James William "Jim" Ross (born January 3, 1952 in Fort Bragg, California) is a professional wrestling commentator. Ross is a restaurateur, professional wrestling commentator and former company executive currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) working on its SmackDown brand as the color commentator. To many peers, Ross is considered to be one of the best wrestling announcers in history and has been called the voice of World Wrestling Entertainment.

He is known affectionately as "good ol'" J.R. or simply J.R. to his fans. In recent years he has developed his own brand of barbecue sauce, beef jerky and cookbooks, and has since opened a barbecue restaurant in Norman, Oklahoma, with plans to expand the business into a multi-location franchise centered in the Oklahoma City area. While in high school (Westville High), Jim was the first baseman on the Westville baseball team coached by Joe Poindexter who was at that time the high school football coach.Ross was a two time all conference football player for the Westville Yellowjackets in 1968-69.

His maternal grandparents owned a general store in Westville, Oklahoma and his paternal grandfather Dee Ross owned an off sale beer store and was a carpenter. Ross was also President of the Student Body, a 4 year letterman in basketball, and State Vice President of the Future Farmers of America where he was State Speech Champion in 1968. Ross was also named Honorable Mention on the 1969 High School All State Football team by the Tulsa World as a center.

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