I hate to even sound like I'm defending people who think like that, but I think in JR's case you just have to chalk things like that up to the time and place he was raised in. At least you can say it's a sign of improvement in society that hearing someone say that offends most people in 2014.

 

Pretty much this, and as flyonthewall below said.

Yeah, I am not sure "Oriental" was a bad word in the 80's. But of course, suggesting they're all ugly (or goofy-looking) is very much a racist stereotype.

Didn't JR always say WCW were stupid not to make Muta a babyface during his first run, based on how good looking he was, and what a hit he was with the ladies?

I'm not sure, but that comment was made during a Muta match when the Dragon Master was on screen.

(1) I have never heard Jim Ross say that Muta was a hit with the ladies.

 

(2) I have never heard anyone suggest that Muta was a hit with the ladies.

Muto was sometimes featured in women's pro wrestling magazines when he was doing the Space Flying Wolf gimmick. I have a couple of them where he's in photoshoots with the Crush Gals and with somebody else I can't remember now. You'd rarely see any male wrestlers featured in those magazines other than maybe Tiger Mask or Mil Mascaras.

Muta or Muto would be a hit with the ladies. He has a lot of traits as do a lot of wrestlers that women absolutely admire.

I don't know if this would make him a hit, but there was that one time Muta used his mist to impregnate Ling-Ying with an Akebono baby.

I don't know if this would make him a hit, but there was that one time Muta used his mist to impregnate Ling-Ying with an Akebono baby.

HUSTLE NEVER DIE

Three-part series on WrestleMania written by J.R.

 

I'm reading through it now. Nothing too earth-shattering yet, but it's a fun look back.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-1

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-2

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-3

I asked Jim Ross what his thoughts on The Missing Link were, since him & Jake "The Snake" Roberts just mentioned Dark Journey on his podcast & someone on RAW had a giant Missing Link sign. His reply? "Deceased."

Three-part series on WrestleMania written by J.R.

 

I'm reading through it now. Nothing too earth-shattering yet, but it's a fun look back.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-1

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-2

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-3

 

I love how he frames the first WM as putting Lauper into the mainstream as much as Lauper helping the WWF. Man, he really hates Lauper.

 

He also infers that Andre didn't like Hogan, which is the first I've heard of that.

 

Apparently Harvey Whippleman was the photographer that blinded Hogan at KOTR '93, I had always assumed it was Cornette.

I love how he frames the first WM as putting Lauper into the mainstream as much as Lauper helping the WWF. Man, he really hates Lauper.

 

He admitted it on one of the Legends of Wrestling roundtables. When they were all going around naming their picks for worst wrestling celebrity ever, J.R. chose Lauper. I was surprised. It made him look really out of touch, and he usually isn't.

Did he ever even meet her? Or was he just saying she's overrated?

Didn't Mid-South shit on that in a big way when it was happening? He might be towing a 30 year line.

Didn't Mid-South shit on that in a big way when it was happening? He might be towing a 30 year line.

Exactly. Watts blasted WWF for using Lauper and Mr. T on TV back in 85. For some reason Ross still harps on it. Which is stupid.

I only just learned of his weird Lauper hate recently with the roundtable. I'm kind of delighted by how bizarre a thing it is to hold on to.

He's so unusual.

Probably just hated the music, which isn't too hard to understand.

People forget that Lauper was considered co-equal with Madonna at her peak. It was a huge deal to grab her star power, Ross still not even acknowledging that much 30 YEARS later is hilariously spiteful.

She did express regret over getting involved with wrestling because she thought it hurt her career. I can see how people in the business might be bitter over that.

Yeah but that isn't why Ross is holding a grudge for some weird reason. It's some sort of "Ah'm still loyal to the Cowboy" weirdness.

Not to make any waves, but I think we're looking too deep into this.

There's nothing deep about it.

She did express regret over getting involved with wrestling because she thought it hurt her career. I can see how people in the business might be bitter over that.

 

Lauper's manager pulled her back to prevent over exposure - then Madonna took he main event spot and she never was as big as she once had been.