The Kaufman Lawler Feud: Chapter 34 - On Andy's Death

May 19, 1984 on Memphis Wrestling. Jerry Lawler is asked about Andy Kaufman's death from a few days earlier. Out of respect for Andy's love of the business and to keep the idea of the feud being real alive, Lawler has no kind words for the late comedian. He doesn't really bad mouth Kaufman but you're meant to get the idea the King really didn't like Andy.

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• andy
• kaufman
• jerry
• king
• lawler
• memphis
• wrestling

[cryptsub]

Lawler doesn't break character, even upon the death of a collegue. Now that's a wrestler.

[MrDaddyCool3]

Did you know that Lawler revealed in his autobiography that after Kaufman's death, family members discovered numerous uncashed checks found in his house from his time in the wrestling business suggesting that Kaufman participated in wrestling purely for the love of the sport, and not for the money. Just goes to show how much he loved the wrestling business. A Great Guy

[peterp21]

People should also realize that wrestlers back then didn't break character on screen for any reason. Hell, Fritz von Erich worked his son's death into storylines. It's obviously a much different today now that the veil has been pulled back on pro wrestling for awhile now. For a look at breaking character back in the early 90s involving Lawler, as luck would have it, watch Doug Gilbert mention Lawler's arrest for raping a 13 yo on TV (charges were later dropped). Gilbert was blacklisted for it.

[dustyflair]

WOW...What an awesome series. I watched over the last 2 days. I think that this was awesome and classic and thank you for uploading it!

[shenyain]

Now that's a heel.

[Erndogg12]

@ranchump add Bill Apter to the list, he's the one who introduced Kaufman to Lawler

[TheGlarkCable]

Believing that Lawler had hated Andy Kaufman equals believing that wrestling is non-theatrical. Well, that's really dumb.

[WatchVenusSpa]

This must have been by far the toughest promo of Jerry's career considering how close they were in real life. Anyone who questions Lawler's place in the WWE Hall of Fame needs to watch this.

[ranchump]

who is the bigger genius- lawler or kaufman? i mean, lawler never breaks character or winks at the camera. he's unbelievable. but... maybe kaufman is the bigger genius for recognizing lawler's genius! either way, to prove the genius, plenty of people still think it was a real rivalry. every time i watch this stuff, my stomache hurts from laughing. i love the reaction of people in the stands- pure gold.

[adjuster57]

Dude!! Thank you so much for all 34 chapters of this feud. This was the best wrestling angle of all time.

[rocktrollet]

What if he would promise to wrestle Andy Kaufmans corpse for the belt?

That would have been fun

[fosponomot]

i always knew there was more than the few clips we've seen here and there. Thx for posting. fantastic. I'd love to get a copy of the whole thing before its taken away-thats what happens to all good videos. any torrent, filetube, or usenet action? thx again.