During the latest episode of the Grilling JR Podcast, Jim Ross watched the “Milk-O-Mania” episode of Monday Night RAW in 2001. He discussed the Invasion angle and why it failed according to him and especially emphasized that he thought Stone Cold’s heel turn was a big mistake.
He also talked about WWE editing him out of several clips on the WWE Network. Ross said that this is a sign that WWE sees AEW as a very real threat.
“I smile in a wiseass way when I watch stuff on WWE and they’ve gone back and edited out all of my commentary on a lot of things,” Ross said. “That’s a lot of work for what it’s for. Who gives a sh**, who cares?”
“I don’t understand that. How do you do some of [Stone Cold Steve Austin’s] great moments and some of these other guys without using the sound bits that the company told? Well, he’s with [AEW] now. That tells me AEW’s existence is very prominent in WWE. We’re not going to put them out of business. I don’t even know if it’s really a war.”
Ross then mentioned a few former WWE superstars and producers he would like to see sign with AEW in order to assist the younger talents.
“I’d love to see Lance Storm doing something in AEW,” Ross said. “I think he’s a good citizen, a good professional, Lance is a good man. I think he’d get to really help a lot of our talents.”
He then talked about William Regal and how he helped him keep his job in WWE. He also mentioned how invaluable he is to NXT.
“How great was William Regal?” Ross said. “We never had an assignment for Regal; that that son of a gun didn’t take to the house. Absolutely amazing. I have a lot of time for him. I was really in his corner, we really had to go to the wall with Vince to get him to stay there because of some drugs and alcohol abuse. But we helped him, we didn’t turn our back on him. He may be the most valuable player in NXT. He’s out there looking at a lot of indie talents.”
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
