Jim Cornette on Kenny Omega, Video Game Wrestlers & Twitter

Listen to the Jim Cornette Experience each Thursday and Jim Cornette's Drive Thru each Monday on iTunes, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, and everywhere else podcasts are available!
Visit JimCornette.com for the latest Jim Cornette news and Cornette's Collectables merchandise!

[@davidholzer4155]

Cornette doesn't speak English he speaks wrestling. He calls tagging someone putting someone's gimmick in there

[@jonathanhoward9533]

The problem isn't Jim Cornette. The problem is people who want to force him to like matches he doesn't like and wrestlers he doesn't like. Stop sending him clips, emails etc and he probably won't even mention Kenny Omega and guess what? Its alright to not like Kenny Omega.

[@JoeSmithGOAT]

THIS. 100× THIS. People keep persisting that Cornette should like Omega because he's arguably the best wrestler right now. but he just doesn't and he doesn't have to. and that should be ok.

[@IcarusAtreides]

Sorry to tell you this, you all were so damn wrong, Omega is actually a cancer for wrestling, 2 years have proven it, he's nothing after NJPW, he's still using a gimmick that he "hated", he's booking to doom this AEW female division among some other crap that we all just want to forget.

[@davidholzer4155]

That's not the only reason he gets sent those videos because they hate it too and want his reaction

[@fhb3]

Some fans are only doing it because they want to see Jim Cornette pissed off.

[@TheWill0fStrength]

Naw the problem are the fans and the people who are in this age fucked up.... It's so messed up that people who like this shit are video gamers, otakus, weeaboos, anime watching losers, fucking geeks, etc... This is pathetic.. that's why all the actual fans like me quit and moved on to MMA or the UFC... Cuz it's real fighting and real drama!

[@jamirimaj6880]

start of Kenny Olivier in Corny's cult hahaha

[@robertstraw9881]

Wrestlers want people to think they’re tough but when somebody criticises them they cry and say “if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.”

[@selfishstockton6123]

I love the way Corny pronounces fuck

[@TheEnzyme94]

dang Jim cornette is right

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

He usually is lol

[@darshin95]

No he ain't

[@SAM-ru4vx]

So has anybody simulated Jim Cornette vs Kenny Omega in Fire Pro World yet? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[@lalosrizo8129]

I'm 21 so as a young wrestling fan I guess I fall into the age range of fans that like that hokey silly stupid shit yet I don't I definitely agree with Jim I don't wanna see pro wrestler making an ass of himself and the business wrestling a blow up doll or a little girl if I was in the crowd and saw that shit I would've raised all hell till I got my money back

[@stephensmith5724]

Dude you 21 go watch old wrestling and learn I feel bad for you in today's wrestling

[@coachshawnkent397]

Jim Cornette is one of best and respected on air personalitys. Huge fan from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦👊🏾. I agree with you with the start of the Aew battle royal . I didn't buy it after witnessing that. AEW and MLW have put on better shows and ppv then WWF recently...!

[@neilarcher2551]

If Omegas punches look any limper he'd be able to get a prescription for the little blue man pills for them.

[@thedudemeisteragain]

I agree on Japanese wrestling, went to an wrestle event, there were good matches, but there was a match with the Jonusu brothers and there 20 finishers and they were not selling it, at that point i had enough and left.

[@Nakajima-oh7kw]

Sounds like you are scrapping what actually happened and just making it up

[@thedudemeisteragain]

@@Nakajima-oh7kw because you were there?

[@robintst]

It's more the fact that the business is not as healthy as it used to be in Japan and North America. Wrestling is cyclical, it's goes through high points and low points... we're still in a low point because of all the hot shotting and exposing of the business in the late-90s, it was the highest point of all time that has been followed by probably the lowest point of all time. There's the ease of access due to the internet for people to be able to watch nearly anything they want from the past, that has become a smart venture for WWE and New Japan with their subscription services but otherwise, no, wrestling just doesn't draw at the box office like it used to. The only people who stick around are the core wrestling fans who just love the business and can't get enough but within that group, you do have a lot of dumbshits who aren't as "smart" as they think they are so you can't get everyone on the same page to back an ideal or philosophy of wrestling that we can put out there to present to the casual marks as respectable or widely entertaining. Yes, everyone knows it's fake, but you still have to show some respect to what traces of kayfabe are left. It's illusionary performance art that's supposed to be presenting a believable simulation of a real fight between two individuals we're told hate each other's fuckin' guts. Once in a while someone still gets it right but otherwise, it's treated like a hokey soap opera with cartoon characters and/or it's a bunch of 5 foot tall midgets that no-sell everything and just move from one meaningless flippy floppy high spot to another... and/or it's fuckheads like Joey Ryan with comedy spots and skits that are just fucking embarrassing for everyone involved, including the audience. Endorsing this bullshit is just making the next high point for the business take that much longer to happen because it looks like a sorry pitiful joke that's only digging that hole deeper.

