anglefan85
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Jerry Lawler and Fianc�e arrested for domestic assault
http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/db_381569/contentdetail.htm?full=true&contentguid;=TSkBG6pX&pn;=&ps;=#display
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MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - Wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler is behind bars, accused of domestic assault.
Friday morning, Memphis Police Department put him and his fianc�e in jail.
It's a case of he said, she said where both Lawler and his fianc�e, Lauryn McBride, ended up as victim and suspect.
McBride, 27, has lived with Lawler, 66, for five years. She said they both got into an argument, and it turned violent.
She said Lawler held her against the kitchen counter, hit her in the head, pushed her against the stove, put a gun on the kitchen counter, and told
her to "go ahead and kill yourself."
Lawler told police the argument started when McBride lied about where she'd been.
He said McBride scratched him in the face, threw a candle at him, and kicked him in the groin. He said she was drunk when she told him she knew where
the gun was and threatened to kill herself.
Lawler said the reason he held McBride in the kitchen was because she was drunk and trying to leave the house in her car.
Memphis police officers were unable to determine the primary aggressor in the case, so they arrested both McBride and Lawler.
WWE released a statement on its website saying, "WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence, and per our policy, Jerry Lawler has
been suspended indefinitely following his arrest."
As serious as domestic violence may be, a part of me can't help but say to Jerry, "Maybe next week, YOU might not be around."
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bopol
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Originally posted by anglefan85
McBride, 27, has lived with Lawler, 66, for five years. She said they both got into an argument, and it turned violent.
Anyone else click on the article to see how old the girlfriend was?
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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janerd75
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Mugshots:
http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/jerry-lawler-fiancee-arrested-domestic-dispute-061716
Meh, I'll wait to hear more but it seems like a wash as far as the winner of the Culpability Trophy goes. I would expect some inherent
volatility in a relationship where the participants are approximately 40 years apart in age. Looks like they took the wrong gatdamn exit on the road
to Poundtown. Met her at 22 when he was 61? Geez, good fucking luck with that, Jer.
Sounds like she was gassing it somewhere, Jerry got pissed and wanted to know the who, what why and wheres, she wanted to leave all juiced up, and in
the intervening moments some physical he said/she said hilarity ensued. Ah, romance.
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
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Sam Is Neat
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The cops know it is fake, right?
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janerd75
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam Is Neat
The cops know it is fake, right?
Post of the Day.
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
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GodEatGod
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Bye, Jerry, don't let the door hit you in the padded ass on the way out.
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Chinese food, but I don't write articles trying to prove it doesn't exist." - Tina Fey
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Paddlefoot
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Probably the end for him altogether, especially if the charges stick. Being downgraded to the SD and Main Event team already showed that he
isn't vital to their plans anymore. They won't rush to bring him back this time, unless it's for some Legends related shit much
later on after the incident is long forgotten.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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The WWE was looking for an excuse to get rid of his ass. Jerry just gave it to them on a silver platter. Say goodbye to that $250,000 a year salary
with all expenses paid......dumbass!!
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royberto
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
Probably the end for him altogether, especially if the charges stick. Being downgraded to the SD and Main Event team already showed that he
isn't vital to their plans anymore. They won't rush to bring him back this time, unless it's for some Legends related shit much
later on after the incident is long forgotten.
Except that Vince loves him. ANd since Smackdown is now going live, you really can't
call it a downgrade anymore.
If charges are dropped, he will be back. The fact that both were arrested because the cops couldn't detirmine the aggressor makes me lean
towards charges being dropped.
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Originally posted by Frank Lloyd Wright
The WWE was looking for an excuse to get rid of his ass. Jerry just gave it to them on a silver platter. Say goodbye to that $250,000 a year salary
with all expenses paid......dumbass!!
Vince loves Jerry. How exactly does that lead to WWE is looking for an excuse to get rid of him?
[Edited on 6-17-2016 by royberto]
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Originally posted by royberto
Vince loves Jerry. How exactly does that lead to WWE is looking for an excuse to get rid of him?
