Over the past few months we have seen Memphis Wrestling footage pop up a few times, namely in the Paul Heyman DVD and in the awesome “Forever Young” video on the career of Hulk Hogan. So with Lawler looking to have the rights to this footage, I think it’s only correct that we see just how a definitive Jerry Lawler career documentary with match compilation might just look.
Modern day fans may only know Jerry Lawler as the commentator from Monday Night RAW, however “The King” has had one of the most diverse wrestling careers of all time. A Jerry Lawler DVD has been rumoured at different points in history, however now with the potential addition of the Memphis Wrestling footage – this would be a tremendous boost to the project.
Some of the interview subjects which I believe would have to be included would be: Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross, Vince McMahon, Lance Russell, Terry Funk, Jimmy Hart, Bill Dundee, Paul Heyman, Bret Hart, Michael Cole and Brian Christopher.
So without further ado, let’s take a look at “The Life and Times of Jerry Lawler”…
Documentary
- Early Life
- Artist
- Getting into the Business
- King of Memphis
- Many roads led through Memphis
- Empty Arena
- Andy Kaufman
- World Champion
- WWE
- Bret Hart
- Announcer
- On the Outside
- Hall of Fame
- WrestleMania
- Montreal
- Coming Home
- Legacy
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship Match
Jerry Lawler vs. Jackie Fargo
Memphis, TN • October 4, 1976
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee vs. Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris
Tupelo, MS • June 15, 1979
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Hulk Hogan
Memphis, TN • February 9, 1981
Empty Arena Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Terry Funk
Memphis, TN • April 6, 1981
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman
Memphis, TN • April 5, 1982
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Ric Flair
CWA Championship Wrestling • August 14, 1982
Cage Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Randy Savage
Memphis, TN • December 12, 1983
AWA Championship Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkle
Memphis, TN • January 1, 1984
No Disqualification, Loser Leaves Town Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Bill Dundee
Memphis, TN • December 30, 1985
Steel Cage Hair vs. Hair Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Austin Idol
Memphis, TN • April 27, 1987
Parking Lot Brawl
CWA Championship Wrestling • April 2, 1988
AWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Curt Hennig vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
Memphis, TN • May 9, 1988
AWA and WCCW World Championship Unification Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich
AWA SuperClash III • December 13, 1988
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Bret “Hitman” Hart
RAW • March 13, 1995
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Al Jackson
Superstars • March 23, 1996
Jake Roberts vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
RAW • October 14, 1996
Jerry “The King” Lawler & Brian Christopher vs. Taka Michinoku & George “The Animal” Steele
RAW • December 29, 1997
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Tazz
SummerSlam • August 27, 2000
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Ric Flair
RAW • November 22, 2004
Hall of Fame Induction
Hall of Fame • March 31, 2007
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. King Booker
RAW • July 30, 2007
7-Man RAW Rumble Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus vs. Randy Orton
RAW • January 31, 2011
WWE Championship Match
The Miz vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
Elimination Chamber • February 20, 2011
Kiss My Foot Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Michael Cole
Over the Limit • May 22, 2011
Steel Cage Match
CM Punk vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
RAW • August 27, 2012
No Disqualification Lumberjack Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Jimmy Hart
Memphis, TN • June 29, 1981
Bunkhouse Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler, Dusty Rhodes & Magnum T.A. vs. Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Memphis, TN • November 18, 1985
King of the Ring Tournament Semi-Final Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Mankind
King of the Ring • June 7, 1997
TLC Match for the WWE Championship
The Miz vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
RAW • November 29, 2011
Country Whipping Match
Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole & Jack Swagger
Extreme Rules • May 1, 2011
Jerry “The King” Lawler Makes a Special RAW Appearance
RAW • October 17, 2012
King’s Court with The Undertaker
Wrestling Challenge • August 1, 1993
King’s Court with Lex Luger
RAW • April 11, 1994
King’s Court with Bob Backlund
RAW • August 1, 1994
King’s Court with William Shatner
RAW • January 9, 1995
Blu-Ray Exclusive Stories:
- Jackie Fargo
- Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Batman?
- Mid-South Coliseum
- Jerry “The King” Lawler: Musician
- To the EXTREME
- Puppies!
- Man on the Moon
- Jim Ross
Would you like to see a WWE DVD/Blu-ray like this? It’s great to hear from you so please use the comments section below or tweet me @_MarkD_.
