WWE King and Queen of Ring 2024 live updates: Results, winners

In a few hours, we’ll be in the presence of royalty.

WWE wrestlers have descended upon Saudi Arabia for the 2024 King and Queen of the Ring. The card also features four title bouts, including one on the preshow.

We’ll have live coverage of the event through the final match.

No press conference after King and Queen of the Ring?

It looks like WWE isn’t holding a news conference after today’s show, and I won’t miss it. Triple H made a few announcements during the show, including the main event of Clash at the Castle in a few weeks, and I hate seeing bad guys go out and thank their opponent. If that’s the end of those things, I won’t be upset. I do tune in, so I guess I enjoy them, but I also like the mystique of wrestling.

WWE headed back to Saudi Arabia at Crown Jewel

It was also announced during today’s show that the annual Crown Jewel is going to happen Nov. 2.

Rating the King and Queen of the Ring matches

This will be a tough one as all of the matches were good to great. The worst match was the women’s tag championship match just because it didn’t have the time on the countdown show as the others. Still, the champs looked great and I thought the challengers were fun in their role.

Next would be the Women’s Queen of the Ring match, even though it was a good one. Both worked hard and even though she’s not well liked by fans, it was nice to see Nia Jax win the belt.

After that it would probably be the IC championship match. That had everything you’d want, but it’s tough to have a classic three-way dance.

After that we’ll go with the women’s championship match, although this might be what sets up the most fun. I can’t wait to see what happens with Dirty Dom and Liv Morgan. Will he get involved Monday? Will they even have the rematch Monday?

The world championship match was next with Cody and Paul putting on a classic. The WWE has something special with Logan Paul. He’s going to be a Wrestlemania headliner, you can tell. He’s too good not to be. And I hope he stays bad. He is cool, but he’s a weasel, he’s not a hero. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.

But the highlight of this night was the King of the Ring finals with Randy Orton and Gunther putting on a clinic. I hope they revisit this feud because it has the makings of a great series. Just a great match.

Cody Rhodes retains title against Logan Paul

He took a ton of punishment, but the three Cross Rhodes to retain over Logan Paul. Paul might have lost, but he kept up with the champ. This loss doesn’t hurt him at all. I think WWE should be more careful who they let handle ring announcing going forward. There was no need for him to interfere. Rhodes jumped on the guard rail to celebrate with the fans. Looks like everyone got what they came to see, their hero reign supreme.

Main event time: Cody Rhodes defends against Logan Paul

We’re down to the final match of the evening with Cody Rhodes defending the undisputed WWE Championship against Logan Paul. This is Paul’s third time wrestling in Saudi Arabia. He lost to Roman Reigns in his first match there and defeated Rey Mysterio for the U.S. Championship last time he was there. Rhodes has been hot as of late, winning the title from Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania and defending his title in an all-time classic against AJ Styles at Backlash.

Logan Paul is coming out first. He’s such a good jerk. What a find for WWE. I have no idea how he is in real life, but he seems quite popular among the other stars. But boy does he come off as a jerk when he’s out there. He just looks like a guy you want to see get beat. And he’s so good. That makes him an awesome bad guy. And here comes the No. 1 good guy in the world, Cody Rhodes.

The guys are locking up and Rhodes gives a clean break. That was dumb! You don’t give a guy like Paul a break. That could be the difference in this matchup. Can’t think like a good guy all the time, Cody!

Neither man gets an advantage but Cody hits a slingshot gourdbuster, which is a great tip of the cap to Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson. They go to the outside and Paul takes advantage. Perfect example of Paul’s inexperience, he’s arguing with Michael Cole instead of focusing on the champion. Focus, Logan! They’re back in the ring and he’s working over Cody. He hit a front face slam out of a powerbomb. Now Logan nails Cody with a perfect inverted suplex and he is clearly in charge. Gets a two count after a standing moonsault.

Paul went to the top rope but Rhodes cut him off. Cody then hits a top rope arm drag, but looks like he hurt himself doing it. Cody tries to do a series of punches, but Paul cuts him off and applies the octopus. Rhodes gets out of it.

Paul bails to the apron and Cody hits a springboard kick. He teased a dive, but bailed when Paul moved. Rhodes joins Paul on the outside and throws him into the barricade. I miss railings. Paul takes a quick time out for some Prime, but Cody takes the bottle and hits Paul in the face with the bottle. That’s weak.

Paul grabbed a pair of brass knuckles and punches Rhodes right in the stomach. Rhodes already was banged up there, but instead of taking advantage, Paul is fighting with Michael Cole. While he was doing that, Cody recovered and hit a suicide dive. Now Rhodes is whooping up on Paul. He hits a big powerslam and both men are collecting themselves.

Rhodes missed a springboard kick, but recovers to do his punching before paying homage to the “American Dream” with an elbow smash. He gets a two count but Paul escapes.

