Claim: Kurt Angle won a championship.

King of the Ring was a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by WWE . The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002 , with the exception of 1990 and 1992 , and from 1993 to 2002 , the tournament was produced as a pay-per-view event .   The tournament endured a four-year hiatus until its return in 2006 as an exclusive event of the SmackDown brand . The tournament returned as an inter-brand event for both WWE and Raw in 2008 , 2010 , and 2015 . WWE released a best of King of the Ring DVD in late 2011 .