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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:18,740 What a great crowd today, huh? 2 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:21,560 50th anniversary of Jerry the King Lawler. 3 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,780 We've got all kind of superstars and legends here, a lot of WWE Hall of 4 00:00:27,140 --> 00:00:28,840 So it's a wonderful day. 5 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,980 Man, I'm just so excited to be here for the 50th anniversary of Jerry Lawler. 6 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,520 It's most of my... I thought you were older than 50. 7 00:00:37,780 --> 00:00:41,080 Huh? I thought you were older than 50. I am a little older than 50, but I've 8 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,700 been wrestling for 50 years. 9 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,860 It's a great honor for me to... 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,520 I don't, Jerry. 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,820 Never got a chance to wrestle, Jerry. Thank you for coming. 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,380 Thank you for allowing me to be here. Oh, are you kidding? In your damn ears. 13 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,740 Understand me. He's in the top three in the whole time of wrestling. 14 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:07,340 When I hear somebody say, congratulations on being in the ring for 15 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:09,360 years, I can't believe it myself. 16 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,800 I still enjoy going into the ring. I still enjoy competing. 17 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:20,840 I still enjoy being in front of the fans and that as much today as I did 50 18 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,840 years ago. 19 00:01:22,580 --> 00:01:29,300 He was a big deal. I 20 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,139 still is. 21 00:01:30,140 --> 00:01:33,300 I could just see myself standing up there and all those people saying, look 22 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:34,059 that Lawler. 23 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:35,100 He's great, isn't he? 24 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,580 Jerry Lawler was a cornerstone of wrestling. He was one of the foundations 25 00:01:39,580 --> 00:01:41,640 led us to where we're going now. 26 00:01:42,410 --> 00:01:46,490 He beat everybody from Andre the Giant to Ric Flair to Hulk Hogan. He beat 27 00:01:46,490 --> 00:01:50,530 everybody. Brother, you don't touch me. I am from Hollywood. 28 00:01:51,150 --> 00:01:54,490 The king of Memphis who became king of a lot more than that. 29 00:01:54,730 --> 00:01:56,130 The king himself. 30 00:01:56,690 --> 00:01:59,670 Get down on your hands and knees and kiss my feet. 31 00:01:59,930 --> 00:02:02,630 Gary was one of the greatest villains in wrestling history. 32 00:02:04,690 --> 00:02:08,009 He was the voice of the Attitude Era. 33 00:02:13,230 --> 00:02:16,790 I look back on all the things that happened here and there, all the 34 00:02:16,790 --> 00:02:20,390 coincidences, all the things that shouldn't have happened that did happen. 35 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:26,530 to get me where I am today, I've never thought about quitting. It's just a way 36 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:27,530 of life to me. 37 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:53,020 Without a doubt, my favorite piece of memorabilia is my Batmobile. 38 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,980 I mean, that's my coolest piece that I own anywhere. 39 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,840 I realized that I have the Peter Pan syndrome. 40 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,820 I've never grown up, and I really don't want to. 41 00:03:12,940 --> 00:03:17,120 I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, November 29, 1949. 42 00:03:19,310 --> 00:03:23,170 My childhood was like watching Leave it to Beaver. I had an older brother. 43 00:03:23,590 --> 00:03:26,490 My dad went to work every day. My stay -at -home mom. 44 00:03:26,770 --> 00:03:29,690 And it was just a great time. 45 00:03:31,730 --> 00:03:36,790 We are in what I refer to sometimes as my bat cave. Most people call it a man 46 00:03:36,790 --> 00:03:37,790 cave. 47 00:03:38,950 --> 00:03:42,630 This is all stuff that really meant something to me from my childhood. 48 00:03:44,110 --> 00:03:47,500 Gosh, as a kid growing up, Moved to a little town right outside of Cleveland 49 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:50,100 with my parents and became a huge Cleveland sports fan. 50 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:55,760 I was right at the age, I was like in my teen years when Beatlemania hit. 51 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,200 Still there wear a Superman ring instead of my WWE Hall of Fame ring because 52 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,920 five years old, I became an unbelievable superhero fan. 53 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:08,660 And that's when I first realized I could draw. 54 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:12,460 When it comes to art. 55 00:04:13,150 --> 00:04:17,589 I realized that, you know, it's a God -given talent that all my life have 56 00:04:17,589 --> 00:04:18,589 taken for granted. 57 00:04:21,810 --> 00:04:27,890 I think in my first grade, and the teacher wrote to my parents, you know, 58 00:04:27,890 --> 00:04:30,750 about what great artistic ability I had. 59 00:04:32,290 --> 00:04:36,090 It was just something, like I said, that just always came natural, and I was 60 00:04:36,090 --> 00:04:39,050 always just shocked that everybody couldn't draw. 61 00:04:44,940 --> 00:04:51,280 I think the first time that my artwork got any real attention was when my dad 62 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:53,040 and I were going to the live wrestling shows. 63 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,140 This is Lance Russell from the Memphis Mid -South Coliseum. 64 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:03,280 Memphis wrestling, it was the biggest thing that happened in the city. 65 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,940 What a match this one has been so far. 66 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,220 The first time I watched wrestling was with my dad. My dad actually worked as 67 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:13,000 usher, and that way we got free ticket. 68 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,180 When I was watching the wrestling, I watched it really, really closely. 69 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,160 I watched the moves that the guys were doing, and I would try to think in my 70 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,340 mind how you would emulate those things. 71 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:33,440 I remember starting to draw some pictures of the wrestlers. 72 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,240 Somebody said, man, you ought to take some of those pictures and send them 73 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,760 the TV station that airs wrestling every week. 74 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:46,240 Jerry was 14 or 15, and he came to me by the mail. 75 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,880 He sent in some drawings on wrestling. 76 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,660 Sure enough, about halfway through the show, he says, Dave, we have a young fan 77 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:58,160 that sent in some pictures that kind of illustrate what took place. 