Grilling JR #06 WWF King of The Ring 1997

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On this week's Grilling JR with WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross & Conrad Thompson, the guys talk AEW Double Or Nothing, before getting into this week's main course, King Of The Ring '97! It was an interesting time in WWE. WCW was handily winning the ratings war week after week, Bret Hart and The Hart Foundation were the top heels in the company, and Bret and Shawn Michaels were certainly having their issues. The Undertaker was WWE Champion, Steve Austin's star was continuing to rise, and guys like Mankind, Goldust, and HHH were solidifying their characters and their spots for the upcoming Attitude Era. Plus, The Nation Of Domination, Ahmed Johnson, The Headbangers, The Legion Of Doom, Sid, Crush and more were on the card! Rate/subscribe in Apple Podcasts! New episodes every Thursday at 6 AM Hit JR on Twitter: @JRsBBQ Find JR on Facebook/Instagram: @JimRossBBQ
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@fishhookism 4 года назад

The wrestling talent WWE had in 1997 will never be duplicated.

@robbiesilverwolf 4 года назад

Ruthless aggression era talent though

@makaveli4205 2 года назад

WWE died after the Chris Benoit incident. AEW is way better. I can barely watch wwe anymore. Girls took over wrestling to much

@stevefromyellowstone7911 Год назад

@@makaveli4205 I think ur probably right but I stopped watching around the time Eddie died. Started in early 98 when I was 4 lol

@AmericanGypsy206 3 месяца назад

@@makaveli4205 the WWE died after 2001. It’s just a lot of us didn’t wanna believe it. We was all in denial as wrestling fans, but it died before Benoit

@AmericanGypsy206 3 месяца назад

@@robbiesilverwolf the attitude era was way better than ruthless aggression era John Cena was too much in the spotlight and I got tired of seeing him winning all the time

@markl5998 4 года назад

Conrad looking like a white bad news brown in the thumbnail

@darnellpistachio2991 3 года назад

I just heard the greatest bad news brown story ever. Poor bastard.

@Spursfan1527 4 года назад

Actual podcast starts @ 7:00

@SAMagic 4 года назад

You da real MVP!

@adam-thesportsguy6147 3 года назад

God bless ya, buddy!

@brucepetrie1343 4 года назад

97 was an excellent year in wwe

@Dr-Alexander-The-Great 3 года назад

WWF. In 97, they were still WWF

@iladelproductions8820 3 года назад

@@Dr-Alexander-The-Great Exactly!

@dapperdan6472 3 года назад

97 was an excellent year in wrestling

@makaveli4205 2 года назад

96-2002 were the best years in wrestling history. WCW and ECW were still around

@travismcdonald6576 4 года назад

This is Conrad’s best podcast.

@phenomenalasshole 4 года назад

This format is so much better

@Airdathegamer 4 года назад

JR is so fucking smooth that he can promote viagra while still sounding professional and classy.

@murraysaucedo897 4 года назад

One thing that stood out to me for some reason about this PPV is that in the Goldust vs Crush match Goldust got the win via pinfall by using a tornado DDT instead of his signature Curtain Call. Why was that?

@coreysargent4156 3 года назад

Interesting

@jonythewolf6128 3 года назад

Keep things fresh?

@mikejohn3265 2 года назад

I wasn't afraid of Undertaker but Mankind scared me as a child.

@stevenman013 4 года назад

Would it hurt to space the ads out evenly? It really damages your audience's listening experience

@Phantusa 4 года назад

Yah the ads piss me off

@Erdei1980 4 года назад

I so agree ads will never leave but how about 20 ads in a span of 10mins? So we can skip em these guys got enough loot for 4 generations of family.guys for real. Cheers from the drunk guy

@judahsantana1561 3 года назад

Scroll to the end then hit replay button...no ads

@cmoney24ish 4 месяца назад

Facts

@mikegaspar2559 10 месяцев назад

I'm at 50 minutes and there have been 7 youtube ad breaks and 2 in-podcast ads... I paused to leave this comment and I will be ending the video when I'm done typing. This happens too often. Too bad! Because I enjoy the content... and I see that I'm not the only one. Putting yourself out of business Conrad.

@trojandarkhorse2022 4 года назад

I remember its was supposed to be the main event of undertaker vs Ahmed Johnson for the title but f course Ahmed got hurt right after he turned on Taker and joined the NOD 🙄

@AmericanGypsy206 3 месяца назад

After March 2001 wrestling was never the same and never will be

@YoungGrizzly82 3 года назад

Around the 1:47:23 mark is when the actual topic begins

@Gamingniqqa 2 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@Elfo_Scuro 2 года назад

You can't talk about only the PPV with JR, that's because he can elaborate the climax with the backstories before the PPV. A comment about a PPV without a little bit of extra before mean nothing to me.

