Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler is an American professional wrestler and color commentator who started out in Memphis, his hometown, in 1970 while working as a disc jockey. He became the top star of the Continental Wrestling Association, holding its AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship 57 times, and gained national attention for a feud with comedian Andy Kaufman that brought a 1982 spot on Late Night with David Letterman. At SuperClash III in 1988 he beat Kerry Von Erich to unify the AWA and WCWA world titles. He joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1992 as a commentator and occasional wrestler, calling Raw alongside Jim Ross and later Michael Cole, and in 2011, at 61, he challenged The Miz for the WWE Championship. He played himself in Man on the Moon (1999) and belongs to several halls of fame, including the WWE's.