WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler announced on MemphiSport Live this weekend that he will be competing in a match to celebrate the one year anniversary of his nearly fatal heart attack.

King will be stepping into the ring against the retired 63-year-old Austin Idol on September 13th, with 71-year-old Jimmy Valiant as special guest referee. Idol and Lawler are long-time Memphis wrestling rivals and, on occasion, tag team partners. Thier match will be taking place at the Resorts Casino in Tunica, MS, the location of the Jerry Lawler Museum.

Yes, lets celebrate nearly dying one year on by potentially killing yourself again.

Genius.

And I thought TNA was bad with rehashing old feuds  

Why the actual hell would one actually want to celebrate that?

I guess to show "Hey Fuck you Grim Reaper! You can't keep me from Wrestling!"


Grim- Only a matter of time!

I recently viewed an online interview with Michael Cole pertaining to Lawler's heart attack and he defended Lawler wrestling in that match that night because Lawler actually wrestles 100+ times a year, for WWE and other independent promotions. The heart attack was merely a freak incident and the fact that he's wrestling to celebrate life is very commendable.

The funny thing is, he worked a show in another country THAT WEEKEND and he was perfectly healthy, so yeah im inclined to believe it was a freak incident as well

Don't see the problem.

Razor Xtreme wrote:

Don't see the problem.

Well other then a southern indy using Lawler and Idol to draw people

If the guy wants to wrestle, let him wrestle.

Bull wrote:

I guess to show "Hey Fuck you Grim Reaper! You can't keep me from Wrestling!"


Grim- Only a matter of time!

I feel bad but that made me laugh.

I don't think it's a good idea either. But hey, if he has it in him.