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Edge Thoughts..Extreme Rules..Ventura at it Again..Dynamite Kid..Legends Roundtable..Manny Ramirez..Let's Grill!
Wed, 04/13/2011 - 11:12am — J.R.
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Really nice to be home...going to be an interesting week. It's officially Grilling Season and time for you to order your JR's products. We are fully stocked and ready to serve. Random thoughts....
Quick trip up to Bridgeport, Ct via NYC's LaGuardia Airport. No short way of getting there from Norman. The segment that featured the King/Cole business was one of the highest rated quarter hours on the entire show. That's somewhat amazing on many fronts if one stops and thinks about it.
Perhaps King will 'trade' or 'waive' me for a more suitable tag team partner before Extreme Rules as I'm not sure how much help I'm going to be able to give him. However, much alike a car wreck, it will be worth slowing down for and for taking a perverse look.
X Factor in the announced tag match at Extreme Rules in Tampa is obviously Jack Swagger. The Perry, Oklahoma native is a certifiable beast who has no clue how strong he is and when his adrenaline starts flowing he's a total badass. Trust me. He damn near dislocated my shoulder merely grabbing me before King rolled up the former OU wrestling star.
Funniest questions I've been getting on Twitter @JRsBBQ is what my "finishing hold will be." You HAVE to be kidding me.
Next funniest question is when will King and I start training together to prepare for this 'epic tag team encounter.' How about not any time soon. Not even King can teach my aging arse any significant skills in three weeks. Let's face it, the King's team is in trouble.
Loved Tough Enough this week. @steveaustinBSR is dynamite in his role and it just keeps getting better. The eliminations are compelling TV.
Not sure if Jesse Ventura is 'off his meds' but his recent talk show appearances to promote his new book have been entertaining, unpredictable and, at times, wacky. The former Governor of Minnesota has always been unique but he seems to be getting more and more eccentric as he grows older. Working with Jesse in WCW, XFL, and in WWE was never boring but was never easy either.
Even though some have speculated that @michaelcole is doing all he can verbally to demean our family's BBQ biz here on line, our business has been steady and with the official grilling season for most upon us will only get better. My mother's homemade BBQ sauce recipe is the foundation of our Original Sauce and not even the inane ramblings of Cole is going to adversely affect our sales. If Cole has that much stroke, then those that are affected by what he says shouldn't be allowed on a computer in the first place.
We get lots of questions about the Dynamite Kid here on this site. Every year around the WWE HOF Induction Ceremony, Dynamite's name pops up quite often. Cutting to the chase: 1. I have zero to do with the WWE HOF and have less than zero influence as to who is inducted 2. I have NO IDEA if or when Dynamite Kid will ever be inducted but I have my doubts 3. Tommy Billington aka Dynamite Kid was a helluva in ring hand and WAY ahead of his time and arguably one of the best in ring performers of any era and 4. Dynamite is considered by many of his peers to have not been a great person behind the scenes as in he was allegedly a mean spirited guy. For the record, I never knew Tommy and only met him once a few years ago in the UK and it was sad to see him wheelchair bound. It's easy for one to be bitter when they've been dealt a challenging hand like that.
There's a new Legends Roundtable that debuted this week on WWE On Demand regarding the Canadian Effect on wrestling. I've already got some email and Twitter feedback from those that have seen it and liked it. There's no way to possibly get to all the great, Canadian talents in one show nor do I have any thing to do with the editing process of these very popular broadcasts. Invariably someone will ask,"Why didn't you talk more about Whipper Billy Watson" and so forth. Time restraints and the editing process are the primary reasons. It certainly isn't a respect issue.
Again, we DO NOT ship outside the USA from this site. However, http://www.wweshop.com does carry our JR's line of products and they ship to Canada, UK, etc. If WWEShop happens to be out of something then be patient as they order from us virtually every week and will restock ASAP.
Thanks to those that are sending us recipe ideas using our products. The latest of using our BBQ Sauces in Ranch Dressing was fabulous. BBQ Ranch Dressing is a winner.
Love how many wrestling websites won't give us the time of day unless I write something that can be perceived as 'dirt' or, in many of their vernacular 'news.'
WWE All Stars from THQ #WWEGames is doing very well. Give the new video game a try and I think that you';ll like it. Getting feedback that some Dads are playing it with their sons in sort of a generational thing.
Most stupid rumor send our way, "Is Manny Ramirez really going to wrestle in WWE?" That one is so ridiculous that it makes one want to slap their dog and we don't even own a dog plus abusing animals is a sin in my eyes. Manny Ramirez would not be an asset in any organization under his current mindset and attitude. What's Manny going to do, form a tag team with Barry Bonds? That duo would really create positive PR not to mention that neither can wrestle a lick nor do they seem likely to be the type of people that would take the business seriously and want to learn the ropes, so to speak.
I'm looking forward to attending the Cauliflower Alley Club Banquet next week in Las Vegas. Check out their website at www.caulifloweralleyclub.org. Lots of stars to be on hand.
Edge's retirement this past Monday on Raw was a shocking surprise. I had no idea that it was going to happen even up until the time Edge came to the ring and gave us the emotional news. There are no wrestlers in the business that I respect more as a performer and a man than I do Adam Copeland aka Edge. When I signed him in the 90's, he was a lanky, over achieving kid who simply wanted to live his dream of making it onto the WWE Roster. He and Christian were like brothers and both fed off the other in the ring as they each worked diligently every day to improve their game. I honestly can't remember a single day when Adam Copeland ever did anything to disappoint me or cause our department or company any problems.
Edge has a brilliant mind, a kind soul, patience, and would be a great teacher, producer, broadcaster, scout, or whatever task he may want to undertake in WWE. I look for Edge to take some much needed time away from the business and enjoy the North Carolina mountains and his dogs that he loves so much. He deserves no less than to return to WWE in whatever role that creates a win/win for Edge and the company but only whenever Edge is ready to re-engage.
In my role as the head of WWE Talent, I signed many athletes/performers who ended up excelling in WWE but none, and I mean no one, was more of a pure joy to work with and to watch grow from a mid card, tag team wrestler into one of WWE's most prominent and enduring superstars who will no doubt be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame some day.
I shutter to think what would have happened to Edge in another generation of the biz as it relates to accurately diagnosing his injury. Most old timers would have 'worked through it,' or attempted to do so, until their body completely shut down. That's sad and unnecessary. Modern medicine and the WWE attention to such matters regarding their talent's health were a blessing for Edge who will now be able to lead a somewhat normal life. I am especially pleased that one of my guys has attained financial independence and that he was able to live his boyhood dream.
Notwithstanding the touching farewell address by the popular native of Ontario, no one can debate that this story did not have a happy ending. Good things more often than not happen to good people and Adam Copeland aka Edge was one of the truly 'good guys' I ever had the privilege of knowing in the business. Now, Adam, if he so chooses, can start phase two of his WWE life and potentially gift the younger talents with his wonderful knowledge and passion for the genre.
Do it on your schedule Adam. Enjoy those North Carolina mountains and reflect upon a job well done. It's people like you that make me extremely proud to be in the business.
Boomer Sooner!
J.R.
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Hey JR big fan- love the sauce! But why do you think the hardcore championship in the WWE! I don't understand? All my friends love it and think it's the best
i was watching Adam's dvd today and i was watching the match he got with Lita and i was wondering why you always called her names when Kane tormented her and stalked her but then u defend him Amy retired cause of the way people treated her she didnt deserve that she was the best in weman's devision and deserved a heck of alot more respect them that
@wwe92, "the 2nd one" I thought he also cheated on his 1st wife who was Val Venis' sister.
great blog as allways i will miss edge but glad he left be for something really bad happend and adam tide it was the 2nd wife he cheated on
Do you know or have any idea if Shawn Michaels ever attends the Southern Baptist Conventions? For years I have wanted to personally tell him how proud I am of him both in the ring and as a man. So if I never get a chance to meet him, would you please tell him from a brother out of KY! Thanks JR!
Rev. Sean Daniels
Good afternoon, JR -
Love the Chipotle sauce - it was a big hit at our first BBQ this spring.
I recently watched the first "War Games: The Match Beyond" between the Four Horsemen and Rhodes, Koloff, and the Road Warriors. You and Tony Schivone were calling the match, and I thought you both added a lot of positives to the broadcast.
My question about that match is: How much of what happened did you know about going into the match? You've stated that being prepared and doing your homework are keys to calling a match successfully, but since that match was an original, one-of-a-kind - it had to be hectic/stressful keeping track of everything.
However, the match told a wonderful story, and even displayed some strategy rather than high spot after high spot (seperating Dillon from the rest, and making him submit).
Great job then, and good to see you back on the air. Keep up the great work!
Ryan Brown
Omaha, NE
One other thing:
You paying $100-200/year potentially to view WWE products does not entitle you to know everything about the performer's personal lives. I pay $300/month for groceries and I'm not walking around Wal-Mart concerned about the personal life of the tattoo'd, heavily pierced guy running my items across the scanner.
If you don't want to expose your kids to someone who has cheated on his wife, so be it. Don't pretend that every other parent in the world knows he did or doesn't take the opportunity to say "Cheating is wrong". On top of that, how many 6-10 year olds do you know that give a crap about someone cheating on their husband/wife? Simply unrealistic expectations.
Are you paying to watch them perform or are you paying to nose into their real lives?
It's not the latter. They do not go hand in hand. Comparing Roethlisberger allegedly raping/sexually assaulting two different women in the span of a year or Vick's dog fighting ring to a guy who essentially did nothing more than cheat is just extreme. Compare Hitler's crimes against humanity to a shoplifter next time.
