Jim Ross Blogs: Money In The Bank, RAW, Flair-Like Sendoff

Jim Ross has posted a new blog on his website (http://www.jrsbarbq.com). Some highlights:

On Money in the Bank: Tickets for the MITB PPV in KC are still available as I expect there to be a strong ‘walk up’ crowd in market known to be a ‘walk up’ town. I’ll arrive in KC Sunday morning thanks to Southwest Airlines and will hook up with the King to head to the arena on Sunday afternoon.

Lots of younger, up and coming performers will get the opportunity to impress Sunday night and as I have always said most talents can’t control their minutes so I suggest that they make the most out of the time they’re afforded. I think it’s akin to playing on special teams in football. One may not get the number of snaps that they would ideally like in a game but they still have a chance to make an impact and be a game changer w/ their special teams play.

On Bruiser Brody: This week marked a milestone of the murder of Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish in a Puerto Rico locker room shower. Frank was stabbed to death. One of our emailers had a graphic story to share in the Q&A section of the site about the incident that was one of the most disgusting days in the annals of the business. Frank’s death was seemingly an after thought in Puerto Rico and no justice was served. The judicial system in San Juan failed miserably.

Frank and I got to know each other in 1974 when we were both rookies in the biz and both sat under the Bill Watts’ learning tree in Mid South Wrestling. Frank and Stan Hansen were tag partners in those days and were obviously, young, big, strong, and athletic as hell. Watts wanted them to split up and become single stars but the two refused and ended up leaving Mid South. At the end of the day Watts was accurate in his assessment that both Stan and Frank would become much bigger stars on their own than they ever would as a team.

When I attended MLB Umpire school in ’76 in St. Petersburg, Florida, Frank was wrestling in the Florida territory and we reconnected. He was a highly intelligent, fiercely independent individual who did not trust an abundance of those who called the shots in the biz. I always got along well with Frank as the former sports writer was a huge fan of athletics in general and we always had plenty to talk about other than the wrestling business.

I miss Frank and am saddened every year around this time when his untimely and unnecessary death is often discussed and remembered. St. Louis’ Larry Matysik and Frank’s widow wrote a great book on the late Bruiser Brody that is a superb read.

The lack of justice in Puerto Rico regarding this matter still disgusts me to this very day. Some people do get away with murder.

On WWE giving him a Flair-style sendoff: Emailer…No I do not want or deserve a Flair-like retirement presentation. Those types of presentations should be strictly reserved for wrestlers in my humble opinion. Plus, I might have a few more miles in the tank I can use somewhere down the road.

On Raw being WWE’s flagship show: Emailer…How can any one logically think that Monday Night Raw ISN’T WWE’s top TV priority? I’m not saying that I dislike, or not, any other wrestling show as this matter isn’t about what I like or don’t like but about ‘priorities’ and no one can convince me that any WWE TV program is more important to them than their Monday night, flagship show. To me, it’s a no brainer.

Eric Bischoff announces he’s parting ways w/ TNA….