Taylor Rooks and Jim Ross

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Episode 53 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Taylor Rooks, a host and reporter for Bleacher Report and the host of “Take It There With Taylor Rooks,” which airs on Bleacher Report. She is followed by Jim Ross, the iconic wrestling broadcaster who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling as a commentator and senior advisor. He also has a new podcast — Grilling JR – with Conrad Thompson. In this podcast, Rooks discusses her career arc and how she landed a national sports interview show at age 26; how her age is an asset with athletes; mentors such as Cari Champion and their impact on helping Rooks guide through the sports media business as a women and women of color; whether she feels pressure as the face of a B/R campaign; speaking truth publicly on topics such as race; her interviews with Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard, Saquon Barkley, Elena Delle Donne and Rudy Gobert among others; the role of “each one, teach one” in her life; what she hopes to achieve long-term and much more. Ross discusses the attributes a wrestling broadcaster must have to be successful; the similarities and differences of calling traditional sports vs. sports entertainment; the level of knowledge he had on finishes when calling WCW/WWE/WWF matches; his new role with AEW; why he thinks it is foolish to think about competing with WWE in 2019; what he expects from the television product for AEW; the popularity of wrestling nostalgia and attending wrestling conventions; his evaluation of WWE broadcasting talent; his new podcast with Conrad Thompson; why Becky Lynch has popped where others have not; his personal relationship with Baker Mayfield and longtime Oklahoma football fandom, and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Radio.com and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen.
0:05.8	Hey everybody, this is Richard Ditch and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:08.5	My producer, as always, is Terrence Malagon.
0:11.3	We've got a really good one this week.
0:12.7	Two guests, they were both excellent, very different, really interesting conversations.
0:17.1	First up, Taylor Rooks.
0:18.7	She is a host and reporter for Bleach Report and the host of Take It There with Taylor Rooks, where she has interviewed a ton of major athletes in this country, Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard, Elena Deladott, Sequant Barkley. Taylor is only 26 and has really become a national voice at a really young age. And I think you're going to enjoy our conversation about just the pressures of that and being that young, being a woman of color in the business, having mentors such as Carrie Champion and what that's meant.
0:49.0	So that was a really interesting conversation.
0:50.7	And I think you're going to enjoy that.
0:52.1	We follow that up with Jim Ross, who is one of the
0:56.5	iconic voices of professional wrestling. He has now signed to All Elite Wrestling, A.E.W., which is
1:03.0	about to kick off in October or so. They'll be on Turner, and that is a big production with
1:09.7	Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega.
1:12.1	And JR talks to us about his new role there.
1:14.7	He's got a podcast with Conrad Thompson, a frequent guest on this show, that is blowing up called GrillingJR.
1:21.2	And we talk about just a lot of stuff, just sort of how broadcasting and wrestling is at times very similar to broadcasting elsewhere,
1:31.5	why he never really wanted a no storyline and how it helped his broadcasting.
1:34.5	So if you're a pro wrestling fan, I think you'll enjoy that.
1:36.6	But just beyond that, Jim Ross is just a great storyteller.
1:42.3	So it's just enjoyable to sit back and hear him answer questions. So tell O'Rook first, and then Jim Ross, coming up on the sports
1:46.7	media podcast. All right, as I said at the top, Taylor Rooks is the host of Take It There with
1:55.9	Taylor Rooks, which airs on Bleacher Report. You can also see her on other Turner Sports
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