– WWE’s mobile service announced this evening that Jim Ross will fill in for Jerry Lawler at the announce booth tonight on Raw.

Their statement reads, “BREAKING NEWS: Tonight LIVE 8/7 CT on USA Network. Jim Ross returns to Raw announce booth while Jerry Lawler continues his recuperation.”

Raw will feature a three-man announce team since John “Bradshaw” Layfield will also call the action. Joey Styles tweeted, “THIS JUST IN: @JRsBBQ to join @JCLayfield and @MichaelCole on commentary tonight on @WWE #RAW. @JerryLawler headed back to Memphis!”

– Kelly Kelly is ranked No. 13 on Sports Illustrated’s “Top 15 Sports WAGs on Twitter” list. SI Says of the sexy, smart and powerful Diva, “WWE diva Kelly turned heads at SummerSlam last year when she smooched a mystery man at ringside. The mystery man turned out to be Stars defenseman Sheldon Souray, and the two have been an item ever since.”

– In an effort to raise cancer awareness, WWE has changed the link colors on their Twitter page to pink.

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler has been released from a Montreal hostpial and is headed home one week after suffering a heart attack.

The official statement from WWE.com reads:

Jerry “The King” Lawler has been released from a Montreal medical facility and will be heading home in the next several days. We continue to wish Jerry all the best, and we look forward to him returning to WWE in the future.

As reported earlier, former WWE superstar JBL will be replacing Lawler on commentary tonight on WWE RAW, as he did last night at Night of Champions.

* VIDEO Of Jerry Lawler At The Hospital Just Days After His Heart Attack

– WWE referee Chad Patton was interviewed by WWE.com after the controversial finish to the CM Punk vs. John Cena match at WWE Night of Champions. For those who missed it, John Cena was originally declared the winner and new champion via pinfall, but because Cena’s shoulders were also down, the match was ruled a draw and CM Punk retained.

Patton defended his officiating to WWE.com and also tweeted this:

I felt I made the right call….. @WWE #NOC tonite both opponents shoulders were down and I counted 1 2 3! What are your thoughts?

— chad patton (@chadpattonwwe) September 17, 2012

– With Jerry Lawler still in the hospital recovering from a heart attack last week, PWInsider.com reports that Lawler’s job as a WWE announcer is not in jeopardy. Vince McMahon reportedly told Lawler to take as much time as he needs to get healthy and his announcing job is waiting for him as soon as he’s ready to return. That said, even though doctors told Lawler he can probably wrestle again, WWE is reportedly against the idea.

Jerry Lawler tweeted the following on Sunday afternoon, confirming an earlier report that JBL will be doing commentary tonight

“Sorry I can’t be at Night Of Champions tonight, but I understand JBL will be taking my place. I wish him the best of luck! I also want to thank the thousands of fans and friends for the outpouring of well wishes and concern for me. I love the WWE Universe!”

– As previously reported, Matt Morgan made a surprise appearance at last night’s TNA live event. He tweeted this about the appearance:

All 2nite really meant was I'm tired of "just be patient Matt", being patronized & most of all being SOLD DREAMS! The real question is……

— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) September 16, 2012

Who am I with? Time will tell. 'Til then,Tick-Tock….

— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) September 16, 2012

– WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper and the Honky Tonk Man have both tweeted that they’d be willing to fill in for Jerry Lawler on RAW as a commentator.

– Jim Ross tweeted the following update on Jerry Lawler this weekend:

Word is @JerryLawler will be going home in the next couple of days as his recovery continues. He's the 'Miracle King.' #WWE

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 16, 2012

– It would appear that Rosa Mendes is too risqué for WWE’s new kid-friendly program on The CW, Saturday Morning Slam. The sultry manager was nowhere to be found on this morning’s show when her men, Primo and Epico, took on Kofi Kingston and R-Truth in a tag team match. The match was taped before last week’s SmackDown taping.

