Talk:Jim Ross

JR the ref?
Jim Ross has never reffed. Can someone remove that cat from the article? I can't for some reason. TaintedZebra 06:50, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * He has refereed, early in his career, when he was working for Bill Watts under Ernie Ladd's tutelage. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - &lt;*&gt; 06:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Then it should be mentioned in the article, otherwise the cat makes no sense being there. TaintedZebra 22:35, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What a stupid statement. He has reffed. Therefore the article will say he has been a referee. There is no point in not saying it if it is true.
 * Without trying to cause a stir, this fact isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. Needs to be mentioned, I don't have any reference to prove this, so not putting it in. If this isn't included in the article and cited within two weeks, I'll remove the category. Fol de rol troll (talk) 23:01, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing mentioned to save this and nothing added, so removed category.Fol de rol troll (talk) 09:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

McMahon outed
In actual fact, McMahon was first revealed as more than just a commentator at the 1994 Royal Rumble, when in introducing Ted DiBiase as his color commentator DiBiase states "In fact, it should be the other way round McMahon you should be working for me". So I think it should be removed. Masterofdestiny (talk) 06:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That is just a hint, a passing comment. Ross's worked shoot was the first instance of McMahon's ownership status being openly and explicitly stated, both in terms of the storyline (the work) and in terms of the reality that many fans were not aware of at the time (the shoot).  There is a huge difference.  --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - &lt;*&gt; 07:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

His birth year
I think WWE.com's report of his 63rd birthday this year are not accurate or realistic. Meaning, I think the DAY is correct but not the year, I don't think he would say in an interview an age that differs so much from WWE.com's figure. The 63 years was probably decided upon by WWE creative as J.R. is meant to be old and such, already older than Vince McMahon now too...

Deanbb (talk) 06:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I read in Power Slam magazine that Jim Ross was born on January 3rd 1952 which makes him 56 years old.Jimmy1994 (talk) 21:57, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[ [User:jpb4life/jpb4life] ] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpb4life (talk • contribs) 23:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC) Jim Ross has signed a new 2 year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment

Drafted to SD
Page needs to be updated, he was drafted to Smackdown in exchange for Michael Cole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.12.235 (talk) 04:04, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 06:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Non-Kayfabe Role
Why doesn't this article mention Ross' role as an Executive in the WWE corporation? Hes been a VP-Talent, Story writer and other stuff...but no mention here? Gavin (talk) 13:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Look under the 1999-present section, second paragraph. It says:
 * For most of the next six years Ross was involved in very few storylines. Also during this time, Ross served as an Executive Vice President of Talent Relations for the WWF/WWE, a codified extension of his long-time role as a member of management backstage in charge of hiring new talent. By 2005, Ross had stepped down from his executive and management roles.
 * ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 13:24, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

His real life role is referenced, but it is very difficult to distinguish between some of the kayfabe events and the real life events, especially those beginning his "Sporadic appearances and departure (2010–2013)" section, such as the statement "Ross later revealed that he was given no prior notice that he was to be publicly fired". Was this a Kayfabe interview or a shoot interview? Ultimately, I think that his on air roll should be separated from his backstage role. CrazyFoolMrT (talk) 22:40, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Removed info from most recent edit to Personal Life
I have just removed this from Personal Life -

"Ross has also particpated in several angles during his time with the company, making his inring debut on the october 11th 1999 raw where he teamed with Steve Austin and went to a no contest with Triple H and Chyna. Several years later he and Jerry Lawler lost to Jonathon Coachamn and AL Snow at Unforgiven 2003 after Chris Jericho attacked Ross. Two years later he beat Triple H after interference from Batista on Raw. He also has been cut open by steve austin, set on fire by Kane and given a low blow by Linda McMahon."

