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03/01/09 - Need a Vacation?
11/28/08 - Check out the New Online Store - T-shirts now, much more later! Including personal artwork for sale!!!!!!! 11/10/08 - Interview with the King at "35 Years of Wrestling Royalty" 11/03/08 - A new update from the King! Hi everyone. I guess it's about time for a little update here on the site. First I'd like to thank and apologize to all the people who have written and asked for more recent updates. I'd like to tell you that I have been so incredibly busy doing things that are terribly important, that I just haven't had time to sit down at the computer and churn out an update, but the truth is more likely that I'm an unbelievable procrastinator!Sometimes I wonder how I get anything done when I find it so hard to get started. But really I have been pretty busy lately...I'll get into that in a minute, but the thing that is really taking up a lot of my time lately, is a MOVE!! Yep! After 26 years in the same house here in Memphis, I am actually moving. I'm sure a lot of you have gone through a similar ordeal, but I had no idea it could be so traumatic and of course, time consuming. I never realized how much stuff you could accumulate over 26 years! And, as some of you know I am a collector of memorabilia, (Coca-Cola, Superman, Disney, Cleveland Baseball and Football, and art and music) a hoarder, and just a pack-rat in general. I hate to throw anything away! So trying to sort through and decide what to take to the new place has been a huge headache. My girlfriend, Renee said, "Just keep the stuff you really want and get rid of the rest!" Problem is, I really want ALL of it or I wouldn't have had it to begin with! I'm finding out how stressful a move can be, and I hope our relationship can survive the ordeal. Right now I'm really bummed out about the Cleveland Browns loss today. It looked like they had the dreaded Ravens beat with a 14 point lead, but then they gave up 24 unanswered points and lost 37 to 27. I'm always in a really rotten mood for several hours after a Browns loss. Tomorrow RAW is in Tampa, Florida. It's a really nice arena in Tampa which makes the day a lot better. We are going to be doing some different things here on the website that I hope you will like. My webmaster, Alan Whitenton (who does a great job with no help from me) has added the Memphis Wrestling TV show to the site. The show airs every Saturday morning at 11am here in Memphis on MyNetwork 50. It also airs on the Fight Channel throughout Canada and in the United Kingdom. We are updating and creating a new "store" on the site where we will make available quite a few more things. New pictures, autographed of course, new T-Shirts, you will even be able to obtain one of the King's crowns!! Another thing I have been asked about over the years is my artwork. For the first time ever, we are going to offer limited edition, signed and numbered prints of some of my art. We may even take commissions to do original artwork for some people! So be sure and come back and check out or store...it's right around the corner! This coming Friday, November 7th, I will be wrestling against big Sid Vicious in Nashville, Tennessee. The event is being dubbed, "35 Years of Wrestling Royalty!" Promoter Bert Prentice is promising a big event with a lot of friends and co-workers of mine from over the years scheduled to be on hand. I know one of the other matches that night will feature Dangerous Doug Gilbert teaming with Grandmaster Sexay, Brian Christopher to take on the Moondogs with original Moondog Cujo! The show will be at the Nashville Fairgrounds Arena where I have wrestled probably a thousand times over my career, and you can find out more information on the event by going to www.LAWLER35.com Another appearance I am looking forward to is at the Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, Tennessee, on Saturday November 30th. I will be there from 1 to 5pm to sign autographs and take pictures with fans. So if you're in Jackson or nearby on the 30th come see the King at Old Hickory Mall!!! Well, I'm going to log off for the time being, but I promise more updates on a regular basis! See ya! 06/01/07 - Lawler defeats Hogan
04/01/06 - We are up to 8 episodes of Leave it to Lawler!
Check out the latest episode! 12/03/05 - And another episode of "Leave it to Lawler" 11/26/05 - Watch this week's episode of "Leave it to Lawler" 11/12/05 - Renee and her sister have a new butler. And the King has a new maid in this new weekly reality segment series on Memphis Wrestling! Leave It To Lawler Week 1 Leave It To Lawler Week 2 05/20/04 - An update from the King 05/12/04 - Finally a few new pics See what the King and his new girlfriend Renee has been up to in the past few months! Click Here! 05/11/04 - This is really old school! Robert Fuller throwing Jerry Lawler down about 30 rows of stairs! This footage is at least 30 years old! I'll be posting more old footage in the upcoming weeks! Check out the classic video archives for more!
