Jim Ross Blog: The Bash; Randy Savage DVD; Dragon Gate and more

June 26, 2009   ·  
Steve Mclaren   ·   steve@gawdalmighty.com

Jim Ross posted a new blog post talking about The Bash’s main event; Torrie Wilson in ‘I’m a Celebrity…’; how well Randy Savage’s DVD is doing and more.

Before that though, Ross spoke about his upcoming appearance for Dragon Gate USA in Chicago on September 6th:

The King and I are making a somewhat harmless appearance in Chicago on September 6 and some “scribes” are making a huge deal out of it and not in a positive way. I don’t get that quite frankly.

We both enjoy meeting fans of the genre plus I like watching new talent wrestle as the next new “big thing” might be wrestling that night. It is the night before the September 7 Raw in Chicago of which I assume we will be taping a SD Superstars bout so I had to be in town anyway.

J.R. wrote about Torrie Wilson coming second on the US version of ‘I’m a Celebrity…’:

Congrats to Torrie Wilson for finishing runner up on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity…Get me out of here!

Torrie held her own by being smart and staying off the radar to a large degree notwithstanding the votes of the fans.

Torrie is dating former Spirit Squad member Nick Mitchell who defines the term of out kicking is coverage.

Ross then turned his attention to this Sunday’s ‘The Bash’ PPV and Triple H possibly becoming a 14-time World Champion:

“The Bash” is drawing near and has more matches on it than I would have guessed.

One has to assume that the Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Title will close the show. That’s where I would put it. HHH has won the two Three Stages of Hell bouts that I have seen in the past by defeating Stone Cold and HBK in the early 2000’s.

It would surprise me if HHH doesn’t win his 14th Title at The Bash which puts him just two behind the number normally used when talking about Ric Flair’s title reigns.

On the success of Randy Savage’s newly released WWE DVD:

Good to see that the WWE produced Randy Savage DVD debuted at #1 and even moved ahead of WM25 on the DVD charts.

It will be even more interesting to see how long the Savage compilation of bouts will remain at #1 or near the top.

And finally, an update on Jerry Brisco:

Nothing new on the Jerry Brisco front as his heart procedure will likely take place next week. Normal recovery time from weekly travel, etc is a couple of months and as I mentioned there are many days when I return from a wacky road trip that I would love a couple of months off.

Ironically, I don’t recall ever filling out a vacation request all the years that I have worked at WWE which is not a badge of courage nor is it any thing that I would recommend any one do. Jerry rarely has taken a week off from the 51 week a year grind that he and many of his peers endure so perhaps this is a blessing in disguise. If that’s not a good analogy, I do know that it’s best to look at any glass as being half full than half empty.

Jerry’s skills as a talent evaluator/scout/recruiter are invaluable to any organization.

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