WWE Night Of Champions 2023: Is King/Queen Of The Ring Tournament Still Happening?

With the announcement of Night of Champions 2023 in late May, it’s likely that the WWE Universe will be kept waiting to know the status of the King of the Ring tournament and the women’s iteration that was attached to it.

Back in March 2023, WWE announced the return of the King of the Ring tournament and a titular pay-per-view, the first one under the old-school gimmick since 2002. In addition to the men’s tourney, the event would also see the crowning of a Queen of the Ring after Zelina Vega won the inaugural Queen’s Crown Tournament in the 2021 Crown Jewel pay-per-view.

Things changed around those confirmations in the past few days as WWE later announced that the pay-per-view was converted into Night of Champions 2023. On April 13, the announcement came from WWE’s part, leading to speculation over the future of the tournaments. In an update, PWInsider Elite reports that these two tournaments are “less likely” to return at the upcoming event.

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It was noted that the return of the Night of Champions 2023 came to effect as a result of recent changes to the creative team which might have had influences from Vince McMahon. However, it was also stressed by the source that no plans for the tournaments to happen or not happen have been set in stone yet.

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We’ll have to wait and see if WWE brings back the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments in the future moving on from Night of Champions 2023. Xavier Woods won the tournament last time in Saudi Arabia and became a new challenger to Roman Reigns. Zelina Vega won the Queen’s Crown and she capitalized on the momentums by becoming the women’s tag team champion.

Night of Champions 2023 possibly announced for Roman Reigns

It’s being rumored that King of the Ring’s conversion to Night of Champions 2023 was due to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. The PPV takes place Saturday, May 27, which will be day 1,000 of Reigns’ tenure as champion.

After skipping Backlash on May 6 in Puerto Rico, Roman Reigns is expected to compete at Night of Champions 2023. If not then a special championship celebration has also been speculated around him for quite some time on that particular night set to emanate from the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.