History of WWE King of the Ring 1993: When Bret Hart Told Hulk Hogan to “F Off

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The 1993 King of the Ring was a turning point in WWE history — a night where Bret “The Hitman” Hart proved himself as the company’s true workhorse while Hulk Hogan’s era came crashing down. From behind-the-scenes tension and controversial booking decisions to Bret reportedly telling Hogan to “F off,” this event marked a massive shift in WWE’s power structure. Join us as we break down the matches, the real-life drama, and the lasting legacy of King of the Ring 1993 — the night Hulkamania died and the New Generation began.

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0:00.0	This is a prime time with Sean Mooney production. The Wrestling History Channel From Hogan refusing to do the job to photographers, having exploding cameras,
0:29.3	welcome to the history of the King of the Ring, 1993, right here on the wrestling
0:33.6	history channel.
0:34.5	I'm C-Fall, and boy, we have a show for you today because the 1993 King of the Ring, some people
0:42.9	love, some people hate, and we'll discuss the historical facts all around this event.
0:48.5	And one of the big ones is around this time, WCW has expanded its paper views.
0:53.6	No longer are they sitting on just Halloween Havoc and Starcades and SuperBrawl and things of that nature.
0:59.4	They keep adding more and adding more and adding more.
1:02.7	Well, suddenly, WWE only has Roy Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, the Big Four.
1:10.6	Traditionally, we've been used to this.
1:13.4	But now the WWF has realized, whoops, we are losing some of our pay-per-view buy rates to
1:21.2	WCW.
1:22.5	So let's up the ante.
1:24.0	So he add King of the Ring, 1933 to the pay-per-view lineup, starting this sort of the big four, I guess the big five.
1:31.3	Up until 2002, King of the Ring was a annual pay-per-view and people really looked forward to it because if you weren't watching early WWF, we weren't really seeing tournaments on television that much.
1:44.5	We got to see the wrestling classic, which is the second ever WWF, we weren't really seeing tournaments on television that much. We got to see the wrestling classic, which is the second ever,
1:47.3	WWF pay-per-view, have a 16-man tournament.
1:50.5	WrestleMania 4 had a tournament for the vacated world title,
1:53.5	but reality, tournaments weren't a big thing.
1:56.7	And now it's a pay-per-view.
1:59.0	And I really enjoyed having another event to watch as a kid, as an adult, because the concept, though, was not new.
2:07.6	The WWE was having King of the Ring tournaments and house shows dating back to the early 80s.
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