Wrestling legend Jerry “The King” Lawler is set to miss some upcoming personal appearances due to an undisclosed health-related reason.
This coming weekend, Lawler was scheduled to be in Cincinnati, Ohio for HorrorHound 2025, but the convention has announced that Lawler will not be able to appear due to “personal matters.” Lex Luger has instead been booked as a replacement.
“We received word that, due to some personal matters, Jerry Lawler is unable to get to Cincinnati this weekend,” HorrorHound wrote. “His agent worked quickly to find a replacement; of which we are happy to reveal former WCW Champ and WWE HOF wrestler Lex Luger will now be in attendance. The King hopes to make up the appearance in 2026. We will keep everyone up to date with any news.”
PWInsider reports that Lawler canceled this appearance and some other upcoming convention bookings to “focus on some health issues.”
In 2023, Lawler suffered a stroke that still impacts his day-to-day life in terms of his speech and making it difficult to write. He also underwent a knee replacement in 2024.
“I feel great. I feel good, except my knees are a little bit under the weather,” Lawler told Sportskeeda WrestleBinge this March. “I had my right knee replaced about seven months ago — six or seven months ago. And they said it takes about a year to get that back to normal. And then my left knee needs to be replaced too, but I’m going to wait a while on that one.
“Well, that’s something that’s here constantly every day [the impact of his stroke]. I want to say gotten over — I haven’t gotten over [it] because the effects of the stroke, they’re always there. I mean, my whole right side of my body is damaged. I can’t really write too good. I can’t draw worth a darn, but I can still sign an autograph, thank goodness. But other than that, I feel fine.”
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