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

Busy week in Oklahoma for yours truly. We started at 6 a.m. Thursday morning doing OKC TV and radio appearances promoting the Friday Night Smackdown move to MyNetworkTV on Friday October 3. Friday I will spend the day in Tulsa doing the same. These appearances always give the dirt mongers plenty of cannon fodder to misquote what they thought they heard to selected members of the wrestling internet.  

As reported here earlier in the week, our website has had one of our bigger sales weeks since Monday's Raw when Charlie Haas continued his spoofing ways this time targeting yours truly.  Thanks Charlie and congrats on the new baby girl. Charlie really "out punted his coverage" when he married the lovely Jackie Gayda.

For the  record, I never told anyone I attended OU but I did attend Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma I am proud to say. My wife purchased the 1974 Oklahoma National Championship ring that I often wear for a Christmas gift and I consider it one of the most thoughtful and valued gifts I have ever received. If the cute remarks about the ring had been left out of the segment, it would have been perfect but, alas, one can't grieve forever.  Poor me.

BTW these days I am proudly wearing my 2007 WWE Hall of Fame ring that we received a couple of weeks ago.

There are several wrestling websites that I enjoy visiting when time permits but some seem to be trying to out TMZ, TMZ. Reporting that Kurt Angle had filed for divorce...no wait...stop the presses...it was Karen Angle who filed for divorce...allegedly...sources say. Is this information that wrestling fans truly need to know? Is this news? Is it any of our business. I hope this rumor isn't true.

Sometimes one can sense when something special may be evolving and that is the case for me when I watch Vladimir Kozlov in the ring these days. Kozlov does some of the subtle things very well and is a well conditioned, bad ass. Kozlov has the chance to "break through" it seems to me. The Moscow Mauler is far from a polished product but he certainly has an upside.  

If young wrestles like Ryan Braddock and Jack Swagger (nice name) remain aggressive and escalate their physicality as time goes on, both young men have a good chance of achieving success in the WWE. Working hard, smart and physical cures many ills in the ring such as inexperience. 

Yours truly has also been enjoying the development of Evan Bourne however in my view Bourne is more than side kick material. Bourne needs to be a member of Friday Night Smackdown which is as you know BROTHER the WWE's #1 program.

My broadcast partner on FNSD, Tazz,  is simply an angry man. He's like the ornery,  family friend from another world,  Long Island,  that I never knew I had.  However, I think this Friday night's Smackdown Broadcast was our best yet. 

Carlito wears orange and black ring attire this Friday night and guess who (Human Suplex Machine) isn't happy about it?

Chris Jericho is picking up where Edge left off prior to Summerslam and Raw is a better show for it. I shutter to think where Raw would be today without HBK and the World's Heavyweight Champion. And Santino's unibrow.

Speaking of Edge, how is hell these days? Hurry back. 

I am attacking a Seattle Slew of Q&A's this weekend prior to leaving for Columbus, Ohio on Sunday morning. Stay tuned for that and thanks for all your support and business. Please keep us in mind for your holiday gift giving needs. I approve this message. 

Boomer Sooner!

J.R.