Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross returned to the commentary table on Sunday night for the main even between Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland. Ross has said on his podcast that he will work once a month for the pay-per-view events.
While speaking on the “Grilling JR” podcast, Ross talked about his commentary on Sunday and said that he hopes to be brought in for some Dynamite and Collision shows.
Ross said, “Tony Khan hired me back to do pay-per-views and I’m tickled to death to be there on him. So 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 a Collision.” Ross went on to say, “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.”
Ross also gave his thoughts on Joe and new AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland:
“Swerve is a tough guy,” Ross said. “That’s one of the things that attracts me to him is that he is a very, very physical, tough guy. I want to know more about his military service. We’ve got to address that because he’s mentioned it two or three times in interviews and so forth and I think that’s a good thing to sell for a babyface, especially that you served your country. He’s a tough guy. The angle going into that match with him and Joe I thought was extremely well done and very physical. I credit Samoa Joe with a lot of that because you gotta have a dance partner and Samoa Joe is an amazing dance partner. He’s been a great champion. Who’s to say he’s not going to be champion again? AEW could do a whole hell of a lot worse than two guys with character, like Swerve, like Joe. That’s what you build a roster around, you know, solid human beings. I thought Joe had a hell of a night and congratulations to Swerve, no doubt about it. He’s living a dream. This being the first black AEW champion was a big deal to him. It wasn’t like it was just a throwaway promo line. He really, really was motivated to accomplish that feat, and for him, he did it.”
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