WWE RAW Results (08/18/08) Jericho's music stops and he just stares at the crowd who are booing him hard. He says he isn't here to apologize for what happened last night and Shawn...
Jim Ross has once again updated his blog at jrsbarbq.com. Here are some of the highlights:
- Ross on new talent coming in: Today’s wrestling product is often over thought including how new wrestlers are introduced. If a wrestler in today’s marketplace simply shows up and has a match without any build up or fan fare, the chances of the individual making an impact is slim and none. The possible exception of this theory is when a new hand makes a debut and "upsets" an established star. Bottom line, new talents should be "rolled out" somewhat like any new "product"with a long term strategy and a game plan that provides the individual the best chance of succeeding.
- Ross on Brooke & Playboy: Is Brooke Bollea Hogan actually considering posing for Playboy Magazine? First of all, I have zero issues with Playboy Magazine but wouldn’t one think that the timing of this particular matter helps no one but Playboy? What’s next, Nick in semi prison garb in Playgirl magazine? Can everyone, all at one time, say…"LAY LOW"? Leave the media crazy, TMZ-like radar screen and watch public perception improve….if that matters and perhaps it doesn’t. There was a fan’s sign in Philly Tuesday that read, "Hulk We Still Love You." BROTHER!
- Ross on WWE's Next SNME: The latest NBC Saturday Night’s Main Event, which I think is a one hour program this go around, will be taped Monday in Washington D.C. prior to the live broadcast of Monday Night Raw. As I write this on Thursday, I have no idea who will be broadcasting the show or who will be competing on it but I do know that I have not heard any thing about being personally involved and my current travel has me going from OKC Monday into Harrisburg, PA via Cincinnati late Monday afternoon for the Tuesday taping of Friday Night Smackdown in Hershey, Pa.
- Ross on poop: This is just me but the word, "poop" has a limited shelf life for ever being utilized on a wrestling show. Again, I am an old school guy and, yes, perhaps the "business has passed me by" but that’s my opinion. Wrestling=No Poop.
- Ross on Jonathan Coachman: It was great seeing Jonathan Coachman for a few minutes Sunday afternoon at the Nassau Coliseum and getting to meet his new, baby daughter who is beautiful for the record. Coach is leaving the WWE and will begin a new career with ESPN and will be moving to the Bristol area in the near future. I am not sure but I think I first met Coach in Kansas City where he was working with Len Dawson, the former K.C. Chiefs Hall of Fame quarterback, doing local sports on TV. It seems as if Coach may have visited the day we produced Smackdown show #1 which I broadcast with The King. Michael Cole took over then the next week on episode #2. I wish Coach nothing but the best and he is genuinely and deservedly excited about his new gig. Our infamous "Country Whipping Match" that took place in Chicago on Monday night Raw was a unique experience for both of us and I am sure provided some insiders with a chuckle or two. I do think it got a decent TV ratings from what I recall, and quite frankly ladies and gentlemen, isn’t that what makes the world go ’round?
