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Ask yourself this.
What commentator in WCW had as much experience being in the business and calling matches as Jim Ross, aside from Solie & Russell, both of whom were 20 plus years older than JR, who wasn't a spring chicken himself in WCW?
Jim Ross' commentating career dates back to the 70s, where he got started on radio. Post Gordon Solie era, when your most experienced announcer is "Stagger" Lee Marshall, well, it's not hard to see what WCW was actually looking for. The Gordon Solie's and Lance Russell's were phased out and replaced with a much younger Jim Ross, an early 30's Tony Schiavone and a youthful and "experienced" Eric Bischoff, pairing them with former wrestlers turned announcers and which ever guy that recently quit WWE.
It's like JR treated it as a job and actually had respect and knowledge for wrestling history, seeing as how he had been around for so long. Others used it as a stepping stone or were only brought in because "they knew somebody".
What commentator in WCW had as much experience being in the business and calling matches as Jim Ross, aside from Solie & Russell, both of whom were 20 plus years older than JR, who wasn't a spring chicken himself in WCW?
Jim Ross' commentating career dates back to the 70s, where he got started on radio. Post Gordon Solie era, when your most experienced announcer is "Stagger" Lee Marshall, well, it's not hard to see what WCW was actually looking for. The Gordon Solie's and Lance Russell's were phased out and replaced with a much younger Jim Ross, an early 30's Tony Schiavone and a youthful and "experienced" Eric Bischoff, pairing them with former wrestlers turned announcers and which ever guy that recently quit WWE.
It's like JR treated it as a job and actually had respect and knowledge for wrestling history, seeing as how he had been around for so long. Others used it as a stepping stone or were only brought in because "they knew somebody".