JR's Blog: JR's Blog, #WWEBacklash Feedback, @AdamColePro, AJ Styles Best in WWE?, Chavo & The Bull on new, Ross Report Podcast
Posted: Sep 13th 2016 By: Jim Ross
Greetings one and all...thanks for stopping by our site. Huge week here in Norman, Oklahoma as the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes visit our fair city this weekend for a national, prime time college football game versus my Oklahoma Sooners on Fox Sports. We Sooner fans wil be in total football mode all week as we count down the hours until kickoff Saturday night in the newly enhanced, Palace on the Prairie.
Doing The Ross Report podcast production tonight and will finish off this week's Podcast that features interviews from both Chavo Guerrero of Lucha Underground and Bull James formerly Bull Dempsey of NXT. I will also be chatting with ROH Champion Adam Cole, @AdamColePro, for next week's Podcast.
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BACKLASH FEEDBACK:
I enjoyed WWE Backlash and am happy that I watched it live on the WWE Network. The Richmond Coliseum audience helped the overall presentation. Loved the 911 tribute and thought the copy was exceptional.
The women's match was a solid opener and was extremely 'busy.' I thought the right person won as I am a fan of Becky Lynch's in ring work. Becky is a keeper and should be a good champion on the SD Live brand.
WWE has done a stellar job in reinventing Health Slater and pairing him with Rhyno to become the first, SD Live tag champs. Slater is entertaining and at times reminds me of the Kenny Powers character on the defunct, HBO series East Bound and Down.
Maryse getting involved from ringside to help Miz cheat to beat Ziggler worked for me. The edgier that WWE can produce Maryse to be the better IMO. Miz and wife Maryse together works for me.
Overall, Backlash did not feel overbooked or rushed which enhanced the viewing experience.
Many fans of Bray Wyatt are making their presence known that they are not pleased with Bray's creative. I feel that Bray Wyatt is a potential main event talent without question but I see him as a character baby face somewhere down the road. The 'fire fly' entrance feels like a fan favorite presentation and that much support makes it hard to motivate a live audience to boo the proposed villain.
Not sure what's going on with Randy Orton who apparently or so it's rumored has concussion issues but was allowed to make a cameo at Backlash, of which I'm confident was under doctor's care. BTW Orton helping Kane defeat Wyatt did not offend me as it apparently did some fans.
Enjoying the repackaging of the Uso's who are potentially the best new, villain team in WWE and should continue to evolve in time. This is a great opportunity for the Uso's.
There were times when there were excellent, natural sounds produced by the in ring talents and their actions, that were not heard. Might have been an issue with the headsets but I noticed it at home. Sometimes things like that can happen when working in a three man announce booth.
Miz beats Ziggler and for those who think that Dolph is 'creatively dead' are likely wrong. Ziggler can be repackaged if desired (see Health Slater) and I remain confident that Ziggler has many more productive days ahead of him. He's too good to not, IMO.
AJ Styles is the best, full time, in ring performer in WWE for my money. AJ's win was timely and he was the most 'over' talent on the show. Good booking to make AJ the WWE Champion as he can have superb matches with virtually anyone on the SD Live roster. My only mild complain was that the pace of the AJ-Ambrose match was so fast that the two talents did not make the time to adequately sell some of their dynamic moves. Bottom line is that I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation and felt like it was was the best match that Ambrose has had in WWE.
RAW will be challenged tonight vs not one but TWO, NFL games. Expect RAW to start off strong and set the stage for the evening.
Seems like too much is being made of CM Punk's UFC debut Saturday night in his losing effort to Mickey Gall. The signing of Punk by UFC was initiated by UFC as Punk was seemingly content to start his belated, MMA career in a much lower level entity. Punk got an UFC offer and as anyone with a brain would do, jumped at it. UFC promoted Punk because, among multiple reasons, he has a strong social media following and his, significantly sized fan base from his successful run in WWE. In other words, Punk wasn't on the card to revolutionize execution in the Octagon but for promotion and marketing purposes including increasing PPV buys which I'm certain occurred.