I know you love contradicting me on every post I make dude, but putting that aside, Vince loves him so much that he demotes him to Smackdown? It
doesn't matter if they are going live, it's still the "B" show. That's called being phased out. Unless he beats the rap, instead
of his girlfriend, you won't see him back anytime soon.
[Edited on 6-17-2016 by Frank Lloyd Wright]
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punkerhardcore
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I mean... we tease him and all, but that's pretty fucking baller to always be banging hot young trim. I hope I can bang a 25-year-old when
I'm in my 60s.
Is everyone mad here?
Of course they are, and you are too... otherwise, you wouldn't have come here.
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denverpunk
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Originally posted by punkerhardcore
I mean... we tease him and all, but that's pretty fucking baller to always be banging hot young trim. I hope I can bang a 25-year-old when
I'm in my 60s.
More power to him, and if it makes him happy, sure, but how many times has he gotten in trouble while dating girls that much younger than him? And
would she want anything to do with him if he weren't rich and famous? He should have seen this coming.
But, yeah, I bet he's gone, if not forever, for a long while.
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royberto
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quote:
Originally posted by Frank Lloyd Wright
quote:
Originally posted by royberto
Vince loves Jerry. How exactly does that lead to WWE is looking for an excuse to get rid of him?
I know you love contradicting me on every post I make dude, but putting that aside, Vince loves him so much that he demotes him to Smackdown? It
doesn't matter if they are going live, it's still the "B" show. That's called being phased out. Unless he beats the rap, instead
of his girlfriend, you won't see him back anytime soon.
[Edited on 6-17-2016 by Frank Lloyd Wright]
I don't care who I am responding to. And My response was hardly contradictiing you. I asked
a question. So, you are flattering yourself with that claim.
You can call it the B show. but obviously that is no longer the case ESPECIALLY because it is live. It is hardly a demotion. If he was moved to Main
Event only, then you would have a point. Overall, Vince doesn't need excuses if he wants to get rid of someone. If he really wanted to get rid
of Lawler, he would.
Obviously if he was convicted he wwould be fired. But the fact that the police couldn't determine who was the aggressor leading to them
arresting both of them, especially if her piss test shows she was very drunk, makes me lean towards charges being dropped with Lawler returning to
Smackdown. But there is absolutely no basis on which to claim Vince is looking for an excuse to get rid of Jerry.
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BBMN
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quote:
Originally posted by Frank Lloyd Wright
The WWE was looking for an excuse to get rid of his ass. Jerry just gave it to them on a silver platter. Say goodbye to that $250,000 a year salary
with all expenses paid......dumbass!!
I don't follow Jerry Lawler's personal life in any capacity. So I have to ask, did you find him to a be a dumbass before this incident? Or
is he now a dumbass because of it. Because I have no idea what actually happened. I wasn't there.
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nOOb
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Just let him sue Gawker and he'll be back in no time and we'll forget he called his girlfriend the N word.
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bopol
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quote:
Originally posted by BBMN
quote:
Originally posted by Frank Lloyd Wright
The WWE was looking for an excuse to get rid of his ass. Jerry just gave it to them on a silver platter. Say goodbye to that $250,000 a year salary
with all expenses paid......dumbass!!
I don't follow Jerry Lawler's personal life in any capacity. So I have to ask, did you find him to a be a dumbass before this incident? Or
is he now a dumbass because of it. Because I have no idea what actually happened. I wasn't there.
Personally, I found him to be a dumbass as an announcer who acts like a 14-year-old who saw his first boob during the Attitude Era. I can appreciate
that he does get wrestling and his work in Memphis is really excellent.
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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janerd75
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Originally posted by punkerhardcore
I mean... we tease him and all, but that's pretty fucking baller to always be banging hot young trim. I hope I can bang a 25-year-old when
I'm in my 60s.
For all the young quim he pulls, you gatdamn right that's a baller move to go that hard in the taint at his age, because basketball references.
When I got my picture with him last year he of course looked old, but if I didn't know who he was I'd say he could have been in his
mid-to-late 50's. Just a solid chunk O'Jerry. Pudgy and stocky. Built like a fireplug. The rest of him seemed pretty fit too. But that
early 20's chick minefield though. When you have a heart attack they knit back stronger after breaking much like bones, right? Fuck, the banging
I'll be doing if I make it to my 60's is only going to happen once. 
