Jim Ross: Which Voice Do You Prefer?

[Barry Poppins]

So basically it's a question of which version of his announcing style do you prefer? It comes down to a matter of era. Jim Ross began as a fresh-faced and very high pitched announcer in the early 80s working for Bill Watts and Mid-South Wrestling. In 1993, he suffered a debilitating attack of Bells-Palsy that forever changed his voice into the one that most people here will recognize as the longest tenured one of his career, his World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment voice. Going into the late 2000s and the 2010s, Jim Ross's voice slowed down, he became much more methodical in his commentating, and he became a special announcer of sorts before moving onto AEW.

So the question is, which one is your preference, or what do you appreciate about each era of Jim Ross's announcing?​

 

[Chris]

I mean obviously not modern lol but kinda torn between the first two choices. He was better overall in the WWE but obviously had the bell's palsy flares that affected him as well as just dealing with times where the longest match he called for a few weeks was 5 mins and he spent more time calling half naked women skits.

NWA/WCW JR was so much more sports based tho and it's a lot of fun almost especially when the product is bad bc damn he's trying so hard