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Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler is returning to RAW this Monday in Phoenix, AZ.
Jerry Lawler spoke to the Commercial Appeal, and explained how the deal came to fruition.
I got a call about it Tuesday morning from Kevin Dunn,” Lawler stated “He said, ‘I’ve got a proposition for you. It may be good news, and it may be bad news.’ He knows I don’t like to travel a whole lot anymore, so that was the bad part. I said, ‘What’s the good part?’ He said, ‘We want you back on Raw.’ Lawler explained that the deal is open-ended, and he can do it for however long he feels comfortable.
He also stated that he has only met Vic Joseph a few times, and that he has never met Dio Madden. He explained it was Paul Heyman’s decision to put Vic and Dio on RAW, and Vince McMahon wanted someone with experience to be at the commentary desk with them.
“It was Paul’s idea to put Vic and Dio on Raw,” Lawler stated “Apparently, what I was told, Vince said, ‘You can’t throw these two new, young guys on our flagship show. Call King.’ That’s how it happened.”