Source: Mike Mooneyham of The Post and Courier
The following piece of information was announced on the Post and Courier website earlier today:
Cowboy Bill Watts also announced last week that he will be going into the WWE Hall as well. The former wrestling star, promoter and one-time WCW executive vice president likely will be inducted by fellow Oklahoman and longtime friend and associate Jim Ross. A conflict could arise, however, as Ross also is a close friend of Austin.
“Without a doubt, if it is agreed to by the WWE, there can be no other than Jim Ross,” Watts wrote in an e-mail to friends.
“He has been with me since he was a young man and worked his way up to my right-hand man by becoming a great contributor and force in so many aspects of this business and, even now, is a VP in WWE and one of Vince McMahon’s trusted advisers. Jim has always been a supporter of mine … sometimes even to the detriment of his own career momentarily … because you just cannot hold a good man back for long.”
Watts, who presented the late Ernie Ladd into the WWE Hall of Fame a number of years ago, had his last stint in the industry during a three-month run in WWE in the mid-’90s working in the office for McMahon.
“His creative genius flowed in great lock-step with me during our creative sessions. He truly was one I could do booking with in the same far-reaching way I was taught by another true genius of our business — Eddie Graham. And everything Vince did, and how he interacted with me, was complete class. He is a detailed workaholic with great self-discipline who lives and breathes this business and his vision of it.”
Watts, 69, said the invitation came as a surprise but one he accepted with a “whole heart.”
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