The show is rated TV-G, a level lower than WWE’s general TV-PG rating. Due to the program being aimed specifically at children, it does not feature any moves or holds aimed at the neck due to what is seen as their violent nature.

– WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler continues to recover after suffering a heart attack on Raw Monday. Jim Ross provided an update on the wrestling legend’s health as of Saturday.

He tweeted, “@JerryLawler still hospitalized in Montreal but doing well. Better every day. Just needs to go slow & heal. Hopefully, will go home nx wk.”

Ross also said that Lawler will not be on hand for tomorrow night’s Night of Champions pay-per-view event: “King will NOT be @ NOC PPV. He had a HEART ATTACK Mon. Ask ur parents 2 explain. Cole won’t be going solo. I Suggest u watch.”

In regards to whether WWE will show support for Lawler this Monday on Raw, he said, “Likely an update, well wishes, paycheck.”

– TNA acknowledged Jerry Lawler’s medical emergency during Thursday’s Impact Wrestling, with Mike Tenay and Taz both wishing Lawler a speedy recovery.

– New details are coming out regarding Jerry Lawler’s heart attack on Monday night. One of Lawler’s sons, Kevin Lawler, told WREG-TV in Memphis that his father told him that he was experiencing chest pains Saturday in Aruba, where Lawler was participating in the Caribbean Wrestling Bash independent tour.

A neighbor of Lawler, Joe Cooper, told WREG earlier this week that Lawler also complained to him about chest pains last week, but Lawler brushed it off as indigestion.

Kevin Lawler mentioned his family history of heart attacks and noted Jerry’s love of fried chicken may have been a contributor.

“No matter how healthy you think you are, or what you try to do, you never know. You should just always stay up to date, and current on that,” Kevin said. “One of his only real vices when it comes to that, he’s just a huge Church’s Chicken.”

There are several factors that led to Jerry Lawler surviving the heart attack. Aside from the fact that the King experienced his medical emergency with a doctor just feet away from him, his doctor told him this week that he’s “extremely healthy for someone who’s 62.” Lawler is in tremendous physical shape and has never used drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes.

* EVE TORRES Gets ENGAGED! Picture of EVE & Her New Fiance

Michael Cole spoke to WWE.com this week about a phone call he received from Jerry Lawler on Wednesday:

“I had just gotten home to Texas after what had been a whirlwind two days dealing with this situation. I actually got a phone call from Jerry’s girlfriend, who’s in the hospital with him. And she said ‘Michael, I’ve got somebody who wants to talk to you.’ She handed over the phone and it’s ‘The King’!”

“We immediately had a couple of laughs. He’s weak, but he’s alert. He talked coherently and he’s not completely out of the woods yet and he’s got a long recovery process to come, but he’s awake. Jerry’s in a lot of pain — he said he feels like he’s been through a 60-Minute Iron Man Match, but he’s in great spirits.”

“The biggest thing Jerry wanted me to do was to let the millions and millions of fans out there that have been tweeting their well wishes to me, WWE and to his account, that the outpouring of support from around the world has really, really touched him. He broke down a little bit and was very emotional in talking about the love of the WWE fans, thanking the company for its support and he had very kind words for the people that helped to save his life: to Dr. Sampson, to [WWE production assistant] Mike Mansury, who was at ringside, to the EMTs in Montreal. Obviously, he doesn’t remember what happened, but he’d been told over the past 24 hours everything that went down, and it’s a miracle. The man had a massive heart attack and he was talking two days later. I never thought I’d hear his voice again, let alone two days after the event.”

* Video of JERRY LAWLER At The Hospital – The King Is Looking Great

– The Honky Tonk Man stated on Facebook that he is interested in assuming the Raw commentator’s position for one night only while Jerry “The King” Lawler recovers from Monday’s heart attack.

