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re: Jerry "The King" Lawler rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:27 pm to Chicken
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:27 pm to Chicken
quote:
Lawler bitch slapping Andy Kaufman on Letterman was TV greatness...
Both of them keeping the work a secret for so long is also impressive.
ETA: obv easier for Kaufman because he’s dead but still.
This post was edited on 2/7/23 at 4:28 pm
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Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:43 pm to Chicken
quote:
Lawler bitch slapping Andy Kaufman on Letterman was TV greatness...
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:49 pm to HeLeakin
The Lawler/JR combo on Monday Night Rae was the golden age of wrestling commentating.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:54 pm to HeLeakin
quote:
suffered a stroke at his Florida home yesterday and underwent a subsequent surgery.
I’m guessing a thrombectomy. No other reason to get surgery for a stroke. Usually a good outcome if treated quickly. Also I’m guessing he has afib and had an embolic stroke, considering his MI on national TV several years back. Now both attitude era announcers likely have a facial droop (JR’s from Bell’s palsy).
Posted on 2/7/23 at 11:44 pm to Tiger Ryno
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That was ultimate work. There will never be a better troll than Kaufman. He and Lawler were great friends and both did a hell of a job selling that gimmick
props to Andy Kaufman for being a true outsider to the business yet having the respect for it to sell & keep kayfabe
helped make Lawler 1 of the biggest heels of all time at that time
ETA: obviously hoping Lawler pulls through after this episode
This post was edited on 2/7/23 at 11:46 pm
Posted on 2/7/23 at 11:51 pm to HeLeakin
Time ruins everything.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 1:06 am to HeLeakin
King ain't gonna do the job just yet!
Can't wait to hear him nail his rumble pick yet again next January
Can't wait to hear him nail his rumble pick yet again next January
Posted on 2/8/23 at 1:09 am to HeLeakin
Posted on 2/8/23 at 3:18 am to Bottom9
quote:Hell, I remember Lawler from my childhood, wrestling Bill Dundee for Mid South Wrestling in Memphis every Saturday. Circa 1977 or so.
Lawler bitch slapping Andy Kaufman on Letterman was TV greatness...
Holy shite. Chicken, you are old as frick
Posted on 2/8/23 at 3:30 am to Ric Flair
quote:
No other reason to get surgery for a stroke.
A ventriculostomy is also possible. A history of Afib means he was likely anticoagulated. So it’s possible he had a bleed.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 4:34 am to Thracken13
quote:
damn - Lawler was one of my favs back in the WWE days. glad he is ok
Same here; I grew up watching Mid-South Wrestling and went to the Mid-South Coliseum a few times to watch wrasslin'.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:49 am to HeLeakin
Probably just needed a new heart valve. Common cause for strokes and a common repair surgery.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:41 am to HeLeakin
I'm sure he was with a mid 20's dancer girlfriend at the time.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 8:37 am to Havoc
I heard a story that Lawler met Andy Kaufman's parents on the set of Man on the Moon. At first, Kaufman's parents didn't want to meet Lawler because Andy never told them that he and Lawler were working an angle. He worked his freaking parents! They thought Lawler legit hospitalized their son.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 9:02 am to HeLeakin
His BBQ is not king. It sucks.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 9:21 am to HeLeakin
Loved me some Midsouth Wrestling on Saturday mornings, channel 5 Memphis.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 9:28 am to HeLeakin
Grew up watching him on Memphis wrestling…..I’m getting old.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 9:29 am to PhilemonThomas
Saw that too. I think that was on a recent Tales from the Territories episode or something similar.
Also when Kaufman was in the hospital he got full treatment and stayed for days maybe weeks without a peep that it was fake
Also when Kaufman was in the hospital he got full treatment and stayed for days maybe weeks without a peep that it was fake
Posted on 2/8/23 at 9:30 am to FIREAWAY
This post was edited on 2/8/23 at 9:31 am
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