@chrisortiz8072 4 года назад

Personally as kid at this era I thought shawn and Bret were both bad guys lol

@trojandarkhorse2022 4 года назад

Im trying watch a video on the 97 king of the ring and this guy wants me to bring my out calculator...wtf 🤔🤨LOL

@lawrence142002 6 месяцев назад

JR briefly mentions here they weren't sure if Austin would be a hit with kids... I was in 4th grade in 1997, and I went from the only kid in my class who watched (in the doldrum years of 93-96) to talking with a bunch of others about what was going to happen on Raw (and Nitro) each week. By far the most popular wrestler amongst the 9 and 10 year old fans was Stone Cold Steve Austin. It wasn't even close.

@HhhHhhh-nu4lm 2 года назад

WWF and WCW both have shows in Los Angeles this week on the same night. WCW is treating it like an internet PPV and will be doing live audio commentary on their website (no video because, well, it's 1997. Think of how much of a pain in the ass live video streaming still is now sometimes, then subtract 20 years). They're also promising a confrontation (but not a match) between Hogan and Sting. As for WWF, their show will feature Bret Hart's return to the ring and a bikini contest with Sunny, Sable, Marlena, and Chyna. According to WWF officials, ticket sales are neck and neck, while WCW claims to be several thousand tickets ahead of WWF. Both sides are claiming that the other is heavily papering the shows. For what it's worth, Dave says that despite the perception that WWF is the #2 company, the truth is that they still consistently outdraw WCW on house shows. And the advance ticket sales for Summerslam, which is still over a month away, has already made more ticket money than WCW has ever made for any show

@butch5419 2 года назад

Thx for that… meltzer is good for looking back in time

@HhhHhhh-nu4lm 2 года назад

@@butch5419 meltzer might been wrong about a bunch of stuff but he was right about a lot stuff too. like he said wwe was never danger going under and he said ddp won world belt beceause he was over

@HhhHhhh-nu4lm 2 года назад

@@butch5419 For 83 weeks, Nitro was defeating Raw in the ratings. Wrestlers were jumping ship to WCW faster than you could say “Titanic.” Bret Hart was told the company couldn’t afford him, and the company was downsizing and taking the water coolers out of the offices. But the company was not on the verge of bankruptcy as some would believe. Actually, despite getting thumped in ratings, the WWE’s House Show and international presence was not only keeping the company afloat but helping them turn it around from an economic standpoint. 2

@angelanjoshjacobs-matkin1015 3 года назад

Mankind came out with Paul heyman?😝

@joefosh 4 года назад

"ANY MEANS NECCESSARY!" 'no it doesnt'

@trurobertson 2 года назад

Owen gave Dan Severn the same pile driver and they carried him out on a stretcher. Severn was pissed as Owen tried to apologize

@arpegio88 4 года назад

1:53:53, that wasn't Mean Gene Okerlund that did the voiceover at the beginning of the PPV.

@chrisorlando6162 3 месяца назад

Yeah, Gene was 4 years into his wcw contract. Doesn't Conrad know that??

@augustushaynes1311 2 года назад

Idc what anyone says about the 90s WWF/E…I happened to rewatch that Lawler promo mentioned around 1:19:30 and it was absolutely fucking hilarious, and Lawler’s tone and delivery were that of everything you wanted a major heel to be in wrestling pre-PG era. Perfection, absolutely brilliant.

@aaronstears4543 11 месяцев назад

I d😊😊 18:53 😊😊

@jasonjekyll8576 3 года назад

Lol those noises JR is making

@Phantusa 4 года назад

Kane has huger shoulders than undertaker. Trump is a lashlaey guy

@kennethmalone4689 3 года назад

I prefer extra sharp cheddar cheese, Ford Mustangs and 1980's G I. Joes

@coreysargent4156 3 года назад

Did the cats finish the floors? I can't find my shoe strings, tell Eugene not to yell at apple's too long.

@iladelproductions8820 3 года назад

@@kennethmalone4689 I like salsa con queso myself. Porsche guy all day. Not a bad thing I can say about G.I Joe thou *slautes the flag.

@anto-mac 4 года назад

Hearing the fink story knowing he's now passed rest on peace

@jimipaddy 4 года назад

old j.r doesnt answer a single question without wandering all around the houses

@jamesbyersmusic 4 года назад

Could we get a King Of The Ring 1993 episode please?

