WWE King of the Ring 2002

2002
6.7| 3h0m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 23 June 2002 Released
Producted By: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2002)
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King of the Ring (2002) was the tenth annual King of the Ring PPV. It was presented by Snickers and took place on June 23, 2002 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was the final King of the Ring pay-per-view event. The main match from SmackDown was a singles match for the WWE Undisputed Championship whichThe Undertaker defended from Triple H. The main match from Raw was a singles match which Brock Lesnar competed aganst Rob Van Dam in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament. The predominant match on the undercard was Kurt Angle versus Hollywood Hulk Hogan, and the other matches on the undercard were Ric Flair versus Eddie Guerrero, a WWE Women's Championship match between champion Trish Stratus and challenger Molly Holly and a WWE Cruiserweight Championship match between champion The Hurricane and challenger Jamie Noble.

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Drama, Action

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Kevin Dunn

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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

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WWE King of the Ring 2002 Audience Reviews

Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.
Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
wrestlingsitewebmaster This was OK, but it could have been better. It was known who was going to win the Ring of the Ring title, and not many matches were exciting.Match 1 saw RVD challenging Chris Jericho in a semi final match up. This was very good. RVD got the win.Next up was a semi final match between Test and Brock Lesnar. While this was enjoyable, it was all Test. This was strange because Lesnar is supposed to be tough, mean, nasty and damn right destructible. All this did was make him look like a kid. Next up Ric Flair challenges Eddie Guerrero in a p*ss poor contest. It was boring, crap, slow and useless. OK yeah so WWE had to find a replacement for 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, but Flair? Give me a break! Next up Jamie Noble challenged The Hurricane for the Cruiseweight in a boring match. Nidia done my head in with her interfering actions. However I must be fair, one good spot was when Hurricane gave a Noble a neck breaker off the top rope.Next up Molly took on Trish Stratus in a usual Women's match. In other words, useless. Then Hulk Hogan took on Kurt Angle. I just fast forward this match, because I couldn't have been arsed about it. Apologies if it was good, but Hogan was getting on for 49 years of age 3 years ago, and he's no Chris Benoit is he? Next up RVD battles Brock Lesnar in the KotR final match. Common do I need to tell you who won?! This was a very good match though.Then The Undertaker challenges Triple H in a passable main event match. This was nowhere near as good as their Wrestlemania 17 clash in March 2001.Overall Grade - C+
DaveHasNoTimeForAnyOfThisBull It's a terrible main event with Undertaker/HHH stuffing their match with arm holds that women in a mud wrestling school could do. Mediocre matches all around with Angle/Hogan, Test/Lesnar, Guerrero/Flair, and RVD/Lesnar. Molly/Trish is overrated and below average in terms of quality and Hurricane/Noble has no high spots. Guerrero/Flair was put together at the last minute with Flair taking Stone Cold Steve Austin's place due to his problems with Vince McMahon behind the scenes. But it has nothing of great value from either men. I'm sorry but this is an awful PPV led by the main event hogging Undertaker/HHH match. Even The Rock couldn't do that much to make the match interesting in commentary. In case you've heard about the Booker/Goldust/Rock scene, don't buy this for it. Buy The Rock's "Just Bring It" collector's DVD for it and other great moments in The Rock's career. But to summarize, this is an iceberg of a PPV that showed that the old guys were keeping the young guys down and a PPV split should have happened a long time ago. I apologize to Undertaker and HHH fans, these two guys can still do something good for the business just never have them work together again.
