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Armor
King travels from one wrestling ring to another, searching for a worthy
challenger. The original Armor King watched with interest at King's
attempt to win the first tournament in need of money for his orphanage.
Although King did not win the tournament, he won third place, giving him
enough money to build his orphanage.
Soon after a child dies in his care,
King ran away, choosing the path of the drunkard. Armor King saw a total
change in his old rival as King no longer entered any wrestling tournaments
and disappeared for long periods of time. Armor King became worried about
his friend/rival and intervened just in time, as King was at the edge of
a breakdown. Finding King distraught and drunk in an alleyway, he convinces
him to get back into the spirit of fighting and enter the second tournament.
After meeting King at the tournament, he defeated him, despite the other
fighter's resolve and new techniques. Telling him of his orphanage, he
bids King to return to his foster children.
"The
mysterious masked wrestler, Armor King.... Just who is behind the steel
armor and black jaguar mask and what do they seek? The answer is veiled
in mystery." That is all that is said about him in his Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
prologue. Craig
Marduk murdered the original Armor King during the time of the King of Iron
Fist 4, but Armor King's brother took his place and returned as the one they
call "Armor
King" in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
During
the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Armor King attacked Craig Marduk and
than vanished. Who is this man hidden behind the black jaguar mask and
steel disguised as Armor King? What's his relationship to King and for
what reason did he attack Craig? Still hidden in mystery, the gong for
the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 has all ready been rung.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OTHER
APPEARANCES:
Tekken
2, Tekken
Tag Tournament, Tekken Tag Tournament 2,
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection,
Tekken:
Dark Resurrection,
Tekken 6, Tekken
6: Bloodline Rebellion, Tekken 7 (Season 2),
Tekken 3D: Prime
Edition, Tekken Hybrid, Tekken
Revolution, Namco
X Capcom
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Updated: May 6th, 2024
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Armor King was always a mysterious and cool Tekken character, but he's
certainly come a very long way since the early days. He didn't have a huge amount of unique moves in T1/T2, but that changed when he made
his epic return
in TTT1 - where his moveset was redefined with new moves and mannerisms. After Tag, Armor King
was absent in the series for quite some time (and
King ended up
with many of his moves in T4/5). Later, history repeated itself in T5DR with Armor King's second epic
return, where his design and moveset were re-imagined with tons of new moves & animations.
His later versions in T6, TTT2 & T7 are without
a doubt his most fleshed-out appearances to date. He's got so many badass moves & throws, and
quite frankly, A.King puts a lot of other fighting game wrestlers to shame in terms of "ouch factor". He's got some of the
hardest-hitting throws and attacks of all time, and a very dynamic fighting
style. He doesn't slack on the martial arts either... he's got great looking kicks, for days! Besides a few "classic" moves that he couldn't be without, Armor King now fights entirely different from King. He's evolved very impressively over the years and now stands alone as a timeless design.
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