Jim Cornette on Low Ki

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[@CounterCultureCantCount]

*COLDER THAN A BANKER'S HEART*

[@TheRealClintEkert]

Is that that tribe from is real you are talking about. Probably.

[@diggitydave75438]

I remember hearing an interview with Kevin Steen (Owens), saying how Low Ki refused to do the job for Claudio Castagnoli (Cesaro). Cesaro is a beast & a great worker, he couldn't drop a match to him? He's a really good performer....but he's not Bruno Sammartino or Hulk Hogan clout wise to say he won't do the job for an equally talented performer. Ric Flair would put lesser performers over....so who is Low Ki not to?

[@Charsi_Escobar]

Definitely a Napoleon complex going on there

[@pheenmachine]

Cesaro is great, needs a big push IMO. Vince did give him some love for a few months recently, and the crowd clearly loves him .

[@emanuelmartinez7267]

@@pheenmachine might be too late now. once Vince sees you as something that's all you'll ever be. He sees Cesaro as a tag guy who he can sometimes put in the upper mid card when he needs a new challenger.

[@johnathanrush4666]

I believe the kids call it "being a huge mark for himself"

[@diggitydave75438]

@@johnathanrush4666 definitely dude

[@Karemaker]

Low Ki seems to always be getting in the way of his own success.

[@kmew94]

I never tire of hearing that story about him knocking the guy out

[@KangDo]

The funny thing about that story is when you remember how his gimmick is strongly inspired by martial arts movies. The way that movies like Way of the Dragon and Ong Bak got the main character over with the audience, was their "fight" had them knocking the guy out with one kick to the face. Low Ki got that moment, then decided it was more important that he get the rest of his stuff in.

[@lmaoitsmee1812]

@@KangDo this comment is still too fucking funny

[@proffesionalidiot5994]

Even Mario Yamasaki would have stopped that.

[@mkdisciple]

I went to an indy show here in NYC and he faced Drew McIntyre… and Low Ki went over clean.

[@Lalo_thr]

Colder than a banker's heart 😂

[@letsssgooo4618]

Jim Cornette is a national treasure lol

[@SardonischerDean]

Great voice for wrestling

[@peebo4248]

Cuck

[@kingaqua908]

​@@peebo4248 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@cr3635]

Low Ki got that rolling kick from Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

[@stillwinston3765]

Smacked him harder than when Kakyoin became a donut.

[@Doshanko]

I like that Jim praised Low Ki, I think his passion for the business is an acquired taste but because he had a temper and size issue, it was more so out of necessity from a career standpoint that it leaked into his real life personality. Triple H likely would have made him NXT champ if he was there bc NXT fits a wide range of styles

[@lmaoitsmee1812]

Low Ki v Pete Dunne would be a banger of a match.

[@kingjaven13]

@@lmaoitsmee1812 oh hell yeah

[@youtubeistryingtocensorme]

Unfortunately Low-Ki was on the pre HHH NXT. You know the one that was a joke show, where they had the rookies do stupid humiliating garbage? It was too much of a blow to Low-Ki’s ego to know that he would never get a shot on the main roster at WWE at that time. Basically Low-Ki came in a the wrong time

[@cgruthless49erstalk58]

Low ki don't like Jim Cornette

[@voidworship]

quite...firm 😂

[@cr3635]

I saw Teddy Hart and Low Ki many times in JAPW in my former hometown back when JAPW was still in business. Both are very talented wrestlers.

[@intothedeepstate7491]

In the same match?

[@biblicaladrian6007]

Last I saw him in MLW facing King Mo

[@fake_doktor9241]

An acquired taste, I'd assume. Perfect.

[@AdamHauger]

search "Low Ki Arrives In EVOLVE!!!" Props to the chubby fucker outside fanning him with his shirt afterwards lol

[@904PinballZine]

K.O. = CALL THE MATCH REF!

[@unpop5958]

Is there footage of the rolling kick match?

[@maniachaelchallenges]

yes

[@jimaalmcguire6267]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/n17boIFsgN1kjKs

[@bobloblaw9791]

YES

[@CemeteryDriver]

6 years late but it was insane

[@Clubber-Slang]

@@maniachaelchallenges Why don't one of you post the link? As if this guy just wanted "yes" for an answer. kzbin.infoayuLTTpyTK0?si=P62T3u2xc2kf3ayp

[@irvinggomez3494]

He also doesn’t sell wtf

[@nickbryant91]

Love that rolling kick he does.

[@rapidashingfrog6946]

I hope one day they get low ki to voice lex Luther in a dc animated movie or young justice cause he's got the voice for it.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Trying to do things to the corpse like Ted Bundy

[@tycalvert6011]

Did he mean a Liger kick?

