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Order Today..Shipped Tomorrow..Random Thoughts Post July 4th.
Mon, 07/06/2009 - 1:09pm — J.R.
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Here's hoping that everyone who celebrated the 4th of July and America's birthday had a safe and fun weekend. I took a break from the action on Saturday but had other WWE projects to finish on Sunday but all is good. I did spend considerable time at J.R.'S Family BBQ in Norman, Oklahoma and had the privilege of meeting several fans. That's always a good thing. Here's some BBQ'ed Random Thoughts.....
The WWE is doing HUGE biz in Australia as we speak as the Raw brand is on tour "Down Under." Brisbane had a near capacity crowd in attendance and grossed over $650K at the box office. Sydney had 18,543 in the arena which is a new WWE record for the facility. The event Monday in Adelaide was also close to capacity and sold over $550K in tickets. This international tour is going to be highly successful for WWE which should come as no surprise as Australia is one of WWE's hottest territories. Even though the trips are all early morning flights and some of the flights are not short ones, the large crowds always motivate any performer and the live events have been really solid from what I have read and from the emails we have received here on our site.
The Smackdown/ECW group had a minute to gather their thoughts on the beaches of Honolulu over the 4th of July holiday. My sources tell me that ECW Champ Tommy Dreamer was quite a "hit" on the sandy, Hawaiian beaches but I won't share the rest of the story as that would be like the "pot calling the kettle black." Anyway, it's called wrestling and not body building the last time I looked. Be sure and check out Tommy as a guest on the "Abraham Washington Show" this week on ECW which I think airs on Thursday this week. Check your local listings. Tommy made an excellent, verbal accounting of himself and it will be interesting to see how much of it makes air. I am a Dreamer fan who wishes that more of the young wrestlers looking to get their feet wet would tap into Tommy Dreamer's passion and love of the biz.
For the record, Arn Anderson told me long ago that "our fat looks better brown than white" which is why I enjoy my backyard pool in the summer time. I adhere to Double A's philosophy. It is what it is, folks.
BTW Honolulu was packed over the weekend at the WWE event. I have often wondered what a stadium event in Honolulu would have done back in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's heyday. My guess is that it would have done big biz considering "The Great One's" heritage.
The Raw crew is in Tokyo for two days and it will be interesting to see how those two shows do as the overall wrestling biz in Japan is soft from what I can tell.
Have you checked out "The Film Room w/ Gordon Solie" on WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand? This is one of my most favorite projects on which to work. The old, one camera film, not video tape, shoots from back in the day were awesome. It's also interesting to see how the story telling back then was more deliberate and easier to follow and seemed to allow the fans to make more of an emotional investment into what they were seeing. I think the bottom line is that fans were given more of an opportunity to get to know the stars that they saw on their TV sets which is akin to the era of pro sports prior to Free Agency which then saw long time, established stars begin moving from team to team. Main stream sports fans then became, seemingly, much more of a fan of their team than the individuals that comprised their favorite squads.
I have been closely following the World Series of Poker on line which sort of spoils portions of the future telecasts for me. I should practice what I preach and avoid the "spoilers" like the plague but my curiosity gets the better of me. I have become a big fan of the WSOP much like I have with MMA. I watched WSOP until the wee hours last night on ESPN2.
Sheamus, the Celtic Warrior, is earning good reviews while touring with WWE. Sheamus is a big, tough, Irish kid who has a discernible up side and could be a future star if he stays healthy and sane along with getting a little good luck. Sheamus formerly played rugby which isn't for the faint of heart and speaks for the young man's toughness.
Our orders in our store here on the site are doing o.k. but really need to pick up. We would appreciate any business you can throw our way and if you have an ideas that you think would increase sales, please let us know.
Our J.R.'s Original BBQ Sauce is getting great reviews and if you haven't tried it I hope that you will. Plus, we have the FREE SHIPPING offer on cases of sauce which is priced at under $50. Single bottles of sauce is only $3.99 for an 18 ounce, plastic bottle.
After looking more throughly at the recent 15 person trade announced on Raw last week, I think that two WWE Superstars will contribute in a big way to Raw, Gail Kim and Jack Swagger. I am a big Gail Kim fan and feel she can become, arguably, the hottest Diva on Raw which could well mean another championship for the young lady who grew up in Toronto and who now lives in Tampa. Swagger is a future PPV main eventer and even though that might be a year or so away from happening I think that it will happen. Swagger has the youth, size, and athletic ability to evolve into a great asset for WWE if he keeps working hard, learning his craft, stays out of trouble and off the injured list.
