Tag: Jim Ross

Jim Ross Provides Commentary On NASCAR Truck Series Brawl (Video)

Source: FanSided

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross provided unique commentary for the NASCAR Truck Series brawl that occurred over the weekend

The NASCAR Truck Series usually doesn’t get as much attention as the Sprint Cup Series does, but on Saturday night, they stole the show for the weekend. After a crash on the track between John Wes Townley and Spencer Gallagher, the two brawled right in the middle of the track.

Brawl might be a kind way of putting it, because it was the worst fight ever and they looked like they were hugging instead of fighting. Short little hooks and a terrible DDT right on the warm pavement highlighted the fight, but immediately, people began attaching Jim Ross calls to the video.

So it’s only fitting that Ross created his own commentary for the fight in hilarious fashion. He tried his best to call it with the excitement of a Hell in a Cell match, but this fight was so bad, that Ross really turned up the comedy in this scenario.

 

Jim Ross Lands New Gig Calling Boxing

Source: Bleacher Report

Former WWE announcer Jim Ross has signed with CBS to broadcast boxing matches, according to a Tuesday report by Cliff Brunt of the Associated Press (via the Republic).

His debut broadcast will be on March 12 at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center in the first of eight “Knockout Night at the D” events to be held monthly.

Ross, 64, was both excited for the opportunity and aware he would require something of an adjustment period, as he told Brunt:

“I can’t overnight become a boxing expert. There will be learned boxing fans, longtime fans, that are going know infinitely more about boxing than I do, and I have no problem with that. My strengths are storytelling and getting you to know the fighter, and then bringing that spontaneity, that voice that cuts through the clutter.”

Ross served as a WWE announcer for 20 years, from 1993-2013. He also served as a WWE senior vice president for talent relations and notably signed “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock, John Cena, Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle, among other professional wrestlers, per Brunt.

While Ross will have to bring a different approach to announcing boxing matches as opposed to the WWE matches of his past, he doesn’t plan on totally changing his style.

“I’m excited because I’ll know about the fighters, I’ll know why you should like this guy, why he’s here, what it means to them—the story behind the fight,” Ross told Brunt. “And when the bell rings, I’ll call what I see, describe what I feel, and defer to my expert color analyst for the intricacies.”

That color commentator will be Al Bernstein, a veteran announcer who noted that Ross “brings to boxing the same wit and larger-than-life personality that has endeared him to wrestling viewers.”

In addition to his new gig in boxing, Ross is also working with FITE TV as an adviser and a spokesman and will be doing voice-overs for Mark Cuban’s New Japan Pro Wrestling show on AXS TV.

WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross’ New Project Revealed

Source: WrestlingINC

Flipps Media announced today that WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is working as a celebrity spokesperson, executive advisor and investor for their new FITE TV. They issued the following:

Flipps Media Launches FITE TV with Jim Ross as Spokesperson

Free mobile app delivers live and on demand fighting sports video on TV

San Mateo, CA (February 9, 2016) – Flipps Media, a popular mobile app for entertainment enthusiasts to easily discover and project digital content onto a TV using only a smartphone, launches a new product, FITE TV. FITE is a one-stop shop for viewing all sports within the fighting discipline globally including MMA, professional wrestling, boxing and traditional martial arts.

“The global popularity of fighting sports was a catalyst to our decision to developing this new product, “said Kosta Jordanov, co-founder and CEO of Flipps Media. “Flipps has been downloaded by more than 15 million people and many of them gravitate towards our sports content. With over 300 million fighting sports fans and 150 million practitioners worldwide, FITE plans to leverage the global popularity of the sports by providing seamless TV access to all fighting related content.”

FITE is launching free and pay-per-view programming including live events, shows, movies and documentaries in collaboration with over 20 organizations such as: TNA Wrestling, Tuff-N-Uff MMA, Ring of Honor Wrestling, Legacy Fighting Championships, WWN Live, World Armwrestling Championships, USA Sumo and Xtreme Power TV.

“By leveraging the global popularity of combat sports, Flipps existing audience and their unique TV streaming technology, FITE is set to disrupt this space,” said Tim Draper, investor in Flipps Media. “As an early investor in Justin.TV to become Twitch, I’ve seen the power of niche video focus in establishing an exceptionally strong brand, attracting key partners and delivering an amazing value to viewers,” added the legendary investor Draper, inventor of viral marketing and an investor in numerous great companies including Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, Twitch, and Baidu.

