Lost My Respect For JR

Theres another thread, attention whore.

I lost respect after he's really half-assed Raw since getting in the HOF

^ I know but i just have strong feelings about this.

He has every right to be upset, but Raw will pay in the long run.

Seriously, its getting to the point where all of the fame and status that wrestling gained during the Monday Night War is fading back down to what it was before the war.

If HHH didn't want to go to SD, he wouldn't go.. Also, JR has the right to be unhappy about going to SD - he is an institution, while Michael Cole is merely an announcer.. Michael Cole has never been Vice-President of talent relations, as far as I'm aware..

Your respect doesn't pay his bills, tbh... I just think he showed a great lack of professionalism in his reaction.

I lost my respect for you.

JR has been announcing with King for many years. They are like best friends practically brothers. How would you feel if you couldn't see your brother anymore.

Well, its a little known fact that when J.R. renegotiated his contract, one of the major stipulations was that he would always call RAW with Lawler, or at least until his retirement. Good ol' J.R. has every reason to be upset. I imagine he sees this as being stabbed in the back yet again by a company thats taken him for granted for a long time. I don't blame him personally, but I hope he finds inspiration in Paul's willingness to move for the good of the company, though I don't know how long thats going to last.

First of all, Wrestling doesn't make people as rich as one might think. He may be making a couple hundred thousand a year, but he also has to pay for his own transportation from city to city via plane as well as rental cars. Add that up in a year where they travel to a MINIMUM 52 cities a year (just for RAW broadcasts alone). Once you add up transportation, a salary of a couple hundred thousand a year doesn't make you as "secure" as you'd think.

Secondly, JR is no longer in an office position. When he was, he was a salaried EMPLOYEE of WWE. once he became just talent, he became an independent contractor just like the rest of the boys. When you're an independent contractor, then yes, you can tell your "client" what you will and won't do. Vince is JR's client. Ask Vinnie to supply health insurance and do the taxes for everyone on the roster and he'll quickly tell you no because his roster are not employees, just independent contractors. Therefore, since Vince likes the term independent contractor, then that means he is a client of JR's services.

Let me put it in a manner you can relate to.

You need your porch fixed. You find several contractors that can do the work that you want. You hire a contractor to do the work and he comes out and tells you what he will and won't do for the amount of money the job costs. He is providing a service for you and you are his customer. That is what an independent contractor is. Someone who provides his services for a fee.

Vince wanted JR's commentating services. JR told him how much it would cost Vince to have him call RAW every week. Vince agreed and RAW was the show JR agreed to provide his services to. Now that Vince has changed the terms of their arrangement, JR could legally quit and Vince couldn't punish him for it. JR agreed to provide services for RAW. Over the years, he's been very vocal and public about not wanting to change his lifestyle and his work schedule to tape Smackdown. Why is everyone so "shocked" that he is upset about the situation?

Vince is a client, not the boss. If you work in Stamford in WWE Headquarters, then Vince is your boss. As independent contractors, Vince is only a client paying for services rendered.