King of the Ring 1995 King of the Ring 1995 was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on June 25 , 1995 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The main event was a tag team match in which WWF Champion Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow faced Tatanka and Sycho Sid . Diesel won the match by pinning Tatanka . The main matches on the undercard were Bret Hart versus Jerry Lawler in a " Kiss My Foot " match and the King of the Ring Final as Mabel faced Savio Vega . Background . The main storyline going into the pay - per - view was the King of the Ring tournament itself . The first qualifying match took place at In Your House 1 where Mabel squashed Adam Bomb in the first round . The next First Round match took place on the May 15 edition of " Raw " , where Bob Holly defeated Mantaur to proceed to the Quarter - Finals . Razor Ramon proceeded to the Quarter - Finals on the May 20 edition of " Superstars of Wrestling " defeating Jacob Blu . Shawn Michaels was the next superstar through to the Quarter - Finals , as he defeated King Kong Bundy on the May 22 edition of " Raw " . The next First - Round match took place on " Superstars of Wrestling " on May 27 , where Kama defeated Duke Droese via Pinfall . At the beginning of the May 29 edition of " Raw " , WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett , along with The Roadie , cut a promo with Jarrett stating that he would defeat The Undertaker and advance to the Quarter - Finals of the King of the Ring tournament . Jarrett , however , was defeated by The Undertaker later in the night , with The Undertaker winning following a Tombstone Piledriver . Unlike Jarrett , The Roadie managed to advance to the Quarter - Finals , defeating Doink the Clown on the June 3 edition of " Superstars of Wrestling " because of a distraction from Jarrett at ringside . Owen Hart faced Davey Boy Smith on the June 5 edition of " Raw " ( taped May 14 , 1995 at In Your House 1 ) in the final First - Round match . The match , however , went to a fifteen - minute time - limit draw . Because of this , neither man proceeded to the next round , and a match between Yokozuna and Lex Luger took place on the June 12 edition of " Raw " . Yokozuna won the match via countout after performing a legdrop on the arena floor . Even though all of the places for the Quarter - Finals were now filled , Razor Ramon suffered a legitimate rib injury suffered at a House show on June 9 in a ladder match against Jeff Jarrett meaning he could no longer compete in the tournament . As a result , the final Quarter - Final place was decided moments before the pay - per - view aired . As well as the annual King of the Ring tournament heading into the event , there were two other major feuds heading into the PPV . The main feud was between WWF Champion Diesel , Bam Bam Bigelow , Tatanka and Sycho Sid . The feud began after WrestleMania XI , and carried on into In Your House 1 , where Diesel faced Sid for the WWF Championship . Diesel was set to retain the title after performing a Powerbomb on Sid , but Tatanka interfered and kayfabe attacked Diesel . This resulted in Diesel retaining the championship via disqualification . The following night , on the May 15 edition of " Raw " , Ted DiBiase ( Sid ' s and the Million Dollar Corporation ' s manager ) proposed that Diesel , along with Bigelow should face DiBiase ' s team of Sid and Tatanka . In the main event , Bigelow was set to face Irwin R . Schyster - accompanied by DiBiase - when Bigelow announced that Diesel would be ringside in his corner for the matchup . Diesel chased DiBiase in the early stages of the matchup , which Bigelow won via pinfall . DiBiase returned to the ring after the match with his enforcers Sid and Tatanka . On the May 22 edition of " Raw " , Shawn Michaels returned from a legitimate injury received from Sid on the April 3 edition of " Raw " . Michaels defeated King Kong Bundy , who had DiBiase in his corner throughout the contest . After the contest , Bigelow and Diesel came out to congratulate Michaels on the victory . During this feud , Diesel suffered a legitimate elbow injury , but was able to compete at King of the Ring . To explain the injury , footage was shown on the May 29 edition of " Raw " of Sid performing a Chokeslam and Powerbomb onto Diesel at " In Your House 1 " . Because of Diesel ' s injury , this storyline never got any further buildup until the actual pay - per - view . The other main feud heading into King of the Ring was between Jerry Lawler and Bret Hart , which began two years earlier at the 1993 King of the Ring . At the previous pay - per - view , In Your House 1 : Premiere , Lawler defeated Hart . Aftermath . Following his victory , Mabel was given a major push as a main eventer , culminating in a match with Diesel at SummerSlam for the WWF Championship , which Mabel lost . Mabel would continue to feud with Diesel after this event , as well as continue his feuds stemming from the KOTR tournament ( such as The Undertaker ) . He also briefly feuded with Yokozuna , who he had allied with over the course of his feud with Diesel . Because the event was held in Philadelphia , many familiar faces from the ECW Arena were present . During the " King of the Ring " final between Mabel and Savio Vega , these fans began chanting " ECW , ECW " in protest at what they were watching unfold in the ring . This public support of ECW gained the attention of Vince McMahon , and he later booked small invasion - type angles involving the ECW promotion in 1996 and 1997 with the cooperation of Paul Heyman . Tournament brackets . The tournament took place between May 14 and June 25 , 1995 . The tournament brackets were :