JR's Blog: New, JR's Blog, OklaMania, @Sting, Lawler vs Jarrett Classic, Big Week for @CBSSportsNet Boxing, @WWE Draft
Posted: Jul 19th 2016 By: Jim Ross
Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by our site. Really big week here as we do podcast production tonight and then travel to Cancun, Mexico for CBS Sports Network boxing Saturday night. Please check our local listings and plan on joining us. This week's The Ross Report podcast will feature Terri Runnels who will discuss her career in WCW as Alexandra York and how that persona was created, her run in WWE as Marlena w/ then husband Goldust during the Attitude Era, her personal relationships along the way and much more. BTW, Our part two show with Eric Bischoff has been a hit and we thank everyone who has listened to this show. If you haven't sampled the two parter with EB, I certainly encourage you to do so.
OklaMania in OKC was a hit as we had a full house of approximately 1,000 fans in the OKC Cox Convention Center Sunday night. The card was based on old, school fundamentally sound pro wrestling as we used time limits, kept the action inside the ring, and did our best to book competitive bouts that seemed to entertain the fans which should always be the goal of any promotion. The IWR staff and talents are great to work with and I look forward to doing more projects with them in the future. The bouts were taped and voiced over on site as I'm told that a DVD and perhaps even a spot on the FITE TV App at some point down the road. may happen.
Sting was a total pro to work with and was the centerpiece of OklaMania for sure. Sting's interaction with Abyss and Jim Cornette was a great way to start our Saturday night event. So many talents including the Hardy Brothers who had a terrific bout that closed the show on Sunday night versus War Machine who were managed by Jim Cornette who once again proved that he is still one of the greatest managers in pro wrestling. Enjoyed the card from start to finish including the Roderick Strong vs Dalton Castle bout, Chavo Guerrero's in ring work was stellar, EC3 vs Moose was strong, and the show stealer for me was an fantastic bout between Jerry Lawler vs Jeff Jarrett who was accompanied by his talented wife Karen Jarrett. King and Double J put on a clinic that the other talents in attendance learned a ton from without question. the backstage monitor was "sold out" without question.
My sincere thanks to all who participated in this inaugural, OklaMania event especially all the fans who joined us.
This weekend I also recorded conversations with Ricky Morton, Chavo Guerrero, Bull Dempsey, and Matt Sydal for future Ross Report Podcasts. Great stuff from these men. Stay tuned for these podcast features.
Tonight I am catching up with ROH Champ Jay Lethal for a Ross Report focusing largely on the the ROH PPV in August from Las Vegas.
Nothing new on the Brock Lesnar drug test failure until the B sample is tested and the results are returned and subsequently made public. If the B sample test is negative, I'm under the impression that the matter will be dropped but many insiders are not optimistic that the B sample will be any different than the original test sample.
I'm still amazed that this matter even happened considering that it is illegal and the huge amount of money that a fine/suspension could likely cost Lesnar who made well north of seven figures for UFC 200.
WWE will hold their Draft Tuesday night on the first live broadcast of Smackdown Live on the USA Network and there's already predictable, second guessing from many after they read the rules and the Draft format. This is simply the way of the world on many things especially considering that there is so much info online available for fans to digest and then to regurgitate said info with their own assumptions.
This speculation cements the thoughts that I have made that no matter how the Draft turns out and no matter who is Drafted where that many fans wil pan the process even though it can't be intelligently judged as to it's long term success for months. I've suggested that the jury will be out until Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando when we see the main event that the separated brand will produce for the biggest pro wrestling event in the business.
This Friday night CBS Sports Network will air our Cancun boxing event that we taped in June. This is a helluva fight card that Boxing HOFers Al Bernstein and Jimmy Lennon, Jr and I broadcast from the Mexican paradise. This fight card airs this Friday night at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT plus CBS Sports Network wil replay this exciting card at 11 pm ET/ 8 PM PT on Saturday night July 23.
The Q&A's here on the site are updated.
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Have a great day/week and be nice to others. Remember, our tomorrow's are not guaranteed.
