The 2024 King and Queen of the Ring tournaments shall be a launching pad to the primary occasion of this yr’s SummerSlam. WWE chief content material officer Paul Levesque, recognized higher as Triple H, introduced on Thursday the match winners will earn world championship matches on the Aug. 3 pay-per-view in Cleveland.
“It was such an honor to be in that match and to win that match by yourself. To have it launch you to a different place,” Levesque stated in Jeddah on Thursday. “I needed that match to face by itself and I did not wish to announce this a part of it till we bought right here.Â
“I will let all of tonight that the winner of the King of the Ring match and the winner of the Queen of the Ring match will each go on to obtain championship matches for the title of their respective manufacturers. They may each get world title photographs — both WWE or world title — at SummerSlam.”
The King of the Ring match was held yearly from 1985 to 2002, excluding a niche in 1992. Practically half of the match winners throughout that point would go on to change into world champions — together with “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Bret Hart, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin and Triple H. The match has been booked occasionally since 2006 with a downgraded popularity, notably within the final 15 years.Â
Queen of the Ring is a comparatively new match with the primary occasion occurring in 2021. Zelina Vega defeated Doudrop within the finals to change into the inaugural Queen of the Ring.Â
The all-star members on this yr’s King and Queen of the Ring have already improved the tournaments’ reputations. File-setting intercontinental champion Gunther has certified for the boys’s finals and is broadly anticipated to face 14-time world champion Randy Orton. Multi-time ladies’s champ Bianca Belair is a favourite to win the match ought to she advance previous the semifinals to fulfill Lyra Valkyrie.
WWE King and Queen of the Ring takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. SummerSlam is scheduled for Aug.3 in Cleveland.