Jim Ross Blogs: WWE PG, Opening Up A Wrestling Territory, Bret Hart
Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry at https://www.JRSBARBQ.com/ Here are the highlights?
On WWE PG: Can I change WWE's mind in being a PG product? Not a chance. Wouldn't even try. I like the PG rating for many reasons. Small kids can watch with mom and dad and likely couldn't whey the 'Attitude Era' was blowing and going. Plus, WWE's going to attract many, many more sponsors with BIG money to spend if they are PG rated and not a slice and dice show. Being PG can create some conflicting scenarios but by and large most parents are not going to be offended or have to explain sensitive things to their kids when they watch a WWE TV show. Plus I firmly believe that if the proper strategy is in place that a PG wrestling show can still very extremely entertaining. To me, and I realize that I'm 'old school' TV wrestling is still about athleticism, personal issues, physicality, and meaningful titles.
On Opening Up A Company: No...I'm NEVER going to open an independent wrestling territory and double no if I did would I endorse barbed wire, broken glass, sensationalistic stunts over competitive athletically based wrestling between individuals who have a logical reason for competing against each other.
On Bret Hart: Bret Hart's promos are fine even if he did inadvertently say WWF instead of WWE on live TV. It's called human error. That's why I still screw up these blogs and I use spell check. Bret is an old school guy who speaks from his heart and via his guts. In today's world of high tech TV it's often times challenging for guys that learned one way of doing things to adapt to new trends. I will now go look in the mirror.
On Gary Hart: Gary Hart WAS a genius. Not only was the Chicago native a great manager, top four easily, but he had a brilliant mind and his book is still one of my all time favorite wrestling books. Wrestling managers are likely an endangered species but watching guys like Gary Hart work their magic at ringside or during a promo was a wonderful time in my career.
Check out the full blog at https://www.JRSBARBQ.com/