On this day 2️⃣4️⃣ years ago, the King of Kings became King of the Ring. 👑 | WWE Network

On July 8, 1985 WWF’s inaugural King of the Ring was held in front of 23,000 fans at Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts as a special non-televised house show. The inaugural tournament was won by Don Muraco. In addition to the tournament, there was only one other match during the night. In this match Hulk Hoganpinned Nikolai Volkoff to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. A second tournament was scheduled for 1986, also as a non-televised house show, thus establishing the Kin