King of the Ring (2004)

Event
King of the Ring (2004) was the twelfth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Snickers and took place on September 12, 2004, at the Special Events Center in El Paso, Texas. King of the Ring pay-per-view feature Raw, SmackDown! and Hardnitro brands.

In the main event had the King of the Ring final match between Brian Adams and John Bradshaw Layfield. The main match from Raw was John Cena versus R-Truth for the WWE TV Championship. The predominant match from Smackdown! was Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan versus Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore. Eddie Guerrero defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWE United States title, after The Rod formerly The Shaman attack RVD. The Undertaker and Goldberg defend the WWE Grand Tag Championship through Freebird Rule, as Brian Adams was in the King of the Ring tournament, the opponents of the stable DOA were America's Most Wanted (Harris and James Storm) and Tag Team Billy and Chuck. Christopher Daniels faces Chavo Guerrero. The Rock and Samoa Joe defends the WWE World Tag title against Mark Jindrak and Chris Masters. Totally Buffed (Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell) are the new WWE Global Tag champions after beating Batista and Orton. After the match, Triple H appears, and along with Batista, the two begin to attack Orton. And the first two matches were the Tournament semifinals, with JBL versus Bully Ray and Brian Adams versus Rhino.