Jim Ross Wants To Take It One Year At A Time With AEW

Jim Ross has been the lead voice in AEW since the company held its first pay-per-view event, Double or Nothing, in May 2019. 

Two years later, as AEW prepares for Double or Nothing 2021, Jim Ross is entering the last year of his contract and pondering what’s next in his future. 

“I hope that in a perfect world, I would like to stay working for Tony Khan and AEW and take it a year at a time. The contract I came in here was three years because that’s what he (Khan) wanted. He wants stability. It made Time Warner happy because they’re used to my work in their company for many years and the WWE stuff as well. I’d like to, in a perfect world, Steven, I would say I’ll do this year, and then let’s evaluate and see where we are health-wise, motivational-wise. Then if I come back, I’d like to come back for a year at a time. That way, it doesn’t put Tony in any unnecessary stress. Because by the time my contract ends, I’ll be 70. So some young dude like you that’s 40 is going to be like ‘Jesus Christ, he’s old, dude’. But I’m having fun doing this. I’m not going to work every day. We do four shows a month. I’m required to be somewhere four times a month. It’s not bad. I’m not complaining. It’s just a matter of getting back in that travel groove. I’m a good packer. I have this saying, ‘I don’t have any room in my carry-on for negativity.’ But I think a year at this stage of my life to be realistic and not be egocentric, a year at a time is smart money for me,” Ross told Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN.

Ross is not only the lead play-by-play announcer for AEW, but he is a senior advisor in the company as well. 

You can check out the current lineup for AEW Double or Nothing by clicking here.