10 Most Radical Wrestler Attitude Adjustments
8. Jerry Lawler
For years the very definition of professional wrestling’s most famous local hero, Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler was an icon to the Memphisians that turned up and tuned in in droves to see him as both a heel and babyface vanquish the various other threats that swung through the southern territory.
Lawler had ‘World’ title reigns too great to count, often hot-shotting the belt with a rival in order to shift as many tickets as possible to see his heroic recapture. As part of his part-renegade part-royal persona, he wilfully criticised the company “Up North”…until he shockingly debuted for them in late-1992.
He was an immediate hit as a red hot heel thanks to his 1993 series with Bret Hart, and though he never abandoned the fans that had afforded him such a unique career, he equally never strayed far from “New York” ever again. With the exception of a brief and unsavoury 2001 sabbatical, Lawler has remained part of the fabric of the organisation for over 25 years, etched into countless legendary moments by virtue of the howling soundtrack he supplied on so many Monday Nights. There are few performers to this day as entrenched in WWE that spent just as long raging against it.