WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently appeared on the Glass Half Empty podcast to promote some of his upcoming One Man Only shows. Down below are the highlights.
Many WWE wrestlers, like Sting, Undertaker, Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan before the events a couple weeks ago, are brought back as rare, special attractions. Could you envision — and would you want — a role where you’re on-air 2-3 times per year as special occasions?
I would entertain that thought. I’m not against it. It isn’t something I’m lobbying for. I’m not sitting by the phone waiting on that call. If WWE said, “Hey, we’d like for you to come down and call a match at WrestleMania in Arlington, Tx. because we know it’s an easy drive for you, I’d certainly entertain that thought.
I’m as busy as I want to be, but I would entertain the idea, depending on how it was structured and how often I was on the road or whatever. One would think that 2-3 times per year would probably be nice. In a perfect world, if I was going to do something like that, it probably would be only at WrestleMania. They got their crew. They’re trying to get younger. They’ve got their guys they’re trying to break in. I think I could help a lot of those guys just for mentoring, but that’s another story for another time.
In any event, if I was gonna go back and do something, I’d wanna start with WrestleMania and then see where it went from there. But, there’s been no dialog on that. I’m not anticipating it. I’m sure that’s not on their mind either — I’m assuming that anyway. There’s never been any talk about that. I had my run.
Do you and Vince McMahon still talk?
We text from time to time. Sometimes it’s about business, sometimes it’s not. We’re friendly. There’s a mutual respect there. He kept his word on everything he said he was gonna do for me financially over the years, which has been awesome, and if I didn’t want to work I wouldn’t have to. I practiced what I preached with my talent — we live within our means, we save our money, we invested well, and we strived to do what a lot of Americans should do which is to get debt-free. Unlike the federal government, we know how to balance the checkbook in our household.
We’re friendly, but he’s a busy guy. To call and shoot the shit with the chairman of WWE is not the best use of his time or mine. Obviously, if he called or I called him and I needed to get through, that could be facilitated very easily. We’ll text occasionally and just check on each other. When I had surgery this past July, I heard from him a couple times.
We’re fine. They gotta get younger all the way around, and I get it. If they came to me and asked me to do this or that, I’m still loyal to their brand for helping my family get to where we are. I’m not on a vendetta. I’m not like a lot of guys that used to work there that love to just urinate all over him. I’m not that guy.
You can listen to the entire interview down below:
