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Armor King is the former mentor of Tekken's recurring character, King. He was once the enemy of the first King, but eventually they became very close friends. Armor King is killed later on in the Tekken story.

History

Tekken

Armor King is a member of a Mexican tribe who carries around the Jaguar masks that both King and Armor King wear. After a fateful meeting in which the original King was inducted into Armor King's tribe, Armor King challenged him to a battle of strength. While Armor King was clearly the superior fighter, the battle ended with King escaping and damaging his eye in process. However, near the beginning of the second tournament, the two set aside their differences and become great friends.

Tekken 2

Armor King travels from one wrestling ring to another searching for a worthy challenger. Armor King watched with interest at the 1st tournament as King's attempt to win the tournament (and the much needed cash prize), ended in failure. As King chose 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 for 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 re-enter the tournament.

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. However, King was killed in attack by Ogre.

Tekken 3

Armor King saw a new fighter with a Tiger-mask step into the wrestling ring in order to save the orphanage and Armor King decides to train him as the original's successor.

Tekken 4

Before the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament, Craig Marduk started a bar brawl in Arizona and Armor King was killed. However, it has been confirmed that Armor King will appear in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

Tekken: Dark Resurrection

The PSP version of Tekken: Dark Resurrection confirms that it might well be THE Armor King who makes an appearance in the game. Although there is no mention of him being the original one, his storyline has him beating Craig Marduk, Armor King's suppossed murderer, and in his ending, when King confronts him, Armor King proceeds to Tombstone Piledrive him, one of Armor King's signature moves, and King makes a comment about seeing that move before. If it is not Armor King, it is probably a succesor well aware of Armor King's past history and with an agenda of avenging his teacher's death.

Trivia

• In Tekken 5, one of King's customizations allows him to wear Armor King's mask.
• While King's moveset is a variation on many moves used by wrestlers from the WWE, much of Armor King's moves in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection are done mainly by wrestlers more famous in the Japanese puroresu scene, most of which were popularized by Japanese professional wrestler The Great Muta. An example of some of these moves are Armor King using Asian Mist on the opponents, he also possesses the Buzzsaw Kick and Handspring Back Elbow Smash from Tajiri .
• In King's Tekken 3 ending, Armor King can be seen sitting on a chair without his mask on.
• Armor King makes an appearance in Namco X Capcom, first as an enemy. However, he will eventually join the player's team.
• It has been seen that in Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection one of his story-lined battles is against Marduk.
• In Tekken and Tekken 2, Armor King could do the "wind god fist" move, otherwise the trademark move of Mishima Style Karate. This suggests that Armor King was friends with either Jinpachi or Heihachi.

• Tekken characters
• Mexican computer and video game characters
• Fictional luchadores