Bonus Drive Thru: Jim Cornette on Austin Aries Leaving WWE & Being A Malcontent

[@TotalPackageAPH]

Wow after bound for glory he was right. Aires is a diva

[@EXPLISITemcee]

Angel The King always was overrated ..new it from day 1...glad people caught on

[@joeuribe8866]

Austin Aries is another one of these Indy darlings who are just a legend in their own mind.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Judging by your profile picture, you look like you can beat a lot of those indy darlings and you're not even a wrestler lol

[@Zman9042]

@@RandalfElVikingo Hell, judging from your profile picture, I could say the same thing! 😂😂😂

[@RandalfElVikingo]

@@Zman9042 My "R" has more muscle than Stunt and more personality lol

[@lougardner3049]

@@Zman9042 a

[@williamsmith666]

Aka "CM Punk Syndrome."

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

Who's here after the Bound For Glory debacle?

[@SAM-ru4vx]

he has a history of "causing trouble"

[@brianstone3722]

OLE SammyOLE yes he does

[@MaxxCoyote]

Care to explain to those of us who didn't watch TnA?

[@tristanedwards7302]

@@MaxxCoyote It's called Impact now but besides the point - At Bound for Glory he lost the title to Johnny Impact (John Morrison/Johnny Nitro) and immediately 'no sold' that he was beat up after losing and got up and broke character, gave the finger to Don Callis (Impact's head booker who was on commentary) and walked out of the ring. People speculated that it was all part of an angle, but he has never been back since, and Bound for Glory was back in October 2018, so it's been almost a year.

[@MuthaFuckaJones.]

@@tristanedwards7302 now he's on his way to MLW. He and Cornette are gonna be something else lol

[@thesnootwoulddroop]

7:12 - Shawn Michael's. Drinking, pills, "Sunny Days", Screwjob, not wanting to drop at WM14, kicking Vader in the head for missing a spot, and nonstop lying.

[@MrAdrenaline1982]

Austin Aries was great on commentary, like basically the second coming of Jesse Ventura. Too bad he couldn't/wouldn't stay in WWE with that as his role.

[@jaywilliams4770]

MrAdrenaline1982 he actually could that probably was the plan. That's why they put him on commentary while he was hurt

[@Paul8820]

Jay Williams Aries may be Malcontent maybe miserable but WWE messed up big time when he lost to Neville at Wrestlemania he should've won the Crusierweight Championship

[@saj8]

HappyPants1988 Not Neville's fault that Aries couldn't stay healthy.

[@DjTractus]

fuck no Neville is way better than Aries now.

[@milkcarton6654]

Aries and Graves were amazing together. I always felt graves was kinda the second coming of Ventura but Aries was closer i guess in tone but their interactions together were so funny. Too bad it was on 205.

[@mr.realist2395]

It’s such a shame Austin Aries has this attitude. He’s such talented wrestler, but anywhere he goes it ends badly for him.

[@siddhanth3044]

As much as I love Aries, I guess he must've been doing something wrong that it's getting him fired at so many places. But nonetheless, one of the most talented performers since the turn of the millenium.

[@elfartbag8403]

cornette is 99.9% correct 100% of the time.

[@trusttheprocess6356]

Mitchell Brady True

[@FreddieFoxxx100]

The 0.1% is Kenny Omega, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn.

[@LibertadCreativaCanal]

FreddieFoxxx100 And the Young Bucks.

[@therealmaskedheel]

FredddeFoxxx100

[@SAM-ru4vx]

even when cornette is working you he inserts some truths.

[@MTO2089]

Guess Cornette was referring to the Christy Hemme teabagging incident when she accidentally goofed up his and Storm's names and A Double went out of his way to humiliate Hemme at an Impact live show.

[@robertbrown1759]

mto 2089 when did this happen?

[@HamanKarn567]

You mean being a heel.

[@scarlettbandit2803]

@@HamanKarn567 No, being a complete asshat for no good reason.

[@HamanKarn567]

@@scarlettbandit2803 Cry me a river

[@brianstone3722]

What did he say to her anyone know?

[@blakemorrison7820]

Austin Aries really is a malcontent and a diva

[@adamirishconundrum851]

He's a jabroni.

[@jpm4444]

it sucks because Aries is fun to watch especially as a heel. Great in ring and out of ring performer

[@ShimSladyBrand]

Problem is he’s a heel in real life too

[@adamturner749]

I must admit even before his name was mentioned I was thinking C M Punk but I fully agree with Jim about Punk he had legitimate gripes and did make it to the very top.

