King of the Ring (2006)
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Brand(s) | SmackDown! | |||
| Date | April 14–May 21, 2006 | |||
| Venue | See below | |||
| City | See below | |||
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The 2006 King of the Ring tournament was the seventeenth edition of the King of the Ring tournament produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The tournament was held between April 14 and May 21, 2006 and was the first tournament conducted since the 2002 tournament which was won by Brock Lesnar. This was the first time the King of the Ring tournament was not conducted as part of the former pay-per-view event that bore the tournament's name since the 1991 tournament, which was won by Bret Hart. Unlike previous tournaments, this King of the Ring was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand and only wrestlers contracted with the brand could compete.
The tournament was won by Booker T, who defeated Bobby Lashley in the finals and began referring to himself as "King Booker" until he left WWE in October 2007.
The quarter-final and semi-final rounds took place on editions of SmackDown! from April 14 to May 12. The final round took place at Judgment Day.
The first quarter-final match in the 2006 King of the Ring tournament took place on April 14, 2006 edition of SmackDown! between Kurt Angle and Randy Orton. Angle dominated the earlier part of the match by a series of clotheslines and a Belly To Belly Suplex to Orton. Angle applied an Ankle Lock earlier on in the match but Orton escaped the move. Orton gained momentum and attacked Angle's arm and shoulder, injuring them. Orton continued to tear Angle's arm and shoulder until Angle attempted a Sunset Flip and reversed it into an Ankle Lock but Orton did not submit and worked on Angle's injured arm and shoulder. Angle eventually sent Orton out of the ring. As Orton returned into the ring, Angle performed three German Suplexes and attempted an Olympic Slam, which he calls Angle Slam. Orton countered it into an Inverted Backbreaker. Orton tried to an Jumping Cutter, which he calls RKO. Angle blocked the move and applied an Ankle Lock on Orton, forcing him to submit to the hold. After the match, Angle applied two more Ankle Locks on Orton, injuring his ankle in storyline.
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