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Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional wrestler. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion.
Lawler has held 168 championships throughout his career. Overall, Lawler has held more championships than any other current WWE performer, though he has never won any WWE championships since joining the company.
While working in Memphis, Tennessee as a disc jockey, Lawler's artistic ability attracted the attention of local wrestling promoter Aubrey Griffith. The two made an agreement in which Lawler would give Griffith free publicity in exchange for free wrestling training. Lawler debuted as a wrestler in 1970 and won his first championship in September 1971 by winning a battle royal. He soon won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship under the managerial service of Sam Bass with partner Jim White. In 1974, Lawler began feuding with Jackie Fargo, who had been his trainer and mentor. This led to a match for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. On July 24, 1974, Lawler was booked to win the belt and the title of "King of Wrestling." While Lawler began his career as a heel, he became a face after splitting from Bass at the end of 1974. On November 12, 1979, while working in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), Lawler defeated Billy Graham to become the CWA World Champion. In 1980, his career was put on hold due to a broken leg, but he returned to the ring after several months.
Actors: Lilián García (actress), Chris Jericho (actor), Dwayne Johnson (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Randy Orton (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Paul Wight (actor), Mark Yeaton (actor), John Cena (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Jake Hager (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: C.M. Punk (actor), Shawn Michaels (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Randy Orton (actor), John Layfield (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), John Cena (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Cody Runnels (actor),
Plot: After being sidelined for 2 months with a severe elbow injury, a determined John Cena returns to challenge Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight title. Will hustle, loyalty, and respect be enough to overcome the odds or will Del Rio's menacing cross arm breaker put Cena on the shelf for good?
Keywords: tv-specialActors: Randy Orton (actor), Jason Reso (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Chris Jericho (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Tom Laughlin (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), John Cena (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Cody Runnels (actor), Mark Henry (actor),
Plot: After a faux retirement speech, a vicious attack revealed Mark Henry's true objective... becoming WWE Champion. Can John Cena overcome size and momentum to stay out of the Hall of Pain, or will The World's Strongest Man put a most elusive stamp on his near two-decade career?
Keywords: bank, ladder, tv-specialActors: Jerry Lawler (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Josh Lomberger (actor), Booker Huffman (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Shawn Michaels (actor), Brock Lesnar (actor), John Cena (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Mark Henry (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: John Layfield (actor), Dwayne Johnson (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Chris Jericho (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Matt Bloom (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), John Cena (actor), Mark Henry (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Mick Foley (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Brock Lesnar (actor),
Genres: Action, Sport,Actors: John Cena (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Randy Orton (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Justin Roberts (actor), Cody Runnels (actor), Paul Wight (actor), Layla El (actress), Lilián García (actress), Vickie Guerrero (actress), Booker Huffman (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Matthew Kaye (actor), John Hennigan (actor), Antonio Banks (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Anthony Carelli (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), John Cena (actor), Tony Chimel (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Adam Copeland (actor), Todd Grisham (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Ron Killings (actor),
Genres: Action, Sport,Actors: Todd Grisham (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Antonio Banks (actor), Shelton Benjamin (actor), Tony Chimel (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), Carlos Cabrera (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Mark Calaway (actor), John Cena (actor), Jack Doan (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Dave Finlay (actor), Jake Hager (actor),
Genres: Action, Sport,Actors: Kurt Angle (actor), Terry Gerin (actor), Chris Benoit (actor), Steve Austin (actor), Shelton Benjamin (actor), Tony Chimel (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Jonathan Coachman (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Matt Bloom (actor), Jack Doan (actor), Mark Calaway (actor), Howard Finkel (actor), Ric Flair (actor), Bill Goldberg (actor),
Plot: WWE Title: Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar, World Heavyweight Title: Triple H vs. Booker T, The Rock vs. Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan vs. Vince Mcmahon, WWE Women's Title: Victoria vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jazz, WWE Cruiserweight Title: Matt Hardy vs. Rey Misterio, WWE Tag Team Titles: Team Angle vs. Chris Benoit & Rhyno vs. Los Guerreros, The Undertaker & Nathan Jones vs. A-Train & The Big Show
Keywords: african-american, athletic-cheating, bad-guy, bare-butt, blood, brief-female-nudity, canadian, face-paint, female-wrestler, female-wrestlingActors: Sydney Lassick (actor), Johnny Legend (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), David Koechner (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Emmy Collins (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), Judd Hirsch (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Brent Briscoe (actor), Jeff Conaway (actor), Paul Giamatti (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), David Letterman (actor),
Plot: Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian 'Andy Kaufman (I)' (qv). Kaufman, along with his role on _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, 'Jerry Lawler' (qv) (who plays himself in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC.
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