WWE Hall of Famer and current RAW commentator Jerry “The King” Lawler opened up about working in front of zero fans during an interview with USA Today’s Commercial Appeal. He also broached the idea of WWE piping in crowd noise to help create some atmosphere.

Lawler admitted that performing in front of empty arenas is WWE’s biggest obstacle right now. He pointed at how fan reaction helped let Superstars know whether they are doing a good job or not.

“That’s our obstacle [now],” Lawler said. “How do you entertain when you don’t have a live audience? That’s how you judge whether you’re being entertaining or not — the crowd response. When nobody’s there, you can’t tell.”

Jerry Lawler On Crowd Noise

Regarding WWE utilizing crowd noise to create a sense of atmosphere, Jerry Lawler believes it might benefit the current television product. He reflected on a past empty arena matchup between himself and Terry Funk. He shared how they wrestled at about 1 in the afternoon and, during the middle of the match, he couldn’t help but feel stupid.

“When I go back and think about it, I do remember, right in the middle of the match, I thought, ‘This feels stupid.’ He’s throwing me into empty chairs and those sorts of things. There’s no fans screaming, no background noise at all. It just made you feel kind of dumb.”

Lawler continued, “I’ve been to [football] training camps where the players go through their practice sessions with loud music or crowd noise piped in. I don’t think it would hurt anything at all if they piped in some crowd noise behind the matches. And even explain it to the fans. It’ll make the matches more entertaining and it’ll make it easier for the performers themselves.”

WrestleMania 36 now takes place across two days on April 4 and April 5 from multiple locations. The decision was made to relocate from Raymond James Stadium due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

WWE Hall of Famer and current RAW commentator Jerry “The King” Lawler has opened up about travelling during the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking with Memphis’ Local 24 News, Jerry Lawler opened up about WWE’s schedule during the outbreak. He confessed that he’s never experienced anything like this before. Lawler also talked about how pro wrestling and television provides people with a distraction during such a worrying time. 

“I really don’t know what to think about this. I’ve been in the wrestling business for nearly 50 years and traveled and seen just about everything but I’ve never seen anything like this so far.”

Lawler continued, “I think all you have to do is ask anyone who sat on a Sunday with no sports on TV. It was just unbelievable. I don’t know how many times I sat there looking at my TV and said, ‘oh my gosh, what is happening here.’ I think that it’s a good diversion. It gives people something to take their mind off with all this bad news.”

WrestleMania 36 is set to take place on April 5 from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It was initially meant to take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Both the Hall of Fame and NXT TakeOver: Tampa Bay have been cancelled. 

H/T to WrestleZone for the transcription. 

Coronavirus is affecting people all over the world and WrestleMania 36 seems to be in jeopardy but the WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry Lawler believes that the epidemic will not affect the major event.

Lawler appeared on Cerrito Live recently where he talked about a number of things and also discussed the effect the outbreak of COVID-19 is having on the world.

However, while discussing the possibility of the situation affecting the Show Of Shows, the WWE Hall Of Famer claimed that it’s not gonna affect the event at all:

“I don’t think it’s gonna affect WrestleMania at all. I’m not trying to downplay it or anything like that. When you listen to what has happened in the past, it’s almost like a cycle.  These kinds of things happen every now and then,” Jerry Lawler said. “There’s nothing you can do about it except react to it as best as we can.”

The former Champion then named other major diseases that have made similar headlines in the past like the Hong Kong flu and swine flu. He said that coronavirus is just another thing we will get through and it’s just the way life is.

The Tampa officials are expected to hold a meeting this Thursday to discuss the future of major events in the area including WrestleMania 36. We will keep you posted on any updates on the situation.

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RAW Commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler recently held a fan “Q&A” session on his Jerry Lawler Show podcast. One of the more intriguing queries came from a fan asking who Lawler would face in WWE today if he had the chance. Lawler’s initial response was The Miz, as he felt their chemistry from their bouts in 2011 would be easy to replicate.

“Miz would be excellent to work with,” Jerry Lawler began. Lawler then described how Bray Wyatt put it out there that he wanted a match against the ‘King of Memphis.’ “And you know, after we did the little thing a while back on Monday Night Raw (August 2019), before I was back doing commentary. I just came on for a guest appearance. Bray Wyatt came to me afterwards and he said ‘King I would love to work with you down in Memphis.'”