05/09/04 - On This Day.... On this day in .... 12/09/03 - King talks about the passing of Moondog Spot on WWE.COM Click Here for the WWE.Com interview
09/15/03 - King talks about HHH's Bachelor Party and Wargames From www.1wrestling.com - By Sir Adams In what has to be the most embarrassing episode in the history of GIR Radio, SD Jones dissed Sir Adam and the Phantom. What was worse is that Sir Adam scheduled Jones to be in the “Main Event” slot of the show, following the King Jerry Lawler. Even worse, Sir Adam made the brilliant decision to hang up on Lawler to call SD!! Lawler was in the midst of his greatest radio interview ever, and Sir Adam using no brains whatsoever goes ahead with the planned SD JONES interview! And SD is a no show. Check out more embarrassing GIR stuff at the World’s Worst Website www.getinthering.tv or tune in this Sunday at 7PM Eastern 540 AM WLIE, in NY or in streaming audio at www.wlie.com. -Lawler joins the show and talks football with Sir Adam, which is totally lost on Phantom. Phantom quickly brings up HHH bachelor party and how Sir Adam and he think Lawler would be the first guy on line at the party. Lawler disappoints GIR and says he won’t be making the bachelor party. Lawler asks the boys the details, because he didn’t even know about it. -Phantom calls Jerry Lawler a ratings magnet and how WWE calls on him every so often to wrestle. He also says he looked younger than Christian in their recent matchup to which Lawler laughed. Lawler thinks he should be asked to wrestle even more than he is now. Lawler says that Vince McMahon doesn’t mind him taking indy shots, but Lawler would love to be used on Heat or Velocity. He tells a story of a RAW house show in Memphis when he teamed with Shawn Michaels to take on Ric Flair and HHH, after the match HHH approached Lawler and said he wished Jerry would be wrestling with them for the whole week because “it was just so easy out there, and the crowd was so responsive.” Lawler thinks that it is the difference between old school psychology and how the wrestlers approach a match today. He doesn’t try and give the younger workers advice on career longevity, because when he was a rookie and veterans used to tell him things, he would never listen. “You have to learn for yourself, but there is a reason why guys have a 30 year career and why some guys get out of it early because of injury.” “….the main thing in wrestling is charisma, and has nothing to do with age.” Lawler continues to talk about storytelling matches vs. high spot matches, and how fans really respond to a good story. -Talk turns to MLW’s Wargames. Lawler says that Vince McMahon didn’t pull him out of the show. Lawler says he does so many indies and claims he was contacted by MLW, and never knew anything about them other than they were an Indy league trying to book him in St. Petersburg Florida. He accepted the booking and wrestled Terry Funk, never knowing that his match would air on Sunshine Network. He knew it was being filmed, but thought it was for videotape sales or for a local Florida cable channel, and didn’t think it would be available around the country via Direct TV/Sunshine Network. “JR called me and said someone brought it to (his) attention that they saw me on the Sunshine Network, and Vince told him that he knew I liked wrestling for independents, but he'd rather not have him wrestle on someone else’s TV. “ So Lawler called MLW to inform them that he would wrestle for them, only if his matches weren’t used on their TV. The MLW rep. (assuming it was Court Bauer) claimed to understand his predicament, but stressed that since he wasn’t told ahead of time, his TV was built around this Wargames match featuring Lawler. Jerry stood his ground, and feels he will work some shots in the future with MLW, just not for air on TV. -The boys bring up Lawler and JR vs. Al Snow and Coach at Unforgiven and Lawler says he’s looking forward to the match, but can’t picture RAW being hosted by the Heat crew. He said the cameramen don’t even watch the show when they commentate. Phantom brings up the period of time when Coach subbed for Jim Ross, and how it seemed that Lawler got legit ticked off at Coach several times. Lawler felt like Coach talked way too much during matches, and never let the action speak for itself. “Sometimes I wanted to just turn to him and slap him, and say slow down. This is not radio, it's television people can see what’s going on you don’t have to describe every single second of action.” Lawler goes on to say that Coach was excited about the prospect and under a lot of pressure. “One thing allot of people don’t realize is that Vince McMahon