WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently spoke on his podcast, “Grilling JR,” about a variety of professional wrestling topics including the late-2002 WWE SmackDown storyline involving Dawn Marie and Torrie Wilson’s father, Al Wilson.
On an episode of SmackDown, Al and Marie married in their underwear. Things then got even weirder. Al Wilson “died” after marrying because his attempts to keep up with Marie in the bedroom proved futile. Torrie’s feud with her on-screen stepmother could only be resolved with a match at the 2003 Royal Rumble.
“It was the entertainment side of sports entertainment. Sometimes those are dreaded, it wasn’t a great idea. You know everybody in it were good people, they tried hard, they’re just doing their role, playing their role, know your role. If you smell what JR is cooking, somebody else did that already. So I don’t know, it didn’t have a great chance of succeeding. So did they get the most out of it? They could, I think they did. But it was just, it was bound to fail, it just was not going to happen.”
You can check out the complete podcast below:
(h/t to Inside The Ropes for the transcription)
