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JR's Blog: Royal Rumble Thoughts, Ross Report Podcast on a Roll, @MarkMaddenX, RINGSIDE w/ Jim Ross Shows

Posted: Jan 27th 2015 By: Jim Ross

It's great to be back home in Oklahoma with 70 degree weather and being able to escape the northeast before the blizzard ransacks that part of the world. Lots to catch up on so let's get to grilling...

My sincere thanks to all the fans in Sayreville, NJ and in Philadelphia for making this past weekend such a success for our shows there. It appeared that everyone had a great time and I certainly did. The Starland Ballroom is a classic venue and the Underground Arts venue in Philly is unique to say the least. My thanks to Sean Waltman and to JJ Dillon for joining me as 'surprise' guests as we had some really good Q&A's and lots of laughs.

I hit the ground running today at 4 am to get out of Philly before Mother Nature imposed her will in the form a tons of snow through out the Northeast which has caused WWE to have to go to plan B tonight for RAW as hey are unable to produce TV out of Hartford as originally planned due to the weather essentially shutting every thing down.

Tonight I'm talking to Pittsburgh radio star @MarkMaddenX, former WCW broadcaster, who will join me on this week's Ross Report Podcast to review Sunday's controversial Royal Rumble event. The new Ross Report will drop Tuesday night as usual at 9 pm ET on podcastone. com and iTunes of which you can subscribe and download for free. Next week IO talk with The Iron Sheik about his new, documentary film, drugs and dangers in his life especially while living in Iran. Sheik also talks about Danny Hodge, Brock Lesnar and many more stars that he has worked with or knows.

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I watched the Royal Rumble from my Philly hotel room, The Monaco which is an awesome hotel by the way, on my iPad via the WWE Network. No technical glitches whatsoever. The Philly crowd really impacted the event specifically the closing moments of the Rumble match. It was obvious that the largely, 'heel crowd' wanted Daniel Bryan to win the Rumble even though Daniel Bryan isn't a heel. It was certainly a unique atmosphere in the Wells Fargo Center Sunday night.

Roman Reigns is now in touchy situation and how he comes out of all this is going to be provocative to follow. The Rock had some of the same issues back in the day when he debuted as in the infamous :"Die Rocky Die" chants and signs we used to see. seen Reigns as a big star in the future and I'm curious to see it Sunday night's experiences will help him in the long haul.

What if Reigns shockingly aligned himself with Paul Heyman and the two of them conspired to beat Lesnar at WM31? Stranger things have happened.

Loved the WWE Title match at the Rumble and all three men, Lesnar, Cena and Rollins impressed me throughout the match and I will admit that I was surprised that Lesnar retained his title which I hope indicates that Brock is sticking around WWE after WM31 but we won't know as much until that day comes. Lesnar doesn't need to be on RAW every week but he does need to be on there more than he was in 2014 IMO but something tells me that there is something eating at Lesnar regarding the way he left UFC.

Bray Wyatt had a good Rumble experience and he looks to be the best candidate at this time to work with the Undertaker at WM31. I'm curious and interested as to this potential match just as I am regarding Sting vs HHH if that goes down which it seems to be almost assured.

I'm liking the tag team of Cesaro and Kidd and feel that WWE could make them special much sooner than later and if they prioritized the tag team scene to a higher level.

Perhaps its just me but is getting an automatic Title berth at WrestleMania a good idea for the Rumble match winner. Am I over thinking this matter or does the stipulation really narrow the field to only a small handful of viable candidates?

The Q&A's here are updated.

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