The WWE Legend is the first cousin of Lawler, though the two have long had an unsteady relationship due to family issues. He addressed his relationship with Lawler: “Jerry and I have not seen eye to eye on the pro side of the business sometimes, but we buried the hacthet a few yrs. ago. I am what I am and he is what he is. He is my first cousin with our mothers who are sisters who are both passed on now. Jerry and I had a 100 matches against each other. We had a respect not as family but as professionals. He was a master at talking and in ring work. I myself copied his work. I can only hope he can be the King again.”

– Eve Torres announced on Twitter Thursday that she is engaged to Rener Gracie, her boyfriend of several years.

Enclosing a photo of her engagement ring, she tweeted, “I’ve never been so happy! @RenerGracie.”

Jerry Lawler posts a Tout video from the hospital – just three days after suffering a heart attack on WWE RAW:

The first picture of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler at the hospital has been released and the King is looking pretty damn good. @JasonMiles tweeted: 

“#JustIn: photo of @jerrylawler in hospital sent to Joe Birch. First I’ve seen. Wrestling legend had heart attack Mon“

– During Wednesday night’s Raw replay on mun2, which will air Saturday night on Universal HD and most foreign markets, all matters pertaining to Jerry “The King” Lawler’s health scare during Monday’s live broadcast were edited off the show. This includes all of broadcaster Michael Cole’s updates concering Lawler’s health as well as background shots during the tag team match indicating that something had gone amiss. Cole also did voice-overs for the portion of the show he did not commentate.

– A “Did You Know?” bumper is scheduled for this week’s SmackDown where WWE brags that Raw on Monday was the number one trending show and beat all network programming combined on Twitter. Social media activity for the episode was up 40 percent compared to last week.

– Randy Orton is featured on the cover of the October 2012 issue of WWE Magazine. The headline reads: “EXCLUSIVE! RANDY ORTON – The Apex Predator: On The Hunt For Respect!” Other features include John Cena myths debunked, WWE’s faces of evil, and the 25 most dangerous matches in WWE history.

– The Honky Tonk Man appears for Premier Championship Wrestling’s “Back to School Bash” event on Thursday, Sept. 20 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at Doubles Fun Club.

(source: F4WOnline.com)

– WWEShop.com is now selling the first Ryback t-shirt.

– WWE returns to the Oil Palace in Tyler, Texas on January 13th, 2013. (Thanks to Devin Cutting.)

– Memphis television station WREG spoke to Jerry Lawler’s son Kevin today, who revealed that his father is sounding like his regular self and doctors told Lawler there is “no reason” why he can’t get back in the ring and wrestle at age 62.

Discussion: Comment below and tell us if you think WWE should allow Jerry Lawler to wrestle for them again. Should WWE establish an maximum age for its in-ring performers?

WMCTV in Memphis is reporting that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler was back on his feet today for the first time since suffering a heart attack on Monday night. Lawler’s girlfriend Lauryn McBride provided an update to WMCTV (via text message):

“They are now taking lines out and he is looking so good today!!!”

“We will go for a walk in just a bit and s=do (sic) some more breathing exercises. Will update as the day goes on…”

McBride also noted that Lawler remains very sore (from the CPR chest compressions he received) and is having some trouble with his memory, but is aware of the support he’s received from everybody:

“It’s just the two of us here now, so we’ve had time to kinda talk about what’s going on and where he’s at…how much everybody back in Memphis and how much his family and everybody loves him and cares about him.”

Upon news surfacing Monday night that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler had suffered a heart attack during Raw, fellow wrestler Jerome “New Jack” Young, “The Original Gangsta,” went on a scathing rant on Twitter (account located at Twitter.com/NewJackUncut) attacking the legendary Memphis figure. He wrote:

“Just heard about Lawler…f*ck that racist motherf*cka…die slow,you f*cking c*ck sucker

“If lawler dies,let me know where his grave is so,I can go piss on it…fuck that bitch

“Please let me know where they put that f*cka in the ground so,I can piss on his grave.”

