Why did WWE scrap their old Armageddon pay-per-view name and replace it with the Vengeance name, and what exactly does WWE Chairman Vince McMahon think about the year-end holiday season?

These questions and more were answered by someone who would know these kind of things, former longtime WWE executive and announcer Jim Ross, during a recent installment of his weekly “Grilling JR” podcast.

Featured below are some of the highlights of Grilling JR, where “Good Ole’ J.R.” touches on these topics and more.

On Vince McMahon not caring about Christmas or the holidays: “McMahon could give a sh*t less about Christmas. He’s all work, he’s all business if Christmas is a day that they’re going to run a live show, which I’ve worked many Christmas’ and Thanksgivings. McMahon’s favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, bottom line. He can mentally justify eating cake and pie, and his wife’s a great cook.”

On the reason WWE changed the Armageddon pay-per-view name to Vengeance: “We had a square table meeting. It was in Vince McMahon’s office, and what he said was what we did. Sometimes in McMahons world, things like that could not be recognized. You have to go back and say how can we make this viewer-friendly under the guides of the times we live in? We didn’t do a lot of those kinds of meetings. We had a small group that made decisions. He liked it that way; he didn’t like sharing information with non-wrestling people in a big group. And what kind of feedback are you going to get?

“Vince just came up listening to somebody, and they reminded him that this isn’t real sensitive and Armageddon probably isn’t the right name for this d**n thing and what it signifies. I remember us talking about it and saying we got to rebrand some of these shows. Quite frankly, it’s not a bad idea. Wrestling fans love new and fresh. You don’t screw with your 4 [major] pay per views. The others, to me, they can all be changed. What’s it going to do?”

Check out the complete episode of the Grilling JR podcast at WestwoodOnePodcasts.com. H/T to WrestlingInc.com for transcribing the above Jim Ross quotes.

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