Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry over at his website where he gives his thoughts on WWE Draft and more. Here are the highlights.
On Sunday’s OklaMania event:
OklaMania in OKC was a hit as we had a full house of approximately 1,000 fans in the OKC Cox Convention Center Sunday night. The card was based on old, school fundamentally sound pro wrestling as we used time limits, kept the action inside the ring, and did our best to book competitive bouts that seemed to entertain the fans which should always be the goal of any promotion. The IWR staff and talents are great to work with and I look forward to doing more projects with them in the future. The bouts were taped and voiced over on site as I’m told that a DVD and perhaps even a spot on the FITE TV App at some point down the road. may happen. Sting was a total pro to work with and was the centerpiece of OklaMania for sure. Sting’s interaction with Abyss and Jim Cornette was a great way to start our Saturday night event. So many talents including the Hardy Brothers who had a terrific bout that closed the show on Sunday night versus War Machine who were managed by Jim Cornette who once again proved that he is still one of the greatest managers in pro wrestling. Enjoyed the card from start to finish including the Roderick Strong vs Dalton Castle bout, Chavo Guerrero’s in ring work was stellar, EC3 vs Moose was strong, and the show stealer for me was an fantastic bout between Jerry Lawler vs Jeff Jarrett who was accompanied by his talented wife Karen Jarrett. King and Double J put on a clinic that the other talents in attendance learned a ton from without question. the backstage monitor was “sold out” without question.
On the WWE Draft:
WWE will hold their Draft Tuesday night on the first live broadcast of Smackdown Live on the USA Network and there’s already predictable, second guessing from many after they read the rules and the Draft format. This is simply the way of the world on many things especially considering that there is so much info online available for fans to digest and then to regurgitate said info with their own assumptions.
This speculation cements the thoughts that I have made that no matter how the Draft turns out and no matter who is Drafted where that many fans will pan the process even though it can’t be intelligently judged as to it’s long term success for months. I’ve suggested that the jury will be out until Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando when we see the main event that the separated brand will produce for the biggest pro wrestling event in the business.
On upcoming episodes of The Ross Report:
This weekend I also recorded conversations with Ricky Morton, Chavo Guerrero, Bull Dempsey, and Matt Sydal for future Ross Report Podcasts. Great stuff from these men. Stay tuned for these podcast features.
You can read the entire blog here.
