King of the Ring (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Release Date:

23 June 1996 (USA)

Plot:

It's a King of the Ring tournament to end all others! Watch as a new King of the Ring is crowned and Austin 3:16 is born!

Plot Keywords:

World Wrestling Federation

Cast

Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Davey Boy Smith	...	Himself
Steve Austin	...	Himself
Jake Roberts	...	Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Marc Mero	...	'Wildman Marc Mero
Leon White	...	Vader
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
Mick Foley	...	Mankind
Tony Norris	...	Ahmed Johnson
Dustin Runnels	...	Goldust
Warrior	...	Himself (as The Ultimate Warrior)
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
Monty Sopp	...	Billy Gunn
Michael Polchlopek	...	Bart Gunn
Dennis Knight	...	Phineas I. Godwinn

Also Known As:

WWF King of the Ring (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Trivia:

Only King Of The Ring appearance for The Ultimate Warrior.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jim Ross asks Owen Hart at the start of the WWF Title match about Mr. Perfect being a referee at Wrestlemania 10, Owen says he doesn't remember Wrestlemania 10, but that was the night he wrestled Bret and won.

Quotes:

Stone Cold Steve Austin: You sit there, and you thump your bible and say your prayers and didn't get you anywhere! Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16. Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!

Movie Connections:

Followed by WWF in Your House: It's Time (1996) (TV)

Great Event Apart From The Tournament

King of the Ring 1996 was a fairly good event but I felt that the undercard matches were great where as the tournament matches were pretty average.

The tournament finalists were Marc Mero, Vader, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Steve Austin-the matches were nothing special and a couple of them were far too short to be good matches.

The undercard was great. The Undertaker battled his foe Makind in a fantastic match (the Undertaker and Mankind had one of the best feuds of 1996). The Ultimate Warrior battered Jerry "The King" Lawler to a pulp in a short match. I thought the Ultimate Warrior was a fantastic character in the WWF.

The main event pitted Shawn Michaels and the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. These two always had good chemistry in the ring and they assembled a fantastic match which was much better than their mediocre match the previous month at In Your House 8.

All in all, a great event.