Jim Ross Blogs on Edge and the Horsemen's Hall of Fame Inductions and more

Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 01.16.2012

JR speaks...

- Jim Ross has posted his latest blog entry. Check out the highlights:

On what's missing from Royal Rumble hype: "I always thought more could be made, I'm looking at the mirror quite honestly on this one, of the fact that there are only 30 spots available for the Royal Rumble Match. While other attractive matches are generally booked for the PPV, nothing really compares to the Rumble match and what winning it provides the last man standing in the ring."

On picking a Rumble winner: "Picking a winner of the Royal Rumble match is a tough task especially when one doesn't know conclusively who will compete. Because the PPV occurs in St. Louis, I 'guessed' that perhaps Randy Orton, if healthy, would be a dark horse to win in his home town. You'd be amazed at some of the Tweets that we received taking that bit of info to new levels."

On Edge and the Four Horseman's Hall of Fame inductions: "For the record, I have zero to do with the selections and found out about Edge and the Horsemen going into the HOF when other viewers did. It puts me in an uncomfortable situation when I'm asked who deserves to be in the HOF and who doesn't. That's not my place to pass judgment nor will I. Many obvious talents 'deserve' to be inducted into the WWE HOF and, overtime, I expect the normal suspects to be honored. The Horsemen unit of Flair, Arn, Tully, and Windham are arguably the best in ring performing unit of all the Horsemen incarnations from my perspective. That's not to say that the other Horseman entities weren't effective. Adding a qualified in ring talent to the foundation of Naitch, Double A, and Blanchard always put that individual on a 'winning team.' Over the years too many Horsemen incarnations watered down the attraction just as it did the nWo back in the day."

On Ole Anderson's omission: "The controversy of original Horsemen member Ole Anderson being omitted is understandable especially for many long time fans but with Ole's unfortunate health issues and the fact that he has publicly said that he's not interested in being associated with WWE should be enough for those vocal fans to move on. But that isn't going to happen."

On the potential for one more Edge match: "For Edge fans longing for Edge to have the seemingly obligatory "One More Match," I hope that educated fans realize that medically that would be a major mistake for all involved."