Horrible tragedy that ended the life of former NFL QB Steve McNair over the weekend. I clearly remember "Air McNair" attending more than one WWE event in Nashville while he was starring with the Titans. Steve got the NFL, VIP treatment with front row seats and he always seemed to enjoy himself and be up on what was going on in the ring. It seems that the QB who was shot dead in a Nashville condo a couple of days ago came to Monday Night Raw with his sons if my memory serves me correctly. I do know that McNair was a nice guy who seemed happy to be attending the events and wasn't such a big star that attending Raw was "beneath" him.
Yours truly will be heading to Connecticut Wednesday for a one day trip to do some TV production. I like trips that sees one out only one night a week which is the type of schedule I grew accustomed to on Raw. With the addition of WWE Superstars, the Tuesday tapings of Smackdown, and the post produced, voice over work, the TV production schedule has changed for many.
I have updated the Q&A Section of the site and invite you to check it out.
Again, thanks to those of you who have placed orders, no matter how big or small, in our on line store and to those of you that have visited our BBQ Joint in Norman. We sincerely appreciate your business.
Boomer Sooner!
J.R.
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I agree with MattMcD re: shipping being something that potentially stops people from purchasing (it has stopped me in the past although I just made my first purchase of the package beef jerkey).
Another suggestion along the same veins is either to have shipping costs associated with a set dollar amount (i.e. if you spend $0-$10, shipping is $3.50; if you spend $10-20, it's $5 - or whatever makes the most sense with respects to your shipping costs)
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have it associated with the weight of an order (there's another website that does this - that is, it will tell you how much more weight you can order and still keep the same shipping rate). I find that I have ordered more stuff in the past because i felt I was getting more bang for my shipping buck.
Thanks for all that you do (in wrestling and in food - two of my great loves!) - hope to get down to your restaurant one day.
Thanks for the suggestions for our trip We plan to be there the evening of Saturday the 1st, hope to see you.
You asked for ideas to drive business. The USPS has the flat rate boxes for shipping. Create combos based on the boxes. If 20 bags of beef jerky fit in a small box, or 10 bags and 2 "jars" of nuts, a shirt, cap, and jerky or nuts, etc. Shipping seems to be the biggest complaint, so building combos with flat shipping might help. I know shipping has stopped me from ordering more than one time. Just one man's opinion.
Hey, JR hope your'e doing well. I was on the 'net recently and read that wwe classics (formely wwe 24/7) are now censoring blood by turning the screen black and white whenever there is any type of blood shown. Now I know you are sick of the "tv pg" type questions but I am 22 years of age and have been watching professional wrestling for 8 years. I understand that wwe is trying to reach a broader demo but isn't this going a little bit too far?Btw just wanted to add that the only wwe show I actaully watch now is smackdown. Excellent wrestling is my forte and smackdown continues to deliver! Thanks again for your time.
Hi JR how are you? About the comment you made on Swagger, I think you are right about him being a future ppv main event if he works hard, learn his craft and stay out of trouble. But how is someone supposed to help it if their injured or not? Injuries happen in this business unfortunately, and just because someone might experience consistent injuries doesn't mean they should be fired (take Kennedy for instance).
This is a tough one because people my age grew up with blood in wrestling but I don't want my granddaughters being exposed to it. It's a damned if I do and damned if I don't type deal. Over the long haul, I think that going the PG route is smart to build a "family friendly" brand which plays more universally around the Globe.
Dear JR--
Your recent comments on WWE 24/7 provoked a question from me: What do you think of the E's new policy to edit any old footage that has blood in it, changing the screen to black and white? I understand that WWE is making a greater effort to cater to children. I also understand editing when it comes to legal matters (music rights, blurring old "WWF" logos, etc.), but doesn't this kind of revision work devalue all that the past of professional wrestling has given us? I know that Vince wants the parents of 13 year olds who scream for Jeff Hardy and John Cena to be comfortable with the product, but he also has to realize that it's 30-somethings like myself who are the chief subscribers to 24/7. My demographic understands blood as part of pro wrestling, and we even enjoy it in the right context. What do you think of this current trend?