Jim Ross: Difference between revisions

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** "[Insert Wrestler Name(Usually [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]) Here] IS STOMPING A MUD HOLE AND WALKING IT DRY!"

** "...and business has just picked up!"

** "Bowling-shoe ugly," used interchangeably to describe either a wrestler or a [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Horrible (Darth Wiki)/Professional Wrestling|terrible match]] (most famously to describe "''[[Fan Nickname|That]]'' [[Fan Nickname|Jackie Gayda Match]]").

** "Bowling-shoe ugly," used interchangeably to describe either a wrestler or a [[So Bad It's Horrible (Darth Wiki)/Professional Wrestling|terrible match]] (most famously to describe "''[[Fan Nickname|That]]'' [[Fan Nickname|Jackie Gayda Match]]").

** "He's a human being!!" (usually accompanied by the aforementioned "Bah Gawd" or "Good Gawd Almighty!")

** "Those stairs are not made out of chocolate!"

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** "AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, [[Mick Foley|HE]] IS BROKEN IN HALF!!!"

* [[The Chew Toy]]: An unpleasant [[Real Life]] example. During his time with the WWF/E, Ross has suffered an incredible level of abuse and humiliation backstage, and all for no apparent reason. [[Vince McMahon]] just seems to want to hurt JR as much as he can. It's rarely seen on TV (though the time he joined the "Kiss My Ass Club" might be one of the most notable public humiliations), but the degradations inflicted upon Ross behind the scenes have been reported for years in various media, to the point where Ross sometimes comes across like a bit of a battered spouse, making excuses for his abuser.

** Unfortunately, aside from the [[Incompetence Inc]] that is TNA, the WWE is pretty much the only game in town these days. Ross' got bills to pay, after all.

** Unfortunately, aside from the [[Incompetence, Inc.]] that is TNA, the WWE is pretty much the only game in town these days. Ross' got bills to pay, after all.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Covert Pervert]]: While not as bad as Jerry Lawler, JR has made more than a couple statements about the attractiveness of the female wrestlers, mostly [[Trish Stratus]], but hey, it's [[Even the Girls Want Her|Trish Stratus]].

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** Ross was also not told that Santina's (Santino Marella in drag in order to win the [[Wrestlemania]] Diva Battle Royal) secret infatuation was actually JR. When this revealed live on PPV, with Michael Cole and Lawler ribbing him for it for good measure, Ross was less than amused and did everything he could not to play along.

** Also, Ross' announcing career; he's admitted before that he went out of his way to avoid being told the ending of a match so that his announcing would sound more natural.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: WWE tried this (and failed spectacularly) a couple times, including assaulting Michael Cole in early 1999 because he thought Cole was stealing his job. It backfired as the crowd pretty much agreed and cheered. Turns out beating on a [[~~Creators~~ Pet]] is not the best way to gain heel heat.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: WWE tried this (and failed spectacularly) a couple times, including assaulting Michael Cole in early 1999 because he thought Cole was stealing his job. It backfired as the crowd pretty much agreed and cheered. Turns out beating on a [[Creator's Pet]] is not the best way to gain heel heat.

* [[Flanderization]]: Many fans might not realize that Ross started out as a far more reserved, cerebral announcer in the mode of his mentor Gordon Solie, before playing up his Oklahoman roots upon joining the WWF, and becoming increasingly reliant on catchphrases and wild outbursts in lieu of thorough play-by-play.

* [[Freudian Slip]]

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* [[Overprotective Dad]]: When Trish Stratus first appeared in the WWE, she recorded a series of promos where she polished tables in her underwear to tease Buh Buh Ray Dudley. [[Jerry Lawler]] reacted in traditional [[Dirty Old Man]] fashion, but JR came across more as a scolding father with the way he admonished her for what she was doing.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Due to Bell's Palsy.

* [[Poor ~~Mans~~ Substitute]]: Inverted; as [[Bryan Danielson]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|kindly pointed out]], Michael Cole is the poor man's substitute for good ol' JR.

* [[Poor Man's Substitute]]: Inverted; as [[Bryan Danielson]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|kindly pointed out]], Michael Cole is the poor man's substitute for good ol' JR.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: He was always more straight-laced than broadcast partner [[Jerry Lawler]], who always held up the "heel" side of the commentator equation by (among other things) leering at all the Divas.

* [[Rule of Three]]: "RIGHT HANDS! RIGHT HANDS! RIGHT HANDS!"

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* [[So Proud of You]]: [http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/tuesday-blog-austin-goldberg-punk-bryan-ryder-lesnar-undertaker-kane-nash-lod-jrs-family-bbq Has this opinion of] [[Zack Ryder]] and [[Bryan Danielson]].

* [[Theme Naming]]: [http://www.jrsbarbq.com/store All of the products in his store are named after] [[Professional Wrestling]] tropes and terminology.

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Apparently told Kharma that she was too fat to be a Diva.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Apparently told Kharma that she was too fat to be a Diva.

** [[Justified Trope]]: Kharma [[Insult Backfire|used his statement as fuel to train harder, travel the world]], and ultimately become a sensation in Japan, [[SHIMMER]], and [[TNA]]. A decade later, she and JR [http://www.facebook.com/notes/kharma-wwe/who-shot-jr/114126805342876 became friends] and he ''helped her get signed in WWE''.