The biggest tournament in North America is only a few days away. Schools from around the United States will enter March Madness with aspirations of outlasting the field and becoming National Champions. It’s a time when thousands of people will enter into bracket competitions as the world watches and waits.
WWE is not without its great tournaments either. In the decades WWE has been around, they have produced several tournaments to crown champions, number one contenders, and Kings. These tournaments have been a staple of WWE programming, and rarely does a year go by without one reaching our television screens. With March Madness upon us, it seems the perfect time to look back at the best tournaments in World Wrestling Entertainment history.
King of the Ring 1993
WWE’s tournament to crown its king had been absent from programming for a few years before it came roaring back in 1993. This time, WWE had decided to run the tournament in a one-night PLE of the same name, and the initial results were fantastic.
This was one of the deepest fields that WWE had put together for a King of the Ring tournament. 5 of the 8 men included are WWE Hall of Famers, and two others should be getting an induction sooner rather than later. The list of men involved in this tournament was the best in the company and brought a level of importance back to the King of the Ring.
What made this tournament so great was the fact that there wasn’t a bad match in the bunch. Every match on the card was unique, which helped keep the matches fresh as the tournament moved into the later rounds. Particular highlights were every Bret Hart match and Lex Luger and Tatanka’s time limit draw. It was a great night of wrestling that ended with a well-deserved victory from the Excellence of Execution.
