Jerry Lawler On Why He Called ECW "Extremely Crappy Wrestling," Advice To Young Wrestlers Today

Jerry "The King" Lawler spoke with Crave Online this week to promote his recently released DVD and Blu-Ray set. You can read the highlights below.

Storylines in Memphis and ECW:

"That was one of the reasons, why in the early 90s when ECW came along and sort of invaded the WWE, and I made the comment that ECW stood for Extremely Crappy Wrestling. To me, it was like these guys just came along and watched all of our old Memphis tapes and went out and did what we did and then called it extreme. We were doing extreme wrestling matches in the Memphis territory before most of these guys were even born ? things like the Terry Funk empty arena match or the concession stand battle in Tupelo, Mississippi. I got ran over in the parking lot by Eddie Gilbert, but back in that day, you were under the pressure of having to put on a live event and not only a live television show every Saturday morning but had to follow it up with a live event every single Monday night in Memphis so there was a lot of pressure to try and come up with something bigger and better every single week."

His words of wisdom to up and coming wrestlers:

"That's one of the things I've had over the years. A lot of people come to me and ask for advice and I always tell them man, it's so hard for me to try and tell you what will work for you or what you should do because everybody is not only different. Everybody got into the business in a different way and all of their circumstances are so different so it's hard to give that umbrella type advice. I always just say, and this is the main thing and I think it's really worked for me, I don't know if it works for everyone else but I always just say "Don't take yourself too serious." Don't take anything you do in this business too serious. It's not life or death. It's entertainment. Have fun with it. If you do like I've done to do something for a living that you have fun at, you'll feel like in the end you never had to work a day in your life."

Lawler goes on to open up about several points of his career, and other aspects of his DVD. You can read the full interview at this link.

Source: Crave Online