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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 3, 1952
Place of Birth
Fort Bragg, California, USA
Also Known As
- James William "Jim" Ross
Jim Ross
0.9 Popularity
Biography
James William "Jim" Ross is a professional wrestling commentator, referee, restaurateur, occasional wrestler, and former company executive of WWE, where he works as a commentator on NXT, interim commentator on Raw, and as a talent relations consultant. Ross was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest announcers in wrestling history. He is known affectionately by wrestling fans as "Good Ol' JR". Outside of professional wrestling, Ross has developed his own brand of barbecue sauces and cookbooks.
Known For
8.1
Jim Ross - English Commentary
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025
5.2
Self
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
2025
7.2
Jim Ross
AEW Dynasty 2025
2025
7.0
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
7.3
Jim Ross - English Commentary
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
2024
7.5
Jim Ross
AEW Dynasty 2024
2024
0.0
Self
Angle
2023
6.5
Jim Ross
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
2023
7.7
Jim Ross
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
7.6
Jim Ross
AEW All Out 2022
2022
Credits
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2025
8.1
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
as Self
2025
5.2
AEW Dynasty 2025
as Jim Ross
2025
7.2
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
7.0
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2024
7.3
AEW Dynasty 2024
as Jim Ross
2024
7.5
Angle
as Self
2023
0.0
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
as Jim Ross
2023
6.5
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
as Jim Ross
2023
7.7
AEW All Out 2022
as Jim Ross
2022
7.6
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
as Jim Ross
2022
0.0
WWE Rivals
2022
7.3
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2022
8.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
as Jim Ross
2022
6.9
Hey! (EW)
as Jim Ross
2022
0.0
AEW Revolution 2022
as Jim Ross
2022
8.3
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
as Jim Ross
2022
4.7
AEW Full Gear 2021
as Jim Ross
2021
7.5
AEW Grand Slam
as Jim Ross
2021
9.5
AEW All Out 2021
as Jim Ross
2021
8.0
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
as Jim Ross
2021
7.1
AEW Fyter Fest
as Jim Ross
2021
8.0
AEW Road Rager
as Jim Ross
2021
8.0
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
as Jim Ross
2021
6.9
Biography: WWE Legends
as Himself - WWE Announcer
2021
6.8
AEW Winter is Coming
as Jim Ross
2020
8.7
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
as Jim Ross
2020
7.5
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Jim Ross
2020
7.0
The Best of Mickie James
2020
10.0
AEW Fight for the Fallen
as Jim Ross
2020
5.0
The Best of WWE
as Himself
2020
9.7
AEW Revolution 2020
as Jim Ross
2020
7.7
AEW Unrestricted
as Jim Ross
2020
6.5
AEW Bash at the Beach
as Jim Ross
2020
7.5
AEW Dark
as Jim Ross
2019
6.0
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
as Jim Ross
2019
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
7.9
AEW All Out 2019
as Jim Ross
2019
8.3
AEW Fyter Fest
as Jim Ross
2019
7.5
AEW Double or Nothing 2019
as Jim Ross
2019
8.2
🎬
Before the Bell: The Story of All Elite Wrestling
as Jim Ross
2019
0.0
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
8.2
Dark Side of the Ring
as Self
2019
8.2
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2018
0.0
WWE Untold
as Self
2018
10.0
NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2018
8.0
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2018
0.0
The Price of Fame
as Self
2017
7.0
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
as Jim Ross (archive footage)
2017
10.0
WWE Mae Young Classic
as Commentator
2017
5.0
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2017
8.7
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2017
8.0
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2017
0.0
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
2017
7.6
NXT Takeover: Toronto
as Jim Ross
2016
7.8
The Funks
as Himself
2016
6.0
I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
2016
6.0
Inside the Ropes: The Rise of the Attitude Era with Jim Cornette & Jim Ross
2016
8.0
🎬
Rudy & Des
as Himself
2016
0.0
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
as Jim Ross
2015
6.8
What Now
as Mr. Rappole
2015
3.1
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
as Jim Ross
2015
0.0
WWE 24
as Himself
2015
6.6
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
as Self
2015
7.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
as Jim Ross - English Commentary
2015
8.5
WWE Rivalries
as Self
2014
7.0
Brian and the Boz
as Self
2014
7.0
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
as Himself
2014
7.4
The Sheik
as Self
2014
7.4
WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show
as Jim Ross
2014
5.7
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
as Jim Ross
2014
8.4
🎬
Brock Lesnar: Best of the Beast
as Self
2014
5.5
Wrestlemania Rewind
as Jim Ross
2014
0.0
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Himself
2013
9.3
🎬
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
as Jim Ross
2013
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
7.5
CM Punk: Best in the World
as Himself
2012
8.2
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
as Actor
2012
0.0
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
7.7
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
as Jim Ross (archive footage)
2012
8.8
WWE Survivor Series 2011
as Jim Ross
2011
7.4
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
2011
8.0
WWE Over The Limit 2011
as Jim Ross (Appearance)
2011
6.0
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
as Jim Ross
2011
7.0
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
8.3
WWE NXT
2010
6.8
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
as Jim Ross
2009
0.0
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story
as Self
2008
8.0
🎬
Inside MMA
as Self Guest
2007
8.0
🎬
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Heatseekers
2007
0.0
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
2007
10.0
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
as Himself
2007
9.2
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Jim Ross
2006
7.9
WWE ECW
as Jim Ross
2006
6.6
The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
as Himself
2005
6.4
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Himself
2005
8.3
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
2005
8.2
WWE Hall of Fame
as Self
2005
6.0
WWE WrestleMania XX
as Jim Ross
2004
8.3
The Celebrity Apprentice
as Jim Ross (archive footage)
2004
5.0
WWE Unforgiven 2003
as Jim Ross
2003
7.3
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Jim Ross
2003
7.6
WWE Armageddon 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
5.1
WWE Survivor Series 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
8.8
🎬
WWE Super Tuesday
as Jim Ross
2002
0.0
WWE No Mercy 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
7.5
WWE Unforgiven 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
6.4
WWE SummerSlam 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
8.3
WWE Vengeance 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
7.2
WWE: Triple H - The Game
as Himself
2002
5.1
WWE Judgment Day 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
7.9
WWE Insurrextion 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
5.3
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
as Jim Ross
2002
6.7
Lita - It Just Feels Right
as Self
2001
8.0
Lita: It Just Feels Right
as Himself
2001
0.0
WWE Tough Enough
as Self
2001
7.4
WWE Tough Enough
as Jim Ross
2001
7.4
🎬
WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs
as Jim Ross
2000
6.1
Man on the Moon
as Wrestling Commentator
1999
7.2
WWF: It's Our Time
as Jim Ross
1999
0.0
Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked
as Himself
1999
0.0
WWE SmackDown
as Jim Ross
1999
7.5
WWF: Three Faces of Foley
as Himself
1998
7.7
WWE Heat
as Jim Ross
1998
5.1
WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Jim Ross
1997
8.0
WWE Sunny
as Jim Ross
1997
8.0
German Fan Favorites
as Jim Ross
1994
0.0
WWE Sunday Night Slam
as Jim Ross
1994
0.0
WWE Sunday Night Slam
as Jim Ross (Commentator)
1994
0.0
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
as Jim Ross
1994
0.0
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Interviewer)
1994
0.0
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
as Jim Ross
1993
0.0
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
as Jim Ross
1993
0.0
WWE Global Warfare
as Jim Ross
1993
0.0
Invasion of the Bodyslammers
as Jim Ross
1993
0.0
WWE Bashed in the USA
as Jim Ross (Commentator)
1993
0.0
WWE UK Rampage '93
as Jim Ross (Commentator)
1993
0.0
Raw
as Jim Ross
1993
6.8
Raw
1993
6.8
WCW WrestleWar 1991
as Jim Ross (Commentator)
1991
10.0
NWA WrestleWar 1989
1989
0.0
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Jim Ross
1986
6.8
WWF Superstars
1986
8.0
WWF Superstars
as Commentator
1986
8.0
Power Pro Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Announcer)
1986
0.0
NWA World Championship Wrestling
as Self
1985
0.0
Saturday Night's Main Event
as Jim Ross
1985
8.4
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
8.4
Mid-South Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Guest Commentator)
1981
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Ring Announcer)
1981
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Interviewer)
1981
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
as Jim Ross (Color Commentator)
1981
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
as Jim Ross - Ring Announcer
1981
0.0
WWE Old School
as Jim Ross (Commentary)
1973
0.0
🎬
Owen
as Self
N/A
0.0