Episode 217: King Of The Ring 1993

Grilling JR

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Grilling JR, the voice of wrestling Jim Ross and host Conrad Thompson take us back 30 years for King Of The Ring 1993! JR shares his experiences joining WWF, his reaction to Lord Alfred Hayes not liking him, working with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan, going on his first European tour and so much more! The guys also discuss the build to crowning Bret Hart the King of The Ring! AN EVENING WITH KEVIN VON ERICH - Iconic wrestler Kevin Von Erich has just announced his first public tour. The show titled “AN EVENING WITH KEVIN VON ERICH: Stories From the Top Rope” will feature Von Erich sharing insight into his career, personal triumphs and tragedies. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 2nd at EmporiumPresents.com or Ticketmaster and will offer a very limited number of VIP tickets which include a meet & greet/photo op. The tour kicks off in Dallas on September 1st which will be hosted by sports reporter Dale Hansen and the following cities - September 2nd in San Antonio, September 3rd in Corpus Christi, September 5thin Houston, September 6th in Shreveport, September 8th in Oklahoma City, September 9th in Amarillo, and September 10th in Midland, all hosted by David Manning. Von Erich, now 65, will be the subject of a major motion picture, “Iron Claw”, which stars Zac Effron and is slated for release in late 2023. ATHLETIC GREENS - To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D & 5 FREE travel packs with your 1st purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/JR to take ownership over your health and pick up the ulimate daily nutritional insurance! FITE + - Fite+ is the ultimate digital platform for live sports and entertainment, and they are now offering a free 7-day trial at TryFite.com FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA at https://grillingjr.com/ Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.com On AdFreeShows.com, you get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9! And now, you can enjoy the first week...completely FREE! Sign up for a free trial - and get a taste of what Ad Free Shows is all about. Start your free trial today at AdFreeShows.com. If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on Grilling JR. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithJR.com now and find out more about advertising with Grilling JR. Get all of your Grilling JR merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/grilling-jr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh yeah, you don't need perfect credit, huh? Even with credit scores in the 500s,
0:07.8	no, it takes a couple of copies to get started. Get it? Oh yeah, snap into it!
0:22.2	Hey, it's gone, Ray Thompson, and you're listening. The grilling JR?
0:27.2	What's the voice of wrestling, Mr. Jim Ross? Jim, how are you, man?
0:30.5	I'm pretty good, Johnny. Pretty good. I've got to be home in Florida, and a lot of travel less
0:37.6	week or so. Yesterday, coast to coast, San Diego to Jacksonville, border to border. So I'm still trying to
0:49.3	hold myself together. I've been doing that for years. So, it's just a good thing.
0:54.4	It'll be all right. It'll be all right. I feel good. Feel good. Looking forward to talking to you
0:59.6	and all of our fans and friends. Interesting show today. So, all good, man. Well, listen,
1:06.1	I had a lot of fun talking about Brian Filman with you, and of course, last week we did a best
1:11.6	of, played some of your old tapes from the old radio show back in the day because you were still on
1:15.6	the left coast, but now we're back in the saddle. We're going to be talking about King the Ring 1993,
1:21.2	but before we do, we should mention that as folks are listening to this, next weekend is the
1:28.0	debut of AEW Collision. The announcement has been made that not only is the show starting on June 17th
1:36.2	from the United Center in Chicago, but will also feature the return of CM Punk. How excited are you,
1:43.6	man? Another show for AEW and CM Punk is back. This has got to be good news for all the wrestling.
1:50.0	I think it's good news for all the wrestling. It's more exposure, a chance to shine,
1:54.7	a chance to get a lot of people more exposure. So, I think it's a good move. And Saturday nights
2:01.2	challenging, there's nobody can deny that. It's always been challenging for various programming.
2:06.7	So, we'll see how it works out. I'm optimistic. It's going to do really well. I hope I'm on it.
2:11.6	I don't know the announcement is going to be yet, but nonetheless, we'll find out soon enough.
2:16.8	Well, I can't wait. I'm excited that AEW's business seems to be a boom in with a new show. And of course,
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