Jim Ross Talks Shane Douglas, Billy Kidman, Konnan, & More
On a current edition of his Grilling JR podcast, WWE Hall of Famer and AEW analyst Jim Ross suggested on numerous professional wrestlers and WWE’s interest or absence of interest in them towards the subsiding days of The Attitude Era.
You can take a look at some highlights from the podcast listed below:
On WWE not having interest in Shane Douglas in 2000:“I do not understand. Vince was never ever high up on Shane for whatever factor. The professional in wrestling that had the most self-confidence in Shane Douglas was Jim Barnett. Barnett believed he was a stereotype or a timeless babyface blonde hair, blue eyes excellent size, however for whatever factor Vince was never ever offered on Shane. That didn’t go anywhere.”
On if Konnan didn’t fit the WWE:“I have fantastic regard for Charles, aka Konnan. When he’s healthy, he has a fantastic mind was a hell of an employee. Fantastic star, however we could not discover or didn’t perhaps we didn’t look hard enough. We didn’t, we could not discover something that we believed would be an excellent suitable for what he would require to be pleased. Consisting of cash and a put on the card and things like that. You got to remember he’s a recognized veteran he’s a star he drew a great deal of cash in Mexico and he drew cash in America, and so on. Wherever he went he had great runs, however you understand he would have been fantastic to have around since he might assist the men, however Vince simply wasn’t delighted about that idea about that concept.
On if the WWE audience was all set for wrestlers likes Rey Mysterio, Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera in 2000: “Well, we were all set for Rey Mysterio, however Rey Mysterio when they shut down they owed Rey a great deal of cash. Rey was a star. It does not matter he was and Vince constantly had this concept and people that are listening to this that remained in the business at that time or around it brand-new Vince constantly had this concept to do a Mighty Mouse type character. It’s smaller sized than typical person that gets rid of all the barriers with being quick and resourceful etc. He was making I believe Rey was making north of 500 grand and we weren’t going to go there. He can make more than that and he did all the time. He’s a 7 figure man, however when he was healthy he was scheduled on the live occasions. We constantly had ideas for Rey however not for the group, however Rey was a various type of feline.”
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