Jim Ross On Vince McMahon: "People Think I'm Mad At Him For Some F***ing Reason"
AEW's JR blows away misconceptions surrounding his relationship with WWE chief Vince McMahon.
Jim Ross has blown away the idea that he doesn't have a good relationship with Vince McMahon, trashing the notion that he is still upset with the WWE Chairman and CEO.
Speaking on a recent episode of his Grilling JR podcast, AEW's veteran announcer revealed that him becoming All Elite in 2019 didn't mean he was suddenly upset with Vince, despite the open mockery he sometimes faced while under McMahon's employ (h/t Wrestling Inc. for the transcription):-
“People think I’m still mad at him for some f***ing reason. Only spent 26 years there, made a lot of money, why would I be mad? Come on. ‘Well, he had something pulled out of your ass.’ Okay, he also had me beat up several times, it’s pro wrestling. Sometimes it’s the theatre of the absurd, that’s what it is."
The segment he refers to, Dr. Heiney, featured on an October 2005 episode of Raw. It saw Vince McMahon decked out in scrubs, pulling a model for JR's head from what was supposed to be Ross' ass while the legendary announcer was recovering from colon surgery at home.
Amongst other things, Ross was also made a paid-up member of Vince McMahon's Kiss My Ass Club and was cruelly imitated and mocked by Vince for his battle with Bell's palsy.
By accepting this as part of the show, he is a more forgiving man than most.