Jerry Lawler on RAW’s 25th Festivities, Early RAW Shows, WWE Game

Recent episode of Dinner With The King podcast show with co-hosts Jerry Lawler and Glenn Moore had Lawler discusses a variety of topics including if he will be part of RAW’s 25th Anniversary show, the early days of RAW, and being in WWE’s newest mobile game.

On the topic of WWE’s plans for next year’s RAW 25th Anniversary show, Lawler stated he currently is not sure of his status for the show but feels he will be included in the festivities. Lawler did reveal he is currently scheduled to appear at next year’s Royal Rumble event likely just for the event’s pre-show.

“I’m not really sure. I would expect to be. How could they talk about 25 years of Raw without including me in some sort of way?

I know I’m going to be a part of the Royal Rumble [show]. I don’t know about calling the match [like last year], but probably the kick-off show and all that sort of stuff. “

On the topic of RAW’s early shows from the Manhattan Center, Lawler stated it had a very special feel to them due to the venue being a lot smaller than later venues used to host weekly RAW episodes.

“One of the things about was amazing about it, was the Manhattan Center wasn’t a very big venue. At the time, they didn’t know how successful this thing was going to become. It was in the very early stages. Just an infant being born at the Manhattan Center. And this place was small compared to the Barclays Center. It was a very small venue.

The main thing I remember is having to dress, get ready for the matches, and get ready for the show in the stairwells. There was just not enough dressing rooms. And guys were dressing every little nook and cranny and broom closets to get ready for the show.”

On the topic of being in WWE’s newest mobile game, Lawler stated he likes the look of the game and spent two hours working on the game’s commentary with more commentary planned as future updates.

“Did a two-hour voiceover. It’s a mobile game. It is awesome. I had a chance to look at the graphics. And it is really good.

I’m on the commentary for this game. They wanted it to sound like the Attitude Era. I don’t know if they are going to use J.R. or who-else they are going to use. I just know I did a two-hour session and did almost 300 lines for it the other day. They are going to have me back to do some more.”

Other topics discussed during the episode included the booking of “monster” type characters and backstage stories regarding several of those characters from his classic Memphis Wrestling days