Jim Ross to join Lucha Underground announce team?

[Trip in the Head]

If this is true: awesome.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1758128/ww...ning-to-announce-desk-with-lucha-underground/

Few superstars and personalities end up crossing over from the professional wrestling world to the mainstream audience. Men like the Rock, John Cena, Hulk Hogan, and Stone Cold Steve Austin became popular outside of WWE. They got their start in WWE, which then gave them a worldwide audience to entertain on a weekly basis.


There is one man that only wrestled a handful of matches who is just as popular as the Rock, Hogan, or even Austin. Jim Ross, a wrestling legend, is arguably the greatest wrestling announcer of all-time. His calls in WWE are still used today in GIFs, memes, and even videos that go viral nearly every week. Since his departure from the WWE in 2013, Ross is still used to make internet videos even better.

After taking a brief hiatus from wrestling announcing, the former WWE play-by-play commentator was on the call for Wrestle Kingdom 9, which Global Force Wrestling was involved in. It was held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on January 4. Since a return to the WWE looks out of the question, Jim Ross may be headed to another wrestling promotion full-time: Lucha Underground.

Mexican wrestling legend Konnan mentioned on a recent edition of his online podcast thatJim Ross has been in back-and-forth negotiations with the El Rey Network and AAA regarding announcing for Lucha Underground.

Konnan noted that he wasn’t sure if J.R. would rotate with Matt Striker and Vampiro for two-man broadcast teams, or if all three would work together as a trio if he were to come to terms with the promotion.

Ross’ voice is missed in the wrestling community, as many WWE fans still wish he was announcing Monday Night Raw instead of Michael Cole. To give Cole credit, he does a fine job for the role he is given. However, there will be wrestling traditionalists whoi will miss the “Good Ol’ JR” on commentary. Even though he doesn’t announce, he still does talk about the WWE on a weekly basis.

His style also was different than others, as he knew every wrestling move and applied it to the story being told in the ring. Today’s commentary style in WWE often goes away from what is happening in the ring. Instead, Cole and JBL often stray away and talk about the WWE Network or storyline outside of the ring.

WWE fans, or most wrestling fans in general, are concerned about what is going on currently. The wrestlers tell a story in the ring with their mannerisms, moves, and overall reactions to their actions. Not too often does a match in the WWE focus on the “out of ring” story.

Jim Ross was a perfect commentator during the Attitude Era and beyond in the WWE. Now, it looks like he’ll take his craft to a new brand in the pro wrestling industry: Lucha Underground.

 

[Bort]

I actually love Striker and Vamp, I don't think JR would with their indie/lucha style, not to mention LUG is pure camp too.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I posted this in the LUG thread.

But, he ain't joining, fellas.

I spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross this afternoon to discuss his upcoming shows duringRoyal Rumble weekend in Philadelphia, PA and Sayreville, NJ. During the interview, which will be published here on WrestlingINC.com next week, we discussed his shows, who should win The Royal Rumble, Randy Savage in the WWE Hall of Fame and a lot more. I also asked him about the rumors about him negotiating with Lucha Underground.
"I haven't had any conversations with Lucha Underground," Ross said. "The last person I spoke with at Lucha Underground was Matt Striker at WrestleKingdom 9 [earlier this month], and Matt Striker doesn't hire talent. I haven't had one phone call, text, fax, whatever with Lucha Underground."

JR admitted that he is open to calling more wrestling shows if the timing and price are right. He also noted that while he hasn't had any discussions with Lucha Underground, he doesn't know if his name has come up with company executives.

"What Lucha Underground discusses internally, I'm not privy to that. I haven't had a conversation with anyone there other than [Lucha Underground Co-Executive Producer] Chris DeJoseph on my podcast - which you can listen to soon - and Matt Striker, that's it. So I don't know what sort of discussions are ongoing internally at Lucha Underground. We're sitting here talking and I can tell you that as of right now, my representative has had no conversations with Lucha Underground, and I have had less in that respect.

"It would take a very special engagement for me to re-engage with a weekly TV show. I've got so many projects that I really enjoy doing. I'm trying to finish my autobiography, which is a major undertaking. I'm doing these one man shows which I dearly love doing. My podcast is growing, which last year was voted one of the top three podcasts of the year. So all I'm thinking about right now is Sayreville and Philly."

Source: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...m-ross-is-negotiating-with-lucha-underground/

 

[Trip in the Head]

I posted this in the LUG thread.

But, he ain't joining, fellas.



Source: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...m-ross-is-negotiating-with-lucha-underground/

Oh sorry about that then. I was looking for a LUG section to look through before I posted it lol.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Oh sorry about that then. I was looking for a LUG section to look through before I posted it lol.

Nah, it's cool. I just didn't wanna create another thread that'd be cluttering around, so I put it in the LUG thread (which doesn't get much love these days).

 

[Stopspot]

I hope not