King and
Queen of the Ring are respective men's and women's
professional wrestling tournaments periodically held by the American company
WWE. The King of the Ring tournament was established in 1985 with Queen of the Ring introduced in 2021 (originally as Queen's Crown; renamed in 2024). The respective winners are crowned the "King of the Ring" and "Queen of the Ring", and since 2024, they also receive a
world championship match of their respective
brand at
SummerSlam. From 1993 to 2002 and in 2015, the King of the Ring finals took place at the
King of the Ring event, while in 2024, both tournament finals took place at the
King and Queen of the Ring event, which was held in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For all other years the tournaments were held, the finals took place at another event. The 24th King of the Ring and third Queen of the Ring tournaments were announced during the June 6, 2025, episode of
SmackDown, with tournament matches beginning on the June 9 episode of
Raw and subsequently held across episodes of
Raw and
SmackDown. First round matches for each tournament consisted of four
fatal four-way matches with eight wrestlers each from the
Raw and
SmackDown brands. The winners of those matches advanced to the semifinals and those subsequent winners advanced to the finals at the
Night of Champions pay-per-view and
livestreaming event on June 28, 2025, in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Unlike prior tournaments since 2019 where there were separate Raw and SmackDown brackets and the respective bracket winners faced each other in the final, the 2025 brackets were mixed, creating the possibility that the final could be between two wrestlers from the same brand (which did in fact happen for the men). ==Finals==