King Of The Ring Redo 1985 Round 1

[RI Richmark]

With the success of the redo's of the Royal Rumble and Survivor Series I've decided to get in on the action. I went with the King of the Ring given that we are close to June which it's traditional month and it's connection to my home state of Rhode Island so that's what I went with. I've also decided to feature all the tournaments even the ones held before and after the PPVs.

Here's how it works. To make things quicker I'll set up a poll for an entire round. You'll vote for a winner in each match. The wrestler with the most votes advance to the next round. The last man standing is the winner. Note: Please don't vote for the spots that say "Match 1", "Match 2" etc. I just put those there to make it easier for you to tell who's facing who.

Naturally, we'll start with the inaugural King of the Ring Tournament held on July 8, 1985 at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The first round matches are:

The Junkyard Dog
vs
The Magnificent Muraco

Steve Lombardi
vs
Les Thornton

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
vs
"Cowboy" Bob Orton

Pedro Morales
vs
"Luscious" Johnny V

Terry Funk
vs
Tito Santana

"Jumping" Jim Brunzell
vs
The Spoiler

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
vs
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

B. Brian Blair
vs
The Iron Sheik

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

I went with JYD, Thorton, Orndorff, Morales, Funk, Spoiler, Steamboat, and Sheik.

[jdsnelson]

I'm happy this is being done.

Are you going to add something where the winner gets a title shot at Summerslam and we do a poll for those once we get up to the Summerslams as well?

[RI Richmark]

May 25, 2014 10:00:57 GMT -5 jdsnelson said:

I'm happy this is being done.

Are you going to add something where the winner gets a title shot at Summerslam and we do a poll for those once we get up to the Summerslams as well?

I don't know. The only person to officially receive a title shot for winning the tournament is Lesnar. I'll have to think about it.