10 Wrestlers Who Couldn't Hide Their Anger At A REAL Insult

10. Jim Ross

Jim Ross was a figure of ridicule in the WWF.

Even at his authoritative, pearl-clutching best, a commentator so crucial and iconic that lapsed fans recall his contributions to the Attitude Era as fondly as they do the Austin Vs. McMahon saga, Vince McMahon taunted him mercilessly.

Bullying Ross became one of Vince's favourite pastimes in the 2000s when, bored and eating comfortably as the WWF monopolised all of North American wrestling, he indulged himself. He buried Ross for enduring a potentially life-threatening surgical procedure. He began to scream at him though the headset for daring to use a pronoun.

He also completely upended JR's actual life with no prior warning. Ross obviously had a sentimental attachment to Raw, and beyond that, it was the A show. In an insult to his standing in WWE, he was demoted to what was the B show, SmackDown, live on television, in 2008.

Live!

On TV!

Imagine finding out that you are being phased out of the job you love in front of millions of people, Christ. This was unconscionable on the part of Vince McMahon. He was - and is! - a terrible human being.

A computer (Michael Cole) took JR's place, daddy, in what was a live version of the f*cking hard times promo. The man looked devastated.