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HOW WWE WILL HANDLE THE KING OF THE RING TOURNAMENT

The King of the Ring Tournament will kick off this week on Raw and Smackdown in St. Paul, Minnesota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The second round will take place on the 8/26 RAW in New Orleans, LA and the 8/27 Smackdown Live in Baton Rouge, LA, according to local advertising. 

The semi-finals will take place at the 9/9 and 9/10 Raw and Smackdown tapings in Madison Square Garden.

The finals will be held at the 9/15 Clash of Champions PPV in Charlotte, NC.

The following talents will be competing in the 2019 WWE King of the Ring tournament, starting next week on Monday Night Raw:

*Ali
*Andrade
*Apollo Crews
*Baron Corbin
*Buddy Murphy
*Cedric Alexander
*Cesaro
*Chad Gable
*Drew McIntyre
*Elias
*Kevin Owens
*The Miz
*Ricochet
*Sami Zayn
*Samoa Joe
*Shelton Benjamin

This will be the first KOTR tournament since 2015, where Bad News Barrett was crowned King.

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