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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- 1985 The Von Erichs (Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich) def. The Dynamic Duo (Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams) for the WCCW American Tag Team Titles
- 2008 Michael Barry def. Angel Williams for the IZW Heavyweight Title
- 2008 New Canada (The Canadian Red Devil & The Canadian Luchadore) became the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 2008 The Gentlemen Thugs (Cast-Iron Cothern & Shane Morbid) def. New Canada (The Canadian Red Devil & The Canadian Luchadore) for the ComPro Tag Team Titles
- 2009 Jermaine Johnson def. Ky-ote Joe for the MSWA Oklahoma Title
- 2013 Mike Foxx def. Tim Storm for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Title
- 2013 Genesis (Carrion Arcane & Kristopher Haiden) def. The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani) for the NWA-TXO Tag Team Titles
- 2013 The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani) def. Genesis (Carrion Arcane & Kristopher Haiden) for the NWA-TXO Tag Team Titles
- 2014 Kevin Morgan & became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 2014 Jordan Jacobs def. Drake Gallows for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 2014 Claudia def. Bree Ann for the NWA-TXO Rose Title
- 2014 The Brotherhood (Kyng Benjamin & Akuma Jones) def. A. C. Slaughter (Aaron Anders & Clint Cassidy) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 2014 Fuel def. Tim Rockwell for the UWE Heavyweight Title
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- 09-20 1978 Jose Lothario def. Assassin 1 for the TSW Louisiana Title
- 09-20 1985 The Von Erichs (Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich) def. The Dynamic Duo (Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams) for the WCCW American Tag Team Titles
- 09-20 2008 Michael Barry def. Angel Williams for the IZW Heavyweight Title
- 09-20 2008 New Canada (The Canadian Red Devil & The Canadian Luchadore) became the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 09-20 2008 The Gentlemen Thugs (Cast-Iron Cothern & Shane Morbid) def. New Canada (The Canadian Red Devil & The Canadian Luchadore) for the ComPro Tag Team Titles
- 09-20 2009 Jermaine Johnson def. Ky-ote Joe for the MSWA Oklahoma Title
- 09-20 2013 Mike Foxx def. Tim Storm for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Title
- 09-20 2013 Genesis (Carrion Arcane & Kristopher Haiden) def. The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani) for the NWA-TXO Tag Team Titles
- 09-20 2013 The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani) def. Genesis (Carrion Arcane & Kristopher Haiden) for the NWA-TXO Tag Team Titles
- 09-20 2014 Kevin Morgan & became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 09-20 2014 Jordan Jacobs def. Drake Gallows for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 09-20 2014 Claudia def. Bree Ann for the NWA-TXO Rose Title
- 09-20 2014 The Brotherhood (Kyng Benjamin & Akuma Jones) def. A. C. Slaughter (Aaron Anders & Clint Cassidy) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 09-20 2014 Fuel def. Tim Rockwell for the UWE Heavyweight Title
- 09-20 2025 Gideon Vane became the EPW International Champion
- 09-20 2025 Miles Bane became the NAW Openweight Champion
- 09-21 1954 Johnny Valentine def. Joe Christie for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 09-21 2002 Shadow of Death def. Terry Montana for the OCW Oklahoma Hardcore Title
- 09-21 2012 Tim Storm became the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Champion
- 09-21 2012 Kyra Maya became the NWA-TXO Rose Champion
- 09-21 2013 Nasty Swag (Robert Lee & Ace Archuleta) became the UWE Tag Team Champions
- 09-21 2019 Slice & Kill (Skylar Slice & Killista) def. The Proclamation (Ethan Cole & Reed) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 09-21 2024 Brandon Warhawk def. Seth Daniels for the UWE Apex Title
- 09-21 2024 Fuel def. Killbane for the UWE Heavyweight Title
