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Steve Austin Discuses How Jim Ross Helped His Career And His Greatness As A Commentator

Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Nov 13, 2018

Steve Austin Discuses How Jim Ross Helped His Career And His Greatness As A Commentator

Steve Austin discussed how important Jim Ross was for his career and his greatness as a commentator on the latest edition of his podcast. Below are the highlights, transcribed courtesy of WrestlingInc.

On Meeting Ross:

ā€œNow, as I am trying to recall the first time I met Jim Ross, I almost canā€™t remember, but you have to understand I was a huge Bill Watts Mid-South Wrestling fan, so, man, I grew up with JR.ā€ Austin remembered, ā€œand heā€™s not very much older than me, but JR was the man. And then, when he went to NWA, thatā€™s when I was watching Jim Ross. He was the man. And all-of-a-sudden, I get a chance to be called up to WCW. Heā€™s one of the guys that lobbied for me and we hit it off. Jim loves football. He knew that I played college football. I wasnā€™t at Ron Simmonsā€™ level. I wasnā€™t major college good. I was just good enough to get a scholarship and be on the team. Thatā€™s as good as I was. But Jim being in Oklahoma and that Texas/Oklahoma kind of bond, relationship, rivalry, whatever it is, Jim respected and liked football players. He liked guys that were athletic, salty, easy to work with, not people that are toxic or that are trainwrecks, or divas, or hard to work with. So, man, me and Jim always hit it off and we became the best of friends.ā€

On Traveling Together:

ā€œMe and Jim would ride down the road and weā€™d have a bottle of wine.ā€ Austin recalled, ā€œI donā€™t know how we started drinking wine. I used to drink wine like a son of a bā€”h way back in the day, but weā€™d drink a bottle of red wine between the towns. Itā€™s only about 120 miles. Weā€™d book the territory, tell storiesā€¦ If I ever went to a football game I would go stay with him and Jan when she was still with us. And Jimā€™s out doing his own thing now, but, man, nothing but respect for him.ā€

On J.R. Being The Greatest Commentator:

ā€œJim Ross, to me, with his range, with his storytellingā€¦ he paid his dues. I mean, he learned from the ground up. And his inflection and his ability to watch a match, tell a story, get the talent over with the credibility that he had, he was the shining diamond on top of everyone, so always a good experience with Jim. We continue, to this day, to be the best of friends. We donā€™t talk as much as we used to because weā€™re going and blowing in different directions. But he was a key, key part of my entire [pro] wrestling career like so many people were, but as far as the recruitment to WCW, the recruitment to WWF [as WWE was known] at the time, so thereā€™s a lot of history there. Again, if ā€˜Stone Coldā€™ wouldā€™ve took off like it did and Jim Ross had not been on commentary, I do believe I still would have been successful; however, I think I had the success that I did because of the work that we put into it. This is on the [WWE] end, my end, the synergy, the chemistry, the writing, Vince [McMahon] was a huge part of it, especially when we were going up against each other, but without Jim Ross calling that with the emotion and just yelling, that passion driven style that he had, I donā€™t think it would have been the same. He was the voice of that ā€˜Attitude Eraā€™.ā€ Austin added, ā€œI canā€™t imagine my career because it is so far removed now, but I cannot imagine my career without the iconic voice of the one and only Jim Ross.ā€


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