10 WWE Title Moments You DEFINITELY Can’t Remember
7. Jerry Lawler Challenges…In 2011!
There's a much more famous TLC match from an earlier episode of Raw in November 2010 that'd come to define The Miz's spin off feud vs. Jerry Lawler. The then-WWE Champ was Michael Cole's golden boy back then, and ol' heel Mikey Cole had it in for the 'King'. So, he was thrilled that Miz kept beating his broadcast partner.
Jerry would go on to unthinkably win a number one contendership Battle Royal in January to earn another title crack vs. Miz at Elimination Chamber 2011. Incredibly, Lawler bested the likes of CM Punk, John Cena, R-Truth, Randy Orton, Sheamus and John Morrison to win it, and nobody could quite believe what they were seeing.
The Chamber rematch was set in stone after that.
It was some sight to see Lawler challenging for the biggest belt in wrestling as late as 2011 (and on the road to WrestleMania, no less!). WWE had enough sense to put it second last behind Cena's Chamber bout win to become Miz's next challenge at 'Mania XXVII. You might've forgotten that Jerry Lawler was an important cog in the machine powering towards that match though.