He goes on to say that Rousey is a mainstream star who will bring more casual fans to the product. In turn, those new fans may become fans of other women on the roster, which results in those talents making more money down the line. He thinks Rousey’s signing is a great business move for WWE.
Moore asks Lawler if he thinks he ever had any heat in WWE due to other talent’s jealousy. He points out that when he debuted in WWE in 1993 he was thrown right into the mix with some of WWE’s main event performers including Bret Hart. He doesn’t know for certain, but it wouldn’t surprise him if some people backstage weren’t thrilled about that at the time.
Lawler informs that Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young were two of his favourite performers to work with. He points out that he knew Moolah as far back as the 1970s when he began working in the business. He was just a young kid then, traveling away from home to wrestle for the first time. One of his favourite things to do at that time was to check into his hotel room, look out the window and wait for other wrestlers to arrive, and then dump water down on their heads from above.
