6 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 6)

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8. Lecherous Lawler

Andrade Zelina Vega
WWE.com

You had to wonder how long it would be before Jerry “The King” Lawler reverted to his old act of leering at younger women. The answer is, “not that long.”

No, King isn’t shrieking “puppies!” anymore, but he clearly is obsessed with Zelina Vega, constantly bringing her up in a semi-creepy way. Worse, Lawler seemed to be losing it at one point during ring introductions for the Andrade/Rey Mysterio match. He immediately barked that the ring announcer hadn’t introduced Vega and that he should be fired… when Mike Rome very clearly intro’d Zelina 30 seconds earlier.

Lawler had been more restrained earlier and was doing fine, but his act was old the last time he was on commentary, and it’s starting to wear thin quickly. Hopefully, WWE is looking to find someone else to step in and take over because he’s going to overstay his welcome soon.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.