Jim Ross Blogs on Vince McMahon, Dean Ambrose Over Roman Reigns, Rusev

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross took to his blog Tuesday to offer some insights and thoughts on this past week’s edition of “Monday Night Raw.” Below are some of the highlights from the installment.

Ross gave his thoughts on Vince McMahon returning to “RAW,” and what it means going forward for The Authority:

“With no John Cena on RAW, WWE rolled out Mr. McMahon which was a nice surprise. McMahon raised the stakes on the main event at Survivor Series inasmuch if the Authority’s team doesn’t win then they are no longer “in power.”  I think that the authority figure persona has run it’s course, by and large, even though I have enjoyed the work of HHH and Stephanie the past several weeks. It just seems as if it is the same presentation over and over again. On a recent Ross Report Podcast in one of my opening monologs I suggested that one way to freshen up the current Authority figure personas was to have friction between HHH and his wife which could take on various incarnations and involve others.”

He then gave enormous praise to Dean Ambrose, and worried for Roman Reigns that he may have his work cut out for him upon his return to the ring from injury:

“Ambrose is the new “it” guy with Roman Reigns on the mend and it may be challenging for Reigns to unseat Ambrose upon his return. Notice I said challenging and not likely. Reigns still seems as if he’s the chosen one for WM31 but Ambrose is making a name for himself while the opportunity is there. Hopefully, Reigns, for his own sake, is doing a great deal of study and mental preparation for his return because if Roman returns unchanged then he has wasted an amazing opportunity to make himself better via DVD study, etc while off the road.”

Ross also made note of the new WWE United States Champion Rusev, and is confused by his booking:

“It’s interesting as to why WWE apparently feels Rusev should be booed….apparently only because he’s Russian. The powerhouse rarely cheats, is a patriot to his native land, is a beast, isn’t a coward, and has not lost via pin or submission. What is there among those items that I am supposed to dislike? The nationalistic storylines can still work but the ‘foreigner’ still has to have heel tendencies and nuances.”

More of his thoughts can be found here.

Editor’s Note

I pretty much echo all of his sentiments, especially about Reigns. It will be very interesting to see if WWE forces him down people’s throats and he gets Batista treatment.

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