[@dontworryaboutit2086]

Maybe Austin Aries is just a miserable soul. I have watch the guy across TNA, ROH, and now WWE, and as big of a fan as I would become. He just seemed like he was kind of a dick. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to come across as I know more than anyone else, just stating my opinion. Nothing more. Don't get OFFENDED Internet.

[@DrowningSorrows1]

How DARE you tell me how to feel? I am offended.

[@DjTractus]

Despite the complaints about booking direction but WWE consistently booked him strong and let him be Austin Aries since NXT.

[@gamingdragon1356]

Paul Contento he was nevilles punching bag.

[@DjTractus]

Not quite he was built as a credible threat to Neville

[@DjTractus]

and Neville is much more awesome anyways

[@gamingdragon1356]

Paul Contento he tapped out to Neville fair , he lost thrice to Neville . That's called burying.

[@DjTractus]

no that's called losing to the dominant champion.

[@sandymcneill7330]

Jim Cornette was the manager of managers!

[@thedude4672]

Brian Last watched The History of the Eagles, where David Geffen says that Don Henley has, and always will be, a malcontent.

“Teeny little tiny little turnip-eating man.”

[@PainByFaith]

Austin is really talented as a wrestler,but as a person working with a wrestling company his attitude ain’t cutting it.

[@catdad1988]

"They don't pay me enough not to have an opinion". I remember firing someone for this kind of arrogance shortly after I became a supervisor in 2010. He was damaging staff morale, being insubordinate, and undermining his superiors, myself included, all because he had opinions about company protocols and policies that he didn't agree with, so he decided to do shit his own way. He didn't realize that being the employee and not the boss means part of your job is to shut your mouth and do as you're told, unless you're asked to do something against policy or unethical. He didn't see it that way. So after about a week of that, I called him into work on his day off and fired him.

[@bluhmer1990]

Wow, could you freaks be any more thirsty?

[@WeeklyTubeShow2]

Sounds like he should've been the boss.

[@HamanKarn567]

Aren't you special.

[@meinfuhrer1100]

that guy probably has his own business and makes more than you now. its sad people in positions of power dont acknowledge the minds of their employees

[@brianstone3722]

Mein Fuhrer totally agree that position of power means nothing to me if you dont acknowledge or care about your employees opinions or in general i've worked for a bitch like that only cared about herself and her salary so I bounced lol i can't work for anal people who take it in the anal

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Punk isn't a malcontent. He's just a whiner.

[@tiffanycarter5432]

Punk always came across as entitled, like he was doing WWE a favor by working for them and he was ungrateful. He was so obsessed with getting John Cena's spot, he wasn't grateful for all the stuff WWE allowed him to do that Cena hasn't done.

[@tiffanycarter5432]

Michaels may have been a malcontent but he would do business and he stuck it out with WWE until he was forced to retire. Punk just took his ball, went home, then spun a sob story about how terribly WWE treated him.

[@dantesprophet9612]

Pretty sure WWE drew first blood when they suspended him and then kept making barbs about him quitting. The only things in those podcasts that may be up for debate are how the WWE doctor treated his MRSA infection and Ryback. Can't argue with him being suspended. Since Vince had said during that time he was "on a sabbatical" and had later confirmed his suspension and can't argue with him being fired on his wedding day since Vince apologizes for it on that podcast with Austin. Can't even argue about his issue with HHH. No one thought Punk getting the shovel against him was a good idea.

[@2011nphelps]

@tiffanycarter5432 hopefully in 6 years you've learned wrestling history lmao. Michael's would do business? So dropping belts instead of losing them is doing business? Stuck it out? Getting a very convenient back injury is sticking it out apparently.

[@TimeBomb014X]

starting to sound like Austin Aries is the problem, I'm sure 205 live is not the best place for the cruiserweights but it seems he is the problem

[@cyberpunkgrappling6447]

The ZombieMan What make you say that ? The only bad problem is the creative. PERIOD

[@traderaptor9643]

Nathan Russo did you not watch this weeks episode it was great

[@ojizle]

Nathan Russo there were reports that he was an egotistical bitch backstage which made it easier for wwe to release him

[@cyberpunkgrappling6447]

OneeChan Fucked Me Maybe with officials but I've never heard a "wrestler" say something wrong about him

[@TimeBomb014X]

Nathan Russo When you hear that he is always unhappy everywhere he goes and asks to be released you have to start wondering if he might be the problem

[@sofielee1987]

you guys rule thanks lasto

[@dreddbustya2153]

That's a big mistake from Aries. If he'd just sweated it out with Neville's BIG run he'd have looked more over once he bested Neville.

