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Regal Crowned King of the Ring on Raw

by Kris on April 22nd, 2008

Though the tournament had hype the participants, and eventual winner, of the WWE’s King of the Ring tournament left much to be desired. Many felt that King of the Ring had massive potential this time around, and in my eyes the concept does still have its merits, but when William Regal, the Raw GM and rare wrestler these days, is crowned King it’s quite obsious something is amiss but that was the cast this week. To little fanfare Regal captured the crown and not much else on Monday night.

In all honesty I thoroughly enjoyed the presidential match storyline they promoted. It’s reminiscent of a lot of similar lines in the past but I felt the over the top characters made it the most memorable match of the night.

The wrap up - Raw failed on so many levels this week and King of the Ring really fell flat. Raw needs a storyline pronto, though I like the direction of Michaels-Batista its reach is limited, and I think a title change is needed this weekend at Backlash to give Raw a spark heading into summer.

Here’s the full results:

• Chris Jericho def. MVP (1st Round Match)
• CM Punk def. Matt Hardy (1st Round Match)
• Finlay def. The Great Khali (Disqualification) (1st Round Match)
• William Regal def. Hornswoggle (1st Round Match)
• CM Punk def. Chris Jericho (Semifinal Match)
• William Regal def. Finlay (Semifinal Match)
• William Regal def. CM Punk (Finals Match)
• Carlito def. Hardcore Holly
• Sen. Hillary Clinton vs. Sen. Barack Obama (No contest)
• Randy Orton, JBL, Edge and Chavo Guerrero def. Triple H, John Cena, Kane and Undertaker (Eight-Man Tag Team Match)

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