{"id":522768,"date":"2026-07-12T20:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522768\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:38:09","slug":"aews-jim-ross-gives-health-update-after-hospital-release-talks-upcoming-brain-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522768\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW&#8217;s Jim Ross Gives Health Update After Hospital Release, Talks Upcoming Brain Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/intro-1783870081.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2213046\/aew-jim-ross-health-update-hospital-release-brain-surgery\/\" data-post-id=\"2213046\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"AEW's Jim Ross Gives Health Update After Hospital Release, Talks Upcoming Brain Surgery: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Jim Ross wearing a cowboy hat\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Jackson Laizure\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After spending more than 30 days in the hospital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2198905\/aew-jim-ross-health-update-dont-count-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AEW commentator Jim Ross recently returned to his home<\/a>, with his overall physical condition gradually improving ever since. Nevertheless, Ross has revealed that he is set for another hospital stay soon, this time for brain surgery.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I feel pretty good. I&#8217;m getting better every day, but still got a ways to go,&#8221; Ross said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QdlpW0-yJZE?si=NRjPqFADxTgomho-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Grilling JR.&#8221;<\/a> &#8220;I can&#8217;t drive yet, all that stuff. I&#8217;m cutting back on my appearances. I got one big one coming up in Minneapolis in a few weeks. I&#8217;m just battling. I&#8217;m getting ready to have another surgery, brain surgery this time. And that&#8217;s going to be an adventure because I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re going to find much. As the days go on, in the mornings, I&#8217;m pretty good. I got a little sleep and I&#8217;m good to fire off and go. We&#8217;re recording this. What time is this? About 3:00 or something. I&#8217;m a little tired, but I&#8217;m glad we&#8217;re doing this. It makes me feel good. It&#8217;s the best medicine I could ask for, and thanks for thinking of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Following the 2026 AEW Double or Nothing event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2202674\/aew-jim-ross-discharged-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ross reportedly suffered a fall<\/a> that landed him in the medical center for the aforementioned duration. Additional details on his injuries were not known at the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Ross himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2185294\/aew-double-or-nothing-2026-jim-ross-health-travel-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he faced health and travel troubles<\/a> on his way to Double or Nothing in Queens, New York due to another fall. Ross&#8217; back later gave out too once he eventually arrived at his hotel room. Still, he went on to call Jon Moxley&#8217;s successful Continental Championship title defense against Kyle O&#8217;Reilly at the PPV the next day.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                Ross Shares Details Of His Brain Surgery<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ross-shares-details-of-his-brain-surgery-1783870083.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2213046\/aew-jim-ross-health-update-hospital-release-brain-surgery\/\" data-post-id=\"2213046\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"AEW's Jim Ross Gives Health Update After Hospital Release, Talks Upcoming Brain Surgery: Ross Shares Details Of His Brain Surgery\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Jim Ross wearing a black cowboy hat\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Paul Archuleta\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking ahead at his upcoming brain surgery, Ross noted that the hospital stay surrounding it is only scheduled to stretch a few days. Given the &#8220;great&#8221; skills of his surgeon, he&#8217;s optimistic about the outcome as well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They&#8217;re going to do it soon,&#8221; Ross said. &#8220;I just haven&#8217;t a confirmed date set, but it&#8217;s going to be the next week or so I&#8217;m pushing for. It&#8217;s just the illness. I got to get it addressed. I couldn&#8217;t live my life the way it was. I forget s*** and just couldn&#8217;t remember things. It was just horrible. I felt horrible. That all started with me passing out in my house and being discovered there, which began almost a 40-day hospital stay. And let me tell you, that&#8217;s a long ass time. Those beds are small and lumpy and the food is predictable and sometimes the help doesn&#8217;t give a s*** if you&#8217;re fit or not. I didn&#8217;t like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As described by Ross, the procedure will involve the surgeon inserting a tube, called a shunt, into his brain in order to drain built-up fluid to another part of his body, and in turn, relieve pressure in the brain. In his case, doctors are focusing on the part of Ross&#8217; brain that affects memory.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll get it done, a short hospital stay, and limp back home and heal up,&#8221; Ross said. &#8220;That&#8217;s my options. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Per the order of his neurologist, Ross u<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2178690\/aew-jim-ross-undergoing-tests-alzheimers-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nderwent testing to determine if he potentially had dementia or Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0disease\u00a0earlier this year. Ross has to yet make results of those tests known.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ross, now 74 years old, signed with AEW back in 2019. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2185490\/aew-jim-ross-contract-status-expects-stay-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">current deal with the wrestling promotion is slated to expire next month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit &#8220;Grilling JR&#8221; with a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Jackson Laizure\/Getty Images After spending more than 30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-522768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}