{"id":327269,"date":"2026-05-01T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=327269"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:35:02","slug":"jim-ross-seemingly-confirms-aleister-black-hated-his-time-in-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/jim-ross-seemingly-confirms-aleister-black-hated-his-time-in-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ross Seemingly Confirms Aleister Black Hated His Time In AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a recent edition of his \u201cGrilling JR\u201d podcast, Jim Ross commented on his plans for AEW Double or Nothing 2026, whether he ever desired to wrestler, Aleister Black\u2019s time in AEW, and more.<\/p>\n

You possibly can try some highlights from the podcast below:<\/p>\n

On his AEW Double or Nothing 2026 status:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m gonna be there. Gonna do some work. Don\u2019t know exactly what yet, but whatever Tony Khan says, I\u2019ll run the play. He\u2019s so good to me in that respect. I don\u2019t think he knows, as we speak, that I\u2019m going to be available in Queens. We don\u2019t speak about it. He\u2019s got more on his plate than to fret about JR\u2019s health,\u201d Ross said on Grilling JR.<\/p>\n

On if he ever desired to be a wrestler:<\/strong> \u201cS***, no. Are you serious? I don\u2019t even wish to see myself in a swimsuit, much less in tights on television. That\u2019s comedy. I sometimes think in our business, overall, we\u2019ve done an excessive amount of comedy at times. It\u2019s like one company attempting to out comedy the opposite. I\u2019m not an enormous fan of comedy wrestling, obviously. Things that occur within the ring which are organically funny, I really like. I don\u2019t mind laughing, but when that\u2019s our focus and goal, I\u2019ll go watch reruns of SVU.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Aleister Black\u2019s time in AEW:<\/strong> \u201cIf I were counseling him, I\u2019d say take some day without work. Step away for a number of months. I’d encourage my wife to get back within the ring. She\u2019d be a great hire for AEW. Aleister Black is considered one of my favorite competitors. He\u2019s compelling. Possibly it\u2019s his look or the incontrovertible fact that he uses kicks lots and is proficient at it. I like Aleister Black. I believe he could do himself a favor by simply stepping away for some time. He\u2019s got a 90-day no-compete anyway. How are you going to improve in 90 days? That\u2019s my query to you. What are you able to do to make your game higher? I believe the guy has a great upside and is a important event level talent. He\u2019s a keeper. He seems to run afoul of the establishment every so often. I don\u2019t know why that’s. I don\u2019t work with him in that regard. Whatever it’s, my advice to him could be \u2018recover from it.\u2019 Don\u2019t be so critical of things. Just be critical of your personal work and make it higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he wanted [his AEW run] to work. I don\u2019t think he was joyful there. I believe he checked out it as a step down. Prefer it was the minor leagues or some s***. That\u2019s a WWE mentality rubbing off on you. That\u2019ll occur. I like his game lots, and his wife is a hell of a hand. Two keepers. Embrace the incontrovertible fact that he\u2019s wanted, but you may have to recover at what you do and have the precise attitude. He has to have a algorithm he can live with that he can base his work on. He\u2019s had several probabilities. He\u2019s not a young kid. It could be time to make psychological features to his presentation. If I used to be booking, and he was being a great citizen and top pro, he\u2019s a important event guy. It\u2019s as much as him. He has to have the precise attitude. He must be willing to vary a number of things. Things haven’t worked long-term anywhere he\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don’t [think Black has burned a bridge in AEW]. I believe that his likelihood is running out. Trust is an enormous thing. Reliability. Are you reliable? I\u2019m sure there are a small faction of some that imagine he\u2019s missing something. I don\u2019t disagree with that. He\u2019s not missing his attire, his look, his work ethic. Whatever his downfalls are, they appear to be stimulated for outdoor of bell-to-bell. I just like the guy. I\u2019d hire him in a heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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During a recent edition of his \u201cGrilling JR\u201d podcast, Jim Ross commented on his plans for AEW Double or Nothing 2026, whether he ever desired to wrestler, Aleister Black\u2019s time in AEW, and more. You possibly can try some highlights from the podcast below: On his AEW Double or Nothing 2026 status: \u201cI\u2019m gonna be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[10436,31289,1305,1524,12513,6705,4373,1461,446],"class_list":["post-327269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-aew","tag-aleister","tag-black","tag-confirms","tag-hated","tag-jim","tag-ross","tag-seemingly","tag-time"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327272,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327269\/revisions\/327272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}