Jim Ross
Acting · Writing · Production
Born January 3, 1952, Fort Bragg, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2026AEW Double or Nothing 2026 — Jim Ross
- 2025AEW Dynasty 2025 — Jim Ross
- 2025AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2025Queen of the Ring — Executive Producer
- WWE's Greatest Moments
- 2024AEW Dynasty 2024 — Jim Ross
- 2024AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2023AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour — Jim Ross
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision — Jim Ross
- 2022AEW All Out 2022 — Jim Ross
- 2022AEW Double or Nothing 2022 — Jim Ross
- 2022AEW Revolution 2022 — Jim Ross
- 2022AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts — Jim Ross
- Hey! (EW) — Jim Ross
- 2022Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow — Jim Ross
- WWE Rivals
- 2021AEW All Out 2021 — Jim Ross
- 2021AEW Double or Nothing 2021 — Jim Ross
- 2021AEW Full Gear 2021 — Jim Ross
- 2021AEW Fyter Fest — Jim Ross
- 2021AEW Grand Slam — Jim Ross
- 2021AEW Road Rager — Jim Ross
- All Elite Wrestling: Rampage — Jim Ross
- 2020AEW Bash at the Beach — Jim Ross
- 2020AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show — Jim Ross
- 2020AEW Fight for the Fallen 2020 — Jim Ross
- 2020AEW Revolution 2020 — Jim Ross
- AEW Unrestricted — Jim Ross
- 2020AEW Winter is Coming 2020 — Jim Ross
- 2020Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration — Jim Ross
- 2020The Best of Mickie James
- 2019AEW All Out 2019 — Jim Ross
- AEW Dark — Jim Ross
- 2019AEW Double or Nothing 2019 — Jim Ross
- 2019AEW Fyter Fest — Jim Ross
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite — Jim Ross
- 2019Before the Bell: The Story of All Elite Wrestling — Jim Ross
- 2018NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2018NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2018NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 20171997: Dawn of the Attitude — Jim Ross (archive footage)
- 2017NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2017NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2017NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
- WWE Mae Young Classic — Commentator
- 2017WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
- 2016I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
- 2016Inside the Ropes: The Rise of the Attitude Era with Jim Cornette & Jim Ross
- 2016NXT Takeover: Toronto — Jim Ross
- 2015NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 — Jim Ross - English Commentary
- 2015WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015 — Jim Ross
- 2015WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired — Jim Ross
- 2015What Now — Mr. Rappole
- 2014Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 — Jim Ross
- 2014WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show — Jim Ross
- Wrestlemania Rewind — Jim Ross
- 2013WWE Royal Rumble 2013
- 2013WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff — Jim Ross
- 2012The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
- 2012WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True — Actor
- 2012WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak — Jim Ross (archive footage)
- 2011The True Story of WrestleMania
- 2011WWE Extreme Rules 2011 — Jim Ross
- 2011WWE Over The Limit 2011 — Jim Ross (Appearance)
- 2011WWE Survivor Series 2011 — Jim Ross
- 2011WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
- WWE NXT
- 2009WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI — Jim Ross
- 2007The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
- 2007WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Heatseekers
- WWE ECW — Jim Ross
- 2006WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology — Jim Ross
- 2005WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
- The Celebrity Apprentice — Jim Ross (archive footage)
- 2004WWE WrestleMania XX — Jim Ross
- 2003WWE Royal Rumble 2003 — Jim Ross
- 2003WWE Unforgiven 2003 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Armageddon 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Insurrextion 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Judgment Day 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE No Mercy 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Royal Rumble 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE SummerSlam 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Super Tuesday — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Survivor Series 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Unforgiven 2002 — Jim Ross
- 2002WWE Vengeance 2002 — Jim Ross
- WWE Tough Enough — Self, Jim Ross
- 2000WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs — Jim Ross
- 1999Man on the Moon — Wrestling Commentator
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown — Jim Ross
- 1999WWF: It's Our Time — Jim Ross
- WWE Heat — Jim Ross
- 1997WWE Badd Blood: In Your House — Jim Ross
- 1997WWE SummerSlam 1997 — Jim Ross
- 1997WWE Sunny — Jim Ross
- 1994German Fan Favorites — Jim Ross
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling — Jim Ross (Interviewer)
- WWE Sunday Night Slam — Jim Ross, Jim Ross (Commentator)
- 1994WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam — Jim Ross
- 1993Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches — Jim Ross
- Raw — Jim Ross
- 1993WCW Clash of The Champions XXII — Writer
- 1993WWE Bashed in the USA — Jim Ross (Commentator)
- 1993WWE Global Warfare — Jim Ross
- 1993WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers — Jim Ross
- 1993WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 — Jim Ross
- 1993WWE UK Rampage '93 — Jim Ross (Commentator)
- 1992WCW Beach Blast — Writer
- 1992WCW Clash of The Champions XIX — Writer
- 1992WCW Clash of The Champions XXI — Writer
- 1992WCW Halloween Havoc 1992 — Writer
- 1992WCW Starrcade 1992 — Writer
- 1992WCW The Great American Bash 1992 — Writer
- 1991WCW WrestleWar 1991 — Jim Ross (Commentator), Producer
- Clash of the Champions — Writer
- Power Pro Wrestling — Jim Ross (Announcer)
- WWF Superstars — Commentator
- WWF Wrestling Challenge — Jim Ross
- Mid-South Wrestling — Jim Ross (Guest Commentator), Jim Ross (Ring Announcer), Jim Ross (Interviewer), Jim Ross (Color Commentator), Jim Ross - Ring Announcer
- WWE Old School — Jim Ross (Commentary)
Appearances as themselves (33)
- 2025WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle — Self
- 2023Angle — Self
- Biography: WWE Legends — Self - WWE Announcer
- The Best of WWE — Himself
- Dark Side of the Ring — Self
- WWE Untold — Self
- 2017The Price of Fame — Self
- 2016Rudy & Des — Himself
- 2016The Funks — Himself
- 2015The Resurrection of Jake The Snake — Self
- WWE 24 — Himself
- 2014Brian and the Boz — Self
- 2014Brock Lesnar: Best of the Beast — Self
- 2014Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman — Himself
- 2014The Sheik — Self
- WWE Rivalries — Self
- 2013Legends of Mid-South Wrestling — Himself
- 2012CM Punk: Best in the World — Himself
- 2008WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story — Self
- Inside MMA — Self Guest
- 2007WWE Hall of Fame 2007 — Himself
- 2005Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History — Himself
- 2005The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior — Himself
- WWE Hall of Fame — Self
- 2002WWE: Triple H - The Game — Himself
- 2001Lita - It Just Feels Right — Self
- 2001Lita: It Just Feels Right — Himself
- 1999Beyond the Mat — Self
- 1999Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked — Himself
- 1998WWF: Three Faces of Foley — Himself
- NWA World Championship Wrestling — Self
- OMG! Top 50 Incidents in WWE History — Self
- Owen — Self