Despite the show being mainly focused on the King of the Ring tournament, the main event featured Jerry Lawler (who was celebrating his birthday that day) facing WWE Champion The Miz for the title in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, which marked Lawler's first match for the WWE Championship.

[1] In 1993, the promotion began to produce the King of the Ring tournament as a self-titled pay-per-view (PPV).

In the final qualifying match for the Raw roster, John Morrison defeated Tyson Kidd.

Kofi Kingston became the first person from the SmackDown roster to qualify for the tournament by defeating Jack Swagger.

In the second qualifying match, Alberto Del Rio defeated Big Show by countout.

In the final qualifying match for the SmackDown roster, "Dashing" Cody Rhodes defeated Rey Mysterio.

[10] That August, the brand extension ended, thus all shows and pay-per-views featured WWE's full main roster.