JR's Blog: Ross Report Podcast, GFW, Maryland Champiionship Wrestling Mega Event This Sat, RINGSIDE w/ Jim Ross Shows Updated, UFC189, Roots of Fight Gear is Fabulous, Ballers, Ray Donovan, Schiavone, Let's Grill!
Posted: Jul 14th 2015 By: Jim Ross
It's great to be back in steamy, Oklahoma after a whirlwind weekend that saw me on 7 planes, in 5 states, a 200+ mile car trip but enjoying a rewarding trip to the @wrestlingmuseum in Waterloo, Iowa for their annual event which was another success. If you are a wrestling fan of any ilk you must visit the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa at some point in your life. I think they very muc for their support of Headlock on Hunger, www.headlockonhunger.org, which many of us are devoted much needed time.
House keeping notes from Twitter, Facebook and our own Q&A's here on the site;
I am not going to be affiliated with Global Force Wrestling at this time but I certainly support Jeff and Karen Jarrett's dream and will do all that I can to help them succeed. One never says never but I'm simply not ready to return to regular, weekly TV Wrestling.
Having a minor medial procedure done Tuesday morning that will lay me up for a few days but shutting down and catching up on rest before I head to Charlotte in late July is timely.
Huge event in Joppa, Maryland promoted by one of the top indie groups in America, Maryland Championship Wrestling, THIS Saturday July 18 at the MCW Arena featuring HOFer Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Wolves. tag team extraordinaire, The Beautiful People consisting of Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne. The arena is at 1000 Joppa Farm Road in Joppa, Md. visit www.marylandwrestling.com for ticket info as this is one of the biggest live events of the summer on the indie scene and a card that I would love to attend as a fan if possible. This is the annual Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XV and you can meet Rowdy Roddy, The Wolves, and the Beautiful People beginning at 5:30 this Saturday at the arena.
WWE Battleground is in St Louis this Sunday on the WWE Network headlined by Brock Lesnar challenging Seth Rollins for the WWE World Title and John Cena defending the United States Title against Kevin Owens. That means that one would assume that Monday night's RAW will be amped up a bit. The great performers over the years always took these 'go home' RAWS very seriously to the point that the day of atmosphere was significantly unique. If today is just another day at the office then something's wrong.
I will do my first RINGSIDE W/ JIM ROSS SHOW in the Carolinas on Thursday night July 30 at the annual extravaganza known as the NWA Legends Fan Fest at the Charlotte University Hilton. My show will follow the world premier of the docu-film 'Mid Atlantic Memories' which has its world premier that night and just before Master James E. Cornette does his hilarious Jim Cornette Experience. $99 VIP All Access tickets gets you into every thing all four days and they can be purchased at www.nwalegends.com along with getting all the info for the four day event AND how you can order the DVD of the film that I narrated and appear on as well. It's a must watch for any wrestling fan especially old school fans aor fans who love wrestling history.
The was talk of changing our start time for our RINGSIDE Show in NYC at the Gramercy Theatre on Saturday night August 22 due to all the competition on Saturday evening but Live Nation decided against it and we will proceed with an 8 pm start time as planned. Ticket sales have been brisk and only a few VIP tickets remain and all general admission tickets are priced at only $25 on sale now at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. The Busted Open Radio Crew will MC our NYC show.
Our RINGSIDE Show in Washington DC on Wednesday August 19 at the DC Improv is rocking with only a handful of VIP tickets left a dcimprov.com with GA's starting at $25 on a show that will be MC'ed by the talented, comedian and radio personality @ChadDukes.
Great UFC 189 PPV Saturday night. I watched it with @MattLindland, former UFC fighter and currently US Olympic team Greco Roman Wrestling coach, along with Jerry Brisco and other friends. We got to see the final, two bouts and they were scintillating. Conor McGregor is money and it will be interesting to see if he is going to wind up as a heel or face in UFC. The thousands of Irish fans on hand made it clear that the controversial McGregor was God-like to them on PPV. I predicted that the Lawler-MacDonald fight would be the fight of the night and it was. The event had a WWE-like feel to it inasmuch as the live music entrances gave the event a sports entertainment extravaganza feel which will likely piss off many MMA purists who don't approve of me talking about their beloved sport in any context.
