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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Ross Report: Stone Cold, HHH, Heyman, Lita, Lawler, XFL, etc.
Froy King Shit *board owner*	posted on 03-18-2001 @ 1:00 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01	Random thoughts from under the black Resistol hat from an Okie who's busier than a fruit merchant! Call me a "shill" but I've got a great feeling about this year's WrestleMania. Very solid week of World Wrestling Federation television. RAW IS WAR and SmackDown! were sold out in Los Angeles and Anaheim, respectively, and each featured some superb moments as we continue to build toward the April 1 WrestleMania. (WrestleMania tickets are still available in Houston and throughout Texas.) AXXESS, the WrestleMania Weekend Fan Festival, is really shaping up nicely and I hope many of you are able to check it out down in Houston, March 30-April 1. Every Federation Superstar will be at AXXESS at one time or another. Bob "Hardcore" Holly had an MRI this week and we are awaiting the results as I write this. Hopefully, Bob's C5 and C6 discs will be back to normal within a couple of weeks. We certainly will not bring him back until he is healthy. Rikishi's busted eardrum is healing but he may not be able to go by WrestleMania. His successful surgery was Tuesday. Stone Cold Steve Austin's appearance on "The Tonight Show" Wednesday night was excellent. Jay Leno obviously likes the Rattlesnake, and the promotion of WrestleMania did not hurt a thing. I'm surprised Austin did not wear one of his hot new T-shirts. Chyna is in Montreal and Toronto this week promoting her book, "If They Only Knew." Could this become a made-for-TV movie some day? Eddie Guerrero match Monday on RAW was simply awesome. Both are big-time talents and the Wolverine looks to be in line, and deservedly so, for a significant opportunity as a fan favorite. Eddie, too, is a main event waiting to happen. Kurt Angle is the most talented performer I have ever been around in this business with his experience level. Mick Foley is going to do a new Chef Boyardee TV spot next week. Beefy! William Regal leaves after next week's TVs and will travel to Australia to do promotional work for the World Wrestling Federation. The Federation is building a nice fan base Down Under. That Steve Blackman is certainly quite the dancer. I heard the TV monitor backstage at SmackDown! was a "sellout!" Scotty 2 Hotty is beginning to heal but it is unlikely that he will be able to compete by WrestleMania. K-Kwik's injured ribs are slowly getting better and this charismatic young man should be good to go in another couple of weeks. Dave Taylor will not be involved with "Tough Enough" but could instead become involved on Federation television in the next few weeks -- perhaps with Commissioner William Regal in some form, but that is not etched in stone. Al Snow, Jacqueline, Tazz and Tori are all getting good marks thus far with their efforts on "Tough Enough." Keep your eye on X-Pac, Justin Credible and Albert in the near future. I sure like their potential together. The Undertaker-Triple H issue has really started off well from where I sit, and provided us with some good TV this week. If this match does in fact happen at WrestleMania, it will be awfully strong. WrestleMania sees everyone raise the bar and it is in Taker's hometown! Yes, these guys are professionals but the hometown crowd still is a great motivator. Last Saturday morning while I was in Memphis for the XFL, I watched Power Pro Wrestling and Memphis Championship Wrestling's TV shows on Saturday morning. Randy Hales, Terry Golden and Bobby Eaton are really doing a good job with the Federation's developmental talent in Memphis. We still have a ways to go but the most recent progress is very encouraging. Joey Abs, Pete Gas and Rodrageous are all working hard and are all improving. Lance Cade, Shooter Shultz, Spanky and American Dragon, all trained by Shawn Michaels, are four hard-working young men who each bring something different to the table. Cade reminds me of a young Barry Windham, who was an awesome hand. Charlie and Russ Haas continue to improve, and with their work ethic certainly have the chance to elevate to the Federation, in time. These Oklahoma natives wrestled for and graduated from Seton Hall. Raven may be positioned as a fan favorite in the future. He needs more mic time, but that's hard to come by on RAW and SmackDown! Looks like a Big Show-Kane battle at WrestleMania is brewing by what we're seeing on TV. If so, Show better get ready for the Big Red