Jim Ross Packs Cowboy Hat, Glasses, and Michael Cole Animosity for Mexican Road Trip
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I haven’t done this in a while, but Jim Ross’ recent involvement in a momentous Mexican trip, to announce WWE’s signing of Mexian star Mistico, is reason enough to break down Ross’ latest blog. Ross’ first hand account of WWE signing Mistico is nothing short of history in bold font, and it’s reason enough to bring back our Evening’s with Jim column full time. We missed the chubby talented sonofabitch anyways.
Thanks for dropping by and paying us a visit. Let’s grill….
Let’s. I’ll take your juiciest burger with none of that overhyped sauce. Give it to me dry. No chipotle, no mustard, no jelly mayonnaise, none of that shit.
I will be flying to Mexico City this week to take part in a major, groundbreaking, WWE news event on Thursday afternoon. I, along with others from WWE, will be at Vive Cuervo Salon in Mexico City for the 3:30 pm event. It’s FREE to the public but I suggest that if you are attending that you arrive early to secure your place in what promises to be a historic event for WWE in the tradition rich, grappling city of Mexico City. The doors open at 2 p.m.
WWE has signed Mistico to keep its Mexican market nice and wet. It”s really a great move for all parties involved, and Mistico will be the anti-North American independent talent as WWE will book him to the moon from the jump (See: Alberto Del Rio). I’m just glad that Vince didn’t rib you by notifying you that you would be announcing the signing in Spanish at the last minute.
This will be my first ever trip to Mexico City and one of which I’m exited. I am honored that WWE has chosen me to be such a significant part of this function that is sure to make headlines in the sports entertainment world.
You may be honored, but I’m confused. I thought you left big announcements overseas behind when you were relieved of your duties as VP of Talent Relations. Is old firing line Ross coming back out to play or what?
Congrats to Hacksaw Jim Duggan on the announcement that ’Hack’ is going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. The Glens Falls, New York native is one of the distinguished, Mid South Wrestling alums who learned his skills under the watchful and demanding eye of Cowboy Bill Watts. Jim became a huge star in Mid South before venturing ‘up north’ to take his skills to WWE.
Hack sounds just about right in the grand scheme of things given his zero WWE championships (although he didn’t need em). But good for him, nobody else could make me mark out by swinging a 2 x 4 and screaming something about hookers hoes, child or not.
The former SMU Pony offensive lineman was one of the toughest men to ever lace his boots. After JYD departed Mid South, Duggan earned the role as the top fan favorite in the company. His rivalry with Ted ‘Million Dollar Man’ DiBiase in Mid South was big time and was highlighted by their infamous ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ tuxedo matches for the large Cowboy who loved physicality and true, reality based TV.
So, in essence, Jim Duggan was how white people do blackface? Interesting.
Once in the Sam Houston Coliseum Duggan was rammed, I think by the One Man Gang, into the ring post. Unbeknown to anyone, a large bolt extended out of the steel ring post which found itself embedded into Hack’s head. It was a nasty gash with plenty of blood but to the best of my knowledge Jim did not miss a single booking and the collision only served to PO the former New York State amateur wrestling champion.
That’s one gnarly ass story. What are you gonna tell me next, he survived cancer?
Jim Duggan is a cancer survivor and is extremely deserving of WWE Hall of Fame honors.
Well fuck me.
Here’s a few answers to questions posed here on this site and on Twitter @JRsBBQ:
We have no plans at this time to introduce a dry rub but if I can facilitate it and replicate the dry rub we once sold we will definitely consider it. I’m a big, dry rub fan.
Q: Hey Ross, what’s your finishing move in the bed room with the wife?
The Road Warriors are certainly deserving of WWE HOF honors and this could well be their year in Atlanta. How could anyone of sanity not think that the Legion of Doom would not be WWE HOF worthy?
Q: So what’s next for the Legion of Doom after Hawk fell off the Titantron during the tag teams’ curtain days?
I think that I made it about as clear as I could that I did not think that Sting and WWE were negotiating but if they did, and both were of the same mindset, that a deal could be done in the future. It takes two to tango in these negotiations and sometimes things are simply not meant to be or they come along at the wrong time. Who knows what the future holds?
Q: Undertaker?! Triple H?!! You promised me Sting, JR, you promised! Why must you lie to your followers the way you do, you don’t need to impress us!
Yes…I am a big Sting fan and a bigger fan of the man behind the paint for those asking.
Q: Who’s your favorite musician?
