The Reason Jim Ross Was Removed From WWE’s Montage

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Last night, many Raw viewers noticed (certainly based on feedback to this site) that WWE changed it’s opening video montage.  Among the changes, Gorgeous George and Harley Race have been added, but the most striking change was the removal of the voice of Jim Ross in favor of current Raw announcer Michael Cole.  Ross was unaware of this change and even tweeted about it last night, which you can read about elsewhere on SEScoops.

Apparently, the change was made as punishment to Ross over his appearing on camera at the July 3rd UFC show in Las Vegas where Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin.  Ross was interviewed on camera after the fight by Ariel Helwani of AOL Fanhouse.  While Steve Austin and Paul Heyman were as well, Ross is the only one currently under contract to WWE and they decided to make an example out of him.