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It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes

Jerry Lawler, known to fans as 'The King', has spent more than three decades at the top of professional wrestling, first as a competitor and later as a commentator. He has won more than ninety regional and national titles, and his feuds, both inside the ring and outside it, are nearly as well known as his victories. Lawler has also hosted programmes on radio and television, and he produces commercial artwork that appears at several locations in his hometown of Memphis.

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Outside the WWE arena, his best-known quarrel was with the comedian Andy Kaufman. The conflict grew so bitter that Kaufman ended up in hospital, and it finally spilled into a televised fight on a late-night talk show. In this unvarnished autobiography, Lawler promises a frank account of his turbulent career and of what really goes on behind the scenes at the WWE.

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