Hey Scott,
Longtime reader with a question for you: What is your opinion of Jerry Lawler as a wrestler? (with a caveat if I may: try to disregard most if not all of what he's done in the WWF/E and focus on his Memphis days if you can, although I realize that may not be possible if you didn't get to see lot of his Memphis work up in Canada). I grew up watching Lawler, Dundee, Koko, etc. in Louisville in the 80's so he was a "hero" of mine and I'm curious where you see him in the pantheon of great wrestlers and am also wondering what's the highest rating you've ever given one of his matches. Thanks!
I can tell you that the highest rating was easily his empty arena match with Terry Funk, which was *****, although that was more Funk than Lawler. Anyway, I like Lawler just fine as a worker. He’s of the Shawn Michaels mold, where he doesn’t even have to be a technically gifted wrestler because he knows exactly when to make the comebacks in order to keep the match entertaining. And he always brought it for that shots at the AWA title. Of course the WWF run was much different, in-ring, but even then I ended up giving **** to his Summerslam match with Bret Hart. I don’t know where he ranks in the “pantheon” or anything, but he was a worthy Hall of Fame addition.
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