News broke last week via Wrestling Inc. that WWE was going to introduce a new version of their classic King of the Ring tournament, an all-women Queen of the Ring tournament, later this year. Andrew Zarian of The Mat Men Podcast followed up that report on Tuesday, stating that the tournament will begin on the Oct. 8 edition of Friday Night SmackDown and the Oct. 11 edition of Monday Night Raw. The date of the finals for the tournament have yet to be confirmed. The initial report had the show listed as a one-night event on the WWE Network and Peacock, so it’s possible the final few rounds of the tournament will serve as one show.
Last night I beat the @wwe champion. Normally normally that means I’m owed a championship match. I’d like to exchange that for a one night King of The Ring tournament at the companies earliest convince. And I’d like Riddle on the opposite end of the bracket. I owe him one… pic.twitter.com/2Y7S4VxQa4
