He notes that he was trying to get the other commentators to laugh with his one-liners and he was able to get Michael Cole and Corey Graves to crack up a couple of times. Cole even had to hit his cough button once because he was laughing so hard.
Moore asks Lawler if it bothers him that Graves uses similar techniques and lines at the commentary desk but Lawler says it doesn’t bother him at all. Graves has even said before that he does that in homage to Lawler.
Lawler says it was great to see Jeff Jarrett return to the ring with his old Double J character. WWE actually called Lawler leading up to the Rumble and asked him for Honky Tonk Man’s number but Lawler didn’t have it. Lawler thinks WWE wanted to have Honky Tonk Man enter at number 3 to have the three generations of musicians in the ring together. Unfortunately that didn’t happen and that’s too bad because it would have been a cool moment.
Lawler notes that after one of his one-liners McMahon spoke in his ear saying, “King, you’re on fire tonight”. That was the only time McMahon spoke in his ear all night and that made him feel good because hearing something like that from McMahon is like getting a seal of approval.
