AEW: Jim Ross Health Update, New Dynamite & Collision Shows Announced for September, More News

Jim Ross Health & AEW Return Status Update

In a recent episode of the Grillin JR podcast, co-host Jim Ross provided a new update on his current health status revealing that he recently went to the emergency room that turned out to not be a serious health issue in the end.

“I had to go to the emergency room this morning because I was concerned that the redness in my wounded leg was moving, and I’ve been warned about that, that you don’t want to let this thing get out of control. You see it moving past a certain spot on your leg, you need to go to the emergency room right away to have them look at it. I did, and they looked at it, and they did nothing. They didn’t need anything. They said, ‘You’re fine. It’s good that you’re paying attention, but if it continues to move in a northern direction, you need to come back to see us.’ So I did that this morning. That’s just part of the maintenance of this shit. I can tell you that right now. People say, ‘When are you coming back to work?’ Well, I’d like to go back to work tonight. I’d like to go back to work next week, but I don’t know when that’s gonna be. I’ve got to get past this thing, and I’m hoping that the two issues I have, I can protect my wound from infection in a pretty good way. I’ve got the medicines, the solvents, the covers, all that stuff. But man, what’s killing me right now is the lower back thing. I’ve heard guys talk about sciatica I’m not a very positive way. It’s really challenging. It’s not good, man. So anyway, I’m working on that couple things. I can promise you that nobody in AEW wants to go back to work more than me. I miss being around the guys. I miss helping these young kids. I’m a good listener to them and for them. I miss all that. I’m an alpha personality and I like to be around other people and like to help others.

When you’re sitting here in a condo, which is nice, it’s on the beach, it’s cool, I’m not bitching about that, but you are alone. Being alone’s not really a good thing for me. Sometimes, when I’m left to my own devices, I can make bad decisions. [Laughs] So anyway, it’s gonna be fine, it’s gonna get better, and I’m gonna see a good guy that could help me. He’s dealt with these guys before, where they needed to get a fast turnaround and all that stuff. So hopefully I’ll get some relief and I’ll be able to put my shoes on without help. Not help from another individual, but brace against something, it’s gotta be shoes I can slip in and out of. So that’s where I am. But just a couple weeks ago, I couldn’t even put my shoes on. I couldn’t bend over.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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AEW Announces Four New Dynamite & Collision Shows This September for Indiana, Ohio, & Pennsylvania

AEW recently announced that they will be holding a new set of AEW Dynamite and Rampage shows on September 6th at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana.

AEW also recently announced that they will be holding a new AEW Collision show on September 9th at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

AEW also recently announced that they will be holding a new set of Dynamite and Rampage shows on September 13th at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

AEW also recently announced that they will be holding a new Collision show on September 16th at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania.

Tickets for all of these upcoming shows were also announced to officially go on sale starting today.

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AEW News & Notes

This month’s Freshman issue of XXL Magazine features Swerve Strickland.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that there were no major injuries suffered by any of the competitors from the Blood & Guts match at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Boston, Massachusetts.

As noted before, Peacock will be releasing a new documentary based on former AEW and current WWE talent Cody Rhodes. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that The Young Bucks’ Matt and Nick Jackson and AEW officials had given their approval for Being The Elite footage to be used in Peacock’s Rhodes documentary film.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that AEW has been doing commentary for some dark matches that have been held of late prior to AEW Dynamite shows.

Vickie Guerrero’s contract with AEW reportedly recently expired and she is currently a free agent, according to Fightful Select.

AEW officials reportedly are currently working on plans to continue their annual tradition of Thanksgiving week shows taking place in Chicago, Illinois, according to Fightful Select. It was reported that AEW currently has the November 22nd Dynamite show scheduled to take place on November 22nd in the city.

In a recent interview with the Battleground podcast, Samoa Joe confirmed that he will be at AEW’s upcoming All In event next month at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Joe stated “It might be (Wembley Stadium could be the stage for Zack Sabre Jr. & I to battle it out) but Zack, he’s home, right? Does he really want that to happen to him in his backyard? Mum can finally make it out for the matches and I smear you all over the canvas. Do you really wanna ruin Christmas? That’s all I’m really saying here because it’s gonna be awkward coming out of summertime and you can’t walk right. It’s just me, you know? If I’m thinking about the family events and how I wanna arrange this and I’m Zack, I’m like, eh, maybe not the best time to really go after Joe so yeah, we’ll see. I know I’m gonna be there and somebody’s gonna have a bad night but hopefully it’s not one of the local boys, you know? Because we all wanna have a pint afterwards. Call it kissing cousins and just walk away from it okay, right? No big deal. Everybody is friends and family.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

In a recent interview with The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz podcast, AEW CEO and Fullham FC Vice Chairman Tony Khan gave his thoughts about the Saudi Arabian government’s current sportswashing strategy of purchasing sports teams and hosting sporting events. Khan stated “It’s amazing. I think, if you have enough money, you can get away with anything, including murder, and try to sign up all the top players in the world. Certainly, they have approached a lot of great players. I’m very interested to see where this goes. For us, we’re definitely committed to keeping our top stars. We have a great team, we had a great season, one of the best seasons in the history of Fulham, and I’m really excited about this upcoming season.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)