Jerry Lawler vs The Fiend?

It is extremely unlikely that the bout would ever happen in WWE, as Lawler suffered from a heart attack during a live episode of RAW back in 2013. The situation was critical, with Lawler reportedly being clinically dead for almost five minutes before being resuscitated. There have been numerous reports and Lawler himself has said that he cannot get physical whilst on WWE television. Jerry Lawler does however still wrestle periodically on independent cards across the United States.

Lawler made it clear that he would relish the idea of facing ‘The Fiend’ in his home territory of Memphis. “I just thought back then, what matches I could have had. Because he [Wyatt] was the perfect kind of villain that we would bring in. The big scary monster type. That’s the kind of people that I love to work with, and have matches with.”

Jerry Lawler finished by saying “I would love to have a have a match with Bray Wyatt or The Fiend either way.”

RAW Commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler recently commented on RAW Superstar Matt Hardy and his contract status with WWE. Matt Hardy has been actively enticing fans on Twitter regarding his WWE status; posting images like the one you can see below indicating that he may be looking to go to AEW:

Lawler indicated that he does not believe that Hardy is going to be resigning with WWE. Referring to a recent tweet that Matt Hardy posted with a cryptic nod to AEW, ‘The King’ had this to say; “It [the tweet] started out as ‘Against Every Warning, I showed up at RAW.’ And the first three words ‘against every warning, were all capitalised. So, if you really look, if you really looked at the tweet. The first three words started with AEW.”

Lawler then reiterated that he doesn’t believe that Hardy will re-sign with WWE. “I doubt if he’s gonna sign back with with WWE. And, you know, I think he’s trying to let everybody know that he may be going to AEW but I’m…I don’t know. I don’t know for sure. There’s probably still negotiations going on between those two [Hardy and WWE].” Whilst Lawler did not confirm if he knew how the contract negotiations were developing, he did seem to indicate that Matt Hardy is unlikely to re-sign with the company in the near future.

Lawler finished by saying that he does not want Matt Hardy to leave the company, stating “I can’t imagine that WWE would want to lose Matt Hardy to AEW at this point. But you know some of those guys [at WWE] are buddies with some of the guys that are that are over there [at AEW] and that’s just the way things work.”

Do you think that Matt Hardy will end up in AEW? Let us know in the comments

WWE RAW commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler recently discussed the ‘lapsed’ fanbase for the company that seemingly has taken an even bigger hit over the past decade plus. Lawler was referring to a tweet from F4W’s Bryan Alvarez, who mentioned that WCW and WWE pulled a combined 8 million viewers around 19 years ago; and WCW went out of business shortly after. WWE is now ‘lucky’ if they manage to get 2.5 million viewers to watch RAW on a Monday.

Although the change of landscape for television always plays a factor, Jerry Lawler believes that the way to bring back these ‘lapsed’ fans is to sprinkle some older more established starts into the mix.

“At one time there were 8 million people watching, watching wrestling on a Monday night,” Jerry Lawler began. “And now you’re lucky if you have two and a half million. I think a lot of those fans that are not watching right now are fans of guys like Edge. And of course The Rock, Stone Cold [Steve Austin], those guys. I just think…if you brought some of them back?”

Lawler then discussed how ‘internet fans’ seemingly do not like the veterans in these prominent positions. “Here’s the crazy thing. You know, you got these internet fans that sit around there and do nothing but pick and criticise every single thing that happens on the show. Then you got the writers that read all this stuff from your critical fans and they try to go and kind of book by [it]. Then you know they’re the ones that go ‘they’re keeping some young talent from being from having their day in the sunshine.’ Well, some of that old talent are the ones that might make the difference.”

“They might come back if on occasion you brought some of these people back.” – Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler elaborated further, saying “that 5 million fans that aren’t watching anymore, you know. Though those 5 million fans were fans of these guys that aren’t on TV anymore. They might come back if on occasion you brought some of these people back.”

WWE Hall Of Famer and Raw commentator Jerry Lawler has become a world champion after winning a career vs. title match at an indie event this past weekend.

The former WWE wrestler competed against Matt Riviera in an event of Championship Wrestling of Arkansas last Saturday and he managed to defeat Riviera to become the new CWA World Champion.

