It was announced on Tuesday’s edition of WWE Talking Smack that Jerry “The King” Lawler will be returning to commentary at the Royal Rumble PPV event. He’ll be part of the broadcast team along with Michael Cole and Corey Graves for the Royal Rumble match. Lawler will also join Young and Booker T on the Royal Rumble pre-show panel.
Lawler returned to WWE TV on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Memphis, TN to host a King’s Court segment with Dolph Ziggler.
.@ReneeYoungWWE announces @JerryLawler will CALL the #RoyalRumble Match Jan. 29 with @MichaelCole & @WWEGraves. #TalkingSmack pic.twitter.com/kwZBhc80dW
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) January 18, 2017
The WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, January 29th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX