ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 28: American commentator Jim Ross looks on prior to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Dusty Rhodes showed off his basketball skills in a throwback video
AEW commentator Jim Ross recently shared a video of the legendary Dusty Rhodes playing basketball.
The clip showed Dusty nailing a three, despite not being known for his basketball skills. However, Ross highlighted how the American Dream won $100 after loading up on a ton of food and drinks.
Rhodes showed off some unreal range in this video that’s gone viral on Twitter from an unknown basketball game featuring former NWA stars Rhodes, Sting and Lex Luger.
The contest took place at the old Charlotte Coliseum where the NWA’s stars had many of their shows.
Dusty may have had legit NBA 3-point range despite his famously husky build. Robert “Tractor” Traylor combined with a stretch-five. And that’s without a mention of the sweet read from Sting. He and Lex Luger both crashed the boards with reckless abandon, particularly by the standards of men wearing Zubaz pants.
Apparently Dusty also had no fear taking it to the rack in another old school basketball game of unknown origins as per former NWA ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta.
Ross has had an illustrious career that spans over six decades, both on and off-screen. In addition to serving as the voice of WWE for many years, he worked in talent relations and had a hand in hiring everyone from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Mick Foley to Eddie Guerrero and Brock Lesnar.
Tony Khan of AEW scooped up Ross as soon as he was contractually available in April 2019 and positioned him as the promotion’s lead play-by-play announcer. The credibility and legitimacy he’s brought the commentary table has been, in a word, invaluable.
The AEW president made the executive call last month to sit Ross at home for the foreseeable future, at least until the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Khan highly values the WWE Hall of Famer and considers his health to be of utmost importance.
“Tony Khan called me two weeks ago and said ‘You need to stay home. If you get sick, I’m going to be feeling horrible,'” Ross said about his boss.
“My problem of being home and isolated pales in comparison to the deaths and tragedies people are enduring today. It’s bigger than wrestling, obviously. I love what I’m doing, and I can’t wait to get back in the game.”
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