Jim Ross Outlines The Fall That Caused Concussion; Provides Update On His Health & Return Plans
Veteran AEW commentator Jim Ross recently shed light on his health and talked about his potential return to AEW.
Jim Ross suffered a concussion during a recent fall as reports suggest. Ross went on to call the main event for the very first episode of AEW Collision but was noticeably worse for wear during the show. Sporting a black eye, Ross' appearance on Collision came mere hours after he suffered a nasty fall that was documented on Twitter.
Ross went on to state that he would be stepping away from AEW commentary to heal. There had been concerning reports on the veteran and the man has finally spoken about the mishap.
Speaking on his podcast, Grilling JR, the WWE Hall of Famer stated that he feels “pretty good”, and he gets better every day. He went on to explain that he tripped on the cord of a CPAP machine and fell. He also hit his head in the process.
He then detailed how he wasn’t feeling right on the trip to Chicago ahead of AEW Collision, but he tried to tough it out.
“The next morning, when I woke up, that was my flight out to Chicago to do that first show, Collision, and that’s all I was thinking about,” Ross said. “I woke up and I had a bad-ass headache, but okay, a headache ain’t gonna keep JR out of work. But I had a bad headache, which was a result of the concussion, and my only thought was, ‘I gotta finish packing and get on the road.‘ That’s kind of what I did, but I was very unstable. Everything was very foggy, and I’d have been better off staying at home, but hard-headedness and being stubborn, and I felt like I had a commitment that I’d made that I wanted to fulfill. So I got dressed rather slowly, and my driver, he knows if I’m not standing there ready to go, to come upstairs where I live. But I was downstairs waiting, and on a little unsteady ground, and flew to Chicago.
“As the day went on in Chicago, my voice kept going in and out, and I don’t know what the hell that was. I thought, ‘Well, I’ll get over it. I’ll drink a lot of hot tea or hot coffee or hot something, and make that work for me.’ But it was just too much to overcome, and I apologize for how I sounded. I didn’t tend to sound that way, I didn’t want to sound that way, and I know I disappointed a lot of people. I disappointed me. I don’t think it made anybody in AEW real happy how I sounded, but I was doing the best that I could.”
Good Ol' JR talked about his potential return to AEW and stated that he didn’t have a date yet. Ross emphasized that Tony Khan has been very understanding.
“As far as going back on the road, I don’t have a return date,” Ross said. “Tony Khan’s been very nice as far as ‘take all the time you need, and if you want to take several weeks off or the summer off, whatever you’d like to do, just get healthy.’
“So I appreciate the fact that he’s being patient with me and that he is encouraging my good health because that’s really the main thing, and it gives us all an eye-opener. There’s nothing more important than our health. So many times, we take it for granted, and I have for years. So I’m gonna be a little bit more aware of my health, I’m gonna be a little bit more aware of how I take care of myself, but in the meantime, I’ve been here at home.”
