WWE's Best of the King of the Ring Review

[Banger]

WWE The Best of King of the Ring Blu-ray

WWE The Best of King of the Ring Blu-ray Review

Disc 1
The Noble Scroll

King of the Ring Finals Match
Bret `Hit Man’ Hart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
King of the Ring 13th June, 1993

Kings and Champions

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna
King of the Ring 13th June, 1993

King of the Ring Finals Match
Owen Hart vs. Razor Ramon
King of the Ring 19th June, 1994

A True King

Kiss My Foot Match
Bret `Hit Man’ Hart vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
King of the Ring 25th June, 1995

Intercontinental Championship Match
Goldust vs. Ahmed Johnson
King of the Ring 23rd June, 1996

New Breed of Royalty

King of the Ring Finals Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
King of the Ring 23rd June, 1996


Disc 2

Mark of Distinction

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith
King of the Ring 23rd June, 1996

Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels
King of the Ring 8th June, 1997

Blue Blood

King of the Ring Finals Match
Triple H vs. Mankind
King of the Ring 8th June, 1997

King of the Ring Finals Match
Ken Shamrock vs. The Rock
King of the Ring 28th June, 1998

A Night in Hell

Hell in a Cell Match
Undertaker vs. Mankind
King of the Ring 28th June, 1998


Disc 3

Electrifying Champion

WWE Championship Match
Undertaker vs. The Rock
King of the Ring 27th June, 1999

6 Man Tag Match for the WWE Championship
Triple H, Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs. The Rock, Undertaker & Kane
King of the Ring 25th June, 2000

King of the Ring Finals Match
Rikishi vs. Kurt Angle
King of the Ring 25th June, 2000

King Kurt

Light Heavyweight Championship Match
Jeff Hardy vs. X-Pac
King of the Ring 24th June, 2001

King of the Ring Finals Match
Edge vs. Kurt Angle
King of the Ring 24th June, 2001

Street Fight

Street Fight
Shane McMahon vs. Kurt Angle
King of the Ring 24th June, 2001

King of the Ring Finals Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Brock Lesnar
King of the Ring 23rd June, 2002

Hulk Hogan vs. Kurt Angle
King of the Ring 23rd June, 2002

King of the Ring Finals Match
Bobby Lashley vs. Booker T
Judgment Day 21st May, 2006

All Hail King Booker!

King of the Ring Finals Match
CM Punk vs. William Regal
Monday Night Raw 21st April, 2008

King of the Ring Finals Match
John Morrison vs. Sheamus
Monday Night Raw 29th November, 2010

Majestic Memories


Blu-ray Exclusives

King of the Ring Semi-Finals Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Wildman Marc Mero
King of the Ring 23rd June, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Triple H vs. Undertaker
King of the Ring 23rd June, 2002

King of the Ring Opening Round Match
Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton
SmackDown 14th April, 2006

King of the Ring Semi-Finals Match
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho
Monday Night Raw 21st April, 2008

King of the Ring Quarter-Finals Match
Alberto Del Rio vs. Daniel Bryan
Monday Night Raw 29th November, 2010

Not bad, but I was hoping for some earlier KOTR (non ppv) matches from the 80's. At least they were smart to include Angle vs Shane's street fight.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Looks like a nice set.

[Agent Bond]

I'm shocked they didn't ignore Angle for a change.

Not bad, but I was hoping for some earlier KOTR (non ppv) matches from the 80's. At least they were smart to include Angle vs Shane's street fight.

Agreed although I'm glad Angle Vs. Orton was included though.

[bmogav]

Originally Posted by Banger

Not bad, but I was hoping for some earlier KOTR (non ppv) matches from the 80's. At least they were smart to include Angle vs Shane's street fight.

the old 80s ones don't really have any footage besides fan cams, the only thing that pisses me off is they kept that ridiculous Lawler vs Hitman Kiss My Foot match but they can't include the Bret vs Diesel title match from the 94 KotR

[sg2386]

Originally Posted by bmogav

the old 80s ones don't really have any footage besides fan cams, the only thing that pisses me off is they kept that ridiculous Lawler vs Hitman Kiss My Foot match but they can't include the Bret vs Diesel title match from the 94 KotR

Totally agree...i'm surprised WWE has yet to release Bret vs. Diesel from KOTR 94 on DVD/Blu-ray, such a great match and IMO i enjoyed that more than their match at Royal Rumble 95 and Survivor Series 95 (both were great though)...but was hoping they would include it on this.

