Jim Ross Details Fall, Back Injury Before AEW Double Or Nothing

On a recent episode of his podcast, “Grilling JR,” Jim Ross discussed how he suffered a fall and a back injury before his AEW Double or Nothing trip.  Ross appeared at the show and called the Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly match. Here are the highlights:

On the Weekend:

“Let’s see, where do I start? It was not a good travel weekend for me… I was supposed to get picked up Saturday morning at like 6 o’ clock… We had the alarm set, my driver was going to pick me up. And all of a sudden I fell. I hadn’t had a fall in weeks, so I fell and busted my ass away from my phone… As a result of that, I missed my flight. And flights right now, as you are aware, it’s just horrible flying. Flying is the worst time of my life. Flying experiences have been horrible. So I got rebooked and I got to New York City at LaGuardia that night.”

On the Back Injury:

“I got in my room on Saturday night. I laid on the bed, put my ass on the edge of the bed, and just relaxed. Well, little did I know my back was going to go out on me. So now I’m in the hotel and with my back out, and I can’t function. So it was just a horrible experience. And I flew back home on Monday night. It was — I suffered for a while. I won’t do that again. I want to make sure my phone is within arm’s reach.”

On his Current Condition:

“Sore. It’s like taking a big hit in the football game. I’m just sore as hell. But you know, I asked to go to work, so I can’t blame anybody but myself. And I just gotta find a doctor, and I got a neurologist now. He’s talking to me about high-risk area for dementia and all that bulls**t. So I have the worst luck sometimes. I’m just real sore, I got to find the right doctor that can get me back rolling, because my legs are really weak. And on Saturday morning, one of my legs just went out under me. It just went like a piece of spaghetti, it wasn’t good.”

On Wanting to Be There:

“I’m flying up back. I just could have stayed home, maybe I should have. But I like working, and I love pro wrestling. So that’s my little sad story. But I’m glad that I went, I got to see a lot of people I hadn’t seen in a long time, and just checked out the community there. It’s good, I enjoyed that a lot. So, I’d like to work another match, but I’m not complaining… I know this, I sure miss doing that.”

On the Show:

“I saw quite a bit of it. We had a monitor in our locker room, so I saw quite a bit of it. And I thought it was just a hell of a show. Nothing sucked whatsoever. So I liked the show a lot. It was well produced, it was well timed. I didn’t feel any matches were cut short at all. So it was a real good show for television… For whatever the magic potion is, AEW doesn’t do any bad pay-per-views.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit the Grilling JR podcast with an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.