King of the Ring

TV Special
1996
3h

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Mark Canterbury, Shawn Michaels, Dennis Knight, Tony Norris, Mike Polchlopek, Dustin Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith, Monty Sopp, and Tammy Sytch in King of the Ring (1996)

It's a King of the Ring tournament to end all others! Watch as a new King of the Ring is crowned and Austin 3:16 is born!It's a King of the Ring tournament to end all others! Watch as a new King of the Ring is crowned and Austin 3:16 is born!It's a King of the Ring tournament to end all others! Watch as a new King of the Ring is crowned and Austin 3:16 is born!

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- Kevin Dunn
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7.2/10

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- Kevin Dunn
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Big Movie Fan

Great Event Apart From The Tournament

King of the Ring 1996 was a fairly good event but I felt that the undercard matches were great where as the tournament matches were pretty average.

The tournament finalists were Marc Mero, Vader, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Steve Austin-the matches were nothing special and a couple of them were far too short to be good matches.

The undercard was great. The Undertaker battled his foe Makind in a fantastic match (the Undertaker and Mankind had one of the best feuds of 1996). The Ultimate Warrior battered Jerry "The King" Lawler to a pulp in a short match. I thought the Ultimate Warrior was a fantastic character in the WWF.

The main event pitted Shawn Michaels and the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. These two always had good chemistry in the ring and they assembled a fantastic match which was much better than their mediocre match the previous month at In Your House 8.

All in all, a great event.

6paudieconnolly

3:16 is born here

A quick tournament but surrounded with some interesting matches. Names like Stone cold Shawn micheals Mankind undertaker showing a new era was just around the corner and legends like bulldog & warrior Jake the snake always a welcome addition making this a much stronger king of the ring than last year.

8neobowler

Great Show

As a wrestling fan, I have noticed the decline in good wrestling action as of late...but I own this video and it is a great one to watch for some some just plain good wrestling action. The only poor performance was by Jake The Snake Roberts. But the show marked the true birth of Stone Cold Steve Austin. In the Tournament Semifinals Marc Mero and Austin put on a great show, while the Vader and Roberts match was not quite as good. Even though Vader had a nice showing. The Tag match between The Smokin' Gunns and The Godwinns was an excellent match, the Godwinns were way better than normal. The Mankind and Undertaker match was great, and really showed Foley's ability. Ahmed Johnson put on a great showing in his match with Goldust. The main event was by far the best match on the show...Shawn Michaels always does an incredible job, and when he is working with The British Bulldog it makes for a great match. Overall I give the show a 4 out of 5.

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Trivia
Triple H was originally scheduled to win King of the Ring 1996, but he was punished before the PPV event for breaking character at a house show which is now known as the MSG Incident. Stone Cold Steve Austin was awarded the honor instead and Triple H won it the following year.

Goofs
Jim Ross asks Owen Hart at the start of the WWF Title match about Mr. Perfect being a referee at Wrestlemania 10, Owen says he doesn't remember Wrestlemania 10, but that was the night he wrestled Bret and won.

Quotes
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The first thing I want to be done is to get that piece of crap out of my ring. Don't just get him out of the ring, get him out of the WWF, because I proved, son, without a shadow of a doubt, that you ain't got what it takes anymore! You sit there, and you thump your Bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere. Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16 - AUSTIN 3:16 SAYS I JUST WHIPPED YOUR ASS! All he's gotta do is go buy him a cheap bottle of Thunderbird and try to get back some of that courage he had in his prime. As the King of the Ring, I'm servin' notice to every one of the 'WWF superstars.' I don't give a damn what they are, they're all on the list, and that's Stone Cold's list, and I'm fixin' to start runnin' through all of them. As far as this championship match is considered, son, I don't give a damn if it's Davey Boy Smith or Shawn Michaels. Steve Austin's time has come, and when I get the shot, you're lookin' at the next WWF Champion, and that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so!