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JR's Blog: Raw Thoughts...OU vs. UT...Lawler for Mayor...FREE SHIPPING

Posted: Oct 14th 2009 By: mikeiles

Thanks for all the well wishes regarding my wife Jan and my 16th wedding anniversary which was Monday October 12. Who said it wouldn't last?! I'm a lucky man and I have enjoyed the past few days celebrating this milestone, in wrestling years being married to the same person for 16 years is like 50 years to "normal" folks, and we will continue to enjoy this week as we travel down to Dallas on Thursday to prep for the Red River Rivalry, the Oklahoma-Texas game on Saturday at 11 a.m. central time on ABC.

Business in our on line store is steady and today would be a great day to place your orders as we will ship them out in a matter of hours to the USA via Federal Express. Many of our sales packages include FREE SHIPPING! But wait, there's more..

I watched Raw Monday night while peaking at a helluva Monday Night Football contest between the Jets and the Dolphins. Landshark Stadium hasn't been too friendly for OU and it certainly wasn't for Gang Green as another team wearing orange won a big game just like "The U" last week against Oklahoma and Florida against the Sooners last January in the National Title Game.

One element that I really enjoyed regarding Raw was the various "hooks" that were utilized to keep me tuned in and to not channel surf as much during the commercial breaks. In my opinion, every episodically produced TV show, wrestling or otherwise, should do al they can to keep their audience emotionally invested from segment to segment but to also promote "next week." Getting a TV audience to think "next week" is a huge matter when producing weekly, episodic TV.

At least I know that next week's Raw main event will be HHH vs. Cena. Billboarding "next week" just seems to be a "must do" for any show that is episodically produced.

I did not dislike Nancy O'Dell or Maria Menounos' efforts on Raw as they were non abrasive, executed smoothly, performed what most would have expected them to do plus they will provide ample opportunities for WWE to garner additional publicity from their appearances. Isn't that the primary reason for "Guest Hosts" anyway? If any one thinks that a guest host is going to walk onto Raw and deliver in a 5 star, wrestling main event, then think again. It's all about the sizzle and facilitating the WWE talents to provide the steak.

Snoop Dogg is the host next week and Snoop is really a cool guy who "gets it" and is a legit fan. Too bad that I won't be there to see him in person.....poor me. I assume that Snoop will interact with Santino, which might be funny, and the talented Chris Jericho. What if Snoop is a closet Smackdown fan and makes the Raw fan favorites life a little uncomfortable Monday night?

Jerry Lawler's efforts to become Mayor of Memphis culminates this Thursday with the elections in The King's hometown. I know that Jerry has worked diligently in his campaign on little funds but his journey has become particularly an uphill one for him the past several weeks. I have read where some locals in Memphis feel that the city will never elect another Caucasian Mayor due to the fact that the city is 70% African American. I don't know if that is a true statement or not but race should not play a factor in electing one's political leaders but, as most know, it sometimes does. I think the Memphis news media honestly wants a "politician" to be elected Mayor as it may make for better copy as the good, old boy system will be perpetuated which always makes for a potentially good headline. Better "dirt" if you will.

Our country needs more honest citizens who simply want to improve their hometowns or their country and not continually elect professional politicians whose partisan politics are mauling America and disregarding the needs of the "Average Joe." Jerry will do a great job in representing Memphis if he is given the opportunity but I am afraid that the political machine there will not allow that to happen.

And that's a damn shame.

I haven't throughly examined the "huge" Diva trade...is that where "huge" or plus sized Divas are traded....never mind. Bottom line is that many fans would like to see the Divas become a more vital part of every TV wrestling show that airs. I would like to see on going issues forwarded on the weekly, wrestling TV shows too as it simply provides the viewer with more TV personas to emotionally invest.

My guess is that www.wwe.com got plenty of traffic off the Diva trade matter nonetheless.

So Bragging Rights will have a 7 on 7 tag featuring SD vs. Raw, not the video game, superstars....thanks for coming ECW. :) By the looks of the Raw 7 and who from SD are already obligated in a Fatal Four Way, Undertaker, Batista, Rey Mysterio and C.M. Punk, one could surmise that the Raw team is loaded and heavily favored.....much like Texas is against the Sooners on Saturday.

I did like the news of a Bragging Rights bout between Miz and Morrison which assume will not feature either's championship. This should be an excellent match especially if the mat aspect of it is a focused. Nice addition to the PPV from Pittsburgh which is one of my favorite towns in addition to being the wife's hometown. I wonder how many more WWE events will be held in the old, Igloo aka Mellon Arena, before the new place is completed. Probably not too many.

There's too much manure going around about big mouthed Rush Limbaugh potentially becoming an NFL owner with the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh is a fierce, self promoter and sound byte specialist whose political views are often times, or so it seems, meant to incite rather than to inform, has a right to buy any thing he wants in America. That's how this country works. Were Limbaugh's statements once upon a time regarding African American Donovan McNabb ill advised and down right stupid? Yes. But it's all about the "GREEN" and the VAST majority of athletes no matter their color will take the cash and play in the NFL no matter their social or political dislikes of those in charge. If any one who has followed NFL football thinks that the Limbaugh matter is new material or a NFL first as it relates to how black people have been treated then look again. The Rooney Rule had to be put in place to simply get African American coaches a damned interview for head coaching jobs. This Limbaugh BS is just that and shouldn't affect him from potentially becoming a NFL owner but it it doesn't work out for Rush he will have plenty of new, cannon fodder to fire away at those who religiously listen to him on his massive, radio network.

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Boomer Sooner!

J.R.

Tags: Jim Ross, WWE, Jerry Lawler