[@VicRector]

austin runge right they don't just give someone a title right away

[@NosferatuWickedTTRPG]

I think part of why he wanted to leave was Vince's opinions on small guys and vegans

[@jesuszamora6949]

Mr. Wicked Pretty much. Vince is obsessed with huge dudes, especially Samoans. Not sure why anyone with an eye for more than undercard status would bother with WWE unless they were 6'5", 300LB of roids.

[@Amy-cu1qn]

Like putting his belt in Hart,HBK,Jericho,Benoit,Mysterio & Guerrero??

[@terrencefail4544]

@@Amy-cu1qn or bryan, punk, neville, rollins

[@tito9560]

@@jesuszamora6949 yeah but unfortunately Aries wants to be the face of company which in a major company he most will not be the face. He can’t just be satisfied as a mid card on the major program.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Austin Aires can write a book on burning bridges.

[@cgruthless49erstalk58]

Him and CM Punk are alike

[@patrickboian8545]

better leave then be in that piss poor division happy to see neville be so awesome tho

[@jaywilliams4770]

Patrick Boian listen it's coming off like he's the issue though yes 205 live is lackluster but this guy asked out everywhere. It's time to look in the mirror

[@MARKOUTTV]

205 is a good show and was using big stars like aries to further legitimize it. It's a good strategy, except when said star is a cancer

[@Anton-vm1cv]

I guess fans really didn't care about Austin Aries because there was no chants on 205 live nor raw during cruiser weight match

[@Jazzman2476]

MARKOUT TV Most WWE fans don't even watch 205 Live.

[@MARKOUTTV]

Isaiah Ross Most WWE fans don't watch NXT either, even though it's great. Besides, if word of mouth spread that it was good and they continue the solid foundation of bona fide stars like Neville and Aries it could grow. Growing pains are always a thing. You gotta stick with it. Aries seems to have no concept of patience whatsoever.

[@Javiceeme2]

Jim Cornette Is The Best ;-)

[@williamgray4043]

Javi Uchiha don't you start too! lol

[@GenGamesUniverse]

I'm sorry, but when you feel that the company is doing something wrong with someone or your gimmick or putting you in the wrong place, you deserve to be able to open your mouth and say what you need to say.

[@workoutmadness6901]

Yes you should speak your mind in a meeting with Cornette and creative. Not acting like a douche in the locker room.

[@davidjsaul]

So it's every company who's at fault, and not the common denominator - the man himself? Okay bucko

[@WyattHolliday]

Old comment, but I agree. Aries and Punk are practically the same guy, except everyone sucks Punk off for some reason, and it ain’t because he’s the better wrestler.

[@longjohn526]

I like Cornette and all but really needs to come out of his shell and tell us how he really feels ......... LOLOL

[@luisg.407]

This shoot makes Cornette look great especially Aries pulled this same shit again.

[@robwood1987]

I mean yeah Aries sounds miserable but doesn't sound like he's wrong. 205 is dead, TNA was horrible, and ROH has gone down in quality since delirious got the book.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

I don't think Delirious had the books when Aries was complaining to Cornette. I think Pearce did and he was actually good at booking TV. Delirious is terrible though.

[@robwood1987]

RollandDynasty well from the sound of it Aries was complaining about the direction of the company was headed and the incident Corny mentions happened after delerious got the book. If you look at the direction ROH ended up going after Aries left, I feel like he might have been right to complain.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

Oh no question that ROH's current landscape is pretty miserable, but I assumed Cornette was insinuating Aries was complaining about the state of ROH during his '09 title reign, which I thought was under Pearce's booking. Maybe you're right though. I think Delirious took the books in '10 so he may have been griping about trouble ahead. Either way, we can all agree that Delirious is terrible.

[@milkcarton6654]

I dont know why Balor gets to go to main but not Aries....

[@SteeleZack]

Pearce was there until 2010 when he was replaced by Delirious in the same year.