This is the internet however. The high-horse riders reign supreme and, behind the protection of anonymity, hold everyone but themselves to much higher standards.
Like I said, it's none of our business. Matt Hardy is obviously past it. Lita is obviously past it. I have no idea about the ex-wife, but if they're all past it, so be it, it worked out for the best for all parties and that's all that matters. All I know is, I'm paying to watch them perform in the ring and on the mic. If I wanted to nose into stories like Edge cheating, I'd just watch Days of Our Lives or a 24 hour Hollywood gossip channel.
Lastly, I seriously doubt Vince or any creative decision maker thought "Oh hey, Edge has balls. He's doing Lita while Matt is injured. Let's give him a title push." No, he got the title push because the crowd indicated to someone they wanted to see more of him and Edge ran with the brass ring. Those little things that J.R. keeps referring to called "ratings" had a lot more to do with him being "rewarded" a title push than anything else.
And furthermore, for the poster who said it's none of our business, it's absolutely our business.
Maybe pre-internet it was different, but now that type of thing gets thrown out for the world to see, that's the world we live in.
As paying fans I think we deserve to know if the people who's salaries we are paying are decent as people and worthy of our hard earned money.
It's not just about what you do in the ring or on the field anymore. People are tired of athletes getting away with acting like jerks and it's forgotten about months later.
Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Vick anyone? At least they were punished. One by the league, the other by the law.
Obviously what Edge did is not at that level, but it is still an asinine thing to do to another person, and one who you call a friend.
There is an old saying "it's better to have an honest enemy than a dishonest friend".
These WWE stars need to realize that it's not 1995 any longer...what they do, how they conduct themselves outside the ring and in public, and, whether it's fair or not, in their private lives, is just as important as what they do on camera.
This is a company that directly markets to children. The performers are under the microscope every day. They should know well enough that bad new travels fast and think twice before they do something that will have a negative impact on them or the WWE.
Edge 's incident was nothing that is worthy of respect. He was a married man that cheated with his best friend's woman.
If you want to give his career it's due fine, but let's not forget, two other people had to pay the price for someone's infidelities.
how it would feel if any of us were in Matt's shoes in 2006....I don't care if they've patched it up today.
Bottom line is Edge crossed the line and was rewarded with a title and a push, Matt was the victim of deception and totally disrespected and he was released.....that's bull****..... I can just imagine the heartache he went through..
if Taker had done the same thing as Edge, don't tell me that he would be the most respected guy in the WWE and the locker room leader....there would be more than a few guys who would lose respect for him, they'd just look the other way because guys like JR and Vince would sweep it under the rug, and they'd fear for their jobs.
If Taker slept HBK's wife while he was on injury leave, what do you think would have happened then? Think Shawn would've been given his walking papers?
Not likely.
J.R. likes to talk about having people of good character work for the WWE and then says that Edge has never done a thing to disappoint him?
It's not about letting it go after a period of time has passed....the fact is it happened, and for someone to cross that line says something about them as a person, especially doing it to a friend.
J.R. seems to look the other way as long as it's one of his boys, like his good buddy Austin, who assaulted a woman not once, not twice, but but thrice.....it happened a long time ago, so what....I'm quite sure the women he hit haven't forgot about it.
Honestly, talking about someone that was good for the business and talking about the cheating issues are two very different things, whether it involved another wrestler and his girlfriend or not.
That being said, the parties involved have all put it well behind them. Matt Hardy went on Twitter Monday night and made it clear how proud he was to have worked and known Edge.
So seriously, let it go, folks. Just look back at the 13 years of a great wrestling career that is sadly coming to a close.
@WWEQ, if a topic is his character as a person then him cheating on his wife will of course be brought up. It would be brought up no matter who the person was.
Old business that was settled between the parties affected and none of our business. People make mistakes and it doesn't seem like he's repeated it. People holding someone accountable for something of that nature nearly 10 years afterwards are either just internet/real life trolls or are trying to avoid the skeletons in their own closet.
Seriously doubt JR ever condoned or approved any of that, but whatever, I'm sure he's been accused of dumber things. Most reasonable people have the ability to forgive and move on.
I guess that having an affair on your wife with your best friend in the company's fiance, while said friend is at home recuperating from injuries isn't disappointing and a display of lack of character as long as J.R.'s ok with it....and as long as that person no longer works for the same company.
I like Edge but he cheated on what, 2 of his wives?
Edge deserves whatever accolades he gets. The guy busted his ass in the ring for the WWE for ~14 years and it's only fitting he actually went out as the champ. I truly hope the guy comes back in some capacity as his segments were always one of the highlights of whatever show he was on, but more importantly, I hope something happens with medicine that allows him to do what he loves again without affecting his quality of life.
If The Rock isn't going into the HoF next year, I got a feeling they just found their headliner.