Jim Ross provides a health update on Dean Malenko.
Jim Ross returned to AEW on December 20, to call the main event of AEW Dynamite. While he was there, he also saw some old friends backstage. One person that Jim Ross says he ran into was former WCW Cruiserweight Champion, Dean Malenko.
In recent years, Malenko has unfortunately had to battle the effects of Parkinson's disease. On the latest episode of his Grilling JR podcast, Ross revealed that Malenko recently underwent brain surgery to stop the tremors brought on by the disease.
"I saw Dean Malenko. Malenko's had some health issues. I saw him there and he's had brain surgery. It stops the shakes from Parkinson's and he's had the surgery. He's such a sweetheart of a guy."
Jim Ross also put over Dean as one of the unsung heroes of All Elite Wrestling.
"He's one of those unsung guys and he's such an MVP at AEW because of his guidance and his coaching. He encourages the talents to bring to him what they want to do or what they've been loosely structured to do, and then he helps them. He contributes and he's teaching. All that is is coaching and he's really good at it."
Elsewhere on this podcast, Ross opened up about his own return to the promotion. Read more here.
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