More Backstage Details on Jerry Lawler Moving to the Smackdown Announce Team, Is WWE Phasing Out Lawler?

January 15, 2015

As we previously noted, the Raw and Smackdown announce teams have been changed up, and of note is the company’s decision to move Jerry “The King” Lawler to the Smackdown brand from Raw. WWE noted the PPV announce team will remain JBL, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler.

In a follow-up to the above news, we then reported WWE has been wanting to remove Lawler from the Raw announce team for awhile now, but following his heart attack WWE felt the time was not right to make the move. With Smackdown then switching nights to Thursdays, WWE saw this as a perfect opportunity to “freshen up” the announce teams and also move Lawler off Raw.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting that the backstage feeling in WWE is Lawler’s move to Smackdown is WWE’s way of beginning to phase him out of the TV picture, as the company is very age-conscious when it comes to its TV performers.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.