IWF King of the Ring (1997) Card
| # | Matches | Stipulations |
| 1 | Kevin Kessler Kelmsley defeated Ahmad | King of the Ring Semi-Finals Match |
| 2 | Mick Foley defeated Jerry Lawler | King of the Ring Semi Finals Match |
| 3 | James Thomas defeated Crash | Singles Match |
| 4 | Heart Foundation (Owen Heart, David Heart Aldrich and Jim Furlong) defeated Sycho Kid and LOD (Hawk and Animal) | Six-Man Tag Team Match |
| 5 | Kevin Kessler Kelmsley defeated Mankind | King of the Ring Final Match |
| 6 | Ryan Barnhart fought Steve Johnson to a Double Disqualification | Singles Match |
| 7 | Martin McAlmond (c) defeated Ronny | Singles Match for the IWF Championship |
King of the Ring (1997) Brackets
The tournament was held between May 12 and June 8, 1997. The tournament brackets were:
| Quarterfinals (TV) |
Semifinals (PPV) |
Final (PPV) | |||||||||||
| Ahmed | DQ | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Kessler Helmsley | 3:25 | ||||||||||||
| Ahmed | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Kesser Helmsley | 7:42 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Kessler Helmsley1 | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Bryan Woods | 18:56 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Kessler Helmsley | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Mankind | 19:28 | ||||||||||||
| James Thomas | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Lawler | 11:55 | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Lawler | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Mankind | 10:24 | ||||||||||||
| Mankind | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Savio | 14:35 | ||||||||||||
1. ^ Helmsley was allowed another spot in the tournament because he pulled a job to Mabel prior to his match with Ahmed the previous week that he could be eliminated via disqualification and thus threatened the IWF with legal action; Vader was originally in this spot but was injured in his No Holds Barred match with Ken Shammy at In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell on May 11.