[@jamirimaj6880]

I wish someone would do a wrestling fed with their twitter and online accounts only promoting matches and nothing else. No background on the "guys behind the wrestlers" etc etc... just a decent wrestling program with no behind the scenes every single episodes and interviews, that's it

[@busteracat8820]

Riho the aew womens champ had here first match at 8 and Kenny Omega had a match with a 8 year old girl >>>>>...... Riho the aew womens champ do we think ??????/

[@psychobluesfxt]

It's a different wrestler. Yes, Kenny has fought against AND alongside multiple little girls!

[@busteracat8820]

@@psychobluesfxt i agree with Jim Cornette one Kenny Omega mad match's with little girls and blow up dolls he should be disqualified from wrestling just mine and Jim Cornette opinion

[@travisw3131]

Jim you know half the locker room in Memphis wrestled eight year old girls and they are gods to you, Kenny does it actually with pants on and he's a bad guy?

[@ifjahdbajxhbdnc189]

source: trust me bro

[@VegasSpacecoke]

Extremely loyal follower of you, Jim...love your shows. I've been watching you since I was a child. I'm 44 now. Nothing ever will be as good as it once was. Same goes for music, movies and especially pro wrestling. Today's talent will never compare to the Flairs, Brodys, and Hansens of the Golden era. It was a different time, a totally different business and mentality. Now it's a big merch selling, sponsored corporate machine and besides the indies and NJPW, there's only one show in town to work for, sadly. There was some really abysmal characters and angles in the WWF in the late 80's and early-mid 90's...I'm sure many of the guys hated having to do some of the things they were asked to do. Now as for your hate for Omega...Kenny Omega did his job when asked to do the goofy shit with the doll and again with the match with the 9 year old...it was years ago though...he's transformed himself into a much more well-rounded performer since then. He's been on a phenomenal run and has made a name for himself and I'd agree that he's gotta be one of the most sought after guys in pro wrestling. Give him another look without condemning him for things he did ages ago. He's a fan of yours and has said it countless times. love your show & political commentary! My T shirt showed up in two days, btw... I wear it with pride!...please do a Drive Thru one next...I love that logo! #cultofcornette

[@crappiekingdre6231]

Love Jim but let it go that happened at least 4yrs ago I love wrestling and I seen a lot of dumb shit in NWA,AWA,USWA,TNA,ROH and WWE

[@crappiekingdre6231]

diggitydave3000 Kenny is that good in my top 5

[@crappiekingdre6231]

diggitydave3000 the only one I don't have on my list is Hero I like Bobby Roode a little more but Zack Sabre Jr. could be the best in a few years just got to fill out gain weight

[@TheTimer1337]

That email xD The guy is still a mark.... but a Cornette mark^^

[@ilaye9249]

3:25 LMAO

[@georgejackson4426]

Imagine Mike Tyson doing the Cabbage Patch when he fought Lennox Lewis. Lewis would have knocked him unconscious even faster than he did. The next time an opponent starts dancing during a match punch them in the fucking mouth.

[@AS_ONYX]

The problem with Jim is he thinks he's always right if you don't share his opinion you're stupid whether wrestling or politics he doesn't know how to disagree, he can essentially be classified as a "bigot" (shocker since him and the left like to throw that word around a lot). With Kenny Omega, video game wrestlers, and comedy wrestling I stand with Cornette I agree with what he says however, he takes it too far.

[@yourmotherslefttesticle3892]

Zdiddy7 what the fuck is up with you kid

[@shawndesousa3922]

I agree with what Brian Last said 100 %. Joey Ryan is the one that needs to be the focus of Cornys rants. Omega was young when he did his dumb shit and we've all done stupid shit when we were young. Ryan however is constantly doing his b.s. and dragging real good talents like Cody down to his level of disrepect for all that came before.

