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King of the Ring produced as a pay-per-view event. In 2006, the tournament finals were featured as part of the Judgment Day pay-per-view. In 2008 and 2010, the tournament was featured as a one-night tournament that aired on Monday Night RAW. In 2015, the tournament was started on Monday Night RAW and then concluded the next night as a WWE Network exclusive. The King of the Ring was the only one of the WWE's "Big Five" pay-per-view events (The others being the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series) to never be hosted at least once at Madison Square Garden. King of the Ring