10 Booking Steps For WWE Queen Of The Ring
7. Give The Winner A Pay-Per-View Championship Match
What is the point of a professional wrestling tournament - a few weeks worth of unimportant in-ring action that rarely tells an actual story and is typically viewed as being absurdly tedious - if the end result doesn't include the winner(s) getting something in return?
A championship match or even an actual championship is the usual go-to. As for the King Of The Ring, though? They receive a crown for a while. That's it. They'll be viewed as a top-tier star for a month or so, before Vince McMahon forgets bout the whole ordeal, and sentences them to about half a year confined to the same feud that, of course, sees the so-called King covered in dog food.
2020 was A Year for Baron Corbin.
Wade Barrett in 2015 - no title match. Sheamus in 2010 - no title match. William Regal in 2008 - no title match. Booker T in 2006 - no title match. Brock Lesnar's 2002 victory was the last time the winner of the King Of The Ring directly earned a championship opportunity, going on to defeat the Rock for the Undisputed WWE Championship at SummerSlam two months later.
For Queen Of The Ring, this needs to be rectified. If the finals are indeed scheduled for 21 October, then gift the winner of the tournament a title outing at November's Survivor Series pay-per-view.