History Trivia / JimRoss

** Ross was intentionally left out of any beforehand knowledge of the infamous Montreal Screwjob because Vince wanted to insulate him from any blowback from the decision since Ross was head of talent relations and none of the wrestlers would trusted him anymore if he had been part of the plan to screw Bret.

*** JR cites this match and the Hart-HBK Iron Man match at ''[=WrestleManiaXII=]'' as the two he most wished he could have called.

** JR actually missed the ''Raw'' where Mankind defeated The Rock for the WWF title. One can only imagine how he would have called such a pivotal match.

** During the 2008 WWE Draft, none of the draftees were told that they'd be switching shows until just seconds before the announcement was made. Most notably seen with the announcer switch between ''[[Wrestling/{{WWESmackDown}} [=SmackDown!=]]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]''... the looks of confusion and anger on Wrestling/MichaelCole and Ross' faces as they switched chairs following the announcement of the change were completely real, and Ross actually considered retiring the day after it happened.

** At the [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling G1 Special in San Francisco]], Ross took an unexpected bump when Wrestling/JayWhite Irish whipped Juice Robinson into an improperly-secured barricade, which hit Ross's commentary table and knocked him over[[note]]Normally, this isn't a problem because there are more Young Lions at ringside to hold the barricades steady during these spots[[/note]]. In the moment, it came off like a brilliant KickTheDog moment on White's part, and Ross sounds understandably angry and surprised from then on...because he ''was'' angry and surprised, because that spot wasn't supposed to knock him over and he suffered legitimate minor rib injuries from it.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Why he became the "manager" of fake Diesel and Fake Razor Ramon in a failed attempt to turn him heel. It was all a stunt by the WWF to help them successfully sue WCW and hopefully kill "The Outsiders" angle dead. Of course this didn't work on any level, as the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ended up steamrolling Raw.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The question of whether or not JR or Wrestling/JoeyStyles are each other's PoorMansSubstitute might have been put to the test with Paul Heyman stating that JR would have called ''ECW One Night Stand'' had Joey declined or been unable to.
** One can only imagine how he would have called the Monday Night Raw match that had Mankind defeat The Rock for the WWF title...

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The question of whether or not JR or Wrestling/JoeyStyles are each others PoorMansSubstitute might have been put to the test with Paul Heyman stating that JR would have called ''ECW One Night Stand'' had Joey declined or been unable to.

* OneOfUs: One of the many reasons why so he's beloved, as said above. Not to mention his embracing of new media, going back to the old Ross Reports of the late '90s/early 2000s on WWF/WWE.com.

** Also, Ross' announcing career; he's admitted before that he went out of his way to avoid being told the ending of a match so that his announcing would sound more natural.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The question of whether or not JR or Wrestling/JoeyStyles are each others PoorMansSubstitute might have been put to the test with Paul Heyman stating that JR would have called ''ECW One Night Stand'' had Joey declined or been unable to.

* WHatCouldHaveBeen: The question of whether or not JR or Wrestling/JoeyStyles are each others PoorMansSubstitute might have been put to the test with Paul Heyman stating that JR would have called ''ECW One Night Stand'' had Joey declined or been unable to.

* OneOfUs: One of the many reasons why so he's beloved, as said above. Not to mention his embracing of new media, going back to the old Ross Reports of the late '90s/early 2000s on WWF/WWE.com.