Legendary Memphis Wrestling announcer Dave Brown was in the commentary for the show and you can check out a video of the 70-year-old WWE star competing at the event below:

Booker T Teases Royal Rumble Appearance

Booker T missed this week’s episode of WWE Backstage and her co-host Renee Young joked about his absence saying that the former Champion was training for an in-ring return at Sunday’s Royal Rumble event.

After this, Booker himself also teased an appearance at the show and he replied to a tweet from WWE on Fox Twitter with the following tweet of his own:

For those who don’t know, Booker T missed this week’s WWE Backstage episode because he is attending Chris Jericho’s cruise. Booker and several other Hall Of Famers such as Ric Flair had been booked for the cruise before the new WWE series kicked off.

Vince McMahon really wanted to see the wedding angle that the company presented, according to the story that Jerry Lawler recalled. 

The legendary pro wrestler told the story on the latest episode of his podcast about the WWE Chairman and CEO this past Monday. 

WWE held the wedding segment featuring Lana and Bobby Lashley on Monday Night RAW. Although McMahon left the XL Center in Hartford, CT on Monday afternoon before RAW went on the air, he came back around 5:30pm ET because he didn’t want to miss the ceremony.

“This thing was so good, it was gonna be so highly anticipated by everybody backstage. Vince had some very important meetings.”

Lawler noted how McMahon doesn’t miss show often but lately, he has due to all of the XFL commitments and decisions that need to be made. He called McMahon being torn in many different directions these days. 

“He actually left Hartford, CT at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and everybody thought he was gone. Vince has his own office there, and he told everybody he had to leave. He left, the limousines took him out.”

Lawler recalled how he dressed in the Talent Relations office with Mark Carrano and they moved it into McMahon’s office because it’s a bigger and nicer room. They unpacked and sitting around until someone came in there to tell them the boss was back. 

“Somebody comes in and says, ‘Hey, Vince is on his way back, he doesn’t want to miss the wedding!'”

Lawler continued by noting that they were scrambling in the room trying to get their stuff together and his office back to how it was so McMahon wouldn’t notice. 

“Vince came back just to make sure he was there for the wedding. So, it was great.”

The wedding segment was hyped throughout the entire broadcast. Even though the overall rating of the show saw a big increase from last week, the third hour was the lowest viewed out of the three-hour show. 

Jerry Lawler Talks Online ‘Hate’ For Lana/Rusev Storyline

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription

WWE Hall of Famer and RAW commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler recently made some interesting comments with regards to the booth on Monday nights. During the most recent episode of his podcast. On The Jerry Lawler Show, the King discussed this past Monday’s episode of RAW. Specifically mentioning Samoa Joe and the angle that has seemingly begun between him and the Authors of Pain and Seth Rollins.

The AOP and Rollins laid waste to Rey Mysterio and Joe at the commentary booth on this week’s taped episode from Des Moines. Iowa.

“A little rough…”

Jerry’s co-host Sean mentioned how the third announcer position on WWE’s ‘flagship’ show is ‘a little rough’. Other performers have been working as the ‘third man’ at the booth over the past few months. Some getting involved in physical angles. Lawler responded by saying “I haven’t really heard that much about [Samoa] Joe, I don’t know if he will be back with us again this Monday. I know, I was told this first. That the whole state of the announce position there was sort of in a state of flux from the get go. The day that we switched over and [Michael] Cole and [Corey] Graves left and went over to SmackDown. And so things have just been changing.”

“…he might be back ready to go” – Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler also described how the commentary situation with Samoa Joe was laid out to him; “Vic [Joseph] and I were told ‘hey Joe’s going to be in there until his hand gets well.’ When Joe first came and started in there after Dio [Maddin], his hand was actually in a cast. But then the cast came off like the first week and he might be back ready to go [in the ring]. He better because it looks like he’s gonna get involved with the AOP in a hurry here.”

“…I guess they think that I might die on the air again!” – Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler finished by confirming that he would not be involved in any sort of physical angles going forward. This due to his previous medical history pertaining to his heart condition. “Joe had said maybe two or three different times during the show…he just sort of went off on the AOP. So when they came over to confront him I just felt like; you know they’ve got me on the ‘no touch list’ or something like that. I guess they think that I might die on the air again!”

