I'm nots ure, but I think it may be because a lot of the King of the Ring winners didn't live up to expectations (namely Billy Gun). But the last time there was a KOTR, they had the winner get a world title shot, which I thought really made the whole tourney much more important, so I don't really understand why they cancelled it. Perhaps bad PPV buyrate?
I'm nots ure, but I think it may be because a lot of the King of the Ring winners didn't live up to expectations (namely Billy Gun). But the last time there was a KOTR, they had the winner get a world title shot, which I thought really made the whole tourney much more important, so I don't really understand why they cancelled it. Perhaps bad PPV buyrate?Biggestgeekever
It was replaced by the Great American Bash, so I don't think a low buy rate is the issue anymore.
I don't know why exactly they scrapped the concept other than maybe the WWE only wanted the Big 4 to be Interpromotional PPVs and make sure Interpromotional matches have that special feel... Or because Brock Lesnar squashed it.
I could and would like to see it make a return, seeing as how the GAB has yet to not suck. Its a great concept, when done properly. Especially now that its had a couple of years on the shelf.
Plus, given their current sate of affairs, I don't think the last KOTR to be Brock Lesnar.
I do miss it. I guess out with the old, in with the new I guess.
If they did that because of the spliting up of the superstars, I think that Raw should have their own tournament and Smackdown should have their own tournament and the winner from the Raw tournament should face off against the Smackdown tournament winner at like Wrestlemania or something like that.
I ask myself that question every year. Wrestlers winning the King of the Ring was almost as big as a Royal Rumble win on their belt. Many Varied matches with different wrestlers was the way to go. But I suppose they wanted to have PPV's have all the fued either continued or resolved at PPV's in more strenuos matches instead of normal regualtion matches. I guess the WWE board thought it was stale.
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