Jim Ross Speaks on Going to TNA, Competition from TNA and Global iMPACT

Posted by Marc Middleton on Monday, October 12th, 2009

- Jim Ross has updated the questions & answers section of his jrsbarbq.com website with a number of items talking about TNA.

There have been Internet reports for months that Jim Ross is considering jumping to TNA Wrestling when his WWE contract expires at the end of the year. According to the man himself, a run in TNA is highly unlikely. “Firstly, my contract expires sometime in December. Secondly, there have been no serious negotiations but WWE seems to want me to stick around and I prefer to do so as well. We’ll see how the negotiations proceed. I am fortunate that I have many options that have nothing to do with wrestling. Time will tell but don’t believe every thing you read about matters such as this.”

On the topic of whether TNA will ever reach the level of WWE and become a legitimate competitor, Ross doesn’t think that will happen either. He said, “there will be no WWE/TNA “war” in my view, unless a powerful TV network buys TNA and I haven’t heard that they are for sale.”

When asked about TNA’s Global iMPACT show from the Tokyo Dome and why WWE doesn’t do joint-shows with Japanese promotions overseas, Ross said, “WWE’s global branding is pretty amazing as it is. I’m not 100% sure what TNA got out of the Japanese deal but it did not blow me away and simply came off as a TV show from a unique locale.”
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8 Responses to Jim Ross Speaks on Going to TNA, Competition from TNA and Global iMPACT:

  1. pimp s

    Date: Oct 12, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    good tna is wack

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  2. slack

    Date: Oct 12, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    WWE is shit and JR wont admit it or they would give his ass the boot

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  3. Shawn

    Date: Oct 12, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    Good ol’ JR speaking the truth, I love it. He’s absolutely right with everything he wrote. Keep up the great work, JR!

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  4. Kevin

    Date: Oct 12, 2009 at 10:54 PM

    WWE SUX..they have the worst Wrestling today..watch TNA go on top…and we will see who in WWE might jump ship to TNA lol

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  5. Sir William

    Date: Oct 12, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    Unrelated post but I just wanted to air a prediction of mine…At Bragging Rights, Cena LOSES the Iron Man Match, but then enters the Smackdown vs Raw match on the SMACKDOWN team and wins it for them. Sure, that’d be way too much Cena on one show, and it would undermine the Iron Man Match if Cena was to recover and compete in another match within hors, but hey Cena would finally be off Raw and I could see the WWE doing this.

    Although it is a prediction, it is more wishful thinking,

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  6. ...shawdow

    Date: Oct 13, 2009 at 12:36 AM

    tna is gargabe.. haha pathetic little cocksuckers dreaming

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  7. Juggalo

    Date: Oct 13, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    Lmao. I don’t think TNA wants Jim Ross, no offense to him but he doesn’t seem to fit the mold for TNA… And we have Tazz. And what could be better than that?

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  8. Jesus Christ

    Date: Oct 13, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    TNA is WWE’s trashcan.

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