25 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE Ruthless Aggression PPV
23. 2003’s Commentary Feud Was Random
What in the name of slobberknockers was this all about?!
Personally, yours truly had forgotten this ever happened at all. Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman beat Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler at Unforgiven 2003 to win the right to become Raw’s commentary team. That plot point didn’t last long for the Sunday Night Heat duo. They weren’t horrible as an announce duo on the ‘C’ show, but they were never supplanting JR and King on the flagship.
Very random feud, to be honest. Things get crazier when you analyse JR's "in-ring career". He had 9 matches between 1999-2011. None of them were good, obviously. Then again, Jimbo surely didn't even want to be working inside the ring at all. He was much cosier with a cowboy hat and format sheet behind the announce desk.
There had been rumblings about Coach working matches stretching right back to his debut with the company as a backstage interviewer in 1999/2000. It's unclear whether he'd expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler or not, but most involved in the promotion inevitably fall into some sort of physical situation. Or, they did during the 'Attitude'-into-'Ruthless Aggression' days at least.
Unforgiven '03 was headlined by Goldberg beating Triple H to become World Champ, and a tidy Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels bout was on the card as well. So was Kane vs. Shane McMahon. If you remember those, fair enough, but it'd be a huge surprise if anybody points to Coach and Snow vs. JR and King when reminiscing.
There must be hundreds of matches just like this that have slipped under the radar.