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Jerry Lawler has been wrestling in Memphis since the early 1970's. Jerry is known as the King of Memphis Wrestling. Jerry was trained by Jackie Fargo.
Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator, known throughout the wrestling world as "The King". 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.
Jerry Lawler has made history as being the wrestler with the most championship reigns of all time. He has won a total of 124 titles in his career; 30 of which were the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. Lawler held the championship another 13 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.
Jerry "the King" Lawler
Jerry Lawler was recently inducted into the WWE, Hall of Fame. You can see him near the action every Monday Night Raw. Jerry's Accomplishments and Awards:American Wrestling Association
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Bill Dundee
Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (30 times)
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (10 times) - with Gorgeous George, Jr. (2), Bill Dundee (4), Mongolian Stomper (1), Jos LeDuc (1), Austin Idol (1), and Big Bubba (1)
CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (First Champion)
CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Austin Idol
CWA Lord of the Ring winner in 1988
Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jim White
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
JAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Maryland Championship Wrestling
MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Bruiser
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times) (First Champion)
NWA Mid-America
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (12 times) (First Champion)
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time)
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (8 times) - with Jim White (4), Tojo Yamamoto (2), Playboy Frazier (1), and The Scorpion (1)
NWA Polynesian Wrestling
NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Virginia
NWA All-Star Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Power Pro Wrestling
PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bill Dundee
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year award in 1988
PWI Feud of the Year award in 1992 with Jeff Jarrett vs. The Moondogs
PWI Feud of the Year in 1993 vs. Bret Hart
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award in 1993
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year award in 1995
PWI ranked him #23 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
PWI ranked him #56 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Bill Dundee in 2003.
PWI ranked him #78 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jeff Jarrett in 2003.
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
SMW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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Awards and accomplishments cont.
United States Wrestling AssociationUSWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
USWA Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Jeff Jarrett (3), and Bill Dundee (2)
USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (28 times) (First Champion)
World Class Championship Wrestling
WCWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Feud of the Year award in 1987 vs Austin Idol and Tommy Rich
Feud of the Year award in 1992 with Jeff Jarrett vs. The Moondogs
Feud of the Year award in 1993 vs. Bret Hart
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
Jerry "the King" Lawler
In Wrestling
Finishing and signature movesSpike Piledriver
Royal Fist Drop (Diving fist drop from the second turnbuckle) (typically preceded by pulling down the single shoulder strap on his attire)
Elbow Drop
Brainbuster
Back Suplex
Dirty attacks
Lawler was known for his myriad of illegal attacks during his career. The most notable were:
Throwing fire
Foreign objects (including "phantom foreign objects" removed from either his tights or a hidden area in the ring which an opponent would sell 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)
Jerry "the King" Lawler
Singing and Acting Career
As a singerLawler 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".
As an actor
Lawler played as himself on the movie Man on the Moon.




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