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WWE King & Queen of the Ring finals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The finals for the WWE King and Queen of the Ring tournaments are now set.

Cody Rhodes and Jade Cargill advanced in the last semifinals matches of the tournament on Monday’s WWE Raw to punch their tickets to the tournament finals set for Saturday’s Night of Champions PLE.

Rhodes defeated Jey Uso in the Raw main event to advance to the finals, and faces Randy Orton on Saturday to crown a new King of the Ring.

Cargill defeated Roxanne Perez in a semifinals matchup on Monday’s Raw to move on, and will face Asuka in the finals at Night of Champions to crown a new Queen of the Ring.

The winners of the tournament finals will challenge for their brand’s top title at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.

The Night of Champions lineup:

WWE Night of Champions, Saturday, June 28, 1 p.m. Eastern time —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against CM Punk
  • King of the Ring finals: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
  • Queen of the Ring finals: Jade Cargill vs. Asuka
  • United States Champion Jacob Fatu defends against Solo Sikoa
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross
  • Street fight: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez

Two wrestlers advance to WWE King and Queen of the Ring finals

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Half of the WWE King and Queen of the Ring tournament finals are set.

Randy Orton and Asuka advanced in their respective tournaments on Friday’s WWE SmackDown to move on to the finals at Night of Champions on Saturday, June 28.

Orton advanced to the King of the Ring finals with a victory over Sami Zayn in the semifinals on Friday’s show, and will take on the winner of Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso in the King of the Ring finals.

Asuka defeated Alexa Bliss on Friday’s episode to advance to the Queen of the Ring finals. She awaits the winner of Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez in the finals.

Both remaining semifinals matchups will take place on the Monday, June 23 WWE Raw.

The King and Queen of the Ring finals will be held at Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 28. That event will stream live on Peacock in the US and Netflix in most of the rest of the world beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

The eventual King and Queen of the Ring winners will earn a title shot at their brand’s top championship at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.

WWE King of the Ring finals —

  • Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso winner

WWE Queen of the Ring finals —

  • Asuka vs. Jade Cargill/Roxanne Perez winner

WWE King and Queen of the Ring semifinals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The semifinals are now set for the WWE King and Queen of the Ring tournaments following Monday’s Raw episode.

Jey Uso advanced in the King of the Ring tournament with a victory over Sheamus, Bronson Reed, and Rusev in the main event of Monday’s WWE Raw to advance to the semifinals. In the Queen of the Ring tournament, the returning Asuka defeated Raquel Rodriguez, Ivy Nile, and Stephanie Vaquer on Raw to move on to the semis.

Uso will take on Cody Rhodes on next week’s Raw in the semifinals, with the other semifinal match — Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn — set for this Friday’s SmackDown.

Asuka will face Alexa Bliss in the Queen of the Ring semifinals on Friday’s SmackDown, with the Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez semifinal match official for next week’s Raw.

The finals of the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments will take place at the Night of Champions PLE in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 28. The tournament winners will earn title shots at their brand’s top championship at SummerSlam.

WWE King of the Ring semifinals —

  • Friday, June 20 SmackDown: Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn
  • Monday, June 23 Raw: Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso

WWE Queen of the Ring semifinals —

  • Friday, June 20 SmackDown: Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss
  • Monday, June 23 Raw: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez

Four wrestlers advance in WWE King and Queen of the ring tournaments

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four wrestlers advanced to the semifinals round in the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments on Friday’s WWE SmackDown.

In the King of the Ring tournament, Cody Rhodes advanced with a victory over Shinsuke Nakamura, Andrade, and Damian Priest in the show-closing bout on Friday’s episode. Earlier in the show, Randy Orton advanced with a victory over LA Knight, Aleister Black, and Carmelo Hayes.

Rhodes now awaits the winner of a Jey Uso vs. Sheamus vs. Rusev vs. Bronson Reed four-way set for Monday’s Raw in the semifinals, while Orton will take on Sami Zayn on next Friday’s SmackDown in the semis.

In the Queen of the Ring bracket, Alexa Bliss advanced to the semis with a victory over Charlotte Flair, Alba Fyre, and Candice LeRae on Friday’s show, while Jade Cargill punched her ticket to the next round by defeating Nia Jax, Michin, and Piper Niven on SmackDown.

Bliss’s semifinals bout will take place on next week’s SmackDown against the winner of Asuka vs. Stephanie Vaquer vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Ivy Nile set for Monday’s Raw. Cargill will face Roxanne Perez in the semifinals at a later date.

Our SmackDown report for this week is available here.

WWE King of the Ring tournament —

  • Semifinals: Cody Rhodes vs. TBD
  • Semifinals: Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn

WWE Queen of the Ring tournament —

  • Semifinals: Alexa Bliss vs. TBD
  • Semifinals: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez

Two advance in WWE King and Queen of the Ring tournaments

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two wrestlers have advanced to the semifinals of the WWE King and Queen of the Ring tournaments.