78 00:05:58,580 --> 00:06:02,900 And I would use it to tell people about what happened last week down at the 79 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:06,020 auditorium. I thought, man, it couldn't get any better than that. 80 00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:11,340 But it did. Because a week later, I got a call from Lance Russell himself. 81 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:16,430 And he said, listen, everybody loved your artwork. Maybe you could come over 82 00:06:16,430 --> 00:06:20,150 the studio next week, show your artwork, and everybody wants to see what you 83 00:06:20,150 --> 00:06:24,630 look like. Plus, Jackie Fargo wants to check with you about having you do some 84 00:06:24,630 --> 00:06:26,670 artwork for his nightclub in Memphis. 85 00:06:29,230 --> 00:06:34,130 Fabulous Jackie Fargo. I mean, he was like The Rock or John Cena. 86 00:06:34,670 --> 00:06:38,150 He was the top guy in the Memphis territory at that time. 87 00:06:38,930 --> 00:06:40,450 He and a guy named Eddie Bond. 88 00:06:40,890 --> 00:06:45,150 owned a nightclub in Memphis, and he wanted me to come to that nightclub and 89 00:06:45,150 --> 00:06:50,150 literally paint caricatures of he and Eddie Bond all over the inside of his 90 00:06:50,150 --> 00:06:51,150 club. 91 00:06:51,550 --> 00:06:55,810 For the next few years, he would send me on errands and all of this different 92 00:06:55,810 --> 00:06:59,750 kind of stuff, but I didn't mind. I still got to be around him, you know. 93 00:07:01,570 --> 00:07:05,970 Being around Jackie Fargo, the huge celebrity that he was, I mean, it just 94 00:07:05,970 --> 00:07:08,990 really turned my head. Girls were going crazy, and I'm looking around. 95 00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:13,480 And I look up at him and I say, now that is what I want to be. Forget about 96 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:14,480 being an artist. 97 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,960 I'm thinking, oh my gosh, I would love to get into this business as a wrestler, 98 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,740 but I was just too embarrassed to say anything to Jackie. I mean, I just think 99 00:07:24,740 --> 00:07:28,920 he was just looking at me as just a punk kid that had some artistic ability. 100 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,760 At that time, I had heard that every Saturday night in West Memphis, 101 00:07:34,780 --> 00:07:38,500 right across the bridge, they have live wrestling matches. 102 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:43,470 I would talk to the promoter, and next thing you know, I'm in the wrestling 103 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:46,730 business. Now, I had never even been in a ring before. 104 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:51,630 I'm fixing to step into a ring, an actual wrestling ring, without having 105 00:07:51,630 --> 00:07:52,630 training. 106 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:54,010 I get tagged in. 107 00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:55,730 First time I'm in the ring now. 108 00:07:56,430 --> 00:08:00,730 So, man, he grabs me. He throws, runs across the ring. He throws me out of the 109 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,450 ring. The next thing I know. 110 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,600 I'm waking up. I'm like this. I'm waking up. We're already back in the locker 111 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,640 room. And I said, well, what happened? 112 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,260 All I remember was like hearing a loud pop when I got thrown out of the ring. 113 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,900 Yeah, that was your head hitting the concrete floor. You've been knocked out 114 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:19,900 about five minutes. 115 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,400 Stepping into that ring for the first time with people, they're cheering for 116 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,000 you. They're clapping their hands. It was just something I had never 117 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,900 before. And I knew I wanted to do it again. 118 00:08:33,699 --> 00:08:37,120 Jackie Fargo hears about this, and he gets upset. 119 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,720 He said, kid, you don't want to do this. You're too good an artist. 120 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:41,960 Stick with art. 121 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,419 Don't mess with the wrestling. 122 00:08:44,059 --> 00:08:45,840 And I said, Jackie, please. 123 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,540 I just want to do it in Memphis. 124 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,040 He said, all right, kid. 125 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:55,320 If I stick my neck out to the promoters and tell them to book you on TV, will 126 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,160 you do the one match and then forget about it, go back to being an artist? 127 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,260 I said, I promise you, Jackie, I will. 128 00:09:01,020 --> 00:09:02,020 And, of course. 129 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,240 Here, 52 years later, I'm still doing it. 130 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:11,760 Lawler, from very, very early on, was a star. 131 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,660 All I cared about was being on TV. 132 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:21,040 And, you know, I just loved it if somebody would ever ask me for an 133 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:25,300 Even though I was only getting to wrestle once a week, it was a great 134 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:28,580 process. He was terrific at bumps. 135 00:09:29,150 --> 00:09:35,830 His basic wrestling knowledge was advanced for the experience that he'd 136 00:09:37,830 --> 00:09:44,610 But what he did that really set him apart was that he 137 00:09:44,610 --> 00:09:45,930 connected with the fans. 138 00:09:46,230 --> 00:09:52,370 People related to him. He was one of them. Jerry Lawler was different in the 139 00:09:52,370 --> 00:09:55,890 fact that he was real. It just kind of came natural to me. 140 00:09:57,370 --> 00:10:01,130 Jerry Jarrett started putting me higher up on the card until I would reach main 141 00:10:01,130 --> 00:10:02,130 event status. 142 00:10:03,930 --> 00:10:10,890 Jackie Fargo was getting older, and I was in 143 00:10:10,890 --> 00:10:16,590 need as a booker, a promoter, of a single wrestling star. 144 00:10:17,710 --> 00:10:23,690 And I'm suddenly pushed into the limelight in a feud with Jackie Fargo, 145 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:24,690 mentor. 146 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:30,940 He's a very tough opponent, and he's always competition when you get in the 147 00:10:30,940 --> 00:10:31,919 ring. 148 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,960 It was the program that passed the torch from Fargo to Lawler. 149 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:47,340 And Fargo taunting Lawler. I said, Jackie Fargo, you're a legend. 150 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:51,720 You're the best. You've been the king of Memphis wrestling for years. 151 00:10:52,970 --> 00:10:56,190 But you're looking at the kid that's going to knock you off your throne. 152 00:10:59,470 --> 00:11:01,730 And somehow I won the match. 153 00:11:02,030 --> 00:11:05,150 And as I was going back to the dressing room, I saw a lot of young people. They 154 00:11:05,150 --> 00:11:08,130 were patting me on the back. And some of them were saying, hey, you're the king 155 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:10,230 now. You beat Jackie Fargo. You're the king. 156 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:16,570 The next morning, Memphis TV, I come walking out with the crown on, the robe 157 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:20,630 And I was, from that moment on, the king of Memphis. 