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This article is about the second King. For the first, see King I.

King
Origin	Mexico
Voiced By	{{{voice}}}
Fighting Style	Professional Wrestling
Age	(T3) 28, (T4, T5 ,T6) 30
Blood Type	A
Height	6' 6"
Weight	295 lbs
Occupation	Orphanage manager and Pro-wrestler
Hobby	Helping orphaned children and Training
Likes	Julia Chang, Celebrating victory, Tequila, happy children, the first King, Craig Marduk (post-Tekken 5), drinking beer with the first Armor King
Dislikes	The crying and tears of children, Ogre, Craig Marduk (pre-Tekken 5 Ending), the second Armor King

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Trivia 2 Story 2.1 Tekken 3 2.1.1 Version 1 2.1.2 Version 2 2.1.3 Megafan magazine 2.1.4 Ending Animation "Destiny" 2.2 Tekken Tag Tournament 2.2.1 Ending Animation 2.3 Tekken 4 2.3.1 Ending Animation 2.4 Tekken 5 2.4.1 Tekken 5 Manual Version 2.4.2 Interludes 2.4.3 Ending Animation 2.5 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 2.6 Tekken 6 2.6.1 Ending Animation "Mysteries of The Armor King: Revealed" 2.7 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion 3 Character Relationships

Introduction

King is a character in the Tekken series, and the successor of the first King, which was killed by Ogre. King (the successor) first appeared in Tekken 3, and he has returned in all the other Tekken games after Tekken 3. The first Armor King taught King how to fight before The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3.

Trivia

• King does not speak, but instead growls like a jaguar. These growls are however translated into speech via subtitles, and the people he interacts with seem to clearly understand what he says.
• King's bosses in the Tekken Force side game in Tekken 3 are (in order of appearance) Lei Wulong, Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, and Heihachi Mishima.
• As of Tekken 5, King seems to have drawn more professional wrestler-inspired moves into his repertoire, especially from superstars employed by the world-famous WWE, e.g. Stone Cold Stunner (Stone Cold Steve Austin), Tombstone Piledriver (The Undertaker), Figure 4 Leg lock (Ric Flair), People's Elbow and Rock Bottom (The Rock), and one of his new moves in Tekken 6, the "Angle Slam"" (Kurt Angle).
• Not surprisingly, King also shares moves with other fighting game wrestlers, such as the Giant Swing also used by Wolf Hawkfield (Virtua Fighter) and Tina Armstrong (Dead Or Alive). Also, his Tekken 5 incarnation has a version of the Spinning Pile Driver (often abbreviated as SPD), the trademark command throw of Zangief's (Street Fighter).
• One of King's victory poses shows him side-stepping in a manner displayed by Rey Mysterio. King is also seen in the opening FMV performing a 619 after being thrown across the wrestling ring by Marduk, in order to prevent a collision to the outside of the ring. The 619 is Mysterio's trademark move. Furthermore, both King and Rey Mysterio are masked Mexican wrestlers, who carry on the tradition from their predecessors, also named King and Rey Mysterio respectively. For a further similarity, "Rey Mysterio" means "The King of Mystery" in Spanish.
• King rivals in Tekken Card Challenge are Gun Jack, Paul Phoenix and Lei Wulong.
• King's sub-bosses in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection are Julia Chang and Craig Marduk.
• In Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, King's second costume has him wearing a similar mask to Armor King's black jaguar mask with one green eye and one red eye. In Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Armor King's mask is one of King's customization items.
• Tekken 4 is the only game to show that King has long hair.
• Like several other characters, King has a special move in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. His special move consists of him "dancing" around his opponent ([1]). The command for this move is "1+2+3+4~1+2+3".
• When performing the "Reverse Special Stretch Bomb", which follows up from the move "Reverse DDT" on King's "Mexican Magma Drive 2" combo, instead of doing "Backdrop", you can instead start the "Reverse Special Stretch Bomb" combo by replacing "Backdrop" with "Cannonball Buster", then continuing the combo.
• He makes an appearance in Namco X Capcom, where he teams up with Felicia from Dark Stalkers.
• He shares some similarity in appearance to Guin from Guin Saga.
• In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, King can be customized to wear his first outfit from Tekken 3.
• King's "Item Move" feature in Tekken 6 is a grab move called the Octopus Special. The command for this move is "D/B+1+2", and it replaces "Figure Four Leg Lock" ([2]). The Octopus Special was originally a Stagger Kick counter hit chain back in Tekken 2. Tekken 6 is the first game where King II has this move.
• In the "Power is Everything" trailer, King and Marduk are being confronted by Armor King in what appears to be a graveyard (at 0:57 - 0:59).
• King will be portrayed by WWE wrestler Dave Batista in the upcoming Tekken film.
• In the Scenario Campaign mode of Tekken 6, King and Craig Marduk are bosses in the "Mixed Martial Arts Gym Wild Kingdom" stage.
• In King's Tekken 6 ending, a picture of Tiger Mask, the Japanese wrestler whom King is based on, can be seen on the wall behind him.

