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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 31, 2016 6:43:00 GMT -5
I try to listen to as many wrestling podcasts as I can. I try to listen to Austin's, Jericho's, Colt's, Sam Roberts', Taz's and Cheap Heat. I want to put JRs on that list too, but good lord it's terrible.
He asks insulting questions. "Do you find Roman Reigns sexy?" To Brooke Tessmacher. Constant weird questions about her body and talking about her nice "tush". His weird un-funny impressions of Terry Funk and Stu Hart he shoehorns into every interview regardless if the interviewee has any connection to them. It always leads to awkward laughter from the guest. He asks the same boring questions to everybody and constantly harps on stuff like ROH's lighting, punching, workers not selling enough, etc etc.
For someone who has so much wrestling knowledge and who on paper should be a great podcast host, he's actually boring and terrible and weird. Am I the only one who thinks this or am I being too hard on good ol' JR?
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 31, 2016 7:36:21 GMT -5
I haven't got through enough of one of his podcasts to be able to comment on most of the criticisms because I always end up turning it off. He is so boring, he drags everything out, he sounds like he'd rather be anywhere else.
His one man show was pretty good (apart from his drowning bag of puppies story), but he sounds like he's records this after one too many whiskeys and he's ready to sleep.
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 31, 2016 8:24:43 GMT -5
His one man show was pretty good (apart from his drowning bag of puppies story) what |
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 31, 2016 8:29:02 GMT -5
His one man show was pretty good (apart from his drowning bag of puppies story) what Going purely off memory but it was something like when he was a young boy, his father made him put a load of puppies in a bag and drown them in the nearby lake/river/whatever to 'make him a man'. Everyone was horrified as you would expect but JR said it was about his tough southern upbringing. He spoke about it as someone would about their teacher lashing their hands (as the old punishment goes), a 'It sucked but that's what we did in those days' thing. |
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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 31, 2016 8:33:57 GMT -5
My only issue is he doesnt sound as enthusiastic as say Austin or Jericho. But JR has had that tone for a long time anyways
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 31, 2016 8:50:32 GMT -5
Going purely off memory but it was something like when he was a young boy, his father made him put a load of puppies in a bag and drown them in the nearby lake/river/whatever to 'make him a man'. Everyone was horrified as you would expect but JR said it was about his tough southern upbringing. He spoke about it as someone would about their teacher lashing their hands (as the old punishment goes), a 'It sucked but that's what we did in those days' thing. Jesus Christ |
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Post by Muskrat on Mar 31, 2016 9:23:34 GMT -5
He's good with the right guest, but I generally only listen when he's reviewing something with someone like Keller or Meltzer. He's much better in a casual conversation setting then in an interview format in my opinion
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Mar 31, 2016 9:48:52 GMT -5
JR needs to drop the podcast as he's not good at it and it's unravelling the 'good ol' JR' persona he's crafted. In the few I forced myself to listen through, he comes off as either bored or sour, not the wise grandpa of wrestling who was so mistreated by the WWF/E.
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Post by 111111 on Mar 31, 2016 12:50:34 GMT -5
JR kind of seems like a bit of an asshole
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Post by Brother-RD on Mar 31, 2016 15:49:09 GMT -5
Does he still open with 20 minutes of "I don't get modern booking / Bill Watts / Sonic peach tea"? That got old real quick for me.
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Post by malloc on Mar 31, 2016 15:55:31 GMT -5
He's good with the right guest, but I generally only listen when he's reviewing something with someone like Keller or Meltzer. He's much better in a casual conversation setting then in an interview format in my opinion Yeah when he is talking to one of the boys from his era or old timers with the same opinions like Jimmy Cornette then he is fun to on listen to whether you agree with the opinions or not because he is at least engaged in the conversation. |
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Mar 31, 2016 16:03:01 GMT -5
I dropped it from my rotation after his Dixie Carter episode.
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Post by tms on Mar 31, 2016 16:06:41 GMT -5
He lost me a couple years ago when he started browbeating "today's fans" for not recognizing Daniel Bryan's "slow burn" push to the Wrestlemania main event when anyone with half a brain could tell the WWE fell into it kicking and screaming and backing into it ass-first.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Mar 31, 2016 16:31:37 GMT -5
I've listened to a few of Jericho's and I wasn't a fan. Jericho was way too over the top. I like Austin's. His is one of my favorites. Jim Ross's is good sometimes. The impressions get annoying after awhile.
