JERRY THE KING AND STACY UPDATE
The following is directly from KingLawler.com dated 08-01-01

Even though it was just last night, it seems as if it has been days since I was sitting at this computer writing my last update. About a million thoughts have gone through my brain about what to say to you in this latest update. Sometimes I wish you could step into my shoes for just a little while .... to think what I think, to see what I see, to feel what I feel. But right at this moment, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. For if you could be me for a moment, you would feel the confusion, the fear, the sadness, and most of all, the loneliness that I am feeling right now. My precious Stacy is gone. The girl I loved more than anything in the world has left me.

Before I go any further, let me share just a couple of e-mails I have received since yesterday. It really helps me to know that there are wonderful people out there who really care about what happens in my life, and one of the things that is helping me get through this extremely rough time is spending time reading your letters instead of spending time thinking about my problems. One letter read: "Hi, My name is Jerry also. I am a St. Jude patient that met you at the Clash of the Legends. I just read your on line commentary on KingLawler.com and felt compelled to write you. As I was reading your report I had tears run down my eyes. You have been my idol since I was four yeas old and diagnosed with cancer. I have idolized you ever since. But that's not why I wrote. I am anxiously awaiting the conclusion of the heartache that you are going through. However, I felt compelled to write you and let you know that no matter what you are going through, even if Stacy leaves, you are not alone. I know its not the same but your true fans like myself can carry you through it all. With fans like myself and a "Pop" like the Fabulous Jackie Fargo, there is no way that you can be alone. So if you ever feel down, just think about everything that God has blessed you with and your glorious career. Then think about all your great true mid south fans that are always with you throughout it all. Hope to see you back in wrestling soon whether it be the WWF or right here in the great city of Memphis. Good luck and God Bless."
Your biggest fan, Jerry Dee Mathis

What a great letter! Thank you so much, Jerry! And one more quick one, from Cory Strode.

"I don't know what "rumors" you are talking about in your latest update, but it seems very bittersweet to hear you write about your wife in such a way as if she is already gone. As a long time fan, I hope that your story you are telling us on the web has a happy ending. After all the entertainment you have given us over the years, no one deserves it more. If it doesn't, then you have my deepest sympathies, as it was very easy to tell in you website and shared appearances how much you love her...and that is a very rare thing in today's world indeed."

Thanks, Cory, but as you already know, my story does not have a happy ending ... not for me at least. The rumors that were talked about on the web went something like this, "Jerry and Stacy had a huge fight and Stacy left him and went to their condo in Florida" or "Jerry blamed Stacy for him not being in the WWF anymore and as a result Stacy has left," or "Stacy has run off with another man after a big fight with the King." Take your pick...there are probably even more of them out there, but none of them are totally true. The one "true" part of all of the rumors is that Stacy has left me, and my heart is broken. I've been waging a battle with myself all day long concerning what I should say about it. Should I place blame? Should I name names? Should more people than me be hurt in this situation? But as I sit here I realize that blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours burn any brighter.

I am angry, and I am hurt, and I am confused, but at this point I don't think it will help the situation to go into any of the details concerning our breakup. Some things are just too personal and too painful to talk about in public. So let me just say that Stacy has decided she wants something different in her life. About three weeks ago my wife came home from Florida and broke the news to me that she was no longer happy with our marriage! I couldn't believe my ears...I had no idea....I really thought everything was wonderful in our relationship. It just goes to show how blind you can be, or at least, how blind I could be. I sure didn't see it coming...I was devastated. I was in shock. I tried to reason with her, I tried to get her to explain why, but it was as if I were talking to a different person...a stranger!

Then on July 13th, what an appropriately unlucky day for me, I watched as Stacy pulled out of our driveway in Memphis for the last time and headed for Florida. From that day until this, I have literally been out of my mind with grief. I just can't understand how something so good could suddenly go so wrong. I am in our house alone for the first time in my life and I can't tell you what a miserable feeling it is. Every thing I look at reminds me of Stacy. I think of her constantly. Where is she? What is she doing? Who is she with? Why doesn't she want to be with me? Nights are absolutely the worst. To have to get into the bed we've shared for the last 12 years alone is almost more than I can bear. I look over at her pillow where she laid her head at night and she's not there.....it's really tough. But every night, I tuck her in with loving thoughts and I wonder, can she sense it. And every morning I wake her with a gentle kiss...and I wonder, can she feel it.

It isn't easy being in love with someone and not being able to see them every day. I'd give anything just to be able to gaze into Stacy's eyes or hold her in my arms, even for a few minutes. I feel incomplete, like a part of me is missing when we are not together. But I may have to face the fact, that as much as I thought Stacy was my soul-mate, she was not really the right person for me. As painful as that sounds to me it may be a reality. If so, I will move on. I will survive. And I will love again! I wish Stacy nothing but happiness, and I sincerely hope that after some time she realizes that she can be happy with me. I was speaking with Dave Meltzer earlier in the evening and he shed some light on the subject by saying, "If you've only known one thing all your life you don't really know if that thing is good or bad." Well, Stacy has been with me since she was 19. I am the one thing she's known all of her adult life, and maybe she now needs some time to figure out if that thing is good or not. Hopefully, she will in time come to think that it was good. Thank you all for reading this...it has allowed me the opportunity to vent some of my feelings. I plan on doing much more frequent updates from now on. Maybe every day, so stay tuned! Oh, by the way, what Jackie Fargo told me.... he said, "Son, you've raised that girl since she was 19, if she gets into the wrestling business and finds out she can make it without you, she'll leave you for sure!"

How right he was!!!