King of the Ring 2019

The 2019 King of the Ring was a professional wrestling tournament which began on WWE's television program Monday Night Raw on August 19, 2019, and airs on both Raw and SmackDown Live. It is the first King of the Ring tournament since 2015.
The tournament featured 16 wrestlers (eight each from the Raw and SmackDown brands) competing to win the titular honor.
==Background==
On the August 12, 2019, episode of Raw, it was announced that the King of the Ring tournament would be returning for the first time since 2015. Later that same evening, the competitors were confirmed for the tournament: A few days later, the bracket was officially revealed.
==Results==
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August 19, 2019 Monday Night RAW
*Samoa Joe defeated Cesaro in a First Round Match (9:56)
*Cedric Alexander defeated Sami Zayn in a First Round Match (3:35)
August 20, 2019 Smackdown
*Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega) defeated Apollo Crews in a First Round Match (9:40)
*Elias defeated Kevin Owens in a First Round Match (13:25)
August 26, 2019 Monday Night RAW
*Ricochet defeated Drew McIntyre in a First Round Match (14:10)
*Baron Corbin defeated The Miz in a First Round Match (10:00)
August 27, 2019 Smackdown
*Ali defeated Buddy Murphy in a First Round Match (11:32)
*Chad Gable defeated Shelton Benjamin in a First Round Match (3:52)
September 2, 2019 Monday Night RAW
*Baron Corbin defeated Cedric Alexander in a Quarter-finals Match (14:30)
*Samoa Joe vs. Ricochet ended in a Double Pinfall in a Quarter-finals Match (16:00)
September 3, 2019 Smackdown
*Elias defeated Ali in a Quarterfinal Match
*Chad Gable defeated Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega) in a Quarterfinal Match
September 9, 2019 Monday Night RAW
*Baron Corbin defeated Samoa Joe and Ricochet in a Triple Threat Match in a Semi-finals Match (14:40)
September 10, 2019 Smackdown
*Chad Gable defeated Shane McMahon [2:0] in a Two Out Of Three Falls Semi-finals Match (Special Referee:Kevin Owens) (9:29)
September 16, 2019 Monday Night RAW
*Baron Corbin defeated Chad Gable in the King of the Ring final (19:10)
==Tournament brackets==
== Locations ==
Tournament Round	Date(s) 	City(s) 	Venue(s) 	Event(s)
First 	August 19, 2019 	Saint Paul, Minnesota 	Xcel Energy Center 	Raw
First 	August 20, 2019 	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Denny Sanford Premier Center 	SmackDown
First 	August 26, 2019 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	Smoothie King Center 	Raw
First 	August 27, 2019 	Baton Rouge, Louisiana 	Raising Cane's River Center Arena	SmackDown
Quarter-final 	September 2, 2019 	Baltimore, Maryland 	Royal Farms Arena 	Raw
Quarter-final 	September 3, 2019 	Norfolk, Virginia 	Norfolk Scope 	SmackDown
Semi-final 	September 9, 2019 	New York City, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Raw
Semi-final 	September 10, 2019	New York City, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	SmackDown
Final 	September 16, 2019	Knoxville, Tennessee 	Thompson-Boling Arena 	Raw
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment tournaments
Category:King of the Ring
Category:Professional wrestling tournaments
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