[@RozenockDoll]

I'm just gonna pop in here from 3 years in the future to say Omega is about to have an exploding barbed wire deathmatch, and given more recent events, that seems light compared to the football stadium match.

[@williamsmith666]

"I was young and dumb" isn't an excuse. And it never should have been, if you've been a supposed "adult."

[@Old_School69]

Cornette sounds like a mark when it comes to politics, but he is right about wrestling. I saw a "spontaneous" dance contest break out on wildcat wrestling the other day in a 6 man tag match with Matt Striker the other day and I can still get douche chills to come up on my arm if I think about it. It is obviously something that is being scripted by writers who were never in a real fight, so their only point of reference is West Side Story.

[@deadaccount7520]

that sucks. been a videogame game player for over 30 years too. But if I have to pick, hmmm...well I used d to be a wrestling fan like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee. peace..

[@lostapwbm2790]

"They don't have the talent to get over by doing this stuff the way it's supposed to be done." Well, Jimmy, Kenny Omega packs people into venues and he moves merchandise, so much so that he AND the Young Bucks have gotten wrestling merchandise accepted into a mainstream retail seller. So he puts asses in seats, he moves merchandise, and he, by your own admission, has fans behind him. What exactly is Kenny Omega not doing, right now, that he's supposed to be doing?!

[@FreneticZetetic]

I don't think Cornette would argue that point at all. He's just obsessed with the traditional business model. It's not like that anymore, unfortunately.

[@woody72691]

Wrestling blown up dolls and embarrassing this

[@MrChristopherHaas]

In Japan, yes

[@ChristopherJames1993]

He doesn't though. He's not the draw, Bullet Club and New Japan and Okada are the draws. Kenny was right place at the right time.

[@Irishgod1983]

Is it just me or do these email sound like Jim writes them ?

[@ASCUMBAGWh0re]

Yes you are coorect. Jim is biased and judges wrestlers by politics and Democrats. He never bes quiet!

[@fatalsniper3413]

Or he just reads emails that agrees with his opinion

[@parsath_2584]

Even Brian is disagreeing with Jim on Omega now.

[@tycad8990]

God, what is it with old, white dudes and hating video games lol?

[@joaomendes147]

If you have to ask, you'll never know.

[@joaomendes147]

Thanks for making me realize the true meaning or the right use of that phrase btw.

[@CristianGMoraru]

i just love how jim thinks, wrestling used to be so much better..

[@mulldrifterz6469]

Just let it go Jim. I can understand why you hate Russo, but you just need to let this one go. Kenny did a couple silly things, but has been making up for it 10x over by putting on some of the best wrestling matches in this or any other generation.

[@tnbk_andrxw4474]

Other generations?!?!?! No. No no no. Lmao.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

🤦‍♂️

[@ChristopherJames1993]

No. He's nowhere near like HBK, Edge, HHH, Taker, Eddie, Benoit, Angle, Brock. That's just the last twenty fucking years kid. Learn more about the sport before making stupid comments. Most of the undercard in WWE is better at wrestling than Twinkletoes McFingerBang.

[@emilianosanabria836]

@@ChristopherJames1993 hbk ok, but edge, hhh, taker, eddie, benoit and brock? LOL. compare omega with aj styles, kobashi, etc, even though the ones you named are legends, they NEVER reached the hbk level, styles, misawa, flair, omega, etc.

[@rancidcrawfish]

🤡

[@Makron5]

video game wrestlers?

[@ridleyroid9060]

I've seen Omega get a great match out of Toru-fucking-Yano. Cornette has NO point about him. Absolutely none. He just calls him a "video game wrestler" without even TRYING to point out why that is. Look, he has legitimate critique of him, but, for fucks sakes, he has more than redeemed himself by having amazing matches that are, by the way, TREATED 100% LIKE A SHOOT (Him vs Ishii NJCUP, him vs Okada at dominion, him vs Naito G1 26, etc. etc.). His promo-work with New Japan is some of the best in the business right now and he's done more PR Work for NJPW than NJPW could ever have asked him. HE IS THE ENTIRE REASON NJPW WAS ABLE TO HOLD AND SELL OUT AN AUTHENTIC SHOW IN THE USA. Cornette, if you can't see how good this guy is for business, you're blind, ignorant and egocentric.

[@rancidcrawfish]

You'd understand if you knew what wrestling was. But sports entertainment and aew is something different.

