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JR's Blog: JR's Blog..RAW & SD Live Feedback, @TheTommyDreamer & @PWI on The Ross Report Podcast, CM Punk UFC Debut

Posted: Sep 8th 2016 By: Jim Ross

Greetings from Las Vegas and The D Hotel & Casino where we'll HQ for Friday night's CBS Sports Network Boxing at 11 pm ET/8 pm PT LIVE. Hope you can join us for an excellent card featuring many, talented young fighters.

RAW THOUGHTS: Enjoyed Owens- Zayn but it feels like I've seen this match too much under the current storyline.

Sasha's promo felt more authentic than most pro wrestling promos these days. Never quite connected on the retirement aspect.

Solid match, Jericho vs Rollins as Seth is moving toward being a fan favorite. Rollins has long sense worked as a face fir the most part so his official transition to that of a fan favorite should be successful.

I endorse the utilization of enhancement matches that RAW is doing. Smart booking IMO.

SMACKDOWN LIVE THOUGHTS: WWE did a nice job of adding equity to the SD LIVE women.

Miz & Maryse are a marketable pair. I'd like to see Maryse get a bit more involved physically in the future & Miz increase his aggression.

Dolph Ziggler, ironically thru losing big matches, has become more interesting to me. Helluva hand without question.

I still remain confident that Bray Wyatt will develop into a main event level, character 'face some day. Interesting booking of Usos vs American Alpha. I like the twists & turns in this developing rivalry.

Pleasantly surprised at how well Heath Slater & Rep Rhyno are doing. Its new and they have a 'story' which usually helps.

Good dynamic between Styles & Ambrose to close the show. Wouldn't offend me to see AJ win the title Sunday.

Tommy Dreamer and PWI's Dan Murphy join me on the latest, The Ross Report podcast that's FREE at iTunes, PodcastOne.com, and right here on the site's homepage. Entertaining & informative show that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Thanks for your support.

Wishing Lucha Underground the best of luck as they launch season three of their unique presentation. I'm told that this season is the best yet.

CM Punk is adding ample pre fight media hype to this Saturday's UFC PPV. The card is good but not on the level of UFC 200 or the McGregor-Diaz card but I think that the former pro wrestler has added the curiosity element that will sell additional PPV's. I'm confident that Punk will make a positive showing in his first ever fight.

Tickets for RINGSIDE with Jim Ross Shows are on sale now including Friday night September 23 at Jimmy's Famous Seafood & tickets are at missiontix.com, Wednesday November 9 Zanies in Nashville & tickets are at www.zanies.com and finally for our Wrestlemania weekend in Orlando April 1-2 and tickets are at www.ticketfly.com. Tickets for all shows start at only $25 but all seats are limited so don't delay

Have a great day...

Boomer Sooner!!

J.R. @JRsBBQ