Jim Ross Discusses The Struggles Of Commentating With Bell’s Palsy

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross was recently interviewed by ESPN to promote his new book, “Slobberknocker: My Life In Wrestling.” He discussed a number of topics, including how to be a successful broadcaster, the struggles of commentating with Bell’s Palsy, today’s announcers and more.

Below are some highlights of the interview:

On what is needed to be a success in broadcasting:

“I believe that to be a great broadcaster one has to have basic fundamental, instinctual, communication skills, and I was blessed with having two very talkative grandfathers,” Ross told ESPN.com.

“The point is, any broadcaster that’s good is a storyteller at heart,” said Ross. “They also have a keen sensitivity to their demographic, and their target audience, and they never deviate too far from that target audience and what they believe that target audience is interested in. Great broadcasters have product knowledge. They have life experiences and they have good instincts. They’re instinctually sound. They’re very fast at processing information.”

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On help from Vince McMahon during his battle with Bell’s Palsy:

“I was really in a fragile place, but Vince handwrote a letter to me, and had it delivered to my home in Norwalk, Connecticut,” said Ross. “I used the letter in the book. It’s pretty amazing. It was a ‘Come to Jesus’-type pep talk. I was just so self-conscious with how I looked. I just thought how I looked, how I sounded with a little bit of a speech impediment because of the Bell’s palsy.

On today’s commentators:

“A lot of folks get angry at today’s commentators, but it’s how they’re produced,” said Ross. “It’s their skill-set, a lot of them, and it’s what is asked of them to perform and to do … the demands on today’s wrestling broadcasters are extensive. The job description of that role has evolved and changed over the years. People can hear, and they can certainly tell that.

They also discuss his current schedule and more.

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