[@genxtasy9914]

5'9? that's generous

[@chrispotter1989]

Aries is en example of a guy who was great and expected that to push him all the way up and be the number one guy. When he didn’t get what he wanted he was sarcastic to people. He even says how sarcastic he is. Unfortunately here’s a life lesson: sarcasm about your job at work is not appropriate. Sarcasm is using irony to mock something. And the truth is when you joke and are sarcastic all the time about what you’re not getting or what he expect people realize you’re not kidding anymore. It comes off like Jim says in a negative way and it can have a bad effect on the other talent and such. WWE obviously ain’t gonna deal with that shit. And I also find it funny that as he walks out of WWE he goes to all these other indie promotions and gets not one not two but like I think 5 or six titles from different organizations on him. That says to me he went and wined about not being the top guy which he thought he deserved and combined with the fact that he is good they just put him over because I’m sure he played it off that it was all everyone else’s fault. Yeah ROH, TNA and WWE were all the issue, not you, right

[@itheworst4450]

Yeah the guy has always thought he was bigger then he was. Great wrestler but he's attitude has always stunk and he let that out in a big way at bound for glory that time. Came into WWE thought he was gonna be booked big and tbh he could of gotta a better run in NXT okay but he was moved to on the main roster to try heavy up the cruiserweight division that needed name and vince probs took one look at him and thought mid card anyway. Then he was lumped into the crusierweight division but he just wasn't the guy in that either cus Neville was doing the best work of his career

[@0tt0z]

I bet he was bitching the entire time in WWE.

[@luisg.407]

And this shoot still holds strong today. Lol

[@youngzeus87]

Aries and Lowki are two of my fav indy 00 guys. Both idiots and weirdos come to find out

[@BigBoss-vy7ci]

Aires is a constantly injured clown.

[@rilliep1]

more like 5'6 160 pounds

[@reggiedeniro406]

more like 4'11 & 96 lbs

[@NewMovementGames]

OLE SammyOLE a guy that looks like he works at your local fast food place generally doesn't sell as many tickets as the bigger guys. You people seem to forget this isn't a business about making smarks happy, it's a business to make the fans that actually buy merch, buy tickets, order (not steal) ppvs etc And guys like Cena, Reigns, Brock make Wwe a ton more money than Aries, Neville, and Enzo

[@Jazzman2476]

New Movement Games So?

[@cyberpunkgrappling6447]

New Movement Games No really. Don't forget that Reigns, Cena and Lesnar are WWE's creations, all of them where handpicked while guys like Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan were pushed because they were over. Also would you rather have Steroids monkeys without In-Ring Psychology or Smaller guys that can have great matches

[@ps3Rambo21]

lesner got WAY more over in the UFC although he was known from wwe which is how he got his contract in UFC after a few fights.

[@cathallynch1]

Well this has aged very well.

[@lawrencericho3635]

Brian takes A LOT of pitch out of Jim's voice and makes it easy more tolerable

[@NintendoPsycho]

He was there?

[@ACE_1311]

jesus any mor ads

[@justindivirgilio8727]

Too bad Aries has such a bad rep because he’s one of my favorite wrestlers of all time

[@zombified8147]

Aries is great but 5’9? That’s being generous. I’m 5’7 at best and he isn’t a centimeter taller than me.

[@brandondickson4266]

Did a heck of a fucking promo alrighty then lol

[@Kazzidy]

plant based eaters really do talk the most. doesnt surprise me.

[@jesuszamora6949]

MemphoWrasslin1 To be fair, Jim's a podcaster. It's kinda what podcasters do...

[@bluhmer1990]

MemphoWrasslin1 - He had to be the mouthpiece for one of the greatest tag teams of all time, him having to be a big talker was necessary.

[@AnthonyAnalog]

I like Aries. I think overall: work rate, gimmick, and mic ability, Aries was arguably through best overall performer on the WWE roster. Cest la vie tho. Might be time for GFW to give him another run considering the problems they're having w/ Patron rn (another guy I like alot).

[@rosiegratz8377]

Mom how do you spell malcontent? Sure Jimmy it’s spelled A r i e s

[@istartedajoke973]

I love Cornette

[@EXPLISITemcee]

Can't even win the 205 belt...as a former tna world champ haha

[@EXPLISITemcee]

You got playyyyed....

[@jamienew7048]

A heck of a fucking promo .lol

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

5’9 is generous… he is barely 5’6.

[@MetalMilitia83]

He was pretty good all around but it just sounds like the dude wasn’t happy with life. Kinda sucks that his personality killed his career

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Aries was the best talent whereever he may roam. From Crusher to Aries the most entertaining wrasslers come from Milwaukee

[@tarekjuman8339]

Jim is wrong, Aries had a great run in tna from 10 to 14. and left because they never paid anyone on time.

[@luisg.407]

Wrong. Aries quit again and is still a douche. Cornette don't lie.

[@EXPLISITemcee]

Most overrated TNA and Roh world champ ...Aries

[@workoutmadness6901]

"He was always miserable" says Cornette who is always miserable

[@Amy-cu1qn]

I'm guessing you didn't watch the video right??

[@EXPLISITemcee]

His name means nothing..sooo overrated ..to even mention Aries or talk about him is a waist of time ..but when your so known and are overly cocky and are a 2.5 out of 5 ...you get no respect...I don't see him as better then average...Taz would beat Aries in less then 1 minute

[@KingGhidorah5464]

Aries sounds like the Shawn Michaels of ROH

[@JustinLeeper]

I've known Austin Aries for 32 years. He was my roommate a couple times. He's my favorite person. As such, I can attest that he is not a miserable person - especially compared to Punk, who I knew a bit. For Cornette to call someone miserable is the pot calling the kettle black. And a lot of time Aries complained, it was to fight for the boys. He tries to do what's best for business.

[@cyberpunkgrappling6447]

ViolentLee Seriously ? Wow. Thank you BTW because every person on this comment section believe what Cornette says. Cornette is NOT the voice of the world, I've never heard somebody complain about Aries, and with all the words that can describe Aries why "miserable" ?

[@JustinLeeper]

Yup. I got a few old videos on my page of he and I wrestling back in the day. I got him into training at Eddie Sharkey's. I'm sure Cornette didn't like something Aries said or did once - it's funny how he said he eventually had problems with the same office guys Aries didn't like - and so he decided to never like Aries again. No big loss, far as I'm concerned.

[@ElBribri]

this must be true, a random person on the internet is posting it on a youtube comment....

[@JustinLeeper]

Maybe instead of doubting, click on my KZbin page and see evidence that I was a pro wrestler, and that I have videos of me wrestling Aries back in the day - one of which lifts clips from about 5 different matches we had. I also have videos of various performances including hosting, stunts, and musical, so I'm obviously not just some rando. And most of them list my full name so you could find my Twitter easily (@StillManFights) and see Aries follows me and interacts with me often. Or go to my Instagram (@USJustinJapan) and see the pic I posted July 9 of us hanging out when he was in Tokyo for a few WWE shows. And if you've ever listened to an Aries interview (or read his new book), he mentions his best friend since grade school Justin who got him into Eddie Sharkey's wrestling camp. That's me. But if you still don't believe, nothing I can do for you.

[@jasonpeterson2233]

I can personally vouch for ViolentLee, as I was involved on shows with him while he lived in Minnesota and wrestled for various companies there along with Austin Aries.

[@kenthegamer]

Pot calling the kettle black.

[@eagleshade11]

Aries is a midcard talent at best and the blame is on him. WWE has a stacked roster of main event talent on Raw and Smackdown.

[@stephensmith5724]

Not to mention Thea Trinidad broke up with him he got on her nerves too she got tired of vegan now she got beef alester black

[@DuvalCounty95]

Corny Jim for president.

[@GuestYouTubeUser]

He didn’t leave. He was released. He wanted to continue working for the WWE. But creative had nothing for him.

[@wolfgangfrost8043]

A tiny turnip eating man from times gone by!!!

[@letsssgooo4618]

Damn this is Pre covid and jim sounds like shit here lol. Def sick

[@Supervillain725]

Corny hates everyone.

[@kanekanekaneable]

No

[@jaredbellow]

Never got the appeal. Austin Aries strikes me as CM Punk lite. Bad ring name. Not a marketable look. Poorly defined character. Who cares?

[@dwilde4624]

Aries doesn't sound like Cornette at all ;)

[@lamontwheeler4021]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brucewhite360]

🎾🤓

[@EXPLISITemcee]

Punk would ruin Aries ...10 second match....I'd pay to see Ryback over Aries....maybe even Shane over Aries

[@SIXTHREEONEFOURTHREENIONEOOSEV]

koooooooooooooooooooool

[@roybledsoe24]

I appreciate punk but he’s not a big money draw. He sold merch but the ratings didn’t equate

[@PhillyLeotardo25]

CM Punk is a malcontent and showed it when he no showed WM30

[@josereyes1148]

says the guy who has left on bad terms where ever he has worked and talks about a enemy every day for the last 20 years. LOL

[@paulochoa4373]

Smokey mountain did not draw better than ring of honor

[@skhafedouglas3521]

Paul Ochoa have you figures to back that?

[@paulochoa4373]

Skhafe Douglas who this a internet mark

[@skhafedouglas3521]

Paul Ochoa and its 'who is this? an internet mark', you foreign great googley moogley. Get your facts right, and learn how to read and write.

[@paulochoa4373]

Skhafe Douglas u not smart

[@G33kCulture]

Skhafe Douglas Well, one is still in business and one hasnt been in business in over 20 years...soo

[@pavlovsdogman]

He's 5' 7" and 180 pounds actually, don't call us 5' 9" 200 pound guys small! 😆