Is Jim Ross taking shots at today's announcers?
 

Sounds to me like he's not a fan of Matt Striker, but he may be talking about Todd Grisham too. Personally, I like the new style of commentator. What do you think? Is JR on the money here, or is he just bitter becaue he's not in the spotlight anymore?

he could be goofing on coachman too

Maybe, but that tone strikes me as more of an attack than a rib.

Yeah that sounds more like a dig at Coachman but to be fair, Coachman never said he hated his time in the WWE since he still gives occasional references to wrestlers or wrestling when he does his highlights. Could also be a dig at Striker but that is because Striker has a lot of knowledge about wrestling compared to the other announcers in WWE which makes him seem like a smartass.

All those people JR mentioned either were owners/bookers of a company or had decades of experience as an announcer and/or wrestler which helped create their special personality as an announcer to the fans.

he might be taking a few quiet shots.

If I were getting into the business today to announce I'd study Jim Ross.

I almost said 'quiet shots' in the thread title, but decided against it.

He probably really wanted to answer that, but he didn't want to sound arrogant.

Yeah hes def bitter about not being an announcer anymore.

Bitter.

And if I was getting into annoucing today, my biggest inspiration would be CM Punk. :cool:

Scott Stanford for me.

This begs one question.

Dear Jim Ross:

U MAD?

:rofl:

you mean steve

Yes, of course.

He is just an old-school guy not liking new school tendencies

So what you're saying is, he's bitter.

I liked how Jim Ross pissed off Cole so much on one episode of Raw last year for one night commentating only.. I HATE COLE...

And I enjoyed Cole saying goodbye and good riddance and Jim Ross just slapped his head with his cowboy hat hard... Fuck Cole..

Jim Ross >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cole. I also hate his stupid repetitious I have an e-mail everytime his laptop "beeps." He's a stupid BOT REPLIER....

What did Santa get you last month, Raven Reaper?

Hey Thrilla, you're a mod, right? Can you have a word with AAA about installing some kind of IQ test during the sign-up process?

Well that wouldn't be any fun.

I'm not here for fun!!! I'm here for informed debate/conversation with like-minded folk not idiots with poor SPAG!!! :rant:

He may be a bit of a mark, but you don't have to insult his cooking. I find his spaghetti to be passable.

haters gonna hate.

HOLY SHIT AT THE RAVEN GUY BUYING KAYFABE!

The Wrestling forum is gold right now

Josh Mathews is amazing right now. The guy just seems to click well. He's studied who his peers are, and he essentially has chemistry with all of them. He can switch between play-by-play and color pretty much seamlessly. The only time he comes off "too cool for school" is when he is on NXT sometimes. But that's sort of a running gag there.

...and NXT is about as relevant as Sunday Night HeAT.

I think you guys may be reading too much into what JR wrote.

Jim Ross can do whatever the fuck he wants.

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You are a degenerate, Tedious! :mad:

I would love to have a beer with Jim Ross.

and BBQ lunch with him!! I LOVE BBQs!!!

Exciting stuff, indeed.

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I really want a JR shoot vid, but it will never happen.

JR or Cole shoot vid would be great!

Srsly Cole right now is way more 'enjoyable' on commentary than JR was the past few yrs. So is Josh Matthews. JR needs to STFU.

You need to STFU.