Grilling JR #36 The Finger Poke of Doom

[@yoshikitakaya7871]

LOVE that cover and could listen to JR talk allll day lol

[@jacobegleston9806]

I love mean JR! And when JR starts cussing

[@jamesburns248]

He's very real.

[@craigsmith4760]

Conrad calls it red ass J.R. lol

[@jayhiggs2K]

Red Ass J.R.

[@michelledavidson8190]

JR's 70th is coming up next week I hope it's a good one. Listening from Australia, I love the history of wrestling.

[@williammitchell4417]

JR is so humorous as well as being knowledgeable about the business.

[@josephboza7448]

He was hilarious in this episode. His imitations are as funny as Bruce if not more hilarious than Bruces.

[@Nazzlover38]

I called Hogan back then, 'Marker Beard', because from far away, it looked like it put marker all over his face.

[@TMBales]

I was a die hard wwf guy and diesel so this was the first Monday I went out with full intention of not even turning to raw. I was going to give wcw a full year. My three was nash , Bret, and Steiner. I was annoyed with all the bullshit but I tried to stick it out . When the fpod happened I never hated a character as much as Nash. When he later got destroyed by hhh, it was a sweet revenge for me as a fan. It was wwfs 99 nail in the coffin with wcw champion to start 99 getting beat by wwf champion to end 99

[@bdot187um]

6:10 your welcome.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Thanks man!

[@alberts1985]

Like very cool bishop

[@vincentprice9156]

I'll never forget after the FPOD, after that my weekly Nitro party's became Raw party's because everyone was bored to tears at seeing just Goldberg vs another huge heel faction...It was like the same old sh*t all over again.

[@troywright359]

2:06:21 Here we start to hear JR's true opinion. Ultimately he doesn't hate the angle. He does't think it's the worst thing ever. He understands the logic behind it, it just overran it's stay. I agree JR. Even if JR doesn't like not delivering on Nash/Goldberg, he appreciates the heel heat attained by the NWO reformation. It is textbook old school tactics. So many times you hear that wrestling fans think they have to feel that the FPOD is the absolute worst thing ever always. Thanks JR, for not feeling you have to conform.

[@cathyhanna1908]

Jericho is one of best at reinventing himself

[@jeremykanetravis]

Eddie was Chavo Jr's UNCLE, not his brother.

[@williamjones1077]

“El Dandy....Jesus”.....I can’t stop laughing, holy Christ!!😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheGreen8astard]

There’s a rapper outta the Bay Area named J RZ who has a line that says, “your rhyming skills are weak like the Luchador El Dandy.” Every time anyone says El Dandy I just laugh my ass off and this instance was no different 😂.

[@williamjones1077]

Alex Welch JR is funny as hell, his delivery is second to none!!😆😆😆

[@brianmcdonald7017]

who are you to doubt el dandy?

[@troywright359]

35:08 lol JR and his joke about little sisters

[@melbias5046]

Jr is correct Larry's claim to fame was wrestling and main eventing with bruno the guy went years talking about that. Incredible

[@tyleronmars4966]

Intro is awesome and so is the legendary Jim ross

[@RRswag70]

Hate Cupcake Thompson, love Jim Ross!

[@badwolf8787]

The thing is the moment itself got heat, people were throwing shit in the ring, & anger draws money, the problem is this was supposed to set up a new stable of heels Golberg could run through & a Hogan Golberg rematch with him getting the title back. But neither of those things happened & Hogan was a babyface again in just a few months lol.

[@JSRanimal]

I don’t understand how someone could call themselves a JR fan and not want him to be happy. I may always be more of a wwe fan but as a JR fan I just hope he’s happy in AEW

[@KaijuAlert]

JR couldn't change the subject fast enough when talking about Jack Doan. I wonder why they fired him.

