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WWE removed Jerry Lawler from their Current Superstars roster on their official website, days after PWInsider.com reported that Lawler's broadcast deal had been allowed to expire earlier this year.
Lawler told PWInsider.com earlier this week, "One other thing that a lot of people wonder about, my career has probably ended with the WWE and that's it's just one of those things that goes with my getting over with all the stuff that happened with the stroke and it was my, my just sitting behind a desk and doing it commentating on a match again was the extremely difficult."
Lawler's bio, etc. are now only available in the WWE Hall of Fame section.
Lawler remains affiliated with the company via a Legends deal, but the end of his broadcast contract ended a run that began in 1992 with very small hiatuses.
Lawler owns and operates King Jerry Lawler's Hall of Fame Bar & Grille in Memphis, which regularly honors and inducts members into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is technically free to sign elsewhere, but given his health issues, there’s no word if that’s something he would even be interested in pursuing. Lawler has begun making some signing appearances in recent months at pop culture conventions.
There will be a celebration for Lawler in Evansville, Indiana this Friday and Saturday 5/10 and 5/11 featuring a number of Memphis Wrestling legends and more appearing, including Austin Idol, Dutch Mantel, Bill Dundee, Mick Foley, The Steiners, The Hardys, Ron Simmons, Lex Luger and Jimmy Valiant. The 2-day event will feature a VIP show on Friday May 10 and convention Saturday May 11 with "Museum style exhibits with legendary, ring-worn items, wrestling artifacts, championship belts, recreated television settings, awards presentation, Wrestling Costume World Championships, photo-ops, autographs, collectibles, LIVE podcasts, Q&A sessions, historic video show and much more." It is also advertising that the artwork of Jerry “The King” Lawler will be showcased and feature some forgotten treasures and never before seen art pieces in this once-in-a-lifetime event. There will be a VIP Roast on Friday as part of the event.
It’s certainly not out of the question that WWE will bring Lawler in to make cameos in the future, especially when they are in Memphis, as they did when WWE was there in March.
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