Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross who is correctly working as a colour commentator in AEW recently talked about his in ring career and explained why he never liked working in the ring.
Throughout his professional wrestling career, Jim Ross mostly worked as a colour commentator and a backstage announcer at the early stages of his career. He is vastly considered as one of the best commentators in professional wrestling history. He mostly gained his fame from WWE.
Jim Ross Reveals Why He Does Not Like Working In The Ring
But it is not very much known to the newer audience of professional wrestling that he had a short in ring career as well. He mostly made sporadic in ring appearances. And his matches only big booked as part of a number of storylines. He has mostly been protected by his opponents who were real life professional wrestlers.
But not all the time his matches to place against real wrestler but some non wrestling stuff just like him. The list includes the name such as Eric Bischoff, Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole. Apart from matches he had been attacked by wrestlers too as parts of different storylines. Ross currently active in AEW as a commentator and we are not hoping to see him in action ever.
Jim Ross who is correctly working as a colour commentator in AEW recently spoke on his Grilling JR podcast where he talked about his in ring career and explained why he never liked working in the ring. He said;
“Hot shotting. it was hot shotting in my view. You’ll never hear me say ‘oh I love that angle where I got in the ring.’ Never and the reason I say that is my athletic skills and my wrestling training to take a flat back or to do anything to protect myself never happened which you know what it was and it took time away from real talent from real wrestlers and I don’t fit in that category.
“I was willing to be a team player as always and do my best to not suck too bad, but I wasn’t crazy about it. I just wasn’t crazy about any of the angles I did because I just felt like I took time away from real wrestlers who needed the TV time simple as that, but hey I went along with it and it was what it was. I know it probably sucked, but I don’t know if it could have sucked worse, I guess.
“I was surrounded by some real good talent. Anytime Lawler is your partner, you know you’re going to be in pretty good shape. He’s going to keep the rotor in the water and help me through the choppy waters if you will. I don’t know how the ratings were on that. I don’t even remember. I think they probably were okay because it was unique. It’s like a train wreck you know you got to stop and look.”
Quotes via 411 Mania