Jim Ross gives his thoughts on the launch of WWE’s new indie wrestling development program

Last month, WWE announced the launch of a new indie wrestling development program and multiple prospects were officially confirmed. During his podcast, former WWE announcer Jim Ross gave his thoughts WWE ID and if the company had discussed the idea during his time with the company…

“Yes, and I think it’s about time. Vince [McMahon] was never very motivated to invest time and money in supporting the indies. It was just — I remember the conversation we had. It was simply, ‘Well Vince, where do you think we got all these other guys?’ We had some college guys as you know, but we had a lot of diversity. You get diversity via selection. It’s just a crazy deal, you want different personalities, you want different body types, you want different ethnicities.”

“Well, you’re not really eliminating it because if you don’t sign a contract and you got a maybe a letter of agreement or something casual, I can see that being a good recruiting tool because then guys build their confidence, they build their self esteem, they got a WWE deal in the works. They’d be stupid to sign a contract that prohibits them from wrestling for another company. Don’t do that, that don’t make any sense. But having that WWE offer or agreement, that’s good for those guys. It’s good for the talent.” (quotes courtesy of Skylar Russell)