AEW News: Jim Ross addresses Bryan Danielson’s new role

Jim Ross is confident that Bryan Danielson will thrive in his new full-time role with AEW.

After earning praise for his commentary at Forbidden Door, Danielson joined the AEW Dynamite announce team on a full-time basis last week. He’s now calling the show with Excalibur and Taz.

Ross — perhaps the greatest announcer in wrestling history — addressed the news on the latest episode of his Grilling JR podcast, saying he believes Danielson’s intelligence and wrestling knowledge will help him succeed at commentary.

“He’s studious, a student of the game, has a lot of knowledge that he’s more than happy to share, which I think is great. I like the addition of him,” Ross said. “It gets some knowledge out of a talent that has been kind of sequestered into — I don’t want to say oblivion, but Bryan’s a really smart guy and I’ve heard some of his work. I think he does a good job.”

Ross noted that, when doing commentary, you need to reprogram yourself to speak in soundbites. You also need to prepare thoroughly, which has never been an issue for Danielson.

“I have utmost confidence in Bryan Danielson that heâ€s going to do a tremendous job,” Ross said. “Heâ€s smart, heâ€s studious, he works as hard at getting ready for a broadcast as he did getting ready for matches. And he’s well known for that. So I think it’s good. I think it’s good for our show and brand. Exposing Bryan Danielson is a smart thing, it’s good product placement if you will. Tony Khan’s got a great vision for things like that, so I’m excited to see where it all heads.”

Danielson wrapped up his full-time in-ring career in October 2024. It remains to be seen when or if he’ll ever compete again.

The 73-year-old Ross signed a new AEW contract last month to continue in his role providing commentary at pay-per-view events. His next assignment is at Forbidden Door in Toronto this Saturday.

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