Ring Ka King | |
Producttype: | Professional wrestling Sports entertainment |
Currentowner: | Panda Energy |
Producedby: | Dixie Carter Jeff Jarrett Jeremy Borash Dave Lagana Dutch Mantell |
Country: | India |
Website: | http://www.colorstv.in/rkk/ |
Network: | Colors |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 26 |
Runtime: | Approximately 1 hour per episode (45 minutes and commercials) |
Ring Ka King was an Indian professional wrestling brand of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[1] Filming for the promotion's television product began in December 2011 with the backing of Endemol and debuted on India's The Colors Network on 28 January 2012.[2] [3] The first season of 26 episodes concluded on 22 April.
Jeff Jarrett was in charge of the promotion, working alongside Dave Lagana, Sonjay Dutt and Jeremy Borash.[4] Savio Vega and Nick Dinsmore were responsible for training the Indian talent at Ohio Valley Wrestling.[5]
In 2011, TNA announced a project in India. The project was revealed to be an original televised wrestling program intended for the Indian market, titled Ring Ka King. The promotion was managed by Jeff Jarrett. Jeremy Borash, Dave Lagana and Sonjay Dutt helped Jarrett with management.
Ring Ka King was taped in India, and featured both Indian and non-Indian wrestlers performing on the show. A majority of the non-Indian wrestlers were under contract with TNA; this included Zema Ion, Scott Steiner, and Abyss, among others. Independent wrestlers Sonjay Dutt, Isaiah Cash and American Adonis were also featured on the show.
After the first season of Ring Ka King, TNA expressed doubts that a second would be produced.
The RKK World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship and the highest ranked title in the promotion. RKK hosted a tournament to crown the first champion.[6]
Order in reign history | ||
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed | |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won | |
- | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign | |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
width=0% | width=20% | Wrestler | width=0% | Reign | width=10% | Date | width=0% | Days held | width=16% | Location | width=17% | Event | width=60% class="unsortable" | Notes | width=0% class="unsortable" | Ref(s) | |
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— | 22 April 2012 | — | Pune, Maharashtra, India | — | Deactivated when Ring Ka King ended | — |
The RKK Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Ring Ka King promotion. RKK hosted a tournament to crown the first champions.
Order in reign history | ||
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed | |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won | |
- | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign | |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
width=0% | width=20% | Wrestlers | width=0% | Reign | width=10% | Date | width=0% | Days held | width=16% | Location | width=17% | Event | width=60% class="unsortable" | Notes | width=0% class="unsortable" | Ref(s) | |
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and | [11] | ||||||||||||||||
RDX | [12] | ||||||||||||||||
The Bollywood Boyz | [13] | ||||||||||||||||
— | 22 April 2012 | — | Pune, Maharashtra, India | — | Deactivated when Ring Ka King ended | — |
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American Adonis' translator/Wrestler | ||
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Country | Network | Ref | |
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Canada | Rogers Cable (Colors) | ||
United Kingdom | Sky (Colors) | ||
United States | Dish Network (Colors) |