Jim Ross hoping for more AEW commentary assignments

In addition to calling pay-per-views, Jim Ross is hoping to pick up some more commentary assignments in AEW.

Ross recently signed a new one-year AEW contract. With the deal, the plan is for Ross to contribute on commentary for AEW’s PPV events. He called both the opening match and the main event at AEW Dynasty this past Sunday.

On his Grilling JR podcast, Ross said he hopes that he’ll also be able to have some other commentary appearances along the way:

Tony Khan hired me back to do pay-per-views, and I’m tickled to death to be there on them. So [having PPVs] once a month is great for me personally. And I hope that somewhere along the way there’s another assignment or two thrown in there at times, either on Dynamite or Collision.

Ross mentioned that he’s brought up the idea of him potentially calling the go-home episode of Collision before a PPV:

I think pay-per-views is what Tony had slotted for me to come in and contribute to. They’re going to be once a month and that’s when I’ll be there. But I would not be surprised if somewhere down the road — you know, I suggested this to him, maybe me doing a Collision on the go-home show, the last Collision before the pay-per-view Sunday. I think that might be a thought. But you know how us old carny types are, we’re just always trying to get ourselves booked.

Swerve Strickland vs. Samoa Joe and Kazuchika Okada vs. PAC were the matches that Ross called at Dynasty.

Since 2019, Ross has been part of AEW. The 72-year-old Ross said on his podcast that he still enjoys and appreciates working. “It’s part of my DNA,” Ross said.