When did JR start to lose his mind?

[JasonX 0]

I watched a tape of some really old (early 90's) WWE matches and was surprised to see Jim Ross wearing a suit, occasionally smiling, no cowboy hat in sight, and not screaming and yelling "BAH GAWD!". What's happened to him and when did it start?

JR became a parody in 2000 when Austin came back and JR started masturbating like a little girl over his return. He's been downhill ever since...

[Lil' Bitch 0]

JR became a parody in 2000 when Austin came back and JR started masturbating like a little girl over his return.

 

And it happened again in 2003

[Guest The Czech Republic]

I agree with Just John that any two of Ross, Tenay, or Heyman, or even all three, would be good, but leaning towards Heyman and Tenay. Frighteningly, an inspired Tony Schiavone could give JR a run for his money these days.

[Rendclaw 0]

I still say they should get two announcers who can repeat either the Gorilla Monsoon/Jesse Ventura or Gorilla Monsoon/Bobby Heenan style of announcing.

 

Either way works for me.

 

Cole and Tazz are kinda there...but they do some dumb shit too.

There is NO way that any commentating team could come even close to the magic of Gorilla/Heenan or Gorilla/Ventura. The only team that comes anywhere close is Schiavone/Tenay, although Schiavone/Zbysko was just flat out amusing at times.

[Guest The Czech Republic]

Legitimate question: Was Schiavone ALWAYS as bad as he's remembered as being? Sure you do have all the "This is the biggest night in the history of our great sport" every night, but how is that any different than Ross's hyperbole nowadays? JR has become Schiavone in a way, kind of like how someone becomes their enemy by being bad. THAT MADE NO SENSE WHY DID I SAY THAT LAST SENTENCE

[Guest Stunt Granny]

 

"Good Evening ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we will witness an epic encounter between two of the NWA's greatest physical specimens."

 

 

"Bah GAWD!!!!!! STONE COLDSTONECOLDSTONECOLD!!!! BAH MAH BARBA KEW SAWS!!!!!!"

 

 

Hardly seems like the same person.

[Guest Anglesault]

Jim Ross the announcer is a cartoon character. When he's not announcing, he's a normal human being.

 

Tazz and Cole are AWESOME when they try and explain jut why so and so is doing what he's doing.

[Guest razazteca]

I think it was when JR went heel with Dr Death and getting belipasy (sp?) did not help much.

 

Or it could of been the day that he stop using the football history and just started to use BAWH GAWD every second a spot happened.

[Just John 0]

Legitimate question: Was Schiavone ALWAYS as bad as he's remembered as being? Sure you do have all the "This is the biggest night in the history of our great sport" every night, but how is that any different than Ross's hyperbole nowadays?

I never thought Schavonie was as bad as everyone says he is. Obviously, he wasn't anywhere near the best, but I don't think he's worse than JR today. His only major flaw was his total oversell of everything ("This is the most important ____ in the history of our sport"; "The NWO is out to kill somebody"; etc). However, JR does the exact same thing, but he doesn't know as many moves as Tony either. Another thing poor Tony had against him was a weak support crew. He didn't seem as bad with Heenan or even Tenay, but when he was paired with Dusty Rhodes, Stevie Ray, Mark Madden, Larry Zbysko, or Steve McMichael, he had no one to help him out. JR is in a similar situation with Lawler.

[Guest Raven_Effect01]

Jim Ross the announcer is a cartoon character.

Yeah, he's a Porky Pig who eats barbecue sauce, ironically enough.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

or Steve McMichael,

...I thought the team McMichaels was on was Bischoff/Heenan/McMichaels...

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Did someone say that JR doesn't know as many moves as Tony "Gutwrench Suplex" Schiavone?

 

You people have lost your minds.

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

How dare all of you. Yes, JR is a blathering shell of his former self. But he is on Raw. What is entertaining on Raw?! You name me one thing. I'll tell you one thing, Jim F'n Ross. As Kevin Nash and HHH battle to dead silence, JR's head is on the verge of exploding from pure orgasmic bliss, as Goldberg dramatically jackhammers Rodney Mack, JR is demanding to know quote "Whos yer daddy Rodney Mack?! WHOS YER DAMN DADDY?!" and as RVD jobs and jobs and jobs again, JR is always there to call someone a son of a bitch, a jezebel or a scalded bitch ass dog mule who has been whipped.

 

Jim Ross is saving Raw and I will be damned if I let you drag his name through the mud.

 

But yes, seriously, is there anyone more entertaining on the Raw side of things? I know I've turned into Raw the past 2 weeks just to hear if JR keeps his streak of asking random wrestlers who their damn daddy is.

 

Jim Ross > The World.

[Just John 0]

Did someone say that JR doesn't know as many moves as Tony "Gutwrench Suplex" Schiavone?

Hey, Tony is no guru of wrestling knowledge, but it's not hard to know more names than Jim "Unorthodox Manuver" Ross.

[Guest Muzz]

Lawler and Ross should be ousted in an angle where Teddy Long calls for new announcers, and puts himself and Stevie Ray in there.