is right in your ear. He can talk to you at any given moment….I have witnessed Vince you know, I’m not going to say lambasting Coach on the air, but you just know that if you make the slightest mistake you know he’s right there to give it to you. Needless to say, there’s a lot of pressure.” -On the war of words between Hulk Hogan and Mick Foley, Lawler felt Foley “did exactly what he needed to do and more importantly what he wanted to do to be successful, as did Hogan. I think it’s ridiculous for those two guys to be arguing about ‘I did it right, and you did it wrong’. You’re talking about apples and oranges, two different characters. But they both had charisma.” Talk turns to the infamous Foley fall off the Hell in a Cell cage and Lawler claims to be as surprised as anyone at the incredible fall. He had no idea what Foley was planning on doing. “To me the more impressive fall was through the cage….he could have been killed or at least paralyzed. I don’t think that made Mick Foley. It was a culmination of things he did.” -The only other injury that was as traumatic as the Owen Hart death, was when Droz was paralyzed. King was there and held Droz’ hand when he was injured and Lawler told Drozdov not to worry that it was probably just a stinger. But Droz told him “No King, I’m paralyzed, I know it”. “We can only imagine what that could be like, especially someone like Droz, who was an athlete all his life…it’s almost like having your life taken away from you. It takes an amazing person a strong person to continue to go on after something like that.” Lawler agrees that it must be very hard for D’lo Brown as well. “You can’t just help but wonder if any little thing went differently in that match would things have been different?” Phantom brings up that Lawler is very lucky to never had a major injury in the thousands of matches he’s had over his career. Lawler just says he’s been very fortunate over the years, and that when he was younger he did crazy bumps and never even wore kneepads in his career. -Lawler mentions that he has a new girlfriend, and Phantom is happy for him. “You’re not as nearly as happy as I am,” Lawler says. It took him a long time to get back into a serious relationship after his difficult divorce. Lawler did a RAW show in Providence Rhode Island in January, “It’s tough to interact with any of the fans….I’ve been with the WWE since 1993 and have never met a girl at one of the shows….before the show ever started there was a young lady unfortunately with a guy, and we made eye contact and I became infatuated with her. Matter of fact I was paying so much attention to her…I wasn’t paying attention to the match and said to JR look at that chair shot, when someone hit someone else with a championship belt.” JR looked at Lawler with a questionable look, because Jerry didn’t want him to know he liked this girl, because “JR wants you to be focused…but I couldn’t help it.” During a commercial break Lawler mouthed to the girl, is that your boyfriend? And the girl shook her head no, to which Lawler then asked for her phone number. At another commercial break Lawler asked the floor director to get for a pen and paper, and the director’s response wa,s “Why you want me to get the number of that girl you’ve been looking at all night.” Lawler has been with her ever since, Sir Adam then starts to give Lawler hell for not going to the HHH bachelor party. “Don’t give me that ‘I’m not on the Smack down roster’, your new girlfriend won’t let you go.” Lawler confirmed Sir Adam’s belief, saying “I’ve been told by her I’m not allowed to go to the bachelor party.” 08/30/03 - Memphis Wrestling back online and in even Higher Quality! Just bought a new TV Tuner device that is much better than my old one. Also installed Windows XP and Microsoft's WinMedia 9.0. So the quality in my upcoming online videos should be even better than before. I have the last 2 weeks of Memphis Wrestling online for those that want to see the King kicking some butt in Memphis! Also I should be getting a load of new pics and maybe even an update from the King very soon! 08/30/03 - Memphis Wrestling back online and in even Higher Quality! Just bought a new TV Tuner device that is much better than my old one. Also installed Windows XP and Microsoft's WinMedia 9.0. So the quality in my upcoming online videos should be even better than before. I have the last 2 weeks of Memphis Wrestling online for those that want to see the King kicking some butt in Memphis! Also I should be getting a load of new pics and maybe even an update from the King very soon! 07/06/03 - Who is this woman that's hanging with the King these days?
