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JR's Blog: J.R. from the UK!

Posted: Nov 11th 2008 By: mikeiles

Here we are in Manchester where it is rainy and cool.
That?s a revelation, right?

Random thoughts....

Tazz has been here since Sunday and he?s not happy especially after missing the big Jets win on Sunday.

Tazz likes humas. Who would have ?thunk? it?

I can?t get mushy peas. I can order them but don?t care to eat the non seasoned Gerber baby food-like UK restaurant staple.

Listening to Gorillas Monsoon and Jesse Ventura doing commentary on a Gene Okerlund hosted WWE broadcast. Lots of fun, the broadcast team was great in the 80?s.

Raw was wild and ?raw? Monday night with many behind the scenes TV production challenges or so I was told by those that were there. Getting ready to watch it in a few moments.

Manchester is one of approximately 16 WWE sellouts on this tour. We are recording 2 Friday nite Smackdowns Tuesday nite. Hope the pipes hold out. These Smackdowns will take us right up to the Survivor Series in Boston.

I expect Tuesday night to be a TV production adventure. Looking forward to it. Jeff vs ?Taker should be special. I?m taking the Deadman and the ?under.?

Watching Dynamite Kid as I write this. He was pretty damn amazing.

Flew over w/ the King as we arrived Monday morning at 6:22 a.m. Monday morning after almost an 8 hour flight from Chicago.

King must have dug into his Halloween candy stash for this jaunt. ?Milk Dud? city.

Elijah Burke?s whereabouts are now well know as he was cut by the WWE in recent hours. Burke is a good talker and if I were him in addition to staying in wrestling, if he chooses, I would give Hollywood a shot. Tough break for Elijah but he cannot look at it as the world?s end.

Getting ?let go? happens to the best of us. :)

Nice win for OU at College Station Saturday. My Sooners are still in ?the hunt? but the dangerous Texas Tech comes to Norman in a week or so. Should be one of the biggest games of the year. OU is 59-2 at home in the Stoops? era since ?99. The mad professor Mike Leach has a helluva team and will be hard to handle the day before Survivor Series.

Dusty Rhodes looked about as flattering in polk a dots as Ol J.R. did in his cute, sailor?s suit on Halloween night.

The King was smiling from ear to ear when I saw him after Raw Monday nite at the hotel when he found 50 pounds during that that you won?t see on TV. I don?t mean Milk Duds pounds but currency.

Tazz and I pre-gamed for a few hours Monday night getting ready for a monster Tuesday night. We did not make it to the arena Monday night as I had WWE biz to attend to and then we discussed Tuesday night.

UK fans have amazing passion without question. It helps every event immensely.

I?m still a Lesnar ?lean? for Saturday nite in Vegas vs former Oklahoma State star Randy Couture. If Brock makes no major errors early and Couture can survive the last 2 rounds against a man who will out weigh him 55 pounds at match time it makes this a helluva interesting fight. I?ll be watching w/ some Soooner coaches on Saturday night.

Lesnar saying he did not want to come to the WWE out of the University of Minnesota makes for an intriging sound byte but that?s about all. Lesnar seemed ok to me with signing w/ the WWE and earned over 7 figures his 3rd or 4th year in the biz. Bottom line after all the posturing, Lesnar hated traveling.

Ever have a tuna and cucumber sandwich for a late nite snack? I just did here in the UK.

Tazz and I were talking about all the legit tough guys who were trained here in the UK in Wigan. Guys w/ no remorse and high tolerences of pain.

One of the lesser discussed guys out of that famous concentration camp for submission wrestling is Roy Boyd aka Johnny Eagles who was also a card shark. Trust me on that one.

Why does the American Presidential race have to be seemingly, strictly about race to so many people?

I was honored to sign a fan?s Bret Hart autobiography earlier today here in the UK right under ?The Hitman?s? signature.
What a read.

Speaking of Hitman, I wonder if UK boxing star Rickey Hatton will join us Tuesday night in his hometown? Tough dude.

Still listening to Monsoon and the Body call wrestler?s ?out? during the ?89 Survivor Series when grapplers made mistakes. If Tazz and I did that we would be the victim of MySpace and other net rebellions not to mention HQ.

For the record, in this blog we will mention our Bar-B-Q products among other non ?rasslin subjects. If you are uncomfortable with such then why bother to read it? If it is to go on other sites and to pick it a part then have at it. I?ll get over it...somehow.

How about those specials we have for the holidays?!
I hope that you will jump all over them and place your orders early.

Got to roll...Raw just started live here in the UK on Sky Sports.

Boomer Sooner...and cheers!
J.R.

Tags: Jim Ross, WWE, Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Johnny Eagle

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