While the tournaments continued to be held periodically, the event itself was to be revived in May 2023 and rebranded as "King and Queen of the Ring" to incorporate the women's tournament; however, these plans were scrapped as WWE instead held a revived Night of Champions.

The rebranded "King and Queen of the Ring" event that was intended for 2023 was rescheduled for May 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The tournament was established in 1985 by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990.

These early tournaments were held as special non-televised house shows in an effort to boost attendance at these events.

[1] In 1993, the WWF began to produce an annual June pay-per-view (PPV) event titled King of the Ring.

[6] Also around this time, the promotion introduced the brand extension, in which the roster was divided between the Raw and SmackDown!

This would have seen the event's return to PPV, in addition to airing on WWE's livestreaming platforms.

[15] Fightful later reported that WWE did not have plans to reschedule King and Queen of the Ring for later that year, but the event could possibly be used for a future Saudi show.