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JR's Blog: WWE Presence at NCAA Wrestling Nationals, Update on Ross Report Podcast and JR's New Orleans Shows, Q&A's Updated

Posted: Mar 24th 2014 By: Jim Ross

Greetings to all on a beautiful Sunday in Norman, Oklahoma. The NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships are completed in OKC and my first Nationals was a tremendous experience with WWE Hall of Famer and scout Jerry Brisco, @FGBrisco. Let's move along as we're burning daylight....

For those asking, we are still working on increased distribution for JR's products and doing all our small, three person team can do to make that happen. We are in the 3, Norman Homeland Stores and 3 Country Marts in Lawton, Oklahoma. Plus, we've got some product in the Wrestling Guy Store in Southern California and at the Squared Circle Restaurant in Chicago thanks to my old friend Lisa Marie Varon.

Until then you can easily access our products online at http://www.wweshop.com and in the UK at http://www.americansoda.co.uk and at http://www.beyondtheropes.co.uk.

WWE will be selling our goods at their Super Store at WrestleMania 30 which will be located at the Convention Center where Axxess will be held.

I've been working on our NOLA shows a great deal and plan on getting to the Q&A's quicker in the House of Blues shows on Thursday April 3. The No Holds Barred Q&A's are popular and it allows the audience to interact which I thoroughly enjoy. Tickets are available for both shows at the House of Blues box office and via http://www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available the day of the shows on Thursday April 3. VIP Meet & Greet tickets however are getting scarce.

Several wrestling personalities have inquired about tickets for our shows in New Orleans so I'm assuming that we might have several surprise guests in NOLA. BTW...if you are coming to our shows we will also be selling JR's products with obviously no shipping or handling costs.

I'm told that our T Shirt business at http://www.podcastees.com is doing well. There are several designs and the shirts come in all sizes and can be shipped any where in the world from what I understand. Our EVENING with Jim Ross event shirts are specially priced right now at only $12.99. Check out all the designs.

Saw some real studs at the Nationals in OKC the past few days. Jerry Brisco has seen many of these athletes multiple times this season and has a strong group considering WWE as a career choice. When a scholarship athlete makes it to the Nationals one doesn't have to worry about their athleticism so it's their personality that becomes the focus. Plus, it always helps if they are a fan to some degree of the pro wrestling genre. Thanks to Jerry's efforts over the years, the amateur wrestling community looks at a company such as WWE in a new, positive light. In the old days, there was a divide between the amateur's and the pro's.

If just half the kids that have been recruited sign, WWE will have a gifted group of big personality athletes with which to work with in their Performance Center.

Getting great feedback on my interview with Mick Foley this week on the Ross Report Podcast. Mick and I had a great deal of fun and had a conversation between two friends and did not do a 'performance' where the guest went solo for long periods of time. For those that think that I interrupted Mick too much, I apologize, but my interview style is to be interactive and to ask questions and/or to simply interject what I'm thinking.

That's not changing. I'm going to engage every guest and present them with as many topics to discuss as I can not to mention going 'off road' if the topics warrant such. It's not much different than if two friends were on a car trip or sitting next to each other on bar stools.

Some listeners seem to be especially entertained apparently by my definition of 'slow burn' booking and a few examples of what is 'slow burn.'

The stories on WrestleMania 1-29 that I'm writing for foxsports.com will air in three parts and will begin this Tuesday online. I've been working on this three part feature for several weeks as it has become a huge undertaking. I think that you will enjoy it especially when we get to WrestleMania 9, where I debuted, through last year. Lots of personal observations and experience plus some great feed back from many who were participants in the Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment.

This website will be changing its look within days. Stay tuned.

This week on the Ross Report I've got Lita in a GREAT interview dropping Tuesday pm. @AmyDumas is one of my all time favorite people that we signed during my time in WWE. She sat in my office in a business suit, the only one she owned, looking for work back in the day and went on to build a Hall of Fame level career. The Ross Report can be downloaded for free at podcastone.com and iTunes.

We are endeavoring to put together a RINGSIDE: An Evening with Jim Ross Show for Toronto on Friday May 9 which is the night before the ROH-New Japan show in TO but thus far we have been unable to firm up a venue. We will keep trying a few more days before we run out of time to adequately promote the show. Stay tuned and know that we're trying to make it to Toronto for the big weekend.

This week on the Ross Report Podcast I'm visiting with Jake Roberts for a feature that will air after WM30 where Jake will deservedly go into the WWE Hall of Fame. Again, Lita airs this Tuesday pm while Mick Foley is up now.

Talking with the New York Times today which should be interesting.

You're invited to follow me on Twitter @JRsBBQ.

The Q&A's are updated as of around midday Sunday Okie time.

Boomer Sooner!

J.R. @JRsBBQ