Story

Version 1

King is a young man who was raised in the original King's orphanage. After being savagely attacked by Ogre, his mentor's dying wish was for King to take over the orphanage. He now fights as a pro-wrestler to support the orphanage.

Version 2

HEIR TO THE THRONE. He's really King the second. Raised in King's orphanage, he was 24 years old when the original King was killed. He put on the mask and assumed the role of King's successor, in order to honor his mentor and save the orphanage.

The new King had only watched his mentor and really was incapable of fulfilling the legend. Armor King, knowing who killed King, felt an obligation to prepare King the Second for a rightful revenge.

Four years have passed and King the Second is now a skillful wrestler. Feeling the time is right, Armor King tells his student that the God of Fighting was responsible for King's death. Armor King breaks down in tears as he tells the gruesome story. King the Second now knows his purpose in life.

Megafan magazine

A street urchin was brought up in a Mexican orphanage owned by the original fighter to bear the name 'King'. By the age of 24, this wrestler worked hard with King until one day, news broke of King's tragic death by unknown hands. Seeing that the orphanage would crumble into ruin (the money gained from King's wrestling matches was the only funding received), this man donned the mask of King and imitated his style. Unfortunately, he had only seen King's wrestling moves as a child, and he lost every competition he entered.

One day however, another man with a mask visited the new King, introducing himself as an old friend. This fellow was Armor King, interested to find out if rumors of King's successor were true. Armor King was responsible for the first King's death, and full of remorse, he trained this new wrestler with a host of bone-crunching moves and more techniques besides. The guilt of the old King's death lay heavy on his shoulders, and training this new fighter to take King's throne was a way of showing respect.

For four years the two of them trained, and the new King learned quickly: maturing into a forceful wrestler with extreme power; known as King the Second. Told by Armor King that the "God of Fight" killed King the First, this new player's rage became unstoppable. "My master died at his hands?" roared King the Second, "He shall pay with his miserable life!" King's trembling fists became wet with the tears of Armor King. With a nod of his head, King shook Armor King by the hand... an old friendship had been restored, and a grim secret would never be revealed. Now the new King must prove himself in the ring.

Ending Animation "Destiny"

King is wrestling against another wrestler and easily takes him out. Armor King is cheering him on from the background. King is awarded the championship belt when he notices that Armor King has left the arena. King runs to the dressing room where he finds Armor King sitting with his head down, maskless.

King is featured as a playable character in Tekken Tag Tournament, a non-canonical Tekken game.

Ending Animation

King practices a multiple throw combination on a wooden dummy that looks very similar to Mokujin (although it isn't Mokujin) while Armor King watches. The throw combinations are called Cobra Clutch, Cobra Twist, Reverse DDT, Backdrop, Burning Hammer and Screwdriver. This attack deals 126 damage if done in battle, and with an ordinary wrestler it can prove to be lethal. After King finishes, Armor King gives King a thumbs up. Finally, King extends his arms to his sides and looks up to the sky. This ending takes place in King's stage.

