As a fan of southern rassling from Oklahoma who had a high opinion of himself, Jim Ross mustve had to swallow his pride on many occasions and accept a lot of different things when he started working for WWE. Despite his power as Head of Talent Relations for a time, many people higher up than him mocked him constantly and made his life far more difficult. He was especially humiliated whenever WWE was in his native Oklahoma, and he was the victim of constant bullying over his Bells palsy, southern accent, and emphasis on rassling over WWEs vision of sports entertainment. However, he still stayed loyal to WWE, even if he was a regular target for mockery. He worked with WWE for 21 years, and throughout that time he swallowed his pride and accepted whatever his employer put him through. It was thought that his loyalty to WWE was so profound that nothing would make him retire; not even being relegated to SmackDown unexpectedly after being lead announcer on RAW for over 15 years. Unfortunately, an incident with Ric Flair led him to retire from WWE, and move on to other ventures, most notably providing English commentary for New Japans Wrestle Kingdom IX event in January. So while he doesnt work for WWE anymore, during his two decades plus tenure, his loyalty was without question.