Jim Ross on WWE Missing Out on Gail Kim’s Potential as a Top Star – During the Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross expressed his belief that WWE missed a significant opportunity with Gail Kim as a top star in the company. He praised Gail Kim for her exceptional qualities, including her classy demeanor, physical prowess, and wrestling skills. Ross emphasized that Gail Kim’s Asian heritage should not have been a limiting factor and that she possessed the complete package as a performer.
Ross went on to mention that Gail Kim is now involved with IMPACT Wrestling, noting that he enjoys what IMPACT does and appreciates that it provides talents with opportunities to work and appear on TV. Despite her past underutilization in WWE, Ross expressed his admiration for Gail Kim’s work and contributions to the wrestling business, emphasizing her tremendous talent and ongoing impact in the industry.
“I thought of all the women we hired over the years, Gail Kim was probably the most underutilized one that I can remember off the top of my head. Classy person, beautiful look, physical, mechanically sound, everything. ‘She is an Asian woman.’ Who cares? (Ross referencing a past conversation with Vince McMahon about hiring Gail) She was also beautiful and sexy and athletic. That’s another one that we didn’t get the mileage out of that we could’ve and should’ve in my opinion. I’m glad that she’s still in the business. I know she’s doing some stuff with… what’s the company? IMPACT, yeah. Sorry, I made a blank. I’m not pissing on IMPACT whatsoever. I enjoy what they do and it gives the talents a place to work and a TV show to be appearing on but I love Gail Kim’s work and I think that we probably missed on her as much as any female that we ever brought in. She just was amazing and she still is amazing. She still contributes to the business and for that fact, we can all be fortunate because the more Gail Kim I see as a competitor, a performer, the better off I like it because I think she’s just tremendous.”
Jim Ross on WWE Missing Out on Gail Kim’s Potential as a Top Star
