Jim Ross has been with AEW since 2019 but has dealt with serious health issues in recent years.
Ross only works main event matches at pay-per-view events. He made headlines when he chimed in on Kevin Kelly and wrestlers Brandon and Brendan Tate suing AEW during his podcast. Ross referred to the lawsuit as a “frivolous” one.
During an appearance on House of Kayfabe, attorney Stephen P. New talked about the lawsuit and took a shot at Ross in the process.
“I need to make a response. JR, Jim Ross, called this lawsuit frivolous. Well, let me tell you something, boola-boola, this is not a frivolous lawsuit. You’re part of the problem. You, Jim Ross, are part of the problem because you fed the guys in WWE as Talent Relations these crap contracts for a quarter of a century. You told these guys that it was the take-it-or-leave-it deal, and that they needed to sign these crap contracts that were contracts of adhesion, that they should have never signed, or they should have lined the arbitration provisions out of.”
“So I’m not shocked in the least that you go on Conrad Thompson’s podcast and you say that this is a frivolous lawsuit. I might lose it, by ‘bah gawd’ it’s not frivolous, I can tell you that. Tony Khan’s paid JR a lot of money to do nothing for about five years now. If I were Jim Ross and I were living at Jacksonville Beach and making a bunch of money to not do much at all, I’d probably come out and call Stephen P. New’s lawsuit also. Everybody’s got a price.”
AEW President Tony Khan fired back at New via Twitter:
I've just read Stephen P. New's comments about @JRsBBQ.
I'm shocked + appalled by these comments on legend Jim Ross, part of AEW's foundation, someone so important from the beginning of AEW and still right now today.
AEW, JR & I reserve all rights.See you tonight at #AEWAllOut
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 7, 2024
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