Might as well ask.....hire Jim Ross?

[celticjobber]

Sept 13, 2013 6:31:50 GMT -5 @subtlemocking said:

Didn't he say he was retiring to focus on his business ventures?

As others have mentioned, Ross didn't really retire (atleast voluntarily). He was forced out over the WWE 2K14 roundtable debacle with Ric Flair.

He was telling fans he had no plans on retiring as recent as his Q&A event in Scotland last week. Ross said he had no intention of retiring and talked about continuing his work in WWE developmental. Ross added that he would never retire and would always be there when needed. Ross also said that the day he would retire is the day they bury him.

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Using TNA logic, they would fire 10 younger (more like "younger") guys to use their combined salaries to pay for JR and then be shocked that no one wants to see Hulk Hogan wrestle Sting every other week due to lack of wrestlers... BUT with JR on commentary.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Sept 13, 2013 6:51:57 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

He's a wrestling fan (as spoken at the hall of fame induction). As a wrestling fan he can't possibly want to be associated with a company who has some employees who had a hand in the destruction of a once great wrestling company, NWA/WCW.

As much as he seems to hate WCW, I don't think that'd be a factor in his decision at all.

[jason1980s]

I hope this time away from wrestling allows JR to commentate on television dramas which has always been a dream of mine.

How much better would Law & Order be if, when the guy who *really* killed the girl confesses and JR yells "bah god!"

I can hear him now in the episode, where Dann Florek and Ice-T just stand by and watch as the bad guy falls from the roof into the garbage bin. Then the truck comes and squishes the guy in the trash grinder.
"THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE! THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE!"

[Joe Neglia]

Sept 13, 2013 6:51:57 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

He's a wrestling fan (as spoken at the hall of fame induction). As a wrestling fan he can't possibly want to be associated with a company who has some employees who had a hand in the destruction of a once great wrestling company, NWA/WCW.

NWA wasn't/isn't a company and it's still around. WCW cut its ties to NWA long before the buyout. Even then, you can't say WWF destroyed WCW. WCW messed itself up to the point higher-ups gave it a mercy killing of sorts; all McMahon did was buy it up after it was dead. After. If he hadn't, WCW would still have been dead.

Also worth pointing out Ross didn't end up with WCW by seeking out employment there; he was among the UWF crew that saw the same thing happen in 1987 that WWF did with WCW 14 years later; Crockett bought out UWF and added some of their talent to the roster, including Ross. And while Ross certainly appreciated a lot of the talent in Crockett/WCW, he was by no means a fan of the company itself, with its constant turnover of guys in charge above him.

On a separate note, Ross isn't going to show up in TNA. He knows, even with the termination, where his bread is buttered in the wrestling world.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Of course. THEY should hire him. But that's the easy question.

Does he WANT to sign with them? I bet he doesn't.

Supposedly he is interested in getting a career in broadcasting/scouting for MMA.

[Kash Flagg]

He's mentioned that he wouldn't mind doing some MMA commentary.

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Only if he flips his shit for Sharkboy like he did for Austin.

SHARK BOY! SHARK BOY! SHARK BOY! BAH GAWD, IT'S SHARK BOY!

Good ole' JR is a great wrestling mind and a fine commentator, but he ain't saving TNA. It would be like if a failing pop star started doing porn, quite honestly.

[Joe Neglia]

Supposedly, Ross has talked to Dana White post-"retirement"...

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

I take JR over Tenay and Taz. Plus he be great for a behinds the scenes guy because he knows wrestling. Which is what missing. JR at the table at less can make something seem like a big deal. Taz and Tenay can't and it kills the creditability.

[Ganon83]

The schedule on the road in TNA isn't insane. In WWE Cole is working around 112 shows a year, Taz works 38.
I really doubt it would ever happen because they want to cut costs, that would go the opposite route by adding another paycheck, unless they want him to book, be on talent relations, announce, and be a road agent. I really doubt JR would want to do all of that.

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Sept 21, 2013 16:22:38 GMT -5 Ganon83 said:

The schedule on the road in TNA isn't insane. In WWE Cole is working around 112 shows a year, Taz works 38.
I really doubt it would ever happen because they want to cut costs, that would go the opposite route by adding another paycheck, unless they want him to book, be on talent relations, announce, and be a road agent. I really doubt JR would want to do all of that.

Cole does at least two shows a week. JR would have King's schedule if he was active on WWE commentary.

[ICBM]

Can't see it doing much good. In 09 it would have been great. Now it is an expense that does not pay a divided. They have an announce team. Ross is the best ever, but the creative direction is not supplying new angles for him to put over. They are placeholding with booking

[percymania]

I figured this would be a topic sooner than later. As others have said, I think JR has little interest in joining TNA, though I think he could add a lot to their program.

[aaronslip]

I want to see him enjoying himself on television. A new fad has started where the weirdos on the nastier little message boards are going out of there way to all but wish cancer on Ross. For no other reason, to give them something to cry about.