Good Smackdown Rating, JR Doesn’t Know Who’s On Which Brand

By • July 9, 2008

- The final rating for Friday Night Smackdown from July 4th was a 1.6 broadcast rating, which was up from their usual 1.4. WWE genuinely seems to be bringing people back but can they capitalize on it?

- The following snippets are from Jim Ross’ latest blog on JRSBARBQ.com:

…Yours truly is still getting settled in with my new broadcast partner Mick Foley, who wore an awesome T Shirt last week on Smackdown, but I still have moments of confusion, no jokes please, regarding who is on what brand upon occasion specifically who is on Smackdown and who is on ECW. Its not a big deal to me one way or another but if it confuses me perhaps it also confusers the viewers from time to time. Mick and I have to do a better job in explaining this information including the “cooperative arrangement” between SD and ECW…

…The new Ric Flair DVD is “gold” and after watching it this weekend unless one absolutely hates “Naitch”, and if so shame on you, this particular DVD is a must have for any true wrestling fan’s collection. Naturally, one can make an argument as to why certain matches were included and some were left off but all in all this is a helluva DVD and I love the seemingly endless interviews and some of the classic bouts are timeless. Yes, it did feel strange that someone apparently dropped the ball by not including a sit down interview with Ricky Steamboat who Flair will readily say is Ric’s greatest ever opponent. There are so many great Ric Flair bouts the WWE owns that another DVD of just classic, Flair matches could be easily assembled some day…

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