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King Kong Bundy
King Kong Bundy (Christopher Pallies, 1957 or 1955 to March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, a 6'4", 458-pound WWE heel famous for the five-count demand, the Avalanche Splash, and the WrestleMania 2 steel cage main event against Hulk Hogan.
King of the Ring
King of the Ring is WWE's long-running men's single-elimination wrestling tournament, first held July 8, 1985 (Don Muraco), a pay-per-view 1993-2002, revived periodically, now paired with Queen of the Ring with a SummerSlam world title shot for the winner.
King of the Ring (1998)
King of the Ring (1998), also styled WWF King of the Ring '98, was a WWF pay-per-view on June 28, 1998 in Pittsburgh, won by Ken Shamrock and remembered for The Undertaker throwing Mankind off the Hell in a Cell.
King of the Ring (2000)
King of the Ring (2000), also WWF King of the Ring 2000, was a WWE pay-per-view on June 25, 2000 at the FleetCenter, Boston. Kurt Angle won the tournament; The Rock won the WWF Championship; 475,000 buys.
King of the Ring (2001)
King of the Ring (2001), ninth annual WWF King of the Ring pay-per-view, June 24, 2001, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ; Edge won the tournament, Booker T attacked Steve Austin, Angle vs. Shane street fight.
King of the Ring (2002)
King of the Ring (2002), also called WWE King of the Ring 2002, was a WWE pay-per-view on June 23, 2002 in Columbus, Ohio. Brock Lesnar won the tournament, earning a SummerSlam title shot against The Rock; it was the last annual King of the Ring PPV.
King of the Ring (2015)
King of the Ring (2015) was a WWE Network special on April 28, 2015 in Moline, Illinois, where Bad News Barrett beat Neville in the final of an eight-man tournament revived after a five-year gap.
King of the Ring tournament
King of the Ring tournament, also King and Queen of the Ring: WWE single-elimination wrestling tournament first held July 1985 (Don Muraco first winner), a pay-per-view 1993-2002, revived with a SummerSlam title match prize.
Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu
Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu, formerly New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, is a submission grappling academy in Austin, Texas led by John Danaher, Gordon Ryan, and Garry Tonon, known for systems-based leg lock and back attack training and ADCC champions.
Kip Sabian
Kip Sabian (Simon James Kippen, born 1992, Great Yarmouth, England) is a British professional wrestler signed to AEW since 2019; won AEW's first-ever singles match over Sammy Guevara, ran the box-head 'Underrated, Over It' gimmick, and joined The Patriarchy.
Kiril of Bulgaria
Kiril of Bulgaria, born Kiril Milov in 1997 in Dupnitsa, is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler and three-time European champion at 97 kg (2022, 2025, 2026).
Kisenosato Yutaka
Kisenosato Yutaka (稀勢の里 豊), born Yutaka Hagiwara in 1986, is a retired Japanese sumo wrestler, the 72nd yokozuna (2017-2019), first Japan-born grand champion since Wakanohana, now Nishonoseki stablemaster who trained yokozuna Onosato.
Kit Wilson
Kit Wilson, English WWE wrestler (formerly Sam Stoker/Sammy Smooth), half of Pretty Deadly with Elton Prince; two-time NXT Tag Team and former NXT UK Tag Team Champion, now a solo SmackDown 'toxic' gimmick.
Kiyomi Kato (olympedia 59031)
Kiyomi Kato (加藤喜代美), Japanese freestyle wrestler, Olympedia ID 59031; born 1948 in Asahikawa; won 1972 Munich Olympic gold at flyweight ≤52 kg and 1970 Asian Games silver. Not the volleyball player of the same name.
Klaus Reichert
Klaus Reichert, born 1947 in Hanau, is a retired West German foil fencer, OFC Bonn dentist, Olympic team gold 1976 and silver 1984, three world team titles 1977, 1983, 1987.
Klitschko brothers
Klitschko brothers: Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxers, first brothers to hold world heavyweight titles simultaneously and all major belts in 2011; Vitali later mayor of Kyiv.
Knockout
A knockout (KO) is a fight-ending result in combat sports in which a contestant cannot continue after legal strikes, classically counted out by the referee for ten.
Knut Fridell
Knut Hilding Fridell (1908–1992), Swedish freestyle wrestler from Uddevalla; won gold in light-heavyweight (87 kg) at the 1934 Stockholm Europeans and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, first of six Swedish gold medalists there.
Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston (Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah), Ghanaian-born WWE wrestler, New Day member, first African-born WWE Champion (WrestleMania 35, 2019), record 954 cumulative days as tag champion, left WWE May 2026.
Koki Kano
Koki Kano (加納 虹輝), born 1997 in Aichi, Japan, is a men's épée fencer, double Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020 team, Paris 2024 individual), Paris team silver medalist, and 2025 double world champion.
Koko B. Ware
Koko B. Ware (James Ware, born 1957), American wrestler, "The Birdman" of the WWF 1986-1990s with macaw Frankie; sang Piledriver, first Raw match, WWE Hall of Fame 2009, retired 2019.
Komeil Ghasemi
Komeil Ghasemi (کمیل قاسمی, born 1988) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who won super-heavyweight gold at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016, making him Iran's most decorated wrestler.
Konami (たかもと 里奈) (wrestler)
Konami (小波) is a Japanese professional wrestler, born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, who debuted in 2015, joined Stardom in 2018, and is a member of the HATE faction.
Konishiki Yasokichi (小錦八十吉)
Konishiki Yasokichi (小錦八十吉), born Saleva'a Atisano'e, Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler, first foreign ozeki (1987), three championships (1989, 1991, 1992), Takasago stable, retired 1997.
Konnan
Konnan, born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises, is an American wrestling personality and former wrestler who became a major star in Mexican lucha libre and wrestled for WCW and TNA.
Konnor (wrestler)
Konnor (Ryan Parmeter, born 1980), also Big Kon, American wrestler; half of WWE's The Ascension with Viktor, record NXT Tag Team Championship reign, later Impact Wrestling's The Design.
Konstantin Vyrupayev
Konstantin Vyrupayev (Константин Вырупаев), Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler from Irkutsk; 1956 Melbourne Olympic bantamweight gold and 1960 Rome featherweight bronze; first Siberian Olympic champion; later coach and namesake of the Irkutsk memorial tournament.
Korean martial arts
Korean martial arts (한국 무술): taekwondo, hapkido, taekkyeon, tangsoodo, gumdo. Taekwondo, defined by kicking techniques, is Korea's national martial art, an Olympic medal sport since Sydney 2000, certified by the Kukkiwon and governed internationally by World Taekwondo.
Kosei Inoue
Kosei Inoue (井上康生), born 1978 in Miyakonojo, Japan, is a judoka who won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000 and three world titles, later Japan head coach and IJF Sport Director.
Kostya Tszyu
Kostya Tszyu (Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu, Константин Борисович Цзю), born 1969 in Serov, Soviet-born Australian boxer; undisputed junior welterweight champion 2001-2005, IBHOF Class of 2011, father of Tim and Nikita Tszyu.