Facing financial trouble of their own, WCCW then allied themselves with the AWA and CWA, and Jerry Lawler would challenge WCCW Heavyweight champion Kerry Von Erich to a title unification match at SuperClash III in December.

Lawler then promised he would show up at an ECW show in order to gain revenge, and when he did show up, he had ECW mainstays Van Dam ( who turned heel ) and Sabu with him.

Lawler began to call Van Dam Mr. Monday Night on an episode of Raw which became a moniker that would stay with Van Dam, changing to suit the day of the week of whichever program was being broadcast.

The two made an agreement in which Lawler would give Griffith free publicity in exchange for free wrestling training.

While the program continued in the USWA, the feud between Lawler and McMahon would not be acknowledged on WWF television.

Lawler would continue to berate Piper on later episodes of Monday Night Raw, including bringing a skinny kid into the ring dressed as Piper and forcing him to kiss his feet.

By 1996, Lawler wrestled occasionally on WWF Superstars where he would take on jobbers while holding a microphone in the ring to, essentially, " do the commentary on ( his ) very own matches " while occasionally serving as the official cornerman for Isaac Yankem D. D. S.

Lawler's son, Brian Christopher, was one of the major superstars in the division, although the WWF played up an angle where both Lawler and Christopher would deny their family relationship, even though the two would aide each other in matches and so on.

On the November 29 episode of the King of the Ring special of Raw, Lawler, who was celebrating his 61st birthday, would challenge The Miz for his WWE Championship, to which Miz would decline.

Miz would retain his title from Lawler after interference by Alex Riley and Michael Cole.

On the December 6 episode of Raw, Cole would first apologize to Lawler, only for him to take it back and demand an apology from Lawler to himself.

After Lawler threatened to attack Cole, the anonymous Raw General Manager would then issue a " cease and desist " order, which barred any physicality between them and that if either of them violated the order, that individual would have their contract terminated immediately.

Lawler would then continue his feud with The Miz, where on the December 20 episode of Raw, Lawler would team with Randy Orton and John Morrison to take on Miz, Riley and Sheamus in a 6-man Tag match with Lawler picking up the win by pinning Miz.

This would lead to a rematch between Miz and Lawler the following week, with Lawler once again getting the victory, this time by count-out after Morrison got involved.

Later on that night, Miz would attack Lawler from behind as Lawler was sitting at the announce table.

Fargo once led the careers of Jerry Lawler and The Fabulous Ones Stan Lane and Steve Keirn.

As he had been before his departure, Lawler once again became color commentator on Raw and pay-per-view events alongside Jim Ross and SmackDown!

Lawler was once again successful in getting the victory, this time pinning Riley.

After returning to his fourth stint with WWE, Runnels once again disappeared from the indies, but made a special appearance with Jerry Lawler's Memphis Wrestling on March 3, 2006, as Goldust, in a match against Lawler, which he lost after Lawler hit him with a steel chain.

Farris is a first cousin of professional wrestler Jerry " The King " Lawler ( the two have long had an unsteady relationship due to family issues ) and is therefore a first cousin once removed of Brian Christopher.

According to the police report, Lawler " became very belligerent " once in custody, and threatened the police officer who arrested him.

Since returning to the announce table the night after WrestleMania XXVII on Raw, Ross once again became an unofficial Raw commentator, reuniting with Jerry Lawler, then the next week, managing Lawler in his re-rematch with Jack Swagger.

In the USWA Koko was more successful than in the WWF, winning the USWA World Title twice, once from Kamala “ The Ugandan Giant " and once from USWA icon Jerry Lawler.

There were only two seasons when Lawler did not serve as the team's primary play-by-play broadcaster-1981-82 ( Jerry Gross ) and 1984-85 ( Eddie Doucette )- before becoming the full-time voice once again in 1985-86.

Sane, and making no allusion of the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and the existence of the Multiverse, Psycho-Pirate goes on to fight the Chase Lawler version of Manhunter, once before being arrested and sent to jail.

As Lawler bailed, the two men who had once regarded each other as enemies shook hands.

On July 8, 2009, Lawler again ran for the position of Mayor of Memphis in a special mayoral election on October 15, 2009.

Later in 1984, Savage turned babyface and allied with Lawler against Jimmy Hart's First Family alliance, only to turn heel on Lawler again in early 1985 and resume the feud with him over the title.

The Godfather appeared again the following month on Raw during the Raw Roulette event, where he offered Jerry Lawler and Stevie Richards a night out with his Ho Train to the victor of their match.

Now as a fan favorite and with a new midget sidekick Dink, Doink encountered Lawler again the following year in a match at Survivor Series.

He would leave the Raw broadcasting table the following week, after Cole and Lawler ( somewhat ) reconciled and became a duo again, though he remains on the show as a backstage interviewer / backup commentator.

He successfully defended the championship against Jerry Lawler in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match on the following episode of Raw, due to help from Michael Cole and Riley, and again at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view in December by defeating Orton in a Tables match following interference from Alex Riley.

He defeated Orton again at the Royal Rumble, after interference from CM Punk, in January 2011 and Lawler the following month at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view to retain the championship.

Adding the new players to Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan, Chris Lawler and Emlyn Hughes, Shankly formed the nucleus of a second great team which went on to dominate English and European football in the 1970s.

In the match, the face team wearing Lakers jerseys ( Batista, Montel Vontavious Porter, John Cena, Jerry Lawler & Mr. Kennedy ) defeated the heel team wearing Nuggets jerseys ( The Miz, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton & The Big Show ) in a 10-man tag team match.

In the mid to late 1990s the commentator team comprised Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry " The King " Lawler.

At WrestleMania XXV the first three man inter-brand commentary team since the WWE Brand Extension was used, and consisted of Jim Ross, Jerry " The King " Lawler, and Michael Cole.

The Hart Family ( Bret, Owen, Bruce, and Keith ) were scheduled to face a team captained by Lawler in an elimination match at Survivor Series.

After the match, however, Lawler's team turned on him, joining with Doink's team to attack Lawler.

It was McMahon's departure from the commentary team which led to the strong on-screen chemistry between Lawler and Ross in subsequent years.

In 2003, Raw's announce team of Lawler and Jim Ross feuded with Sunday Night Heats team of Jonathan Coachman and Al Snow.

On the July 26, 2010 episode of Raw, Lawler teamed with Mark Henry, Goldust, Yoshi Tatsu, Evan Bourne and The Hart Dynasty in a tag team elimination match versus the Nexus.

team in February 2001 after Jerry " The King " Lawler quit the company, after calling his first PPV on No Way Out with Jim Ross, as well as becoming one of the trainers for the joint WWF / MTV produced reality series Tough Enough.

After being trained by Tojo Yamamoto, Eudy made his debut as he teamed with Austin Idol and wrestled the team of Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler.

That try became the centre of furore when rumors spread that match referee Darcy Lawler had bet on St. George to win ( Wests captain Arthur Summons later claimed one of his players announced to his team mates before the game that any who had bet on the Magpies to win had better lay off their bets as referee Lawler had backed St. George ).

Lawler began his career as one half of the masked tag team " The Twilight Zone " with Tony Williams under the individual ring names of Nebula ( Lawler ) and Quasar ( Williams ).

While Scotty was sidelined in 2001 with a broken ankle, Lawler formed a short-lived tag team with Steve Blackman and was later released from the company for illegally conveying drugs across the Canada – United States border.

On November 21, 2009, Lawler reunited with Rikishi, and the duo defeated Orlando Jordan and Umaga in a tag team match on the Hulkamania Tour of Australia in Melbourne.