
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Edge (King of the Ring 2001)
Edge defeated Kurt Angle in the finals to win the tournament.
Brock Lesnar (King of the Ring 2002)
Lesnar defeated Rob Van Dam in the finals to win the tournament.
Booker T (King of the Ring 2006)
Booker defeated Bobby Lashley in the finals to win the tournament.
William Regal (King of the Ring 2008)
Regal defeated CM Punk in the finals to win the tournament.
Sheamus (King of the Ring 2010)
Sheamus defeated John Morrison in the finals to win the tournament.
Wade Barrett (King of the Ring 2015)
Barrett defeated Neville in the finals to win the tournament.
Baron Corbin (King Of The Ring 2019)
Corbin defeated Chad Gable in the finals to win the tournament.
Zelina Vega (Queen’s Crown 2021)
Zelina Vega defeated Doudrop in the finals to win the Queen’s Crown tournament.
Xavier Woods (King Of The Ring 2021)
Xavier Woods defeated Finn Balor in the finals to win the tournament.
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