For decades now WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler has been part of the company’s broadcast team, but it was recently reported that Lawler’s contract with WWE expired at the onset of 2024, and the company decided not to renew his deal.
Recently Jerry “The King” Lawler spoke to PWInsider about the end of his WWE run and he noted that his career with the company has probably ended due to his health issues.
“One other thing that a lot of people wonder about, my career has probably ended with the WWE and that’s it’s just one of those things that goes with my getting over with all the stuff that happened with the stroke and it was my, my just sitting behind a desk and doing it commentating on a match again was the extremely difficult.”
For years Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler were one of the most recognizable broadcast teams in all of wrestling, and Jerry also talked a little bit about the lasting impact they had on the business.
“Sure, it was as big for Good ol’ JR as it was for me. We just went out, did our job every week and we just did what we did best and it always turned out good. I just saw something in a magazine just the other day that it said Who would agree that the jobs Jerry that Lawler and Jim Ross were as important to the business as the Rock and Triple H and guys like that. There was a big deal and people voting on that and and, I just read a bunch of comments and people said, yeah we forgot about their importance in the business. We were very important for [WWE] during that time.”