WWE legend and current RAW commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler recently made comments regarding the Lana/Rusev and Bobby Lashley storyline on his PodcastOne show. Specifically, ‘The King’ discussed how fans online appear to ‘hate’ the weekly ‘soap’ style segments that are being produced, yet the crowds in the buildings are apparently more receptive to the angle.

“There’s gonna be a big deal, and it’s going to make the show after Christmas the biggest deal ever”

Lawler was discussing the taped show that will be airing next Monday for Christmas week, saying; “I can’t do a spoiler but something happens with Lana, Lashley and Rusev on that show,” Lawler began. “There’s gonna be a big deal, and it’s going to make the show after Christmas the biggest deal ever. You just gotta watch what happens on the Christmas show. It’s going to set up the show after Christmas. It is going to be really awesome.”

“the crowd at the Live Events…the people seem to love it” – Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler and his co-host then talked about the controversy that the storyline has garnered and the vitriol towards it online. “We talked about this, it is so funny [in] the live arena in Des Moines there and also at Minneapolis at the PPV; The response from the crowd is great to the Lana, Lashley and Rusev storyline. But online on Twitter and everything people seem to hate it. It gets like no respect, but the crowd at the Live Events…the people seem to love it. So I don’t get that [hate] response. I mean, I think it’s really entertaining, I really do.”

“in wrestling people would get tired of just two guys or two women going out there and having a wrestling match…” – Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler elaborated further, discussing the importance of storylines in professional wrestling. “Everybody’s not going to like everything you know. We always talked about this, how the fact is in wrestling people would get tired of just two guys or two women going out there and having a wrestling match [without a storyline]. If you put together nineteen wrestling matches on one night for fans to watch; if there’s not something about those matches to get the fans personally invested…what we call a personal issue. So if there’s not some sort of personal issue behind these matches nobody cares. If you really watch a match everybody does the same stuff you know. There’s the dives off the top rope. There’s the dive over the top rope…it’s all the same stuff every single match.”

WWE Hall of Famer and current commentator for Raw, Jerry “The King” Lawler has announced that he has signed a new contract with WWE earlier this month. He revealed the news while appearing at the GalaxyCon convention event in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Lawler stated that he didn’t know how long he would be a part of the announcing team. He was brought in to help fellow members of the booth Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin who don’t have experience announcing major shows. Lawler stated at the convention that his role wasn’t meant to be a long-term one. WON reports that WWE are pleased with how Lawler has helped the duo settle into their jobs.

Lawler returned to the Raw commentary team this year as the company on 26 September announced that a new commentary team will be assigned to Raw as part of the “WWE Premiere Week”.

Lawler has revealed earlier that he got a call from WWE’s executive vice president of television production Kevin Dunn who offered him the role. “We want you back on Raw. He told me it’s for however long I want to do it, so that sealed the deal,” Lawler said in an interview.

The King had also revealed that the initial plan was to have a two-man booth on the red brand but Vince McMahon suggested they add Lawler in.

Lawler began his WWF career in December 1992 as an announcer for the the company. He was also involved in a number of storylines with Bret Hart, Vince McMahon and Doink the Clown. By 1998, he rarely wrestled and was primarily focused on commentary. He quit the WWF in protest when his then-wife Stacy “The Kat” Carter was released by the company in February 2001.

He however returned to the company in November of the same year after a brief stint in the indies, and would continue to work as a commentator until 2016. Afterwards, he was kept for special events such as the Hall of Fame ceremony and would only do periodic appearances.

If you haven’t heard, Jerry “The King” Lawler is all set to head back to take the commentating role on WWE Raw.

We reported earlier that Lawler will be joining Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin on Monday night on the commentary booth of the show. Michael Cole, on the other hand, will be moved to SmackDown Live for the play by play duties of the show along with Corey Graves and Renee Young.

Lawler spoke about his return to commenting duties in an interview with the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Lawler revealed that he got a call from WWE’s executive vice president of television production Kevin Dunn who offered him the role. “I got a call about it Tuesday morning from Kevin Dunn. He said, ‘I’ve got a proposition for you. It may be good news, and it may be bad news.’ He knows I don’t like to travel a whole lot anymore, so that was the bad part. I said, ‘What’s the good part?’ He said, ‘We want you back on Raw. He told me it’s for however long I want to do it, so that sealed the deal.”

