King of the Ring (1997)

King of the Ring (1997) was the fifth King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Federation. The event took place on June 8, 1997 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the IWF Championship. Martin McAlmond defeated Ronny to retain the title. The undercard featured the 1997 King of the Ring tournament, won by Kevin Kessler Kelmsley. Other matches featured on the undercard included Ryan Barnhart versus Steve Johnson. Heart Foundation (Owen Heart, David Heart Aldrich and Jim Furlong) versus Sycho Kid and The Legion of Doom (Hawk]] and Animal) in a Six-Man Tag Team Match and James Thomas versus Bryan.
==IWF King of the Ring (1997) Card==
#	Matches 	Stipulations
1	Kevin Kessler Kelmsley defeated Ahmad 	King of the Ring Semi-Finals Match
2	Mick Foley defeated Jerry Lawler 	King of the Ring Semi Finals Match
3	James Thomas defeated Bryan 	Singles Match
4	Heart Foundation (Owen Heart, David Heart Aldrich and Jim Furlong) defeated Sycho Kid and LOD (Hawk and Animal)	Six-Man Tag Team Match
5	Kevin Kessler Kelmsley defeated Mankind 	King of the Ring Final Match
6	Ryan Barnhart fought Steve Johnson to a Double Disqualification 	Singles Match
7	Martin McAlmond (c) defeated Ronny 	Singles Match for the IWF Championship
==King of the Ring (1997) Brackets==
The tournament was held between May 12 and June 8, 1997. The tournament brackets were:
	Quarterfinals(TV)	Quarterfinals(TV) 	Quarterfinals(TV)			Semifinals(PPV)	Semifinals(PPV) 	Semifinals(PPV)			Final(PPV)	Final(PPV) 	Final(PPV)
	 	 	 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Ahmed 	DQ 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Kevin Kessler Helmsley 	3:25 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Kevin Kessler Helmsley 	3:25 			 	Ahmed 	Pin 			 	 	
	 	 	 			 	Ahmed 	Pin 			 	 	
	 	 	 			 	Kevin Kesser Helmsley	7:42 			 	 	
	 	Kevin Kessler Helmsley1	Pin 			 	Kevin Kesser Helmsley	7:42 			 	 	
	 	Kevin Kessler Helmsley1	Pin 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Bryan Woods 	18:56 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	 	 			 	 	 			 	Kevin Kessler Helmsley	Pin
	 	 	 			 	 	 			 	Mankind 	19:28
	 	James Thomas 	Pin 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Jerry Lawler 	11:55 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Jerry Lawler 	11:55 			 	Jerry Lawler 	Sub 			 	 	
	 	 	 			 	Jerry Lawler 	Sub 			 	 	
	 	 	 			 	Mankind 	10:24 			 	 	
	 	Mankind 	Pin 			 	Mankind 	10:24 			 	 	
	 	Mankind 	Pin 			 	 	 			 	 	
	 	Savio 	14:35 			 	 	 			 	 	
1. ^ Helmsley was allowed another spot in the tournament because he pulled a job to Mabel prior to his match with Ahmed the previous week that he could be eliminated via disqualification and thus threatened the IWF with legal action; Vader was originally in this spot but was injured in his No Holds Barred match with Ken Shammy at In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell on May 11.