Machine, who I think is awesome. I would like to see more of the Hardy Boyz/Lita storyline. These three are all future big-time players, as single stars, in the Federation. Maybe not next week, but sometime in the future the most exciting, offensive tag team in the business will produce three main event singles competitors. This trio will soon be doing a Rolling Stone magazine photo shoot for an April edition. Edge's lower back is almost 100 percent and the Toronto native will be back in action this weekend in his hometown and Sunday afternoon in Montreal. I want to address a few e-mails I received this week regarding Jerry "The King" Lawler and our call to action regarding the XFL. I mentioned last week here that I wasn't sure that "The King" having his fans e-mail our writers was a good idea simply because the writers are not empowered to bring "The King" and the Kat back to the Federation. They write, but they do not get involved in personnel issues. However, the members of the media we asked our fans to contact do make the decisions as to what they cover, as it relates to the XFL and other sports. They seem to be two separate issues. The XFL call to action was a function of TV. It amazes me to read on the Internet how people perceive my relationship with Paul Heyman. No one has interviewed me about it but here's the story. I like Paul. I like working with Paul. I respect Paul's passion and intelligence. I do not hate or dislike Paul. Paul and I have had a positive relationship for many, many years. I helped him get his start in broadcasting, and for that I am very proud. Paul's character is easy to dislike and we hope to work off this natural tension and produce some fun TV for our viewers. I have personally supported Paul in a variety of ways in ECW over the years; and I am in awe of what he, his team and their fans built. However, are we going to confront each other on TV? I sure hope so! Will it be fun to watch? That's the obvious goal, and we will both work damn hard to make that happen (but it can't and won't happen overnight). As I write this, nothing new to report on the Jerry Lawler situation. I've spoken to "The King" twice this week and we are still good friends, which may be hard for some folks to believe, and we will remain friends no matter the outcome of this unfortunate situation. The Federation cookbook, "Can You Take The Heat?" is still doing well. I'm always honored to sign these books when presented by our fans. Thanks for your support with this "family project." The Vince McMahon-Bob Costas confrontation on HBO live Wednesday night will not lead to a one-on-one match at WrestleMania. This broadcast was riveting and was the highest-rated Costas show to date. It's been a challenging week for yours truly, especially when you read where you were "one of the XFL's biggest mistakes. " Or "World Wrestling Federation announcers should not have been added to the XFL's broadcast team." The thing is this: those statements certainly sting a little but they damned sure don't kill you! I have been criticized my entire adult life, often times by family, for being in the "wrestling business," and I'm still here some 20-plus years later! Words only destroy you if you allow it. I'm proud as hell to be "in the business." So, my focus is to do my job(s) to the best of my abilities and to improve with every opportunity. It's that simple. The Federation has been and always will be my top professional priority and I truly believe my best broadcasts are still to come. As for the XFL, I still thoroughly believe in the concept and love being a part of it and getting to know these passionate players and coaches. My tenure in the XFL may be short-lived, but I've got to be honest with you -- I'm having a blast doing these games! Last week's game with Dick Butkus in Memphis was the most fun I've had this season. No. 51 and I are set to broadcast Saturday night's contest between the NY/NJ Hitmen and Memphis Maniax at Giants Stadium on NBC, airing locally in New York (Channel 4) and in Memphis. Just think, our XFL trading cards might really be a valuable collectable some day. Check us out Saturday night, and turn on the VCR. My mini-rant is now over. Thanks. See you next Friday ... ~Matt/Froy from Jersey Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post. Also providing total immunity to Fayth
death_row_marv	posted on 03-18-2001 @ 3:23 PM
Psychopath Registered: Mar. 01	Poor JR I don't know how much this guy can take anymore, I give him a year till he brakes down. Adopted by grkqtOandAfan

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