@thegoldentroll 4 года назад

@Vincent Verona No!

@makaveli4205 2 года назад

That was the Bret Hart show he wrestled 3 times in one night

@josephboza7448 3 года назад

To me, 1997s edition of the King of the Ring is the most forgettable edition. While it had good matches, it was just there for me. There is nothing wrong with cards that are just there. It was stupid that politics play into why Hunter became the 1997 and not the 1996 King of the Ring. I like it when Conrad looks back at the business at that time of a particular ppv cause its always interesting to go back in a time capsule and see how we got here. The road to the show was interesting for sure. I am surprised they didnt have a 3rd person sit in for the King. It must have been hard for JR to work with Vince. We know as a commentator the show revolved around Vince.

@jonythewolf6128 3 года назад

Booo

@diamondpaintingfanatics 4 года назад

😂😂😂 not everyone likes Americans ... uk protests Trump .... well I’m a huge fan of JR & AEW and loving podcasts of all wrestling facts and interviews. Can’t get enough ... as for Trump .... not a fan at all because he’s Trump - not because he’s American! Lol

@OuterZanzibar 3 года назад

2:22:45

@johnhill6412 3 года назад

A good example of why wrestling podcasts and politics don't mix. JR says people in England surely had better things to do than protest Trump. Then a few minutes later he says our society is stupid because people villainized Asians after Pearl Harbor. I wonder if he ever connected those two dots?

@butch5419 2 года назад

And what would that connection be

@jonythewolf6128 3 года назад

Yea might be the best year

@stevepmg9202 2 года назад

For stories, unpredictability and excitement I think it was, for match quality probably 2000. 1997 had some great main events and great matches studding the shows but carrying a lot of crap, bell to bell 2000 was off the charts. Although storylines tended to be "here's the same two guys as last month with a different stip."

@rayf3937 4 года назад

Please try and fix the audio!!!! Can’t listen

@wickednimbus2068 4 года назад

Wait....what?? Did Conrad say that undertaker was 54 in 1997? So he is 77 today? 6/19/20??????

@robbiesilverwolf 4 года назад

He said that Undertaker was going to be wrestling at the Saudi Arabi show at the age of 57

@Jaysonfear42069 2 года назад

Why can't I release guys bc they don't wanna be there bc the WWE release guys all the time B4 their contracts up ssssoooooo what's the diffs kinda hypocritical if u ask me

@HhhHhhh-nu4lm 2 года назад

he never mentioned they were goign out business

@jamesbarnes7045 2 года назад

The WWF could have released Leif Cassidy he was straight trash there was nothing spectacular about him

@mindfuqq 3 года назад

So sick of hearing about needing to work for you family when you are being paid that much money. Around the world MOST wont see the amount of money some of these guys make in one match in half their lives.

@stevepmg9202 2 года назад

Only at the top of the card, and the money they are paid has to cover their own travel and hotels on the road, gym workouts whenever/wherever they can find them, and eating on the go isnt cheap compared to cooking at home. Its one of the biggest myths about the industry that it affords you a lavish lifestyle ; unless you're at the very top or are very sensible with your money, it doesn't. Hence why so many keep working into their 50s/60s rather than retire before they get really banged up.

@ZaneG562 3 года назад

3:40

@HhhHhhh-nu4lm 2 года назад

in this video here he says it misconception wwe was doing bad in 1996 and 1997 just because ratings were bad . they were still doing well. but in this video when he talk about 1997 king of ring he says other wise lol. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ku7IVFcXb5o.html

@markduffy8987 3 года назад

Can we get jr to turn his microphone off when he’s not talking , the noises are disgusting

@Difrentstyles 3 года назад

No Ross is a Legend he can do what he likes us fans are lucky to have this podcast so leave or shut up and listen your comment helps the algorithm tho!

@chachopichardo1879 2 года назад

@@Difrentstyles shut up no cares the noise shit bad fucker

@MS-it9vv 4 года назад

Ad-Fest 2020. Unlistenable. Thumbs down.

@kensteinmetz880 4 года назад

HHH...crappy wrestler.. who wanted to be Thor..😡

@jasonswift1608 4 года назад

Hbk is the best hhh is good breath Hart is listen to that moan bag he also said flair couldn't have a good match Shawn was always btr in ring that's y Bret couldn't handle his ego to big and he's still crying and crying the best moan there ever is was and the moaniest there ever will b