Jim Ross Predicts Big Buyrate for UFC, Dinner With Austin

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has posted his latest BBQ blog HERE. Here are some excerpts:

“Guys that work at the gym I go to are still buzzing about the Lesnar-Carwin fight that we attended this past Saturday night. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind who the top heavyweight in MMA is now. I expect the Lesnar fight to sell approximately 1.2 million PPV’s and that figure might be a touch low.”

Solomonster Says: It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that were the case. I’m thinking it may actually be slightly less than that. UFC 116 had a lot of buzz going in, but it felt more subdued than the buzz 115 had, and that PPV did over 900,000 buys. Still, Brock is the biggest PPV draw in the game not named Mayweather.

“We had dinner Friday night with Stone Cold and he never mentioned the RAW GM biz. I have no clue as to who will end up being revealed as the RAW GM but I’m enjoying the mystery. I think’ that when its finally revealed that we will all likely be surprised, perhaps shocked, and it might not be who many of us have on our own list of viable candidates.”

Solomonster Says: The only thing shocking was the sheer number of people who wrote in after Monday night thinking it was actually Austin. I still say it’s Zombie Jack Tunney sending e-mails from the great beyond under his old Prodigy account.

“Yes….The Nexus is a little NWO-like in many aspects except they are younger and have the majority of their careers ahead of them instead of behind them. I do think that the Nexus storyline is one of the better issues to come to RAW in quite some time.”

Solomonster Says: No argument here. It’s easily the most compelling thing on Raw since the Taker/Michaels buildup heading into WrestleMania. It’s lost some steam, but they can still deliver a big payoff with it.

“Nice use of Arn Anderson’s interview skills on Raw Monday night or so I thought. Before the emails roll in, yes, Double A would make someone a helluva ‘manager’ or mouth piece, but it certainly seems that the viable days of the wrestling manager have fallen by the wayside.”

Solomonster Says: It really is a crime the way the art of the wrestling manager has been so totally squashed by Vince McMahon. So many guys would benefit from having someone like Arn at their side, and more talented mouths would have jobs, which is always a good thing.

JR also discusses which talents from NXT Season 2 stand out to him thus far, former WWF announcer Kevin Kelly, and more.