The undercard featured Victor Mechkov vs Carlos Hicks, Richard Simpson vs Pati Afoa, Michelle Preston vs Kristan Armstrong, Joey Baylon vs Dayne Williams and Slav Alexeichik vs Matt Saville. These Tournaments were competed on 7 April 2017 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Next up Demonio Infernal defeated Fresero Jr. on two occasions, followed by another successful defense on January 19, 2020 where he defeated Fuerza Guerrera Next Generation. The undercard featured Vahid Unesi vs Salam Hermez, MMA fight Aaron Tau vs Logan Price, Josh Marsters vs Haaimiora Parsons-Grace and TY Williams vs Mandela Ale. The undercard featured Yousef Almesfer vs Andrew Watson, Mikaera Povey vs Zak Fatamaka, WMC Lightweight Title Ra Redden vs Joey Baylon, Brendan Varty vs Edwin Samy, Richie Hardcore vs Hayden Todd and Andrew Peck and Tafa Misipati.[6]. He also mentioned how he always felt like the King Of The Ring angle was outdated and more of a comedy act that damaged Barrett more than it helped him. "He was a guy that if you were to just continue to groom and build his character and take your time with him, God knows the limits this guy could have had," Arn added. The undercard featured Rasy Soth vs Ethan Sudasarna, Pong Chau vs Andre McDonald and vacant WBC Muay Thai World Super Flyweight Title bout Fani Peloumpi vs Michelle Preston. 8am Audit Weight Check 9am Wrestling. The undercard featured Tom Williams vs Socrates Fernandes, Cody Scott vs Roman Nia, Alexi Serepisos vs Albert Xavier and Brad Riddell vs Michael Badato. † Despite winning the first round, Jordan Syme could not continue to the semi-finals due to injury. I guessed wrong on the way that the story was told, and I guess that's why people are so up-in-arms about it. While weighing whether or not Wade Barrett beating John Cena cleanly would have hurt Cena, he referred back to the tried and true angles that heel factions have always used their strength in numbers to overcome the babyface. "It's a pretty simple concept, but man, you can build some heat and some frustration with the audience by using those numbers.". When they're all together, they were unbeatable, and that was the story you should tell with Nexus and you could have run with that for God knows how long. [8], MasLuchas revealed that the 2020 Rey del Ring tournament would have a different format in 2020. The Rey del Ring (2020) (Spanish for "King of the Ring") was a professional wrestling, or lucha libre, tournament held between June 14 and September 6, 2020. [5] IWRG promoted the show without announcing a single participant ahead of time. The undercard featured Zoph Bell vs Andre MacDonald, Ben Te Tai vs Ben Petersen and WKBF New Zealand Heavyweight Title bout Taylor Matthews vs Fou Ah-Lam. These Tournaments were competed on 19 June 2015 at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua, New Zealand. The undercard featured Ajay Alsaeed vs Sam Parkes, Devan Syme vs Andre MacDonald, Jeeta Prasad vs Natalie Mackey, Hayellom Tesday vs Jordan Smart, Mark Timms vs Hayden Todd. The undercard featured Eden Phillips vs Tyer Hedley, Nate Law vs Elijah Taufuiaavalu and David Tuitupoa vs Thomas Peato. "You cannot account for all eight guys at every waking moment, and there's the one that you didn't see that gets you," Arn added. The undercard featured Zen Neethling vs Dan Robertson, Aaron Cole vs Jon Anderson, Ty Williams vs Tony Angelov and Pettawee Sor Kittachai vs Dominic Reed. The undercard featured Sanchai Aung vs Joey "The Filipino Kid" Baylon, Gaella "The Slayer" Nixon Baybee “Pitbull” Nansen, Benson Eves vs Wayne Hehea, Nikolas "The Greek" Charalampous vs Scott Taliauli, Edwin "Electric" Samy vs Mikaera "Shotgun" Povey, Tony Angelov vs Andrew Bannam and Pati "The Arsenal" Afoa vs Kyle "The Knee Assassin" Gallacher. Guys that could perform. "In that particular moment, it was too much," Cena said. King in the Ring 62VI He believes that's why people have been talking about it since. The King of the Ring tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by WWE. The undercard also featured Muay Thai NZ title bout with James Gordon vs Rod McSwain. The Tournament was on 6 September 2019 at Palmerston North, New Zealand. The undercard featured Davor Matarugic vs Milos Rastovic, Terrence Montgomery vs Tyrene White and Taalili Wilson vs Jarrod Thompson. The Tournament will be competed on 15 September 2017 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The Rey del Ring (2020) ( Spanish for "King of the Ring") was a professional wrestling, or lucha libre, tournament held between June 14 and September 6, 2020. The undercard featured Junior Tupufia vs Iain Clegg, Ollie Schmid vs Hayellom Tesfay, Davor Matarugic vs Fou Ah-Lam. The Tournament was on 30 March 2019 at Barfoot & Thompson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. If an injury occurs to a winning boxer that eliminates him from the competition, he is to be replaced by the most deserving or merit worthy losing boxer from the earlier competition or reserve fight winner as decided by the Supervisor. The opening bout of the night was ONeil Wiperi vs Ricky Hita. The tournament starts with two blocks of 15 wrestlers until only one remains. The 2020 Rey del Ring will be the 18th over all Rey del Ring tournament held by IWRG. The undercard featured Mike Beavington vs David 'Sanchai' Aung, WKBF World Cruiserweight Title TY Williams vs Ben "Iron Fist" Johnson and Antz “Notorious” Nansen vs Nato Laauli. [6], Demonio Infernal won the 2019 Rey del Ring tournament and championship on May 19. This was the seventeenth time IWRG has held their annual IWRG Rey del Ring tournament, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing restrictions imposed by the Mexican government was not a 30-man elimination match like other years, but instead, a 30-man single-elimination tournament, filmed in the empty Arena Naucalpan for broadcast. [4], The Tournament was competed on 1 September 2012 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Mehdy Labriny contributed to this article. KING in the Ring 62VI - The Lightweights, (With current event restrictions in place, compulsory ..., Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland, Auckland, 2 October 2020. Two months later, cash has become king across global markets and the economy. "The factions that were successful throughout history had strength in numbers, and the reason they were so frightening, and so scary, and so effective is they would utilize those numbers in careful ways to where you could beat all of them individually if you're a babyface. The event was commissioned by NZPBA (boxing) and NZMMAF (MMA). [2], The event featured four professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. I was wrong once.". "I think The Nexus had probably another year and a half that you could have been piling the heat on them," Arn said. Due to this, both were not able to continue into the final. For the tournament the champion would vacate the Rey del Ring Championship prior to the actual Rey del Ring match itself. The Tournament was competed on 9 November 2013 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. You had some really, really young and upcoming stars in that group. It has been reported that the original plan was for Nexus to go over in the SummerSlam 2010 match, but Cena had the finished changed to where he won by eliminating Justin Gabriel and Wade Barrett by pinfall and submission, respectively. There were no holes in weight anywhere. "When you start fiddling with it - that whole King of the Ring thing concept to me was just dated, and it was a 'haha' act. [4] All Rey del Ring shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general are held in Arena Naucalpan, owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena.