It’s better late than never for Jim Ross as the WWE Hall of Famer finally announced his ‘RINGSIDE: An Afternoon with Jim Ross’ show for WrestleMania weekend. The show will be held at the Rockbar Theater on Saturday, March 28, on Saratoga Avenue in San Jose, California, starting at 1PM. Tickets will be $20 for general admission and $65 for...
TNA Impact announcer Josh Mathews took a nasty shot at WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross on Twitter yesterday, a remark which he eventually apologized for, sort of. “Why anyone would say @ufc ‘won’ the night over @nfl is beyond me. Please, stop. It’s not a fair fight. If you are over 60, just go away,” Mathews wrote, referring a comment by...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross wrote a piece on Macho Man Randy Savage’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame as his latest work for FoxSports.com. Ross discussed the time he met Randy Savage for the first time at the WrestleMania IX weekend in Las Vegas and how they were never great friends – or even friends at all. Ross described how Savage...
Former WWE champion Phil “CM Punk” Brooks appeared on AXS TV’s Inside MMA television show along with his new MMA coach, Duke Roufus of Roufusport. During the interview, series hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten asked Brooks about his prospective weight class, potential UFC matchups, and his training progress so far. When asked if there’s a...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be calling his first wrestling matches since January 2013 tonight as he teams up with Matt Striker to handle the English language broadcast of NJPW’s WrestleKingdom 9 pay-per-view in Tokyo, Japan. Produced by Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling, Wrestle Kingdom 9 will be airing on pay-per-view in the United...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross announced that TNA President Dixie Carter will be a guest on his podcast on January 6, 2015. Ross recently had his idea of having Mike Tenay join him for the Wrestle Kingdom 9 PPV turned down by TNA and just like in WWE where Vince McMahon has final say, in TNA Carter has the final say in all things related to the...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be doing two one-man Ringside shows during the Royal Rumble weekend, one show in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey. The first show will be held on Friday, January 23, at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, at 8PM EST. A VIP meet and greet will kick off at 8PM. On Royal Rumble Sunday, which would be...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross was announced today by Global Force Wrestling as the play-by-play man for GFW’s presentation of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 9 live on pay per view in North America on Jan. 4, 2015. “I am truly honored and excited to have been asked to be a part of this historic event,” Ross said. “To be able to...
Addressing the several Internet rumors about returning to wrestling commentary, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross denied all of them, especially the one where he allegedly signed to do play-by-play for the January 4 event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling pay-per-view from Tokyo. “Let me make this perfectly clear. I have no...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be making his MMA announcing debut on October 3, for Battleground MMA. The former voice of the WWE will be joined by former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, who is currently serving a two year suspension from actively competing in mixed martial arts. Ross made it no secret in the past that he would love to call an MMA...
Today is the last day that WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross can legally say he works for WWE, and while JR has been doing his own thing since announcing his retirement back in September of last year, his deal with WWE officially comes to an end today. “It’s a day filled w/ mixed emotions. WWE tenure ends officially @ midnight. Great run. Best 21...
In his latest blog post, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross described what happened over the end of last week where he ended up being in hospital for a few days and eventually released on Saturday night. Ross said that he was in Vegas for the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion and he doesn’t remember driving to the airport from his house or boarding the...
Jim Ross is back at home after spending a couple of days in hospital. “Home sweet home…your well wishes greatly appreciated,” Ross tweeted last night. TMZ.COM reports that tests conducted on Ross determined that the symptoms were being caused by meds he had been taking for an unrelated medical issue. Ross was also informed that...
Jim Ross is still in hospital although he said that he hopes to go back home today in a post on Twitter. “Bumper to bumper medicals. 2 MRI ‘s, blood drawn 4X, echocardiogram, neck artery scan….all today. Awakened every 2 hours since last nite,” Ross wrote yesterday. While the WWE Hall of Famer did not disclose what he’s being...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross was admitted to a hospital after he came back from Las Vegas last night. “Got home from Vegas not feeling well. Now spending the night in the hospital for observation. Shouldn’t have said anything to my wife,” Ross tweeted from hospital. He did not elaborate what the problem was and he has not posted...
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross held an afternoon show yesterday at the House of Blues in Chicago as part of his “Ringside: An Evening with Jim Ross” tour. Just like in every city he tours, JR had some tricks in his bag which ended up being special appearances by Tommy Dreamer and Lisa Marie Varon, better known to wrestling fans as Victoria or...
The Belly Buster Submarines announced yesterday a deal with Jim Ross to bring the JR’s BBQ Sauce in Canada. The Toronto-based sandwich franchise is now offering the full line up of JR’s BBQ Sauce flavors, including JR’s Original and new JR’s Hot BBQ Sauce. “We have always loved wrestling and are excited to combine the food industry and...
Jim Ross announced that he will be doing boxing commentary for Fox Sports 1 on Memorial Day. The May 26 event will be a Golden Boy Promotions special saluting the men and women of the Armed Forces with a Golden Boy Live! show at Fort Bliss’ Stout Fitness Center in El Paso, Texas. The show will be headlined by Nicaragua’s Rene Alvarado...
Just like his Steve Austin and Jim Cornette surprises at his Ringside shows in New Orleans, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross pulled another surprise from his bag of tricks at his Ringside show in Toronto yesterday. Toronto’s own and fellow WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus joined Ross for a segment of his speaking event much to the enjoyment of the...
Appearing on the Jim Ross podcast The Ross Report, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels talked about the ending of streak at WrestleMania XXX and when the decision was taken. “I was shocked, I was shocked,” HBK said, adding that everybody was stunned backstage at the outcome. Ross speculated that the decision wasn’t probably taken at the...