[Guest Anglesault]

JR is always there to call someone a son of a bitch, a jezebel or a scalded bitch ass dog mule who has been whipped.

with one leg

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

JR is always there to call someone a son of a bitch, a jezebel or a scalded bitch ass dog mule who has been whipped.

with one leg

Exactly.

[Guest Army Eye]

Schiavone is a weird case. In his 'prime' he was a wizard who called every single move. But in the Nitro era, he was every bit as bad as Ross, even worse I think. Every week I would be more amazed at how dumb he was. The only moves he ever consistently called were 'belly to back suplex' and 'sidewalk slam' (and he would often wrongly call different moves as sidewalk slams, this was a running joke in the IWC). There even came a time, and I can't really remember when this happened, when he couldn't even be bothered to remember most of the names of the wrestlers' finishers, he would just scream THAT'S HIS MOVE, THAT'S HIS MOVE!!

[Guest HungryJack]

I am reminded of WCW Mayhem:

 

i'd go for a dropkick, and

 

 

Tony : "HURRICA-RANA".

 

tremendous.

[syxx2001 0]

guys, you are cracking me up.

 

unorthidoxed manuever????

 

BARBA KEW SAWS~!?~

 

i haven't laughed this hard since i watched dave chappelles hbo special.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

He's been this bad since he came to the WWF. But he couldn't ever scream and yell because he had Vince sitting beside him.

JR: Looks like Austin is.....STUNNER! *sucks in to begin long winded BYGAWDSTUNNERAUSTINAUSTIN*

Vince(interruption): 1! 2! HE GOT HIM! HE GOT HIM! OH MY GOD IT'S OVER! WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! JUST LIKE THAT! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE WWF! OH WHAT A RIDE! HE'S GONNA! HE'S GONNA PUKE! HE'S GONNA PUKE! YOU'RE FIRED....oh only a 2 count. He didn't get him. He didn't get him.

JR: Took the words right out of my mouth Vince....

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

I await the day when JR will just completely loses it and hope it will be during one of the future turns of Stephanie against her father. (You know it will happen eventually)

 

"STEPHANIE MCMAHON! YOU JEZEBEL! YOU UNGODLY SEEMSTRESS OF HATE,SEWING THE SEEDS OF LIES AND SPITEFULNESS!! YOU FAT ALCOHOLIC LIKIN IT IN THE BUTT BITCH! I...Oh lord."

 

JR of course would then just remove his headset and never be heard from again.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Oh and JR's boner for Austin is NOTHING compared to the boner that McMahon had for HBK when he was commentating.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Vince(interruption): 1! 2! HE GOT HIM! HE GOT HIM! OH MY GOD IT'S OVER! WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! JUST LIKE THAT! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE WWF! OH WHAT A RIDE! HE'S GONNA! HE'S GONNA PUKE! HE'S GONNA PUKE! YOU'RE FIRED....oh only a 2 count. He didn't get him. He didn't get him.

 

JR: Took the words right out of my mouth Vince....

That pissed me off SOOOOOO much. You'd think they'd understand that if there's no finishing move there's no pin.

 

I also hated JR "Austin's gonna win this match! He has it in the bag. There's no chance in hell he's gonna lose!" He did that in the closing minutes of the 99 Rumble and you knew he was going to lose to Vince then.

[Guest Anglesault]

Oh and JR's boner for Austin is NOTHING compared to the boner that McMahon had for HBK when he was commentating.

The most embarassed I've ever been to be a wrestling fan (This year) was JR after Austin/Bischoff at No Way Out

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Oh yeah that was terrible. See JR goes nuts.

But Vince's was creepier. Subtler.

Vince: Here comes Shawn Michaels! The Heartbreak Kid! Quite possibley the most charismatic, the most gifted, the most athletic wrestler ever! There will never be another Shawn Michaels! This man has done it all! Love him or hate him! Some may not like the tatoos or the naval piercing! But he is the greatest wrestler to ever grace a WWF ring! OH MY! He's looking this way!

*panties fly into the ring and hit HBK. He turns to see Vince standing there waving*

[Guest Olympic Slam]

I don't think JR and Lawler have become worse announcers, they've simply conformed to the type of product they're forced to announce. RAW is a soap opera show so the two of them have to put over the storylines. This means making every face look like God himself and making every heel appear to be the most evil thing walking the Earth. ANY announcer will sound like a total moron if they have to sit their and yammer about how evil Stevie Richards, Three-Minute Warning and Test are.

[Guest BoboBrazil]

I just don't think Ross is enjoying working for the WWE right now. Sure he will say he is to keep his job, but I doubt it. This is the same thing Tony Shiavone went through. He was a good announcer too, until he stopped caring. Tenay is the best announcer in wrestling today though. I like how he adds all kinds of facts and info about the wrestlers and matches.

[Murmuring Beast 0]

He did that in the closing minutes of the 99 Rumble and you knew he was going to lose to Vince then.

 

Cole commentated on RR 99.

[Adam 0]

Shiavone flat out amuses me sometimes, he actually called a hurricanrana a headscissors and then a frankensteiner in the same match. I just think he wanted fans to believe that the same move wasn't being performed twice.