JR commentary in AEW is an abomination

[puppetmaster]

Ross is better served for vignette voice overs and sit down interviews at this stage. He’s a master of pulling that “it” thing out of people when he’s one on one with them.

That’s where AEW can use him best, JR can make a “nobody” a somebody by telling their story one on one.



Things move way too fast in ring now which is why he seems a step off out there at times

That said. Unfiltered JR on his podcast has been hilarious

 

[Bonefan32]

Is he worse than cole/graves? I didn’t watch all out

He's definitely not as good as he once was but like I said in another thread he's better than anybody on raw and SmackDown, he's also a lot better than Josh Matthews on impact

 

[Reality Check]

Ross is better served for vignette voice overs and sit down interviews at this stage. He’s a master of pulling that “it” thing out of people when he’s one on one with them.

That’s where AEW can use him best, JR can make a “nobody” a somebody by telling their story one on one.

I think he's eventually moving into that role but with them launching the company, they need a voice familiar to wrestling fans to get them off the ground first. He signed a three year deal with AEW as a Senior Advisor, and I think he'd best be used to groom announcers for the company.

Dude was talking about CTE during matches and shyt.

In his defense, I'd be talking about that as well if he's calling matches like Naito/Ibushi

 

[stro]

Really liked during the main event where he kept repeating how much he loved this match, how great it was, how intense it was, with absolutely zero passion, couldn't sound more bored, as Jericho was wheezing and putting on another 1 star match.

 

[TBdaGhost]

He's not very good.

This past show was a bit better. It seemed like he was doing more color and letting Excalibur do the play by play.

 

[jackswstd]

I thought he did a better job at All Out than previously. He might not stick to commentary, I think he did great in the sit down interview with Spears. I’d like to see him do one with PAC after defeating Kenny. His sit downs in WWE with Mankind, Austin, Kane etc.. were great.

 

[avon barksdale]

I think Jr is only doing ppv and tony and the other crew doing the weekly tv

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

he's also a lot better than Josh Matthews on impact

nobody watches impact

 

[MenacingMonk]

I’d rather hear JR than Renee Young and KKKorey.

Slightly better than Stooge Cole and the rest.

 

[Max.]

 

[DaHNIC82]

The minute they moved him from Raw was where his heart was takened out.. His wife dying took his soul...

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I think Ross' last memorable call was seven years ago when he said "IT'S NOT OVER! IT'S NOT OVER! THE STREAK LIVES!"

Everybody falls off eventually. It's just not his game anymore.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Ross always been the live version of this smiley.

People hyped him up as the second coming of commentary because of "attitude era", but fail to see after the "good god almighty", it's just dead boring air.

No type of energy when he was getting shytted on in WCW and his first of many times in the WWF/E. After that god awful performance from All Out, it's safe to say maybe Ross needs to just retire and focus on covering barbecue grills

 

[DaHNIC82]

He doesnt sound too estatic calling this flippy flip fast pace shyt.... He gets live with characters that hes already identified with. Like how he reacted to Anderson and Tully

 

[The Ruler 09]

I don't agree, I feel like he adds a lot, he may not be perfect now and makes more mistakes than he used to, isn't as sharp as he's older but hearing his voice and calls reminds me of the old Raw's. He's not the NWA Jim Ross anymore and never will be but it reminds me of those 97 ish Raw's often, he actually sounds better than he has in a while, but he works better with shyt he feels rather than the oddball shyt where he can sound a little out of place. Overall he really has a significant effect of my enjoyment of the show, I like the shows better because he's on it because he's a legend and arguably the best ever, he may not be at his all time best but he's still good and better than most, I'd rather hear Jim Ross than Michael Cole any day of the week.