Jerry Springer set to host 'Too Hot For TV' on WWE Network

Jerry Springer has pretty much seen and done it all.

During his 71 years on this planet, Springer came from very humble beginnings as the son of Jewish refugees during World War II to the mayor of Cincinnati.

If that wasn't enough, he created an entirely separate career as the television host of the edgy talk show that bears his name, which has captivated audiences going on 25 years.

In his latest endeavor as the host of WWE Network's "Too Hot For TV", Springer is not just an outsider hosting a show based around our beloved and sacred professional wrestling. He's also a fan himself.

Among the many things that he has seen during his life, Springer has seen his fair share of wrestling.

When Springer was five years old, he and his family moved to the United States from England and settled in New York.

As a boy growing up during the 1950s, Springer witnessed the time period where television became the dominant medium in the household. Among the programs he and his group friends watched on a regular basis was professional wrestling.

During an interview with philly.com, Springer recalled being enthralled by names such as Haystacks Calhoun, Ricky Starr, Gorgeous George and his personal favorite Antonino Rocca.

"I remember as kids we would watch it and when the show was over we would wrestle at home or at our friend's house," Springer said. "That's the wrestling I remember."

When it comes to wrestling, Springer has seen it all. He has seen wrestling go from small television studios to 10,000-seat arenas. He's seen it go from a weekly television program to now the WWE has its own network.

"It's a whole package of entertainment," he said. "Now, you don't just get the match, but you get the personalities, you get the back stories. You're watching a movie. It's so much larger today. It isn't just who is going to wear the championship belt at the end of that, it's all of their stories."

Now, Springer will be a part of that growth with "Too Hot For TV", which is set to debut on the WWE Network after Raw Monday night.

"They've given me access to the vault of shows that the WWE has had over all of these years and the craziness that exists in the ring, and even the back stories to what goes on with these people," Springer said. "Even their private lives have created as much drama that has ever been on any talk show. So there's great opportunity to show these clips that people still remember or may have forgotten about, but they're going, 'Oh my gosh was that really on television?' and joke around about it.

"It's a great wealth of material," he added. "It's probably a comedy writer's dream to look at all of this stuff and then comment on it. That will be a lot of fun."

But how hot for TV is the content is Springer going to be showing on the program? WWE prides itself on being a family-oriented product whereas Springer has made a name for himself on television being anything but. Springer believes that as times have changed so have the boundaries with which people use to deem what can and cannot be shown on television.

"I think that there probably was a time when some of the stuff you wouldn't show on television and you couldn't," he said. "Forget talk shows. Just look at reality shows. Just look at regular programming on television today. Just look at cable, Netflix, what have you, the line of what the public is willing or wants to watch and what it used to be has changed enormously.

"We're living today in the world of social media and in social media people are divulging all kinds of things about their lives," he added. "It's just a new world, and some of the discussions and debates we may have had early on about, 'You can't say this' or 'You can't show that,' those lines have not only been blurred but they've been wiped out."