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#1471 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 542 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jerry 'The King' Lawler speaks from jail after arrest
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - Wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler is behind bars, accused of domestic assault.
Friday morning, Memphis Police Department put him and his fiancée in jail.
Lawler spoke to WMC Action News 5 from the jailhouse via telephone. Click here to listen to that conversation.
It's a case of he said, she said where both Lawler and his fiancée, Lauryn McBride, ended up as victim and suspect.
McBride, 27, has lived with Lawler, 66, for five years. She said they both got into an argument, and it turned violent.
She said Lawler held her against the kitchen counter, hit her in the head, pushed her against the stove, put a gun on the kitchen counter, and told her to "go ahead and kill yourself."
Lawler said he came back from a wrestling event ironically labeled, "A Night in the Slammer" to find his fiancée drunk following a party where she and her friends watched Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
"When she drinks we get into a little bit of a shouting match and then she wants to leave," Lawler said over the phone from the jailhouse. "I was not going to let her leave in the car, because she was not in any condition to drive. She got more and more upset."
Lawler told police McBride scratched him in the face, threw a candle at him, and kicked him in the groin. He said she was drunk when she told him she knew where the gun was and threatened to kill herself.
On the phone, Lawler was more reserved about what happened.
"It's just an unfortunate situation. Nobody was hit and nobody was hurt. It's just something that happened as a result of drinking too much," Lawler said.
Memphis police officers said they were unable to determine if Lawler or McBride was the primary aggressor in the case, so they arrested both McBride and Lawler.
WWE released a statement on its website saying, "WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence, and per our policy, Jerry Lawler has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest."
"It's an unfortunate situation as a result of someone drinking too much. I'm saddened by it and hope we can get past this," Lawler said when asked to give a message to his fans learning about the arrests.
Source: http://www.wfsb.com/story/32244777/jerr … is-fiancee
WWE have since indefinitely suspended him.
#1472 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 542 weeks ago
One way or the other. There'll be a Danny/Jon sex scene for ratings before the end, regardless of what happens.
#1473 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 542 weeks ago
The Baratheons/Lannisters over threw Targs, reality is the line of succession really comes down to which family holds King's Landing.
A bigger deal is made out of the line-of succession in the books and how it's really matters when it's convenient for who's in charge.
Part of the concept of Cerseri being paraded through King's Landing, is it means it really makes it hard for her to ever be in power again (in the show no one really brought it up this season). It's not just humiliation/shaming, it's the Faith making sure that no one is following her after that (except Qyburn and undead Mountain).
I don't think Danny's dragons will save the day against "The Others" in the books. I think Jon will literally play out a version of the Azor Ahai prophecy. That doesn't mean Jon lives happily ever after.
One thing of note, despite all the prophecies/foreshadowing and book Danny being obsessed with it. I'm pretty sure none of them specifically suggest she ends up on the thrown or even tell her that. They tell her what to do and give her hints of what's to come, but none of it says "if you do this you'll be Queen". The books make a big deal out of prophecies/visions, although they're mostly metaphorical.
That said it's worth saying, there's only one that specifically shows a character sitting on the throne, it's not who show watchers think and it's from one of the released chapters from TWOW that was moved from the 5th book. It's a book spoiler with larger hints towards to the future. I'm not going to say who it is even in spoiler tags, since certain people won't use tags and ruin it for a few others here who'd rather not know. It also probably doesn't apply to the show.
#1474 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 542 weeks ago
If R+ L = J is true then it depends on whether Rhaegar and Lyanna got married in secret (this is were it gets complicated). The Targs believed in polygamy. Even if they weren't though and Jon is still a bastard (albeit a more prestigious bastard), then he could easily still be legitimatized by Stannis, Danny (unlikely) or whomever.
Anyway yes, Jon would be ahead of Danny in the line. However do not expect this to end like Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
As for Gendry, he's sadly just a bastard. His role is over played in the show, in the books Robert had another bastard called Edric Storm. Hardly anyone knows about Gendry (except Cerseri really and they're hardly going to tell anyone), but Brieene does come across him when traveling the Riverlands and realizes he looks like Renly (Roberts brother). Gendry in the books just stays with the Brotherhood of Banners, he never leaves them like in the show or ends up in a boat rowing away.
If Gendry shows up again and plays a major role, it will be show only. In the books though George did say supposedly that
Funnily enough under law, Stannis would come after Tommem. That isn't happening in either books or show.
#1475 Re: The Garden » Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack » 542 weeks ago
One of the eye witness said he shouted Britain First. Britain first are one of the loonies groups that hate everyone that isn't English or Northern Irish and of course a different religion/skin color.
So he done it due to politics. Anyway I bet he's already sent in his postal vote for the referendum.
#1476 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 542 weeks ago
I just hope at some point Jon tells Sansa that Bran (the heir to Winterfell) is alive, even if she hasn't... that would make Rickon the heir.
Unfortunately I don't think this at any point has ever been emphasized in the show.
#1477 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 542 weeks ago
Euro 2016 doesn't seem to be having a positive effect on the polls. Every day/night people are watching a European tournament with European anthems and music.
You have to question the timing of this referendum, if they scheduled it to happen around now expecting a positive effect.
#1478 Re: The Garden » Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack » 542 weeks ago
R.I.P.
Prayers/thoughts with her friends and family.
#1479 Re: The Garden » EURO 2016 Thread » 542 weeks ago
Best result for us is probably Germany to win convincingly.
3rd place, just need to not lose the German game by a big score line. A draw is maybe too much to ask.
If we make last 16, you can't really ask for much more. Especially if it's against France.
#1480 Re: The Garden » EURO 2016 Thread » 542 weeks ago
France vs. Northern Ireland in the last 16 incoming!
