On the most recent “Grilling JR” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross discussed the upcoming Netflix documentary on Vince McMahon. Ross claimed he was not interviewed.
Ross said, “No one closer to Vince than me at certain times in my tenure. Right hand man type material, but I never got a call. Maybe they didn’t feel like I was viable enough to follow up. I would have been happy to do an interview if I had been approached, but that didn’t occur and I’m not sure why because I know every secret, every corner, the whole nine yards. My feelings aren’t hurt because I wasn’t involved in it. It might be better that I wasn’t because it will make it easier to watch because a lot of us hate seeing ourselves on television.”
Ross continued, “I don’t know what Tony Khan would have thought about it, and I certainly would have got his blessing before I proceeded because I’m loyal to who I work for and Tony has been awfully good to me. This assignment that I have where I’m doing the main events at the AEW pay-per-views is significant. It’s a unique schedule. Nobody in my kind of work has ever had anything like this offered to them and I’ve taken advantage of it. I like to think, I hope, that my work on TV is holding up well and working out good. I don’t want to jeopardize that. I wouldn’t jeopardize that for anything. I don’t need it. I don’t need the money, but I would have done an interview.”
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(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
