Iconic WWE commentator and former Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Jim Ross, has a theory about why Vince McMahon always seemed to have it out for him. In a new episode of Grilling JR, Ross spoke about a potential jealousy McMahon had toward his stellar commentary skills.

Vince McMahon was famously a play-by-play commentator during the New Generation era, having been appointed to the position by his father, Vince McMahon Sr. The junior McMahon did the job well enough, but never received the praise that JR did during the Attitude Era.

“I have never understood Vince’s intense animosity. I think he was jealous,” Ross pondered. “He was never gonna be… he was never the play-by-play guy that I was, but he didn’t want to give me any credit for helping build the Attitude Era into what it was.”

“I’m not the only person responsible for that, for God’s sakes. I’m not trying to say that. All I’m trying to say is I signed all those guys that made him millions of dollars and facilitated the company going public.”

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JR also spoke about the importance of letting all the stress go, even when McMahon chose to publicly humiliate JR on worldwide television.

“I always put my faith in my work. As much grief as he gave me, I could always look at my bank account and get happy. I never had the animosity toward Vince that he had toward me and I never got it,” Ross added.

“I didn’t screw him around, I never no-showed, I didn’t phone anything in. I never understood it… I worked my ass off, but sometimes that’s just the way that it is. I had a choice to carry that animosity and that angst with me or cut it loose and move on. That latter is what I’ve done.”

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