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Post by chazraps on Mar 31, 2016 19:45:47 GMT -5
I want to recommend you all check out Kevin Kelly's podcast (DON'T START WITH THE MOST RECENT WRESTLEMANIA PREVIEW ONE! IT'S A OUTLIER STYLE FROM THE REST OF THE EPISODES, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FIRST)
Kelly does great analysis, opinion and conversation about what's going on in WWE, like genuinely great unbiased but informed insight. He then has a pretty wide spectrum of guests who he knows just how to play to. Forget whatever opinions you may have of Kelly based on his play-by-play or his WWE work or that one shoot where it looked like he had an uncharacteristically bad day. Trust me, give it a show. It's every two weeks, and the next one's up this Tuesday after Mania.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Mar 31, 2016 21:44:59 GMT -5
I want to recommend you all check out Kevin Kelly's podcast (DON'T START WITH THE MOST RECENT WRESTLEMANIA PREVIEW ONE! IT'S A OUTLIER STYLE FROM THE REST OF THE EPISODES, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FIRST) Kelly does great analysis, opinion and conversation about what's going on in WWE, like genuinely great unbiased but informed insight. He then has a pretty wide spectrum of guests who he knows just how to play to. Forget whatever opinions you may have of Kelly based on his play-by-play or his WWE work or that one shoot where it looked like he had an uncharacteristically bad day. Trust me, give it a show. It's every two weeks, and the next one's up this Tuesday after Mania. And on the subject of Kevin Kelly, I'd strongly recommend his series of interviews on the Place to be podcast. He did a series of year by year account of his time spent in WWF from 96-03. I think the series covered something like 15 two hour shows in the end. |
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Post by unc40 on Mar 31, 2016 23:04:02 GMT -5
Going purely off memory but it was something like when he was a young boy, his father made him put a load of puppies in a bag and drown them in the nearby lake/river/whatever to 'make him a man'. Everyone was horrified as you would expect but JR said it was about his tough southern upbringing. He spoke about it as someone would about their teacher lashing their hands (as the old punishment goes), a 'It sucked but that's what we did in those days' thing. I think J.R. is a little full of it with that story. It was common in the old days for farmers to do that when their dog had a liter of puppies and they couldn't find a home for all of them. Was it wrong? Yes, but the thinking then was that it was more humane to do that then let them go in the wild on their own where they would just suffer. Sounds like another back in my day everyone was tougher stronger and smarter story. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 31, 2016 23:11:45 GMT -5
Going purely off memory but it was something like when he was a young boy, his father made him put a load of puppies in a bag and drown them in the nearby lake/river/whatever to 'make him a man'. Everyone was horrified as you would expect but JR said it was about his tough southern upbringing. He spoke about it as someone would about their teacher lashing their hands (as the old punishment goes), a 'It sucked but that's what we did in those days' thing. The amazing thing was he didn't find a way to make that story about Bill Watts somehow. |
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Post by funakifan88 on Apr 1, 2016 0:55:11 GMT -5
I can't stand JRs podcast sometimes for all the reasons mentioned but mostly because he always attempts to get his guests to agree with him on certain issues such as "Would you agree that true heels are a lost art?" and then when the guest says "yes" because they don't want to be confrontational he just says " Yep. I agree" and then signs their name to his imaginary petition.
Speaking of Jericho, I hate it when he cuts to a commercial and he thinks he's being sly but we all know he recorded that bit in post and he's not actually talking to the guest anymore and his fake laugh is atrocious.
I dig Kevin Kelly's podcast and Austin's (with the right guest) and Tazz's show is just quirky enough to be entertaining but Colt is still the king of podcasts. His show is always a home run for me.
That being said, right now The Lapsed Fan podcast is dominating my eardrums and has not made room for many other podcasts. I try to stop it but its a mother f***ing freight train. It's not what I want. It's what I need.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Apr 1, 2016 3:13:57 GMT -5
Going purely off memory but it was something like when he was a young boy, his father made him put a load of puppies in a bag and drown them in the nearby lake/river/whatever to 'make him a man'. Everyone was horrified as you would expect but JR said it was about his tough southern upbringing. He spoke about it as someone would about their teacher lashing their hands (as the old punishment goes), a 'It sucked but that's what we did in those days' thing. Jesus Christ What isn't told (and this is NOT a defense or justification) is that Mr. Ross bred dogs for show/profit. The puppies that young Jim was drowning were the bastard mutts that were the offspring of the wandering purebreds. |
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