158 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,420 A little surprised that you didn't elaborate on all of your talents. I was 159 00:11:26,420 --> 00:11:30,520 positive that he would tell you, in addition to being the greatest athlete 160 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:35,040 wrestler in the world today, in addition to that, he is a brilliant artist, he 161 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:40,620 is an outstanding businessman, a connoisseur of all fine foods and wine, 162 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:44,580 addition to that, just a general all -around fella. And I do it like you 163 00:11:44,580 --> 00:11:47,600 it. Well, I don't think I'm a general all -around fella, but what's my opinion 164 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,100 against millions of others, you know? 165 00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:54,640 Man, Jerry came up the ranks really quick. It didn't take him that long, 166 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,780 year or so, and all of a sudden he was known in all the different territories. 167 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:01,880 Waller, a man with enormous confidence. 168 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,600 I was different from what they had had in the Memphis territory in the past. I 169 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,440 was a different type of bad guy. I was young, brash, outspoken. 170 00:12:11,780 --> 00:12:13,580 He knows they want to see the king. 171 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,660 You think anybody would pay to come down and see a thought -off runt? 172 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:20,610 Bug -eyed Bill Dundee? No, they come to see me, baby. 173 00:12:21,290 --> 00:12:27,750 He had this phenomenal ability to entertain. 174 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:34,670 Verbally, he could have you laughing one minute and ready to kill him the next. 175 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:38,110 Bill Dundee was just like that big steak dinner, baby. 176 00:12:39,010 --> 00:12:42,810 It's good when you eat it, but there comes a time to go to the bathroom, and 177 00:12:42,810 --> 00:12:44,690 just had to get rid of you, Dundee, baby. 178 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,760 You're low down. You're a backfighter. You're a coward. 179 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,920 You're low, man. That's all you are. You're just low bread. 180 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,400 He was unnatural. 181 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:58,220 He had one of the greatest mouths that I've ever run into. 182 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,260 Merry Christmas, you rednecks. 183 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,440 He tried everything he could. 184 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:04,180 What are you looking at your watch for? 185 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,900 Don't be looking at your watch when I'm out here, you goof. 186 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,680 These people tune in to see me. These people tune in to hear me tell what I'm 187 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,180 going to be doing to people like Buckwinkle. 188 00:13:19,850 --> 00:13:26,190 When I first started in Memphis, I was a heel. And then I became so popular as 189 00:13:26,190 --> 00:13:28,870 being a heel, I became a babyface. 190 00:13:29,470 --> 00:13:36,230 The scream of the many people who have come out to support the king 191 00:13:36,230 --> 00:13:37,230 of wrestling. 192 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:41,270 Jerry Lawler was definitely the king of Memphis. He owned that town. 193 00:13:43,070 --> 00:13:48,670 It was the same way in Tupelo, Louisville, Fayetteville. It was over. 194 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:50,540 Everywhere. 195 00:13:53,820 --> 00:13:58,420 As my career was really, really just getting off the ground, I had a 196 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:00,040 at the time, Kay Williams. 197 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,360 Went to the same high school and that sort of thing. 198 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:05,380 Before we knew it, she became pregnant. 199 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,180 So we immediately went down to Florence, Alabama, in front of a Justice of the 200 00:14:10,180 --> 00:14:11,940 Peace, and she and I got married. 201 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,140 Nine months later, my first son is born. 202 00:14:15,580 --> 00:14:18,480 And then, ten months later, I had another son. 203 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,320 During that time, I'm having to travel more, I'm away from home, and it was 204 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:30,420 tough. He'd be gone on the road and doing everything. When it happens at 205 00:14:30,420 --> 00:14:32,420 early age, that's all you know. 206 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:39,160 I justified it by saying, hey, I'm going to provide for them in a way by being 207 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,800 successful at a wrestler, but it took a full -time devotion to my career. It 208 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,160 cost me my marriage. 209 00:14:47,939 --> 00:14:50,380 They got divorced when I was probably about four years old. 210 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:57,060 You know, just the schedule, the lifestyle, you know, it probably just 211 00:14:57,060 --> 00:15:03,640 work out as far as on your time off, wanting to have the kids around and be 212 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:04,940 family type guy, you know. 213 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:10,180 I sometimes look back and think, would it have been a wise decision maybe at 214 00:15:10,180 --> 00:15:13,020 that time to maybe look for another career? 215 00:15:15,310 --> 00:15:21,110 I just felt in my heart and in my mind that something was there, that something 216 00:15:21,110 --> 00:15:22,210 was going to come out of this. 217 00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:27,790 And just a couple of years later, I'm red hot. I'm on fire. And I didn't think 218 00:15:27,790 --> 00:15:29,750 could get any higher in the wrestling business. 219 00:15:29,950 --> 00:15:35,690 But my next rivalry, my next feud took me to the next level. 220 00:15:35,990 --> 00:15:39,070 Hello, Mr. Lawler, Jerry Lawler. Do you remember me? 221 00:15:39,430 --> 00:15:41,490 I'm Andy Kaufman from Hollywood. 222 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:49,300 Andy Kaufman was this legendary, absurdist comedian. 223 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:54,500 He was somebody that became very famous for starring on the sitcom Taxi, which 224 00:15:54,500 --> 00:16:01,360 was huge, but also very famous for getting just as much of a buzz 225 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:06,540 out of getting somebody to laugh as he did getting somebody to hate him. 226 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:07,860 No, seriously. 227 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:09,980 Why everyone is... 228 00:16:11,589 --> 00:16:15,590 Going boo on like the joke when I told some of the joke. 229 00:16:15,970 --> 00:16:18,050 And then when I don't want you to laugh, you're laughing. 230 00:16:18,690 --> 00:16:22,030 Just trying to do my best to have some fun. And if you don't like it, that's 231 00:16:22,090 --> 00:16:23,530 Okay, thank you very much and good night. 