JR on Lawler’s WWE exit: ‘I don’t think he and I have worked our last match together’

Earlier this week, it was reported that WWE did not renew Jerry “The King” Lawler’s talent contract when it expired at the beginning of the year. Even though Jerry’s legends deal remains in place, the rumor mill indicates that people in WWE believe Lawler’s exit is proof “the old company is dead”.

Jim Ross, his former broadcast partner during the WWF Attitude Era, offered his thoughts on Lawler’s exit from WWE. Here’s what he had to say about the news on his Grilling JR podcast:

“I felt bad about this week’s news about Lawler, my partner. You know, I don’t think that he and I have worked our last match together. I really don’t believe that. I think somewhere down the road, if nothing else it’ll be at an appearance…I just think that JR and The King at an appearance is marketable after all these years together, so we’ll see how that works out.”

Ross currently works on the AEW commentary team, so his prediction about calling another match with Lawler will surely get some folks to think it will happen in AEW. However, Ross says he has no clue if Lawler will be coming to All Elite Wrestling:

“I’m not saying that he’s gonna join the staff at AEW, whatsoever. I don’t have any idea about that, and nor do I want to know. It’s not my place to hire talent. But I certainly feel in my bones that there will be opportunities for he and I to work together, whether it be on a TV show, a one-off type thing, or certainly some appearances…we still have great chemistry.”

Do you think JR and The King will call at least one more match together? Give me your reaction to Jim’s prediction in the comments below, Cagesiders.