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Jim Ross updates health status, return to AEW booth

Posted: Apr 11th 2026 By: Vincent Verhei

Illness has kept legendary pro wrestling broadcaster Jim Ross away from the AEW announce booth for a long time. And, although he’s going to be gone a little longer, he does expect to return in the near future.

Ross discussed his health in a conversation with Conrad Thompson on an episode of his Grilling with JR podcast. When Thompson asked about a return, Ross said he would not be at Dynasty this weekend.

“Probably next month, because I don’t think I’m going to go to Vancouver,” Ross said. “It’s just a hard trip, and that’s the only thing that I have issues with in my life, is traveling, cramping and my legs hurting and all that. So I’m up for anything, but flying that far is daunting, shall we say. But I feel good. I feel really good. I feel better than I have in a long time, and I should be back at a more normal schedule sooner than later.”

Ross has missed time with a number of serious ailments in recent years, including battles with both skin and colon cancer, though he announced he was free of those conditions last June.

“I’m doing good. I feel good. I’m feeling better every day,” Ross told Thompson. “It’s just a process. I didn’t know how sick I was.”