You know the drill. J.R. blogs, I quote, you read. Here we go!
On the future of wrestling:
Big time athletes who can develop their wrestling personas organically and not merely portray what they perceive a wrestler would do in a certain situation but instead be enhanced versions of themselves is an ideal situation to create. “I’m not really a wrestler but I play one on TV” doesn’t work for me.
On Ric Flair’s return to the ring:
Ric told me he was working out twice a day, when he could, in preparation for the upcoming Australian tour on which he’s booked. After talking to ‘Naitch’ it’s obvious to me that he still has the passion and the fire to perform inside a wrestling ring which should come really as no shock or surprise and I don’t think that his passion to perform will ever wane. Mother Nature might cause Ric more ‘female problems’ but Ric’s will to compete and perform can’t be deterred.
On Steve Austin’s next project outside of wrestling:
Steve is preparing to head up to Vancouver to film another action/adventure movie that is going to be largely done outdoors in the beautiful terrain of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Texas Rattlesnake expects to encounter plenty of “weather” including ample rain which apparently is what they want for the film to have the organic grittiness to fit the script. I don’t know the release date but one can assume some time in 2010 nor do I know the title.
One how he’s doing:
I still feel that I am making improvements on the health front and am anxiously awaiting the nerves to regenerate in my face. Only time will tell. I don’t have any tests scheduled at this time this week which works for me. I will lay low and stay off the radar and just hope that I wake up every day better than the day before.
I continue to be motivated by your many emails, etc and the personal text messages and other phone calls I get from those within the business and beyond has been amazing. I actually think that I could hammer out a short book simply on the conversations that I have had with so many over the past few weeks.
Being at home and doing a little self evaluation has been good for me and certainly gives me more info to base on how I want to proceed with my career when I get healthy. For the record, getting healthy is by far my top priority these days and not when I describe another head lock.
He also talks MMA, tying it in to wrestling in the process:
In hindsight perhaps the folks promoting Fedor are being smart as TV viewers can only absorb so much info and only so many talents can get the notice that they need to become “stars.” One of pro wrestling’s biggest issues seems to be trying to focus on too many talents which generally ends up with very few getting to the next level.
