Jim Ross Wishes He Didn't Turn Heel In WWE 1996
JR was the on screen brains behind Fake Diesel and Fake Razor Ramon
Nov 13, 2021
When Kevin Nash and Scott Hall jumped ship to WCW in 1996, WWE had two massive Diesel and Razor Ramon shaped holes to fill, so they simply recast the grapplers, and the reception was not good in the slightest.
As part of the fake Razor and fake Diesel storyline, they were ‘brought in’ to the WWE by a heel Jim Ross, but the whole angle was quickly shelved as it sank like a stone.
When asked about his heel run on the Grilling JR podcast, JR admitted that he was not a fan of the angle:
“I’d rather not done it because I thought my skills were being wasted by doing that and not doing play-by-play. That was just me, maybe just my ego talking as well. It was different and it was new. Like I said many times, wrestling fans love new. I had fun at the beginning but tying me to that wagon with the Fake Razor and Diesel, I didn’t think it was gonna accomplish very much.”
Ross continued, saying he turned heel because he was asked:
“I love the business so much that it was something to try, something different, and it’s what Vince wanted, so that’s what you did. You did what the boss wants. Don’t try to outsmart the system,”
