10 Fascinating WWE King Of The Ring 1995 Facts

4. It Marked Only One Of Two Televised "Title" Wins For Mabel

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So they went ahead on put the crown on Mabel, arguably the 1995 equivalent of putting the WWE Championship on someone like JBL or Jinder Mahal. Neither JBL or Mahal was pelted with garbage quite like Mabel was during his coronation, pre-dating the typical nWo reception by a full year.

Amazingly, it's only one of two occasions where Mabel, an on-and-off WWE employee from 1993 through 2008, won some form of championship on TV. It was this King of the Ring victory, and seven minutes as the Hardcore Champion during the WrestleMania 2000 clusterschmazz.

Mabel did reign for a few days in March 1994 as a Tag Team champion with Men on a Mission partner Mo, but the switches took place on untelevised house shows in England.

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.