Lawler considering run

Jerry "The King" Lawler of wrestling fame said today to put him in the category of those considering running in the City of Memphis special election, not those who are certain of it.

Lawler, who got less than 12 percent of the vote when he ran for mayor in 1999, said he will be on KIX 106 on Wednesday to talk about the possibility. At a wrestling show over the weekend at Minglewood Hall in Midtown, Lawler told the crowd he was interested in running again.

"I'm not ready to jump into the deep end of the pool," Lawler said today from New York, where he had been to do some work with WWE. "I just want to tap my toe in the water."

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