232 00:16:25,130 --> 00:16:30,850 He loved to never let the audience in on what was a performance and what was 233 00:16:30,850 --> 00:16:37,190 real life. And there is no art form on earth that does all of that 234 00:16:37,190 --> 00:16:39,510 better than professional wrestling. 235 00:16:40,490 --> 00:16:44,030 As we said, one of the rising superstars in the world of comedy. Welcome to 236 00:16:44,030 --> 00:16:45,070 Madison's Burgard, Andy. 237 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:46,310 Hi, how are you? 238 00:16:46,390 --> 00:16:49,730 Thank you. The wrestling here tonight, unfortunately, most exciting. But you do 239 00:16:49,730 --> 00:16:53,490 wrestling on your own, as a matter of fact. But generally, what's the ladies? 240 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:58,430 Andy had been wrestling women on TV and in different nightclub performances. 241 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:03,710 But it wasn't really being accepted the way he wanted it to. He wanted to 242 00:17:03,710 --> 00:17:06,790 wrestle in front of wrestling fans, in front of people that had actually come 243 00:17:06,790 --> 00:17:07,790 see wrestling. 244 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:09,539 That's right. 245 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:12,980 That's right. I just don't think that it's possible for a woman to beat a man 246 00:17:12,980 --> 00:17:16,319 wrestling. He was backstage at Madison Square Garden a lot. 247 00:17:16,579 --> 00:17:21,119 He said, I'd love to, you know, like, wrestle here at Madison Square Garden 248 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,119 all that. Later on in the evening, I saw Vince McMahon, and I mentioned this, 249 00:17:25,140 --> 00:17:28,680 Vince Sr., and he said, he's a nice boy and all this, but, you know, we don't do 250 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,680 comedy here. 251 00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:33,040 Eddie, the best of luck to you against Diane and Ed or whomever it may be. 252 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:34,300 They said, you know what? 253 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,100 I have a friend in Memphis, Tennessee. 254 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,500 Do you know who Jerry Lawler is? The next day, I get a call from Andy 255 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:46,120 and he introduces himself, and he tells me that whole story that he wanted to 256 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,820 live out his fantasy of being a bad guy wrestler. 257 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:51,760 So I said, Andy, come on down. 258 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:54,420 Okay, now just be quiet! 259 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:10,240 Now, Andy Kaufman came down to Memphis just to live out his fantasy of being a 260 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:11,240 bad guy wrestler. 261 00:18:13,020 --> 00:18:14,420 Two, three, got her. 262 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:17,220 I'm going to send you back to the kitchen where you belong. I'm going to 263 00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:20,080 you scrubbing the potatoes and washing the carrots. 264 00:18:23,340 --> 00:18:27,420 Because that's where you belong, ladies. 265 00:18:29,540 --> 00:18:33,540 Had legit wrestling matches. He had never seen them before. We had never 266 00:18:33,540 --> 00:18:34,540 these women before. 267 00:18:34,890 --> 00:18:41,690 And Kaufman on top, going for a pin. One, two, three, and that's it. 268 00:18:42,190 --> 00:18:43,470 People hated him. 269 00:18:43,770 --> 00:18:46,110 They wanted to see Andy get his comeuppance. 270 00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:50,670 I mean, we sold out 11 ,500 people that night. 271 00:18:51,710 --> 00:18:56,730 We talked Andy into coming back to Memphis, and that's how it all got 272 00:18:57,530 --> 00:18:58,930 He said, I... 273 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,980 Didn't like being called a comedian. I've never told a joke in my life. He 274 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,260 I was a performance artist. 275 00:19:04,780 --> 00:19:09,760 And in my performances, I would rather make people not like me or be 276 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,440 uncomfortable than for them to like me. And that was the wrestling influence on 277 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,560 him. I just thought he was misguided terribly. 278 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,720 He's a real nerd, a real jerk. 279 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:24,860 I said, Andy, you've gone just about as far as you can go wrestling women. 280 00:19:25,420 --> 00:19:28,260 I said, it's time for you to have a match against a man. 281 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:42,170 I am from Hollywood. I'll get Hollywood against you, baby. 282 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:43,910 I'll sue you, baby. 283 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:45,650 Lawler. 284 00:19:47,470 --> 00:19:48,770 The match was set. 285 00:19:49,430 --> 00:19:50,790 Mid -South Coliseum. 286 00:19:51,030 --> 00:19:53,010 Once again, turned away crowd. 287 00:19:53,230 --> 00:19:54,390 Couldn't get him in the building. 288 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:57,950 Hawkins in the ring. 289 00:19:58,390 --> 00:20:00,710 Not for long. Look at him. He's outside. 290 00:20:09,870 --> 00:20:13,670 We really had kind of, I felt, shortchanged the people in so much as a 291 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:18,230 There was really no match to speak of. The only involvement was he finally 292 00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:22,350 grabbed a headlock. I immediately picked him up, dropped him with a back suplex. 293 00:20:22,970 --> 00:20:26,470 And he slammed Kaufman. 294 00:20:27,670 --> 00:20:29,050 And then the pile driver. 295 00:20:29,470 --> 00:20:33,830 And bang goes Kaufman. It's going to be a disqualification. 296 00:20:34,670 --> 00:20:37,050 People are going crazy. They loved what they saw. 297 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,220 The amazing thing was, I'm thinking in my mind, I don't think I heard Andy 298 00:20:45,220 --> 00:20:49,640 Kaufman. You know, he certainly didn't need an ambulance. He was staying in 299 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:55,620 character, and he stayed in the hospital in traction for three days. You know, 300 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:56,700 I'm just... 301 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,320 Been under this macho delusion for the last few years. It was building up to 302 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,960 point where I could actually seriously think that I could beat a Jerry Lawler 303 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,540 a wrestling match. It made headlines all over the world. So the fallout was it 304 00:21:11,540 --> 00:21:15,460 became bigger than just professional wrestling. 305 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,640 And then one week out of the blue, Andy calls me up and he says, hey. 306 00:21:22,350 --> 00:21:24,070 You want to be on the David Letterman show? 307 00:21:24,270 --> 00:21:29,590 There are a lot of people watching who probably view wrestling as being a show, 308 00:21:29,710 --> 00:21:31,350 a display, a demonstration. 309 00:21:31,570 --> 00:21:37,370 And this may be as the pinnacle representation of that. Was this thing 310 00:21:37,370 --> 00:21:39,950 rigged? Are you guys really friends? No, not at all. 311 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:42,790 I couldn't warm up to this guy. We were cremated together. 312 00:21:43,730 --> 00:21:46,150 He is a wimp. That's exactly what he thought. 313 00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,710 That's what he thought about wrestling. He thinks it's all a big joke, a big fix 314 00:21:49,710 --> 00:21:50,329 or whatever. 