- 09-21 2024 Party Bird Crew (Smitty & Birdman) def. Black Flag Rising (Anarchy [2nd] & Faded Ghoul) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 09-21 2024 Super Crash Brothers (Badger James & Trench Blythe) def. Party Bird Crew (Smitty & Birdman) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 09-22 1971 Bill Watts def. Dusty Rhodes for the TSW North American Title
- 09-22 2001 Jenna Love became the OPW Oklahoma Womens Champion
- 09-22 2001 Justin Lee def. Dexter Hardaway for the OPW Oklahoma Light Heavyweight Title
- 09-22 2012 Crossfire Morrison def. Drake Gallows for the SWCW Hardcore Title
- 09-22 2012 Kareem Sadat def. Crossfire Morrison for the SWCW Hardcore Title
- 09-22 2023 Tommy Prince became the TexPro Dynasty Champion
- 09-22 2023 Nashoba became the MajCW 24/7 On Call Champion
- 09-22 2023 Skidz def. Nashoba for the MajCW 24/7 On Call Title
- 09-22 2023 Oscar Amazing def. Skidz for the MajCW 24/7 On Call Title
- 09-23 1974 Tex McKenzie & Johnny Valentine def. The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza) for the WCCW American Tag Team Titles
- 09-23 1975 Jose Lothario def. Billy Graham for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 09-23 2000 Grenade def. Ichiban [2nd] for the OPW Oklahoma Light Heavyweight Title
- 09-23 2016 Xavior became the MSWA Mid-South Cruiserweight Champion
- 09-23 2016 Nikki Knight def. Skylar Slice for the MSWA Ladies Title
- 09-23 2016 Psycho Mike def. Brock Landers for the MSWA Oklahoma Title
- 09-23 2017 Kikutaro def. Ryan Davidson for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Title
- 09-23 2017 Dusty Gold def. Randy Price for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 09-23 2017 Erica def. Paige Turner for the IZW Womens Title
- 09-23 2017 Double D def. Kevin Morgan for the IZW Heavyweight Title
- 09-23 2017 Drake Gallows def. Sam Stackhouse for the BCW Buzzsaw Title
- 09-23 2017 Xavior def. C. J. Ward for the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title
- 09-23 2017 The Omega (O’Brien & O’Malley) def. The Cursed (Blade [2nd] & Kuda) for the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Titles
- 09-23 2023 Skidz def. Oscar Amazing for the MajCW 24/7 On Call Title
- 09-23 2023 Koko def. Dan Webber for the UWE Heavyweight Title
- 09-23 2023 Sweetness (Cappuccino Jones & Romeo Reese) def. Southern Aristocracy (Eddie LeVaughn & Anthony Wild) for the UWE Tag Team Titles
- 09-23 2023 Killbane def. Leo Fox for the UWE Apex Title
- 09-24 2002 The Professionals (John Zorthos & Julian Wolfenbarger) became the ACW Tag Team Champions
- 09-24 2016 Ricky Starks def. Ky-Ote for the IWR Revolutionary Title
- 09-24 2022 London Calling (Dutch Hagen & Richie Adams) def. Toxic Masculinity (Johnny Lightning & Johnny Dynamite) for the WFC Tag Team Titles
- 09-24 2022 Martin Justice def. Tyler Watts for the EPW International Title
- 09-24 2022 Logan Knight def. Kareem Sadat for the EPW All-American Title
- 09-24 2022 Olivier Vegos def. Danni Bee for the NCWO Women's Title
- 09-25 1965 Don Kent def. Red McKim for the TSW Missouri Junior Heavyweight Title
- 09-25 1981 The Great Kabuki def. Kerry Von Erich for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 09-25 1999 Big Daddy Moore def. Rocco Valentino for the OPW Oklahoma Heavyweight Title
- 09-25 1999 The Casualties of War (Malice & Shrapnel) def. Red Eagle & Night Hawk for the OPW Oklahoma Tag Team Titles
- 09-25 1999 Kid Flash def. Tarantula for the OPW Oklahoma Light Heavyweight Title
- 09-25 2004 Michael Barry def. Brandon Groom for the NWA-OK Oklahoma Heavyweight Title
- 09-25 2010 Wage def. Bernie D for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 09-26 1978 Terry Latham & Ricky Fields def. Seigfried Stanke & Kurt Von Hess for the TSW Louisiana Tag Team Titles
- 09-26 1984 Adrian Street def. Terry Taylor for the MSW Television Title
- 09-26 2004 John O'Malley def. Mr. Brown for the ACW Hardcore Title
- 09-26 2009 Jeremy Quinn III became the ACW Heavyweight Champion
- 09-26 2014 Paul Puertorico def. Matt Majestic for the SRPW United States Title
- 09-26 2020 Brian Dixon def. Ethan Cole for the BPW Lion Heart Title
- 09-26 2020 The Ritual (Samedi & Shadow Gemini) became the BPW Oklahoma Tag Team Champions
- 09-26 2025 Riley Grinn def. Tommy Dean for the BUW No Pressure Title
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