Lawler thought he and Jim Ross performed well under tough circumstances. They didn’t have a lot of preparation time prior to the event going live on air, and their monitors were much smaller than usual. He wished they would have been able to do more, but he thought the show went off fine. He informs that Ross felt somewhat uncomfortable, but he thought Ross was great.
He absolutely denies that he and Ross fell asleep during the broadcast. He informs that the now infamous picture that’s been floating around online was taken just as he leaned back to stretch out his back during a commercial break, and as Ross was texting.
Lawler admits that some things on the show felt rushed because WWE tried to squeeze all that nostalgia into the go-home episode of RAW for the Royal Rumble. If it was possible, he thinks WWE should have had the 25th anniversary of RAW next week, as to avoid having that happen on the same night as the go-home show for a major PPV.
The one thing that really bothered him about the show was the fact that there were no former Divas or female talents live at Manhattan Center. He was really hoping to see a lot of those women after all these years, and unfortunately he wasn’t able to see any of them.
He informs that he had to sneak in his ‘puppies’ line early on in the broadcast and he didn’t ask permission before hand. He points out that shortly after he said that line someone came in his ear and told him to not say anything about puppies as the show progressed.