Rhodes locks in the figure four and Paul is in pain. He’s not close to the ropes, but he’s trying. He gets there. But what is the price of that move? Paul can hardly work. That move can be devastating. It nearly ended Tito Santana’s career.

Rhodes hits a Cody Cutter, but only gets a two count. Both guys are exchanging blows with Rhodes getting the better of it. But Paul hits a Cross Rhodes and gets a two count. He didn’t insult the move the way Roman Reigns did.

Cody hits a twisting vertical suplex and starts to Cody-up, shaking the ropes. He looks for the Cross Rhodes, but Paul rams Rhodes into the turnbuckle and hits a few shoulder blocks. Then he throws Rhodes to the outside. For some reason, Paul is more interested in fighting with Cole than Rhodes. That won’t get him the title.

Paul sets Rhodes up on the announce table and looks for a pedigree, but Rhodes fights out and hits a Cody Cutter on Paul who was standing on the table. That had to kill Rhodes. Paul was about to be counted out, but Rhodes stopped it. He’s now going back outside the ring but Paul cuts him off and punches Rhodes. He’s out. Now Paul is setting Rhodes up on a table. While drinking a Prime, he climbs the top rope and hits a frog splash through the table. Wow, Rhodes is dead.

Paul gets Rhodes back in the ring and hits a frog splash. Rhodes kicked out. Paul picks up Rhodes and starts pounding away. Paul collides with the ref and Paul hits a low blow on Rhodes with the ref down. He tries to use his brass knuckles, but the special guest ring announcer makes the safe.

Cody recovers and hits three Cross Rhodes on Paul and picks up the win.

Great storytelling sets up bright future for WWE

This should be a great match, and it will need to be to steal the show because today has been a lot of fun. And the best part is every match has set up something in the future, but there hasn’t been a match where you felt cheated in any way. Every match told a great story and sets up something. And nobody who lost tonight was buried. Orton looked crazy tough, his leg gave out. Becky was cheated by the chair. Who is kicking out after Nia Jax hits that move on you? Nobody. And the IC title match made sense, while furthering the problems in the Alpha Academy. Reed will be fine too. Everyone who lost today is better than they were coming in. At least so far.

Triple H on tonight’s action, makes McIntyre-Priest official

The Chief Content Officer congratulated Liv Morgan, Gunther and Nia Jax for their victories. He also announced Damien Priest vs. Drew McIntyre live from Scotland on June 15. That’s a great main event, giving McIntyre another chance to win a championship in his hometown.

Gunther is crowned King of the Ring

It was a weird ending, but Gunther had worked on Orton’s leg for much of the match. A three-legged table is no good to anyone, as Arn Anderson would say. And Gunther took advantage of it. Huge win for Gunther, he’s your King of the Ring. I expected a great matchup and that’s what we got. It will be fun to watch Damien Priest vs. Gunther. Or Gunther vs. Drew McIntyre. Or Gunther vs. CM Punk. Or whoever has the belt in two months.

Time for King of the Ring finals: Randy Orton vs. Gunther

We’re lucky to have this one in front of us. To quote Gorilla Monsoon, this could be a main event anywhere in the country, and it really could. If you told me Wrestlemania was going to feature Gunther vs. Randy Orton, I’d first ask what happened to my tribal chief Roman Reigns? But then I’d say “wow, can’t wait to see that.” We’ve only known about this match for about 15 hours, but it’s one to be excited about. Gunther is out first and he looks as happy as Gunter can look. Got to think this is a special match for him. He’s going up against an all-time great and he seems like a guy who really respects history. Orton slowly walks out to 40,000 people singing him in. This is a pro wrestling match we’re about to see.

It will be tough for either dude to generate any sympathy. Both are among the most cold blooded dudes out there. It’s why I like Orton so much better as a bad guy, but it’s hard to make him bad because everyone loves him. It’s a good problem to have. Just something I thought about while hearing 40,000 people do a terrible job of singing Karaoke to Randy’s theme song.

It appears Gunther is getting a little emotional. Can’t blame him at all. He also looks focused. This is going to be a great one. Gunther opens with a clean break. Maybe it will be a fine scientific matchup! Orton backs Gunther into the corner and after some aggressive pushing and shoving, he too gives his foe a clean break.

Orton tried an arm wringer on Gunther, but the Raw star makes it to the ropes for a break. Neither man is pushing the pace, both taking it slow. Orton takes Gunther over with a side headlock. Fans are going nuts and the match hasn’t gotten in gear yet. This is fun.

Gunter hits his first chop and Orton doesn’t look like he enjoyed it. Gunther followed with another and he looks just as unhappy. Orton blocks the third and starts teeing off on Gunther.