[@AM81Daily]

1:56:45... 🤣🤣🤣Nailed It!🤣🤣🤣

[@peanut389]

16:43 WOW THAT'S GREAT LOL

[@Rschr101]

Great shit pal

[@yelnaw]

God damn

[@mikejohn3265]

I liked Glacier. I think WCW mishandled him. (Imagine that) Think Glaciar(martial arts) vs. Undertaker

[@ihavetubes]

Great stuff

[@mrsaxks3539]

Welcome to ads with Conrad jeez make sure you pause your stream of nitro for ads

[@kenadams9376]

15 before it's even halfway through 🤣

[@kitfo18]

No, kevin nash selected himself to be the guy to end the streak. Lets be completely honest about that.

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Listen to the 83 weeks podcast. Why would he book himself to beat the streak then give the belt away t next night

[@eXHackeR]

@@robbiesilverwolf exactly. Even Nash said ppl say oh I booked myself to be so strong and beat Goldberg only to lose it to the FPOD. How beneficial for me

[@robbiesilverwolf]

@@eXHackeR how does immediately dropping the belt make you look strong? Especially when it was booked that he only won because of interference. Who else would of been a good pick to break the streak?

[@ashleydominiak9059]

Stop listening to Goldberg😂

[@cinemasianx]

I want to say that Kidman never changed his look after coming in with Raven's flock, but I might be wrong.

[@kenadams9376]

He put on a different shirt, a clean beater. Then WWF he got a haircut and wrestled in short tights.

[@JoeBobTarheel]

2:09:37 Funny as Hell!

[@AmericanGypsy206]

I agree with that one fan who told him on Facebook how could he like working for AEW a second rate promotion well 10 years ago back he did a press conference for WWE 2K 14 and he was high and drunk and was trash talking their sponsors, he embarrassed himself badly that day, after that the WWE had no choice, but to fire him because him and Ric Flair where acting like complete idiots Jim Ross should’ve known better not to get wasted drunk that day, yet He’s not even mature enough to take responsibility for his stupidness. I don’t blame the WWE for firing him. He embarrassed himself and the company day and trust me I’m not defending the WWE. They are a shady company, but they were in the right when they fired Jim Ross.

[@JackG79]

This might be the first watch through... that i ever shut off the talking and just watched the show. That whe ric flair segment was drownd out to stadium talk... and tickets to so.e shit in the uk.

[@eXHackeR]

@@joere-uploader5766 no it’s not. But you gotta pause for the ads. The ads appear like normal convo it’s tough to discern at least the first 5-10 seconds of one sometimes.

[@AmericanGypsy206]

I agree with that one fan on Facebook who roasted JR about working for AEW… Jim Ross had a legendary career as a WWE announcer on Monday night raw and he threw it all down the toilet because he showed up at the WWE 2K 14 event high and drunk off his ass and he started talking shit about the sponsors that proves how irresponsible Jim Ross actually is as a full grown adult man… I feel no sympathy for him because he should’ve not showed up at a big company event promoting their product while high and drunk, talking very stupidly. He did it for himself… even though I’m a fan of these podcasts I lost respect for Jim Ross as a human being for being a pot smoking drunk, you literally fucked your career now you’re working for a second rate wrestling promotion good job good old JR!!!

[@troywright359]

1:54:43 RA JR giving his opinion on Jerry Glennville

[@ronniejdio9411]

Wwf had a year where Austin got over each Monday on Vince 50 times and Vince got him once. Think about that. Ppl were loving it. Wcw never changed. They wanted ro keep putting the heels over at.the end of nitro and ppl were tired of it. Fpod was the last straw tbh. Beating Goldberg was a historic mistake. The lies that fans were booing Goldberg was is horseshit

[@the_elmeister]

1:47:10 Tony spoils RAW results

[@troywright359]

1:43:43 JR making a dad joke

[@jayhiggs2K]

Glacier was on Killer Instinct, Not Mortal Kombat. Just saying

[@nickr4837]

I stopped watching WCW after this episode

[@eXHackeR]

I stopped watching Nitro after the WCW Nitro/Monday Night Raw simulcast in 2001...

