AEW announcer and Senior Advisor "Good Ole' J.R." Jim Ross recently took to his "Grilling Jr" podcast to talk about a variety of topics such as how he had no idea Starrcade 1992 was his final PPV in WCW, but he did know his long-term future in the business was elsewhere.
Jim Ross said:
“Not really, no. I mean, I knew that my future, long-term future, was elsewhere. I don’t say that with glee. I enjoyed living in Atlanta and working for WCW more often than not. When Eric took over he had different plans for the sound of the show. It pretty well let me know my destiny and it wasn’t as a broadcaster for him at that point in time. So, that was unfortunate, but in any event there’s always work someplace and I found that work someplace else and it worked out okay.”
Jim Ross also talked about the issues The Steiner Brothers had with WCW.
Jim Ross said:
“I think they wanted out. They didn’t like the experience in WCW. Things were so cluster. Cowboy got along great with Rick, but most people did. The issue with Scotty, you know, Scotty’s a very volatile, explosive personality and so does Cowboy and sometimes when the boss and one of your top stars have the same philosophies in that respect it could lead to some egregious issues… Scott was a very high strung guy and Cowboy was, too. No surprises there, really.”
Jim Ross then talked about if the Rick Rude vs. Ron Simmons Matchup was championship calibre level.
Jim Ross said:
“Yeah, I think so. I mean, Ron was the champion, right? Right. Yeah, why not? Both big box office guys. Great name identity main event status. Things are so desolate and somewhat demoralizing in WCW at that time you’re trying to find star power and find an interest in a match that you hope you can catch lightning in a bottle and until you do it, until you try it you really don’t know how it’s going to work out.”
You can check out Jim Ross' comments at this link. H/T to 411Mania for transcribing the above quotes.