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Spotlight in History
- 1959 Mike DiBiase def. Dory Funk for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 2010 X-Rated (Kevin James Sanchez & Bobby Star) def. Rick Russo for the SWCW Tag Team Champions
- 2010 Jonathan Cross def. Anarchy [2nd] for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 2015 Charlie Haas def. Jerome Daniels for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Champion
- 2021 Killbane def. The Canadian Red Devil for the NCWO Oklahoma Champion
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- 05-12 2002 Rocco Valentino became the OCW Oklahoma Television Champion
- 05-12 2012 The New Era [2nd] (Richie Adams & Goldeneye) def. The Dramatic Athletes (Jake McCoy & X-Cal) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 05-12 2012 Venus became the IZW Queens Champion
- 05-12 2013 The Canadian Red Devil def. Bobby Starr for the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
- 05-12 2013 Impact, Inc. (Jermaine Johnson & Jordan Jacobs) def. Shawn Sanders & Tyson Jaymes for the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 05-12 2018 Garrett Murphy became the NAW Lightweight Champion
- 05-12 2018 Big Smooth def. Dusty Gold for the NAW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-12 2018 Brayden def. Kareem Sadat for the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
- 05-12 2018 Gavin Dixon def. Mikey [2nd] for the BCW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-12 2023 Ronnie Morton def. Red James for the RDW Brass Knucks Champion
- 05-13 1979 Wahoo McDaniel def. The Spoiler for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 1984 Magnum T. A. def. Mr. Wrestling II for the MSW North American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 2006 Justin Lee def. Gary Gram for the NWA-U X Division Champion
- 05-13 2012 Les Mayne became the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
- 05-13 2016 Terry Montana & Mighty Mouse def. Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 05-13 2017 Sam Stackhouse def. Drake Gallows for the BCW Buzzsaw Champion
- 05-13 2017 Garrett Murphy def. Anarchy [2nd] for the NAW Lightweight Champion
- 05-13 2023 Lunchador def. Dr. Corvus for the WAH Hunger Dojo Champion
- 05-13 2023 Rush Freeman became the WAH Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 2023 The Psychotic Messengers (Tank Bryson & Malachi) def. Dark Forces (San La Muerte & Reese) for the WAH Tag Team Champions
- 05-14 1975 John Tolos def. Al Madril for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 1975 Danny Miller def. Skandor Akbar for the TSW North American Champion
- 05-14 2004 Butch Dalton def. Jon Davis for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 2004 Devon Monroe def. Mitch Carter for the TPW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 2005 John O'Malley became the IZW Hardcore Champion
- 05-14 2005 Impact Inc. (John Zorthos & Bernie Donderwitz) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-15 1959 Mike DiBiase def. Dory Funk for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 2010 X-Rated (Kevin James Sanchez & Bobby Star) def. Rick Russo for the SWCW Tag Team Champions
- 05-15 2010 Jonathan Cross def. Anarchy [2nd] for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 2015 Charlie Haas def. Jerome Daniels for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 2021 Killbane def. The Canadian Red Devil for the NCWO Oklahoma Champion
- 05-16 1963 Bull Curry became the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-16 1981 Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton def. Akbar Army (Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane) for the TSW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 2009 Impact, Inc. (Johnny Z & Bernie D) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 2015 The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) def. Team Bull (Aaron Neil & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 2015 Clint Cassidy def. Mr. Nasty for the UWE United States Champion
- 05-16 2015 Brett Stopp def. Fuel for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-16 2015 Anarchy [2nd] def. Brett Stopp for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 1965 Bull Curry def. Karl Kox for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-17 1986 Bruiser Brody def. Rick Rude for the WCCW Television Champion
- 05-17 1987 The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) def. Rick Steiner & Sting for the UWF Tag Team Champions
- 05-17 1996 The Bad Boyz (Krull Danzig & Brett Knight) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) for the WWEmp Tag Team Champions
- 05-17 2008 El Super Colibri def. Tim Rockwell for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 05-17 2008 Michael York def. Brett Taylor for the SECW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Title Champion
- 05-17 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Champion
- 05-17 2009 Kevin Morgan became the AWFUL Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 2014 The Sexy Camachos (Angel Camacho & Roberto Camacho & Vinnie Camacho) def. Team Bull (The Bronze Bull & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 1970 Boris Malenko def. Mil Mascaras for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 1973 Jose Lothario def. Blackjack Mulligan for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 1984 Gino Hernandez def. Jimmy Garvin for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 2007 Lonnie Valdez & Epic became the ACW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 2013 The P.I.N.K. Nation (Ray Martinez & Tommy Toops) def. Bobby Burns & Sam Stackhouse (substituting for Psycho Sawyer) for the SRPW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 2013 B-Arthur became the SRPW Womens Champion
- 05-18 2013 Anarchy [2nd] def. The Mercenary for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 2014 Striker def. Robert Lee for the WFC Hometown Heroes Champion
- 05-18 2019 Skylar Slice def. Erica for the MSWA Ladies Champion
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Which ECW star played 2 years of college football at the University of Tulsa?