Godspeed, Jer Bear!
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
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Chris Is Good517
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Putting aside opinions about the quality of his commentating and the ick factor of the age difference between he and his girlfriend, I agree that
unless these charges disappear kinda quickly he's probably not long for the company. They've become increasingly image conscious and
domestic violence still tends to be a bad look outside of the NFL. Plus when you put this with the statutory rape accusations against him in the 90s
(I know he was found not guilty but shit like that tends to stay with you) I just can't see how he's worth the trouble anymore.
I understand the "high five bro" appeal of still being able to pull 20 year-olds in your 60s, but Christ, Jerry, you clearly aren't equipped
to handle these younger women. Find yourself a nice woman in her 40s and get your life right.
And on a far less important note, here's hoping they just go ahead and let Corey Graves take his rightful place next to Mauro and don't do
something idiotic like try to put Booker T in there again.
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janerd75
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Yeah to what Cig wrote. And given that Smackdown goes live in roughly a month and is part of a 'New Era' restructuring, I'd say as
far as future commentary goes Jerry's got no chance...well, you know the drill. Providing no further evidence of heinous shit going down comes
out, I'd say we'll only see him again off and on sporadically for special occasions in a few months after everything blows over.
Just thinking, are there any old guard guys of his era left now that Flair, Zeb, and him are pretty much gone? Next tier old timers would be Kane,
Taker, and Haitch? Oy vey...
The science is settled: Fuck Everybody
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Count Zero
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris Is Good517
And on a far less important note, here's hoping they just go ahead and let Corey Graves take his rightful place next to Mauro and don't do
something idiotic like try to put Booker T in there again.
I cannot say this loudly enough: FUCK NO.
You want to kill EVERY bit of interest I have in watching Smackdown? You put Mr Knuckletats on Smackdown, and all I will hear between him & Mauro is,
in the words of Andrew "Dice" Clay, Charlie Brown's freakin' teacher: "Wonk Wonk Blah Wonk Wonk Wonk Blah Wonk Wonk Blah."
Cory Graves is fine on the fringes of existence, right where he is now.
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the goon
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I'm probably in the minority, but I was kind of enjoying Lawler's current heel shtick on Smackdown just because it was the first time
we've heard him be full-on heel on commentary in what, almost 20 years?
Though it does seem like his time with WWE was probably coming to an end sooner rather than later, so if this is the end of Jerry Lawler in WWE,
I'm okay with that.
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Paddlefoot
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quote:
Originally posted by BBMN
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Originally posted by Frank Lloyd Wright
The WWE was looking for an excuse to get rid of his ass. Jerry just gave it to them on a silver platter. Say goodbye to that $250,000 a year salary
with all expenses paid......dumbass!!
I don't follow Jerry Lawler's personal life in any capacity. So I have to ask, did you find him to a be a dumbass before this incident? Or
is he now a dumbass because of it. Because I have no idea what actually happened. I wasn't there.
There was the thing with Stacy The Kat Carter where he quit but he was actually just being honourable and sticking up for his woman when WWF gassed
her. There was something back around 1994 where he nearly got charged with statutory rape or something similar but the charges were fully dropped.
Stacy was only 19 and Jerry was 40 when they first met in 1989 and started banging. As such there's some evidence there that Jerry didn't
have to stretch his acting skills too much when he started the "woo hoo puppies!" routine behind the mic because he's always been kind of a
dirty old man type with girls half his age (or even younger). He also got arrested for running over a police officer's foot when he threw a
tantrum while was being ticketed for a traffic violation.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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OORick
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Interesting divergence of opinion on Graves.... myself, I'm kinda conflicted, too.
On one hand, if you just buy in that NXT is great (it is), and as soon as somebody "beats the level" (Graves has been rock solid as the color man of
NXT), you just stop wasting time and call them up, then YES, he is the obvious call to replace Lawler....