06/19/03 - A Great Article on Who the Greatest Ever Heel in Memphis Was by Scott Bowden 05/30/03 - Valentine's Day with the King I know this is a little old, but just found it 05/18/03 - Watch Memphis Wrestling online with WinMedia Player Now you can watch Memphis Wrestling online with WinMedia. This week's show is currently available to watch in the Memphis Wrestling area. Also weekly results will be posted. 05/14/03 - Memphis Wrestling is Back Memphis Studio Wrestling is back! Starting Saturday WLMT-TV Channel 30 will air live in-studio wrestling after an absence of more than two years! Corey Maclin and Jerry Lawler will be the announcing team and King will also do a bit of wrestling. Memphis Wrestling will unveil a new Southern Heavyweight belt and Lance Russell will host a segment that looks back at famous wrestlers who got their starts or passed through Memphis on their way to stardom. Memphis will again be working closely with the WWE in helping them develop talent. It will air every Saturday morning at 11:00. Tickets are available at 2701 Union Ave. Ext. 4/01/03 - Yeah, WrestleMania was nice!
King with the Miller Lite Girls! 3/29/03 - Jerry Lawler is up at Playboy.com! You've got to go to Playboy.com and check this out!!!!!!! 3/24/03 - An Update from the King about the Playboy.com Celebrity Photo Shoot Click here to read about the photo shoot! 2/28/03 - An Update from the King 02/24/03 - From WWE.COM - Excitement on Lawler’s flight
There was almost “No Way Out” of Memphis this morning for Jerry Lawler. The King
had just boarded his 6 a.m. flight, on his way to Montreal, when a male flight
attendant sprinted toward the front of the plane. 01/04/03 - An Update by the King 12/27/02 - Article on CNN.COM Check out this article on CNN.COM about the Andy Kaufman feud that came from the King's book! Click Here! 12/16/02 - Book Signing Jerry's first book signing will be in his hometown in Memphis, TN on December 20th. It will be held at Wal-Mart on Winchester from 6PM - 8PM. So if you want your own personalized autographed copy of It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes - BE THERE! Will be posting a list of book signing dates soon! 12/6/02 - King Autograph Signing The King will be making an appearance at South Florida's Comic Book and Toy Convention Sunday, December 8th from 10am - 5 pm. 1801 NE 6th St, Pompano Beach Civic Center. Admission will be 5.00 per person. (954) 224-1162 for more information. Check out cccpromotions.com for more info! 12/04/02 - Jerry Lawler's Autobiography Click Here to Pre-Order at Amazon.com - Or wait a few weeks and it'll be at all bookstores near you!
