Jim Ross spent many years working closely with Vince McMahon, so he knows a thing or two about the way that the Chairman of the Board operates.
On a recent episode of Grilling JR the Hall of Famer discussed the Armageddon 2000 pay-per-view, which took place in December of that year, and when the subject of Christmas was brought up Ross made it clear how McMahon feels about the holiday.
“McMahon could give a sh** less about Christmas. He’s all work, he’s all business if Christmas is a day that they’re going to run a live show, which I’ve worked many Christmas’ and Thanksgivings. McMahon’s favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, bottom line. He can mentally justify eating cake and pie, and his wife’s a great cook.”
Ross also discussed why WWE dropped the Armageddon PPV name following 9/11, and how the decision came about.
“Sometimes in McMahons world, things like that could not be recognized. You have to go back and say how can we make this viewer-friendly under the guides of the times we live in? We didn’t do a lot of those kinds of meetings. We had a small group that made decisions. He liked it that way; he didn’t like sharing information with non-wrestling people in a big group. And what kind of feedback are you going to get?”
“Vince just came up listening to somebody, and they reminded him that this isn’t real sensitive and Armageddon probably isn’t the right name for this d**n thing and what it signifies. I remember us talking about it and saying we got to rebrand some of these shows. Quite frankly, it’s not a bad idea. Wrestling fans love new and fresh. You don’t screw with your 4 [major] pay per views. The others, to me, they can all be changed. What’s it going to do?”
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