Lawler was a heroic babyface in USWA, cowardly heel in ECW, and a comedic heel in WWF at the same time.

1997 is the greatest year of wrestling. ever.  would love to time travel and watch ALL wrestling companies live events

I stayed up to 5 o clock in the morning watching ECW on bravo

this is why jerry always hated ecw for years to come on wwe tv. Great angle

"You know, I'd love to see some more of this Brian Christopher!"

"Don't you have some baby pictures in your wallet, King?"

2:11 I love the King acting as if Paul E had some kind of working agreement with Nirvana and this wasn’t just them stealing licensed music 😆

Lawler hating hardcore with a forehead that would make any hardcore wrestler proud 🤣

Lawler masterfully sold it. I loved the match between lawler and dreamer.

at the time as I kid, I didn't think anything if this, but now, hearing Lance Russell praise Joey Styles and say names like Tommy Dreamer and Sand Man is like an alternate reality

Jerry cut one hell of a promo

I love the Miserlou ECW Pulp Fiction promos

Lawler absolutely on fire with his promo regarding shooting on Heyman here. The tension they build in the first 15 minutes slays any WWF/ECW collaboration.

This was the original forbidden door.  I loved this!

7:10 local television didnt give a damn what jerry says.

I grew up in Philly, so I watched ECW regularly and went to many of the local shows.  I followed USWA through the wrestling magazines (or the "Apter Mags" as they're known as now) for years since we didn't get USWA on our local tv (unless you had cable).  That is, until around 1997 when it aired late Friday nights on WTGW-48 (which also aired ECW).  We started getting USWA a little while before the ECW angle started up, so I was fortunate to get to see all of this play out as it happened from week to week.  Great times.

Taz continued the ECW/USWA rivalry with Lawler in the WWE.

The brilliance of Memphis booking is that Jerry Lawler was explaining why he was refusing to answer the question @57:45, while telling Brian Christopher that he was not going to answer either, along with Lawler physically stopping Christopher from answering the question. This, along with his subsequent actions, actually ends up answering the question though if you follow the bread crumbs. The absolute brilliance of the angle is that both guys, arguing, came across exactly like a dad might've handled a disagreement with his kid in the South on a Saturday morning, LOL. Anyway, this was compelling television to watch in 2026.

Jerry Lawler does everything to let you know he's Brian Christophers father except admitting that he is so hilarious...

Lance Russell criticizing ECW wrestlers 😂😂😂😂😂

JL's shoot on Paul was great.  I'm surprised he didn't bring up breaking Paul's jaw.