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King storyline

King I Tekken story.

~ VERSION A - A mysterious masked wrestler. He is an outstanding young man who usually takes care of orphans. However, once he puts on his mask he turns into an extremely strong masked wrester who cannot be stopped by anybody. He is taking part in the tournament in order to get funds to found an orphanage. In the past, he was an orphan himself and was taken in by a friendly family.

~ VERSION B - King was once a ruthless killer. Orphaned at birth, he was a street child who only knew a life of crime. Found half dead by a Marquez Priest, he was nursed back to health and joined the order. His dream of building an orphanage can be realized by winning the Tournament.

King I Tekken 2 story.

~ After the last tournament,King returned depressed and despondant having been thourougly beaten by his great rival,Armor King.Although he recieved some payment,this was not enough to start the orphanage he had promised the children of his homeland.He sank to his knees in anguish,too ashamed to return home to the ones he loved so much.He threw down his mask and travelled to Mexico city where he lived in the gutter,searching for rotten food in the dark,brooding alleyways.
He soon aquired a taste for alcohol and began to drink heavily.On the verge of a breakdown,a figure appeared before him and tossed King's old leopard at his feet.It was Armor King,his rival and former friend,who produced a piece of paper detailing a new Rave War.King staggered to his feet and gazed in amazement.The children!He could ragain the money for the children!!!

~ King helps orphans by managing an orphanage with money he earns from Pro-Wrestling. Unfortunately, the orphanage is running out of money and King has turned to heaving drinking. He decides to participate in the tournament to regain the children's hearts and to pull his life together.

King II Tekken 3 story.

~ VERSION A - King is a young man who was raised in the original's King 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 B - 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.

King II Tekken 4 story

~ 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 responsive 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 and sent him a plane ticket.
With his plans in motion, King headed for the Tournament to await his sworn enemy, the Vale Tudo fighter.

King II Tekken 5 story.

~ King, a masked pro wrestler who inherited the spirit of two champions.
After defeating Craig Marduk in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 and avenging the death of his master, King headed towards Marduk's hospital room to put an end to everything by killing Marduk. Before he can lay the finishing blow, King realized the foolishness of his desire for vengeance and walked away.