Evenings With Jim: Watch as Jim Ross Does The Oklahoma Shuffle
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Jim Ross has had a lot to say lately. He’s posted TWICE since we last visited him on Tuesday. We originally wanted to call this segment ‘Tuesdays with Jim,’ however we knew that he’d move too quickly for us to work with only one post a week. What can we say? The man moves fast for a big guy. No wonder he’s lost so much weight lately.
NFL free agency has captured some of my attention this week as several players are changing teams and getting some big bucks for doing so. The Chicago Bears are making some serious noise with their free agency moves highlighted by signing DE Julius Peppers and RB Chester Taylor.
Which is proof that The Bears shop at Marshall’s, where name brand clothing goes to die.
WEC event is this weekend and I’ll be checking it out.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I’d have one dollar.
I don’t miss too many MMA events on TV. Columbus, Ohio would be a fun place to hang out this weekend with the fights and the Arnold Classic all taking place. Great location to scout for potential, pro wrestling talents.
Yeah, Jim, you could find the next Chris Masters, or Mark Henry, or Rob Terry. And because playing Drug Test Russian Roulette is just so damn fun!
Much like the non season in pro wrestling the scouting process isn’t seasonal either and should be in place the year around with some sort of system and plan in place.
By system he means Wizinators designed to thwart the drug tests.
If the genre of pro wrestling becomes primarily dependent on the independent wrestling scene to provide the next wave of main eventers, times will become challenging. The Indy’s will always be a place that should not be ignored but world class, collegiate athletes and former pro athletes should be coveted as well.
Vince McMahon ‘produces’ blogs too?
Lots of interesting topics addressed in the latest round of Q&A’s which are presently updated and ready for you to read…and react if you choose.
Q: Remember that time when you kicked Michael Cole in the sack?
Some subjects include…
The topic of Monday Night Wrestling. Lots of opinion on this matter and even more hype from some camps. As I have said, if this venture proves to be good for the fan base aka the consumers of the product then it will be a positive.
“But we have every intention of crippling Hulk Hogan and his latest anti-Vince venture if he hasn’t done so himself. And those cocksuckers won’t even be worth an invasion angle.”
One certainty is that this topic will be analyzed to death and will get wrestling internet coverage ala the network’s coverage of elections.
Your welcome.
Everyone better get ‘em some before Monday Night Football kicks off this fall.
Is this your way of saying you would rather watch Football than wrestling, James? I’m ashamed of you. Oklahoma doesn’t even have an NFL franchise you big jerk!
Blood in wrestling. I don’t yearn for it as some emailers do.
And how, exactly, does one go about not yearning for THIS…
…and don’t turn away either, Jim! I know you miss it! I know you love it! Don’t deny it! Scream it from the rooftops, for good times’ sake, “AUSTIN IS BUSTED WIDE OPEN!!!!!”
I feel that in the world that we live in from a medical standpoint and information perspective that the blood element in pro wrestling simply needs to be carefully monitored. It also depends on the target demo that a wrestling promotion is seeking. Kids and family viewing would be different than it would be for a company seeking primarily young males IE 18-34.
Yet the powers that be in The WWE trip over their own children sprinting to see how the rating did in the 18-34 demo. How’s that cake of yours, Vince? Oh you’re EATING it too?!
Some emailers want to see women have a bigger, in ring role.
Yeah, whatever happened to Nicole Bass?
I feel that athletically gifted, attractive women are certainly an asset to any wrestling company. However, the truth of the matter is that while the ladies can earn a decent living in the biz they will likely always be “attractions” and asked to contribute to the success of the brand in a support role.
OOOHHH!!! Jim just torched your ass, Knockout division!
Ironically I do feel that women’s MMA has a chance to add a viable element to the presentation of Strikeforce.
DOUBLE BURN!!!!!
Another emailer asked if wrestling companies listened to the fans to help said companies make various decisions.
Of course they do, and last time they did that RVD was arrested as The WWE/ECW World Champion. Experimental FAIL.
Cop: Whaddya go by?
RVD: Rob Van Dam, RVD.
Cop: Oh, I’ve heard of yeau. What’s yowre name, boss?
Sabu: Sabu.
Cop: Sabu, huh?
I can only comment that if the companies are smart that they will listen to their consumer base.
All those police tickets would help pump money back into the economy. Smark Smart thinkin, Ross.
Old school promoters used to always be in an area where they could watch the fan reactions to the entrance to the ring of a given wrestler, a match’s conclusion, etc.
So when the Canadian fans almost rioted after the Montreal Screwjob and Vince was ringside, THAT’S why he rehashed that angle like 25+ more times and continues to do so today.
