It The sudden loss of Andy “The Butcher” Williams continues to weigh on the wrestling world, and AEW commentator Jim Ross is now one of the latest to pay tribute to the late musician-turned-wrestler.
“What a nice person, just positive,” Ross said of Williams “Grilling JR”. “With his body language, with his attitude, with his dialogue, he made you want to help him. He was just great. Boy’s darling. I enjoyed the early days in AEW when Butcher and The Blade were there. He was Butcher and the other gentleman was Blade. Good team, solid team. Wouldn’t you like to headline him? Dressing room and on your cards, you’re right.
“… I really liked working with him. A really good guy,” Ross continued. “I thought they added some color and glamor, you might say, some hype to the early days of AEW and the matches they were involved in.”
Williams made his All Elite Wrestling debut in 2019 alongside his tag team partner, The Blade. In the following years, the pair feuded with a number of other AEW tag teams, including The Lucha Bros and The Hardy Boyz. Williams and Baide left AEW earlier this year after their contracts expired. Buffalo native Daniel Garcia won the battle for Williams Last weekend’s episode of AEW Collision.
Williams died earlier this month after suffering a medical emergency following the end of his tag team match at Enjoy Wrestling. He was 48 years old.
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