This is the way King does it every year.
He is always 'robbed' of placing 2 higher in a show.
In this case because he was compared to Tony Freeman when he wasn't on, and when there weren't many high level competitors at that small show he picked, he somehow thinks he would be compared to him at a show where every competitor was better than him.
So he starts a fued or talks 'smack' that because he compared to Tony in one instance, he could always be compared to him despite all those other good BBers up there.
The thing is everyone stopped listening in 2003.