Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 I miss it dearly I'm sure most WWE miss it dearly. Let's start a pentition! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Will the KOTR ever return? No. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 The show would end w/ HHH proving he's the King of Kings by beating Viscera in 5 seconds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 It would be great to see Chris Masters "Billy Gunn" it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Frankly, I don't know why they don't still have it. I mean, there are plenty of PPVs in one year...you'd think the KotR would be an easy way to cover one PPV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 It will be back before 2010. Carlito will win it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Frankly, I don't know why they don't still have it. The tournament format is considered a failiure. The 2002 KOTR got, for the time, a low buy rate, and the tournament was blamed, rather then the Triple H vs. Undertaker main event, so it got canned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 HHH calling himself the King of Kings makes sense now..he thinks hes better than all the other winners. Its totally not some comparing himself to Jesus thing.. /doesn't really believe that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Although I didn't really like the KOTR stuff usually, I think it would be good to bring back, especially with brand exclusive PPV's. Then, an up and comer can win the tourney and not necessarily have to headline Summerslam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 It'll be brought back when HHH feels the need to bury the entire roster....probably around 2010 or 2012 when he's on the road to his sixteenth or twentieth title reign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buffybeast 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 I liked the KOTR because it served as a great vehicle to push mid/upper midcarders closer to the main event scene. Now, I know many of you saw the tourny as a waste because, usually, the winner was in the middle of a ME push anyway. Still, I think the tourny served to further catapult the winner to the upper echelons of WWE. However, I do not believe the tourny will ever return. I really don't know wHHHy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 KOTR always sucked ass. 2000 had the potential for an incredible tournament with the likes of Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, and Eddie Guerrero involved. Yet Jericho, Benoit, and Guerrero were eliminated in the first round and Rikishi made it to the finals. I gave up on KOTR after that bullshit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Well, I think the failure was due more to WWE's crappy booking than anything. I also think not having the entire 8 man tournament in one night devalued it a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Timmer Report post Posted March 1, 2006 KOTR always sucked ass. 2000 had the potential for an incredible tournament with the likes of Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, and Eddie Guerrero involved. Yet Jericho, Benoit, and Guerrero were eliminated in the first round and Rikishi made it to the finals. I gave up on KOTR after that bullshit. YEP... booking destroyed this PPV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 But it help jumpstart wrestlers to the main event. Angle, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Owen Hart, HHH, and Lesnar all benefited from this tournament Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dam(o)nYankees Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Wasn't Bret Hart a former champion at that point who went on to win the KotR and then proceded to do nothing for six months? And Owen was out of the mains within about four months? And HHH wasn't a main eventer for another two years and had a total character overhaul not at all involving the KotR two months later? And Brock was absolutely heatless for another two months and wasn't jmupstarted to shit until the Hogan match? And then there's Mabel Gunn and Shamrock and Edge. it certainly helped Austin and to a lesser degree Angle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Matches not having clean finishes killed the PPV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Rock shoulda won it in 1998. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 KOTR lost its worth once WWE got cheap and cut the tourney down to just the semi-finals to take on the PPV. The tournament was so much better with the 8 man format in the same night. Oh and I doubt KOTR will return with this annual ECW revival crap happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlefreak 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 KOTR was more high profile than the majority of the WWE PPVs they do now. They should not have stopped it just because of a bad buyrate. Bring back KOTR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 I agree that when they got rid of the eight man tournament on the PPV they really cheapened it. What was the reasoning behind doing that anyway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Epic Reine 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 More room for pre-announced matches. WWE figures that more fans will buy if they know what the matches will be ahead of time vs. matches that could be anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Even as a mark, I didn't like the deal where they only did the semi-final and final matches on PPV from 1996 to 1998. I was stoked when I heard they were doing the full tournament on the PPV again in 1999. And then the 1999 KOTR turned out to be one of the worst and most boring ever. Thanks, Mr. Russo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detox 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 they could easily just use KOTR to replace either Taboo Tuesday or New Years Revolution, I for one would support that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 I was stoked when I heard they were doing the full tournament on the PPV again in 1999. And then the 1999 KOTR turned out to be one of the worst and most boring ever. Thanks, Mr. Russo. Worst KOTR winner ever next to Mabel/Viscera. Edit: The image isn't showing up anymore. What the hell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 The only reason I purchased the 1999 KOTR match was for the Austin vs. McMahons ladder match. I'm a big McMahon mark and rooted for him against Austin throughout 1998 & 1999 and marked out when Vince won the Rumble (although I'd have preferred him to actually stay in there as opposed to leaving and coming back in at the end). The tournament wasn't a reason I bought the show because I thought the card was so damn predictable. Everyone knew Gunn was going to win the tournament and chances were that X-Pac was going to be in the finals as well. I definitely think the 1999 tournament was the easiest one to predict in advance as I scored the most correct on bracket predictions on this one tournament than any other wrestling tournament that's ever been held. However, I'd take the 1999 tourney over the 1995 "let's put everyone over tonight who isn't over" tourney. What a waste of pay-per-view dollars and not a good show for me as a new fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfn 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 KOTR lost its worth once WWE got cheap and cut the tourney down to just the semi-finals to take on the PPV. The tournament was so much better with the 8 man format in the same night. Oh and I doubt KOTR will return with this annual ECW revival crap happening. Crap? Well, ECW wasn't crap. However the watered down WWE version that I am expecting to see this summer could very well be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 I'm pretty sure that's what he meant, mfn. Most people around here liked the original ECW, and last year's nostalgia show was fine, but there's no reason for it to be a yearly occurence unless ECW were to come back full time in some capacity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 I don't think Gabe Kaplan is interested in a reunion, no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
