Veteran wrestling commentator Jim Ross had revealed last month that he would be undergoing brain surgery to have excess fluid drained from his brain. The procedure is expected to help with his memory as well.
He provided an update on the surgery on the latest episode of his Grilling JR podcast this week. Ross revealed that August 12 is the date that has been set for his operation:
“I don’t want to say I’m looking forward to it, but I guess I really am to get to that point and to get it over with,” Ross said to Conrad. “I have never had brain surgery before. So they’re going to put a — what do they call it? A shunt? So I’m getting a shunt put in my brain. They said I’m only going to be in the hospital a day.”
Jim Ross then also discussed his AEW career and noted that his contract with the company is due soon. The 74-year-old expressed hope that he would be able to say goodbye to fans properly if the company president Tony Khan decided that it was time for him to retire from commentary:
“I hope that my ending, my career ending, is planned. And so I don’t just show up one Wednesday night on Dynamite and say, ‘Well, I got some news for you folks, I’m done.’ That might sound cool and edgy, but I would like to be able to know that I’m leaving,” he said. “I think that’s important for my psyche. And I don’t know, maybe I’m looking at it wrongly, but in any event, that’s where I’m thinking — just have a good, clean ending.”
“I’ve had a blessed career…I’ve had a unique life, and I realize that it’s [his career] coming to an end. I get it. If you ask me, ‘JR, how much longer you think you’re going to do announcing?’ Well, I think my contract’s up this month. So I’m done, pretty much.
“I don’t want to be done, but if Tony Khan said, ‘You know, JR, thanks for the efforts and thanks for being here and all that stuff.’ Then I’d have no problem with that. Because what else? How could I be such a greedy bastard and want more in my career than I’ve already received?”