315 00:21:50,330 --> 00:21:52,830 And then you're right. There are a lot of people that think that. 316 00:21:53,450 --> 00:21:56,730 Well, you're just trying to prove a point because I was a Yankee and I heard 317 00:21:56,730 --> 00:21:58,890 this from so many people and members. I was going down there and because there 318 00:21:58,890 --> 00:22:03,330 are a lot of people that think that. And he was one of them. On the morning of 319 00:22:03,330 --> 00:22:07,170 the taping of the show, they said, Dave would like for you guys to be a little 320 00:22:07,170 --> 00:22:09,450 bit antagonistic. Not too much, just a little bit. 321 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,920 and then Andy will apologize to you for making fun of wrestling, and then you 322 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:19,180 apologize to Andy for hurting his neck, and then Andy's going to get up and sing 323 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:22,040 what the world needs now is love, sweet love. 324 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:28,400 And I said, okay. I get back to the hotel, and my hotel phone rings. 325 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,079 Pick it up. 326 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,080 It's Andy Kaufman. 327 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:34,040 He said, did they tell you what they want us to do tonight? 328 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:36,800 And I said, yeah, they did. What do you think? 329 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,240 I'll never forget how he said this. He said, 330 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:43,690 I wonder what would happen if you just hauled off and slugged me. 331 00:22:43,950 --> 00:22:47,250 My father said, my father said, my manager said, they all said that I had a 332 00:22:47,250 --> 00:22:49,650 right. I could have gotten a lawyer and I could have sued you for what you did 333 00:22:49,650 --> 00:22:51,430 and I didn't. All I want is an apology. 334 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:55,350 Even you asked me last time I was on your show if I was going to have a 335 00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:58,150 I could have sued you. I could have sued you for everything you're worth. And I 336 00:22:58,150 --> 00:22:59,790 didn't because I'm not that kind of a guy. 337 00:23:00,070 --> 00:23:02,110 You know what kind of a guy are you? 338 00:23:06,090 --> 00:23:07,270 I'll just be over here. 339 00:23:08,290 --> 00:23:11,970 We're going to do a pause here for station identification and get the hoses 340 00:23:11,970 --> 00:23:12,970 of here. 341 00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:20,370 This was one of the most famous guys in the world. 342 00:23:20,650 --> 00:23:24,050 And Jerry Lawler just bitch -slops him right in the middle of the show. 343 00:23:24,290 --> 00:23:29,230 As soon as that aired, my phone started ringing. It was the New York Post. It 344 00:23:29,230 --> 00:23:30,189 was the New York Times. 345 00:23:30,190 --> 00:23:34,470 It was just like went all over the world immediately. 346 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:40,500 Everybody was talking about it. The whole nation was talking about it. It 347 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,880 Lawler a household name. 348 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,120 This put me on a worldwide stage. 349 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:59,440 After the David Letterman Show aired, 350 00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:01,920 it was a bombardment of attention. 351 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,140 Now it's the mid -80s, and... 352 00:24:05,370 --> 00:24:06,670 Along came cable television. 353 00:24:06,990 --> 00:24:10,410 This was the evolution of the wrestling industry. 354 00:24:10,790 --> 00:24:15,470 Most of the territories, their top wrestlers went to either work for Vince 355 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:20,850 McMahon in WWE or they went to Atlanta and worked for Ted Turner in WCW. 356 00:24:21,330 --> 00:24:25,990 I didn't want to go to the WWE because then I knew our territory would fall by 357 00:24:25,990 --> 00:24:30,170 the wayside because I was the biggest star at the time. And the reason I 358 00:24:30,170 --> 00:24:32,030 want to go is because I was part owner. 359 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:37,200 I didn't want to lose my part of the business that I was a partner in. So I 360 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,740 stayed. And if you think it's not going to be a struggle to take it away from 361 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:45,520 me, you got another thing coming. We were able to last longer than almost any 362 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,520 other promotion. 363 00:24:46,540 --> 00:24:50,380 Almost everybody had fallen by the wayside except our Memphis territory. 364 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,400 And Vince and WWD. 365 00:24:53,850 --> 00:24:57,970 Kept contacting us. I think they thought, well, you know what? We need a 366 00:24:57,970 --> 00:25:02,470 territory like this so that we can bring in young guys and train them. This 367 00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:06,290 could be a developmental territory. We were the very first developmental 368 00:25:06,290 --> 00:25:08,410 territory for the WWE. 369 00:25:08,690 --> 00:25:14,050 They would send guys down to us that turned out to be huge superstars. Guys 370 00:25:14,050 --> 00:25:18,870 Kurt Angle came down to Memphis. The Rock, oh my gosh, The Rock came to 371 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:21,790 had his first matches right here in Memphis, Tennessee. 372 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:28,400 And then later on, WWE and Vince McMahon said, look, King, we want you to come 373 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,800 and work for us. We'll help keep your territory going down there in Memphis. 374 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,700 so that's where the relationship started with the WWE. 375 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:44,880 At this time, it is my pleasure to introduce the King himself, Jerry, the 376 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Lawler. 377 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:51,720 My goodness, Mr. Lawler, what brings you to the WWF? First of all, let me thank 378 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,580 my good friend Bobby Heenan for that introduction. 379 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:55,820 He's been a loyal subject of mine for years. 380 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,280 And let me tell you, you don't have to refer to me as Mr. Lawler. 381 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,100 King will suffice nicely. 382 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,100 When I made my debut in WWE, it was the same character. 383 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,640 I had the crown. I had the robe. 384 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:09,300 I went in as a heel. 385 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:12,360 And that's always been my forte. 386 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,020 You are without a doubt the most repulsive bunch of peons. 387 00:26:17,629 --> 00:26:21,370 Jerry really fit in because Jerry was quick on the one -liners that made 388 00:26:21,370 --> 00:26:22,490 want to just kill him. 389 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:30,730 Jerry Lawler is as corny as it gets from that era, but he was so 390 00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:34,590 funny that it made him cool at the same time in a way, you know? 391 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,880 And credit to Jerry. Jerry was one of the greatest villains in wrestling 392 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,860 history. And he had a real genius for being against the good guys. 393 00:26:56,740 --> 00:27:03,180 When Jerry Lawler went out, they were going to cheer for me. Like, for sure. 394 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,380 They hated Jerry Lawler. 