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.
Last week on #SDLive, @WWERomanReigns and I went face to face & left it all in the ring. If @WWEDanielBryan has an issue with me, he can meet me in the same place I met Roman! Challenge issued.
— Buddy Murphy (@WWE_Murphy) August 17, 2019
Here’s the King of the Ring bracket:


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