History of WWE King of the Ring 1995: ALL HAIL KING MABEL

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

WWE King of the Ring 1995 is widely remembered as one of the most controversial and critically panned tournaments in WWE history. From baffling booking decisions, to questionable roster choices, to the shocking coronation of Mabel as King, this event has become infamous among wrestling fans.

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0:00.0	From wrestling history channel, the legends never sleep.
0:05.6	The wrestling history channel, time in the deep.
0:11.4	Reloak the battles, the wrestling history channel.
0:19.7	From ECW chance to all hail King Mabel.
0:23.6	Welcome to the history of the 1995 King of the Ring.
0:28.7	I'm Steve Fault. Don't forget to subscribe.
0:31.1	Hit that notification button, but let's get into it because the King of the Ring 95.
0:35.2	People either love this event or people hate this event.
0:39.4	Let's talk about the history.
0:41.8	Now, originally, Ray's Ramon is in this tournament.
0:46.2	We have Sean Michaels, Razor Ramon, Undertaker, Yokozuno, all in the King of the Ring tournament.
0:52.3	Sounds like an amazing event, right?
0:55.0	You might be wrong because Razoramon was injured two weeks before the King of the Ring.
1:01.2	Well, guess what?
1:02.3	The WWF would pre-tape events months in advance.
1:06.9	So there was no way to tell the audience at home, hey, Razor Moans hurt.
1:12.2	He will not be here at this event.
1:14.8	In today's world, you can easily put out a tweet, put out a video on YouTube.
1:18.7	Boom, it's taken care of.
1:20.5	In 1995, they could not just go and fix this because multiple tapes were sent out to different locations to New York,
1:29.4	to Chicago, to Boston.
1:31.2	Each one had a different element to each event.
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