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@mayorhaggar1275 Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornette is the only reason that I even have a clue about what's going on in wrestling today. The man's a living legend for the wrestling business to the true fans.
@exspiravit6920 Жыл бұрын
Same here. I could give a flying shite about wrestling past about 1992 (I grew up on nwa, midsouth, and wwf 80s reruns my uncle taped all of it) when I turned like 10 I lost interest and was training for middle school to get laid LOL.
@warshipsatin8764 Жыл бұрын
@@exspiravit6920 i didnt know getting laid required training lol
@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын
I no longer care about current wrestling ...my give a damn busted when WCW screwed the pooch ...I only watch these videos for nostalgia's sake .
@LordPeaceFrog Жыл бұрын
Amen🤜🤛I've been listening to his podcasts for years. He understands the fundamentals of wrestling better than anyone. I just got a cameo from him too!🤟
@PhantomOSX Жыл бұрын
@@exspiravit6920 Did you succeed in getting laid?
@jureds2003 Жыл бұрын
He is by far the best interview in wrestling, dude is a walking book of knowledge. Jim is a treasure .
@rudyrusso711 Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornette is as important to Pro Wrestling now more so than ever! Thank God Jim is still JIM!!!
@michaelcairns8778Ай бұрын
Nothing can change Jim being Jim
@toddrichardson8595 Жыл бұрын
Cornette is a WALKING WRESTLING ENCYCLOPEDIA! I grew up watching this man with the Midnight Express. RIP Bobby..
@Millwall772 ай бұрын
It's almost scary to see Cornette this happy and calm.
@moetucktuckАй бұрын
And right after this ended, he cut the most unhinged, legendary promo. For no reason, and on nothing in particular
@HeathenTrucker5 күн бұрын
Jim looked so excited during this. It was a great interview.
@larryholloway844 Жыл бұрын
Great interviews, only problem is you can't hear the questions being asked.
@Biffo316 Жыл бұрын
I'd absolutely love to get in to Jim's archives of all the various memorabilia and scripts and various knick knacks he's kept over the years. Probably every wrestling programme of the last 40 or 50 years. The guy is just so knowledgeable on the territories and it's a joy listening to him talk about days gone by
@sidneymartin1947 Жыл бұрын
I wish he would open a museum that the public could come to and see all his collection of wrestling memorabilia.
@Biffo3162 ай бұрын
@@sidneymartin1947who knows, maybe one day someone will get a hold of some of those aforementioned items and open their own museum. Imagine a pro wrestling ball of fame with a physical location fans can visit with museum aspects to it and have various histories and what not of the territories but also of promotions from Canada and Europe and Japan and Mexico etc.
@shakeandjake_1 Жыл бұрын
His passion for pro wrestling is contagious
@leandar7 ай бұрын
Regarding how people perceived wrestling when Crockett was on TBS and Vince on USA, a guy I knew at the time described the NWA as the wrestling you watched when you wanted to see good, serious matches and the WWF was what you watched when you wanted to watch wrestling and have fun with it.
@justafanofnerdculture76023 ай бұрын
I think that's an accurate description.
@ceeez7828 Жыл бұрын
Corny is an American treasure....I wish he would come to NY to just talk about wrestling....I'd pay top dollar...
@warshipsatin8764 Жыл бұрын
paying someone to pretend to be your friend sounds kind of depressing
@ceeez7828 Жыл бұрын
@@warshipsatin8764 nice try...did you at least make your bed?..I'm sorry I bet that's ur momma's job...
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
You'd probably have to come to him or in the Kentucky area
@ceeez7828 Жыл бұрын
@@L_Train I know he hates traveling, that's why I said "I wish"
@bartspringer686 Жыл бұрын
@@warshipsatin8764 Troll
@LongBeachCityCAJoe6 ай бұрын
Proud to be a card carrying member of the Cult of Cornette!!
@billgasior649110 ай бұрын
Historian. Truth teller. This man is extraordinary.
@philaman1972 Жыл бұрын
A priceless interview! As Jim was talking, my memory banks flashed back to all the classic interviews and angles he was involved with in JCP -- from the MX attacking Ricky Morton's throat with the tennis racket to him striking Baby Doll in the stomach again with the racket! You want to talk about heat? Go check out those angles found here!!
@BrotherTonyshow Жыл бұрын
I am so blessed to have been able to see actual pro wrestling
@bartspringer686 Жыл бұрын
You can tell he's trying to keep his cool with this interviewer
@jameslonano56593 ай бұрын
I remember watching so many of these shows especially on TBS. Corny touched on something very important. When Georgia Championship Wrestling was replaced by WWF programming in the same time slot it was a shock to say the least even to a 9 year old kid who was probably the target audience. WHat happened to Tommy "Wildfire" RIch and Solie? Nope, it was an utter disaster we all hated WWF with a passion. Horrible gimmicks, characters, 2 minute squash matches. It was like watching a cartoon. Thank god Mid Atlantic took over that spot and we got to experience real wrestling and the NWA in all its glory every single week and then on the pay per views. What a great era in wrestling history- the crown jewel.
