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Jim Ross discusses TNA, WrestleMania, BBQ sauce and addresses WWE talent rumors
Jim Ross was a guest on the special midweek 3/15 edition of Monday Night Mayhem which was guest hosted by former WCW announcer Scott Hudson! The show is now archived and available to hear on AudioWrestling.com and MondayNightMayhem.com!
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Jim Ross talked in detail about the WrestleMania card. Ross feels like the Undertaker-Batista match should be the last match of the night, however he feels that the Cena-Michaels match could be the show stealer.
Jim Ross is happy with the WWE product lately, however sometimes he scratches his head when he sees bad reviews for Raw on weeks he thought the show was great and then good reviews for the shows Ross didn't personally like as much.
Several talent rumors were addressed and J.R. explained his current role with WWE is only as an announcer with less responsibility working behind the scenes with the talent than it was several years ago. J.R. says that although he is not backstage as much personally, he laughs at rumors that Melina is a problem backstage and J.R. says the rumors that are seen online normally should not be taken seriously (*On a side note, Candice Michelle was on the show right after Ross and said Melina IS a problem backstage and that she is sick of putting up with Melina's SH*T on the road and that WWE.com refused to post her latest blog bad mouthing Melina because WWE.com didn't want it to detract from Melina's on-air feud with Ashley. Whether Candice was working an angle or not is unknown but she sounded really upset as you can hear in the audio archive of this show). J.R. talked about a rumor that Michael Cole will be replacing him on Raw and said he likes Cole but no one in WWE has ever discussed such a change with him.
Jim Ross feels like he will eventually get to do an edition of Monday Night Raw from Russia with all of the expansions WWE is quickly making.
J.R. discussed several of the recent deaths in wrestling including Arnold Skaaland and Ernie Ladd. J.R. says he was really good friends with Ladd and back in the day he would play dominoes with Ladd until 4 in the morning. J.R. said Ladd is in heaven right now playing dominoes and he will be missed.
Jim Ross talked about TNA and says he hopes they make it. He says he watches their show but does not watch it religiously. J.R. says sometimes they have too much content in their one hour show. J.R. says if you are a WWE wrestler and your contract is coming to an end it would not be very bright of those wrestlers to not at least see what TNA would be willing to offer for their services and the same being true of current TNA stars looking to take offers from WWE. J.R. says if TNA develops their stars they could be big in several years and he hopes it is not at the expense of his pay check. J.R. continues to put over TNA by saying there are lots of good people working down there.
Jim Ross said he really likes Kurt Angle and that he was the one that recruited Angle back in WWE. J.R. thinks Angle should stay focused on TNA and not get too side tracked in the MMA world.
J.R. puts over WWE 24/7 and says it is a very good product and he watches it at his home and looks forward to showing many features to his grand children.
J.R. says he calls this the "March McMadness" period in WWE with all the big things happening heading to WrestleMania.
J.R. is asked about potentially making the WWE Hall Of Fame one day and he says it would be an honor and he hopes it happens although he will be very intimidated being included with the likes of many guys he cannot fill the shoes of.
J.R. is opening his first BBQ restaurant in mid May with a chance to franchise. It will be a family restaurant. J.R. also promoted his beef jerky and other business ventures he is involved with. Make sure you check out more info about Jim Ross and his BBQ products at
http://www.jrsbarbq.com
J.R. puts over the Money In The Bank match and all of the participants and said it should have a lot of spectacular moments in front of the 70,000 fans at WrestleMania. To get all of the information regarding WWE and WrestleMania make sure you check out
http://www.wwe.com
That was the end of the hour long Jim Ross interview. But MNM was not done yet because as soon as they hung up the phone with J.R., WWE Diva Candice Michelle called in for more WWE discussion and to do a shoot against Melina that WWE.com would not post because of Melina's feud with Ashley. That interview is also available in the archived edition of the 3/15 show now playing on AudioWrestling.com and MondayNightMayhem.com
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