Jim Ross WWE Return Rumors Don’t Match His Own Words About Staying in AEW

Rumors are swirling that Jim Ross could be on his way back to WWE as his AEW contract nears its expiration at the end of this month. The speculation has even suggested that this Sunday’s Forbidden Door show might end up being his final AEW broadcast.

The claim came from Chris Featherstone, who reported there’s been talk backstage in AEW that Ross wants to finish his career in WWE. But those claims don’t match what Ross himself said just two weeks ago on Grilling JR. When Conrad Thompson asked about his contract status, Ross admitted his AEW deal ends in August but stressed he’s focused on staying.

“I think my contract’s up in August. [Like this month?] Yeah. [But you’re going to renew, you think?] Well, I’m hopeful. I’m not planning on going anywhere. I like my part-time schedule. It lets me keep my batteries charged. I like working for Tony Khan because he’s always been fair and civil to me, and that I appreciate.”

Ross also explained why he enjoys the AEW environment, praising Tony Khan’s style of producing announcers.

“You know, whenever he produces announce talent, and I would hear on headsets like these, oftentimes I don’t even hear him because he’s not overly hyped and active. And he certainly has the ability to be. He owns it. He’s smart. It’s easy to be a little eccentric and be a pain in the ass producing announce talent. It’s not an easy job, and it can really screw your announcers up by getting them off rhythm and messing up their timing.”

With longtime agent Barry Bloom handling negotiations, Ross made it clear he isn’t stressing over the situation.

“Barry Bloom is my agent. He’s working on it, I’m not worried about it.”

So unless Ross had a complete change of heart in the past two weeks, the story about him finishing his career in WWE doesn’t line up with his own words.