@garyburke3935 Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornette should be in the WWE Hall of Fame!
@TheChadTI Жыл бұрын
Yes agreed. He should be in there along with m the Midnight Express. (Going in together)
@arturoalmazan52629 ай бұрын
if the freebirds and Rock n roll express are in the wwe hall of fame then Jim and midnight express should definitely be in there. Beautiful bobby Eaton RIP ; Denis condrey; randy rose and Stan lane hell yes
@Tcup19827 ай бұрын
Hell yea,how do we get him in there,he deserves to be in there more than most that are in there
@timburr4453Күн бұрын
@@Tcup1982 I imagine they must've already asked him too...maybe he didnt have the best relationship with Vince but now with him out of the way the current WWE management can work to get Cornette in he is long overdue
@robzilla730 Жыл бұрын
I love it when Corny is calm...😅
@thekcsugethe_kc_suge79306 ай бұрын
When Greenville Memorial Auditorium shut down in the mid 90s in South Carolina, Ric Flair sponsored one last show there. Diamond Dallas, Flair versus Randy macho Man Savage, and after he beat savage, he thanked the crowd for all the memories and we went crazy. Then Greenville built the Bi-Lo Center/Bon Secours today. Old Greenville Memorial Auditorium on a Monday night was so great!
@matthewbritt84983 ай бұрын
I’m not even a wrestling fan yet I somehow found myself on this video and wow, Jim Cornette is a gem
@shaungaddy496010 ай бұрын
i never knew the tennis racket guy knew so much about wrestling. I loved the rival between Rocking Roll Express and the Midnight Express. Sweet memories as a kid.
@arturoalmazan5262 Жыл бұрын
Jim is the historian of wrestling In my opinion. he basically knows all about it
@jebsonloteyro6741 Жыл бұрын
Yeah! Jim C and Dave Meltzer, 2 of the best wrestling historians. ❤️
@joekuvorkian Жыл бұрын
@@jebsonloteyro6741 Meltzer while knowledgeable, isn't on Corny's level
@jebsonloteyro6741 Жыл бұрын
@@joekuvorkian true.
@1223steffen9 ай бұрын
He have a degree?
@MiningForPies8 ай бұрын
@@jebsonloteyro6741 Meltzer is a hack. 90% of his writings are absolute bollocks.
@timburr44534 күн бұрын
GEM of an interview He knows EVERYTHING about wrestling. I mean the houses they were drawing and where in 1985, the name of the 40+ year old arenas, the arena capacities, specific bumps guys took, payoffs, contracts. The guys is just an encyclopedia
@loufaulk6812 Жыл бұрын
Love him or hate him Jim cornette is a true wrestling historian I love listening to him talk about wrestling now more than I do watching it
@BobbleHead909 ай бұрын
I’ve seen a lot of interviews with wrestlers and people associated with wrestling but Jim Cornette has so much passion for the business and knows so much history.
@markcafebrown28839 ай бұрын
Love Jim Cornette. He is so good at telling the stories.
@markl59987 ай бұрын
Ya, I haven't seen this one. And since this is about wrestling from the past, I know he will be in a good mood
@jenruiz7606 Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornett Is the true GOAT!
@BeeBumper Жыл бұрын
Cornette make a real documentary about the history of wrestling
@mcomiskey7 Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@davidstronach3261 Жыл бұрын
Like Ric Flair said in the rise and fall of WCW documentary if Jim Crockett Jr. did what his dad did and stayed between Baltimore and Chicago Jim Crockett Promotions would still be in business today.
@brianlogan4243 Жыл бұрын
Doubtful. Its a nice thought but cable tv was pushing for a national promotion. Without being seen as the top place, it would be an indy because WWF would have taken all the talent.
@johnsawh1867 Жыл бұрын
Love Jimmy
@timfox5337 Жыл бұрын
Corny is the best! What a mind for the business. It’s easy to see his love for the real business of pro wrestling.
@Kayfabe-226 Жыл бұрын
This is just 👍 Great
@rickharvell8185Ай бұрын
Boogie man. Feel goooood !
@caseyw1286 Жыл бұрын
This was overall a good interview. Aside from the obvious fact that you can hardly hear the interviewer, it was still nice to hear Jim talk about all this wrestling history. My only other complaint was that I felt like the interviewer rambled on with a lot of his questions and didn’t let Jim just talk. You can see a lot of times were Jim clearly understands what the interviewer is trying to ask but can’t get a word out because the interviewer keeps trying to add in his own thoughts and opinions instead of just asking a short and simple question and letting Jim answer. Jim is a walking encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge and he is more then capable of telling the history on his own. This is suppose to be Jim’s interview where he is given the opportunity to talk, the interview should just ask short and simple question and let Jim take it from there.
@KClouisville2 ай бұрын
I partly get it because I think the interview was for a documentary (which is probably why you can't hear the interviewer...in the actual doc they would have edited themselves out)....so the interviewer knows ahead of time that it's going to be chopped up. But I still agree on the questions. Cornette is one of those guys who is usually so expansive in his answers that you'll get everything you need with short, to the point questions....and then just follow up if there are extra things you want to cover.
