Happy birthday, Jim Ross! The longtime voice of WWE play-by-play turns 66 on Wednesday, and he shows no signs of slowing down. The WWE Hall of Famer signed a two-year deal with WWE in April 2017, which allows the company to bring him back for one-offs here and there, whether it’s calling the Mae Young Classic or the Undertaker’s final(?) match at WrestleMania 33.
He’s also remained in the public eye thanks to his new autobiography, Slobberknocker: My Life In Wrestling, as well as continuing to call New Japan Pro Wrestling weekly on AXS TV, alongside Josh Barnett.
But really, the best way to celebrate Good Ol’ JR’s birthday is to take a look at how much his voice has permeated pop culture through the phenomenon of people taking some of his most recognizable calls and overdubbing them on top of other videos. Let the games begin!
One of the purest forms of entertainment is minor league mascot races, and it only gets better when JR calls the demise of an anthropomorphic piece of celery.
Drunk people falling down are always good for a chuckle or two. Put Jim Ross’ voice beneath it and it’ll probably give you an honest-to-God belly laugh.
This video gets bonus points for having JR not only call a game of NBA Jam using his classic WWE calls, but then it tacks on a bit of Tecmo Bowl at the end with calls JR made during XFL games. Now that’s creative!
Remember that time Jadeveon Clowney absolutely wrecked a kid in college football? Well now you’ll never forget.
Honestly, the NBA needs to pay Jim Ross to record a call every single time someone gets posterized.
This is one of my personal faves, mainly because it’s great to hear Jim Ross get riled up about a phony-ass preacher.
If all those short clips weren’t enough for you, then here’s a full six minutes of JR being overdubbed over dumb people doing even dumber things.
Enjoy, and if we forgot your favorite, drop it in the comments below.