395 00:27:12,270 --> 00:27:15,590 Whether it was with Bret Hart, whether it was with Roddy Roddy Piper, no matter 396 00:27:15,590 --> 00:27:18,950 who he had a match with, everything that they did with him up there was bigger 397 00:27:18,950 --> 00:27:19,950 than life. 398 00:27:20,310 --> 00:27:22,510 All right, we're back, ladies and gentlemen. We'll have more action for 399 00:27:22,510 --> 00:27:26,570 momentarily. At this time, obviously conspicuous by his absence is the Macho 400 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:27,570 Randy Savage. 401 00:27:28,110 --> 00:27:33,070 At this time, Randy Macho Man Savage was doing the color commentary with Vince 402 00:27:33,070 --> 00:27:34,070 on Monday night. 403 00:27:34,410 --> 00:27:36,930 But then he had jumped ship without telling anybody. 404 00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:38,990 He was on WCW. 405 00:27:39,370 --> 00:27:41,650 Randy Savage is here tonight. 406 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,000 And Vince, he just looked around the room and he looked at me and said, King, 407 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,500 would you do color commentary with me tonight? We're back, ladies and 408 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,780 for Monday Night Raw. And are you really missing us? Yes, I am. And I want to 409 00:27:53,780 --> 00:27:55,460 know who's going to pay for it or who's going to replace him. 410 00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:56,779 There's some green hair there. 411 00:27:56,780 --> 00:28:00,300 Give me that Burger King. Take that Burger King crown off. I think he 412 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:04,620 that Jerry had a gift for Gab. You fit in that role so well because he knew so 413 00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:07,820 much about the wrestling business. But then, when you least expect it, he was 414 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:10,200 able to hit you with a one -liner. You're a coward, aren't you? 415 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:11,640 What? 416 00:28:12,170 --> 00:28:14,590 You have the audacity to say something like that to my face, McMahon? 417 00:28:15,010 --> 00:28:18,190 Why not, Eastman? Give me a slap in your toupee off. I will, you know. 418 00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:22,190 And then went from Vince McMahon being my broadcast partner to good old JR. 419 00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:26,950 I got to tell you, fans, it is great to be back in the saddle. Well, Jim Ross, I 420 00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:30,330 must say, it's good to see you're back, especially after seeing your front. 421 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:34,610 And now we're at a point in time when, I mean, wrestling is on fire. 422 00:28:35,030 --> 00:28:37,650 Well, we're about to see the most electrifying move. 423 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:45,860 I'm the voice of Monday Night Wrestling, and it's the most watched thing on 424 00:28:45,860 --> 00:28:46,860 television. 425 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:57,060 We are live tonight here on pay -per -view here at Madison Square Garden. The 426 00:28:57,060 --> 00:29:00,720 end of the road is in sight, and there's going to be a collision. It's fixing to 427 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,420 happen in just a few short minutes. 428 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,260 So now I'm at the commentary desk like. 429 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:13,280 Almost full time. I was there for, gosh, the dawning of the Attitude Era. I 430 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,880 remember when, of course, doing the commentary for Stone Cold Steve Austin 431 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,440 showing up and becoming the biggest star in the company. 432 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:24,000 And it's a damn good thing he ain't here tonight because I damn sure would dump 433 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,080 him flat on his head. 434 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,840 And then The Rock coming in. 435 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,960 The rock kick came between his legs, and it felt like the rock was kicking a 436 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:37,960 damn pillow. 437 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:45,160 Well, I've said this before, and I'll say it again. I never really liked the 438 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,840 commentary. I never really liked it as much as I like wrestling. A lot of 439 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,980 just don't realize that the commentary is tough. 440 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:58,040 The commentators, they got to sit out there and try to be entertaining for the 441 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:03,600 entire three hours. I would much rather go out there and do a wrestling match 442 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,900 for 10 minutes rather than being there under that scrutiny, under that pressure 443 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:10,480 of trying to entertain people for three straight hours. 444 00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:15,520 One of the questions I get asked a lot about my commentary is, like, people 445 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,840 remember the jokes or the insults and that sort of stuff, and they'll ask me, 446 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,140 that just off the top of your head? 447 00:30:20,750 --> 00:30:24,550 And naturally, I tell them, of course it was, you know. But in reality, I did a 448 00:30:24,550 --> 00:30:29,150 lot of preparation for that. I have reference books, joke books, insult 449 00:30:29,390 --> 00:30:33,810 But this was, this is actually Stone Cold Steve Austin's blood. 450 00:30:34,010 --> 00:30:37,750 If I'm not mistaken, I think it was Triple H that came over and slammed 451 00:30:37,750 --> 00:30:42,130 Cold's head. It was covered with blood into my notes. I'd be going over my 452 00:30:42,130 --> 00:30:46,730 to see who's coming up next and getting ready to insult the next person, you 453 00:30:46,730 --> 00:30:49,590 know. These are just things that I would say to J .R. 454 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,360 J .R., I read so much about sex being bad for you, so I finally gave up 455 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,680 You heard of an idiot savant? 456 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,840 Well, he's that without the savant. 457 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:03,940 You know, that was just like I said. I didn't take it serious. I was just 458 00:31:03,940 --> 00:31:04,940 a good time out there. 459 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:11,160 The Attitude Era was a really unique time for WWE because of the sheer amount 460 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:17,580 eyeballs that were on the product every single week. And every single week. 461 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:23,960 It would be Jerry Lawler's voice that was painting the picture of everything 462 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:28,020 that you were seeing. It really made him the voice of the Attitude Era. 463 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:30,100 I'd suggest we get out of the way, J .R. 464 00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:31,460 You can get out. 465 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,120 God almighty. 