WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently appeared on Ring Rust Radio to talk about NXT and his new job at AXS TV. Here are the highlights.
On Triple H creating NXT and the brand being an alternative:
Paul Levesque and his staff, I can’t give enough credit to. William Regal for the scouting and tireless efforts he endures. He is really good at that and facilitates for guys that three or four years ago wouldn’t even have a chance to have a sandwich in the WWE, much less to be signed and have a chance to make an impact. Paul has done a real phenomenal job. I think he has looked at it and built it like an old-school territory in some ways.
On being the play-by-play announcer for NJPW on AXS TV:
I never retired from the wrestling play-by-play. I never found a place that was overly comfortable for hanging my hat, so wrote that off and I moved on and found other things. It’s just that the right opportunity that I felt most comfortable with hadn’t come along. In November we started talking to AXS about doing the Friday night New Japan show. I had done Wrestle Kingdom 9, and I have been watching a lot of New Japan Wrestling, I felt like my style would pair up favorably with their in-ring presentation. The travel was very conducive because I have no desire to get back into weekly travel. I tapped on that deal long ago. Going to L.A. eight or 10 times a year, those can be fun trips. The fact we’re doing three shows a day over a couple day period makes the travel very friendly. I like the fact that Adam Swift and AXS TV are very committed to building this brand much bigger than it is now on their network.
You can listen to the interview here:
