AEW commentator Jim Ross has been impressed by the work of the Costco Guys, including Big Boom A.J.’s match at the Full Gear pay-per-view event.
The viral TikTok family has appeared several times in recent weeks, with A.J. defeating QT Marshall during the Full Gear pre-show.
On a recent edition of his “Grilling JR” podcast, Ross discussed the match and was pleased A.J.’s family got to see him in action. He said,
“It was a great thing for his sons. They saw dad sacrifice pain and continue on. And I thought he and QT did a good job. If you haven’t seen it folks, you can check it out on YouTube or something. But it’s a good outing for him. And he didn’t embarrass the company, for god’s sake. It was entertaining, I liked it.”
Ross also weighed in on whether including celebrities in the ring is a negative or a positive, and believes it to be the latter. He said,
“It’s a good thing. It doesn’t hurt nothing. The purists, you know, who want them back in wool tights and holding onto the tag rope, which I do adhere to, that kind of thing, they’re not going to like it. You can’t make them like it. But it gives another ring in the circus…So I’m for those things.
“WWE has done a good job over the years of using celebrities. We’ve done that here in AEW. Mike Tyson, Shaq. So we’ve done it before. Not quite to the extreme that we did it Saturday with the boys of Costco.”
After Full Gear, both Big Boom A.J. and Tony Khan said they were open to working together again with future matches being a possibility.
