Jerry Lawler On Which Stars He Would Build A Wrestling Promotion Around, His Greatest Commentary Partner

Jerry Lawler is a WWE Hall of Famer and his voice is familiar to millions of wrestling fans around the world. Lawler’s voice was one of the prominent voices on Monday nights throughout the Attitude Era and up until last year he was a regular at the WWE commentary table.

Lawler has worked with the best of the best over the years, as he’s called matches with Randy Savage, Bobby Heenan and more, but the WWE Hall of Famer recently spoke with Sky Sports and noted that he had something special with Jim Ross.

I have literally worked with all of the greats but I obviously had a long and storied career with Good ‘ol JR, Jim Ross – we had such longevity. It was so easy working with him and I still get a hundred tweets a day saying: “JR and The King were the greatest commentating team ever”. It’s hard to say who was the best but I would probably say JR.”

Jerry Lawler has called thousands of matches over the course of his career and he’s seen a lot of stars come and go. When asked about who he would build a wrestling company around, he picked John Cena and Randy Orton and praised them for being able to maintain their star power as long as they have.

“It would probably have to be Randy Orton and John Cena. Even with all the up-and-coming stars, those guys would have to be top of the list. I’m kind of old school – I like all the new talent but longevity in the business and who has the staying power means a lot to me. It’s going be hard for someone to stay around as long as Orton and Cena and still have the appeal and pulling power that those two guys have.”