Dinner With the King Recap – King’s Next WWE Appearance, Making Vince McMahon Tear Up, Samoa Joe’s Controversial Promo, More!

He says it was fun to work with Jonathan Coachman as he hadn’t seen Coach in a while. He thought they put off a great Kickoff show, one of the best he can recall lately. He points out that Booker T replaced him for the second hour of the Kickoff Show, but 35 minutes of Booker’s airtime was taken up by the tag team match.

Lawler really liked the Charlotte/Rousey match. He points out that Charlotte really wore Rousey out with a kendo stick, and he was really impressed by Rousey’s in-ring work. He notes that she’s picked up the business so quickly, adding that her emotions and facial expressions are all top notch.
Lawler mentions that he spoke to Michael Cole backstage at Survivor Series and Cole said he was tired. Lawler doesn’t think Cole gets the credit he deserves because he has a very tough job. He adds that Cole probably needs a little break. Cole told Lawler that he’ll see him at the Royal Rumble, so it looks like Lawler will be live at the Rumble as well.