[@Gebraldo420]

Can we be honest for a second... @KennyOmegamanX is a pretty badass, Verified name to be envious of lol

[@Makron5]

What the fuck does he mean by 'video game wrestlers' ????

[@lancecarmon4858]

Take her to fucking Chuck E Cheese!!! lmmfao

[@FirstRoundchampion]

Has Cornette ever heard of the G1? "Little group"? Does he even see the kinda numbers Kenny Omega & others draw in Japan with his "video game" wrestling. Is he that ignorant to the world of pro wrestling outside of the US?

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

I clicked this but don't want to sit through it. Does he actually talk about video games in this one, lol?

[@christopheracosta7658]

lmao, Joey Ryan look a like in bad 80s porn flicks.

[@kb9166]

As a smart fan I can still enjoy a good match and storyline. But as jim has said many times "wrestling should appear as a real fight". Dance contents mid match, invisible grenades and dick tosses do not happen in real fights. (Just for those that have no idea ). The secrets of kayfabe have been revealed but on tv, twitter, autograph signings and other things they should remain in kayfabe to a certain degree. Travelling together from house show to house show is another thing but going out after a match together to drink is too much unless they remain in kayfabe giving barroom promos from opposite side of the room. Too bad mid level talent as best use twitter to boost their popularity by revealing in biz secrets and storylines. They use stupid dick tosses and other gimmicks for a small percentage of fans. Wrestling is losing numbers of fans and only gaining a small percent. At the end they may have 30 percent of what they could but that 30 percent will buy whatever shite is being sold. Yes very similar to the trump movement.

[@Dandaman955]

You can't seriously expect people with their own lives to maintain an act outside when they're drinking? Chances are that these people are mates because they're always on the road with each other, and there's no bonus for acting like a fucking idiot just to appease the few eyes that can't accept that wrestling is SCRIPTED, and they don't actually want to murder each other, then be fine and dandy once the angle has run its course. Heels acting like cunts to fans for the sake of being heels is one of the most disgraceful and illogical things I've ever heard of.

[@kb9166]

Heels signing autographs is a must even if it breaks the "I HATE AMERICA" gimmick. And yes when making millions of dollars I do expect them to keep kayfabe mostly intact no matter how hard they work for the money. And yes they work very veryhard. Social media could be used to build on heat instead of playing cuddly, huggy and kissy. Even when having real life heat they play all nice in the media. The problem is that some wrestlers cannot handle kayfabe all the time. They lose themselves. Macho man, my favorite all time, was accused of not being able to turn it off. Others suffer as well and develope mental issues and perform violence. So maybe it is better they break kayfabe.

[@travisw3131]

some of that shit is stupid but you know what take for example Chris Masters who doesn't do that, they all make more money than that fucker.

[@mulldrifterz6469]

"Wrestlers are not actors" What exactly are they then? If it's scripted, and it's meant to appear like real fights or contests, then what is it they are doing? SMH Jim.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

🤦‍♂️

[@ChristopherJames1993]

They're wrestlers. That's why wrestling school exists. To train idiots.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

They're Stunt Men that do use a safety net

[@Luca-wo8wz]

Where it all started

[@timf7413]

Cornette needs to just let this one go at this point.

[@mrpedantic]

I like it when he talks about things he cares about. You don't have to, thanks.

[@timf7413]

I find Cornette entertaining, but he's just whipping a dead horse on this issue.. His Twitter comments over this are just embarrassing at this point, especially when most of the guys he rips (like Omega) take the high road and and respond with class.

[@mrpedantic]

Blow up doll.

[@jeffbacolado]

+jtheyellow Jim hates Omega because wrestled a blow up doll and grade school girl for making the business bad, he wants realism in the pro wrestling industry

[@Makron5]

Realism like an abortion angle?

[@danielnerdal]

just desperate for pr, which is why he is using Omega´s twitter handle in his tweet. This has nothing to do with a ddt match from 7 years ago . Its just Corny needing to be noticed.

[@tnbk_andrxw4474]

He doesnt need to be noticed. He's literally loaded and does this for pocket cash. Learn.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

🤦‍♂️

[@jackfistfite1922]

All these commercials in the middle of the vids are pissing me off

[@jackfistfite1922]

Jose Parcenary youtube red $10 a month I know

[@DrMurdercock]

@@ethanwilkins662 or just get adblock lol

[@bigo5250]

The wrestling business has past Jim by and he has no idea how to deal with

[@csampion9025]

I thought the video game wrestlers were a joke.

