(06 Dec 2014, 9:07 pm)AdamY wrote I used to watch WCW on ITV back in the early 90s when Ross was still doing commentary for them. I used to buy WCW videos too - so I was accustomed to hearing Jim Ross' voice before his WWF debut at Wrestlemania IX in 1993. To be honest, he was just a commentator to me back then - the magazines/dirt-sheets rated him but perhaps I was a bit too naive to understand what he added to the product. Vince McMahon wasn't keen on him initially. He left the company a couple of times before his voice became synonymous with the product during the 'Attitude Era'.
But you're right, hearing his voice on another wrestling product will be intriguing to say the least. It might even lead to something more long-term. Although nobody knows what Global Wrestling Force is meant to be (or when it will start), New Japan are keen to venture into the US market. The voice of Jim Ross could certainly be useful in this endeavour.
I think if you want to pull in wrestling fans, then a name like Jim Ross is what you need, to me, JR is the voice of wrestling, and if New Japan or whoever can pull it off, fair play to them, with JR on board, they have a play-by-play who is the best at what he does
...just have to wait and see...