Jim Ross WWE Status & Future

[MrWrestlemania316]

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his JRsBarBQ.com blog with an update on his health, his WWE status and what the future holds for him. Ross sounds like he's getting fed up with fans asking when he'll return to WWE and says he has other options to pursue if he and WWE cannot come to terms on new contract when his short-term deal expires soon. Here's what JR said about

His WWE Return: "If I get asked one more time when I'm going back to work at WWE, I think my head will explode. My career will take whatever direction it's meant to take when contract negotiations commence. One never knows how that process will go until it begins. I do expect it to go well."

Working From Home: "We have several, viable opportunities that will allow me to do some fun things and rarely leave Oklahoma which is a somewhat popular option with some members of my household. ... I would be less than honest if I did not say that being at home, working on projects from Norman and from this region of the country isn't an intriguing option for me to explore."

Life After WWE:"I do know that my feelings toward broadcasting, my love of sports and entertainment, and emotionally engaging in whatever I do is alive and well. I'm certainly not burned out or even charred around the edges and sincerely feel that my best days lie ahead."

[kidglov3s]

You tell 'em, Angry Jim Ross!

[brutuscheesecake]

Ross has been going through the motions for a long time now. I still see him as some hick WCW castoff keeping Gorilla's seat warm.

[Jason]

I can't be the only one hoping he goes to TNA? His schtick has ran out in WWE and he just sounds bored. And honestly, I can't blame him. Nothing exciting happens anymore. I like Striker on Smackdown and I'll be bummed if he comes back and takes his spotlight. BUT I will say this...

Raw - Striker and Cole
SD - Lawler and JR
NXT - Mathews and Saxton

I'd probably do that if I had the chance to switch the roles around. I might even put Todd in Lawler's place however.

[moonlight]

With all due respect to his Bell's Palsy, I got tired of looking at him. Ross looks like a bulldog from a kids cartoon. He needs to fade off into the sunset.

[lovingway]

JR is extremely overrated

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Kiss my ass you lousy bastards.

[Deleted]

The only times I liked JR was when he went ballistic on commentary. Like this:

[Krimzon]

Angry Jim Ross was amazing! I've been listening to JR since I was a young child. He was the Gordon Solie of his generation. I'm going to miss him like hell when he leaves for good.

[DiBiase is Good]

JR was the best commentator around at one point but in the past few years, he's started to make a lot more mistakes. I understand he's getting older and has health issues and anyone can make mistakes but he's dangerously close to becoming a cliche of himself (if he's not already there).
I know a lot of people won't agree with this but I think Michael Cole has been superior to JR for some years now. Unfortunately, he suffers from being Michael Cole in that a lot of people won't give him credit for anything because he's Michael Cole.
I personally think JR should retire before he taints his legacy even further. Whilst I never saw him as the best commentator ever, he's definitely up there. Wrestlemania will seem different without JR losing his voice at the end but things change.

[Rorschach]

Feb 14, 2010 14:23:01 GMT -5 Krimzon said:

Angry Jim Ross was amazing! I've been listening to JR since I was a young child. He was the Gordon Solie of his generation. I'm going to miss him like hell when he leaves for good.

Me too, and I'm, surprised that there's so much JR hate in this thread. I can understand that there are those who don't much care for him, but come ON. You're telling me that having Cole out there on RAW unchecked is a BETTER idea than having Jim Ross out there? If I were to ask for anything to happen in light of this news, it's that King hang up his headset too, and for JBL to come back and take King's spot. Seems like Jibbles was the only one who could control Cole on commentary, and put Cole's idiot ass in check when he said something stupid (See the infamous "SHUT UP!" incident, or even his "Don't you EVER interrupt me again, MAGGLE!" outbursts for proof.)

Now, if anything, I fully understand if this latest Bell's Palsy attack has debilitated him even more, and he doesn't wish to return yet...and heck, for all the great years he's given us, I'd gladly say that JR has earned the right to do as he wishes with his career, be it working at home, or around the WWE offices. But to say that it's a GOOD thing that he's gone? NO WAY.

[Deleted]

If J.R. is leaving then I demand he gets a sendoff in Wrestlemania and call Wrestlemania this year. It's only fair imo.

[Orange]

Raw doesn't sound right without JR, hell any show doesn't sound right with JR. To me he is THE voice of modern commentary, and I would love if when he comes back to rejoin King on Raw. King hasn't been perfect don't get me wrong, but Cole sucks all the energy out of anything that is going on; it's pathetic. I would love to have JR back

[SAJ Forth]

Feb 14, 2010 14:41:23 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

If J.R. is leaving then I demand he gets a sendoff in Wrestlemania and call Wrestlemania this year. It's only fair imo.

I think a proper send off if he decides to call it a career is a very good idea.

[lovingway]

Feb 14, 2010 16:23:17 GMT -5 SAJ Forth said:

Feb 14, 2010 14:41:23 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

If J.R. is leaving then I demand he gets a sendoff in Wrestlemania and call Wrestlemania this year. It's only fair imo.

I think a proper send off if he decides to call it a career is a very good idea.

Good let him kiss McMahon's ass again and get beat up by everybody right after he turns heel in Oklahoma

[Krimzon]

A JR send-off? I'm sure Dr. Hiney & Nurse Slobberknockers are available.

[Deleted]

I've never really been big on Ross, and there honestly isn't a place for him anymore, so if he wants to leave, he may as well.

[Ryushinku]

Hope he can come back, I really miss ol' JR on commentary.

[Jay Peas 42]

Again, JR is in his late 50s. King is actually older than him. He has a few years left in him.

[Sephiroth]

Jim Ross was, and remains, a great announcer. He is probably the only pure babyface announcer left in wrestling-the rest all seem to have slipped info neutral status. He and Jerry Lawler had an interaction that echoed Vince and Jesee, or Gorilla and Heenan. But sadly, JR's declining health, along with changes in the on air product, have left him a shadow of his former self. I don't think he has become so much a cliche as much as the business has simply moved on without him. This is not the first absence he has taken, whether for health reasons of because WWE was trying out replacements. And the industry has really just moved on and learned to live without him. It is sad but true, and it inevitably happens. I honestly do hope JR calls it a career. He has contributed a huge amount to the business and to WWE as a whole. He deserves a well earned retirement. I only hope that one day soon we will see another announcer as great as him.