Following Jerry Lawler’s medical emergency on Monday’s WWE RAW, he’ll obviously be off WWE television for the foreseeable future. There has been a lot of speculation this week as to who will replace Lawler on commentary.
Jim Ross is in Boston for tonight’s WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view, a sign he could be returning to the announcer’s booth.
As of Sunday morning, F4Wonline.com is reporting that former WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield had been contacted by WWE and they reached an agreement for him to work commentary for Night of Champions and tomorrow’s RAW.
Dave Meltzer says this could be more than a 2-shot deal for JBL, who is off to Africa later this month to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of his Seven Summits mountain climbing adventure.
