While speaking to Cerrito Live, Jerry Lawler revealed why WWE decided to cut the pre-shows for RAW and SmackDown and also the reason the company decided to remove him from the program all together.
“Dunn said that due to WWE being a public traded company, it comes down to dollars and cents.” He said, “That having his salary being absorbed on the pre-show after he was taken off of Smackdown made it a very expensive to produce, so they decided to get rid of the pre-game show.” Lawler continued, “Vince McMahon called the next day and said I’m definitely not done with WWE and reiterated that the pre-show was dropped due to cost reasons.”
In terms of his future with the WWE, Lawler said “I’m under contract to WWE into January,” and “that they will talk about a new deal then.”
