The 2024 King and Queen of the Ring tournaments can be a launching pad to the principle occasion of this yr’s SummerSlam. WWE chief content material officer Paul Levesque, recognized higher as Triple H, introduced on Thursday the event winners will earn world championship matches on the Aug. 3 pay-per-view in Cleveland.
“It was such an honor to be in that event and to win that event by yourself. To have it launch you to a different place,” Levesque mentioned in Jeddah on Thursday. “I needed that event to face by itself and I did not need to announce this a part of it till we obtained right here.
“I am going to let all of you recognize tonight that the winner of the King of the Ring event and the winner of the Queen of the Ring event will each go on to obtain championship matches for the title of their respective manufacturers. They’ll each get world title photographs — both WWE or world title — at SummerSlam.”
The King of the Ring event was held yearly from 1985 to 2002, excluding a niche in 1992. Practically half of the event winners throughout that point would go on to turn into world champions — together with “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Bret Hart, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin and Triple H. The event has been booked sometimes since 2006 with a downgraded status, significantly within the final 15 years.
Queen of the Ring is a comparatively new event with the primary occasion occurring in 2021. Zelina Vega defeated Doudrop within the finals to turn into the inaugural Queen of the Ring.
The all-star contributors on this yr’s King and Queen of the Ring have already improved the tournaments’ reputations. File-setting intercontinental champion Gunther has certified for the lads’s finals and is extensively anticipated to face 14-time world champion Randy Orton. Multi-time ladies’s champ Bianca Belair is a favourite to win the event ought to she advance previous the semifinals to satisfy Lyra Valkyrie.
WWE King and Queen of the Ring takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. SummerSlam is scheduled for Aug.3 in Cleveland.
