The following article was posted on WonderWall.com:

Beloved pro wrestling announcer Jim Ross is leaving WWE

I'm disappointed that Mark Gray didn't explain more details of his side-notes, because they inspire some pretty wild ideas.

Among those ideas:

Idea #1: Jim Ross was quoted as saying "I still think I can do play-by-play even though others that may surround Vince think I can't"

Umm, I get that Jim isn't absolutely perfect. I've heard stories about him getting intoxicated before shows and flubbing his lines. But, honestly, I could listen to Jim flub a thousand lines before I listen to someone like Corey Graves tell me the meaning of life. I was watching Smackdown, and (correct me if I'm wrong) during the match between Erick Rowan and Kevin Owens, Corey Graves stone cold sober said "I can't wait to see this match". My wife and I looked at each other like "Does he not realize that the match is already happening?"

I'm not speculating as to who might be in Vince's ear telling him to let go of Jim, or if anyone is actually doing that. If I remember correctly, Vince has fired Jim Ross at least two times. I'm just saying, while Jim is able to sit and speak, he's doing better than anyone else the WWE is trying to force on us.

Idea #2: Mark wrote (without any citation) "There is already speculation that Jim will end up at the newly formed AEW wrestling organization".

I get that "speculation" usually stands on its own these days, but for fuck's sake. If Jim jumped to AEW, it wouldn't necessarily be betrayal, but his would be the biggest name working for AEW.


I'm not as savvy as most of you, so please educate me on what I'm missing in regard to this news.