AS FAR AS A DVD ON JERRY LAWLER IS CONCERNED, I SPEAK FOR COUNTLESS OTHERS WHEN I SAY IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!
Is a Jerry Lawler release about to become a reality? Dave Meltzer is reporting it’s so:
“–Regarding a question on last night’s radio show, WWE is actually making a Jerry Lawler DVD”
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Interesting choice for a fantasy concept. May I request a Best of Boston Garden Matches concept?
Missing a Kamala match otherwise this kicks ass
THIS VERY MUCH NEEDS TO BECOME A REALITY. I WOULD BUY IT ON THE SPOT. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!!
One of the Blu-ray extras should be Jerry Lawler showing his Coca-Cola collection. I remember seeing something like that on WWE Confidential years ago.
Sounds perfect but the 88-95 gap i dont like would like to have at least 2 matches in between the gap but overall no complaints man!!:)
Nice to another edition of Fantasy Concept. This was a nice one done but I would’ve had a few of the bad matches left out & thrown in his 1996 KOTR match with The Ultimate Warrior. Would’ve also added his King’s Court segment with Bret Hart and Diesel too but overall most of his earlier matches added are top notch 😀
Mark D, you come up with some outstanding ideas for DVD and Blu-Ray sets. I still cannot imagine why WWE Home Video hasn’t hired you yet. You have a great deal of talent and know what the wrestling fans truly want in these sets. You should talk to them and take all these concepts and ideas to their attention and hoping they give you a nice gig in the process.
i bet this was a already made by wwe and he just stole it
I would purchase this in a heartbeat.
Jerry Lawler is long overdue for a bio on his career, as it Andre the Giant (I’m not counting that Coliseum Video release that was put out on DVD a few years back).
Lawler has had a storied career that is worthy of a 3-disc DVD/2-disc Bluray set.
Great fantasy concept. A blu-ray extra on the McMahon vs Memphis rivalry in 1993 would be a nice add on.
This would make a great set. I’m not too familiar with Lawler in Memphis, only read about it and seen his rivalry with Kaufman by watching the Lawler vs. Kaufman DVD from Highspots and I thought it was awesome. Would definitely love to see WWE release a set like this.
I think a comprehensive Lawler DVD is a long overdue and would be a nice history lesson for wrestling fans.
But I wouldn’t mind if WWE could work out something with the Memphis library and an exclusive Lawler documentary only available on the Network. Stuff like that could increase subscriptions with old school fans.
You missed Lawler’s greatet match the 1 hour draw against Harly Race.
Just because it’s not on the final list, doesn’t mean I missed it. I work with the WWE DVD time limit and not everything could make the final list, lots of content had to be cut on this one.
what you saying, there will be a volume 2 some day, aren’t ya, Mark!? 😉
Nope, I don’t see it.
aaaah.. come on.. Don’t be a Lemon.. lol
Wasn’t there an andre the Giant match where supposedly Jerry slammed Andre? I remember reading about it . Is there video footage?
Being from the Lou, KY area, I know a little about The Kings wrestling career. I would love to buy this DVD right now.
This is a really good fantasy concept. I have only really read about Lawler’s career and seen brief clips of his Memphis matches, so it would be interesting to see just how diverse and exciting his matches were back then.
A set I would definitely buy if it was real =)
When does this come out? Amazon doesn’t have it listed
Not sure if serious???? This is a fantasy DVD. It is not coming out.
This would be the dvd of the year if released right now. Amazing.
I’d love to have some of those Classic Memphis matches, esp the Austin Idol match which is legendary.
WWE fans never saw Lawler in his prime, but he had some hellacious matches with some of the greatest ever.
That is perfect. Would love if they could come close to this in real life.
This looks great. I would pick it up for sure. I also hope they will do match collections for Perfect, Rhodes, Pillman, Roberts, etc. All of the guys they’ve done DVD releases of in the past. Really would love to have some Blu Ray collections on those guys.
great concept.. I am not familiar with The King’s early career in Memphis and only know a couple of the AWA matches he had with Curt Henning, so would be nice to learn more from that periodes.
While I understand the inclusion of the Michael Cole feud, I will gladly skip the Kiss my foot match from Over the Limit 2011. But the rest would be great to watch/rewatch. Great cocept again.. respect.. 🙂