He has had multiple bouts of Bell's palsy dating back to his first stint with WWE in Ross previously had surgery in to have part of his colon removed after a cancer scare. The year-old was one of the first people hired by AEW after the company was formed in January The team officially disbanded in when Ross was drafted to the Smackdown brand, thus teaming with Michael Cole for a brief time.
Ross and Lawler still remain one of the most recognizable and widely enjoyed commentator teams of the WWE. Pro Wrestling Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central.
On the January 22, , episode of Raw 25 Years , Ross would reunite with Jerry Lawler as part of the commentary team that was at the Manhattan Center. On April 3, it was announced that Ross had signed a three-year deal with All Elite Wrestling as a commentator and senior advisor. Although Ross' career has predominantly been as a commentator Ross has participated in matches, with some notable success, including a victory over Triple H in a no-DQ match albeit with help from Batista.
Ross' most notable wrestling appearance was in a tag team match with broadcast partner Jerry "The King" Lawler against Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman at the Unforgiven pay-per-view, with their Raw broadcast jobs on the line. They lost the contest to Snow and Coachman due to interference by Chris Jericho , however two weeks later Ross and Lawler regained their jobs when Ross defeated Coachman in a Country Whippin' match, using a stunner finishing maneuver.
Ross has participated in more contests alongside Lawler and has appeared in a few extreme stipulation matches. Ross competed against Michael Cole on the April 25th edition of Raw, where he defeated Cole by disqualification after Cole's manager for the match, Jack Swagger, attacked Ross while he had Cole mounted and was landing punches on him.
McMahon, featured in a series of segments which made fun of Ross' legitimate colon surgery. In , after his firing as an announcer by John Laurinaitis , he returned to team up with John Cena to face Michael Cole and Alberto Del Rio in a tag team match on Raw in a winning effort.
Ross was married to his wife Jan and has two daughters from a previous marriage and two granddaughters. He suffers from Bell's palsy, which sometimes results in temporary paralysis of Ross' facial muscles.
In late , following the death of his mother, Ross took a break from Raw as the effects of his grief reportedly worsened his Bell's palsy, and Michael Cole filled in for Ross. Despite his condition, Ross has established himself as one of the all-time greatest wrestling commentators, often compared to Gordon Solie.
In , spurred on by sales of his line of barbecue sauces and beef products, Ross opened up J. The restaurant was closed as of May He is an avid Oklahoma Sooners sports fan and is a regular football season-ticket holder.
This is reflected in his entrance music which is the Boomer Sooner fight song. He was spotted on the Sooner sideline during their November 27, win over in-state rival Oklahoma State , as well as the Big 12 Championship Game between Oklahoma and Nebraska.
On March 20, , Ross's wife was involved in a vehicle accident while riding a Vespa and suffered serious head injuries. Two days later, Ross announced on Twitter that his wife died from her injuries. Pro Wrestling Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Jim Ross. Edit this page. History Talk 0. Universal Conquest Wiki. Justin Roberts.
Kenny Omega. Britt Baker DMD. I don't know if that area has the same philosophy and management and the leadership as it did back in the Attitude Era and shortly thereafter. We're not going to have communication issues in AEW.
If talents have an issue, have a problem, have a question, have a concern -- it's going to be addressed. It's not going to be tabled. We won't tell talents that we can't talk to you as much as we talk to the other guy because he's a main eventer and you're not. That's stupid. ESPN: How do you strike a balance between the old school "wins matter" approach and the entertainment aspects that today's fans have come to expect from wrestling?
JR: The company is going to have a certain amount of needed entertainment content, without a doubt. It's not all going to be hardcore wrestling. You gotta tell stories, you gotta set up stories, you've got to develop personalities and all of that good stuff. I think the vision, at least with those I've interacted with at AEW, is that from bell to bell it's going to be an athletic-oriented and somewhat of a reality-based presentation.
You say we're going old-school and everyone's going to say well I guess they're all going to wear wool tights and short boots and every match is going to have two out of three falls and all of this stuff.
We're going to go old-school in the fundamentals, of getting back to the fundamentals of storytelling and the genre. And the way you do that is to have noticeable physicality and present a logical presentation from bell to bell. JR: I'm excited about the fact that we can build a company through our experiences and be talent friendly, but the bottom line is that the pressure on the talents to provide a helluva match on a regular basis. And with great effort and storytelling that's logical and plausible, is not going to end.
The burners are all going to be turned up on these guys. They've never been in an environment where as much is going to be expected of them as they are with this company. We're young, we're green, we can't be fumbling out of the box. In one place, it's going to be fun to work, it's going to be enjoyable, communication is going to be good, respect is going to be the underscoring word, but the expectations are going to be higher on the AEW guys, in my opinion, than they ever were anywhere they've worked.
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