Jim Ross has successfully undergone shunt surgery.
The 74-year-old legendary broadcaster was scheduled to go to the hospital this week to have an adjustment made to a shunt procedure he had done in his brain earlier this year. The shunt, put in his brain to help drain fluid from it, had caused complications, including severe headaches.
While the surgery was briefly delayed, as a “good CT scan” on Tuesday meant he didn’t need to get it that day, Grilling JR co-host Conrad Thompson confirmed on Wednesday evening that Ross was recovering after a successful procedure.
“JR is out of surgery and everything went well!” he wrote. “Praise God!”
JR is out of surgery and everything went well! Praise God! https://t.co/SI9e1UidHY
— Conrad the Mortgage Guy (@HeyHeyItsConrad) November 11, 2026
Ross is currently signed to AEW, but has spent most of 2026 on the sidelines due to a series of health issues. He was last at the commentary desk back in May for AEW’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
