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WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry Lawler recently appeared on the Apter Chat podcast in which he talked about the bond he had with his late Son Brian Christopher, how he got "The King" gimmick and how he never really wanted to be on commentary. Check out the highlights belowcourtesysy of Michael McClead:
âBrian and IâŠ.we had more, we did have a father and son relationship; but, rather than â even more than the father and son relationship, we had like a wrestling buddy relationship. Brian got into the wrestling business not long out of high school. I wasnât really around him. He and Kevin â his brother â grew up with their mom. I first started seeing him after he graduated on a regular basis and right after that he got into the wrestling business. We missed the young childish father and son relationship and then it became â once we were in the business â it was more like wrestlers have with each other. He became one of the boys.â
âI went on TV one week and I donât even know why, just out of the clear blue trying to make some colorful speech. I said, â[Jackie] Fargo, youâve been the King of Memphis for some time; but, your looking at the kid thatâs gonna knock you right off your throne.â I didnât even know what I was thinking when I said that, just some kind of colorful speech. Anyway, that Monday night I went on, I won the match and I was going back to the dressing room some young fans that were heel fans were slapping me on the back and saying, âHey, youâre the King. Youâre the King now.â That Friday night I go down to Atlanta and into the locker room comes Bobby Shane, first time I ever met himâŠHe loaned me the crown. I showed up the next morning with the crown on and the robe and that was the beginning of Jerry âThe Kingâ Lawler.â
âTo me wrestling commentary â all Iâd known my whole life was Lance Russell and Dave Brown and they were the two best ever. Even though I admired them so much, I never wanted to be a commentator, never wanted to be a wrestling announcer at all. I didnât even think about that. I new they were an integral part of the show; but, I never even thought about that side of it. I was always just into the wrestling end of it.â
âI still think that itâs good in the fact that itâs helping bring about change. I think that eventually, if we keep going, women will be allowed there. I didnât think thereâd be women even allowed out at the show; but, oh my gosh, I was so surprised and so shocked at how its almost they want to be so westernized. They want to be like we are; but, I think itâs this deep seated religious leaders that are still somehow in power; but, as time goes on I think thatâs gonna change. I was shocked. There was so many families there â women, some beautiful women too there â and some of them would have on burkas, it ran the whole gamut. There were women with the complete burkas. There were women that didnât have their faces covered and then there were women that were just dressed like anybody here in Florida or whatever. They were just dressed normal with their husband and their kids. I think itâs a great thing that we get to go. I really think it helps bring about change. While I was over there, just in the short time I was there, I saw things on television. It has been weird over there. Women werenât even allowed to drive; but, itâs all changing now. Itâs changing and I think a time will come when the WWE women will be allowed to go there.â
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