Some have questioned if Jerry would truly enjoy stepping in the ring with Cole in Atlanta and on that one I can unequivocally say ‘Oh, Hell Yeah!’ Lawler deserves a match at Wrestlemania as much as any athlete on WWE’s roster in my biased opinion.
Q: Give me your idea of a dream match in WWE present day.
Plus, if it happens, The King will beat Cole like a government mule. 
Q: Nobody asked, he just said that unprovoked. Kinda awkward.
No…I don’t hate Michael Cole. I also don’t hate the screwdriver or hammer hanging in my garage which are also tools.
Q: ???
Can we stop with the TV14 questions? For some reason, folks think that because Rock and then John Cena got edgy with their in ring promos in recent RAWS that perhaps WWE is going back to a more risqué presentation ala a TV14 format. I don’t speak for WWE but going all the way back to TV14 would shock me. I’m not a guy who lives or dies by a TV rating but rather judges a wrestling, TV show by what I see in the ring headlined by high quality, physical wrestling action and not by the use of edgy language even though I do enjoy that too when effectively utilized. I will admit that in the past two weeks that I have been pleasantly surprised by some of the verbiage on MNR. I have grandkids and I would have had no issues with them watching Raw with me.
Q: Are we to hear the Rock and John Cena drop veiled curse words on one another every week? Oh please tell us that you’ve waved the magic wand over the current PG rating, James…
Another emailer asked what King and I used to do in the commercial breaks of MNR, continue to call the action or not. We usually exhaled, regrouped, listened to instructions from those producing us & discussed what was still to come that we needed to address. More often than not King drew things on his format sheets. I have kicked myself in the butt a million times for not keeping all those cartoons he used to ‘doodle.’
Ten dollars and some baby back ribs says that half of those ‘doodles’ were of a WWE Diva’s rack. I submit you kept them, but your wife threw em all away.
We are inching toward 100,000 Twitter followers @JRsBBQ and a ton of them hit us Monday night after a couple of JR references by the announce team.
Meanwhile, the same twitter shout out on NXT had no such success.
Didn’t you love how Cole sucked up to Mr. McMahon when the ‘Voice of WWE’ but put himself ahead of other WWE HOF’ers such as Gordon Solie and Gorilla Monsoon in the pecking order of broadcasters of the genre? Cole can say he’s better than me all he wants, and he well may be, but when he whines that he’s better than Solie and Monsoon it becomes laughable.
Michael Cole is brilliant in his role as a heel in that he even gets the insiders riled up. Insiders, who pride themselves on being speculators impervious to the emotional anti-heel sentiments in which pro wrestling attempts to manufacture from its fanbase, hate Michael Cole the way that toothless rassling fans hated Bruiser Brody at carnivals. And don’t believe for one second that Cole’s getting ‘go-away’ heat, that’s just a shield that jaded fans will hide behind as an excuse for the simple fact that Cole brings out the mark in us all.
I agree that when you mix our Main Event Mustard, our Chipotle Ketchup w/ sweet, pickle relish on a grilled ‘dog, burger, or steak sandwich, etc that its’ unbeatable.
I don’t.
It’s actually ’vintage’ if you smell what I’m cooking.
Michael Cole’s twitter following must have doubled by now.
It’s been years since I witnessed a more effective TV segment on any wrestling program where not a word was said as I experienced Monday night between the Undertaker and HHH.
Shawn Michaels, who recently enjoyed a silent return to WWE TV only to super kick Alberto Del Rio and leave, is seething as we speak. The guy used to go at fans for booing him, when this gets back to his duck hinting blind he’ll be on a mission from god to kick your teeth down your throat.
For the few idiots who blasted me on some ham and egger website that was forwarded to me to read regarding the viability of Friday Night Smackdown going live every week, I will once again remind you that you are still misinformed.
Couldn’t have been us, we just started back up tailing your big ass.
Did Michael Cole step over the line Monday night when he spoke of Jerry Lawler’s recently deceased mother?
No. And if he did, good. This is pro wrestling. May the oversensitive TLC crowd exercise their right to a remote control.
Many of you think that he did. I was very uncomfortable with the remark but my wife gasped when she heard it.
Well now we know that Cole accomplished his life’s ambition.
Again, looking forward to visiting Mexico City this week for what should prove to be a major day for WWE. I hope to see some of you Thursday afternoon at Vive Cuervo Salon (Lago Andromaco 17, Colonia Granada) for an exciting and eventful time.
Goodbye, James. Good luck getting Mistico to join you to sip a couple of celebratory cervezas through his mask.
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