On the latest episode of Jerry Lawler’s podcast: ‘Dinner With The King,’ he spoke about his time at RAW 25. Jerry was calling the action at the Manhattan Center alongside Jim Ross.
During the podcast, Jerry spoke about the backstage reaction to the upset Manhattan Center fans. As noted prior, there were fans chanting “bullsh*t” and “refund” during the show due to the lack of action in the building.
Lawler says that a decision was made to bring some talent over from the Barclays because of the crowd reaction. He says that he thinks it was Triple H who realized that they needed to do more for the fans in attendance:
“I’m not sure, but I think Triple H is the guy who made a call over there and said ‘Hey, we’ve got to give these people more over here.’ So what they started doing, they started sending some of the superstars that were primarily, originally just booked to be at the Barclays Center, they started sending them, putting them in a car service or limos and sending them over to the Manhattan Center. So by the end of the night, the people at the Manhattan Center got to see a ton of the superstars.”
Lawler on the reaction backstage to him saying “puppies” on RAW:
“I didn’t ask anybody at all and I told JR right before the commercial break, right before I said it, I said ‘Hey, I’m going to say “I’m waiting for the puppies,” and I think it would probably be good if you ‘d just say “Don’t start that,” or something, because I really wanted to give JR deniability and protect him in case there was some kind of repercussion.
“So sure enough, I said ‘Hey JR, I’m waiting for puppies,” and just like that, there were no girls on the screen. I just said the word ‘Puppies,’ and JR, of course, he did it just right. He said ‘Don’t start that.’ Then immediately, I heard in my ear, they said ‘King, they asked to stay away from the “puppies” comments.’ So, that was my one and only time to say ‘Puppies,’ but at least I did say it.”
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