Armor King, King’s mentor and foster father, was dead. King pledged on Armor King’s grave that he would seek revenge against the man responsible for his mentor’s death.

The man was currently serving time in an Arizona State Penitentiary. With the money he saved from professional wrestling tournaments, King arranged for the murderer’s release from prison. King then sent him a plane ticket and an invitation to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.

With his plans in motion, King headed for the Tournament to await his sworn enemy, the Vale Tudo fighter.

Ending Animation

Text

After the Tournament, King donated Mishima Zaibatsu's vast fortune to help the impoverished children of the world. But King had unfinished business to attend to...

King went to the hospital where Marduk was receiving treatment.

End of the text

King entered the room where Craig Marduk was while bringing flowers.When he entered the room he dropped the flowers grabbed Marduk's face and then was preparing to punch him.He looked at the table near him and saw a picture of the Vale Tudo's fighter family.He stopped preparing to punch him and picked up the picture and dropped on Marduk's chest and then left the hosptal.

Tekken 5 Manual Version

King, a masked wrestler with the spirits of two champions. After defeating Craig Marduk and avenging his master's death, he went to the hospital room to kill Marduk. But then he knew it was pointless to kill a patient in hospital and he walked away.

Later King hears Marduk had re match with him wearing the black jaguar's mask.

"I will not let him disgrace my master!" says King. He decides to face Marduk again in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.

Interludes

Stage 4: Julia Chang

Julia tells King to not let Marduk's words get to him and not to fight but King refuses. Julia then decides to stop King herself. After King wins, he declares Marduk will be next showing no concerns of Julia after.

Stage 7: Craig Marduk

King and Marduk are standing against each other and Marduk tells King that he will take him down "fair and square." After King's victory, Marduk admits defeat and King helps him up.

Final Stage: Jinpachi Mishima King walks through Final Stage 2. Jinpachi (in human form) walks up behind him and says, "I'm impressed that you've made it this far. I am Jinpachi Mishima. My goal... My goal is to destroy all existence!" Shortly after Jinpachi starts to speak, King turns around and notices him. After he finishes speaking, Jinpachi transforms into his "Devil" form.

Ending Animation

King and Craig Marduk are working together in a wrestling match as tag team partners beating King. He tagged with Marduk finished them. The two then grab the two opposing wrestlers and launch up into the air and land the ultimate finishing move the one King did was called the Muscle Buster and Marduk did the Muscle Driver in homage to Kinnikuman. King and Marduk then won championship belts.

King's storyline is unchanged between Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

King's friendship with Craig Marduk developed during The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.

At the end of the previous tournament, King caught wind of an attack upon Craig--he blew a gasket when he heard the assailant looked exactly like Armor King! King was determined to learn the true identity of Marduk's attacker.

During that time, King heard The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 would soon be held. He decided to enter the tournament with Craig Marduk.

Ending Animation "Mysteries of The Armor King: Revealed"

King is home. He is holding a picture of his mentor Armor King. When he tries to put it back, it falls instead and accidentally breaks with another picture behind it. He slowly looks at the other picture. King concerned asks "What's this?" It was revealed that there was another person was wearing the armor that Armor King wears alongside the original Armor King thus revealing the there are two Armor Kings.

King's storyline is unchanged between Tekken 6 and Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.

Character Relationships

• Student of Armor King, until he find out the one he saw who was killed by Marduk is Armor King's elder brother, the original Armor King.
• Wants revenge on Ogre for supposedly killing his predecessor, the original King.
• Friend of Julia Chang, as she shows concern before they fought in his Tekken 5 interlude.
• Sought and exacted revenge on Craig Marduk for killing Armor King. As of Tekken 6 they have become friends.
• Was confused about the other Armor King's identity, but later discovers that he is actually his master's brother.