WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has posted a new blog on his website and here are the highlights:
On WWE trying to get a big UFC star to appear at WrestleMania 33:
“Word on the street has it that WWE is attempting to bring a high profile, UFC talent to perform at WM33 in Orlando. Seems as if the most likely choices would be Ronda Rousey or Paige VanZant while Conor McGregor would be a huge ‘get’ as well. No matter who WWE may recruit, I’d expect this to ‘one off’ booking. I spoke personally to Ms VanZant in Vegas at UFC 200 and she’s definitely a WWE fan and seems like she’d love the opportunity to team with WWE for a big event. McGregor seems like he’d be a longer shot but the Irishman certainly would bring the ‘Attitude Era’ with him.”
On TNA losing their UK TV deal:
“The TNA Impact Wrestling fiasco is still in play in Nashville and I for one am certainly pulling for the company to rebound and get back on their feet but under the current incarnation, no matter one’s preference, that is going to be extremely challenging. To think that any leadership group can resurrect the beleaguered brand on POP TV is somewhat far fetched in my opinion. The company needs one decision maker in charge and not so many cooks in the kitchen and that decision maker has to have infinite, product knowledge or TNA under any name simply will continue to fail and bleed money. TNA lost their UK TV clearance while I was in England this past week and from what I’m being told are having a problem attempting to regain a TV home there. One can easily surmise that when TNA left Spike TV in the States that their fortunes took a drastic turn for the worse. I have no dog in the hunt but for anyone to actually think that POP TV can cure what ails TNA is ridiculous.”