Gunther took some stiff shots from Orton, but now Orton is struggling. Looks like Gunther is targeting Orton’s sore back. Gunther continues his beatdown and hits a viscous chop. Orton is in a bad way. I wrote that before Cole said the same thing. Sorry Mike. Gunther is such a good bad guy. He looks like he enjoys hurting people. Like it’s fun. That’s a good bad guy!

Orton has an armbar on Orton, and the way he pushes down on Orton’s head makes the move that much more painful. Gunther hits a backbreaker and gets a two count. Gunther hits a slam and continues to methodically take Orton apart. But Orton reverses a suplex and looks to take over. He has that sick smile on his face, Orton is now stalking Gunther. But Orton isn’t in position to take advantage. He went for a powerslam, but his knee wouldn’t allow him to even attempt the hold. Gunther is back in charge.

Spoke too soon, he hits that snap powerslam, but Gunther heads to the outside. Not smart, Orton hits the DDT from the outside in and he’s starting to pick up some momentum. He’s now stalking him looking for the three most dangerous letters in wrestling, but he is pushed off.

Gunther hits a frog splash halfway across the ring, but only gets a two count. He goes for another, misses and Orton counters with an RKO! Orton tries to make the cover, but Gunther rolls out of the ring. Smart. Very smart.

Maybe not smart, Gunther is hit with a side suplex on the announcer’s table. And again. That can’t feel good. Gunther recovers and pushes Orton back first into the apron. Fans are saying this is awesome. And they’re right.

Orton hits a back body drop as Gunther attempted a power bomb outside the ring. Orton then hits another announcer table plex. Orton throws Gunther in, but was too slow getting in and got hit with a drop kick to his knee. Gunther now in control and looking for a single leg crab. Orton kicks out, but Gunther goes right back to it. Orton isn’t feeling good. Another kickoff by Orton, but he’s banged up.

Orton hits an RKO and gets a two count. Gunther follows up with a roll up and pins Orton. Gunther is your king of the ring.

Becky isn’t happy

Becky Lynch is browbeating poor Dom Mysterio for throwing the chair in. Poor Dom, he has three women mad at him. She demands a rematch on Raw, but we’ll have to see if that gets approved. Might not be fair to the new champ, she won it today and still has to fly home. That offers little time to prepare. I wouldn’t allow it if I were the general manager!

Nia Jax wins Queen of the Ring

Despite a great effort from Lyra Valkyria, Nia Jax was crowned Queen of the Ring by Triple H. If things hold up, she’ll take on Bayley at SummerSlam. Jax was crying after she won. Good match, and she deserves it. Well done.

Queen of the ring: Lyra Valkyria vs. Nia Jax

Next up is a battle between a main roster newcomer against a longtime veteran. The safe pick would be to side with Jax, but Valkyria would get a huge boost from winning this, so that’s where I’m leaning. So far we’re two for two when it comes to great matches. And both left us with questions. That’s a good start in my opinion!

Jax is out first. She looks unhappy. Of course, she always looks unhappy. Zelina Vega tweeted she’s watching at home. She can’t catch a break. An injury kept her from defending her crown. As of now, she’s the only Queen of the Ring the WWE ever crowned. Valkyria is out next. I had no idea she had wings. Apparently ravens are the war birds of Ireland. Wonder if anyone is watching this says “Who hired Raven?” Probably not.

Jax looks confident, Valkyria looks ready. Valkyria looked for a crucifix, couldn’t get it, tried to turn it into a sunset flip, couldn’t do it, but then cartwheeled her way out of a throw by Jax. Jax missed an attack and fell outside, and Valkyria got serious height on a dropkick that just glanced off Jax. Valkyria tried for a tornado DDT, couldn’t do it, and then gets thrown to the ground by Jax who is starting to take control.

Jax is putting the boots to Valkyria and keeping up the punishment on her Irish opponent. Valkyria is tied to the “tree of woe” and gets kicked a few times. Jax is very deliberate, but maintaining control. Valkyria is fighting back with punches and kicks, but she’s greeted with a Samoan drop for a two count. Now she’s going for the banzai drop, but Valkyria rolls out. Jax tries anyway, but misses on the apron. Valkyria then hits a bulldog on the floor. Back in Valkyria hits a massive top rope dropkick and then a tornado DDT and gets a two count.

Valkyria looks like she’s given it her all and she’s still not done. Jax takes control after an avalanche in the corner. Valkyria looks to hit a sunset flip off the top rope, but Jax hits a standing Bonzai drop and picks up the win.

Two-night Summer Slam

Corey Graves and Michael Cole are talking about Friday’s big announcement. WWE announced yesterday that Summer Slam 2026 will be held in Minnesota at US Bank Stadium and it will run for two nights. The way things are going for WWE now, they could probably do this with all of their big PLEs. Royal Rumble could have men’s one night, women’s the other. Amazing at how much the company has grown in terms of roster depth the past two years.

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