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Post by Kash Flagg on Sept 23, 2010 20:42:44 GMT -5
No WWF/WWE stuff please (AWA/SMW included) but as far as I know, any Memphis stuff should be alright.
Let's show some of the younger posters what a hellava wrestler and talker Lawler used to be.
Jerry Lawler "drunk"!
This was THE hottest angle in Memphis at the time.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Sept 23, 2010 21:17:34 GMT -5
As someone who wasn't around when he was having his heyday, I knew Lawler as an announcer long before I knew him as a wrestler. And when I did, I was surprised to see how over he was (and still is in some southern states). The guy was a bigger name than Hogan in some places, and I believe that Lawler went over whenever they wrestled (Lawler was the booker). He could work great as either a face or heel, too.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Sept 23, 2010 21:26:59 GMT -5
It was fun to see him being such a heel in Texas while being the huge babyface in Memphis. Same thing happened when they did the SMW/USWA "war".
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 23, 2010 21:32:13 GMT -5
Part of one of the greatest wrestling angles of all time; the feud with Andy Kaufman. If he'd done nothing else, I'd respect him eternally for that.
It doesn't hurt that he had decades of great stuff besides.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Sept 23, 2010 21:45:41 GMT -5
loved his feud with Kaufman
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Sept 23, 2010 22:30:43 GMT -5
One thing I've always loved about Lawler was how relaxed, natural, and utterly sure of himself he sounded in his promos. For example, the Superclash III unification match with Kerry Von Erich. He doesn't sound like some blowhard over hyping himself.
That whole promo is a great example, but when he's talking about Kerry being nervous and says, "Coming into the SuperClash, he's thinking: "Am I going to let my family down again?" Kerry....you are. You're going to lose. I promise you that," his delivery is such that you can easily end up believing him. He's not ranting and raving. He's not coming off as an over the top egomaniac who's out of touch with reality.
I have a ton of respect for Jerry Lawler. I encourage anyone who hasn't seen him outside of WWE (especially if all they've seen is his work as a commentator) to check out his career.
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Post by vinnysimmo on Sept 24, 2010 13:47:43 GMT -5
I thourght it was hilarious when he owned Brian Kendrick in Brian's last match in the WWE.
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Post by Timmy8271 on Sept 24, 2010 19:18:55 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2010 11:26:12 GMT -5
I would read about Lawler in the magazines, but never saw him wrestle until they made the Gordon Solie-Joe Pedicino "Entertainment Tonight"-type of show "Pro Wrestling This Week". They would show highlights and match clips from all over North America.
Memphis always got a spot every week. There was always something wild going on there, usually when Jerry was beaten down, then came back just enough to throw the fireball. I remember when Austin Idol and the King wrestled in the cage, then Tommy Rich sneaked out from under the ring, and the two just beat the crap out of him and won the match, shaved Jerry's head and "posted him".
To the younger fans who seen Jerry "invade" the ECW Arena and how rabid the crowd was: that was amateur hour compared to this night. This crowd in Memphis was ready to tear the cage down and kill Idol and Rich, it was that chaotic. I've never seen a crowd since want to literally kill someone. I wasn't even there and I feared for my own well-being.
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