Lawler was told that initially the plan was to have a two-man booth on Raw but Vince McMahon suggested they add Lawler in.

“It was (Raw’s executive director) Paul (Heyman’s) idea to put Vic and Dio on Raw,” Lawler said. “Apparently, what I was told, Vince (McMahon) said, ‘You can’t throw these two new, young guys on our flagship show. Call King.’ That’s how it happened.”

Lawler recalled what Vince told him when he started his job 25 years ago. He feels confident for his return.

“All I’ve been able to think about is what Vince told me when I first started over 25 years ago, ‘It’s live TV — nothing can go wrong,'” Lawler said. “I feel real confident it’ll be like riding a bike. I’ll treat it exactly the way I always have — like I’m watching the show in my living room with my neighbor. The name of the company is World Wrestling Entertainment. And I’ve always thought the commentators are an important part of the entertainment.”

Lawler began his WWF career in December 1992 as an announcer for the the company. He was also involved in a number of storylines with Bret Hart, Vince McMahon and Doink the Clown. By 1998, he rarely wrestled and was primarily focused on commentary. He quit the WWF in protest when his then-wife Stacy “The Kat” Carter was released by the company in February 2001.

He however returned to the company in November of the same year after a brief stint in the indies, and would continue to work as a commentator until 2016. Afterwards, he was kept for special events such as the Hall of Fame ceremony and would only do periodic appearances.

WWE confirmed the long-rumored changes to the broadcast teams of both Raw and SmackDown yesterday, alongside the official announcement of its F1S studio show dubbed WWE Backstage.

Though the reports which have come out since then have provided some interesting updates on these announcements and they reveals that some of these arrangements might not be permanent.

As part of their announcement, WWE confirmed that Jerry Lawler will be returning to Raw for commentary, however, Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that the company only intends to use him for a short period of time.

Officials are considering other people to fulfil the position on a full-time basis. Speculation is that this is why Mickie James was featured on Main Event as one of the commentators this week, though this news is not confirmed.

The arrangement for the F1S studio show which is announced to be hosted by Booker T and Renee Young seems to be temporary as well.

According to report from PWinsider, a number of WWE Legends have been brought to Los Angeles to audition for a role on the show and the idea is to switch between these personalities on different weeks.

We can also see multi-person booths as Fox has played with different versions of the show ranging from panels of 3 to 5 people but nothing is locked yet.

Though one name who will be a staple for the show is Cathy Kelley. She is expected to be a big part of the program and Kelley will be splitting her time between NXT and the new series going forward.

As far as the production goes, the show will be pre-taped once a week and its set is made to look like it’s inside a wrestling ring with yellow ropes.

These changes are only the beginning of things and with the scheduled drafts, we can expect the rosters of both SmackDown and Raw to be shuffled in similar fashion as well.

There have been lots of speculations and rumors of WWE shuffling their announce teams with the upcoming schedule changes. Now the company has confirmed that major change is coming to the commentary booth of both their premier brands.

The promotion recently released a press release on their official website where they confirmed the new announce teams for both Raw and SmackDown Live ahead of the upcoming drafts.

According to the announcement, Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler will be returning to WWE programming as the analyst for Raw and he will be joined by 205 Live’s Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin on the commentary booth of the show.

On the other hand, Michael Cole, who has been the voice of Raw for more than a decade will be moved to SmackDown Live for the play by play duties of the show and he will have Corey Graves and Renee Young by his side.

No changes have been made to the commentary team of NXT and the Black and Yellow brand’s programming will continue to feature Mauro Ranallo with Beth Phoenix and Nigel McGuiness.

This is only the first of the many major changes we might see on the WWE programming in the next couple of weeks as the company reshuffles its weekly schedule.

With The Blue Branded Show moving to Friday nights on Fox and the drafts shaking up the roster for both the premier shows in Raw and SmackDown, one can only imagine what the brands will look like once its all said and done.

Jerry Lawler’s name and voice are synonymous with WWE’s flagship program, Monday Night Raw. “The King” has been part of over 1000 different Raw episodes throughout his decades-long career.

During his recent interview with Wrestling Inc, the Hall Of Famer discussed a number of things and he also revealed which is his favorite Raw moment.

