Jerry "The King" Lawler Interview Highlights
Posted by David Damage on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Under: Interviews
theScore's Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) sat down with WWE Commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler (kingjerrylawler.com). Highlights:
How his illustrations gave him his break in pro wrestling:
“I sent the pictures into the TV station that aired the wrestling
shows and lo and behold they showed my pictures on TV that week and they
called me up for a job – you know how in a courtroom you see an artist
drawing people on the stand, well I became a ringside artist for the wrestlers in the ring”
Never having a major injury, especially to his knees, despite never
wearing kneepads and performing a second rope fist drop which lands him
on his knees almost every match:
“I’m so fortunate do have had a
great career doing something that I loved so much I would have payed
promoters in the beginning to let me wrestle. Never having an injury is
pure luck. We see so many young guys come in and within 6 months of
their career they get some sort of career threatening injury, it can
happen anytime and I’ve been fortunate to avoid those.”
-
Never having a sip of alcohol, never smoking or doing drugs and did he
ever feel pressure to do so being in an entertainment business
- Having an extensive Coca Cola memorabilia collection in his house
- How much interest Jerry Lawler has in competing in the ring today vs
doing commentary (a surprising answer, especially how often he has
matches today)
In : Interviews