 Logo ofRing Ka King | |
| Product type | Professional wrestling Sports entertainment |
|---|---|
| Owner | Endemol India |
| Produced by | Jeff Jarrett Dave Lagana Sonjay Dutt Jeremy Borash |
| Country | India |
| Introduced | 28 January 2012 (2012-01-28) |
| Discontinued | 22 April 2012 (2012-04-22) |
| Website | http://www.colorstv.in/rkk/ |
| Ring Ka King | |
|---|---|
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approximately 1 hour per episode (45 minutes and commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Colors |
Ring Ka King (transl. King of the Ring) is an Indian professional wrestling television series that was originally broadcast from January 2012 to April 2012 byEndemol India onColors TV, consisting of 26 episodes.[1] Filming for the series began in December 2011.[2][3]
The series was heavily affiliated with the AmericanTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, using some of its personnel and performers.[4] However, due to the existing Indian television broadcasting obligations TNA had withStar Sports at the time, the Ring Ka King series could not contain any references to the "TNA" name.[5] The "Ring Ka King" name is owned outright by Endemol India.[6][7]
In 2011, TNA Entertainment announced an affiliate project in India, later revealing it to be an original televised wrestling program series intended for the Indian market, titledRing Ka King.[8] Endemol India were in charge of the project, placing TNA founderJeff Jarrett as director of the series, with Dave Lagana,Sonjay Dutt andJeremy Borash as producers.[9]Savio Vega andNick Dinsmore were responsible for training the Indian talent atOhio Valley Wrestling.[10]
Ring Ka King was taped in India, and featured both Indian and non-Indian wrestlers performing on the show. A majority of the non-Indian wrestlers were under contract with TNA; this included Zema Ion, Scott Steiner, and Abyss, among others. There were also independent wrestlers such as Sonjay Dutt, Isaiah Cash and American Adonis that were featured in the series.[11]
TheRKK World Heavyweight Championship was aprofessional wrestlingheavyweightchampionship and the highest ranked title in thepromotion. RKK hosted a tournament to crown the first champion.[12]
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Morgan | 1 | 19 December 2011 | 2 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | DefeatedScott Steiner in the finals of an eight-man tournament to become the first champion. This episode aired ontape delay on 5 February 2012 | [15][16] |
| 2 | Sir Brutus Magnus | 1 | 21 December 2011 | 33 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | This episode aired ontape delay on 4 March 2012 | [17] |
| 3 | Mahabali Veera | 1 | 23 January 2012 | 91 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | This episode aired ontape delay on 21 April 2012 | [1] |
| — | Deactivated | — | 22 April 2012 | — | Pune,Maharashtra,India | — | Deactivated when Ring Ka King ended | — |
TheRKK Tag Team Championship was aprofessional wrestlingtag teamchampionship in the Ring Ka Kingpromotion. RKK hosted a tournament to crown the first champions.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Pathani Patthe | [18] | |||||||||||||
| The Sheiks (Sheik Mustafa Bashir andSheik Abdul Bashir) | W | |||||||||||||
| The Sheiks (Sheik Mustafa Bashir andSheik Abdul Bashir) | [19] | |||||||||||||
| Bulldog Hart andChavo Guerrero Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Bulldog Hart andChavo Guerrero Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Broadway andHollywood | [18] | |||||||||||||
| Sir Brutus Magnus andSonjay Dutt | [19] | |||||||||||||