Insert from Book: Jerry Lawler is hailed as one of sports-entertainment's most enduring and colorful characters. His life has been filled with hilarious, never-been-told stories...until now! His reign consists of thirteen championships (one of which he's held more than forty times), three marriages, and two children. He's dominated Memphis radio and television airwaves. Starred in feature films. Recorded albums. Tolerated countless sprains, broken bones, concussions, and contusions. The way Jerry "The King" Lawler tells it, if you're good at something, do it more than once. It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes is a no-holds-barred personal account from the "puppies" -pantin' King of one-liners, who steps out from behind the announcer's desk of WWE Raw to hold court about everything. His passion for art that first drew him to the ring of a rundown West Memphis movie theater over thirty years ago. The comic adventures and tragic bumps endured journeying down the "Music Highway" of Interstate 40 with the National Wrestling Alliance. Earning his royal personage in the Bluff City of the Mighty Mississippi against his own mentor, "Fabulous" Jackie Fargo. Grappling with mat legends Ric Flair, Lou Thez, Jesse Ventura, Andre the Giant, Terry Funk, and Bret "Hitman" Hart. And his crowning achievements as co-ruler of the United States Wrestling Association, which contributed to the rise of future WWE Superstars Hulk Hogan, Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and the Rock. It's time you Lackeys pay heed as the King reveals the schemes and outrageous storylines to many of wrestling's most fantastic theatrics and all-too-real moments. Lawler tells of his legendary feud with Andy Kaufman, and his much-publicized confrontation with the actor portraying the late comedian on the set of Man on the Moon, and the "Karate-versus-Wrestling" match that almost occurred between Lawler and Memphis's other King. (Elvis) And be sure to honor his royal proclamations regarding former wives, and his mother's opinion of wrestling; why he once sued future boss Vince McMahon...and won; and the body part he truly worships on a WWE Diva. 10/25/02 - Another Update from Jerry Lawler 10/20/02 - King Releases another Update 10/18/02 - Smackdown in Memphis on 10/23/02 The King will be in the ring in his hometown in Memphis for Smackdown! I will be going and will be bringing back lots of pics for the site! 09/26/02 - Finally an Update from Jerry Lawler! 07/22/02 - Jerry Lawler vs Dusty Rhodes in Nashville
Click here to watch in 150K WinMedia 06/05/02 - The King's Autobiography Working on an update for the site. I've been a little slow on the website lately because I am writing my autobiography and it must be finished by the end of June. Feel free to e-mail me your ideas on what you'd like me to write about in the book! What did you like to read about and what bored you in other books written by wrestlers? It's due to go on sale by the end of the year! 04/02/01 - Hundreds on New Pics Coming Jerry has been busy with his new Digital Camera. Have hundreds of new pics coming in the upcoming months! The first of the pics are in the King's Kam Area (Page 4) 03/10/02 - The Dream Machine passes away
Click here to see an old clip of the Dream The Dream Machine died of heart failure Thursday at his Memphis home. He was 47 years old. He is best remembered for his Pro Wrestling days in Memphis, TN from the late 70's to the early 80's. He was one of the leaders of Jimmy Hart's "First Family of Professional Wrestling". When Jerry Lawler broke his leg in 1979 and was out of wrestling for nearly a year, probably the biggest comeback match in Memphis Wrestling history was his first match back against the Dream Machine. To this day I would rank the Dream Machine as giving one of the best interviews in the history of wrestling. He was one of my favorite wrestlers off all time! RIP -Alan Whitenton (Webmaster) 03/09/02 - King on the Weakest Link
Jerry Lawler and 7 other WWF superstars were on the Weakest Link this past Sunday! King finished 3rd....not too bad! Kane wins! Guess that fire didn't burn all of his brains after all! 03/06/02 - We may be down for a few days! The company that hosts our site was bought out by a new company a few months ago and they charge much more for bandwidth. The new limit per month is now 20 gigs. We run about 80 I believe. Bottom line is we have to find a new host for the site and fast! So there may be a down time in near future. If anyone knows of someone that can host the site for a reasonable price that can handle that kind of bandwidth, feel free to contact the webmaster at awhiten1@midsouth.rr.com. Thanks! 03/02/02 - Finally an UPDATE! First part of the King's New Update! 01/08/02 - Interview with the King Click Here to see what the King had to say. 01/04/02 - Memphis Wrestling Back Our first show will kick off at the Harrah's Tunica Casino on the 9th. Our first TV telecast will be Saturday, Jan 19th back on channel 5 at 11:00 AM. Be sure to be watching and to catch us live at the Casino! 11/20/01 - The King is Back with the WWF
Watch the King's return to the WWF! WinMedia: 56K Interview with WWF.com immediately after the show! 11/17/01- King releases a Statement 10/25/01 - Latest Statement from the King Click here to see what the King has been up to! 10/10/01 - The King in a Video Game Click on pic to enlarge
"The Legends of Wrestling" by Acclaim for PS2 09/10/01 - Jerry Lawler Releases a New Statement 06/24/01 - Autographed Lofton and Lawler Covers Available A limited number of autographed copies of our last issue, featuring an illustration of Kenny Lofton by Jerry "the King" Lawler, are now available. A cover autographed by Lofton alone is $15, which includes $3 postage and handling. A cover autographed by Lawler is also $15, which likewise includes postage and handling. A cover autographed by both men is $30, which also covers postage and handling.