Big Movie Fan SPOILERSKing of the Ring 2002 was one of the better PPV events of 2002 which has turned out to be a decent enough year for the WWE.In the opener, Rob Van Dam beat Chris Jericho in a very good match to advance to the final of the King of the Ring tournament. A great match but these past few years the tournament itself has meant very little. When it started as a PPV event in 1993, the tournament was the main event and everything else was undercard. These past few years, the tournament has been the undercard and other matches have been main events.The still green Brock Lesnar beat Test in another decent match to advance to the finals.Jamie Noble beat the Hurricane to win the Cruiserweight Title. A great match and Nidia is just beautiful.Ric Flair beat Eddie Guerrero in an exciting match. They had a match on WCW Nitro around 1996 but this bout knocked spots off that bout and was perhaps the match of the card.Molly Holly beat Trish Stratus to win the Women's Championship. Nothing special but who needs a good match when you have two beautiful younger women in front of your eyes.Kurt Angle had a match with Hulk Hogan. It was quite mediocre although it was a convincing match in the sense that Hogan and Angle did really wrestle as though they were enemies. It was also a shock to see Hogan submit. The last time he submitted before this match took place was when he was with the NWO in WCW. He submitted to Lex Luger three times in 1997 but I never thought I'd see a babyface Hogan submit. Hogan has been selfless this year.Brock Lesnar then beat Rob Van Dam to win the King of the Ring tournament. It was an okay match.The final pitted 'undisputed' champion Undertaker against Triple H. This match was no good and not a good way to end King of the Ring. I found nothing redeeming in this match.All in all, I think King of the Ring was the second best WWE PPV of 2002 after the Survivor Series.
Gary Ballance Here's a brief recap of this year's KoTR:KoTR Semi Final- Jericho vs Van Dam. Good opener. These guys obviously watched their Unforgiven match (as I did) before this match, as there's dozens of spots borrowed from it. Nonetheless, the highlights of both mens' offense, for me, were Jericho's Breakdown, Lionsault, Jumping Enziguri-type Roundhouse, Release German Suplex, Double Underhook from the top and, of course, the Walls of Jericho.(Would've liked to have seen Jericho use the Double Powerbomb on RVD, too.) Van Dam had some cool offense as well: his Split-Legged Moonsault, Somersault Over the Top Rope and Five Star Frog Splash to name a few. Although I enjoyed the match, I thought the ending was weak. Van Dam won,anyhow, w/ the Frog Splash. [Due to criticism of this match by Internet fans, Jericho shut down his Webpage and blasted Internet 'marks'. Let's overreact, shall we?]KoTR Sem-eye Final- Lesnar vs Test. Fair match. Highlight was Test & Heyman completely mistiming a shot from the apron by Heyman- it's hilarious to see. After kicking out of the big boot, Lesnar lands the F5 (which I think is the most powerful type of tornado- heard it in 'Twister') to advance.Jamie Knoble vs The Hurricane. Cruiserweight title match, and a damn good one at that. Knoble is a brilliant addition to the division, and with Rey Misterio on his way, things can only get better. Hurricane's top rope Swinging Neckbreaker was the highlight of this impressive contest, which ended w/ a win via Powerbomb for Jamie Knoble. Eddy Guerrero vs Ric Flair. OK. Great to see the first Crippler Crossface in over a year! Match isn't wonderful, but Guerrero carries Flair (whose offense has always been limited to chops and the Figure 4) to a decent match. Cheap win for Flair (whose selling of moves- screaming- was quite amusing, particularly the dropkick to the knee.)Molly Holly vs Trish Stratus. Molly gets her first Womens Title reign from an unfortunately lacklustre match. (Good to see Dawn Marie on SmackDown!, by the way)Kurt Angle vs Hulk Hogan. Angle's offense is limited due to Hogan's age and size, so his Overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplexes and Rolling Germans (stolen from Benoit) are not a factor. Angle's ring attire is awful. Anyway, another fair-but-not-brilliant match. Hogan taps to the Ankle lock. Good win for Angle.KoTR Final- Lesnar vs RVD. Shorter than Jericho vs Van Dam, this one only goes to just over 5 mins. Impressive end to this match,as Lesnar amazingly counters RVD's crossbody, hoisting him into the devastating F5.Undertaker vs Triple H. This is going to sound harsh (considering HHH wrestled with a dodgy elbow) but this match was truly awful. If you find yourself paying more attention to the commentary, then the match must really suck. Awful finish to this one, too. The Undertaker's huge kick over the announce table to the Rock's face was the highlight for me! I have tons of respect for Triple H for wrestling the match, but objectively, it's incredibly tedious.I don't know what's wrong with the PPVs nowadays, (they're still good, but they're missing that spark) but I'm hoping things will pick up soon. By the way, I would've loved a PPV-length match between Billy Kidman and Lance Storm. 2 minute SD! matches don't cut it anymore!