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WWE Takes Jerry “The King” Lawler Off The Air After 30-Plus Years
The WWE has declined to renew its contract with Hall-of-Fame wrestler and broadcaster Jerry "The King" Lawler.
Lawler has not been been featured on a WWE TV broadcast for over a year, but he still has a legends deal that allows him to work with the organization on merch and other licensing. The NBC late-nighter was about eight months old when comic, performance artist and then- Taxi star Kaufman was a guest, along with Lawler. Kaufman had made waves by wrestling women until April 1982, when he took on veteran his first male opponent, then-pro grappler Lawler, who clobbered him in the ring.
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