Lawler first revealed that his participation at the recent Raw Reunion special was his 1000th Raw appearance which is more than any other superstar in the history of the company, including Vince McMahon.

When asked about his favorite moment from all these appearances, the former Raw commentator recalled the time when he returned to the show after suffering from a cardiac arrest:

“I think maybe, without a doubt one of my favorite moments was when I came back from when I had the cardiac arrest, and I was gone for a few weeks. And getting to come back, and J.R. and Michael Cole greeting me back on the show, that was probably the most emotional, most fun moment ever.”

Lawler legitimately collapsed while doing commentary during the September 10th episode of Raw back in 2012. It was later announced that the King had suffered a heart attack and he was rushed to the hospital.

It took the WWE Hall Of Famer 2 months to recover from the medical scare and he made his comeback on WWE programming during the November 12th episode later in the same year.

Watch: Jerry Lawler returns to Raw after health scare:

Ahead of his King’s Court segment featuring the former Women’s Champion Sasha Banks on this week’s Raw, WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler talked to Sports Illustrated and revealed his thoughts on the boss.

Sasha made her surprise return to WWE programming during last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. While she initially acted as a babyface, it didn’t take long for the former Champion to change her colors and become a heel.

Lawler first discussed how Banks being flamboyant and arrogant has contributed to her success and the wrestling veteran then went on to compare her with the WWE legend Randy Savage:

“Sasha Banks reminds me a lot of Randy Savage, they both share that unwavering tunnel vision, dead set on success, and not intimidated by anything or anyone because their goal is to get to the top.

Though later, Jerry also admitted that he doesn’t think Banks wants to be compared with anyone and he said that she wants to be remembered as the first-ever Sasha Banks.

Sasha Banks returned to WWE TV last week during a segment on the show. She first consoled an emotional Natalya who was remembering her father but the Boss then turned heel and attacked the Canadian Star.

Becky Lynch tried to make the save but she was also taken down by Sasha and it looks like the two will be feuding over the Raw Women’s Championship in upcoming times.

Watch: Sasha Banks returns to Raw

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler gave his take on the King of the Ring tournament and WWE’s decision to bring it back this year. 

He did so while speaking with Wrestling Inc’s Andy Malnoske during a recent interview where he noted that when WWE came up with the tournament that is when he showed up in WWE. He noted that he’s still a little upset about.

He talked about how it’s easy to win a couple of matches and slide a crown on your head then call themselves the King of the Ring. 

“For them to have a one-night or two-night tournament to crown a king, I’m not too crazy about it. But they use it as an opportunity to promote somebody and put somebody in the spotlight which, in that respect, I understand so I can’t be too upset about it.”

Lawler added that he promised WWE that he wouldn’t go in the ring and spoil the coronation of the new king.

There will be 16 competitors in the tournament with eight from RAW and eight from SmackDown Live. The tournament starts this week. 

The finals of the tournament will take place at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view event on Sunday, September 15th from Charlotte, North Carolina at the Spectrum Center.

Jerry Lawler doesn’t mind dropping guys from Hollywood on their heads. He’s done it multiple times throughout his career. He did it again last night when he gave David Arquette the “Andy Kaufman treatment.”

Jerry Lawler and David Arquette Angle

The angle took place last night from a Northeast Wrestling (NEW) show in Danbury, CT.

David Arquette has threatened to sue Lawler over what happened. This is similar to what Andy Kaufman claimed as well:

Arquette also posted side by side comparisons of his angle with Lawler and Kaufman’s:

“You’ll be hearing from my attorneys Dewey Cheatum & Howe,” Arquette continued on Twitter.

• Jerry Lawler Pays Tribute To Brian Christopher At NBA Game

David Arquette On Kofi Kingston’s WWE Title Win

David Arquette recently commented on Kofi Kingston’s WWE title win at WrestleMania. Arquette compared Kingston’s 11-year journey to his WCW title win.

“It was amazing. We’re polar opposites of the world; Somebody who didn’t deserve it and somebody who completely earned it,” Arquette said. “I thought it was incredibly special and I’ve learned a lot since I won the championship. So, I learned why people were so mad at me, and seeing that, that’s what it’s about.” 

“I always loved The New Day gimmick and those guys. It’s cool but I think WWE still needs a lot more diversity. I love seeing all that stuff and more power to him.”

