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I guess J.R and Foley are gonna do a good job and as the shows are gonna be taped, they can easily edit J.R's bloopers.
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i like how he ain't "tramping on down to Connecticut"
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Nobody knew? So Umaga gets drafted and just decides to go decapitate bobcore and co-rhodes without anybody knowing? Nice.
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Apparantly, Umanga and HHH knew in advance
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Kennedy would have had to know a few minutes in advance unless they had the entire roster at the Gorilla position.
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Wait, Umaga and Batista were told of their move ahead of time, and J.R., legendary announcer and head of fucking talent relations, wasn't?
That's a bit stupid. |
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Definitely agree that he should have been notified, but he still sounds like a huge baby in that post.
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I'm all for thinking JR's time is done, and wanting someone "new" to call Raw. I have no problem with a phase out.
You gotta tell JR though he is getting moved to SD. |
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Why is his time done?
Cole has improved over the years, but he's still no JR. And whether you agree with that statement or not, you can't dispute that no one can deliver on the more emotional moments like JR can. He may have lost a step or two the past few years, but I think a lot of people are overreacting to that. He's still the best current announcer, as far as I'm concerned. |
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B. I disagree. JR can still be good, I guess, but he is no longer anywhere near the great he used to be. He and Lawler pretty much ruined Chris Jericho's return, for example. C. This one I agree with. But would JR have done RAW then? For authenticity sake, I guess they might have felt like they had to do what they had to do. |
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Seriously, accident or no, that was a total Heenan move. If they could have Adamle pull that kind of shit a few times per broadcast, he could be fucking awesome.
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So I think it's fine if you want to start life without JR, and it's gonna be good for Cole to be stepping in now, and getting some on the job trainning so to speak. I even think JR understands that to. Still all is what you have to do is give him a call, and explain it. JR deserves that at least. Last edited by McLegend; 06-24-2008 at 11:33 PM. |
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Huh? You saw how JR reacted to getting drafted. He thought about quitting, and was complaining a fair bit about it on-air, to my understanding. If Vince called up JR before the show and said "Hey Jim, we're drafting you to SmackDown!," what would JR have done? Quite possibly have said "Sorry, I'm quitting." How would that have come off on WWE TV?
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Jim Ross moving is definitely good. It instantly adds a new feel to SmackDown!, something that the other moves of the draft (particularly Triple H) will do, as well. He will also get to work with Mick Foley, who if remains a commentator, could have quite the legendary stretch in front of him. JR/Foley could be a fantastic team, if you ask me. JR is your usual babyface-bias commentator, and Foley has been playing a more "you have to give the bad guys credit" role than he would as a wrestler. That was the kind of chemistry that made JR/King initially so good, in my opinion. Also, post-production will help JR sort his shit out.
This also phases out JR as lead commentator of the WWE. He's not going to be around forever, and seems to be taking it "night at a time." According to some of his blogs. It's a way of moving JR out of the spotlight a bit, and letting him ease into the sunset. Ideally, Tazz will swap with Jerry Lawler in the supplementary draft, as Michael Cole and Tazz were quite a good duo, and Lawler working with Mike Adamle could be hilarious. I mean, I think I would prefer Cole/Tazz and Adamle/Lawler to Cole/King and Adamle/Tazz, respectively, so while still not perfect teams, the swaps would do them good. |
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No Jim Ross thread is complete without this |
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I don't care either way about being told beforehand. From a showmanship pov, this is really the only interesting part of the drft aside from H and Matt Hardy. Nothing else is new or surprising.
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#59 |
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Why does he HAVE to be "the next JR" to be accepted as as good or even better than him? He should have his own style of commentating and what he does. He can't be expected to use the exact same phrases JR uses or whatever, so why should we expect him to?
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Again, I'm seriously confused as to why that opinion qualified for a neg rep. PLEASE tell me that no one else WOULD be worried about a job at that point. Or maybe I'm not making it clear enough what I mean (how clearer can I be?). |
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He probably knew.
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Jim Ross eats, breathes, and sleeps the business. Heck - even when he's screwing up his lines, he's still 1,000,000x better than the rest IMO. No one can match that passion. Paul Heyman is the only other guy that I know, that is in the same class as Jim Ross (at current day...I'm not talking about those in yester-year). As far as color commentary goes - again, I think Paul Heyman is head over heels better than the rest....due to the natural passion he has for sports-entertainment. JR and Paul Heyman were the greatest announce tandem ever created in my opinion. It's a shame that they're not together today. Tazz and JBL are other color commentators that I think are EXCELLENT (although I don't put them in the same bracket as Paul Heyman). Lawler, while not terrible, isn't as good as Tazz/JBL. Just my opinion. |
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I was just watching the move, and Michael Cole seemed pretty shocked by it, to be honest. It sounded like his voice was genuinely cracking at that point in time. Then when he was drafted to RAW, it seemed like he was trying to hide his elation via a humble connection to SmackDown!. Probably trying to be polite to JR.
I don't know, when JR came over, I felt pretty sad for Michael Cole. I don't think the guy is that good an actor to pull it off without genuine emotion. |
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i almost think it is a work, vince could have told him 3 months ago about moving to smackdown. vince could have said be as much of a cunt about the draft as you can.
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You're also legitimately stupid, so what you would do has little to no real measure on what might be going through the head of someone with a clue. Anyway, JR'll be back on Raw. Lawler will shit over anyone who tries to take the booth, and JR'll have a hissyfit. Anyone want to start a pool on how long this lasts? |
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The guy is an announcer who works 5 or 6 days a month. Big fucking deal. |
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yea, here's kind of how I see it. I understand why Ross would be upset. Yea, he wasn't told he was moving to another spot and it kind of caught him off guard. ok.
But you can play the Bret Hart card here and Ross is a hypacrite to call Bret a whiner. Wrestling is a fake sport. It's not like Jim's pay is going to change or anything. He's getting fake demoted in theory to announce a fake show. Just like everyone argues Bret let it go to his head that he had a "fake title" in a "fake sport" and how he was above everyone. It's the same fucking thing Jim. Like Rob said, they didn't tell anybody else, so why does Ross get a pass? The only difference is Jim Ross is on TV another night. Same pay (or probably more cause he cried about it), same benefits, same vacation. So shut the fuck up and do your job |
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ROFL, surprised no-one noticed this... (Read the bits in bold)
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I actually think that Jerry Lawler will be fired before he gets his way this time. Vince eventually got rid of Joey Styles, and Vince has been looking to edge JR out for some time. The WWE has gone without him in the past before, too. Lawler can very easily be replaced by JBL, if he agrees to step out of the ring again, and JR could very easily be replaced by Josh Mathews or Todd Grisham (hopefully the former).
To be perfectly honest, if I were Vince McMahon, I'd be sick of caving into the demands of JR. He works for me, dammit! Fuck, worst case scenario, I'd get really smarmy, and put Joey Styles back into head commentary position somewhere. At least that guy goes where I tell him. Last edited by Mr. Nerfect; 06-25-2008 at 10:45 AM. |
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JR might get to work RAW next week, as a farewell, and maybe the WWE will let Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler work together for events such as inter-promotional matches, and the like, and maybe host PPV preview shows on WWE.com, or something, but I don't think we'll see JR and King back together full-time on RAW again.
Although, I could very end up wrong. Not going to take a $100 bet from Rob, that's for sure. So, to put my technical vote in, KK: 7 days. ![]() Last edited by Mr. Nerfect; 06-25-2008 at 10:48 AM. |
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To those who think this is a work...
...JR is NOT a good enough actor to feign being as stunned as he was. |
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Well hopefully the combination of HHH, Edge and Jeff Hardy will be working title matches for the next year, which deserves to be the main event of PPVs. That way, JR will get his slot anyways.
If HHH is still on Smackdown come next years Mania, he's probably going to be the last on the card. I'd love to see Edge vs HHH teased all summer and fall and saved for Mania. |
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anyone got a video of Ross being drafted? I didn't watch Raw on Monday (Had friends over, was playing Rock Band), so I don't know how surprised this was.
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nah, I just thought that was hillarious. I'll try to find it
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here you go
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The shot of Michael Cole's face immediately after it leaves the screen revealing he was drafted to RAW says it all: he was freaked out by what was happening. The dude looked like he was about to cry. Also, he forgot to pick up his notes before initially standing after he got up.
Also, the comment to Mick: "Well, Mick, you got your wish." Was really sharp. Mick had been joking about working with JR instead of him heading into the draft. I can't turn it up too loud on my computer, but watching RAW, I'm sure I heard the word "job" in there from Cole. It sounded like he thought he might have been out of a job, I dunno. I might be hearing things. Last edited by Mr. Nerfect; 06-25-2008 at 11:47 AM. |
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Notice too that Adamle was shocked too, saying "no way" to the question of if Cole was out of a job. That question WAS looming because the announcers even brought it up. |
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If Cole didn't immediately realise that he was going to Raw, he's an idiot. With Raw still due a draft pick seconds later, and their play-by-play guy just been taken away, and ECW not getting a draft pick, what was he realistically expecting? Lawler to SmackDown too, and no announce team on Raw? Adamle to Raw, leaving Tazz to announce ECW on his own?? Tazz to Raw, leaving Adamle on his own, and an all-colour Raw team??
There's no way Michael Cole didn't realise instantly that he was off to Raw, so save it. Also, with those telling JR to stop bitching, I know where he's coming from. They didn't just change his job role slightly, they made a decision which changed his whole lifestyle and sprung it on him on live TV. JR has a business to run, and a ten-year old routine travelling with his best friend Jerry Lawler. It may only be one day but you don't know how much the move will interefere with his everyday life and affect the things he does on a weekly basis. I'm not saying it's the same, but about a month ago the company I work for turned around to everyone and told them that our Mon-Fri (as they have been, unchanged, for the three years they have been in business) shifts would now incorporate Saturdays instead. You might think so what, but to me, that meant no more Friday nights out on the piss... and considering all my buddies tend to do their drinking and socialising on Fridays, that fucked up my routine and my social life. But that's nothing compared to some of my co-workers. Some of them had weekend jobs to supplement their wages which they then had to give up. Some have kids and must now arrange childcare on Saturdays out of their own pockets. One guy in particular was a semi-pro footballer who had just signed for a team and, as my company is his full-time job and main source of income (and the team plays Saturdays), he can no longer play football. It has cost him money and his sporting career. I know it's not that similar, being too starkly different types of job, but still I'm just trying to convey how forcibly altering somebody's entire routine by just one day can fuck up a lot of shit, and they should have had the courtesy to give him at the very least some advance warning, if not allow him the opportunity to put together a case as to why he can't make the move to SmackDown. Last edited by NeanderCarl; 06-25-2008 at 06:41 PM. |
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