King of the Ring (2016)

King of the Ring (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on June 19, 2016, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It will be the second annual in WWE's production lineage for the King of the Ring event. It will feature talent from the SmackDown brand.

Background
King of the Ring will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's secondary television program, SmackDown. Wrestlers portrayed heels or faces as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Much like the previous year, it was announced that the King of the Ring tournament would return and a new King of the Ring would be crowned at the King of the Ring PPV. It was also revealed that a Queen of the Ring tournament would take place alongside the King of the Ring tournament. Ciaran O'Donnell, Finn Bálor, Jimmy Jacobs, Samuel Shaw, Rob Van Dam, Travis Kooper, Mike Bennett and the Miz all were able to qualify for the tournament and made it to the final eight. Emma, Eva Marie, Mickie James, Christina Von Eerie, Kaitlyn, Trish Stratus, Trista and Natalie Nova qualified for the tournament with Trista and Nova winning a Last Chance Battle Royal to gain entry. On the June 10, 2016 episode of Smackdown, Eva Marie defeated Mickie James to advance in the tournament while Emma defeated Kaitlyn to advance in the tournament, Natalie Nova defeated Trish Stratus to advance and Trista defeated Christina Von Eerie to advance. At King of the Ring, Eva Marie, Emma, Trista and Natalie Nova will compete in the Semi-Finals of the tournament while the two winners will face in the finals later that night.

On the May 27, 2016 episode of Smackdown, Taeler Hendrix scored an upset victory over reigning Divas Champion, Becky Lynch. On the June 10, 2016 episode of Smackdown it was revealed by Shane McMahon that Taeler's win had earned her a shot at the Divas Championship at King of the Ring.