Responding to fans, he continued, “Bitch,I’m not here to make you happy and if what I said hurts…GO F*CK YOURSELF…FAN

“I don’t work for a f*cking fan so,if what I say hurts ur lil white feeling…SO F*CKING WHAT…YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME BITCH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!

“I have really out done myself this time huh…1st Terri then Brian knobbs gets knocked the fuck out,I beat da shit outta balls and now jerry.”

Young then revealed that his diatribe partially stems from James “Kamala” Harris, another Memphis wrestling legend, not receiving as much as adulation and support as Lawler after having both of his legs amputated within the past year.

“When Kamala was going through some shit,nobody said shit so,now this shit with Lawler is supposed to touch me…F*CK EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!” he wrote.

Young also clarified that he’s not racist following his racially-charged rant: “Fyi,my 2 kids are from a white woman so,the next 1 of you mother f*ckers call me racist,I will send you a free dvd…dammit!!!

Chicago radio host Steven Muehlhausen of Fight Club Chicago spoke to former WWE Creative Writer Court Bauer this week about Jerry Lawler’s medical emergency on Monday’s WWE RAW and whether WWE was right to continue with the show. Here’s what Bauer said:

“You can always debate that, but on the flip side, if he had died obviously it’s a whole new ballgame. They were in the process of trying to stabilize him and perform CPR. You had roughly about an hour left in the show. I’m sure you can coordinate with USA network to just jump into a re-run of one their programs and just be joined in progress.”

“Their is a lot of pride in promoters like Dana White in that the show must go on and when you can’t do that, it’s like your worst case scenario and its catastrophic. In this case, I felt they did a great job in regrouping by the end. It’s still so peculiar to me seeing a ten minute promo between Cena, Punk and Bret Hart. It just felt so weird and their was such a disconnect from it because real life was unfolding and there was something very real and crazy going on backstage.”

“From a business point of view, yes you are living to your obligation with the USA Network, but I don’t think any of that will capture anyone to buy Night of Champions. It will be a blur to people with what was said between Punk and Cena.”

* BATISTA Says He Will “Absolutely” Return To WWE & Wants To Fight BROCK LESNAR

– Due to New Year’s Eve (December 31st) falling on a Monday night this year, there has been talk of WWE showing a “Year In Review” special instead of a live RAW taping.

With the following day being a holiday (January 1st, New Year’s Day), there’s also a possibility WWE will hold a live SmackDown show that Friday (1/4) instead of the usual Tuesday taping.

– On Tuesday night, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair appeared on CNN Headline News to talk about Jerry Lawler’s heart attack. Flair said despite Lawler being 62 years old, Laweler is still more than qualified to wrestle because of his experience in the ring.

Here’s video from Flair’s appearance:

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

WWE Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura spoke briefly to Dave Lagreca and Doug Mortman on Busted Open about the Jerry Lawler situation. You can hear Busted Open on Sirius 94, XM 208, and Sports Zone 860:

Ventura on Jerry Lawler: “I didn’t learn about Jerry Lawler until this morning. Somebody mentioned it to me on an earlier interview. I wish him well. Jerry is one of the guys out there that I know pretty good and he is a very good man. He always treated me fair. He was always an honorable guy to me, so “get well soon Jerry and get back there.”

On working with Lawler: “I’m the only guy who went to Memphis who beat Lawler and he never beat me back. But there is a side story to that. I had won the Central States title from Jerry and he would have beaten me eventually but there were some problems when my daughter was born and I had to stay in Minnesota. Lawler was flying me into Memphis 3 days a week, every week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I had to stay with my daughter for a month when she was born because she was born with some complications. So I couldn’t come back and had to Fed Ex the belt to Jerry. That’s the reason he never beat me. I am probably the only wrestler in history that ever beat Jerry Lawler in Memphis and Jerry never beat me. Down the line however he certainly would have beaten me for that title.”

