While speaking on his Grilling JR podcast, AEW lead commentator Jim Ross has given his thoughts on the controversial promo segment between Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio during their feud in 2006.
The WWE Hall of Famer said that he didn’t like the way that, to give Randy Orton some heel heat during his feud with Rey Mysterio, WWE had the former WWE Champion suggest that Eddie Guerrero was in hell, less than a year after his death:
“I didn’t like that Eddie thing. ‘Eddie’s in hell.’ I thought it was a reach. It was knee-jerk, it just was distasteful. That’s the wrong kind, that’s go-away heat. Go-away heat. ‘I don’t wanna see this anymore, I don’t wanna hear this anymore.’ Go-away heat is not beneficial for anyone. I thought this was very distasteful in that respect.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpXZg3jcwiI&feature=emb_title
Jim Ross is certainly not alone in this belief, as many wrestlers, wrestling media figures and fans have voiced their displeasure at the content on Randy Orton’s promo, especially considering how close it was to Eddie’s death.
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Thanks to Ringside News for the transcription.
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