[@johnrevene3053]

In retrospect, Jim should applaud Lo-Ki for controlling His own career. If He doesn't like something, he doesn't do it. His strong style is also very believable, which is refreshing, today.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

Finally a post with sense.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

@LJ54 you're just repeating what corny says. Think for yourself lol

[@Colt2OO2]

​@BigGreen Imagine having an online alias of BigGreen and saying you've been in the same locker rooms as a world-class wrestler. Just admit it, you're just saying what Corny says because you think his word is gospel

[@artirony410]

idk if getting fired from everywhere you work and refusing to do business is "controlling your own career" lol

[@Curt-iy7ck]

He would legit kick guys like dolph Ziegler so promotions will look at him as a huge liability. Which is a shame cause hes an amazing athlete. You can be snug and not legit kick the shit our of people who are giving their bodies to you.

[@erronblack1]

Google "Low Ki Al Snow story".

[@ibrahimsaladsomo9612]

Erron Black nothing shows up

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

literally nothing comes up, you goof

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Dude just ripped Daga's ear off during a match.

[@Charsi_Escobar]

CaptainColdyron222 link? Can’t find it anywhere

[@misterkrogan8837]

No he didn't

[@nathanpellow4428]

Here is a clip of the knockout kick LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIPCZIpur8eljdU

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Low Ki takes himself to seriously just like Bret Hart And Lance Storm.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

When you're that good that just comes with the grind

[@joshdamage]

This dude was wrestling for a local cable show, The Manhattan Cable Network, the AIWA, since he was like 16. I'm sure he'd be a great cruiserweight, but he just isn't big enough to be top guy. This coming from someone 5'10 180.

[@curtisvance853]

People say that he isn’t big enough to be one of the top guys but then I think about Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero ect. I pretty sure he is not as big muscle wise like some of the little guys but neither was Mysterio. Also Daniel Bryant is not that big either, I’m sure he is still bigger then this guy. Point is there has been a lot of smaller guys to be main events and champion. Not saying this guy is as good as all those other guys because I haven’t seen a lot of him just a couple times here and there.

[@Coqui-Cariduro]

He performs better than anyone

[@lmaoitsmee1812]

@@Coqui-Cariduro that’s great. dude has a shit mind for the business 😂

[@Colt2OO2]

Yes Low Ki's had problems wherever he's gone, but to be fair to him, he left New Japan in 2013 because he didn't want to wrestle at a Fukushima show after WK7 due to the nuclear disaster that city had just experienced and possibly endanger his own health and safety and they just fired him because he wrestled in a suit during that match without clearing it with them even though he only did it as a protest because I believe they were gonna make him work the show anyway. It's not just him sometimes, WWE clearly never saw anything in him either

[@SPAZZYok]

Mouth breathing Mon KEE.

[@mikes.4136]

Technically, Low Ki is fantastic. He’s a great wrestler. Unfortunately, his size is an impediment, and I think that is probably more of a problem with the promotions, than with the fans. I respect his work ethic, talent, and his knowledge of the business.

[@1KQ_]

Yeah it's all the companies fault. Every single company he has gone through which was all of them its all their fault.

[@mikes.4136]

@@1KQ_ - it’s not their “fault”. It’s their prerogative. My belief is that by and large, most promotions have a “problem” with Low Ki’s presentation , not his performance, given his size. He is not perceived as marketable as a larger wrestler, with the same, or similar talent. To be clear, I recognize that Low Ki has not been accommodating to the promotions and that is his problem.

[@lmaoitsmee1812]

@@mikes.4136 why would a promotion push someone that’s a dickhead and expects to be at the top of the card regardless of who is there?

[@freddiecongote6927]

@mikes.4136, Low Ki is a great wrestler but not a great worker. In wrestling its all about Trust. Imagine they tell you hey Low Ki doesnt want to wrestle you let alone lose to you. What do you do ? Go out and stiff each other ? wait for him to soccer kick your head ?

[@evanrichter3893]

5’7 is just too small to be a main event wrestler. Danielson is 5’10 and he looks small in there. I always thought low ki just looked ridiculous, this tiny guy acting more serious than the guys in the ufc

[@DavidLucas-oj6ju]

He very underrated wrestler good martial arts background agile quick good worker in the ring

[@TheRealClintEkert]

At least Loki was actual worker/fighter/wrestler. Not a manager with zero actual wrestling

[@kingaqua908]

Yet Jim is more known in the wrestling business than Low Mid. I'd rather be known as a famous wrestling manager that helped make stars like Cena. Orton. Batista and Brock than a nobody Indy guy 😂😂😂

[@TheRealClintEkert]

@@kingaqua908 Good Point. I avoid people like that in the workplace. Jim seems more resonable bu t I still think he is a not so good. Better than loki for sure though.

[@TheRealClintEkert]

I just personally hate ""Managers" who never did the actual work "They" are managing in the first place. I see it everday. F JC. Heenan used to actually wrestle.

[@abstract2957]

Man Jim cornette knows nothing about talent

[@sheetalyelve6555]

@@truthtyperii7727 why would he stop watching wrestling if you cornette marks tell him, its his choice lol 😂