Was he surprised Lawler was still wrestling at 62: “A heart attack can hit anybody at anytime. You got to be in shape, that’s why I continue to work out. You got to keep yourself in shape. I personally don’t think anyone that age should be in the ring… not at all. It’s a young man’s game. I wouldn’t do it, I wouldn’t even consider it. I had my hip done. I wouldn’t even consider getting in the ring today. I wouldn’t have considered it ten years ago. When I left, I left. Notice I am the only wrestler who retired, who stayed retired. I never made a comeback. I hate to say this but I haven’t watched wrestling in 22 years. I watched a little bit before I was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and I watched it a little bit before Vince brought me back before that Monday Night Raw. I felt I should at least know who the wrestlers are.”

– The official WWE website released a statement Wednesday afternoon confirming reports on Jerry “The King” Lawler’s condition following his heart attack during Monday’s live Raw broadcast.

The statement reads, “As of Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 12, 2012, Jerry “The King” Lawler remains in a cardiac care unit in Montreal. His vital signs continue to be stable. He is awake, recognizes family members and is communicating with them. We continue to wish Jerry all the best for a full recovery.”

– WWE Hall of Famer Edge attended Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Ottawa, Canada, because his protégé, Leah Von Dutch, participated in a private tryout before company officials.

Last September, Edge held the first ever “Edgucational” Essay Scholarship Contest. The most decorated Superstar in WWE history created this contest because as a teenager, he entered a professional wrestling essay writing contest for a major Toronto newspaper and was the winner. Edge’s prize was for the winner to receive free professional wrestling lessons, and the contest was won by Von Dutch.

Four other wrestlers received tryouts. William Regal, who helped coordinate the evaluation session, stressed that WWE is now scouring for “ROH style” wrestlers.

(source: F4WOnline.com)

– WREG-TV in Memphis reported Wednesday afternoon that Jerry Lawler should be returning home to Memphis “soon” after suffering a heart attack on Monday’s WWE RAW. Their report also states” “It’s believed no further surgery will be needed.”

– Wrestling legend Scott Hall sent along the following video of his son Cody Hall wrestling at the Caribbean Wrestling Bash from over the weekend in Aruba. Cody Hall wrestles one of his trainers, Chasyn Rance:

This week IN THE ROOM, Brady Hicks is joined by Stacy “The Kat” Carter, as she updates the fans on Jerry Lawler’s health situation. The gang also welcomes former ECW star Tony Mamaluke, as he runs down a fantastic career that spanned ECW, WWE, WCW, and TNA. What are Tony’s thoughts on his extreme legacy, being a “comedy” guy, extreme reunions, and being a part of the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), where he will make his debut this Saturday, September 15th at the ECWA 45th Anniversary Show in Newark, Delaware. Plus, Northeast Wrestling (NEW) announcer – and Brady’s PWI colleague – Gerry Strauss hops IN THE ROOM to talk about NEW’s “Wrestling Under the Stars” show, September 15th in Fishkill, New York … a show that will feature Hulk Hogan! In addition, Brady and the gang offer up the WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view predictions, and so … much … more. Thanks, as always, for the support!

But before any of that, though, Brady, Derrick McDonald, Mike Bessler, and Ray Bogusz are joined IN THE ROOM by a good friend of the show, Stacy “The Kat” Carter. Carter is a former WWE Diva, and the ex-wife and good friend of Jerry “The King Lawler … which gives her a very good perspective on the Lawler nightmare from Raw this week. Stacy hopped on the phone with Jerry’s girlfriend tonight … then called IN THE ROOM to update the fans on how he is doing. Excerpts below.

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On Jerry Lawler’s Condition: “Right now he’s stable, being responsive with a tube down his throat. He’s squeezing people’s hands, nodding his head. He can point out where he’s hurting, stuff like that. The next step is to wait for the test results to come back tomorrow, the scan on his brain to see what – if any – brain damage he may or may not have. And that’s pretty much it. He’s still critical but stable. He’s strong and he’s stubborn, so if anybody can pull through its him.”