The Kiss my foot match was also on Over the Limit Blu-ray.

Owen vs. 123 Kid would also been great to include...it was probably one of the best matches under 5 minutes.

Pretty funny they include all the finals except for Mabel and Billy Gunn.

But still a great set, will be picking this up.

[bmogav]

Originally Posted by sg2386

Totally agree...i'm surprised WWE has yet to release Bret vs. Diesel from KOTR 94 on DVD/Blu-ray, such a great match and IMO i enjoyed that more than their match at Royal Rumble 95 and Survivor Series 95 (both were great though)...but was hoping they would include it on this.

The Kiss my foot match was also on Over the Limit Blu-ray.

Owen vs. 123 Kid would also been great to include...it was probably one of the best matches under 5 minutes.

Pretty funny they include all the finals except for Mabel and Billy Gunn.

But still a great set, will be picking this up.

agreed I'll be picking it up on regular DVD though, I don't like the sidebars, and the bonus matches on the Blus never make me say oh I gotta pick it up on Blu Ray

[Banger]

I actually don't mind the side bars, but i'm still undecided if i'm buying it on dvd or blu. It really depends on the price. If it's only $2 more on blu than i'll go with it over dvd. I don't own any of those other matches on any other collection.

[DVDFreaker]

Glad to see Owen on it but I wish they included the match against 1-2-3 Kid which is a great match! Pre-ordered!

[MasterSandman]

I wish they would make this a pay-per-view again. In fact...I wish there were only five pay-per-views a year.

Royal Rumble (winner of the match main events Wrestlemania)
Wrestlemania
King of the Ring (winner main events SummerSlam)
SummerSlam
Survivor Series

[MD-Blu]

Originally Posted by MasterSandman

I wish they would make this a pay-per-view again. In fact...I wish there were only five pay-per-views a year.

Royal Rumble (winner of the match main events Wrestlemania)
Wrestlemania
King of the Ring (winner main events SummerSlam)
SummerSlam
Survivor Series

They most def need to but sadly WWE doesn't want to do that.

[Alpha]

Originally Posted by MasterSandman

I wish they would make this a pay-per-view again. In fact...I wish there were only five pay-per-views a year.

Royal Rumble (winner of the match main events Wrestlemania)
Wrestlemania
King of the Ring (winner main events SummerSlam)
SummerSlam
Survivor Series

You'd think they learn with the poor buyrates for all the pointless PPV's shoved into a year nowadays. I might pick this up though.

[Agent Bond]

I wish they would make this a pay-per-view again.

Agreed although the PPV event lost its meaning when they stopped doing the entire 8 man tournament in the same night. I guess some of the winners had poor cardio.

[Minimejer05]

Angle vs Shane is worth the purchase alone. That whole PPV rocked.

[nelly_platinum]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Angle vs Shane is worth the purchase alone. That whole PPV rocked.

+ x10000000 shane for never training professionally has so many good matches under his belt

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Angle vs Shane is worth the purchase alone. That whole PPV rocked.

The match that going in had no business being any good at all ended up being one of the best street fights ever.

[bullets]

i saw this on the shelves at best Buy today. This looks like a good release but I'm worried they might not have the coronation ceremonies.

[bullets]

Well I picked it up and enjoy what I've seen so far (half of the first disc). It's hosted by King Booker in character. Also they do show the coronations. I wish it went a little further into some of the history and maybe an overview of some of the tournaments.

[sg2386]

Originally Posted by bullets

Well I picked it up and enjoy what I've seen so far (half of the first disc). It's hosted by King Booker in character. Also they do show the coronations. I wish it went a little further into some of the history and maybe an overview of some of the tournaments.

Sounds good...definitely picking this up.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

I'm shocked they didn't ignore Angle for a change.



Agreed although I'm glad Angle Vs. Orton was included though.

They never ignore Kurt Angle. On Shawn Michaels' documentary, they made their match story a deleted scene, but other than that, they mention his name in comparison to others on TV, they talk about him on WWE Classics On Demand, he's on any list he qualifies for on WWE.com, etc.

[bullets]

They've gotten wiser about that . I think they don't see TNA as a threat and were willing to do cross promotion with UFC ( The Brock/Undertaker incident).

What's funny is King Mabel is nowhere to be found on this set. They even mention people that won the tournament before it was a ppv but no King Mabel,lol.