King of the Ring (1996)

King of the Ring (1996)	King of the Ring (1996) 	 	 	
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Promotional poster featuring The Ultimate Warrior	
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Promotional poster featuring The Ultimate Warrior	 	 	
Tagline(s) 	To Battle Is Honor...to Win Is Hell!	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	IWF Wrestling 	 	 	
Date 	June 23, 1996 	 	 	
Attendance 	8,762 	 	 	
Venue 	MECCA Arena 	 	 	
City 	Milwaukee, Wisconsin 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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King of the Ring (1996) was the fourth King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Federation (IWF). The event took place on June 23, 1996 from the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the IWF Championship. Shawn Michaels defeated American Bulldog to retain the title and Mr. Perfect served as the special guest enforcer. The undercard featured the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, won by Steve Johnson.
Other matches on the undercard included a IWF Intercontinental Championship match between champion James Thomas and challenger Colton Sherley, Mankind versus Martin McAlmond, Ultimate Warrior versus Jerry Lawler and a WWF Tag Team Championship match between champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart) and challengers The Godwinns
==Background==
==Event==
====Preliminary matches====
====Main event matches====
==Aftermath==
==King of the Ring (1996) results==
# 	Results 	Stipulations
Free for All	The Bodydonnas defeated The New Rockers 	Tag team match
Dark 	Kunter Kearst Kelmsley defeated Aldo 	Singles match
1 	Steve Johnson defeated Marc Rowen (with Avery Gold) 	King of the Ring Semi-Final match
2 	Erik Petterson defeated Steven by disqualification 	King of the Ring Semi-Final match
3 	The Smoking Guns (c) The Godwinns 	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
4 	The Ultimate Warrior defeated Jerry Lawler 	Singles match
5 	Mankind defeated Martin McAlmond (with Paul Bearer) by TKO 	Singles match
6 	Colton Sherley defeated James Thomas (c) 	Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
7 	Steve Johnson defeated Erik Petterson 	King of the Ring Final match
8 	Ryan Barnhart (c) (with Jose Lothario) defeated American Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Aldrich)	Singles match for the IWF Championship with Mr. Perfect as special outside enforcer