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Listening to WWE announcer Jim Ross's impassioned calls and over the top enthusiasm for wrestling definitely got us into the sport as adolescents. This is a man who loves to watch behemoths in tights grapple one another in scripted mayhem. That's great because we prefer our announcers asylum-level crazy. It's why we endorse Gus Johnson's authentic unrestrained enthusiasm over Joe Buck's periodic Xanax lapses.
When JR went bananas during an infamous Hell in a Cell match between Mankind and The Undertaker it burned itself into our young WWE loving brains. Apparently, it had the same effect upon many a wrestling obsessed YouTuber because the uploading site is full of ridiculously dubbed parodies (some great, some not).
Wrestling doesn't survive without charisma, and JR oozes it. We're not sure whether to hate the Internet or love it for this trend but we do appreciate the homage paid to Ross's most iconic call. We collect and present our favorites with the 15 Greatest Jim Ross Dubs on YouTube.
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Lob City
Event: Pistons @ Clippers
This is easily one of the best. Brandon Knight saw the light on this day. Bless the heavens for letting him stay on this Earth for the time being.
This Kid's Getting Pushed Too Hard
Event: Scripps National Spelling Bee
He's got to look 70 years old by now.
Not in Roy's House
Event: Knicks @ Pacers
Blocks over dunks all day. Melo didn't have the heart to climb that tree.
Rolling On The Ground
Event: Basement Karaoke Night
Only a turtle knows that feel.
Hit Stuck
Event: Ravens @ Jets
There's a better moment in Ray Lewis's life for the line "he killed him," but we couldn't find it on YouTube. Consider yourself lucky, Dustin Keller.
Floppier Than Lisa Ann
Event: Heat @ Bulls
Pro wrestlers can sell it better, LeBron. Nazr Mohammed is 125 years old.
Car Crash Humor
Event: Kyle Larson crash at the Daytona 500
Still less dangerous than Mankind being hurled from the top of the cell.
Kam Chancellor Destroys Vernon Davis
Event: 49ers @ Seahawks
There's probably 100 NFL hits better than this on YouTube but Kam Chancellor's mom just has the time to do this, we guess. Or maybe she really hates Vernon Davis.
No One Trick Pony
Event: Police station somewhere in Europe
Can we get some context or a backstory or something? At the very least can we get a sappy 3,000 word Salon article about how the first slap was okay but the second wasn't?
The Next Emmitt Smith
Event: High school game @ Cowboy Stadium
The key to a great Jim Ross voice dub is perfectly synching the "boom" from Mick Foley's table impact. This video sets the standard.
Battle for the Interspecies Belt
Event: Dark alley fight between a raccoon and a dog
You may have clicked on this gallery and wondered "Is this what my life has come too? Clicking on a list of the same Jim Ross call over and over?" But then you saw this guy fucking powerslam a raccoon and it confirmed...yeah, life has pretty much gotten away from you.
Jadeveon Clowney Beheads Vincent Smith
Event: South Carolina @ Michigan
Of all the calls on the list this one may fit best with what Ross says. It's not a stretch to think that a man, who can single-handedly create a sonic boom, could break someone in half on the field.
Future Lesnar
Event: Schoolyard fight
We're not sure what this little heel is up to but there appears to be a CM Punk/Mark Henry difference in weight class. Even money that bully still has a limp.
Miguel's Inexplicable Leg Drop
Event: 2013 Billboard Music Awards
If you leg dropped two women trying to pull a stupid stunt there's a 50-50 chance it goes viral on YouTube. If you're a celebrity, and that happens, it already has 600,000 views.
The Original
Event: King of the Ring 1998
The call that started it all. One day historians will look back and point to this match as the birth of the 21st Century. The rest of us will just see the lengths Mick Foley is willing to go to entertain.