More details on Paul Heyman's real-life hatred towards RAW veteran revealed by former backstage official

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Paul Heyman

While Paul Heyman is currently the Executive Director of Monday Night RAW and Jerry 'The King' Lawler is part of the announce team, it is a well-known fact that the two have a strong dislike towards one another.

Jim Ross, speaking about the hatred between the two veterans, revealed that the two failed to get along while working together in the 'invasion' angle back in 1997. He also revealed that Jerry Lawler had admitted to intentionally breaking Heyman's jaw during a segment in 1987.

Here is what Good ol' JR had to say about their backstage relationship at the time:

It was controlled animosity. I don’t think either guy liked the other very much. I think they both respected each other’s abilities as professionals because they both knew how good the other was at doing their job. You’d have to be a recluse and have your head up your a** not to see the both of them were highly skilled.

"But just, they just didn’t get along culturally, personally. You know, we did one of those shows on WWE Network [the Legends of Wrestling “Heatseekers” episode] where we talked about things that happened in the ring. And I asked Lawler, he broke Paul Heyman’s jaw. And I asked him point blank, was it an accident or did you do it on purpose? ‘I did it on purpose,’ says Lawler.

JR further spoke about the reason behind the two not getting along:

So there’s always some heat there, and it’s generally one of the two Cs. I don’t know which one it is, but I can promise you, if Heyman and Lawler didn’t exist well in that era, it was because of one of the two Cs. Cash or creative. But they also had a lot in common, in the fact that they could make you love ’em or hate ’em just by what they said and how they said it. (H/T Credit: 411Mania)

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