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JR's Blog: JR's New Blog, Bischoff Pt 2, RINGSIDE Show Info for WM 33 in Orlando, OklaMania, @FITETV, Impact Wrestling, RAW TV

Posted: Jul 14th 2016 By: Jim Ross

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Huge opportunity for WWE's John Cena tonight as he is hosting the ESPY Awards show. This matter has been largely undersold by many in the IWC for whatever reason but this is a major "get" for Cena and is big for the overall, pro wrestling biz.

We will be producing two, RINGSIDE with Jim Ross and Friends Shows in the form of two matinees in Orlando during Wrestlemania 33 weekend at Plaza Live. Our shows will be Saturday April 1 and Sunday April 2 both at 2 pm with the VIP meet and greets starting at noon. Our venue is conveniently located just 9 minutes from the Amway Arena where Saturday night the WWE will present the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and just 12 minutes from the Citrus Bowl that will host WM33 on Sunday evening. Tickets go on sale the Monday after Summer Slam on August 22 at 10 am ET at www.ticketfly.com.

This will be the 4th year for these shows and we sold out all three events this year in Dallas at the House of Blues and are hopeful that tickets will perform as well in Orlando as they did in Dallas, San Jose and NOLA the past few years. Get your tickets early as there are only 100 VIP tickets per show and they usually sell first. Show tickets start at $25 and there isn't a bad seat in the house. All seats are reserved.

Check out www.imperialwrestlingrevolution.com for all the details on this week ends major pro wrestling doubleheader starting on Saturday night in Shawnee and concluding with the OklaMania event in OKC at the Cos Convention Center. Tickets start at only $20 and you can get tickets at the door the day of the shows are in advance at www.ticketmaster.com. Check out the OklaCon event that runs form 10 am until 5 pm Sunday that features Sting, Matt and Jeff Hardy, Jerry Lawler, Jim Duggan, Jim Cornette, Mickie James, The Rock 'n Roll Express and many more including yours truly.

Again, tickets will be available at the venues the day of the shows if you choose to go that route. Don't think that you will find two bigger and more star studded indie resisting sows in the USA this year.

Packed weekend on @FITETV App as it relates to pro wrestling in particular. Check out the two nights of Evolve Wrestling Saturday at 4 pm ET and Sunday at 7 PM ET on FITE TV PPV. Some of the top in ring talents in the business will be in action.

Good to see WWE tweaking the authority figure presentation on RAW and Smackdown starting with next week's WWE Draft. The presentation is in need of a 'new coat of paint' and this is good timing IMO. Curious to see who is cast as the new, figure heads and how they interact with the talents and into the new, storylines.

Thought that WWE could have provided more content on Brock Lesnar and his victory at UFC 200 especially leading into Lesnar wresting at Summer Slam. Feels like it might have been a missed opportunity not to exploit WWE's biggest star.

Darren Young winning the battle royal was a surprise and helped bring more awareness to Darren Young's on going presentation with Bob Backlund that has suddenly developed a stronger pulse.

The upcoming WWE Draft and band separation/talent redistribution is drawing near and, as I have predicted, this exercise, of which I am optimistic about, will be likey be heavily second guessed by many hard core pro wrestling fans just because it is seemingly many fan's favorite pro wrestling experience these days.

I jest, somewhat, but you get the point. WWE will likely be 'damned if they do' and 'damned if they don't' regarding this major development that could potentially be one of the most dynamic developments in WWE in years. I think the brand separation jury will be out until Orlando in April and I'm patient enough to give it that long before I pull my my soap box and "judge" it.

Hopefully, the talents will realize how important an opportunity that this brand separation is as it will provide many with new, TV minutes that they can maximize and turn into cash if they're on their game.

Watched some TNA Impact Wrestling on POP TV Tuesday night and thought that they did some good things on their live show. A bit too much talking for my taste as the promos could have been just as effective by being shorter but that take applies to most in ring promos in the business IMO.

If they all felt more natural and organic then I'd say " go for it" but that's not the case thanks to having to memorize one's lines which is often times all too apparent.

Nice, impactful debut for Moose in TNA Tuesday night. Good positioning on the "live" broadcast. Moose will be in Oklahoma this weekend wrestling Saturday and Sunday nights. I think that this talent has massive potential.

All in all, I enjoyed Impact Wrestling and will continue to do so if they provide me with a plenty of in ring action.

I can only assume that Randy Orton will be involved in some level of physicality at Battleground in the Jericho Highlight Reel but that's merely speculation. Why bring The Viper back to only talk Lesnar and Summer Slam without giving the audience something memorable to take with them?

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J.R. @JRsBBQ