10 Things We Learned From Jerry Lawler On Stone Cold's Broken Skull Sessions Podcast

4. Where The High Pitched Voice Came From

Millions will remember Lawler's trademark high-pitched yelp, and Austin wanted to know exactly what prompted that (because he's never once heard 'King' use it in real life). Shrugging, Jerry revealed that he wanted to be different to Jim Ross.

JR would go raspy and deep when he got excited, so Lawler decided to go shrill and high.

He was also directly inspired by Curly from The Three Stooges. His confused whine was comedic, but also sharp enough to cut through any other noise happening at the same time. Thus, Jerry knew his voice would be heard during some of the biggest and most raucous moments on WWF/WWE television.

That's really deep insight, and it'd be awesome to hear more of this sort of thing. There's a childlike wonder to Lawler's comments when he's talking about the role of the wrestling commentator. Someone should pin him down for a full interview exclusively about that subject.