25 Years Of WWE Raw Mistakes

21. 1997 - Jerry Lawler Vs Goldust & Marlena (May 26th)

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Distilled hatred shot down the lens from the eyes of Jerry Lawler as he ripped into Goldust ahead of a King Of The Ring qualifier on Monday Night Raw.

Referring to 'The Bizarre One' first 'Our sissy friend', he drastically moved up the gears, referring to him as a "flaming f*g", wife Terri Runnels as "the biggest gold-digger in Georgia" before delivering his scathing closer on the pair's only daughter - "[Dakota] should have been called Target, because I heard everybody in Atlanta had a shot at it".

It remains one of the most uncomfortably caustic promos in the show's history, with the language and tone regrettable then, let alone over 20 years later.

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