One MIND-BLOWING Secret From EVERY Month Of The WWE Attitude Era
5. December 2000 | New Signings Discussed
Jim Ross was never shy throughout the Attitude Era. Quite the opposite; if he felt that somebody needed to lose weight because they were not motivated enough to make it, he’d call them a right fat porker in his Ross Report column and sanction their relegation to Ohio Valley Wrestling, which functioned as both developmental territory and a weight loss camp.
Ross would also freely volunteer which wrestlers that the WWF was looking to, willing, or not willing to sign. This is odd in retrospect, reading it through a 2026 lens. The modern equivalent would be Triple H saying that he wants to sign Chris Jericho at the Elimination Chamber post-show, but those yahoos down in Jacksonville are too busy freezing his contract.
Ross held a media conference in December, during which he revealed that the WWF held no interest in Juventud Guerrera nor Scott Hall. Incredibly, given that A) she eventually was signed and B) Jim Ross and Vince McMahon alike were physiologically wired to goon over her, Ross said they didn’t want Torrie Wilson, either.
Around this time, poor Chris Chetti of mild ECW fame tried to get a WWF gig the Peter Odemwingie way: he basically drove to WWF shows and kept asking. Ross was less than diplomatic in his response to that rumour, saying that he wasn’t getting signed yet, but if he was, he’d probably get packed up to Memphis for full-time work.
Ross also very casually let slip that he’d been talking with Marc Mero and Sable of late, but residual locker room heat was likely to prevent those returns from happening any time soon.