{"id":171036,"date":"2025-05-15T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=171036"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:09","slug":"jim-ross-announces-colon-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/05\/15\/jim-ross-announces-colon-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ross announces colon cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2496724056\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>AEW broadcast team member Jim Ross announced that he has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Ross wrote on social media that surgery will be scheduled for the next week or two. 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