The following are excerpts from the latest Jim Ross blog on JRsBBQ.com; this entry features JR talking about women’s wrestling making a statement, Cesaro, John Cena, Stardust’s possible setbacks trying to be a heel now, a prediction for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, and much more. You can read some excerpts below:
JR on the “Diva Revolution”
Interesting RAW Monday night from Atlanta as the new, females from NXT had more people talking on my timelines than anyone else on the show including the combatants for the WWE World Title. Sara Del Ray has done an amazing of training/coaching the women who pass through NXT. Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch should be stalwarts for years to come in WWE and I see no reason why they cannot move to the top or near the top of primary WWE events sooner than later. It’s a sign of the times and a changing of he guard not unlike the days of Jennie Finch putting women’s softball on the map or Ronda Rousey becoming a mega star in UFC. The only thing that can hold these women back is old school thinking and not being willing to take a chance on adding something new to the top of the cards.
His thoughts on Lesnar/Rollins:
WWE has positioned Seth Rollins to lose to Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Title Sunday night in St. Louis which is why I don’t think it happens. Sunday would be a great place to add a new talent or two to the mix as allies of Rollins considering that Lesnar and Heyman have eliminated the rest. Could HHH cost Lesnar the title and then face Brock at Summer Slam? Bottom line is that I don’t see Rollins losing Sunday at Battleground.
How Stardust (Cody Rhodes) will fare as a heel after his return:
I feel it’s going to be challenging for WWE to position Cody Rhodes as a villain after the passing of his father Dusty Rhodes which WWE admirably acknowledged.
Until wresting villains decide to retreat occasionally and work to get ‘heat’ and not a ‘pop’ no villain is going to go to the place that allows them to truly help the company and earn more money for themselves. Cheating to gain unfair advantages, being cowards IE displaying the limbertail when timely, and not out wrestling the fan favorites at every turn in the road would be good places to start.
Heels that don’t retreat, bitch and moan occasionally, and cheat to gain unfair advantages aren’t heels. They’re merely impersonating a heel and have a higher priority to sell tee shirts & merch than to get the audience to truly dislike them.
