Lawler achieved his greatest title success on May 9, 1988, when he defeated Curt Henning for the AWA World title. He unified the world heavyweight title by beating World Class Champion Kerry Von Erich afterwards.

   His career took a stunning new turn in August of 1992 when Brett Hart announced that he would defend the WWF World Title against Jeff Jerrett. That opened the door for Lawler's entrance to the WWF. He appeared in the WWF Royal Rumble and enraged WWF fans with his rulebreaker attitude. Brett Hart won the King of the Ring. Lawler then declared that he was the only true King of wrestling. He attacked Hart after his match and piledrove him on a set of steps prior to Hart's coronation. He then feuded with Brett and Owen Hart at both USWA and WWF venues. That was just the beginning. Since that time, the King has made life miserable for many WWF superstars. Currently Lawler is still announcing on Monday Night's Raw on Spike, and wrestling in Memphis' new wrestling organization called Memphis Championship Wrestling




Professional Bio:

Titles held - AWA World Heavyweight 5/9/88-2/7/89 ; AWA World Tag Team 10/3/87-10/11/87, 10/19/87-10/26/87 Twice with Bill 'Superstar' Dundee; Smoky Mountain Title Twice in 1993-94; NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight Title 40 times between 1974 -1988; AWA International Title Twice 3/7/83-5/16/83 7/25/83-8/15/83; AWA Southern Tag Team 11 Times overall between 1973-1987 Four times with Dundee, Twice with Jim White, Twice with Stan 'Plowboy' Frazier, Once each with Jos Leduc, Fred Ottman, and Austin Idol; USWA Unified Title 25 times between 1988-1997; USWA Tag Team Titles 5 times. Three times in 1992-93 with Jeff Jarrett. Twice in 1996 with Bill Dundee; USWA Heavyweight Title Twice. 1/10/96-1/13/96, 5/20/96-6/1/96; World Class Heavyweight Title Twice. 10/23/88-11/4/88, 12/13/88 He was the last champion in the WCWA when it all unfolded. He beat Kerry Von Erich to unify AWA and World Class belts to form USWA Unified title; CWA World Title 1978.


The King on Raw

Favorite/Finishing Moves - The Pile Driver

Favorite Wrestlers to Team with - Brian Christopher, Jackie Fargo, Jim White, Bill Dundee, Jeff Jerrett

Hottest Feuds were with - Brett Hart, Moondogs, Terry Funk, Bill Dundee, ECW

Most memorable matches were - Winning the AWA World title from Curt Henning, Beating Kerry Von Erich for the World Class Title

Managers - Sam Bass, Jimmy Hart, Mickey Poole, Jimmy Kent, Ronnie P. Gossett, Scott Bowden

Influences - Fabulous Jackie Fargo, The Blue Infernos

Career Highlight - Slapping Andy Kaufman out of his chair on the David Letterman Show.

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