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02-27-2011, 09:34 PM
JERRY LAWLER has said his close friend and former commentary partner Jim Ross WILL return to WWE television.
The King - who announces WWE's Raw show - says that the decision to remove JR from TV was mainly due to health issues and that his pal will be back.
Lawler told Fighting Spirit Magazine: "JR and I had some tremendous chemistry, but I don't think you've seen the last of that. I think JR will be back on the air in some capacity. He's too good not to utilise. A lot of people don't realise what the situation is with him. He had a couple - I guess three now - real serious bouts of Bell's Palsy, which is very similar in effects to a stroke. They don't really know, but they think the attacks are brought on by stress. Nobody takes their job more seriously than good old JR.
The reason Vince has kept him off TV all this time is because he's concerned with his health. He's worried that if he puts him back out there regularly, he'll have another Bell's Palsy attack."
Lawler himself has been getting away from the commentary desk of late - wrestling a series of bouts with WWE champion The Miz, including a TLC contest that won rave reviews.
He added: "A lot of people are amazed that I can just go in the ring and have good matches. But the truth of the matter is that I've never stopped. Although I do the commentary on Monday nights, I've always wrestled - at least once, usually twice, every single week throughout my time with WWE. I thought the matches, especially the TLC match with The Miz, were good. I know that after the match was over, when I came back to the Gorilla Position, everybody standing there gave me a standing ovation. Vince came over and hugged me and said: 'Man-oh-man, what a great match!'
Lawler failed to beat Miz, partly due to continual interference from current commentary partner Michael Cole. King and Cole now look set to settle the score at WrestleMania which, amazingly giving his legendary career, will be King's FIRST ever match on the biggest show of them all.
He revealed: "I've been with WWE for 17 years and that's something I've never achieved. I remember in 2007, when Vince came to me and said they were going to induct me into the Hall of Fame, I said that I didn't want to. He said: 'What do you mean, you don't want to?'
I replied: 'Most people feel like your career is over when you go into the Hall of Fame, like in baseball or football or something. Also, I've never done that much here, Vince. I've never won a title, I've never even wrestled on a WrestleMania.'
He said: 'What? You've never wrestled on a Wrestlemania in all the years you've been here? That's a tragedy. We've got to fix that next year.'
That was his mindset then, but things get put on the backburner. First 2008 came and I didn't get a match, then 2009 came and I didn't get a match, then 2010.
But I must say that there's never really been a point in time in those years when I've been involved as much as I have been as of late. So if there ever was a time for it to happen, I think this would be the most advantageous.
And would I love to have a WrestleMania match? Oh boy, yes. Other than getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, that would maybe be the highlight of my career to finally get to perform there."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/3431615/King-Jim-Ross-will-be-ck.html
The King - who announces WWE's Raw show - says that the decision to remove JR from TV was mainly due to health issues and that his pal will be back.
Lawler told Fighting Spirit Magazine: "JR and I had some tremendous chemistry, but I don't think you've seen the last of that. I think JR will be back on the air in some capacity. He's too good not to utilise. A lot of people don't realise what the situation is with him. He had a couple - I guess three now - real serious bouts of Bell's Palsy, which is very similar in effects to a stroke. They don't really know, but they think the attacks are brought on by stress. Nobody takes their job more seriously than good old JR.
The reason Vince has kept him off TV all this time is because he's concerned with his health. He's worried that if he puts him back out there regularly, he'll have another Bell's Palsy attack."
Lawler himself has been getting away from the commentary desk of late - wrestling a series of bouts with WWE champion The Miz, including a TLC contest that won rave reviews.
He added: "A lot of people are amazed that I can just go in the ring and have good matches. But the truth of the matter is that I've never stopped. Although I do the commentary on Monday nights, I've always wrestled - at least once, usually twice, every single week throughout my time with WWE. I thought the matches, especially the TLC match with The Miz, were good. I know that after the match was over, when I came back to the Gorilla Position, everybody standing there gave me a standing ovation. Vince came over and hugged me and said: 'Man-oh-man, what a great match!'
Lawler failed to beat Miz, partly due to continual interference from current commentary partner Michael Cole. King and Cole now look set to settle the score at WrestleMania which, amazingly giving his legendary career, will be King's FIRST ever match on the biggest show of them all.
He revealed: "I've been with WWE for 17 years and that's something I've never achieved. I remember in 2007, when Vince came to me and said they were going to induct me into the Hall of Fame, I said that I didn't want to. He said: 'What do you mean, you don't want to?'
I replied: 'Most people feel like your career is over when you go into the Hall of Fame, like in baseball or football or something. Also, I've never done that much here, Vince. I've never won a title, I've never even wrestled on a WrestleMania.'
He said: 'What? You've never wrestled on a Wrestlemania in all the years you've been here? That's a tragedy. We've got to fix that next year.'
That was his mindset then, but things get put on the backburner. First 2008 came and I didn't get a match, then 2009 came and I didn't get a match, then 2010.
But I must say that there's never really been a point in time in those years when I've been involved as much as I have been as of late. So if there ever was a time for it to happen, I think this would be the most advantageous.
And would I love to have a WrestleMania match? Oh boy, yes. Other than getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, that would maybe be the highlight of my career to finally get to perform there."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/3431615/King-Jim-Ross-will-be-ck.html