FITE partnered with Jim Ross as the brand’s celebrity spokesperson, executive advisor and investor. Ross is widely known as the “Voice of WWE.” With over 40 years of experience in the professional wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts world, the 2007 WWE Hall of Famer is one of the most prolific wrestling announcers and renowned wrestling executives at Mid-South Wrestling, Turner Broadcasting’s World Championship Wrestling and more recently for over 20 years at WWE. The two-time New York Times Bestselling Author also hosts a wildly popular weekly podcast, The Ross Report, with over 750,000 weekly listeners on Podcast One and is a main stay in the Twitter Universe with 1.4 million followers. As WWE’s EVP of Talent, Ross was instrumental in attracting and developing such world-renowned personalities as The Rock, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, John Cena, Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar.

“Getting involved with FITE is an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. It is the future of televised fighting sports,” said Jim Ross, executive advisor at FITE TV. “There is no easier way to stream wrestling, MMA and other fighting sports content including special commentaries on those sports by me.”

To learn more about FITE, go to fite.tv or to download the app, log on to Google Play:bit.ly/1QnPolu or iTunes: apple.co/1PxQGKT.

About FITE TV:

FITE TV is a product of Flipps Media and is a free mobile app that is a one-stop shop for viewing all sports within the fighting discipline globally including MMA, professional wrestling, boxing, and traditional martial arts. With only access to a smart TV and a smartphone, with the FITE app, viewers can watch live events, on-demand programming, interviews and fighting sports related movies and documentaries on the big TV screen.

More information can be found at fite.tv.

About Flipps Media:

Flipps delivers on-demand entertainment to any nearby connected TV from your mobile device without any additional hardware. The company has offices in San Mateo, New York and Sofia, Bulgaria and is backed by Tim Draper, Earlybird Venture Capital, Aslanoba Capital and LAUNCHub. Flipps’ patented technology immediately works with over 350+ million connected TVs and is compatible with over 7,000 manufacturer models requiring no set up, no pairing devices, no cables, no dongles and no set top box. The Flipps mobile application is free and available on iTunes and Google Play. More information can be found at flipps.com.

Jim Ross Returning To Pro Wrestling As Lead Announcer For NJPW On AXS TV

It was announced on Tuesday that WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be doing play-by-play for “New Japan Pro Wrestling” on AXS TV alongside NJPW veteran and former UFC star Josh Barnett beginning March 4.
“This opportunity to work with AXS TV is attractive on many fronts,” Ross told FOX Sports.com. “The travel won’t be weekly but approximately 8-10 trips to Los Angeles in a year’s time. While there, in a two-day, voice-over session, we will hammer out up to six shows. I’m happy OKC now has non-stop flights to LAX.”

“For me, the New Japan Pro Wrestling business philosophy reminds me of my earlier years in wrestling. I’ve had numerous other offers, some serious and others just flirting to return to TV Wrestling broadcasting but none have had the appeal that AXS TV offered me. We think my style will fit the NJPW in-ring presentation well. We’ll know that conclusively in early March. Plus, AXS TV and I discussed other potential projects outside NJPW.”

“I’m very excited about this opportunity to get off the bench and get back in the game,” he added. “My tank is far from empty. The social media feedback, especially on Twitter, regarding the possibility that I might get back behind the mic for some pro wrestling has been nothing short of spectacular. I’ve been touched by the genuine outpouring of support from fans who have been supporters of mine for years.”

The show is broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.

Steve Austin Reveals His WrestleMania 32 Status

The 100th episode of Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast features Steve Austin and can be heard at this link. Austin said he’s sure he will be at WrestleMania 32 this year and added that there are creative plans in place that he’s not able to discuss yet.

Sting Wants Jim Ross To Call His Last Match

Sting appeared on Jim Ross’ podcast The Ross Report recently to talk about his career winding down.

During the conversation Jim Ross said that there was a very short list of names that he’d want to come back to call their last match. He told Sting that his name was on the list. Sting let him know that he felt the same way.

“The feeling is mutual,” Sting said. “If I could have anyone on the face of this Earth to call my last match, it would be Jim Ross. If I get my way, if I get what I want, that’s what’s going to happen.”

Ross then joked that he was available and works cheap.

“You can’t say ‘the young kid from Venice Beach’ anymore, though. You’ll have to be more creative,” Sting joked.

