JERRY LAWLER

'Jerry^[2] O'Neil Lawler' (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator, known throughout the wrestling world as 'Jerry "The King" Lawler'. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working and wrestling on its ''RAW'' brand as the color commentator. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion.

Career

As a wrestler

Jerry Lawler has made history as being the wrestler with the most championship reigns of all time. He has won a total of 126 titles in his career; 30 of which were the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. Lawler held the championship another 12 times when the National Wrestling Alliance controlled the title.
Lawler was initially set to wrestle Hulk Hogan at the PMG Clash of Legends, a Memphis Wrestling event, on April 27, 2007. WWE took exception to the match with the reasoning that WWE stars are NBC Universal talent and since footage of the events surrounding the match was being filmed for Hogan Knows Best, which airs on VH1, there was a conflict. WWE tried to force cancellation of the event. The event took place on April 27 2007, with Paul Wight replacing Lawler. In response, WWE has pulled all its talent from Memphis Wrestling shows.^[3]
He was recently confronted by King Booker who claimed that he (Booker) was the only one entitled to be known as "King". After being defeated by Booker in the ring, Lawler was planned to be forced to crown his opponent at an August 13 show in Madison Square Garden, but during the ceremony, Lawler announced a new opponent for Booker (Triple H), ending in a brawl (kayfabe) between Lawler and an angry Booker.

As a singer

Lawler has recorded some material. Among these are two late-70s recordings: "Cadillac Man/Memphis", and "Bad News". During his feud with manager Jimmy Hart (Jerry Lawler is a factor for "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart entering professional wrestling. Lawler wanted to record a wrestling album with him singing and, since they had gone to school together, he called Hart and asked him to be a part of it) in the mid-80s, Hart became known as "The Wimp", a nickname given to him by Lawler and chanted by fans, and was the subject of the song "Wimpbusters", which was sung by Lawler to the tune of the popular hit ''Ghostbusters'' by Ray Parker Jr.. A music video was also made featuring Lawler, legendary announcer Lance Russell, and wrestlers such as Randy Savage, Jimmy Valiant, Dutch Mantel, Tommy Rich, and Rufus R. Jones, along with footage of "The King" beating Hart and his "First Family" (a very young Brian Christopher also made an appearance as a young child being bullied, and another child is seen wearing a replica of Tully Blanchard's West Texas State jersey). He also recorded a CD called, "Memphis' Other King".^[4]

Personal life

Lawler has been married three times. He has two children from his first marriage. His son Brian, who has previously wrestled in WWE (as "Brian Christopher" and "Grandmaster Sexay"), is now performing in independent promotions. His other son, Kevin, has dabbled in professional wrestling as both a referee and wrestler. In his book ''"It's Good To Be The King… Sometimes"'', Lawler says he believes Kevin's short physical stature has prevented him from reaching success similar to Brian.
He met his third wife, Stacy "The Kat" Carter, at a charity softball game in Memphis, Tennessee on July 23 1989.^[5] In mid-February 2001, Carter (who was a valet and has also made in-ring appearances) was released by the World Wrestling Federation.Jerry Lawler. It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes (p.403) He left the company in protest. Carter decided to leave Lawler in July 2001, and they separated not long after.^[6] He rejoined the WWE in November 2001.^[7]

In wrestling

★ 'Finishing and signature moves'
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★ 'Spike Piledriver'
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★ '''Royal Fist Drop''' (Diving fist drop from the second turnbuckle) (typically preceded by pulling down the single shoulder strap on his attire)
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★ Elbow Drop
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★ Brainbuster
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★ Back Suplex

★ 'Dirty attacks'
:Lawler was known for his myriad of illegal attacks during his career. The most notable were:
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★ Throwing fire
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★ Foreign objects (including "phantom foreign objects") removed from either his tights or a hidden area in the ring which an opponent sold as if they had been attacked by brass knuckles, or cause a referee to "reprimand" Lawler allowing him to set up yet another dirty move

Championships and accomplishments

References

1. WWE Profile
2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492476/bio Biography for
Jerry Lawler
3. WWE Pulls Jerry Lawler From Hogan Match, Big Show Replaces The King, Details Inside
4. Lawler's Album
5. Jerry Lawler. It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes (p.333)
6. Jerry Lawler. It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes (p.415)
7. Jerry Lawler. It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes (p.372-373)

External links

★ KingLawler.com (Official Site)

★ Memphis Wrestling History: Matches, Cards & Results 1962-1988

★ WWE Profile

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