Episode 336: Word Is Bond

Grilling JR

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Grilling JR, “The Voice of Wrestling” Jim Ross and host Conrad Thompson dive into Bryan Danielson’s next chapter in professional wrestling. JR shares his thoughts on Danielson stepping into a full-time commentator role for AEW Dynamite and even offers him some sage advice. The discussion also sparks JR’s Top 5 list of wrestlers who successfully made the transition to the commentary desk — and his picks may surprise you.

Plus, the guys break down Danielson’s recent interview where he opened up about his relationship with Vince McMahon and his decision to sign with AEW. All that and so much more on this week’s edition of Grilling JR!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, it's Conrad, the mortgage guy, and you're listening to Grilling J.R.
0:17.6	With the voice of professional wrestling, Mr. Jim Ross. Jim, how are you, man?
0:22.1	I'm Greg Conning. Great. How are you doing? Man, better than I deserve. Excited to be here with you
0:27.2	today. We've got a fun show lined up today. Going to talk about Brian Danielson, jumping on
0:32.5	commentary. We'll talk a little bit about Brian's relationship with Vince. Of course, we got to hit the big return on AJ Lee.
0:40.7	And there's lots more to talk about, including this week in wrestling history.
0:45.5	So stay tuned for a fun episode today of grilling JR.
0:48.3	But let's start at the beginning because last week was really the beginning of your college football season.
0:53.8	You were back on the, uh, the Oklahoma train and they picked up a big win over Michigan.
0:58.3	Tell us about it.
0:59.4	Oh, it was great.
1:00.0	Great experience.
1:01.5	87,000 plus in the stadium.
1:05.3	It was amazing.
1:06.3	Great atmosphere was just surreal.
1:09.2	87,000, uh, attendance and attendance and a hell of a game my team won thank
1:16.3	god Michigan's got a good team and so it's a quality win for the sooners how do you uh how do you
1:25.1	expect them to do this season I know a lot of talking heads and experts.
1:29.0	They assumed that Michigan would have the upper hand.
1:31.5	That's not exactly how it shook out.
1:34.2	What do you think the upside is?
1:36.6	What is the ceiling if there is one for this sooner team this year?
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