J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q

Good evening Mr.Ross

I was able to DvR Raw after I got home from work after Midnight.

I loved the first segment, Been a die hard Taker fan since the moment he stepped out the curtain and was Dibasi's Surprise partner at the Survivor Series 1990, but I don't know he could pull this one off with Shawn Michaels. There is plenty of momentum going for Michaels these days, and he's right technically the Undertaker never beaten him not since the last time they officially had a PPV match back in Rumble 98 when despite inadvertantly breaking his back, Undertaker still lost to HBK via Kane's interfernace.  The tone too also gave me reason to believe that the Undertaker might not pull it out this time round, not Michaels bravado exactly heard plenty down the line think they couldn't sweat the Taker. But The Undertaker gave off the impression that his streak didn't really matter to him, that the streak itself was incidental. Us lamen  wrestling  fans been having betting pools on the various sites as to who would get that 1 in the lose collum for Taker at Wrestlemania. Personally I'd like to see the Taker go out without a single loss at WM become a HOF, Retire (When he feels physically ready to that is, not gonna tell Abdullah the butcher at 70 to drop his fork im not gonna tell Taker at 40ish to give it up) and still have a backstage job with WWE. Hack, The Undertaker would make a killer trainer at Ring Psychology just like Jake the Snake was for people like Raven.

BTW, is there a point to brand separations? I mean I got it when it first came out and it was such a big deal to have the Raw brand and the Smackdown Brand, each having their own sets of titles. And when ECW was reduced to being just another brand name (An hour long one that is) I got it. But now adays the talent cross brands all the time. From the wrestlers to the "Managment" apparently. Cross brand matches happen all the time and no one raises an eyebrow anymore, is the concept basically dead?

For the Hall of Fame, Im glad Koko B Ware got in, never won at Wrestlemania actually but still was a favorite on Prime Time wrestling and Superstars for me. The Flying dropkick, the Ghostbuster, and Frankie. I remember the word going out during Owen Hart's "Blue Blazer" Revamp in the late 90s that one of the Blazers that came out when he was just playing Owen Hart was Koko under the mask. Is that true? 
Of course I do take issue that the HOF has Still not seen fit to induct the Mainstay of professional wrestling for a good twenty years.... HAKU!
I have made my case for Haku before he is a legit toughguy, a former WWE Tag champion with Andre the Giant (Admittingly the Workhorse of that team) Former King of the WWE, WCW Hardcore champion till he basically handed the title over to jump ship to the short lived return to the WWE in 2001. Even in the 2001 when he was relegated to Heat, There was some Haku fans out there, I saw the Big Hair in the stands. Give the Samoan brotha some recognition HOF staff, its due! 

Also in HOF there also another name that has been left out for some reason, in the celebrity wing of the Hall of Fan is missing a name. Bob Uecker. Bob Uecker went back to back Wrestlemania's 3 and 4 got himself choked by Andre while hunting for Vanna White. First time he got a repeat in his contract, he was the surprise comedic foil to Jesse Ventura. He is also deserving of a spot in the celebrity wing. Make it happen Ross. I know you got some pull, Siche Tazz on them if they don't wanna do it. Pour that great BBQ sauce on them! 

Also, I Like Chris Jericho, but that whole rant he did with Ricky Steamboat was awesome and all But I have the Wrestlemania 2000 complete with the wrestlemania moments for the prior WM's and when it got to Steamboat vs Savage, Chris Jericho's testimonal on that match made it worth watching giving Props to Savage and Steamboat on a great match and proving that people of his size could out perform the larger wrestlers like the Hogans and Andres that was out at the main event. I hope they both were a good sport about that segment. I would hate seeing Flair vs Jericho at Wrestlemania, not because I wouldn't wanna see Flair, I got a signed napkin from Flair when I went to the Jim Crocket Sr Cup in 1987. But he got retired in the best match of his last days of his career he went out with a Bang not a whimper, theres nothing he got to prove out there not to Jericho at least.

Cost cutting and release of wrestlers and personel. I just got to watch Raw after a few weeks. A Few weeks ago Dlo Brown returned to the ring, a few weeks later he is released. You cost cut  by maybe not having five corporate jets on standby, not by pinkslipping guys who probably won't get the same money anywhere else in wrestling anymore. Lest they go to Japan, TNA/Ring of Honor still not cutting it as competition.

Lastly, am I the only one on the planet that finds this Vickie Guerrero angle with Edge married to her...kinda creepy? I get that the WWE is really getting behind the Guerrero family after they and frankly all of us wrestling fans lost Eddie, but Vickie making out with Edge, and now the Big Show, even in play acting shes getting more action than a Widow really should in public. God bless her and the WWE for giving her a place where the Guerrero Legacy can move on besides having Chavo, but still skin crawl time when that storyline plays out on air. I'd rather Vickie have an on air role that she doesn't get booed out the stadium. From all accounts shes a classy Lady just this sorted angle gotta go away so she can do something else on air.

Ok I got into a rant there sorry.  Its been a while since I posted here.

It's my sincerest hope that we will see another San Antonio native next week, for many reasons.  Honestly, at this point I'm confused on where they are going with a lot of the storylines.  HHH v. Orton seems pretty straight forward, but a lot of the others have left me scratching my head.  Do you think we might see a tag team unification match at Wrestlemania this year?

By the way I was shocked that you posted up my less than sincere question.  I was just trying to hopefully offer a little levity by fitting as many overused, already answered a thousand times, questions into something small enough you would read.  I wasn't even trying to be funny.  If I was trying to be funny, I would have gone with praising the Gobbledey Gooker, complaining about how he isn't in the Hall of Fame yet, and then asking your opinion.  Not saying that Warrior or Savage are an equivalent, but come on, how many times must we ask about them?

Here's to hoping you get to call the matches you really want to this Mania.