Please limit your request to three covers per household. Mail your order to Kenny's Kids, PO Box 539, Mentor, Ohio 44060. Make checks payable to Jet Media, Inc. Proceeds from the autograph sales will go to Kenny's Kids, the youth foundation established by Lofton to help support programs and provide economically disadvantaged children with opportunities to improve academic success, pursue higher education and participate in activities that promote discipline, commitment and integrity. In addition, we now are accepting sealed bids for the original drawing. The illustration, which measures approximately 16" X 15" will be framed, personally autographed by both Lofton and Lawler, and presented to the highest bidder. The original illustration does not include either the Indians Ink Logo or the words which appeared on the cover. All bids will be entered into the blind auction, which will take place during Lofton's upcoming celebrity charity bowling and golf events, to be held July 29 and 30. The entire amount fo the winning bid will be donated to "Kenny's Kids." For more information on the charity events, please call 216-420-4387 06/15/01 - Clash of the Legends Results Click Here to see the results (Lots of vidcaps also!) 06/07/01 - A Statement from Brian Christopher Click Pic to enlarge 06/02/01 - Interview with Jimmy Hart 04/23/01 - Jerry Lawler defeats Mikey Whipwreck Credit 1wrestling.com Jerry Lawler beat Mikey Whipwreck in the main event of the Millennium Wrestling Association show in Westerly, RI, on 4/21. Joel Gertner managed Whipwreck, and he and Lawler each cut promos before the match. Gertner had a mic with him throughout the match as well, allowing him to rattle off some more lines. Lawler at one point took the bump down the bleachers. Tony DeVito beat Tim McNeany in the semi-main event after putting McNeany through a table with a moonsault. They brawled all over the building during the match. Also on the show: Mike Bell beat Kevin Landry to keep the heavyweight title. Johnny Idol & Mike Steele beat Power Company to become number one contenders for the tag titles, currently held by Nicholas Richards & Fred Curry Jr., who are feuding with each other and had a singles match here where Curry went over after putting Richards through a table with a Rock bottom. Purty Kurty beat Debonaire Cruz and Oman Tortuga in a three-way match for the vacant Unified Triple Threat Hardcore light heavyweight heavyweight title (yes, that's what they're calling it; Spike Dudley last held the title before heading to the WWF). 04/04/01 - Great site with TONS of info on old Memphis Wrestling If you are an old time Memphis Wrestling Fan (Or fan of another old time regional promotion) Make sure you check out this site! It sure brings back memories for me! 03/19/01 - Monday Night Raw Did everyone see the clever individuals that brought separate signs with them to spell out KING? One sign had a K, one an I, one a N, and one a G. A great idea to get past security!
02/28/01 - Local News Clip in Memphis
Watch this local Memphis news clip at 56K (WinMedia) 11/06/01 - Interview with Jimmy Hart Hart talks about how he met Jerry Lawler, how he got into the business and about the Andy Kaufman days. 11/06/01 - Lawler injured in PPW
Injuries from being thrown through a glass door during the PPW confrontation. 12/31/99 - Article on the Jerry Lawler/Andy Kaufman Feud 12/16/99 - Man on the Moon
Lots of pics from the movie set. You'll like the pic of Jim Carrey right after I slapped him and made his lip bleed! "Man on the Moon" should be released nationally in the fall of '99! Great article I found on the Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler Feud Also a few Interesting Links on Andy Kaufman: http://andykaufman.jvlnet.com/core.htm http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6989/kaufman.html 11/25/99 - Andy Kaufman Look for Andy Kaufman's Biography at a Book Store Near You! Also Man in the Moon will be released December 22nd at a theater near you!
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