But on the other hand, Graves isn't really that GOOD yet. He's got the benefit of an amazing weekly presenation where he's kind of
the lone squeaky wheel that isn't quite up to snuff. With the NXT product so strong, it's hard for him to suck, but yet, he does still
have moments of "SHUT THE FUCK UP, COREY!" where you realize he's detracting, because he's doing that JBL thing where he momentarily
forgets that he needs to stop getting himself over and keep getting the talent over (JBL loving every clothesline because it used to be his move, is
the same as Graves' random hate of Elias Sampson because Graves is also from the same city).
Then again, if it's good enough for WWE's A-show (JBL), it's probably good enough for their B-show, and my real point is that
I've grown a bit "commentary-deaf" lately, because it's so over-produced by Vince and/or Hunter (and yes, you can bet HHH is the "voice
in the headset" for Graves).... I kinda got to enjoy SD lately, mostly because of Ranallo, but also because Lawler really just went back to pure old
school heel stuff (and let us not forget that Saxton is really getting sneaky good at scoring his own points, even though everybody picks on him)...
and now, because King is kind of a major douchenozzle (I actually wouldn't be surprised if his girlfriend's drinking IS the major reason
for this Domestic Dispute, but it doesn't change the fact that I bet Lawler has, in the past 30 years, had sex with more girls under the age of
20 than women over the age of 30, which means he is very very screwed up), SD is in trouble on the eve of its re-emergence as a significant brand for
the first time in 10 years.
I'm rambling, but in terms of what WWE will do for SD, I'm cool on Graves. I wouldn't get upset if they tapped him, but if
it's me, I let him keep doing his thing on NXT until he gets so good that you call him up ONCE and he sticks. If you call him up now, he's
a stopgap.
In terms of in-house stopgaps, the obvious two are Booker T (already a former SD color commentator, and still on the PPV preshows) and David Otunga
(current commentator for both WWE's b-shows, Main Event and Superstars). More than likely Otunga is just riding out a contract, and Booker could
have kept the SD job if he really wanted it (and he doesn't), so neither is a long term solution.
My two personal choices to get the SD gig, and who would EASILY be able to just stick around for the long term, if WWE wants.... Renee Young and/or
William Regal. Renee had an extended stint as an NXT commentator, and I thought she was quite excellent. Regal has done commentary in every company
he's every worked for, and has never sucked (he was last active in NXT, too).
With the brand split, I would also be OK with Kevin Owens wrestling on RAW, and commentating on SD every week.....
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Flash
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Bit of mixed feelings on this one... the details are messy enough that it would probably be presumptuous to call Lawler a batterer, and that this is
probably just one of those he said, she said, alcohol fuelled messy moments that happen between human beings from time to time...
Never condoning a man laying his hands on a woman, but people can defend themselves, and in the heat of the moment they do make mistakes... like I
said, messy situation.
I couldn't stand Lawler for a looooong time. He played a big part in setting back women's wrestling for a long time with his constant
"puppies" comments that reduced women to nothing but their looks despite their best efforts in the ring... That's not all on him. I also
thought he had a bad habit of going into business for himself ranting and raving about whatever... but the last few years as he's either had to
play the face against a heel Cole, or the middle man to a bigger big mouth in JBL, he's become kind of likeable and at times a value adder.
Whether I've liked him, or hated him, he's been a huge constant in the WWE for the last 20 years, so for that reason alone I'm a bit
sad that this will likely be the way that he's going out.
In saying that, if ever there was a time, now is probably it... if the WWE wants to sell this brand split as the start of a new era, then maybe
it's time for some fresh voices to take the lead... My vote would go to Ren�e; a woman would make for a first, and she's talented. It
would add a fresh voice to the product, and give that brand something more distinct of its own.
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merc
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quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
Just thinking, are there any old guard guys of his era left now that Flair, Zeb, and him are pretty much gone? Next tier old timers would be Kane,
Taker, and Haitch? Oy vey...
Worse would be H doing a solid for his Clique friends. None of them are 1/3 as funny as they think they are.
He's probably too old at this point, but Kevin Sullivan was a really solid color guy.
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