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Jim Ross doesn't think he and Jerry Lawler have called their last match together

Posted: May 10th 2024 By: Joseph Currier

Jim Ross believes that he and Jerry "The King" Lawler will call at least one more match together.

It was confirmed earlier this week that WWE chose not to renew Lawler's broadcasting contract when it expired this January. Lawler is still under a legends deal with WWE but believes that his commentary career with the company has "probably ended."

During Thursday's episode of his Grilling JR podcast, Ross expressed that he felt bad about Lawler's WWE contract not being renewed. Ross thinks that he and Lawler will reunite their memorable commentary team at some point down the road, whether that's on television or as a one-off at a personal appearance.

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.

The 72-year-old Ross stressed that he's not saying Lawler will be joining him in AEW. Ross said he doesn't know anything about that and it isn't his role to hire talent.

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. I’m not saying that he’s going to 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.

Ross thinks he and Lawler still have great chemistry. The two last worked together on commentary for WWE in 2018, appearing on Raw's 25th anniversary episode and the pre-show for WrestleMania 34.

This March, Ross announced that he had signed a new one-year contract with AEW. His role in AEW is doing commentary at pay-per-view events.

Lawler, 74, recently said his health is "great." He's continuing to recover from a February 2023 stroke that affected his speech.