Big News: Jim Ross Retires from WWE
 

Per the WWE feed on Facebook, Jim Ross retired from WWE effective TODAY. It said he is retiring from the company to better focus on his business endeavors.

Thoughts?

it's on the front page of wwe.com too.

Uh what was he doing there?

Here's the link to the WWE.com article

http://www.wwe.com/inside/jim-ross-to-retire-26147422

I'm sure he'll never be back. :roll:

yeah it's disappointing, but how often does he even announce anymore? the rare ppv? i'm not sure if he does anything backstage anymore either

Can't believe they didn't use him this year at WM29. Would have been nice to hear him call the Punk vs. Undertaker match.

Having him do pre and post show with a few other people like Kofi Kingston was pretty ridiculous IMO

I'm sure he'll be around occasionally. Outside of hosting the PPV pre-shows and calling the occasional Wrestlemania match, I'm not sure what exactly he still did for the company in the last several years.

Bah gawd he'll be back.

I bet Dixie is contacting him right now.

He has been a Talent Relations Consultant for NXT the past few years.

Love Jim Ross. He was easily one of the greatest and likable personalities in the WWE.

Do you still touch little girls?

shows up in TNA

BAH GAWD ITS JR. ITS JR. JR!

seriously though, he is so good at announcing, not that it needed to be said - its obvious. I don't know what WWE thinks when they don't use him. If he went to TNA I might actually watch lol

no he hasn't

he can't

that is why he is forced to just believe the 43 year old guy roleplaying as an 18 year girl who is roleplaying as a 14 year old girl to get off

God damn. That might be true.

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Just reading Ryan Clarks 'Breaking Update - x2' as to why he was 'fired', great reading. He manages to make the same 3 points and re-word them to make 10 different sub-points. Journalism at its best.

JR's WWE Legacy: 20 years of subtle humiliation and downright disrespect.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The feedback I've received re: my <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE">@WWE</a> retirement has been amazing. Heartfelt thanks to all. I'm ready 4 the next adventure. Stay tuned!</p>&mdash; Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRsBBQ/statuses/377945641504489472">September 12, 2013</a></blockquote>

I'm waiting for:

Breaking Update - x5: EXCLUSIVE! JIM ROSS SPEAKS OUT ON BEING FIRED!!!

Only then, will the circle be complete.

Even cancer can't stop TazzDan from owning Ryan The Shitman Clarke.

If this is Flairs fault....Fuck you Flair

Fuck that 2kSports loved what Flair did. Whoooooooo!

Have to admit, my heart jumped a bit when I visited WWE.com and the first thing I saw was a large picture of Jim Ross and a small bit of text beside it. Then I saw it was just a retirement announcement and chilled out.

It wasn't his fault flair was drunk. They should fire flair. Oh wait. Flair won 16 titles in a fake business.

AJ Lee's shooting straight tonight

You have to be fair to Flair.

Good for him.

So sick of this idiocy. He wasn't treated any worse than anybody else; in fact WWE has done more to polish and shine up his legacy than anyone or anything. Without WWE he'd be remembered as some fat hick who did some announcing.

do'nt think it will hapen him going to tna but him an taz back togather would be good.

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Not disrespect.

TNA actually had a good chance of getting him in 2010 when his previous contract was almost up but only as a real GM and not as an announcer.

I just read some of that post on the main page.... it just sounds too insane to be true.

And on top of it... what the hell was Jim Ross "fired" from? Doesn't he just do the occasional interview and voiceover stuff?

It all sounds retarded IMO

So tell me, how many times has the man in that picture been disrespected and humiliated in the same way? It's part of the ridiculous double standard of convenience that wrestling fans have. Vince McMahon's on-screen character is an evil, heartless bastard who will fuck with anyone. And anyone with an on-screen role is also a character as well. This kind of shit is as old as the face/heel dynamic. It even has a name: heat. Why is Jim Ross supposed to be immune to it?

man jr was so disrespected and humiliated

he kept coming back

his fault

battered announcer syndrome

A few differences. When the Boss degrades himself its not the same as him shitting on his workers.

For 20 years his medical conditions and appearance have been mocked on the reg.

Give me a break. This falls into the "No matter what the side is, Tedious will always side with anyone as long as its against the standard." Add this to your list of despicable people and acts you "defend".