This past summer, former WWE star and son of Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler, Brian Christopher, passed away at 46-years-old. Christopher had been jailed for a DUI in July. While in jail, Christopher allegedly committed suicide when he decided to hang himself in his cell.

He was transported to a nearby hospital in Memphis. After several hours of treatment, and family members getting the opportunity to say their final goodbyes, Christopher was taken off life support and later passed. However, some doubts soon emerged over the official story regarding Christopher’s death, prompting an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

According to a report from PWInsider, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has wrapped up its investigation. Representative Keli McAlister released the following statement:

“Our investigation has concluded and all findings have been turned over to District Attorney General Mark Davidson.  I will have to refer any questions to his office,” said McAlister.

It remains to be seen if the investigation’s findings will be made public.

Lawler Doubts Official Story

Back in August, Jerry Lawler told local Memphis media that he doesn’t believe his son took his own life:

“It just doesn’t pass the smell test,” Lawler said. “We’ve received literally countless calls, text messages from people, actual eyewitnesses, that were in the jail and saw things that happened on the actual day that Brian died that now has opened up a new can of worms. It just doesn’t seem like it was suicide.”

What do you make of the controversy surrounding Christopher’s passing

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler will be calling a match at WrestleMania 35.

While talking with Kevin Cerrito of Cerrito Live, Lawler revealed that he will be calling the singles match between Randy Orton and AJ Styles. Also, he will be on the WrestleMania 35 Kickoff pre-show.

There are rumors going around that this contest between the two former WWE Champions will open the show but that has yet to be announced.

Updated WWE WrestleMania 35 Card

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair – Triple Threat Winner Takes All Match

WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins

WWE Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston

Batista vs. Triple H – No Holds Barred Match with Triple H’s career on the line

Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin – Angle’s Farewell Match

Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles

Shane McMahon vs. The Miz – Falls Count Anywhere Match

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley & Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya vs. The IIconics – Fatal 4-Way Match

WWE United States Champion Samoa Joe vs. Rey Mysterio

WWE Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Finn Balor

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos vs. The Bar vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Rusev vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black – Fatal 4-Way Match

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy vs. Tony Nese (Pre-Show)

6th Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Pre-Show): Colin Jost and Michael Che, Braun Strowman, Andrade, Apollo Crews, Titus O’Neil, Tyler Breeze, Jinder Mahal, No Way Jose, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable, Kalisto, Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, Heath Slater, Rhyno, Viktor, Konnor, Ali, Shelton Benjamin, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Otis, Tucker, EC3.

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It was wrestling night at the Memphis Grizzlies game last night. As such, Jerry Lawler and some other wrestling personalities were in attendance. Lawler paid tribute to his son, Brian Christopher, during the show. Along with Rikishi and the Grizzlies mascot, Lawler did the Too Cool dance at center court.

Lawler, Rikishi, and the mascot dancing was caught on the big screen by a fan in attendnace who then posted it to YouTube.

There was a match for Grizzlies wrestling night as well. Buff Bagwell and Jerry Lawler have been feuding at the games recently. Last night, Bagwell brought in the Steiner brothers as backup and Lawler brought in Rikishi.

The match can be watched in the player below:

Lawler Family Investigation In Brian Christopher’s Death

Brian Christopher died on July 29th, 2018 at the age of 46. The official cause of his death has been ruled a suicide after he was found hanging in his cell at Hardeman County Jail. Christopher had been housed at the center since a DUI arrest weeks earlier.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has launched an official investigation into the cause of Christopher’s death, however. Lawler has said the following in regards to his belief regarding the cause of his son’s death.

“It just doesn’t pass the smell test,” Lawler said just weeks after Brian’s passing. “We’ve received literally countless calls, text messages from people, actual eyewitnesses, that were in the jail and saw things that happened on the actual day that Brian died that now has opened up a new can of worms,” he continued. “It just doesn’t seem like it was suicide.”

• Update on Lawler Family Investigation In Brian Christopher’s Death

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler made some interesting comments about the future of legendary announcer Jim Ross during the latest episode of his podcast Dinner With The King.

Ross’s most recent WWE televised appearance was part of the pre-show panel for the Greatest Royal Rumble event last April. He made some big news when he revealed on this week’s Ross Report podcast that after recent discussions with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, both sides decided it was best to go their separate ways.

