JR's Blog: JR's Blog, Cornette & JR in Baltimore This Weekend, Terry Funk's Health,Sunny, Adam Cole to Ross Report Tuesday Night
Posted: Sep 19th 2016 By: Jim Ross
Tough weekend to be an Oklahoma Football fan as the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes came to Norman and took my team to the woodshed Saturday night before the largest crowd to ever see any sporting event in Oklahoma's history of over 87,000. The better team won and all my Sooners can do is to improve and put themselves in a position to win the Big 12 Conference Championship. Ohio State is arguably the number one or number two ranked college football team in the nation right now in a top ten that is bound to continue to change as the season progresses.
A few random thoughts largely consisting of topics from our Q&A's here on the site and from Twitter @JRsBBQ...
Without question the WWE CWC has been a rousing success as it relates to in ring productivity and fan support and I'd like to see the Cruiserweights on RAW compete with other Cruiserweights only unless a viable, personal issue is developed between a Cruiser and a non Cruiser.
Looks like I will be chatting with Road Warrior Animal aka Joe Laurinaitis on Monday night for a future Ross Report podcast. If you've got questions that you can get me before 6 pm CT Monday evening, hit me on Twitter @JRsBBQ.
Concerned about the great Terry Funk's health as he had a scare from what I'm reading Saturday night at a House of Hardcore event.The 72 year old all time great was one of my favorite broadcast partners in our WCW years there together. Go out of your way to catch some of our work on the WWE Network and you will quickly realize that Terry Funk was one of the greatest all around performers ever in the wrestling business. Unlike many former or current wrestlers doing color commentary, Terry actually put his peers over in a positive way and had amazing instincts as to how the flow of a match was going. Keep Terry in your thoughts.
Jim Cornette and I are teaming to perform a RINGSIDE with JIm Ross Show this Friday night in Baltimore at Jimmy's Famous Seafood and tickets are still available at www.missiontix.com. Love to see you there if you can make it.
Catching up today with Tammy Stych aka Sunny about coming on the Ross Report podcast in the near future and caught her in the hospital where she has ben for a few days dealing with an issue involving her pancreas. We wish Sunny/Tammy our best and look forward to chatting with her on our podcast soon.
Hope that you have or will enjoy this week's Ross Report podcast with Chavo Guerrero who talks Lucha Underground with me and Bull James formerly known as Bully Dempsey in WWE NXT who discusses his time in WWE developmental, Dusty Rhodes and Bull's future. www.podcastone.com, iTunes and the home page of this very site gets you directly to our show.
This week's podcast features my conversation with ROH Champion Adam Cole and we cover a ton of topics that should interest many of you. Adam is a smart, young man who never steers away from any topic or question. A new Podcast drops every Tuesday night at 9 ET.
Sooners lose...Steelers win...it all balances out in our football home.
The on going saga within TNA Impact Wrestling continues and for those asking me questions about the topic, I'm sorry I can't enlighten you but I'm out of that particular loop. It's obvious that the company needs operating capital and that it is for sale. The question is if an entity buys the beleaguered brand what do they actually get other than a library of somewhat marketable distinction but what else? The TV clearance on POP TV is questionable and in need of an upgrade. TNA's recent TV shows have been good thanks in part to Matt Hardy and company. I'm hopeful that the current Impact Wrestling management team can catch a break and subsequently take steps toward getting their brand healthier.
Unfortunately, the name TNA Impact Wrestling doesn't have a ring of success to it these days and should arguably be 'retired' if a new name, etc can be used to hit the reset button for this group.
I updated the Q&A's here on the site earlier today if you want ot check them out.
We do our first RINGSIDE with Jim Ross show ever in Nashville on Wednesday November 9 and tickets are on sale now at www.zanies.com starting at only $25.
If you 're a Facebook person, please like us there at JimRossBBQ
Saw where WWE promoted Springfield, Missouri this weekend which used to be our old , Wednesday booking in McGuirk's territory at the Shrine Mosque. There were no "Mosque" issues back then as life was a bit simpler and the biggest concerns were the villains who knew how to wrestle for 'heat' and not a 'pop.'
We should have updated info soon regarding our RINGSIDE Show Sunday afternoon November 20 before WWE's sold out Survivor Series event in Toronto. The show is a go but we need to finalize the on sale date, etc. This event will likely end around 4 pm and is only a few steps away from the arena. We think that it will make for a fun show that can address NXT the night before, all the fan's other Q&A's while providing a terrific lead in to the Survivor Series. I will be doing CBS Sports Network boxing on Friday night November 18, fly to Toronto Saturday November 19 and then do our RINGSIDE Show on Sunday afternoon.
Thanks for stopping by but please no phone calls during the season finale Sunday nightof 'Ray Donovan' on Showtime.
Boomer Sooner!
J.R. @JRsBBQ
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- 1954 Red Berry def. Whitey Whittler for the TSW Tri-State Title
- 1976 Ted DiBiase & Dick Murdoch def. Buck Robley & Bob Slaughter for the TSW United States Tag Team Titles
- 1980 Kevin Von Erich def. Toru Tanaka for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 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
- 2000 Heather Savage def. Jenna Love for the OPW Oklahoma Womens Title
- 2002 Summer Rain became the OCW Oklahoma Womens Champion
- 2007 Eric Rose def. Jersey Devil for the UWF06 Light Heavyweight Title
- 2007 Joe Herell became the UWF06 Violent Division Champion
- 2017 Brandon Groom def. Sam Stackhouse for the BPPW Oklahoma Title
- 2018 Dusty Gold def. Wesley Crane for the UWE United States Title
Week of Sun 04-26 to Sat: 05-02
- 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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