During Starrcast today, famed commentary theme Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler spoke openly in a Q&A session. Courtesy of Dominic DeAngelo WrestleZone on Twitter, we have some highlights:
- Jim Ross promised to call the pay-per-view tomorrow night like a sporting event, this isn’t out of line with anything that the AEW team has said since starting the promotion.
- Jerry Lawler says he feels the business is too choreographed and they don’t feed off the energy of the audience anymore. He cited The Rock versus Hollywood Hogan at WrestleMania 18 as an example of what he prefers to see.
- Jerry Lawler says that Jim Carrey told both of JR and Jerry Lawler on the set of the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon that Hollywood values appearance over talent more often than not.
- Jim Ross promised to pursue Jerry Lawler on behalf of AEW once his contract with WWE expired.
@JRsBBQ recounts the time he was surprised by he & King getting split up in 2008. They had no it was going to happen on-air. "Bottom line we had a great run, The King and I." #Starrcast @WRESTLEZONEcom pic.twitter.com/weGgO4uNO8
— Dominic DeAngelo of WrestleZone.com (@DominicDeAngelo) May 24, 2019
"To me that's the worst thing to ever happen in this business." – Jerry Lawler on all the moves being planned out before nowadays in comparison to the "on the fly" beauty of @TheRock vs. Hogan of WrestleMania X8. #Starrcast @WRESTLEZONEcom pic.twitter.com/gAlv7S4ILN
— Dominic DeAngelo of WrestleZone.com (@DominicDeAngelo) May 24, 2019
"Gentleman, Hollywood values youth and appearance way above talent." – Jim Carrey once said to JR & Jerry Lawler @WRESTLEZONEcom #Starrcast pic.twitter.com/xooKSAhucx
— Dominic DeAngelo of WrestleZone.com (@DominicDeAngelo) May 24, 2019
