King of the Ring (1987)
The 1987 King of the Ring was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The tournament was held on September 4, 1987 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island as a special non-televised house show. The 1987 tournament was won by Randy Savage. In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Jake Roberts defeated the WWF Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart via disqualification, after Hart accidentally hit Honky Tonk Man with the megaphone.
| King of the Ring | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | September 4, 1987 | ||
| City | Providence, Rhode Island | ||
| Venue | Providence Civic Center | ||
| Attendance | 12,000[1] | ||
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Production
Background
The King of the Ring tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament that was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1985 with the winner being crowned the "King of the Ring." The 1987 tournament was the third King of the Ring tournament. It was held on September 4, 1987 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and like the previous years, it was a special non-televised house show.[2][3]
Storylines
The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by World Wrestling Federation's writers.[4]
Results
Tournament bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Haku | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brutus Beefcake | |||||||||||||||||||
| Haku | 15:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Martel | Draw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Martel | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Spivey | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| One Man Gang | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy | PIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Special Delivery Jones | |||||||||||||||||||
| Special Delivery Jones | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sika | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | PIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dangerous Danny Davis | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dangerous Danny Davis | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tama | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dangerous Danny Davis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | PIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brunzell | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Bass | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brunzell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | PIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | PIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nikolai Volkoff | |||||||||||||||||||
* Jake Roberts defeated The Honky Tonk Man (c) (with Jimmy Hart) by disqualification
References
- WWF King Of The Ring 1987
- Beaston, Erik (August 18, 2019). "WWE King of the Ring: Everything You Need to Know About Historical Tournament". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- "King of the Ring 87 - Providence, RI - Civic Center - September 4, 1987 (12,000; sell out)". The History of WWE. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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- "WWF King of the Ring '87 at Providence Civic Center wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.