Sami Zayn became the first wrestler to move on to the semifinals with a victory in a four-way opening round match on Monday’s WWE Raw, defeating Bron Breakker, Penta, and Dominik Mysterio to move on.

Roxanne Perez became the first Queen of the Ring semifinalist with a victory over Rhea Ripley, Kairi Sane, and Liv Morgan on Monday’s Raw.

Zayn will face the winner of a Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. Aleister Black vs. Carmelo Hayes four-way from the SmackDown brand in the semifinals at a later date.

Perez moves on to face the winner of Jade Cargill vs. Nia Jax vs. Michin vs. Piper Niven from SmackDown in the semifinals.

WWE revealed the full bracket for each tournament earlier in the day on Monday. The tournament finals will be held at Night of Champions on June 28, a show also featuring a John Cena vs. CM Punk Undisputed WWE title match.

The eventual King and Queen of the Ring winners will challenge for their brand’s World titles at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.

WWE King and Queen of the Ring 2025 details revealed

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WWE has revealed the details for the 2025 King and Queen of the Ring tournaments.

In a joint announcement on Friday’s SmackDown, storyline general managers Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis confirmed that the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments are returning this year, with the finals set for the Night of Champions event in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 28.

The winners of this year’s tournaments will once again earn a shot at their brand’s top title at SummerSlam.

Brand-exclusive four-way qualifying matches will comprise the first round of the tournament and take place on WWE programming beginning “next week,” presumably on Monday’s Raw. The second round will feature Raw vs. SmackDown semifinals singles matches, with the finals to be held at Night of Champions.

Gunter and Nia Jax won the 2024 King and Queen of the Ring tournaments, and both went on to capture gold at SummerSlam with Gunther defeating Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight title, and Jax beating Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship at the event.

Our live coverage from Friday’s WWE SmackDown is available here.

Wrestling Observer Radio: WWE King and Queen of the Ring, AEW Collision thoughts

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It’s a special Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Jim Valley. We get Dave’s thoughts on WWE King and Queen of the Ring, which headlined with Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE title against Logan Paul.

Plus thoughts on NOAH, AEW Collision, ratings, Double or Nothing, and more.

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King & Queen of the Ring semifinals official for next WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four wrestlers advanced in the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments on Friday’s WWE SmackDown with the SmackDown bracket semifinals set for next week.

Randy Orton defeated Carmelo Hayes on Friday’s SmackDown to advance to next week’s King of the Ring semifinals bout. He will face Tama Tonga in the SmackDown semifinals after Tonga defeated LA Knight on this week’s show to advance.

Bianca Belair defeated Tiffany Stratton on this week’s episode to advance to the Queen of the Ring semifinals where she will take on Nia Jax after Jax defeated Belair’s tag partner Jade Cargill by disqualification on Friday to advance.

The winners of next week’s matches will advance to the tournament finals set for the King & Queen of the Ring PLE on Saturday, May 25.

Raw’s representatives in the tournament finals will be decided on the Monday, May 20 episode where Gunther faces Jey Uso in the King of the Ring tournament, while IYO SKY will take on Lyra Valkyria in the Queen of the Ring tournament.

Two additional segments for next Friday’s SmackDown were also teased during this week’s show.

AJ Styles announced his intention to meet with SmackDown GM Nick Aldis on next week’s episode to discuss his in-ring future after losing an Undisputed WWE title match to Cody Rhodes at Backlash, then losing a King of the Ring tournament bout to Orton.

Women’s Champion Bayley also issued a challenge to Chelsea Green to meet her in the ring next week in a backstage segment on Friday.

The lineup for the Friday, May 24 WWE SmackDown:

  • King of the Ring semifinals: Randy Orton vs. Tama Tonga
  • Queen of the Ring semifinals: Bianca Belair vs. Nia Jax
  • AJ Styles meets with Nick Aldis
  • Bayley vs. Chelsea Green

Undisputed title bout official for WWE King & Queen of the Ring, US title not on the line

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE has clarified the status of the Cody Rhodes vs. Logan Paul champion vs. champion match set for King & Queen of the Ring.

Rhodes, the Undisputed WWE Champion, and Paul, the United States Champion, signed the contract for their PLE bout on Friday’s WWE SmackDown in an angle where Paul had the contract rewritten so that his US title will not be on the line.

In a contract signing officiated by SmackDown GM Nick Aldis, Paul brought along a lawyer and announced that he had his legal team rewrite the contract so that the US title will not be up for grabs.

The Rhodes vs. Paul bout had been announced as a champion vs. champion match, but it was not clear from the original announcement whether or not both belts would be defended. Rhodes posted on X last Friday about his desire to hold both championships:

King & Queen of the Ring will stream live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, May 25. The main card begins at 1 p.m. Eastern time, with the pre-show set for 12 p.m. Eastern. The current lineup for the show:

WWE King and Queen of the Ring, Saturday, May 25 —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Logan Paul
  • Women’s World Champion Becky Lynch defends against Liv Morgan
  • Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defends against Bronson Reed & Chad Gable in a triple threat
  • King of the Ring tournament finals: Gunther or Jey Uso vs. Randy Orton or Tama Tonga
  • Queen of the Ring tournament finals: IYO SKY or Lyra Valkyria vs. Bianca Belair or Nia Jax

Wrestling Weekly: AEW residency in Texas, WWE King & Queen of the Ring tournaments continue

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Les Thatcher and I are back with a new edition of Wrestling Weekly.

