WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross was back with another blog where he shared his thoughts on the potential of Chris Benoit joining the WWE Hall of Fame, the changes to Fast Lane and WrestleMania 31 and more.
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Ross noted that every year around Hall of Fame time, fans ask if Benoit should be inducted into the WWE's Hall of Fame.
Benoit had an illustrious wrestling career that peaked with a WWE World Heavyweight Champion victory at WrestleMania XX, but he committed a double-murder suicide, killing his wife, son and himself in one terrible weekend in 2007.
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Ross took to Jrsbarbq.com and spoke about fans asking him if Benoit should ever be put into the company's Hall of Fame.
"The annual Chris Benoit into the WWE HOF topic has reared it's head again and will likely linger until after the WWE HOF event the night before WM31," Ross wrote. "I do not endorse Chris, who I hired and had immense respect for until the final days of his life when he murdered his family and then committed suicide. Knowing Chris as I did I feel that he would NOT want to be enshrined into the WWE HOF because of the backlash that it would create and because the story would not be about Chris's stellar career but instead about the infamous murder/suicide. The entire matter is still a gut wrencher including me representing the WWE at Nancy and Daniel's funeral services which was a task that was SO hard for me to attend on a personal level. IMO one cannot separate the career of an overachieving athlete from the fact that he murdered his family and then took his own life and no matter the alleged motive."
Ross also touched on the WWE changes that will see Daniel Bryan battle Roman Reigns at Fast Lane on Feb. 22 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. The winner will face Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31 on March 29 at Levi's Stadium in California.
"I liked the tweak in the booking as it relates to the Fast Lane PPV in a few weeks in Memphis as it gets Daniel Bryan back involved, provides multiple ways to go and even potentially positions Reigns as the villain against fan favorite Lesnar," Ross blogged. "As I said when many fans were knocking themselves out with their uncontrollable knee jerks, the weekly TV between now and WM31 could and should be good programming. I see that happening if the stories are kept simple and not over thought."
Ross also commented on the John Cena vs. Rusev United States Championship bout at Fast Lane.
"One way to create equity in the US Title is to have John Cena win it, hold it for an extended length of time and bring the luster back to the long time title," he wrote. "OR....have Rusev stay unbeaten including WM31. How hot would Rusev be if he stayed unpinned and submission free until WM32?"
Lastly, Ross touched on Triple H's appearance on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's podcast this past Monday night on the WWE Network.
"Enjoyed the Austin-HHH podcast Monday night after RAW on the @WWENetwork and look forward to more programs such as this as they are somewhat easy to produce and more cost efficient than many other original programming concepts," he said. "For me the long term key to the Network are the PPV's and Original Programming. The ideas for original programming are seemingly endless. Both Austin and Triple H were straight forward and once they got on a roll it created some interesting content. I could have easily listened to another hour."
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