466 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,780 I told you. For gosh sakes, they're 70 -something years old. That's why I'm 467 00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:40,500 getting checked by the doctors in the back. Moolah's birth certificate was in 468 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:41,500 Hieroglyphics. 469 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,880 Lawler, as a commentator, was the perfect guy. 470 00:31:47,210 --> 00:31:48,370 He was so entertaining. 471 00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:51,850 And plus, it was the attitude error. So there weren't restrictions on language. 472 00:31:51,890 --> 00:31:56,290 There weren't restrictions on what he could say. It's very edgy. It's very 473 00:31:56,290 --> 00:32:00,050 -oriented now. And it's become very sexy. 474 00:32:00,490 --> 00:32:05,850 And every time a beautiful diva would come walking out, I'd say, Hey, J .R., 475 00:32:05,850 --> 00:32:06,850 look, puppies! 476 00:32:08,449 --> 00:32:14,410 He was the epitome of not having a filter. If he thought and thought it, he 477 00:32:14,410 --> 00:32:16,890 it. Oh, look at Lita. She's got the puppies in a net. 478 00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:21,250 If you want to try to put a positive spin on it, at least Jerry was always 479 00:32:21,250 --> 00:32:22,730 excited when we came to the ring. 480 00:32:23,890 --> 00:32:28,030 One of the women heavily involved in the Attitude Era and all the sexy scenes 481 00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:29,690 was Stacey Carter. 482 00:32:30,190 --> 00:32:31,190 better known as the cat. 483 00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:35,830 And she and I had actually been together in a relationship for almost 10 years. 484 00:32:35,970 --> 00:32:40,110 And I could go a little bit further because at that time, you know, I was 485 00:32:40,110 --> 00:32:42,030 married to her. Yeah, Merry Christmas! 486 00:32:42,290 --> 00:32:43,229 Woo -hoo! 487 00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:44,230 Oh, my God. 488 00:32:44,610 --> 00:32:48,410 Actually, for the women's segment, especially the ones that I was obviously 489 00:32:48,410 --> 00:32:52,210 part of, him being involved in it made it easier for me. 490 00:32:53,450 --> 00:32:54,670 There you go, King. 491 00:32:55,010 --> 00:32:56,010 Thank you, cat. 492 00:32:56,170 --> 00:32:57,190 He made it. 493 00:32:57,450 --> 00:33:00,770 It seemed so easy to be on camera, so you'd have to relax about it. 494 00:33:00,970 --> 00:33:06,410 Then one day, out of the blue, they called me in and said, Vince wants to 495 00:33:06,410 --> 00:33:07,590 Stacey her release. 496 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:12,050 Well, if they're going to release Stacey, I'm going to have to go with 497 00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:13,690 And I'll never forget. 498 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:19,610 Vince stuck his hand out and said, well, King, nice working with you. Thank you 499 00:33:19,610 --> 00:33:20,930 for everything you've done for us. 500 00:33:22,590 --> 00:33:24,590 I was there for 10 years. 501 00:33:25,090 --> 00:33:26,650 And so just like that. 502 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:30,430 Me and Stacey were gone from the WWE. 503 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:35,110 I'm joined by Paul Heyman. You're joined by Paul Heyman because last Tuesday 504 00:33:35,110 --> 00:33:41,530 night, the cat was released by the WWF and her husband, Jerry the King Lawler, 505 00:33:41,610 --> 00:33:45,010 to his credit, walked down right alongside with her. 506 00:33:45,370 --> 00:33:49,110 It was really difficult. And then it just ended up being about him quitting 507 00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:50,390 not about me being fired. 508 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:52,770 It was just really hard for me. 509 00:33:54,540 --> 00:34:00,160 That lasted for, like, it was about a year that went by. In the meantime, 510 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:06,120 and I got a divorce, and then I got a call from the WWE saying, hey, we'd like 511 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,120 you to come back. 512 00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:12,560 The next few years of my life, my career, I'm still wrestling. 513 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:18,739 Jerry the King Lawler has won this matchup. I'm doing the commentary every 514 00:34:18,739 --> 00:34:19,739 single week. 515 00:34:19,929 --> 00:34:22,510 I'm in my 60s and still going strong. 516 00:34:22,949 --> 00:34:28,630 2010, I get my first ever WWE title match and almost became the WWE 517 00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:36,510 In 2011, I'm wrestling at WrestleMania in 518 00:34:36,510 --> 00:34:38,989 front of like 100 ,000 people. It's crazy. 519 00:34:39,409 --> 00:34:45,489 The first WrestleMania for the king, his first WrestleMania dropkick. 520 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:49,540 Jerry always will be that kid that's living his dream. I don't think Jerry 521 00:34:49,540 --> 00:34:54,080 to grow up, and why should he? I'm thinking, what could possibly go wrong? 522 00:34:54,580 --> 00:34:56,940 And then along comes 2012. 523 00:34:59,620 --> 00:35:00,620 Jerry. 524 00:35:01,180 --> 00:35:02,180 Jerry. 525 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:05,740 Talk to me, Jerry. 526 00:35:05,860 --> 00:35:06,860 Jerry, talk to us. 527 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:08,180 Jerry, talk to us. 528 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:13,140 Oh, yeah. Welcome to Monday Night Raw, live tonight in Montreal. 529 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,360 So now it's September 10th, 2012. 530 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000 Big night. 531 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,340 It was one of those nights where I'm going to have to come up out of my 532 00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:26,880 commentary spot to actually wrestle in a match. 533 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:35,520 We win the match. 534 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,640 So I go right from the ring. 535 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,200 Down to the commentary desk, put my jacket back on, and Michael Cole and I 536 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,400 doing commentary again. 537 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,640 Well, back at ringside, I'm once again joined by Jerry the King Lawler. 538 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:49,120 Congratulations are in order after your victory moments ago. 539 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,620 Well, thank you, but let's hand it to Randy Orton. He was the victor in that 540 00:35:52,620 --> 00:35:56,960 match. It was a two -man booth, and I was watching my monitor to my right, and 541 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:02,500 Jerry was on my left. And there was a match in the ring, and all of a sudden I 542 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:03,500 heard snoring. 543 00:36:13,180 --> 00:36:16,460 And I thought Jerry being Jerry was making fun of the match. 544 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,440 I thought it was Jerry saying, this match is boring. I'm falling asleep on 545 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,640 air. I looked over at Jerry and he face planted right on the announce table. 546 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:34,200 And his mouth was quivering and he turned blue. 547 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,200 I hit my mute switch and I screamed. 548 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,140 Doc, get over here. Something's wrong with Jerry. 