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&sq=&lang=&file=File:King_of_the_Ring_2015_logo.png){kind=logo} Official logo of the 2015 King of the Ring tournament | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | April 27–28, 2015 | ||
| City | Green Bay, Wisconsin (April 27) Moline, Illinois (April 28) | ||
| Venue | Resch Center (April 27) iWireless Center (April 28) | ||
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Location | |
| Dates | April 27, 2015–April 28, 2015 |
Tournament format(s) | Single elimination tournament |
| Participants | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Bad News Barrett |
| Runner-up | Neville |
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| Matches played | 7 |
The 2015 King of the Ring was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 11th King of the Ring event and was held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois. Unlike previous King of the Ring events, which aired on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) from 1993 to 2002, the 2015 event was livestreamed exclusively on WWE's online service, the WWE Network, which made it the first King of the Ring event to air on the platform, as well as the first dedicated King of the Ring event since 2002. The event featured the semifinals and finals of the 20th King of the Ring tournament, which was won by Bad News Barrett, who defeated Neville in the final and subsequently became known as King Barrett.
The opening round matches for the tournament were held on the April 27, 2015, episode of Monday Night Raw, which aired on the USA Network from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This was the first tournament held since 2010 and the last to have a separate dedicated event until 2024; the event was planned to be revived in 2023 but was canceled and rescheduled for 2024 titled King and Queen of the Ring to incorporate the women's Queen of the Ring tournament, which was established as a female counterpart in 2021. This was also the only tournament held since the end of the first brand extension in 2011, which was reintroduced in 2016.