[@bigorange2082]

I did too. When in doubt they always went back to the nWo. It got old.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Were you okay with Shawn Michaels laying down for Hunter?

[@nickr4837]

looking back, it had more to do with WWF's content being better I think like most wrestling fans, we were changing the channel constantly between WCW and WWF, and over time I found myself changing the channel less and less to WCW. WCW had one really interesting angle to me, at this time and that was NWO vs NWO Wolfpack. WolfPack was so popular at the time, I think Nash beating Hogan and ending the NWO B&W wouldve been a great direction to purse.

[@the_elmeister]

2:02:33 WCW Championship Match

[@msoileau83]

Nothing says "fundamental soundness " like a jelly donut. Oh yeah. Totally important.

[@mrfcardart]

love listening to JR talk while i create some art in my studio :))

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Is that code for something else?

[@Frosty2211]

Wow commercials much? Lmao wtf

[@the-NightStar]

If you were smart like ME and had ad-blocker, you wouldn't have anything to bitch about.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

@@the-NightStar I think he is referring to the built in sponsor ads, not the KZbin ads.

[@crystalwater505]

It amazes me that people still use the internet without any knowledge of an ad blocker.

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Waaa it sucks so much to wait 5 seconds to just push the skip button waaaaa

[@eXHackeR]

@@robbiesilverwolf dude it’s mot KZbin ads. The show has built in ads as PART OF THE PODCAST. a lot of them. Ad blocker can’t block it because it’s officially part of the content. There is no skip as it’s built into the audio. You can skip it but there’s a lot is what he means. Calm down killer

[@brandonhearn2922]

It’s funny listening to this now after Jericho’s work in AEW has gone to complete shit.

[@ashleydominiak9059]

How has it 😂

[@josephboza7448]

I was thumbs down about this episode. You can tell that Eric was desperate for ratings with how much on a roll WWE was. I think this was the death nail (or the start of it) for WCW.

[@WHITEDIRTProductions]

God damn JR hit the meth pipe before this one

[@melbias5046]

Jr like pritchard and everyone still in the business protect the other guy you will never get a honest answer from them. So all those dudes were bs'n everyone?

[@alexanderquaresma9207]

I understand AEW is just starting out and that it's more of a TV vehicle than a wrestling promotion run by people who are not really qualified to plot pro-wrestling angles out... but in April of 2021, though I know he's cultivating a mild heel persona in these podcasts for the clicks, it is highly ironic to hear JR criticize the product he's seeing (ex: Guerrero v. Smiley postmatch) on WCW and the whole 50/50 booking and post-match baloney that happens. Ross's criticism is correct, but after 2 yrs of what AEW has been putting out there, the irony is simply too rich not to comment. To each their own, and for people who like AEW, I get it, you're not wrong, I understand the draw and I think it can get better (it can't get worse). But around the time Bret Hart left the WWF for WCW, the WCW product was bad and just got worse. By this point in 1999 I had stopped watching. Yet 1999 WCW was still a superior product compared to anything AEW (and WWE for that matter) presents us with today. Hogan, Nash, Hall, Steiner, Luger... not the greatest "in-ring workers," especially in those days (though early Steiner was as good as anyone), but in their prime, those guys in the ring at the end, they were all salty bad asses who had been seasoned in the territories (except for Nash I think) and had a crusty luster nobody has anymore regardless of the angle they were in; those were wrestling stars. Goldberg certainly came around in the post-territory days, but he was still a star and a bad ass who was as over as anyone. I miss 20th-century wrestling now more than ever.

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

People are ridiculous, it is the age we live in and its sad. If your a true fan of the sport check out everything it has to offer and stop bitching. Aubrey is great, i love her in AEW. Perfect ref!

