Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jerry Lawler

Height: 6 ft 0 in
Weight: 236 lb
Real name: Jerry O'Neil Lawler
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Pro debut: 1970
Finishing move: Piledriver, Royal Fist Drop (Diving fist drop)
Favorite quote: “Look, J.R., puppies!”
Career highlights: AWA World Heavyweight Champion, AWA World Tag Team Champion (2) (w/Bill Dundee), AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion (40), CWA Tag Team Champion, CWA/AWA International Champion (3), NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion (2), CWA World Heavyweight Champion, CWA Heavyweight Champion, AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (11), Winner of 1988 CWA Lord of the Ring, JAPW Heavyweight Champion, MCW Heavyweight Champion, MCW Tag Team Champion (w/Bruiser), MCW Southern Heavyweight Champion (2), NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion, NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Champion, PPW Tag Team Champion (w/Bill Dundee), SMW Heavyweight Champion (2), USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion (27), USWA Texas Heavyweight Champion (2), USWA Tag Team Champion (5), USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion (2), WCCW Heavyweight Champion (2)
Trained by: Jackie Fargo

WWE:

Decorating himself in royal blue and gold attire accompanied by his famous crown, Jerry “The King” Lawler is one of the most accomplished color commentators and Superstars in sports-entertainment history.

Lawler is a favorite among WWE fans for his historic career and weekly contributions on Monday Night RAW with his broadcast partners Joey Styles and Jonathan Coachman.

A self-proclaimed king, this excitable and outspoken RAW color commentator from Memphis has been dishing it out on the microphone and in the ring dating back 30 years to his days on the Memphis wrestling circuit. And it’s his gift to gab and southern pride that have on occasion led to “The King” lace up the boots and get in the ring again.

While "The King" has scored victories over legends from Terry Funk to Hulk Hogan during his career, he is perhaps best known for his rivalry with entertainer Andy Kaufman that led to a role alongside Jim Carrey in the hit film, “Man in the Moon.” The Lawler-Kaufman battles raged not only in the ring, but on television as well. Lawler’s incident on “Late Night with David Letterman” where he slapped Kaufman is considered one of the most memorable moments in that show’s history.

Lawler brings a unique brand of commentary to RAW that draws millions of followers around the world each week. The King has become so popular that he even wrote an autobiography. “It’s Good to be the King ... Sometimes,” was released in late 2002 to critical acclaim and is still one of the best sellers in the WWE autobiography series.