| Bulldog Hart andChavo Guerrero Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Sir Brutus Magnus andSonjay Dutt | W | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Rave andZema Ion | [18] | |||||||||||||
| Sir Brutus Magnus andSonjay Dutt | W | |||||||||||||
| The Bollywood Boyz(Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) | [19] | |||||||||||||
| The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) | W | |||||||||||||
| Mumbai Catz | [18] | |||||||||||||
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulldog Hart andChavo Guerrero Jr. | 1 | 20 December 2011 | 28 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | Hart and Guerrero defeatedSir Brutus Magnus andSonjay Dutt in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions. This episode aired ontape delay on 19 February 2012 | [19] |
| 2 | RDX (Abyss andScott Steiner) | 1 | 17 January 2012 | 5 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | This episode aired ontape delay on 11 March 2012 | [20] |
| 3 | The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra andHarv Sihra) | 1 | 22 January 2012 | 92 | Pune,Maharashtra,India | Ring Ka King | This episode aired ontape delay on 14 April 2012 | [21] |
| — | Deactivated | — | 22 April 2012 | — | Pune,Maharashtra,India | — | Deactivated when Ring Ka King ended | — |
| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abyss | Chris Parks | |
| Aghori Saya | Monty Singh | |
| American Adonis | Christopher Mordetzky | |
| Barood | Sandeep Tikone | |
| Bulldog Hart | Harry Smith | |
| Chavo Guerrero Jr. | Salvador Guerrero IV | |
| Deadly Danda | Saurav Gurjar | |
| Dr. Nicholas Dinsmore | Nicholas Dinsmore | |
| Gurv Sihra | Gurv Sihra | |
| Harv Sihra | Harv Sihra | |
| Isaiah Cash | Andrew Hankinson | |
| Jeff Jarrett | Jeffrey Jarrett | Founder |
| Jimmy Rave | James Guffey | |
| Joey Hollywood | Joseph Meehan | |
| Jwala | Tejinder Singh | |
| Mahabali Veera | Amanpreet Singh | |
| Matt Morgan | Matthew Morgan | |
| Max B | Max Basnet | |
| Mumbai Cat #1 | James Guffey | |
| Mumbai Cat #2 | Joseph Meehan | |
| Pagal Parinda | Vikas Kumar | |
| Pathani Pattha #1 | Ashab Ahmad Malik Hashim | |
| Pathani Pattha #2 | Ghulam Sabir | |
| Roscoe Jackson | William Mueller | |
| Romeo Rapta | Dinesh Kumar Rapta | |
| Scott Steiner | Scott Rechsteiner | |
| Sheik Abdul Bashir | Dara Daivari | |
| Sheik Mustafa Bashir | Ariya Daivari | |
| Shera | Harjeet Singh | American Adonis' translator/Wrestler |
| Sir Brutus Magnus | Nicholas Aldis | |
| Sonjay Dutt | Retesh Bhalla | |
| Tony Broadway | James Maritato | |
| TNT | Juan Rivera | |
| Yamamotoyama | Yamamotoyama Ryūta | |
| Zema Ion | Michael Paris | |
| Zoravar | Sarvesh Kumar |
| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alissa Flash/Raisha Saeed | Melissa Anderson | As Raisha Saeed, manager of The Sheiks (Sheik Abdul Bashir and Sheik Mustafa Bashir) |
| Mickie James | Mickie James | |
| Angelina Love | Lauren Williams |
| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Lagana | Dave Lagana | Head writer |
| Dutch Mantell | Wayne Keown | Trainer |
| Jeremy Borash | Jeremy Borash | Interviewer Ring announcer |
| Jazzy Lahoria | Jazzy Lahoria | Commissioner (kayfabe) |
| Joe Bath | Joe Bath | Commentator |
| Keith Mitchell | Keith Mitchell | Producer |
| Kubra Sait | Kubra Sait | Ring announcer |
| Rick Fansher | Rick Fansher | Director |
| Rudy Charles | Daniel Engler | Referee |
| Bill Clark | Bill Clark | Referee |
| Ram Menan | Ram Menan | Interviewer |
| Siddharth Kannan | Siddharth Kannan | Commentator |
| Harbhajan Singh | Harbhajan Singh | Promoter |
| Savio Vega | Juan Rivera | Trainer |
| Country | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|
 Canada | Rogers Cable (Colors) | |
 United Kingdom | Sky (Colors) | |
 United States | Dish Network (Colors) |