[@MrWhitegold13]

How is month yet talking about big show coming to aew, BTW if he iwas overexposed in wwe why put on commentary where you see him week in week out

[@runnersdialzero1244]

23:50 Dean Malenko has Parkinson's? Shit. :(

[@MTSpade]

jr cares WAY too much about what people online say, like every episode theres some rant about twitter or whatever the fuck, like let it go man, for someone who supposedly doesnt care about what ppl say he sure does a lot of bitching about it note: would have been good for a watchalong that it be an actual video episode so we could actually see it

[@blacklesnar.]

Why do I care what the referee's name is?

[@Dj.MODÆO]

The same reason sports fans care what coaches names are, and movie fans care what a directors name is......wrestling referees aren’t actually “referees” they are actually directing the match using code words, body language cues and hand signals. It doesn’t look like that’s what they’re doing...but that’s part of their art and skill. Also, if someone actually gets hurt the referee is the only one trained to know the difference between a “sell” and an actual injury and calls an audible to change up the match on the fly without anyone else knowing the difference. You can’t have a great wrestling match without a great referee directing it. That’s one of the main reasons why pro wrestling doesn’t use multiple different referees and usually only has a few. The fact that most people don’t realize this, is a testament to how good they are at their job.

[@yumyumrod2810]

You don't understand wrestling.

[@the-NightStar]

Sometimes I feel like i'm one of the only people who at least understands what they were TRYING to do with the finger poke. I mean i'm not defending it as a GREAT idea or anything, but at least I see where they were going with it. Honestly sometimes I think the only reason people shit on that THIS hard is because they're up-their-own-ass wrestling traditionalists who are a little TOO offended by it. ...like, it was just a thing meant to show in shocking fashion that Nash and Hogan were colluding. I can see how they at least THOUGHT it was supposed to be a "surprising twist". Yeah, in the long-run it was stupid and short sighted as an angle, but to treat it like "OH NO IT MADE WRESTLING LOOK FAKE THE BUSINESS IS RUINED KAYFABE IS DEAD" are just being goddamn idiots. It wasn't THAT big of a deal, or some blight on the face of professional wrestling, it was just an ill-thought out idea that didn't pan out how they probably thought it sounded on paper.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

It wasn’t supposed to look real or be believable, it was supposed to demonstrate how underhanded and devious the NwO was, and was intended to be perceived as Hulk conspiring with Nash to put the belt on Hulk by blatantly cheating. Too many people took it serious.

[@cullencalabria5636]

@@Dj.MODÆO the problem is for 10 months heat had been built up between the wolfpack and nwo black and white...for 10 months they had been building to the inevitable showdown between the two leaders then when they finally meet boom fingerpoke of doom...would have been like building the sting and hogan match up for forever then we they fight at starrcade one of then just lays down

[@cullencalabria5636]

They had built up beef between the wolfpac and nwo black and white for ten months so all those brawls were staged bc they were colluding the whole time? The biggest match wcw could have made after starrcade 98 was nwo wolfpac leader kevin nash vs nwo black and white leader hogan to be the climax between the great war between the two factuons then that happens...even as a 8 year old kid i thought it would stupid...it at least made sense when hbk dropped the european belt to triple h when they were in dx bc they were best friends they hadnt been feuding for ten months

[@mastervoz]

you dont do it front of 40,000 paying fans.

[@troywright359]

@@cullencalabria5636 they SHOULD have said Nash changed his mind to try and stop goldberg. and savage and sting felt betrayed, leaving the NWO

[@bigogarland7325]

WTF did JR have to do with this???? Connie is running out of topics.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

I like this unique look from an old WWE guy.

[@timothy4664]

Poor JR. He is trying to get over AEW and it'd sad. AEW only wishes they have the influence these people had. Come on. Comparing Jericho? Come on JR. I love you man but you are coming across as such a company man and that isn't always great. Just do the review.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

AEW (still) frequently puts down the WCW. Tony Khan loves to point out how AEW will not go down the road of demise, that WCW did.