season 7 IS LIVE!
"The Final Battle for America has begun!"
"Being a 3rd generation promoter of professional wrestling, as soon as I heard about the show I loved the concept! Kings of the Ring is a suspenseful, wrestling soap opera with a passionate salute to the era of the 1980’s which was the heyday of the territory business and my father and grandmother’s promotion. Looking forward to the new season!"
--Jeff Jarrett
WWE Hall of Famer, AEW Superstar, WCW, NWA, TNA World Champion, 3rd Generation Wrestling Promoter, and 80's Wrestler!
Vince McMahon is the architect of our Wrestling Universe which is the WWE. But did you know he became the King only after winning a two-decades long #WrestlingWar against no less than SEVEN major Territories?!
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He won it by doing what the others wouldn’t, being ruthless, stealing talent and ideas, along with a host of moral, ethical, and legal sins at every turn. But he also won by having a far larger vision for production, marketing, merchandising, and turned the WWE into a spectacle with a completely different style that had more mass appeal than anyone else. And most importantly, by making fewer mistakes than his opponents.
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And McMahon didn’t even create the WWE. He bought it from his dying father. In 1985, he told Sports Illustrated:
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"Had my Dad known what my plans were,
he would never have sold his stock to me."
While their relationship was complex it's never described it as hostile or adversarial, but the IDEA that Vince’s father would be OPPOSED to his son’s plans is a fascinating thought. What if their relationship WAS hostile? What if Vince McMahon hated and despised his father? And taking over the wrestling world was his way of destroying everything his father stood for!
THAT is the KINGS OF THE RING...
A fictional over-the-top, melodramatic retelling of the 1980’s Wrestling Era following the rise and fall of the power brokers of the sport, and the sex, drugs, and muscles lifestyle of the 80’s wrestler and the sacrifices they make for success as pawns in this war.
Enter JULIAN CAIN. A cross between Steve Jobs and Gordon Gecko, this handsome obsessive genius is a 30-year old trapped between two worlds. While striving to be part of the wealthy elite, his Harvard classmates mocked him for being the son of a “carnie wrestling ringmaster”, while the brutes in his father’s locker room view him as a "pretty boy yuppie", not cut out for the wrestling biz.
His father, Jonathan Cain is the most beloved promoter in the industry who devoted his life to build the World Wrestling Alliance that maintains order and prosperity for all... but in Julian's mind, left nothing for him.
Julian’s bitterness and sociopathic tendencies result in him unleashing his fury on the wrestling world, re-shaping it in his image, and ruled exclusively by him.
Guest Voice Actors
KINGS OF THE RING is written, produced by, and features Talent from the Pro-Wrestling and MMA industry, sharing their charisma, humor, and verbal skills to voice the characters of the Kingsverse!​​
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Click on RJ City to see the rest of the celebrity voices!
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Creator Interview
Showrunner STEVE TE TAI talks 80's Wrestling and the KINGS OF THE RING on the STYLIN' PODCAST with hosts WWE Superstar RICO and the Master Emir!
You can also listen direct from here:
THE EPISODES
For Director's Commentary and
episode analysis, check out:
BREAKING KAYFABE