AEW will be spending quality time this summer in the Lone Star State and we discuss what that could mean for future touring in the company.

We also look at WWE’s King and Queen of the Ring tournaments and one particularly interesting matchup on the women’s side.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Fight Game: The artistry of ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast with a few segments from the past.

We kicked off with our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners for the week in wrestling followed by our top five topics of the week which included discussions about the following:

  • Toni Storm leaning into her “Timeless: character and it being polarizing for the audience
  • Willow Nightingale’s presence opposite of Mercedes Mone
  • Mone’s opportunity to show out at Double or Nothing
  • Who should win both WWE King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments
  • The card at AEW Double or Nothing so far, plus thoughts on Dynamite
  • A Break It Down segment on the Jade Cargill vs. Piper Niven match from SmackDown

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King & Queen of the Ring semifinals set for next WWE Raw

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The semifinals for both the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments in the Raw bracket are set for next week’s WWE Raw episode.

Jey Uso defeated Ilja Dragunov in this week’s Raw main event to advance to the King of the Ring semifinals. Uso will face Gunther, who defeated Kofi Kingston in the other Raw quarterfinals bout on Monday’s episode.

The winner of next Monday’s Uso vs. Gunther bout advances to the finals set for the King & Queen of the Ring PLE set for Saturday, May 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

In Raw’s Queen of the Ring bracket, IYO SKY defeated Shayna Baszler on Monday’s show to advance to the semifinals, plus Lyra Valkyria defeated Zoey Stark on Raw to advance to next week’s semifinals contest.

The winner of SKY vs. Valkyria will advance to the Queen of the Ring tournament finals in Jeddah.

Also announced for next week, Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn will take on Chad Gable in a non-title match, stemming from an angle on this week’s Raw where Gable berated Otis after Otis lost to Zayn. Zayn intervened to make the save for Otis, eating an exploder suplex from Zayn, but avoiding Zayn’s Helluva Kick.

The announced lineup for the Monday, May 20 WWE Raw:

  • King of the Ring semifinals: Gunther vs. Jey Uso
  • Queen of the Ring semifinals: Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY
  • Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable

Three wrestlers advance to WWE Queen of the Ring quarterfinals

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Three SmackDown wrestlers have punched their tickets to the quarterfinals round of the WWE Queen of the Ring tournament.

Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Nia Jax won their first round bouts on Friday’s SmackDown show to advance to the second round of the Queen of the Ring tournament.

Belair defeated Candice LeRae to advance, Cargill defeated Piper Niven to move on, plus Jax defeated Naomi to advance to the quarterfinals with victories on Friday’s show.

A fourth first round match on the SmackDown side of the Queen of the Ring bracket will take place on this weekend’s WWE house shows, with Tiffany Stratton set to face Michin in the remaining first round battle.

Belair will face the Stratton/Michin winner on next Friday’s SmackDown, plus Cargill will take on Jax in the quarterfinals on next week’s episode.

One first round bout remains on the Raw side of the bracket, with Shayna Baszler vs. Zelina Vega also set for this weekend’s house shows. The winner of that contest will face IYO SKY on Monday’s Raw, with Lyra Valkyria vs. Zoey Stark the other Raw quarterfinal set for Monday’s episode.

The King and Queen of the Ring PLE on Saturday, May 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will host the finals of both the men’s and women’s tournaments.

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.

Three wrestlers advance in WWE King of the Ring tournament

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three wrestlers have advanced to the second round of the WWE King of the Ring tournament. 

The tournament began on Monday’s Raw episode with three first round bouts. It was also revealed on Raw that the fourth first round match on the Raw side of the bracket will take place on house shows this weekend. 

In Monday’s first round action, Jey Uso defeated Finn Balor in the tournament’s first bout. Uso was announced as a surprise injury replacement for Drew McIntyre, who is suffering from a hyperextended elbow.

In Monday’s second first round matchup, Ilja Dragunov defeated Ricochet to advance.

In the Raw main event, Gunther defeated Sheamus with a half-crab submission to advance to round two.

Kofi Kingston will face Rey Mysterio in the other Raw brand first round match on a house show this weekend.

Gunther will take on the Kingston/Mysterio winner on next week’s Raw, while Uso will face Dragunov on next Monday’s show.

First round bouts on the SmackDown side of the bracket will begin on this Friday’s SmackDown episode. 

The finals of both the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments will be held at the King and Queen of the Ring PLE in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25.

Our full coverage from Monday’s WWE Raw episode is here.