Any of this that is important should be included with citations in the main article. Fol de rol troll (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Heath Ledger controversy
Just wondering, it's listed in the article that Ross said 'Unlike Heath Ledgar, Rey Mysterio's career is alive and well'. I'm sure he said "At least Rey Mysterio's career is alive and well". I don't remember him mentioning Ledger by name. Also, the Ledger in the quote is mis-spelt. Just wondering if anyone's got a recording they can listen to, just to double check...Fol de rol troll (talk) 11:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I have the pay per view on video. He said 'Unlike Heath Legder, Rey Mysterio's career is alive and well'. I remember being shocked about what J.R. said. Chrissytina515 (talk) 03:47, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Jim Ross
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Jim Ross's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "OWOW": From Rocky Johnson:  From Joe Scarpa:  From Taylor Rotunda:  From Dustin Rhodes:  From Eddie Guerrero:  From Nikolai Volkoff:  From Jimmy Snuka:  From Dave Batista: </li> <li>From The Great Khali: </li> <li>From Cryme Tyme: </li> <li>From Bret Hart: </li> <li>From Rey Mysterio Jr.: </li> <li>From Ricky Steamboat: </li> <li>From Matt Hardy: </li> <li>From Drew Hankinson: </li> <li>From Mark Henry: </li> <li>From Gregory Helms: </li> <li>From Paul Orndorff: </li> <li>From Bobo Brazil: </li> <li>From Ron Killings: </li> <li>From Paul Wight: </li> <li>From Billy Graham (wrestler): </li> <li>From Carly Colón: </li> <li>From Brandon Silvestry: </li> <li>From Darren Matthews: </li> <li>From Charlie Haas: </li> <li>From Randy Orton: </li> <li>From Bryan J. Kelly: </li> <li>From Eddie Colón: </li> <li>From Evan Bourne: </li> <li>From John L. Sullivan (wrestler): </li> <li>From Eve Torres: </li> <li>From Harry Fujiwara: </li> <li>From Ric Flair: </li> <li>From Stone Cold Steve Austin: </li> <li>From Josh Mathews: </li> <li>From Ted DiBiase Jr.: </li> <li>From Sgt. Slaughter: </li> <li>From Cody Rhodes: </li> <li>From Matthew Kaye: </li> <li>From Oleg Prudius: </li> <li>From Nattie Neidhart: </li> <li>From John Cena: </li> <li>From Scott Levy: </li> <li>From Dave Finlay: </li> <li>From Ezekiel Jackson: </li> <li>From Maria Kanellis: </li> <li>From Scott Hall: </li> <li>From Kevin Nash: </li> <li>From Maryse Ouellet: </li> <li>From Milena Roucka: </li> <li>From Glenn Jacobs: </li> <li>From John Hennigan: </li> <li>From Ray Gordy: </li> <li>From Iron Sheik: </li> <li>From Hornswoggle: </li> <li>From Eddie Graham: </li> <li>From Dusty Rhodes (wrestler): </li> <li>From TJ Wilson: </li> <li>From André the Giant: </li> <li>From Triple H: </li> <li>From The Bella Twins: </li> <li>From Santino Marella: </li> <li>From Mick Foley: </li> <li>From Katarina Waters: </li> <li>From Windham Rotunda: </li> <li>From Layla El: </li> <li>From Nick Nemeth: </li> <li>From James Yun: </li> <li>From Lance Hoyt: </li> <li>From Paul Lloyd Jr.: </li> <li>From Jason Reso: </li> <li>From Michelle McCool: </li> <li>From Bob Orton Jr.: </li> <li>From Randy Savage: </li> <li>From Johnny Curtis: </li> <li>From Brett DiBiase: </li> <li>From Roddy Piper: </li> <li>From Chavo Guerrero Jr.: </li> <li>From Kris Pavone: </li> <li>From Jesse Ventura: </li> <li>From Trent Barreta: </li> <li>From Miss April (wrestler): </li> <li>From Jake Hager: </li> <li>From Drew Galloway: </li> <li>From Naofumi Yamamoto: </li> <li>From Gabe Tuft: </li> <li>From Ryan Reeves: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:41, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

New Info On Retiring
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/2914948/WWE-commentator-Jim-Ross-says-hell-probably-never-announce-another-wrestling-match.html#ixzz0jkRMTtEl

Basically saying he's done and wont announce another match. Hope the source is okay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.220.95 (talk) 10:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Return (2011)
I made the original edit on JR's return, and I was wondering, is Triple H the real COO, or is it kayfabe? Thanks for the links, I was in a bit of a rush, as I had just seen it, and I was trying to be as detailed as possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrestlin'fo (talk • contribs) 14:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Health (stroke)
its written by a wwe agent? sounds like that :( nothing about his stroke? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.146.249 (talk) 04:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Managing
The addition of Kane and Ezekiel Jackson under wrestlers he has managed seems like vandalism to me. When has he ever managed those guys? Also, Zeke's name is misspelled. There's also no mention of Dr. Death Steve Williams who is probably the only wrestler that JR has ever legitimately managed. TheGary (talk) 00:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

2k14
HI. Why can't I include that Ross was fired because he did a poor job as host in 2k14 panel? The source PWInsider says that it was the reason. PWInsider doesn't say that still a rumor. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 17:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The opening line in their article is "The word making the rounds within WWE" which means they are reporting the rumors they have heard. In general Wikipedia does not report rumors even from reliable sources especially when dealing with biographies of living people (see WP:BLPGOSSIP for more information). If we find more reliable sources that confirm this information then perhaps we can include the information in a carefully worded manner making clear that it is rumor/speculation. But honestly, given the nature of the information, the lack of weasel wording, the BLP concerns involved, and the overall trivial nature of the information, in the end it probably just does not belong in a general encyclopedia like Wikipedia. SQGibbon (talk) 18:07, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, I found one of Dave Metzler's story on TWO via WrestleZone.comFreshCorp619 (talk) 13:26, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

JR talks about why he was fired here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E3xhJpQrqw --Moonschool (talk) 06:07, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Fox Sports
Didn't he sign with fox sports? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.40.153.46 (talk) 19:38, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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College Info Missing
His broadcast career begins with the sentence "During his tenure in college, Ross had spent some time commentating on college radio." What's not included, in that section or the early life section, is where he went to college, what he studied, when he graduated, on what radio station he did football broadcasting and what got him involved in broadcasting. It's odd that the article lists so much info about his high school experience and doesn't even tell you the college he went to or the name of the college radio station he contributed to.

If anyone has any info on this, please add it to the "Early life" section. In fact, I move that we rename that section "Early life and education" since there's already enough info there to warrant a rename. Machine Man (talk) 13:00, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

J.R. Has Returned to TBS For The First Time Since His WCW Days
Please include this in the article.2601:447:4000:220:D858:AFCA:BEA:345E (talk) 01:50, 6 January 2022 (UTC)