King of the Ring (2015)
The 2015 King of the Ring was a professional wrestling tournament and WWE Network event that were held by WWE. The tournament was held over two nights – with the opening round matches on April 27, 2015, as part of the live Raw broadcast on USA Network from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the semi-finals and finals on April 28, 2015, aired live on the WWE Network from the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois.[1] This was the 20th King of the Ring tournament and first since 2010. It would also feature the most recent King of the Ring, Sheamus, who lost in the semi-finals to Neville due to a distraction from Dolph Ziggler. In the final, Bad News Barrett defeated Neville.[2] On the August 12, 2019 episode of Raw, WWE announced the return of the King of the Ring tournament for the following week.
| King of the Ring (2015) | |||
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 Official logo of the 2015 King of the Ring tournament | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | April 27 – 28, 2015 | ||
| City | Green Bay, Wisconsin (April 27) Moline, Illinois (April 28) | ||
| Venue | Resch Center (April 27) iWireless Center (April 28) | ||
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| King of the Ring tournament chronology | |||
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Results
Quarter-finals
- Raw (Quarter-final matches) – April 27
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad News Barrett defeated Dolph Ziggler | King of the Ring quarterfinal match | 8:18 |
| 2 | R-Truth defeated Stardust | King of the Ring quarterfinal match | 3:47 |
| 3 | Sheamus defeated Dean Ambrose by disqualification | King of the Ring quarterfinal match | 12:29 |
| 4 | Neville defeated Luke Harper | King of the Ring quarterfinal match | 10:12 |
Finals
- WWE Network event (Semi-final and final matches) – April 28
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neville defeated Sheamus | King of the Ring semifinal match | 5:43 |
| 2 | Bad News Barrett defeated R-Truth | King of the Ring semifinal match | 4:37 |
| 3 | Bad News Barrett defeated Neville | King of the Ring final match | 7:10 |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Raw April 27 | Semifinals WWE Network April 28 | Final WWE Network April 28 | ||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 8:18 | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| R-Truth | 4:37 | |||||||||||||
| R-Truth | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Stardust | 3:47 | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Neville | 7:10 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Ambrose | 12:29 | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | 5:43 | |||||||||||||
| Neville | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Neville | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Luke Harper | 10:12 | |||||||||||||
References
- "Raw: The King of the Ring tournament Returns to Raw – This Monday". WWE. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- "PWTorch.com – CALDWELL'S WWE KOTR SPECIAL REPORT 4/28: Complete "virtual-time coverage" of King of the Ring finals on WWE Network". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 2017-11-27.