News & Notes: Lawler / Commentary, Kenny Omega Injured, WWE Film, More

Jerry Lawler

On Jerry Lawler’s podcast, Dinner With the King, he talked about whether or not WWE asked him to come back to do commentary after JBL left SmackDown Live.

Did WWE contact Jerry about coming back full time (22:50 mark):

“Umm, no. But if they did, I missed the call.

I was more than happy to come back to fill in for Booker T on Raw when the hurricane kept him from being able to be at the show. But if they were to call me and ask me to come back on a full-time basis, it would be a really, really tough decision to make. If they said I was going to make the same money as I did before, that would go a long way in making me consider going back again.”

Kenny Omega Injured

NJPW announced that Kenny Omega has a meniscus injury in his knee, but won’t be out for too long. He will miss NJPW’s upcoming tour, but will return on September 24.

Match Lineup Change: Due to injury, Kenny Omega will not appear in matches from 9/7 to 9/22. His next scheduled…https://t.co/FUl3PaSdlz

— njpw_global (@njpwglobal) September 6, 2017

Replacing an injured Kenny Omega, G.O.D.’s “Big” little bro. https://t.co/C2gHvZOLZI

— njpw_global (@njpwglobal) September 6, 2017

Unfortunately, I'll have to take a short break. Hold the fort, Leo Tonga. See you in Kobe.

— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) September 6, 2017

Match Lineup Change: Due to injury, Kenny Omega will not appear in matches from 9/7 to 9/22. His next scheduled match is currently 9/24 in Kobe.

Due to an injury sustained to his left knee’s lateral meniscus, Kenny Omega will not appear in matches between 9/7 and 9/22. We apologize to all fans who were looking forward to those matches.

Wrestling in his place will be Leo Tonga. The son of legendary pro-wrestler King Haku, Leo will join his brothers Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa in the ring. Please refer to the below list of events to view the updated match lineups.

WWE Studios Movie

A WWE Studios produced film, “Killing Hasselhoff,” has been released straight to video.

A man in a high stakes celebrity death pool quickly loses everything – his business, his bank account, his home, his fiancé. He snaps, then realizes the only way to get his life back on track. He’ll have to murder his own celebrity. He’ll have to kill Hasselhoff.

The movie was actually supposed to be released in 2015, but was delayed due to Hulk Hogan being in a few scenes in the movie and WWE wanting him cut out after they cut ties with him. Hogan’s scenes are still included as deleted scenes on the DVD, according to PWInsider.

SmackDown Dark Match

Before SmackDown Live last night, Bobby Roode defeated Mike Kanellis with a Glorious DDT in a dark match.