Howdy from beautiful Norman, Oklahoma where it is sunny today and, as always, is football and BBQ season!

Enjoyed watching Monday Night Raw and peeking at Monday Night Football and the World Series. Don't think that the Mrs. was overwhelmed with my channel surfing but she did spend a fair amount of the evening at our warehouse helping her sister ship out orders from www.jrsbarbq.com. Orders that came in yesterday or over the weekend were shipped Federal Express on Monday. 

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The Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne experience exceeded my expectations Monday night on Raw. I thought they were exposed the proper amount and they seemed to have fun.

Sharon Osbourne is a very bright lady, to say the least, and has kept 'Ol Oz above ground and seemingly somewhat sane for many years now.

Sheamus, the large, nasty, pasty white, Irish rouge with no last name, sorry about that Sheamus, is turning heads. He's got a middle linebacker's mentality and as a former rugby player is combative - as Jamie Noble will attest. Ireland has been known to produce some tough dudes but Sheamus has a chance to be bigger than Danno Mahoney. (Google it, kids or ask The Fink). Who do you think invented the "Irish Whip," Hornswoggle?!

Nice to see Raw Divas get some "love" and I mean that in the most PG of ways. Melina will defend her title against A. Fox. Nice. When? It might not be a presentation akin to the Fabulous Moolah vs. Judy Grable from back in the day but it will be full of sizzle.

Or Elvira Snodgrass vs. June Byers.   

BTW a fellow came in to J.R.'s Family BBQ recently and told me that he thought Matt Striker was "smart, sexy and powerful." I said, "Good for you buddy. Thanks for stopping in."

Striker and Todd Grisham will continue as the new dynamic duo this week on Friday Night SmackDown. I enjoyed listening to them last Friday night on MyNetworkTV and expect them to be even better this week. I am optimistic that they will be handling the SD commentary for the foreseeable future.   

Kofi Kingston is perculating on Raw. Let's see where his slow burn takes him. Kofi has "it" and "it" will get a guy places if one knows how to use "it." Got it?

For the record, Randy Orton is REALLY good. It's challenging to dislike RKO's in-ring persona due to his amazing skills.    

DX was entertaining on commentary Monday night, having some fun with Michael "Oh, My" Cole and my fellow WWE HOF'er Jerry Lawler.

So let me get this straight ... Joe E. Styles had "Oh My GAWD, " King used to have some to say about young canines, the great Gorilla Monsoon had, "Will you Stop!" The Brain had "Humanoids" Ventura had " SHUT UP McMAHON!" JR had (and still does for the record) Slobber-Knocker ... and the man from Syracuse (good school BTW) has "Oh, My" and "Vintage." Very interesting.

Hey, it must be working, and it is from where I'm sitting, as Michael is the lead broadcaster on WWE's top TV priority.

Dusty Rhodes won a still unknown bet from Jerry Brisco on the Texas Longhorn victory over Oklahoma State in college football last Saturday night in Stillwater. "The Dream" gave his fellow Hall of Famer a whopping 20 points when the spread was only 9 points....or so I am told.  

While I have been off the road sparring with Bells palsy #3, I have immersed myself with BBQ Sauce (that was a joke), WWEClassics.com and WWE 24/7 On Demand which I watch on my local Cox Cable outlet. Love the "vintage" footage, and when I watch I come up with seemingly a zillion ideas for programming. 

Yours truly had a nice chat Tuesday morning with my pal Mean Gene Okerlund, the first pure broadcaster to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. "Gene Mean" is a great friend and we always have hilarious conversations. Or at least we think so. It would be fun to team up with Mean Gene in the future on some WWE, TV projects. However the likelihood of that may be suspect because we are both "veterans."

I'm looking for a cool name for a new speciality, spicy, honey mustard we are likely going to develop in 2010. Got any ideas?

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Matt Hardy challenges Batista this Friday night on SD. Might get ugly considering the mood "Big Dave" has been in lately. Nonetheless, Batista's new DVD, "I Walk Alone" is a heck of a piece of business.

I got the coolest "Get Well" card signed by all the WWE.com team and it will take its place with my most prized memorabilia. Thanks, everyone! I feel better already.

There is no time table when I am returning to TV just for the record, and to dispel any rumors floating around. It all depends on when my body's wiring decides to kick start the facial nerves on the right side of my face. It could be a few weeks or a few months. I wish that I knew. When I know, the WWE Universe will know as well. You have my word.

 Thanks and God Bless.

Boomer Sooner!

J.R.

www.jrsbarbq.com