Jim Ross has revealed when his AEW contract will expire, and whether he plans to re-sign with the promotion.
Jim Ross has been part of AEW since the promotion began in 2019. While his duties have been scaled back in recent years, JR still makes appearances behind the announce desk, most recently calling the action for Jon Moxley‘s Continental Title defence against Kyle O’Reilly at Double or Nothing.
On the latest edition of his Grilling JR podcast, Ross was asked if he would like to have more involvement in the promotion. While he admitted being content with his current schedule, Ross said he would take on more responsibilities if he were asked to.
“I’m pretty content, Conrad. To be honest with you, would I accept more responsibility and do more work? Of course, if asked to perform in that world, I’m happy to do it. You know, Tony Khan’s been really good to me. I see it written about online time to time, you know, Ross must have a hell of a deal, and all that, and I do have a hell of a deal. I’ve got, I’m in a good spot.”
Ross then revealed that his current contract with the company will expire in August. He has spoken to his agent about his status, but is leaving his future in the hands of AEW President Tony Khan.
“But I don’t have a lot more time left on my contract. I talked to Barry Bloom, my agent, he was in New York, and we chatted about my status, and I’m just gonna let it play out. I don’t know when Tony Khan wants to keep me, well, if he doesn’t, then he won’t.
“I sound flippant, I guess, but God damn, Conrad, I’ve been doing this 50 years, long time, and I enjoyed virtually every minute of it, so I’ll keep everybody posted whenever my deal is up, I think sometime in August, I believe that’s true, that’s how focused I am on my contract. I just passed the ‘worrying about it’ stage.”
Jim Ross Hopes To Remain Part Of AEW
Jim Ross hopes he will stay with the company and enjoys working under Tony Khan. He then praised the current backstage environment, saying that Khan has the “strongest support staff ever assembled.”
“I hope I stay with them, and I enjoy the hell out of Tony Khan, and he’s got a good staff. He’s got some good people around him now too. On the wrestling side, I think he’s got his strongest. I believe that presently AEW has their strongest support staff assembled as we’ve ever had, maybe the very beginning when there’s a lot of smart people involved, but I think it’ll be a long time.”
In another episode of Grilling JR, Jim Ross revealed that he continues to have health issues, and he is currently being monitored for possible dementia or Alzheimer’s disease following recent neurological testing.
H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the above transcription.