Jim Ross hasn’t called a match for WWE since January 2013.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

TNA Provided An Update On Mickie James & Other Reactions About Controversial Angle From Impact

TNA Wrestling provided an update on their website about Mickie James following the controversial storyline from Wednesday night’s episode of Impact Wrestling, where James Storm pushed Mickie James onto the train tracks. Many suggested that Mickie had been killed off and it go a lot of negative attention online including Jim Ross and TAZ. Below is a video of the the angle form Wednesday’s  Impact:

 

TNA issued the following statement:

“On Impact this past week Mickie James thought she was coming to Nashville to meet with Country Music Executives, to further her already amazing music career. The “meetings” were set up by Mickie’s friend, the leader of The Revolution, James Storm and all seemed to be on the up and up.

That is until Mickie James got to Nashville, Storm was there to greet her and told Mickie the real reason he invited her to Music City, USA and it had nothing to do with music. Storm revealed he wanted Mickie to join The Revolution, to which Mickie was not only taken aback, but wanted nothing to do with joining The Revolution.

Then Storm walked Mickie James to the train station ant that is where Storm, for whatever his reasons are, knocked Mickie James onto the tracks. While Storm’s actions are despicable and boderline criminal, we have reached out to Mickie James  and have not yet gotten comment. We also reached out to security at The Nashville Star Train Station who were first on the scene after James Storm left and they were able to tell us that Mickie briefly blacked out and showed symptoms of a concussion. Mickie was tested and passed all concussion field tests. Mickie was emotionally disturbed following the events.

We will do our best to keep everyone up to date and we wish Mickie a very speedy recovery. We will be following up with Mickie James to see if she plans on filing criminal charges with Nashville PD.”

Here is what Jim Ross had to say about the storyline on his blog:

“I’m a big fan of both Mickie James, who was on our talent roster when I was in WWE, and James Storm whose work I’ve always enjoyed a great deal but the creative that they were provided Wednesday night regarding the train was undesirable and completely unrealistic and had me feeling embarrassed for two, very good talents. I do like the direction of Storm becoming a deranged character with scary tenacities but the train business did that few favors.”

The Jim Ross @JRsBBQ Twiiter account tweeted the following:

TAZ tweeted:

 

GFW News: Jarrett Speaking To Several Networks, Jim Ross, TNA & ROH Stars Not Allowed On GFW TV

Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Jeff Jarrett has been talking to WGN, Spike, Fox Sports 2 and CMT about a possible television deal for Global Force Wrestling.

There is no deal between GFW and Jim Ross, but the two sides are in negotiations. Jarrett is hoping to get more financial backing as well.

Both TNA and ROH talents are not allowed to work TV for GFW. ROH is allowing their roster members to work house shows for GFW. TNA talents are still waiting word if they will be allowed to work GFW house shows. Despite this, Tyrus has accepted a spot on GFW’s roster.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Could Jim Ross Return To WWE?

This past Monday on RAW a irate Brock Lesnar went on a rampage after Seth Rollins refused to give him his rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Title that night. Lesnar took out the entire RAW broadcast team. Lesnar delivered an F5 to Michael Cole. Later that night Byron Saxton announced that Cole suffered a cervical spine injury from the attack.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE is trying to do everything they can to get WWE Hall of Famer announcer Jim Ross back. JR attended this past weekend’s NXT show and received a shout-out from Triple H. JR has said several times on his podcast that he doesn’t plan to announce wrestling shows on a weekly basis anymore, but that could change if WWE makes the right offer.

Nobody is expecting that Cole will be back next week. Cole could be kept off the show several weeks, which would leave the play-by-play spot open. Saxton could be used again next week on RAW, but it’s also possible that next week’s show could see the return of the greatest announcer in wrestling history, Jim Ross.

Source: INQUISITR, click on this link for their full story

Jeff Jarrett Talked To Jim Ross About Plans For GFW

 

Jeff Jarrett appeared on the Jim Ross Report podcast & talked about his plans for Global Force Wrestling. Jarrett said GFW does not want to rush their product like other companies have done but they’re planning on having their own roster, live events, sponsorships and everything else. Jarrett discussed doing talent exchanges and cross promotions with other wrestling companies across the world because he believes that is what makes the wrestling business healthy. Jarrett said they want to get GFW’s brand out to the fans and create partnerships with companies like New Japan Pro Wrestling and AAA by the time they launch their own TV show.

Source: WrestlingINC.com