Jim Ross Blogs: Austin-Tyson, WWE HOF, NWA Fanfest, More

Jim Ross has a new blog entry up at http://www.JRSBARBQ.com/ Here are the highlights…

On The New WWE All Stars Game: Cool on line promo/feature on the new THQ/WWE video game WWE All Stars and the clip that I saw featured the Rock wrestling against John Cena. I have yet to begin the voice over work, at least my part of it, as of yet but expect to do so soon. The game looked very good from what I saw but I am far from an expert. I will have a better feel for my aspect of the game once I see the copy.

On Austin-Tyson: An emailer asked if I remembered the Austin-Tyson confrontation on Raw. Without question. It was at the old, small arena in Fresno on a hotter than hell day. Tyson came with a much larger entourage than humanly needed. Lots of hanger’s on.’ WWE had to get Mike a trailer to park outside the arena to use as his dressing room. We stayed at a hotel right across the street from the arena there in Fresno. The crowd was jacked when Austin and Tyson made contact with some of the most intense emotion that I can ever remember on Raw. The moment, the timing, the individuals involved, the entire package created a memory that all fans would enjoy seeing either again or for the first time. I also realized that day just how big a wrestling fan Mike Tyson is and, as I have mentioned, he is a great historian of the WWWF era of wrestling in the northeast.

On Danny Hodge: Emailer. …if I could select one person for induction into the WWE Hall of Fame who would it be? That’s a layup….Danny Hodge. The greatest living wrestler who’s in every Hall of Fame for Wrestling, amateur and pro, and has the Division one Wrestler of the Year award, their ‘Heisman,’ named after him. It’s humbling to know that so many Okies are in WWE’s Hall of Fame and that Hodge isn’t as he was the greatest of any Oklahoman by far not to mention competing in two Olympic Games, never losing or be taken down in college and then winning the United States national Golden Gloves Boxing Championship with no formal training.

On The NWA Fanfest: The biggest reason that I’m appearing in Charlotte at the NWA Fan gathering in August for Greg Price is because of Danny Hodge. I always love meeting the fans, don’t get me wrong, but Hodge was and still is my boyhood hero and is being honored Friday night of the event. Regarding the Charlotte event, I had hoped to be able to sell autographed bottles of BBQ Sauce and/or bags of Beef Jerky but that has yet to be addressed throughly for those of you that are asking.

Check out the full blog at http://www.JRSBARBQ.com/

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