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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross appeared on The Rack Radio Show, which you can listen to on Thursday nights at 10pm ET. Below are two highlights from the show:
* His thoughts on the Undertaker:
"He's a guy I have great respect for. When I was in charge for hiring the talent for WWE and the talent department as an Executive Vice President of the company, he was a very strong, positive influence in the locker room. He was the captain of the team, for lack of a better term; so if there were issues that I needed support on or advice on or needed a to go guy to get honesty and hit you right in the gut with the truth, it was the Undertaker. So, I always got plenty of Undertaker stories.
"Actually, he was wrestling under a mask in Dallas when I saw him, and we brought him to WCW and then he stayed in WCW and one of the officials there, his contract was coming up and I said 'We should renew his contract' and this guy says 'Well, obviously, you don't know anything about talent because he'll never draw any money and he'll never be a big star.' SO, I go to the Undertaker and I said 'Look, don't try to broadcast this, but you need to try and get that WWE offer nailed down because they're not going to give you a raise here and you need to know the honest truth.' And Vince saw what I saw; here's a 6'9" guy who's very athletic and it's up to the promotion to find the right creative for this or all the talent; it's up to a coach to put the guys in the right position to win the games, to have the right game plan.
"So, yeah, I do have a lot of stories about Taker, he's a wonderful guy and obviously coming to the end of an amazing career. I don't know how many he's got left in him, I don't have any idea if he'll be at WrestleMania this year or not. My sense of it is that he will; that's only my intuition, because I think the day the Undertaker retires will be the cause of a huge promotion, well-planned, well-thought out celebration of his years of contribution and I haven't heard any chatter on that matter. I just can't see him 'Ok, he got beat by Paul Heyman's client who is the 1 in the '21 and 1', Brock Lesnar last year and the streak at WrestleMania is over, so he's just fades away'; I just can't see him fading away without some sort of classy send-off and maybe that's at WrestleMania this year, I don't know. It'll be a sad day when he's no longer back in the ring, but it happens to everybody; there's a DNA expiration date on everyone's body, somewhere in wrestling, where it tells you enough is enough and maybe he's hearing those whispers now from himself, I don't know. But he's a class act, a first-ballot Hall of Fame guy and he'll always be part of the company no matter what role he may assume once his wrestling days have completed."
* His thoughts on Bray Wyatt and a possible likeness to the Undertaker:
"I like Bray Watt, I liked his grandpa Blackjack Mulligan too. I liked his dad Mike Rotunda. I think Bray Wyatt is a very unique character and I'm not sure if WWE knows exactly what they have on their hands because the character is still evolving and that's much like the Undertaker in the early going, they weren't sure where this was going to evolve to but it seemed to feel right. So, that's where I kind of sum up the situation; the somewhat of a macabre aura around the Undertaker, obviously, and this kid comes in, Bray Wyatt, and he assumes this character, makes it his own in that sense of a TV persona and he's really good at what he does.
"So, I think he's got great potential to have a very successful career but I really BOlieve we're not going to know exactly what color to pain that character, what brush to use, until it evolves a little bit more. But, the good news is, however it evolves, it's going to be a successful evolution. He's a very talented kid, he's unique and different; people notice him and he does unique things. All those things are prerequisites to become a pro wrestling star: you've got to get noticed and remembered for the right reasons by your consumer base or fan base, and Bray Wyatt has those traits. I'm excited to see how he advances in the future; he's certainly a keeper and if he has half the success the Undertaker did, WWE should feel very fortunate."[/quote]
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross appeared on The Rack Radio Show, which you can listen to on Thursday nights at 10pm ET. Below are two highlights from the show:
* His thoughts on the Undertaker:
"He's a guy I have great respect for. When I was in charge for hiring the talent for WWE and the talent department as an Executive Vice President of the company, he was a very strong, positive influence in the locker room. He was the captain of the team, for lack of a better term; so if there were issues that I needed support on or advice on or needed a to go guy to get honesty and hit you right in the gut with the truth, it was the Undertaker. So, I always got plenty of Undertaker stories.
"Actually, he was wrestling under a mask in Dallas when I saw him, and we brought him to WCW and then he stayed in WCW and one of the officials there, his contract was coming up and I said 'We should renew his contract' and this guy says 'Well, obviously, you don't know anything about talent because he'll never draw any money and he'll never be a big star.' SO, I go to the Undertaker and I said 'Look, don't try to broadcast this, but you need to try and get that WWE offer nailed down because they're not going to give you a raise here and you need to know the honest truth.' And Vince saw what I saw; here's a 6'9" guy who's very athletic and it's up to the promotion to find the right creative for this or all the talent; it's up to a coach to put the guys in the right position to win the games, to have the right game plan.
"So, yeah, I do have a lot of stories about Taker, he's a wonderful guy and obviously coming to the end of an amazing career. I don't know how many he's got left in him, I don't have any idea if he'll be at WrestleMania this year or not. My sense of it is that he will; that's only my intuition, because I think the day the Undertaker retires will be the cause of a huge promotion, well-planned, well-thought out celebration of his years of contribution and I haven't heard any chatter on that matter. I just can't see him 'Ok, he got beat by Paul Heyman's client who is the 1 in the '21 and 1', Brock Lesnar last year and the streak at WrestleMania is over, so he's just fades away'; I just can't see him fading away without some sort of classy send-off and maybe that's at WrestleMania this year, I don't know. It'll be a sad day when he's no longer back in the ring, but it happens to everybody; there's a DNA expiration date on everyone's body, somewhere in wrestling, where it tells you enough is enough and maybe he's hearing those whispers now from himself, I don't know. But he's a class act, a first-ballot Hall of Fame guy and he'll always be part of the company no matter what role he may assume once his wrestling days have completed."
* His thoughts on Bray Wyatt and a possible likeness to the Undertaker:
"I like Bray Watt, I liked his grandpa Blackjack Mulligan too. I liked his dad Mike Rotunda. I think Bray Wyatt is a very unique character and I'm not sure if WWE knows exactly what they have on their hands because the character is still evolving and that's much like the Undertaker in the early going, they weren't sure where this was going to evolve to but it seemed to feel right. So, that's where I kind of sum up the situation; the somewhat of a macabre aura around the Undertaker, obviously, and this kid comes in, Bray Wyatt, and he assumes this character, makes it his own in that sense of a TV persona and he's really good at what he does.
"So, I think he's got great potential to have a very successful career but I really BOlieve we're not going to know exactly what color to pain that character, what brush to use, until it evolves a little bit more. But, the good news is, however it evolves, it's going to be a successful evolution. He's a very talented kid, he's unique and different; people notice him and he does unique things. All those things are prerequisites to become a pro wrestling star: you've got to get noticed and remembered for the right reasons by your consumer base or fan base, and Bray Wyatt has those traits. I'm excited to see how he advances in the future; he's certainly a keeper and if he has half the success the Undertaker did, WWE should feel very fortunate."[/quote]