WWE Announces Four King of the Ring First Round Matches for Raw and SD

WWE
Aug 17, 2019

WWE announced these four first round matches for the King of the Ring tournament that will take place on this coming week’s Raw and SmackDown…

Raw
– Cedric Alexander vs. Sami Zayn
– Cesaro vs. Samoa Joe

SmackDown
– Apollo Crews vs. Andrade
– Kevin Owens vs. Elias

Also, Buddy Murphy challenged Daniel Bryan to a match on SmackDown.

Here’s the King of the Ring bracket:

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