Performing before a live crowd offers decision makers many opportunities to measure an audience’s interest especially if they are playing to a different crowd each week.
With the exception of those curmudgeon dickheads in Minnesota. They all just need to be shot, not evaluated.
Playing the same crowd every week as we used to at Center Stage in Atlanta for TBS is a little trickier but still can provide viable info.
It’s trickier because now you’re dealing with people who know that pro wrestling is a work. They can’t all be like Atlanta.
The problem with playing the same arena each week is that the fan base rarely changes and some fans have predictable, ’look at me,’ defiant reactions and become harder to please.
This means you, ‘WHAT?!’ guy…
Someone asked if Bruiser Brody would have been a success in the modern day WWE and my opinion is yes.
Just look at Mike Knox.
I think that great talents of previous generations who were athletic and had a high aptitude for the genre especially as it relates to crowd psychology could have been successful today. The necessary, fundamental skill sets haven’t changed in the biz. Neither is the basic trait of having heroes and clearly defined villains who are brought together via logical, personal issues or a common agenda such a championship.
Vince Russo would wipe his brooklyn ass with such a coherent concept. Then he’d hang it on a pole and make arbitrary X-Division wrestlers fight over it in an overbooked spotfest that elevates nobody.
I get asked a great deal about dream matches that I would have liked to have seen that did not occur. This is a really tough one to answer and needs ample time thought. Off the top of my head, I might suggest Austin vs. Goldberg when both were hot. That would have been a big time PPV if it wasn’t mistakenly used on free TV first.
First of all Austin and Goldberg never wrestled each other on free TV. Austin’s last match was at Wrestlemania 19 and Goldberg debuted the night after.
Second of all, don’t give up hope just yet. TNA is moving to Monday Nights and they’ve been spending money like crazy lately. Just think of it, Austin and Goldberg in TNA in a reverse hair match. The rules would be as follows:
- The winner of the match must wear a wig for the rest of their careers (even in auditions for movie roles)
- 2 wigs would be hanging from a pole, one blond and one brunette.
- Goldberg can only grab the brunette wig, while Austin can grab either wig.
- The winner must use his finisher sometime in the match.
- In order to be eligible to scale a ladder and grab a given wig, one must score a pinfall.
- If either man gets the other to submit with a submission hold, the submitting wrestler must tie one hand behind his back.
- Hulk Hogan would be the special guest referee.
- THIS match WOULD be given away on free TV.
One fan remembered when a young boy with Downs Syndrome gained access to the ringside area on a broadcast back in the day.
Jim, we know you don’t like Michael Cole but Come ON.
Also, I have seen some mighty drunk guys enter the ring and pay a stiff price for their act of trespassing.
YES! I thought you’d never ask!
The Tulsa police used to bring drunken, unruly individuals who assaulted the wrestlers to the back of the arena and let them experience the large ‘Cowboy’ in private while the officers ‘took a walk.’
So, there ya go, Tulsa does have porn.
Many MMA fans who visit this site ask a variety of MMA questions and many questions regarding Brock Lesnar. Brock is a perfect fit in MMA and his personality and demeanor are better suited for UFC than pro wrestling. There were likely several reasons that Brock wanted to leave the wrestling biz but none more prominent than the amount of travel that came with the job. I’ve always believed in the adage, “Do what you love and love what you do.” Brock Lesnar loves competing and being the best at whatever he’s doing so being able to actually fight a few times a year and earn big bucks isn’t a bad gig for a guy who simply wants to spend time with his family and hunt.
Which reminds me, it’s almost Frank Mir season again.
Have you checked out ”Damage” starring Steve Austin yet on DVD? I look forward to those that do see the film to provide us your feedback in the Q&A section of the site. I’ll be in LA in a couple of weeks on business and hope to see Steve while I’m there if time permits.
The only way I see “Damage” on my own accord is if I’m guaranteed a Jim Ross cameo where Ross screams ‘STONE COLD! STONE COLD!! STONE COLD!’ at some point in the movie. Otherwise, keep that shit on your local Best Buy Shelf next to Airbud 3.
Small world….an old friend of mine was on a flight from Vegas to Atlanta this week and was seated on the same row, row 10, with a reportedly rowdy Iron Sheik. My friend, who is not in the wrestling biz, sent me a few text messages describing the scene which apparently was a little wild. It’s hard to believe that when I first met the Iron Sheik that he was quiet, weighed about 195 pounds or so, had hair, and was then a regular traveling parter with Danny Hodge.
The Sheik in his home away from cave: A Wrestling Convention
The Iron Sheik was never ‘quiet’. He just didn’t speak English well enough to screw with peoples minds in a dementia-induced rant. Now he’s the godfather of such a sacred art.
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