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

Greetings from under the black hat from WWE’s resident Okie – who’s barbecue-fueled with “My JR’S BBQ Sauce” – and ready to head to the Pacific Northwest for Sunday’s “No Mercy” pay-per-view and Tuesday’s Friday Night SmackDown taping in Spokane, Wash., which will be our second broadcast on MyNetwork TV.

We are celebrating the move to MyNetwork TV in style in Oklahoma City with a watch party of Friday Night SmackDown, starring Tazz and a cast of thousands, at J.R.’s Family BBQ Restaurant in Moore, Okla., and at our Norman J.R.’s as well, in association with our local MyNetwork TV affiliate KAUT Channel 43.    Friday Night SmackDown was a major production emanating from Green Bay Tuesday night, and was one of the faster-paced, in-ring friendly events I can recall in a long time on any WWE broadcast. The broadcast starts huge with an All-Star Eight-Man Tag that went three segments. And the maiden voyage on the new network finishes equally as strong with a Champion of Champions Triple Threat bout featuring champions Triple H, Chris Jericho, and Matt Hardy.   There is no better time to check your local listings than now to locate the MyNetwork TV affiliate in your area. Don’t wait until five minutes before the perceived show time to do your homework. This is a Friday Night SmackDown you don’t want to miss, especially if you enjoy color commentators splendidly attired in orange … which isn’t yours truly’s favorite color but as Tony Soprano told wife Carmella, “Poor me!”   Random Thoughts:   I may or may not have gotten a quasi, Joe E. Styles motivated “CAT FIGHT” in on Friday night’s show during the first-ever Divas Champion vs. Women’s Champion bout that saw Diva Lumberjacks surround the ring in, believe it or not, party attire. If my old broadcast partner Jerry “The King” Lawler had been announcing, there is no doubt in my mind he would have experienced a rise … in his blood pressure and his mental focus for this attraction.   Speaking of Lawler, word on the street has it that he has volunteered to fly to the west coast to be at Heather Locklear’s side during her recent meltdown – until King found out that she was “getting a little long in the tooth.” He thought she was still young as in her “T.J. Hooker” days.    No word on SmackDown G.M. Vickie Guerrero’s condition after she was Tombstoned by Undertaker last week, which could make Friday Night SmackDown a “rudderless ship” this week. If “The Fink” wasn’t so busy mentoring Dr. Joe E. Styles here on WWE.com, there is no one who could right this egregious wrong better than “Uncle Howard,” who was all over the home page of WWE.com the last time I looked.   

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