Jim Ross gives fans another update on his health.
The WWE Hall of Famer and AEW commentator has been out of action for the last few weeks after suffering another fall, one that left him badly bruised and forced him to take some time to get better. On the latest edition of his Grillin JR podcast, Ross and co-host Conrad Thompson discussed Ross’s health and his back-and-forth with multiple doctors.
I had a rough week on my leg. I’m not changing doctors, I’m just adding to doctors. I went to one doctor and he said, ‘I have to get you to a specialist that can give you an antibiotic shot.’ ‘Why can’t you do it?’ ‘That’s not what I do.’ They recommend me to this guy. It’s been a challenging week. I think we’ve made some improvements. We have a good game plan, I just need a break. I need a break in the action and move on. It will happen. I have good doctors, good care. If I don’t get the results that we’re looking for, I’ll go to the Mayo clinic and start over and see where it takes us. I’m okay, it’s going to be alright. It’s just frustrating as heck to have to deal with this every day.
He then goes into further details about his condition, adding that he isn’t really sure of when he could return to AEW or in what capacity. He also says that he knows his role on Collision was not good due to his voice sounding hoarse.
My sciatic, I didn’t realize how crippling that is. It’s been driving me crazy. It was three days where I had a hard time even walking to the bathroom. It’s not been good the last week or two, but I see improvement, I see the direction, and I have hope that it’s going to be fine. That’s where we are. It’s just one of those deals. I don’t have any timetable on returning to work. I have to get better. I can’t start traveling again. They’re worried about infection and being on an airplane or at an airport with an open wound is not ideal. It will work out. I’m positive, I’m optimistic. I want to get back at the booth doing something. I don’t know if I’m going back on Collision. My debut on Collision was not very auspicious because of my voice, which I still don’t get. It’s interesting, the doctor said it might be stress induced. I said, ‘that’s a weird analogy.’ Stress being because of my illness. I have a lot to be thankful for and it’s all going to be good, I just have to make it good.
Regarding a return, Ross says his goal is to be back by the AEW All In event in London.
I really want to make Wembley. Right now, I don’t know if I can. I hope so. I don’t want to say I have a target date, but you have to have some kind of goal. Wembley is my goal. I hope I’m back before then, but certainly Wembley is something I want to be part of.
Ross has been with AEW since they launched back in 2019. Wrestling Headlines would like to wish him a speedy recovery.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)