WWE Officials Cancel King of the Ring Tournament

On June 18th and 19th, the United Kingdom Championship tournament will be filmed in the Royal Albert Hall in London. It will air a week later on the WWE Network. The event is being used to promote the UK series that is currently being developed. However, that isn’t what WWE officials originally had in mind for the United Kingdom tournament.

The original concept was to bring back the “King of the Ring” tournament for the event and use it as a launching pad for the UK series. According to a report from DirtySheets, the original plans for the UK King of the Ring tournament were rumored. There was a lot of speculation from the WWE Universe about the concept coming back this year.

However, Triple H and WWE never specifically mentioned or promoted the tournament with King of the Ring attached to it. As a result, it was easy to scrap those plans. It’s still plausible WWE could be planning a surprise for the event, but that seems very unlikely.

The report also claims that due to the enthusiasm of the WWE Universe, WWE officials were planning to bring back the KOTR concept for the fans during the August 29th show at the O2 arena in London. Unfortunately, it seems the company has canceled any plans to bring back King of the Ring this summer.

Stone Cold won King of the Ring and gave one of the best promos in WWE history:

"Stone Cold" gives his iconic "Austin 3:16" speech: King of the Ring 1996, only on WWE Network

The WWE Universe still has a lot of passion for the King of the Ring tournament. It’s a fact that recent winners haven’t benefited from the moniker and WWE programming may have outgrown the concept. However, it seems WWE officials are trying to bring it back. With everything else, it might be a matter of waiting for the right time and place.

Who would you choose to be the next King of the Ring?