On the most recent episode of The Ross Report, Jim Ross shares his feelings on Crown Jewel.
Ross On Whether Or Not Crown Jewel Will Hinder Women’s Wrestling:
The Saudi Arabia show… the political aspects of Saudi Arabia show are something I can’t do anything about, I don’t know what you’d do. I’m not going to get into the political discussions. Look, if the talent can go there and foster any change of this like by the WWE, then I’m for that. Making life better for everybody. I don’t know what I could do personally other than say this that I don’t agree with how women are treated even in America. You don’t have to go to Saudi Arabia to figure out that there’s problems abroad. Women cannot be considered second class citizens, period.
So no, I don’t think that it’s hypocritical that WWE is going there, and they are promoting women’s movement, not at all. They’re addressing another agenda, and that agenda will include women at some point in time.
Matt Hardy also joined the show as the weekly guest. He discussed his desire to be a backstage agent and more.
Hardy On Whether Retirement Is Imminent:
Retirement, that’s a big buzz word. People have asked me since I’m at crossroads where I’m not 100% sure about what my in-ring future is, but as far as my television role on WWE that will 100% be something in the future. I’m not sure in what capacity exactly. But like, retiring is something I will never do. I’m so passionate about this. This is a love of mine, being involved in the wrestling industry. If you can’t do it in the capacity you did years and years ago, just be involved in some shape or form. I’ll always be involved in some way. Retirement is not something that will be in my future.
On Whether He’d Want To Be A Backstage Agent:
It definitely interests me. It is something that has been talked about. It is something I’ve even experimented with a little bit in the past, and that could possibly be a part of my future. And when I return to the company at WWE, I’m very confident I will have an on-TV role as well, but I will also have a behind the scenes role; a producer role is something which I definitely think I could do one day. I don’t know if that day could be in 4 weeks from now, or 4 years, or 10 years from now. But I’m sure I’ll do that at some juncture.
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