I'm proud that Punk got the opportunity to live his dream no matter the outcome of the match. More people should take more calculated risks in their lives to be able to facilitate long term goals and dreams. Those who protest loudly the Punk/UFC relationship likely have never gambled on living a bucket list dream in their own lives.
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- 06-16 1959 The Zebra Kid def. The Golden Giant for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 06-16 1970 Johnny Valentine def. Killer Kowalski for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 06-16 1984 Terry Taylor def. Krusher Khrushchev for the MSW Television Title
- 06-16 1986 Buzz Sawyer def. Chris Adams for the WCCW Television Title
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- 06-17 1957 Billy Raborn became the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
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- 06-17 1983 Jimmy Garvin def. David Von Erich for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Title
- 06-17 1983 Kerry Von Erich & Bruiser Brody def. The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) for the WCCW American Tag Team Titles
- 06-17 2005 Kenny Campbell def. Shane Morbid for the SRPW X Division Title
- 06-17 2006 The Party Express (Mitch Carter & Cade Sydal) def. Impact Inc. (John Zorthos & Bernie Donderwitz) for the IZW Tag Team Titles
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- 06-18 1964 Karl Kox def. Louie Tillet for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 06-18 2004 Shane Morbid def. Dirty Harry Sanchez for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 Codie Mullins def. Shane Morbid for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 Dexter Hardaway def. Codie Mullins for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 Pork Chop def. Dexter Hardaway for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 Dexter Hardaway def. Pork Chop for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 S.K. Fulton def. Dexter Hardaway for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2004 Dirty Harry Sanchez def. S.K. Fulton for the SRPW Hardcore Title
- 06-18 2006 Ryan Davidson def. Angel Williams for the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title
- 06-18 2011 Michael Barry def. Kenny Campbell for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 06-18 2016 Spyder became the SRPW United States Champion
- 06-18 2016 Skylar Slice became the IZW Womens Champion
- 06-18 2021 Lady Sensacion became the FIW Women’s Champion
- 06-18 2021 Rodeo (Chandler Hopkins & Malico) def. Cam Cole & Johnny Bedlam for the TexPro Tag Team Titles
- 06-18 2022 Duke Cornell def. Blue Bolt for the WFC Prime Title
- 06-18 2022 Maddox Jones def. Striker for the EPW Heavyweight Title
- 06-18 2022 Mike Gunns def. Jake Danielsson for the NAW Heavyweight Title
- 06-19 1977 Fritz Von Erich def. Bruiser Brody for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Title
- 06-19 2010 Aaron Neil def. John O'Malley for the IZW Heavyweight Title
- 06-19 2015 Bree Ann def. Claudia for the NWA-TXO Rose Title
- 06-20 1972 The Continental Warriors (Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente) def. Tom Jones & Ivan Putski for the TSW United States Tag Team Titles
- 06-20 1977 Bill Watts became the TSW North American Champion
- 06-20 1987 Barry Windham became the UWF Western States Heritage Champion
- 06-20 2004 X-Cal def. John O'Malley for the ACW Heavyweight Title
- 06-20 2009 Dustin Heritage def. Dane Griffin for the IZW Impact Division Title
- 06-20 2009 BLK-OUT (Montego Seeka & Jermaine Johnson) def. Impact, Inc, (Johnny Z & Bernie D) for the IZW Tag Team Titles
- 06-20 2014 Bree Ann def. Miss Diss Lexia for the NWA-TXO Rose Title
- 06-20 2021 DNR (Drake Gallows & Revan) def. Malik Mayfield & Maui Mike for the ASP Tag Team Titles
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While working for WCW, Jim Ross also worked as a color commentator for the Atlanta Falcons and hosted "The Jerry Glanville Show" with Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville.
