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Jim Ross Reveals How He Would Have Booked Roman Reigns in the Royal Rumble, Ric Flair Hates Ohio State, Cesaro News

February 3, 2016

Ric Flair Hates Ohio State

For those of you who missed it, Ric Flair appeared at the University of Michigan’s NFL signing day today, and during his appearance he cut a promo on U of M rival Ohio State. Flair closed the promo by saying “I hate Ohio State” and then gave a trademark “Woooo”!

Cesaro News

While he is not expected to wrestle, WWE.com is advertising Cesaro for next week’s live events in Germany.

JR Reveals How He Would Have Booked Roman Reigns in the Rumble

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross did a Q&A with Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard, and below is how JR would have booked Roman Reigns in the 2016 Royal Rumble match:

“Roman Reigns took more heat than he ever deserved for how he was booked at the Royal Rumble. He was a nose tackle in the ACC at Georgia Tech at 300-plus pounds, and then decided to go into the family business of pro wrestling. The thing we told him was, ‘You’ve got to work on your body,’ and I’m sure The Rock probably had some influence on that, too, but Reigns worked extremely hard and is very dedicated. The way he was booked in the Royal Rumble was decided by management. It was executed poorly. There should have been medical staff trying to help him and he could have pushed them away, refusing a ride to the trainer’s room. But the damn story was not told. And I’m not lashing out at anyone, because I don’t know if that was by design or not.

In hindsight, instead of sprinting and running to do anything, Reigns should have walked very deliberately and used his facial expressions to tell a great story. But we have the luxury of re-booking something we’ve already seen. I understand the intent of the storyline, but we never got a medical update on Reigns. It might have been a philosophical thing from upper management to have fans forget about Roman for a while, so it wasn’t the announcers’ fault and it damn sure wasn’t Roman Reigns’ fault.”

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.