Ross admits that he was teary-eyed while watching WWE’s tribute to Bruno Sammartino on RAW this past Monday. He says Sammartino was the “John Wayne of Wrestling”, and notes that his lengthy Title reign will never be matched. He’s very happy to have known Sammartino, and he congratulates Triple H for bringing Sammartino back into WWE over these last few years because Sammartino needed to be in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Ross welcomes Conrad Thompson to the show.
Thompson is the co-host of the extremely successful “Something to Wrestle With” podcast along with Bruce Prichard. Ross mentions that he loved Thompson on Ric Flair’s podcast while it lasted, and lately he’s been very impressed by Thompson’s work with Prichard. He mentions that chemistry is very important in podcasting, and Thompson has found that with Flair, Prichard, as well as Tony Schiavone.
Thompson asks Ross how he feels about some of the recent criticism his NJPW work has garnered. Ross says that criticism doesn’t bother him at all. He doesn’t go looking for it but he’s heard some rumblings and it doesn’t bother him. Thompson notes that he gave NJPW a chance when he heard that Ross was calling the action, and he assumes he’s not the only person to do that.
