Tag: Jerry Lawler

Video: Dana White & Matt Serra Involved In Pro-Wrestling Match

Dana White and Matt Serra had quite the Friday night.

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UFC President Dana White and former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra had quite the Friday night.

It could have been a situation where former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who is slated to challenge Nia Jax for the WWE Raw women’s title at this Sunday’s WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena on the WWE Network, inspired White to get into a wrestling ring.

White and Matt Serra were at an independent show Friday night in Memphis, TN that was called the Beale Street Brawl, to film White’s Lookin’ for a Fight show that airs on the UFC’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, and their YouTube channel.

A video has surfaced online that shows White and Serra as well as WWE Hall of Famer and Memphis’ own Jerry “The King Lawler” helping Derrick King pick up a win.

Following the match, a female performer jumped on White’s back and attempted to choke him.

This led to it appearing that White might take a bump or connect with a move to the performer but it instead led to Lawler coming out to make the save. Grind City Media caught White and Lawler chatting it up earlier in the night.

White and Serra are slated to be at the V3 Fights on Saturday night in Memphis to film content for an upcoming episode of the show.

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Jerry “The King” Lawler: Scott Coker Reminds Me So Much Of Vince McMahon

WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler has been involved in helping promote this weekend’s Bellator 162 event in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, including hosting fight week activities at his restaurant, “King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar…

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WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler has been involved in helping promote this weekend’s Bellator 162 event in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, including hosting fight week activities at his restaurant, “King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar and Grille.”

On Monday, “The King” joined Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com to talk about his involvement with the show. During the interview, Lawler shared his opinion regarding Bellator MMA President Scott Coker being similar to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

“Scott Coker, the President of Bellator MMA reminds me so much of Vince McMahon, especially with the new signings,” Lawler said. “We had the brand split, and are calling it a new era, bringing in young guys and new women from NXT, the new training facility. All these guys are making that jump. It’s the same thing with Bellator MMA. A ton of new guys have been signed by Scott Coker. It reminds me so much of the same type of building things up and the enthusiasm we have in WWE.”

Additionally, “The King” revealed that when he sits cage-side at the Bellator 162 event in Memphis this weekend, it will be the first time he has done so for an MMA event.

“Well, I’m definitely going to be there cage side. I’ve told everyone I’ve been ringside for a million wrestling matches but I’ve never been up close and personal cage side at an MMA show.”

Bellator 162 takes place later this evening from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee and airs live on Spike TV.