Does any one not get the statement that I made that pro wrestling villains with a few notable exceptions, had rather work the live audience for a 'pop' then to be anti crowd and relentless in getting legit heel heat? Think it through.
Just got some more awesome @RootsofFight gear which is absolutely awesome! Check them out www.rootsoffight.com for the coolest apparel of its kind in the world.
www.wweshop.com is shipping JR's products as humanly possible. Many orders go out the day that they are received.
@americansoda and @beyondtheropes in the UK and Ireland will be back in stock with JR's any time now due to a shipping snafu.
Loved the season premier of Ray Donovan on Showtime. Ian McShane is going to be a huge addition to the cast. @TheRock 'Ballers' on HBO hot, too and has been renewed for season two. So proud of Rock and his team. Plus, I'm now hooked on HBO's True Detective too. Sunday night is TV night in our home. Will be DVR'ing all these shows This Sunday around WWE Battleground.
Mike Tenay Pt 2 Ross Report Podcast has delivered big time and this Tuesday night a new podcast drops at 9 ET with ROH's Mike Elgin. Good stuff. Plus, tonight I'm talking with my old pal Tony Schiavone for a future Ross Report. Last summer our podcast garnered over 1M downloads when all was said and done.
Got an inquiry about a boxing gig for August on cable TV so I will keep you informed.
Boomer Sooner!
J.R. @JRsBBQ
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Spotlight in History
- 1954 Frenchy Roy became the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1971 Toru Tanaka def. Johnny Valentine for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 2004 Shadow of Death def. Terry Montana for the TPW Hardcore Title
- 2011 Ryan Reed def. Rolling Thunder for the UWE United States Title
- 2011 Ray Martinez def. Ryan Reed for the UWE United States Title
- 2016 Ray Martinez became the SRPW Heavyweight Champion
- 2022 Clayton Bloodstone def. Ky-Ote for the NCWO Choctaw Nation Title
- 2023 El Gallardo/El Vaquero def. Cappuccino Jones for the BPW Lion Heart Title
- 2023 Heavyweight Grappling (Dan Webber & Morrison) def. Subject To Death (Cade Fite & Leo Fox) for the BPW Oklahoma Tag Team Titles
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- 04-26 2008 Jerry Bostic def. Joshua Smith for the 3DW Violent Division Title
- 04-26 2008 Shane Rawls def. Ky-Ote for the 3DW Heavyweight Title
- 04-26 2014 Buster Cherry def. Bud Barnes for the SWCW All-American Title
- 04-26 2014 Chaz Sharpe def. Kevin James Sanchez for the SWCW Heavyweight Title
- 04-26 2014 Sam Stackhouse def. Warhammer for the SRPW Heavyweight Title
- 04-26 2024 Miranda Gordy def. Sgt. Slice for the CPW Women’s Title
- 04-26 2025 Deacon Hendrix became the RWE Heavyweight Champion
- 04-26 2025 Family Affiliated (Athan Sorrow & Rika Wildlee) became the RWE Tag Team Champions
- 04-26 2025 Gluttony became the RWE United States Champion
- 04-26 2025 Bishop Simon became the RWE Light Heavyweight Champion
- 04-26 2025 For God And Country (Pastor Brent & Corporal Punishment) def. The Main Characters (Sean Ryan & Daniel Aaron Michalles) for the WAH Tag Team Titles
- 04-27 1978 The Assassin became the TSW Louisiana Champion
- 04-27 1981 Junkyard Dog & Dick Murdoch def. The Grappler & The Super Destroyer for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Titles
- 04-27 2003 The Sharpe Brothers (Chaz Sharpe & Rich Sharpe) def. John O'Malley & All-American Aaron for the ACW Tag Team Titles
- 04-27 2003 Se7en def. Aaron Neil for the ACW Hardcore Title
- 04-27 2008 Tyrone def. Jerry Bostic for the 3DW Violent Division Title
- 04-27 2019 Brandon Groom def. Brian Dixon for the BPW Lion Heart Title
- 04-27 2019 Doc Black became the BCW Heritage Rivalry Champion
- 04-28 1954 Red Berry def. Whitey Whittler for the TSW Tri-State Title
