We have some theories.
and could very well be healthy enough to attend the ceremony, which would itself be a huge, emotional moment. Though the induction ceremony is March 31, the inductees or their representatives typically appear at Wrestlemania itself the following night. The idea that maybe they did this just so Lawler — who was already inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007 — would have another opportunity to get a big crowd reaction is almost too heartwarming to believe.
Lawler didn’t even join McMahon’s promotion until 1992, a full eight years after Kaufman died. When Lawler and Kaufman faced each other, it was in a promotion called the Continental Wrestling Association, which was based in Memphis, and which would later become the United States Wrestling Association before going out of business in the mid-’90s. That means the tapes of their feud are not even owned by WWE.
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