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Just print out this handy checklist and use it next time you read one of JR's columns or hear him commentate on TV.

Good ol' JR

'a heartbeat away'

'an auspicious way to kick off Raw'

'and we aren't done yet'

'as God is my witness'

'at the top of the hour'

'barbecue sauce'

'big heart' (talking about small wrestlers)

'bleeding like a stuck pig'

'bowling shoe ugly / bowling shoe tendencies'

'bubba tough'

'built some momentum'

'business is about to pick up'

'busted wide open'

'case of the limber tail'

'charlie-horsed the leg'

'cheap shot'

'chopping some meat'

'combustible elements'

'damn/ damndest'

'damn near broken in half'

'damn you straight to hell'

'dealing with some issues/demons' (i.e. the wrestler is a drug addict)

'deep in the heart of Texas'

'disingenuous'

'don't do it for God's sake'

'don't think he got all of it' (when a wrestler misses a move)

'echoing throughout the arena'

'educated feet'

'folks'

'for the love of God'

'from where I sit'

'good God almighty'

'good grief'

'goofier than a pet coon'

'government mule'

'hand' (e.g. 'he is becoming a main event hand', 'good job by the hands in the TV department')

'heinous'

'hellacious'

'here tonight'

'horse'  (e.g. 'this Bradshaw is a horse')

'I could be wrong'

'I'll tell you what King' (pronounced 'Keeeeeeng')

'in any event'

'in-DUST-ree'

'in my view'

'in over 25 years in this business'

'it's live, it's next'

'jezebel'

'looks like a car-wreck'

'more guts than brains'

'my God, the carnage!'

'not for the weak at heart'

'pack of wild dogs'

'quite frankly'

'restaurant quality'

'runt of the litter'

'sadistic'

'running scalded dog' 

'schedule/ scheduled' (e.g. 'Stone Cold is not scheduled to be here tonight')

'scintillating'

'second-generation athlete'

'sick/ sickening'

'slobberknocker'

'stomp a mud hole' 

'stud' (e.g. 'I tell you what King, this Triple H is a stud')

'sure as hell'

'taken to the woodshed'

'technically sound'

'that's not fair'

'that's your story an I'm sure you're sticking to it'

'there'll be hell to pay' 

'this war is not over'

'through hell fire and brimstone'

'tougher than a $2 steak' (e.g. 'this Bradshaw is tougher than a $2 steak')

'truly a keeper'

'unlimited potential'

'vEE-hick-el' (e.g. 'Austin drove that vEE-hick-el right in to the arena')

'vertical base'

'vile' (e.g. 'that vile chair shot')

'we are live'

'weight issues' (e.g. 'once he deals with his weight issues, this bruiser might surprise')

'well over the x pound mark'

'what a main event'

'who's your daddy?'

'young pup'

'you're damn right'

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