- 04-28 1976 Ted DiBiase & Dick Murdoch def. Buck Robley & Bob Slaughter for the TSW United States Tag Team Titles
- 04-28 1980 Kevin Von Erich def. Toru Tanaka for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 04-28 1989 The Simpson Brothers (Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson) def. Beauty & The Beast (Terrance M. Garvin & The Beast [2nd]) for the WCCW Texas Tag Team Titles
- 04-28 2000 Heather Savage def. Jenna Love for the OPW Oklahoma Womens Title
- 04-28 2002 Summer Rain became the OCW Oklahoma Womens Champion
- 04-28 2007 Eric Rose def. Jersey Devil for the UWF06 Light Heavyweight Title
- 04-28 2007 Joe Herell became the UWF06 Violent Division Champion
- 04-28 2017 Brandon Groom def. Sam Stackhouse for the BPPW Oklahoma Title
- 04-28 2018 Dusty Gold def. Wesley Crane for the UWE United States Title
- 04-29 2006 AWOL def. Michael York for the TPW Heavyweight Title
- 04-29 2006 Natural Born Sinners (Appolyon & El Lotus) def. Pretty Young Things (Cade Sydal & Mitch Carter) for the ACW Tag Team Titles
- 04-29 2006 Rexx Reed def. Carnage for the ACW Hardcore Title
- 04-29 2006 Carnage def. Rexx Reed for the ACW Hardcore Title
- 04-29 2007 Aaron Neil def. Tyler Bateman for the MSWA Oklahoma Title
- 04-29 2007 Brad Michaels def. Ryan Davidson for the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title
- 04-29 2007 Bad Boy & Outlaw became the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions
- 04-29 2011 The Unknown & Johnny USA def. Michael H & Mr. Big for the NCW Tag Team Titles
- 04-29 2011 Mr. Big became the NCW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2012 Sam Stackhouse def. Prophet for the BYEW Heavyweight Title
- 04-29 2012 Rage Logan became the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2012 Nemesis (Damien Morte & Damon Windsor) became the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions
- 04-29 2017 Aaron Anders became the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 04-30 1954 Frenchy Roy became the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 04-30 1971 Toru Tanaka def. Johnny Valentine for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 04-30 2004 Shadow of Death def. Terry Montana for the TPW Hardcore Title
- 04-30 2011 Ryan Reed def. Rolling Thunder for the UWE United States Title
- 04-30 2011 Ray Martinez def. Ryan Reed for the UWE United States Title
- 04-30 2016 Ray Martinez became the SRPW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-30 2022 Clayton Bloodstone def. Ky-Ote for the NCWO Choctaw Nation Title
- 04-30 2023 El Gallardo/El Vaquero def. Cappuccino Jones for the BPW Lion Heart Title
- 04-30 2023 Heavyweight Grappling (Dan Webber & Morrison) def. Subject To Death (Cade Fite & Leo Fox) for the BPW Oklahoma Tag Team Titles
- 05-01 1981 Super Destroyer def. Jim Garvin for the MSW Louisiana Title
- 05-01 2016 Skylar Slice def. Nikki Knight for the MSWA Ladies Title
- 05-01 2021 Fuel def. Derek James for the UWE Heavyweight Title
- 05-02 1969 Johnny Valentine def. Fritz Von Erich for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 05-02 1975 Mad Dog Vachon def. Billy Graham for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 05-02 1977 Stan Hansen def. Dick Murdoch for the TSW North American Title
- 05-02 1984 Krusher Khrushchev became the MSW Television Champion
- 05-02 1984 The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) def. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Titles
- 05-02 2009 Ozzy Hendrix def. Shank for the SWCW Luchadore Title
- 05-02 2015 Gail Kim became the IWR Diamonds Champion
- 05-02 2015 Kareem Sadat became the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
- 05-02 2021 Drake Gallows def. Blade [2nd] for the AIWF National Title
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