On the amount of time it took for CPR to work: “WWE’s doctor was there when Jerry collapsed and fell out of his chair. He started CPR. From what I’ve been told is Jerry did not regain consciousness there. They did revive him there, but it took a long time – 15 minutes. It took a long time to bring him back. But he’s back now, he’s lightly sedated, and they’re taking him off the ventilator. He’s not in the heavy sedation that they had him in.”

On it happening on live TV: “Jerry would be dead right now if it did not happen where it happened. Stuff like that just keeps running through my brain. Jerry normally grabs something – some food – on the way back to the hotel … fast food or if the bar is open, and he eats, then he’s there by himself. But this could have happened just two or three hours later and nobody would have been there with him and he wouldn’t be here right now. Or he could have been driving to the arena or flying to Montreal. If it had to happen, I’m very thankful that it did there.”

Check out the show for more.

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– The dark main event that took place after Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings saw World Heavyweight champion Sheaamus defeat Alberto Del Rio.

– The WWE Youtube channel has added several clips of Jerry Lawler, including his match against Tazz at SummerSlam 2000, his return to WWE RAW back in November 2001 and a classic AWA World title match against Curt Hennig from 1988.

– WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart says he has absolutely no affiliation with the new incarnation of Stampede Wrestling, run by his “loser brother” Bruce Hart (awesome). The Hit Man tweeted on Wednesday:

For those asking or wondering, I just want 2 clarify that I'm in no way, shape, or form affiliated w/the so-called new Stampede Wrestling

— Bret Hart (@BretHart) September 11, 2012

And I know my father would be embarrassed to be associated with it too

— Bret Hart (@BretHart) September 11, 2012

@davepolarbear My loser of a brother, Bruce and some of his neighbors

— Bret Hart (@BretHart) September 11, 2012

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog at JRsBarBQ.com with a heartfelt look at the events that transpired at Monday’s WWE RAW form Montreal. Here are some highlights of what Jerry Lawler said about:

Find Out About Lawler’s Emergency: “I was watching Monday Night Raw as usual when fans at the arena began Tweeting that something was wrong with the King at the announce table. The more that I read these shocking Tweets the more helpless that I felt because I wasn’t there in Montreal to help my dear friend. Michael Cole’s updates had me trembling.”

Lawler’s Health: “For Jerry Lawler to be sick is highly unusual. Being a 62 year old man, the King has been as fit as any one that I’ve known. He wrestles several times a month on the indy circuit and still plays in his Memphis softball league on Wednesday nights. Jerry is also ‘young at heart’ which isn’t new news. But even self acclaimed ‘Iron Men’ aren’t bullet proof even though many of us think that we are. Trust me, we aren’t.”

Professionalism Of WWE Talents: “There aren’t adequate words to express the stellar job that Michael Cole did sitting at the broadcast desk that can be, from my own experience, extremely challenging to navigate on live TV during catastrophic moments such as Monday night.”

“For men like Bret Hart, CM Punk and John Cena to deliver as they did in the final segment of Monday Night Raw was nothing short of extraordinary. I am proud of each man and the entire WWE team for responding in the face of immense adversity that faced them in Montreal.”

* POLL & DISCUSSION: Did WWE Handle Monday’s RAW Broadcast Properly After Lawler’s Emergency?

The results are in from Jerry Lawler’s CT Scan and it’s great news for the King. According to Joe Cooper, who is Lawler’s best friend and business partner, Lawler does not have brain damage as a result of his heart attack Monday night.

Lawler has been stabilized (but heavily sedated) in a Montreal hospital after having heart surgery Tuesday and is responsive.

Lawler is said to have gone through an angioplasty procedure on Tuesday. His son Brian made it to Canada and is posting on his father’s Facebook page:

“He was shocked a total of seven times at the arena and underwent a balloon stint to open up a clogged artery when he arrived at hospital. Everyone out there needs to say a special prayer for his brain at this point, please.”