Every WWE King Of The Ring Winner Ranked From Worst To Best

12. Ken Shamrock (1998)

The World’s Most Dangerous Man won the King of the Ring tournament at the height of the Attitude Era and the pinnacle of the tourney’s success in pinpointing future main-eventers in 1998, but it’s tough to say it did anything for his WWF career.

After winning the crown, Ken Shamrock engaged in a couple middling feuds before winning the Intercontinental Championship four months later. Two months later, he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with the Big Boss Man, making him a rare dual champion. His IC title reign would end after four months, which was an eternity during the Attitude Era.

Afterward, Shamrock dithered around in the mid-card for a while before leaving WWF in late 1999, ending his run with the company. While the King of the Ring didn’t propel Shamrock to the top, he didn’t flounder like the following year’s winner, Billy Gunn, so it’s hard to blast this reign. Call it a neutral reign.