Jim Ross has seen a fair bit in his 40-plus-year career as a professional wrestling commentator, but it was a recent promo on AEW Dynamite that he claimed was as good as any he can remember hearing during WWE’s Attitude era and beyond.
In the most recent edition of AEW Dynamite on October 18, MJF and William Regal took part in an extended promo in the ring where neither party held back.
MJF recalled having a Regal-shaped chip on his shoulder that came about after Regal rescinded his support for the Devil in an email saying that had no time to monitor MJF’s progress as he was only interested in top-level talent.
JR spoke about the edge-of-your-seat promo between the two on his podcast, Grilling JR. Jim Ross said it evoked the golden Attitude era of WWE, saying:
“He (Regal) and MJF’s promo was as good as I’ve heard in years, and that’s going through the Attitude Era and the whole nine yards. I was really, really proud of both guys. Regal’s facial expressions are priceless. Sometimes he doesn’t have to say one single word and you know exactly what he’s thinking in the lay of this land.
“He’s been a valuable asset and addition to the AEW team, and I thought he helped make MJF, which is the goal. MJF has got the rocket ship tied to him, and you would think it’s a matter of time until he’s the kingpin.
“I just thought those guys did as good an in-ring promo as I can remember hearing. I’m sure I’ve heard others that impacted me as much, to some degree anyway. God dang, Conrad, that was a piece of art. That was a historic promo that we’ll look back on someday and say this is the launching pad.”
MJF certainly seized the moment by coming out at the conclusion of Dynamite to announce he would be cashing in his Casino Royal poker chip and taking his championship shot against Jon Moxley at AEW Full Gear on November 19, in Newark, New Jersey.
The praise from Jim Ross comes ahead of AEW’s announcement that MJF will be speaking once again on this coming edition of AEW on 26 October.
Time will tell how this back-and-forth between Regal and MJF will play out, and whether this really will be the self-proclaimed Devil’s launchpad into the AEW World champion stratosphere.
You can remind yourself of MJF’s and Moxley’s AEW win-loss records ahead of their match-up at AEW Full Gear right here.
Transcription via Wrestling Inc.
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