The Full Story of King - Before You Play Tekken 8

In Tekken's massive roster of characters, though the likes of Kazuya, Heihachi, and Jin have long been the most prominent and most central to the games, there are others who perhaps don't have equally strong connections to the core narrative but have still managed to gain immense popularity within the fanbase.
Among them, it's hard to think of many that are as widely beloved as King, a mainstay of the franchise that has appeared in every single mainline instalment (albeit in different incarnations) and has gone on to become one of Tekken's most iconic characters over the years.

[@joshuagoforth1658]

I was obsessed with king as a kid because “man with animal head”

[@SnowflakeSSQ]

TEKKEN 8 is a blast, these are the longest 11 days!

[@rickyh527]

would have been a whole lot easier to start a gofundme 😭

[@Mark-mu4pj]

King is one of the best characters in the Tekken franchise.

[@JsHutton10]

Definitely subjective

[@silveriver9]

Law is.

[@californiawells2805]

​@@JsHutton10no it ain't

[@californiawells2805]

​@@silveriver9almost. But Laws not King

[@silveriver9]

@@californiawells2805 Because Law > king

[@sportydude9337]

King represents all of pro-wrestling (his fight style), which is pretty cool.

[@emmanuelmartinez7341]

So king is nacho libre

[@DespicablepunK25]

King is inspired by a Mexican priest who was a wrestler (also inspiration for Nacho Libre) and by a legendary Japanese wrestler called Tiger Mask.

[@JustJoshinSince1998]

Yo, King is a badass. Long live the King 🐆

[@DespicablepunK25]

My main.

[@WaabaBoi]

Did you guys steal this idea from another TH-camr he just posted the same thing days before you guys

[@MrCjosue24]

I was thinking the same too.

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

He is a Tekken legend. I wish Amorking and Marduk also returned. without them the wrestling trio is incomplete. too bad Namco is too busy adding dolls and bears to the roster, they dont care about classics, they will probably not bother with that. you know, its fan service anyway and tekken community is full of dweebs. its really a shame hahah :D

[@kizaruthegreat]

Wy add them in base game when you can make extra money with them as dlc again 😢

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

True.

[@PirateJohnson]

JayCee...

[@j.briscoe9166]

It’s a leopard mask

[@BigBen3000]

It's a jaguar mask

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

One of the legendary characters in Tekken franchise... too bad Woke-Namco ruined King in the last game, made him feminine, give him pink fur costume. just like how they made Eddy a sissy. they love ruining legendary characters just for the humor what a shame hahah :D