Jim Ross has a new blog entry up; here are the highlights…
On Ric Flair’s Recent Drama: Sorry to hear of the firestorm that my pal Ric Flair found himself in Sunday night. “Naitch” and I have been friends for over a quarter of a century and I choose to remain steadfastly behind him. We don’t know all the details of this unfortunate matter nor do we need to know all the details. What we all should do is to hope that this matter is resolved to everyone’s happiness and all involved parties can proceed with their lives.
On Wendi Richter In The Hall of Fame: Congrats to Wendi Richter for her HOF announcement. If my memory serves me correctly, as a young lady Wendi lived in Louisiana and was a big time Mid South Wrestling fan. As the story goes, or so I’ve been told, she approached Mid South’s Grizzly Smith about breaking into the biz as a teen and he encouraged her to finish her formal education before Wendi finally went to train with Lillian (The Fabulous Moolah) Ellison in South Carolina. Nonetheless I’m happy for Wendi and was pleasantly surprised when her named was called.
On The HBK vs. Taker Hype Video: Music has become such a large part of the wrestling scene and that fact was never more evident than the choice of music used in the HBK-Undertaker video package Monday night. I Tweeted (JRsBBQ) about this seconds after I saw it and I will willingly go into a hyperbole-free zone to say it was one of the best vignettes that I can ever remember seeing on a wrestling, TV show. Ever. Note from Ryan Clark: You can listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE
On Frank Mir: UFC’s Frank Mir made some alarmingly strong and controversial comments on the popular, Mark Madden radio show in Pittsburgh recently about wanting to see Brock Lesnar “die inside the Octagon” seemingly and preferably at Mir’s hands. Frank Mir is a badass who is a driven man but he may want to start thinking before he begins talking. I think Mir is a compelling, sports figure who is obviously obsessed with mangling Brock Lesnar but it’s not Brock Lesnar that Mir is fighting soon. Paging Shane Carwin.
You can check out the full entry at JrsBarBQ.com.
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