“I will not be returning to WWE after the 29th of March. I’m leaving with great thoughts, very positive,” said Ross.

Lawler spoke on Ross’ departure from WWE when he stated that he had talked with Ross before he made the announcement, which made him think that it was sad to see Ross leave.

However, Lawler says that Ross is going onto “bigger and better things” and “more money than he’s ever made before in his life.” This led to co-host Glenn Moore asked King to elaborate, which is when he stated that he was surprised that Ross hasn’t already announced it.

He strongly hinted that he would go to AEW, which is not a big secret as Ross stated on his podcast that “We’ll see where the next step takes us… I don’t think I’ll be out of work long.”

Becky Lynch hit Charlotte Flair with quite a shot this week on SmackDown Live. Fans have WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler to thank for that. Lawler revealed on a recent episode of his podcast, “Dinner With The King,” that he gave “The Irish Lass Kicker” on how to throw a good punch.

Lawler said he recently ran into Lynch backstage at a WWE event. They’ve exchanged greetings in the past but had never had a real conversation. Lawler said Lynch ran up to him and said she had been binge-watching a lot of “The King.” Lynch said Vince McMahon recently told her that he wanted her to be more physical.

She couldn’t think of anyone who throws a better punch in the business than Lawler. Lawler told Lynch he always tried to throw a punch the way someone would really try to hit somebody else. Aiming for their face or nose, and not making your fist so rigid and hard. Then, on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live, Lynch hit Flair with a punch that looked very much like Lawler’s inside the ring.

Shortly after, Lynch and Lawler had the following exchange on Twitter:

“That’s a Jerry Lawler punch if I’ve ever seen one! Beautiful!”

That's a Jerry Lawler punch if I've ever seen one! Beautiful! https://t.co/vdgj1GyMpw

— Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) January 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1090434285750734848

Listen to Lawler’s story about teaching Lynch how to throw a punch here:

What did you think of Lynch’s punch on Flair this past Tuesday?

The Lawler family and attorneys representing Brian Christopher’s estate have issued subpoenas to the Hardeman County Sheriff’s office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The subpoenas are part of their ongoing investigation into Christopher’s death.

The news was reported by local media in Memphis.

“FOX13 has learned that Lawler’s attorneys have filed two subpoenas to investigate Brian Christopher Lawler’s death,” said Ernie Freeman on Good Morning Memphis. “Investigators ruled Lawlor’s death was a suicide. Attorneys for his estate issued subpoenas to both the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennesse Bureau of Investigation. The subpoenas are part of a civil action by the Lawler family.”

Lawler Family Doubts Official Cause Of Death Finding In Brian Christopher Case

• Jerry Lawler Does Not Believe Brian Christopher Committed Suicide

This summer, the Lawler family hired civil rights lawyer, Jeff Rosenblum, to investigate the official cause of Christopher’s death. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into the case which is ongoing.

Jerry Lawler expressed his doubts to Local Memphis media in August that his son committed suicide.

“It just doesn’t pass the smell test,” Lawler said. “We’ve received literally countless calls, text messages from people, actual eyewitnesses, that were in the jail and saw things that happened on the actual day that Brian died that now has opened up a new can of worms,” he continued. “It just doesn’t seem like it was suicide.”

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler is staying with the WWE as he has signed a new contract with the company. The pro wrestling legend revealed the news during the latest episode of Dinner with the King, which is his podcast.

Lawler stated that he signed a new deal as his old contract expired on January 10. He also revealed that it would keep him under contract with the top wrestling company for the next two years.

With his contract expiring, there was some speculation that he could be headed to AEW (All Elite Wrestling), which just launched earlier this month, but that won’t be the case. Lawler addressed this speculation by stating that in fact he wasn’t contacted by All Elite Wrestling. This deal with WWE sees him having a raise, and he is happy to remain with the company. It came about when he told WWE producer Kevin Dunn that the deal was about to be up, which was when WWE sent a new offer.

Also, he mentioned that he’ll be doing commentary for the men’s Royal Rumble match at this pay-per-view event alongside Michael Cole and JBL on Sunday, January 27, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona at Chase Field that will air on the WWE Network.

You can listen to the full podcast here: