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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? |
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#2 |
it's really real meat
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it's on the front page of wwe.com too.
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#3 |
Spammy Certified
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Uh what was he doing there?
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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I'm sure he'll never be back.
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#6 |
it's really real meat
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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
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#7 |
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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 |
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#8 |
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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.
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#9 |
the low Art Gloominati
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Bah gawd he'll be back.
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#10 |
Spammy Certified
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I bet Dixie is contacting him right now.
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He has been a Talent Relations Consultant for NXT the past few years.
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#12 |
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Love Jim Ross. He was easily one of the greatest and likable personalities in the WWE.
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Best Poster
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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 |
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#15 |
fire walk with me
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King of Clowns
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#17 |
doesn't care about Big E.
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Trickster Demon
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Y2KoTF
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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.
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#20 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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JR's WWE Legacy: 20 years of subtle humiliation and downright disrespect.
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▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒
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#22 | |
Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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Breaking Update - x5: EXCLUSIVE! JIM ROSS SPEAKS OUT ON BEING FIRED!!! Only then, will the circle be complete. |
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#23 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Even cancer can't stop TazzDan from owning Ryan The Shitman Clarke.
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#24 |
New Arcade God
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If this is Flairs fault....Fuck you Flair
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Fuck that 2kSports loved what Flair did. Whoooooooo!
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#26 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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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.
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It wasn't his fault flair was drunk. They should fire flair. Oh wait. Flair won 16 titles in a fake business.
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Best Poster
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AJ Lee's shooting straight tonight
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#29 |
They're eating the dogs..
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Doin' It Right
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Good for him.
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#31 |
EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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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.
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#32 |
king of sucks
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do'nt think it will hapen him going to tna but him an taz back togather would be good.
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#33 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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![]() Not disrespect. |
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Former TPWW Royalty
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#35 |
Snow Mexican
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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 |
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#36 |
EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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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?
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King K Cool
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I remember I went to check out WWE.com and I saw a large picture of Eddie and some text but I didn't bother reading the text as I automatically assumed that it was just some sort of article on him or something. I check out WWE.com a bit more and I do other things, until later in the night I go back to WWE.com and see the same picture but the text catches my eye this time and I read it and I was left completely shocked. |
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#38 |
fire walk with me
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man jr was so disrespected and humiliated
he kept coming back his fault |
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#39 |
You know that’s right
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You can't teach that
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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". |
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