Jim Ross gives health update, aiming to return for AEW All In

Jim Ross has no timetable to return to AEW but is hoping to be at All In next month in London. 

The legendary broadcaster has been off the road since suffering a fall before the debut edition of AEW Collision. According to comments he made recently on Grillin JR, however, other health-related issues are preventing him from returning to work. Ross is still dealing with impacts from his 2021 battle with skin cancer and his doctors are concerned about the possibility of infection if he was to travel.  

“I had a rough week on my leg,” Ross said. “I’m not changing doctors, I’m just adding to doctors. I went to my wound doctor, he said, ‘I gotta get you to a specialist who can give you an antibiotic shot.’ I said, ‘Why can’t you do it?’, ‘That’s not what I do.'”

“It’s been a challening week, let’s say. I think we’ve made some improvement, we’ve got a good gameplan but I just need a break, I need a break in the action so to speak and move on.”

Ross first revealed he had been diagnosed with skin cancer on his ankle in October 2021. He underwent radiation treatment and was eventually declared cancer-free that December. Ross has been dealing with the after-effects of the treatment since. 

“I don’t have any timetable on returning to work. I gotta get better. I can’t start traveling again when they’re worried about infection and being on an airplane or an airport with an open wound, is not ideal, to say the least. It’ll work out. I’m positive, I’m optomistic and I want to get back to work.”

Ross also revealed he has been dealing with issues related to his sciatic nerve.

Despite his health issues, Ross is hopeful to return to AEW at All In next month from Wembley Stadium in London.  

“I really want to make Wembley but right now, that’s what it is, I don’t know if I can but boy, I hope so. I don’t want to say I have a target date but you gotta have some kind of goal, so Wembley is my goal.”