King (Tekken)

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King is a character in the Tekken fighting game series.

History

King I

King is a famous luchador from Mexico. There are actually two Kings in the series, both of whom wore a jaguar mask in matches. The first used to be a ruthless street brawler with no care in the world except fighting. In one of his fights, King was grievously wounded and collapsed in front of a monastery. The Marquez priests saved him from death. After recovering, King realized how wrong he was and wanted to start a new life. He became a Catholic priest and renounced his old fighting ways. He then became a man with a mission; he dreamt of building an orphanage for street children, hoping to save them from becoming the kind of person he used to be. King has one problem, however. He lacks the necessary funds to achieve his dream. King discovers the King of Iron Fist Tournament and hopes to win the prize money. Against the monastery's order not to join, King enters the tournament. He was excommunicated from his order as a punishment for going against the monastery's orders.

King returned to the streets and soon became depressed and a raging alcoholic. He would have perished had he not been convinced by his old friend, Armor King, to again wear the Jaguar Mask and join The Second Iron Fist Tournament. The second tournament made King rerealize his dream. After the tournament, King participated in both pro-wrestling and martial arts tournaments to win money for his orphanage. He also taught his fighting skills to the children under his care as a means of self-defense.

King II

Tekken 3

A young man took up both the mantle and the mask shortly after the first King was killed by Ogre, and went on to participate in Tekken 3, effectively becoming King #2. Now 27, he received further training from Armor King, only to become furious when Craig Marduk killed Armor King in a bar brawl.

Tekken 4

Upon Marduk's release (bail paid by King himself), he sent a letter challenging Craig to the tournament in Tekken 4. He defeated Craig easily in Tekken 4, sending him to the hospital, where King followed him to deliver a deadly blow. However, he stopped after seeing a portrait of Marduk and his elderly parents and let him live, realizing how foolish he had become.

Tekken 5

Upon being challenged by Craig for the fifth tournament, King steps on the ring once again to settle the score once and for all. In his Tekken 5 ending he and Craig become wrestling partners, even winning a tag team championship. Whether this ending is canon remains to be seen.

Trivia

• The character of King was inspired by both legendary Japanese pro wrestler Tiger Mask, who also had his own cartoon and comics, and real life Mexican wrestler Fray Tormenta, who just happened to be a catholic priest who became a masked wrestler in order to support an orphanage.

• As of Tekken 5, King seems to have drawn more wrestler-inspired moves into his repertoire, especially from superstars employed by the world-famous World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). For example, he has a Stunner often used by Stone Cold Steve Austin, a Tombstone Piledriver used by The Undertaker, and an Elbow Drop and Rock Bottom popularized by The Rock . One of his victory poses has him side-stepping in a manner characteristic of the original Tiger Mask. King is also seen in the opening FMV performing a Tiger Feint after being thrown across the wrestling ring by Craig Marduk, in order to prevent a collision to the outside of the ring. The maneuver is currently a trademark move of Rey Mysterio, although the original Tiger Mask pioneered it's use during matches with the Dynamite Kid in the early 80's.

• Not surprisingly, King also shares moves with other fighting game wrestlers, such as the Giant Swing, the same throw technique used by Virtua Fighter character Wolf Hawkfield and Dead Or Alive character Tina Armstrong. Also, his Tekken 5 incarnation has a version of the Spinning Pile Driver (often abbreviated as SPD), the trademark command throw of Street Fighter character Zangief.

• King never audibly speaks, he is only heard making a growling noise that sounds unsuprisingly like a jaguar's growl. But sometimes, he also meant to speak (even though only growls come out), as seen during the scene after he defeats Julia Chang in his Story Mode.

• King appears as a playable character in the Japanese game Namco x Capcom. In this game, he is a friend of Felicia, possibly due to their mutual feline affinities (or possibly due to their affiliations to Catholic organizations). Felicia makes remarks alluding to King's supposed fangs and sense of smell, prompting him to remind Felicia that he is not half-cat, merely wearing a mask.

• King's signature jaguar mask is an unlockable item for Character Creation mode in Soul Calibur III.
• There are many Luchadores in fighting games, but the Luchador that shares the most similarities with King is probably Tizoc/The Griffon Mask of Fatal Fury/King of Fighters' fame. They both are Mexicans and wear animal-themed masks (Jaguar and Griffon), and their motive for fighting is for the sake of children.
• His Tekken 5 ending shows King and Craig Marduk performing the technique "Muscle Docking" of Kinnikuman/M.U.S.C.L.E. fame. Also, one of King's special throws, the Muscle Buster, is Kinnikuman's signature move (called the "Kinniku Buster" - "kinniku" means "muscle").

Moves List

• [King - Tekken 5 - Moves List] (U.S.)

See also

• List of Tekken characters
• Armor King

 

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