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Kofi Kingston & Shayna Baszler advance in WWE King & Queen of the Ring tournaments

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The quarterfinals of the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments are now set.

Kofi Kingston defeated Rey Mysterio at a WWE house show in Macon, Georgia on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the King of the Ring. He will now face Gunther on Raw.

Shayna Baszler also advanced in the Queen of the Ring tournament Sunday, defeating Maxxine Durpi. As a result, she will now face IYO SKY on Monday. Dupri substituted for Zelina Vega, who was pulled from the tournament earlier in the day due to injury.

The quarterfinals of the King of the Ring also include Ilja Dragunov vs. Jey Uso, Randy Orton vs. Carmelo Hayes, and LA Knight facing Tama Tonga. Queen of the Ring quarterfinals has Lyra Valkyria taking on Zoey Stark, Nia Jax facing Jade Cargill, and Tiffany Stratton going against Bianca Belair. Stratton and Knight advanced in house show matches that took place Saturday in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Both the King and Queen of the Ring finals will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 25.

Tiffany Stratton & LA Knight advance in WWE King & Queen of the Ring tournaments

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Two more have advanced in the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments.

LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar on Saturday at a WWE house show in Chattanooga, Tennessee to advance to the quarterfinals of the King of the Ring tournament. On the same show, Tiffany Stratton defeated Michin to make it to the next round of the Queen of the Ring tournament. As a result, Knight will now face Tama Tonga on the next WWE SmackDown, while Stratton will face Bianca Belair.

Two more tournament matches will take place at Sunday’s house show in Macon, Georgia to determine quarterfinal matches on the Raw side. Kofi Kingston will battle Rey Mysterio with the winner facing Gunther on the next episode of Raw, while a match between Shayna Baszler and Zelina Vega will determine IYO SKY’s opponent.

The finals of both tournaments will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 25 at the Jeddah Super Dome.

Three wrestlers advance to WWE King of the Ring quarterfinals

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three wrestlers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the WWE King of the Ring tournament on the SmackDown side of the bracket.

Randy Orton, Tama Tonga, and Carmelo Hayes won their first round matches on Friday’s WWE SmackDown to advance to the quarterfinals.

Orton defeated AJ Styles in the SmackDown main event to advance, Tonga defeated Angelo Dawkins in a first round match Friday to move on, plus Carmelo Hayes defeated Baron Corbin on Friday to advance to the next round.

Hayes will face Orton in a quarterfinals match on next Friday’s SmackDown, while Tonga will take on the winner of the Santos Escobar vs. LA Knight first round bout set for this weekend’s WWE house shows.

The finals of both the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments will take place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25 at the King & Queen of the Ring PLE.

The King of the Ring tournament will continue on Monday’s WWE Raw episode with a Jey Uso vs. Ilja Dragunov quarterfinals bout, plus Gunther facing the winner of this weekend’s Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio house show bout in another quarterfinals matchup.