JR suffers Bell's Palsy attack

[leonp1981]

Source: prowrestling.com

- Below is part of a blog that Jim Ross wrote on jrsbarbq.com earlier:

It was an interesting plane ride from OKC to Columbia, South Carolina Monday night. On my flight from OKC to Atlanta I had my 3rd Bells palsy attack.

I was able to reach WWE doctors who were in Jacksonville for Raw and they were able to call in the medicines I needed to get started on to slow down the paralysis. Now we just wait and see how the meds work and Mother Nature takes her course.

My plans are to tape SD tonite working with the King and perhaps even Michael Cole so we can make sure we can do the job that the product and the talents deserve.

Ross came back a few hours later with this update:

This is an update on my previous blog. Not the news I wanted to share.

It has been decided that I should not risk further issues by working tonight and I am in the process of arranging a flight back to OKC so I can see a neurologist on Wednesday.

Life is about facing the challenges we encounter so I am going to do all I can to get better and back at the announce desk asap. I wish I had more answers but I simply don't at this time.

I want to be a part of Bragging Rights but only time will tell if that will be physically possible. My passion and love for the game is in tact but I have to do what's best for my long term health.

WWE has been tremendously supportive of my situatiion of which I am very grateful.

Never count me out of the game as this isn't the first mountain that I have had to climb. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole will handle SD from Columbia. My thanks to every one for understanding this matter. Better days are on the horizon.

[Montague]

Anybody remember when J.R. had one of his more severe attacks about eight years ago?
Russo was doing the book for WCW and had Ed Ferrarra come out dressed as J.R., scrunching the one side of his face to mock Ross' real life paralysis?

Dick.

I don't think many fans found humor in it, either.

[leonp1981]

Anybody remember when J.R. had one of his more severe attacks about eight years ago?
Russo was doing the book for WCW and had Ed Ferrarra come out dressed as J.R., scrunching the one side of his face to mock Ross' real life paralysis?

Dick.

I don't think many fans found humor in it, either.

Wasn't Jim Cornette gonna kick someone's ass over that?

[Playboy]

Anybody remember when J.R. had one of his more severe attacks about eight years ago?
Russo was doing the book for WCW and had Ed Ferrarra come out dressed as J.R., scrunching the one side of his face to mock Ross' real life paralysis?

Dick.

I don't think many fans found humor in it, either.

That was extremely disrepectful on Russo's part. J.R is a very highly respected man in the industry.

[Montague]

Wasn't Jim Cornette gonna kick someone's ass over that?

I thought I'd once heard about some backstage heat between Cornette & Russo.

That was extremely disrepectful on Russo's part. J.R is a very highly respected man in the industry.

Ross is the modern day Gordon Solie.

[funk51]

Anybody remember when J.R. had one of his more severe attacks about eight years ago?
Russo was doing the book for WCW and had Ed Ferrarra come out dressed as J.R., scrunching the one side of his face to mock Ross' real life paralysis?

Dick.

I don't think many fans found humor in it, either.

            i think that crosses the line.

[Montague]

            i think that crosses the line.

Bobby Heenan has claimed that Russo came up with a lot of ideas. Vince only chose some. And of those, he usually modified/improved them so much that they became as much his ideas as they were Russo’s.

Case in point: the old man would NEVER have allowed a vignette like the "Good Ole J.R." one Ferrarra did.