Last week, WWE announced a reshuffle in their annouce teams ahead of SmackDown's move to SyFy on Thursday. Michael Cole, Booker T and John Bradshaw Layfield will commentate on Raw while Cole, Byron Saxton and the returning Jerry 'The King' Lawler will handle SmackDown duties. The King, Cole, and JBL will take the reigns for pay per view events. The King has been missing from our television screens so far this year after being admitted to hospital with a bout of diverticulitis. The transfer sees Lawler leave Raw after over 20 years of service. Spending most of his time behind the mic with Good Ol' Jim Ross, Jerry colour-commentated his way into the hearts of a generation of WWE fans as his comedic utterances and over the top mannerisms took areas of Raw, especially the Diva's segments, to a whole new stratosphere. In later years, with the scripted nature of the product taking its hold, Lawler's work has been less well received by the WWE Universe. It's plain to see that Vince McMahon and the PG era has muzzled The King to keep controversy to a minimum and allow Michael Cole to to do his thing. It's a shame as this current toned-down version of Jerry is how he will be remembered by the majority of the current WWE fan base. Let's take a look back at The King in some of his more interesting moments at the announcer desk.