[@allenyates3469]

Me right now: Ohhh... Jim doesn't get it. It's not that he hates it because he's smart. He hates it because he's old!

[@SlamGardenz]

Why is this man so obsessed with Kenny Omega? It is beginning to get more and more scary.

[@Schmuddel]

Kenny Omega has been having the best matches in the world over the past couple of years, he is leading NJPW's first foray into the American wrestling market, workers big and small have gushed about wanting to work with him, Steve Austin himself says he could be the biggest thing in wrestling EVER. Meanwhile Jim complains about a single spot in a match from years ago like it was Katie Vick. This is starting to get pretty sad, Jim.

[@smkfet]

I'm surprised that in 20 minutes he didn't mention that Kenny Omega isn't a good worker, but he's an incredible WRESTLER. Not that Kenny doesn't work, he does, but it's usually shit like the Young Bucks do. There's a lot of shit that Kenny Omega CAN do that most people just can not. That's why Kenny is going to have an audience and make money as long as he holds the monopoly on having those kinds of matches.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

He's not a good wrestler. He's a good athlete/gymnast but he has no wrestling abilities or basics of how to work a basic match. He can't work.

[@DrMurdercock]

@@ChristopherJames1993 4 years later into full time USA Rasslin, an still can't

[@kevinmccormick5345]

Jim cornette is the Donald trump of wrestling

[@elh954]

Mr. Cornette, stay out of politics and stick to wrestling.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

They're the same thing.

[@ianhitman]

If Cornette thinks people are fans of him in 2017 because they are "like minded" he's pretty fucking off base. Cornette's semi-relevant because he's doing an angry man gimmick online. Like anyone agrees with Cornette.

[@SAM-ru4vx]

he kicks dead horse too often but he has good stories and was in the business during the good years in the important promotions that mattered.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

You think it's a gimmick makes you look dumb. Cornette makes more money talking about these goofs than Omega makes for his gymnastics routines.

[@ianhitman]

@@ChristopherJames1993 No he doesnt. That's just a flat out lie.

[@robfinlay8058]

There is no room for video games in pro-wrestling, the wrestlers should be better than that.

[@Vetal83]

Just let it go Jim

[@paul-michaelvincent7123]

It’s pretty simple. People get upset when cornette lies. Which he does all the time. He’s an old man yelling at the young kids to get of his lawn. Act like there wasn’t stupid bs in the “good old days”. Kenny was just apart of the single best story told in wrestling history and despite what this antique thinks wrestling has always been about telling stories. The entire point is to get over. Get a reaction. Just like all the heels who live to get that crowd riled up cornette is just proving he’s the biggest Kenny Mark out there.

[@pearcemark2]

What the hell is this “best story told in history”? Kenny stinks LOL

[@1NASDAQ]

i HATE how cornette says " on THE twitter"... smh. sounds like an old fogie

[@JHinsonMusic]

He's doing that on purpose, like when old people call it "the Walmart."

[@F1lthyR1ch]

😂

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Literally the point. His gimmick now is old man yelling at clouds.

[@popularzbie9761]

So true Japanese wrestling was ruined when it was Americanised. It use to have a feel of a big fight now it’s just whatever

[@ASCUMBAGWh0re]

Agreed. America ruin everything. They're gonnta ruin SATNAM SINGH in AEW!! He should be champion because of how tall he is, they are probly racesť hmm..?!!

[@ASCUMBAGWh0re]

Well...!?? Agree with me ash0le! Or are you à ràcesť too as well also?

[@KJC04]

@@ASCUMBAGWh0re fucking weirdo also *racist

[@michaeljoseph6181]

Kenny omega is a star he doesn't need Jim Cornettes validation

[@Jardo]

Jim "No Fun Allowed" Cornette let it go

[@AngelMartinez-fl7vg]

I agree with 90% of the stuff Cornette says on his podcast, but he is wrong on this one and he didn't get it. It's 2017 and wrestling is no longer what it used to be, everybody knows it's fake, but in his mind is real.

[@stephensmith5724]

I sure he knows but wrestling is not popular like it used more less people are not watching WWE is struggling like hell to sell tickets and rating

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Exactly. And it ain't drawing like it did when Jim was managing. Jim drew more as a manager than Olivier ever will.