549 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,300 Jerry. Jerry, talk to me, buddy. 550 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,060 Jerry. Jerry, talk to me. 551 00:36:42,580 --> 00:36:45,800 Jerry. Jerry, at this point, I realize, is having a heart attack. 552 00:36:46,940 --> 00:36:47,940 We're giving him CPR. 553 00:36:52,540 --> 00:36:54,280 They're dragging EMTs in there. 554 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,000 They're dragging him out on a stretcher. 555 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,840 I was in the arena for it. I saw it happen. 556 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,550 It was really scary because I think everybody kind of knew, oh, he... 557 00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:07,550 have a heart attack. 558 00:37:08,030 --> 00:37:10,930 And you just kind of assume the worst when stuff like that happens, you know? 559 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:14,250 I don't think I was aware of what was happening because all of a sudden my 560 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:19,870 is blowing up, you know, and I'm looking at all these messages and it's, you 561 00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:23,550 know, people asking, hey, you know, what happened? What's going on? Is this part 562 00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:26,250 of the show? I didn't know what people were talking about. 563 00:37:28,370 --> 00:37:34,990 Apparently, I had a cardiac arrest, which means your heart just stops. 564 00:37:37,170 --> 00:37:41,570 When they put me in the ambulance and taken me to the hospital, everybody 565 00:37:41,570 --> 00:37:42,890 thought I was dead. 566 00:37:44,050 --> 00:37:50,250 My broadcast colleague, Jerry the King Lawler, passed out while working here at 567 00:37:50,250 --> 00:37:52,750 Ringside. He has been taken to a local hospital. 568 00:37:53,010 --> 00:37:55,870 You know, Jerry, my friend, my prayers are with you. 569 00:37:56,410 --> 00:37:57,410 Beat this thing. 570 00:37:57,850 --> 00:37:58,850 Get him, King. 571 00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:01,190 Good night, everybody. 572 00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:04,670 Crazy situation. I mean, probably the scariest thing I ever had. 573 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,360 you know, had experience. 574 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,160 I didn't have a long stay in the hospital. 575 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,800 When I got back to Memphis, there was this huge poster that a radio station 576 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,380 put up, a huge sign, you know, like a welcome home sign that had been signed 577 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:26,260 thousands of people. And it was kind of humbling to realize that there are that 578 00:38:26,260 --> 00:38:27,900 many people out there that care for you. 579 00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:33,310 Only the king would make a comeback like that. That's a freaking... egotistical 580 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:38,350 baby face isn't it to die on air and make a comeback ladies and gentlemen 581 00:38:38,350 --> 00:38:43,390 of us thought this night might never come but without any further ado please 582 00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:50,090 join me in the wwe universe and welcoming back wwe hall of famer 583 00:38:50,090 --> 00:38:52,230 and my friend terry 584 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:16,060 From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate it. And I love each and every 585 00:39:16,060 --> 00:39:19,360 you. Thank you all so much. And it's great to be back. 586 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:26,960 I tried to, in my mind, play it down. I tried to say, hey, there's nothing wrong 587 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,860 with me. It was just that blunt trauma that happens, you know, once in a 588 00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:36,320 lifetime that stopped my heart. It wasn't because I'm out of shape or 589 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:37,320 be doing this anymore. 590 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:39,000 So I just looked at it. 591 00:39:39,290 --> 00:39:42,990 from that standpoint, and I just kept going. 592 00:39:43,730 --> 00:39:48,610 It was my last match on the Indies before I came to WWE, and it's funny 593 00:39:48,610 --> 00:39:52,750 it was after his heart attack, and I don't remember in the match even 594 00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:57,430 about it, how good he's doing and that he kept wrestling after. 595 00:39:57,730 --> 00:40:01,030 It's pretty incredible when you think back at that moment and how that felt. 596 00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:06,270 Believe it or not, when you do something for so long, it's really hard to put it 597 00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:07,049 behind you. 598 00:40:07,050 --> 00:40:08,050 It's all you know. 599 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,140 Wrestling has been my life from the time I became an adult. 600 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:20,180 You know, I've had several marriages, several relationships that all meant 601 00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:23,980 a lot to me, but they sort of came and went. 602 00:40:24,580 --> 00:40:30,640 But the wrestling was the constant. When I ask myself, why do you continue on? 603 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,800 And I just think, what else would I do if I'm not a wrestler? 604 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:44,100 The legend, the king, Jerry Roller. 605 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,580 Wow, how many people can say they've had a 50 -year anniversary? 606 00:40:51,820 --> 00:40:52,940 You know, not a lot. 607 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:54,960 Like I said, he's one of a kind. 608 00:40:59,180 --> 00:41:03,040 A 50 -year career means you're hooked, you've got it in your blood. 609 00:41:07,020 --> 00:41:08,920 And there's no way out for you. 610 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,240 This is your destiny. 611 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:17,200 I think the secret to Jerry Lawler's success is that he loves being Jerry the 612 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,200 King Lawler. 613 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,720 He was a big deal, and still is. 614 00:41:23,660 --> 00:41:26,360 I don't think Jerry wants to grow up, and why should he? 615 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,260 He's enjoying life. He's getting through life the same way he's made a ton of 616 00:41:32,260 --> 00:41:36,700 freaking money. He's this incredibly legendary historical figure, and he 617 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:38,480 want to grow up, and I hope he doesn't. 618 00:41:41,670 --> 00:41:46,290 I've never met an individual who is constantly happy, who constantly has 619 00:41:46,450 --> 00:41:47,930 who loves this business. 620 00:41:48,290 --> 00:41:55,250 As a promoter, as a worker, as a baby face, as a heel, as 621 00:41:55,250 --> 00:42:00,650 an announcer, as an entertainer, he's going to go down as one of the greatest 622 00:42:00,650 --> 00:42:01,650 all time. 623 00:42:02,630 --> 00:42:06,090 I mean, you know, it's one of those things that never gets old. 624 00:42:06,410 --> 00:42:10,110 I still had as much fun in there tonight as I did back in 1970. 625 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,640 I think that as long as I still have that train of thought, I don't see any 626 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,060 reason to stop. 58494

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