Three wrestlers advance to WWE King of the Ring quarterfinals

Three wrestlers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the WWE King of the Ring tournament on the SmackDown side of the bracket.

Randy Orton, Tama Tonga, and Carmelo Hayes won their first round matches on Friday’s WWE SmackDown to advance to the quarterfinals.

Orton defeated AJ Styles in the SmackDown main event to advance, Tonga defeated Angelo Dawkins in a first round match Friday to move on, plus Carmelo Hayes defeated Baron Corbin on Friday to advance to the next round.

Hayes will face Orton in a quarterfinals match on next Friday’s SmackDown, while Tonga will take on the winner of the Santos Escobar vs. LA Knight first round bout set for this weekend’s WWE house shows.

The finals of both the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments will take place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25 at the King & Queen of the Ring PLE.

The King of the Ring tournament will continue on Monday’s WWE Raw episode with a Jey Uso vs. Ilja Dragunov quarterfinals bout, plus Gunther facing the winner of this weekend’s Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio house show bout in another quarterfinals matchup.