{"id":139746,"date":"2022-05-18T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=139746"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:16:52","slug":"jim-ross-confirms-contract-extension-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/18\/jim-ross-confirms-contract-extension-with-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ross confirms contract extension with AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2504571668\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Jim Ross has signed a contract extension with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\">AEW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ross revealed details of his new deal on The Grillin JR Podcast, saying that he did officially extend for a year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I signed an extension with AEW not too long ago,&#8221; Ross said of his contract. &#8220;I appreciate Tony Khan\u2019s confidence and his willingness to keep me on the team and contribute. We\u2019re not going to go for a long time, but I think I signed for about a year and a half, something like that to stay in the position I\u2019m in. I\u2019m really pleased at 70 I still have a future and at 70 I\u2019m still loving what I do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to get to 2024, Ross said. &#8220;I really do. That\u2019s 50 years in the wrestling business and not a lot of guys can say they were in the basic same job in a fickle crazy-ass, unpredictable business like pro wrestling for 50 years. Hopefully, the good lord\u2019s looking down and cut me a break. If we get to 50, I\u2019ll be the happiest guy in Norman Oklahoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross has been a central figure on the AEW Dynamite announce team since the company began in 2019. Ross also plays a prevalent role in backstage interview segments for PPV hype vignettes.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Ross is a former lead announcer and head of talent relations in WWE. He also worked as an announcer in WCW and other territories throughout his career. Ross is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/17\/aew-all-elite-wrestling-dynamite-preview-5-18-wild-card-wednesday-edition-cole-vs-hardy-in-owen-hart-semifinal-joe-and-dr-baker-face-jokers-and-oreilly-vs-fenix-in-owen-quarterfinal-matches\/\">ALL ELITE WRESTLING DYNAMITE PREVIEW 5\/18: Wild Card Wednesday Edition, Cole vs. Hardy, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2886279194\"><div id=\"pwtor-3774759482\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jim Ross has signed a contract extension with AEW. Ross revealed details of his new deal on The Grillin JR Podcast, saying that he did officially extend for a year and a half. &#8220;I signed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/18\/jim-ross-confirms-contract-extension-with-aew\/\" title=\"Jim Ross confirms contract extension with AEW\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2],"tags":[6121,6120,334,6723],"class_list":["post-139746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews","tag-aew","tag-all-elite-wrestling","tag-jim-ross","tag-jr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/RossBoxingCBSSports.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139748,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139746\/revisions\/139748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}