Jim Ross On Hulk Hogan’s Birthday, SummerSlam And More

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with a new blog on jrsbarbq.com. Here are some highlights from this entry on last night’s RAW:

– WWE is to be commended on their production values on such presentations like Hulk Hogan’s 61st birthday party. It wasn’t over done and had enough “dirty looks” from some of the great stars in the ring and potential angle alerts to make it fun.

– Paul Heyman has become pure gold on the mic but that isn’t a revelation or new news. The first segment with Heyman and Brock Lesnar was excellent. Lesnar has become Sasquatch. If Lesnar doesn’t win the WWE World Title Sunday in LA at Summer Slam, I will be surprised. This championship should be a match dotted with physicality. Hey, who knows. perhaps WWE goes the surprise route because so many folks including me think that Lesnar should be the champion regardless of his schedule.

– The Stephanie-Brie Bella story has been well done even though the segment with the physical therapist Monday night on RAW was a little long for my taste but I’m looking forward to watching them in the ring Sunday and expect some surprises. (Angle Alert!)

– Again, the birthday party for Hogan tied together well with Lesnar vs. Cena at Summer Slam. This should be a great show Sunday if the matches have the time to tell viable stories. However, when in LA the WWE generally goes “Hollywood” and I’d expect this Sunday to be much of the same. That’s cool but give me my wrestling.