November 18, 201212 yr Author comment_5520393 Pretty fascinating and very strangely produced. There's a lot worth saying about this, but I'll keep it simple. I don't think I had ever seen his wife Paula before.
November 26, 201212 yr comment_5520997 Weird opening with Lawler in a mask, because I guess all wrestlers have to be in masks and capes. Kind of an odd blend of honesty about the size of the USWA yet not breaking kayfabe, while also pushing Lawler as still being a babyface. Lawler acknowledges the eagerness of fans to be insulted by him. Much better than the Connie Chung piece and much more honest about things like lack of health insurance or a pension, with Lawler coming off pretty well.
December 15, 201212 yr comment_5522637 My favorite part besides the wife appearance was the fact they said Lawler makes around 300,000 a year which I wonder how legit that was. Another weird feature up there with Connie Chung for me.
January 20, 201312 yr comment_5529131 Lawler wearing a mask? Lawler says people love to see violence. Narrator talks about how everyone is after Lawler to help boost their resume to make it to another federation. Some kayfabe being used. Narrator asks about whether wrestling is stage. Wow. Interview with Lawler’s wife who really sells wrestling as being real with a story of her being attacked in the ring by a Lawler opponent. Everyone is more serious when it comes to the sacrifices of wrestling.
February 23, 201312 yr comment_5536621 Not as full of shit as you'd expect a piece about Jerry Lawler to be, which is a plus. I have to imagine that this was probably one of the better mainstream pieces you'd see about pro wrestling in this day and age. Still, strange that they would choose to spotlight Lawler, since he was pretty far removed from the national spotlight at this point, and even stranger that they didn't even mention Andy Kaufman.
March 11, 201312 yr comment_5538474 Ok, seriously, does anyone have any intel on Lawler in the mask? Was this just done for this piece for some reason? Or is a clip from an actual promo from some point?
March 11, 201312 yr comment_5538479 I think it's just for the piece. He wore a mask in a movie but it was a few years later.
March 11, 201312 yr comment_5538524 I think it's just for the piece. He wore a mask in a movie but it was a few years later. Thanks Bix. I was hoping that there was some lost mini run of Lawler in a mask that would soon be unearthed and be the greatest thing ever.
May 28, 201312 yr comment_5545695 The footage of Lawler vs Chris Champion took place in the great, still hasnt been condemded Evansville Coliseum. A lot of people think the Coliseum (where I have spent many a Wednesday night and now go to for Roller Derby) is a lot bigger.
January 9, 201411 yr comment_5579207 I dug Paula's Plowboy Frazier story. Paula is MILFariffic! I liked that this wasn't as condescending and eye rolling as the Connie Chung piece.
January 6, 201510 yr comment_5648462 A lot more honest than the Connie Chung piece; I felt that Lawler opened up as much as he could without breaking kayfabe. The $300,000 a year figure's probably inflated, but you'd expect that. I liked that Lawler admitted that he carried Jimmy Valiant, which we fans all knew but must have been a shock to those few people who still thought wrestling was completely on the up and up. Who was the caller on the radio who said that Lawler's done more for the positive image of Memphis than Elvis? I hate to be cynical, but it almost sounds like a USWA office worker. Are there really people in Memphis who believe that? I enjoyed seeing Paula, as it made Jerry seem just a tad more human. I can believe the Plowboy Frazier story, but considering how wild Memphis was in the old days, I have a hard time believing that that was the one and only time she ever got involved. Maybe physically, but she had to cut a few promos in her day. I also liked the finale, where Jerry admits that sometimes he just wants the crowd to leave him alone. I'm sure all the boys have been there a time or hundred. I can't find anything about the program as a whole (even on Wikipedia), but I want to say that the narrator/host for this particular piece is Paula Zahn.
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744906 theres a strange tone to this whole piece. A piece about the loneliness and struggles of a professional wrestler, combined with some staged shots of Lawler in bed watching a static television and jumping off the ropes.
February 27, 20178 yr comment_5789835 I liked this one a lot. I can't imagine you'd get a wrestler to be any more honest about wrestling who came up during the kayfabe days and was still involved. Still some strangeness, but it's wrestling. I can't imagine anything documenting pro wrestling would come off without being more than a little strange.
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