Jim Ross on His Praise of Tony Khan After ‘Absolute Genius’ Week For AEW For Rebel & The Butcher Tribute Shows

A recent episode of the Grilling JR podcast featured co-host and AEW commentator Jim Ross giving his thoughts about his praise of AEW CEO Tony Khan after this past week’s AEW Dynamite Rebel Heart show honoring Rebel and her battle with terminal ALS.

“I thought what Tony Khan put together on Wednesday night, the Rebel Heart celebration, was genius — was absolute genius. And the reason I believe that, I felt it when I watched it. I got emotional a couple times, and I’m sitting here by myself in my chair watching ‘rasslin like I’m 12 years old again.”

Ross also gave his thoughts about his praise of the late “The Butcher” Andy Williams for him being a multi-talented performer and a “sweetheart of a guy” and as the type of wrestler every promotion needs to have on its roster.

Ross also gave his praise of Khan and AEW for being able to hold two emotionally heavy shows like this in such a short time period.

“Tony did a good job there. And think about these projects that we’re discussing are dumped into one person’s lap. He doesn’t have a booking committee. I’m not a big proponent of booking committees in general, quite frankly, and I got my own reasons. But he steers pretty much a solo ship. Some of the things he’s been doing lately, how they’ve been formatting the show, has really impressed me — really impressed me. And I’ll say this, they’re building a hell of a talent roster.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com