King of the Ring (2010)
| King of the Ring | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Venue | Wells Fargo Center | ||
| King of the Ring tournament chronology | |||
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | |
| Date | November 29, 2010 |
Tournament format(s) | Single elimination tournament |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Sheamus |
| Runner-up | John Morrison |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
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The 2010 King of the Ring was the 19th edition of the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; qualifying matches were held the previous week. Unlike the previous 2008 tournament that featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions, the 2010 tournament only featured wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown following the closure of the ECW brand in February 2010. The 2010 tournament was won by Raw's Sheamus, who defeated John Morrison
, also from Raw, in the tournament final and subsequently became known as King Sheamus.
Despite the show being mainly focused on the King of the Ring tournament, the main event featured
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, which marked Lawler's first match for the WWE Championship. Lawler lost due to distractions from Alex Riley and Michael Cole. CM Punk
joined on commentary for the show.
Background
The
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1985 with the winner being crowned "King of the Ring." It was held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990. These early tournaments were held as special non-televised house shows and were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed to WWE in 2002).[1] In 1993, the promotion began to produce the King of the Ring tournament as a self-titled pay-per-view (PPV). Unlike the previous non-televised events, the PPV did not feature all of the tournament's matches. Instead, several of the qualifying matches preceded the event with the final few matches then taking place at the pay-per-view. There were also other matches that took place at the event as it was a traditional three-hour pay-per-view.[2]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; qualifying matches were held the previous week on the November 22 and 26 episodes of Raw and SmackDown, respectively.[4]
Qualifying matches
On the November 22 episode of Raw, it was announced that an eight-man interpromotional King of the Ring tournament would take place between wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown the following week on Raw,Big Show by countout. In the third match, Drew McIntyre defeated MVP. In the final qualifying match for the SmackDown roster, "Dashing" Cody Rhodes defeated Rey Mysterio.[8]
Bracket
| Qualifiers[9] | Quarterfinals[9] | Semifinals[9] | Final[9] | ||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | R-Truth
| 11:05 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Kofi Kingston | 4:06 | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Jack Swagger
| 17:22 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Sheamus | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Drew McIntyre | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | MVP | 5:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Drew McIntyre | DCO | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Ezekiel Jackson | 2:42 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Ezekiel Jackson | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Alex Riley | 1:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | John Morrison | 12:05 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | John Morrison | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Tyson Kidd | 3:18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | John Morrison | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Cody Rhodes | 3:37 | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Cody Rhodes | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Rey Mysterio | 8:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | John Morrison | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Alberto Del Rio | 3:25 | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Alberto Del Rio | CO | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Big Show | 8:03 | |||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Alberto Del Rio | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Daniel Bryan | 9:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Daniel Bryan | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Ted DiBiase | 1:53 | |||||||||||||||||
Aftermath
In April 2011, WWE ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an
orphaned initialism.[10] That August, the brand extension ended, thus all shows and pay-per-views featured WWE's full main roster. After another few years, the next King of the Ring tournament was held in 2015. Qualifying matches for the 2015 tournament took place on the April 27 episode of Raw. The semifinals and final were then held on the following day as a WWE Network-exclusive event, which was the first and so far only other King of the Ring event to have a separate dedicated event since the 2002 pay-per-view.[1]
References
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- ^ "King of the Ring 1993". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ "King of the Ring 2002 results". Online World of Wrestling. June 23, 2002. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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- ^ "WWE Raw Results - November 22, 2010". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "WWE King of the Ring". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "WWE Monday Night Raw - King of the Ring 2008 at BI-LO Center wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Smackdown Results - 11/26/10". 27 November 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Cawthon, Graham (November 2010). "WWE King Of The Ring Tournament – 2010". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ Sacco, Justine; Weitz, Michael (April 7, 2011). "The New WWE" (Press release). Connecticut: WWE. Retrieved November 25, 2021.