@briangodby8405 Жыл бұрын
Jim Cornette is the best. He should come out of retirement and get back in the game .. TV needs him
@jodymicheallee Жыл бұрын
TV could not handle him
@brianlogan4243 Жыл бұрын
Much like me, Jim hates the current product unlike me is already wealthy and doesn't care to come back.
@patrickperalta597 ай бұрын
I love listening to Jim Cornette and the history of wrestling.
@JohnJID999 Жыл бұрын
The interview just being a little closer to the camera wouldve helped so much. Cornette knows how to project of course so he drowns out the interviewer. Can hear cornette clear as day but have to strain to hear the question that is being asked
@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын
I saw Starcade and didn’t like the main event . I was supposed to but the match not next level which was surprising . They pretty much telegraphed that Flair was gonna win with the storyline . Harley Race acting scared of Ric Flair was not believable imo . I had seen them wrestle before and it was better then .
@bw4827 Жыл бұрын
25:07 just listing wrestler names for a minute
@caseyhayden2096 Жыл бұрын
Corny is the best! He's like a Professional Wrestling encyclopedia. The day he passes on we'll lose a great historian and just a great guy
@sherryirbvin7448 Жыл бұрын
Good videos
@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Valentine did not pop The Carolinas by himself . It was his fights with Wahoo McDaniel that broke the tag team territory into a hot singles feuds .
@myquest66642011 ай бұрын
Isn’t that exactly what Jim just said haha
@isaacshaver62184 ай бұрын
You can tell jim is talking about something he loves.
@chuckheineman1837 Жыл бұрын
Veterans Stadium in Philly was a 60,000 seat stadium. I’ve been to Phillies games there where they drew 30k and it looked like nobody was there. I was at the Philly Bash show, 17-20k is a very fair estimate of the crowd that night
@billyrouse4813 Жыл бұрын
52:17 Jimmy, not the wisest thing to say. You said it better earlier.
@endrsgm Жыл бұрын
I remember the original vs current midnight express and Paulie mostly because of the white suite cornie had and all that blood.
@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime11 ай бұрын
My ISP must be throttling my internet... I don't even have to adjust the playback speed to .25x to understand what Cornette is saying.
@JackBarrett7 Жыл бұрын
When Flair broke in the business, he was 280, and had been living (and training) with Ken Patera, who'd been in training for the Olympics, and he said they'd each drink 3 gallons of milk and eat 3 dozen eggs a day. After the plane crash, he slimmed down, which was prob a good thing bc being a powerhouse he may not have learned to work like he did.
@JackBarrett7 Жыл бұрын
@@totallybored5526 Thats the same thing I said just not as simplistic. Is that what you do: Find a true and logical statement online, then reply to it saying the same thing to try to make it look like it was your original idea?
@AminaAmina-xq4bb Жыл бұрын
@@JackBarrett7 I agree, When Flair first started he was just under 300 lbs, he trained with the olympic team including Ken Patera. They ate dozens of eggs a day and gallons of milk he said. Post plane crash he lost weight which probably improved how he worked compared to being a powerhouse. 🤣😂🤣🤣
@BrownFootBill Жыл бұрын
I would pay top dollar to see him brought into aew as an authority figure and he just shits on everybody on live TV lol
@SextonHardcastle8370 Жыл бұрын
This has to be the least annoying that JC has ever been. I really enjoyed this. One on one & face to face in a non-wrasslin environment suits him well.
@RobVanDelay_WholeFnContest Жыл бұрын
Here in Puerto Rico 6 man tag matches are called "Australian tag matches"🤔
@Battlecatmode Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you didn't edit out Jim's restart shows even the best make mistakes thanks to all involved I enjoy the old stuff especially with corney
@indieauthorjasonblayne7511 Жыл бұрын
Seeing Jim naturally smile at his knowledge & memory of the territory days says how special it truly was to generations of fans. I watch & listen to his stories to help me research an upcoming novel of mine planned in the territory days. It's titled, Kingdom Territory.
@classicwrestlingvault Жыл бұрын
he lived a more exciting life than most people on earth, great memories im sure
@Dave-rf1zj Жыл бұрын
While the buck stopped with Jim Crockett Jr., the accountant definitely should have spoke up before the situation got that far out of hand. However....i also was not there....there's probably more variables to the situation for me to judge.
@robintaylor485 Жыл бұрын
This is old
@hbkc83 Жыл бұрын
That's ok
@campervanhelsing Жыл бұрын
Jim is amazing
@tonyrhoton6613 Жыл бұрын
This a old interview thats been reposted
@bullettoothjosh Жыл бұрын
No shit Sherlock Shitpipe
@YouCanBeGoatedtoo7 ай бұрын
The man worked in front of thousands.. he deserves to be an out of touch recluse. 😂
@Herestravy4205 ай бұрын
Jim is the way about wrestling.. In a way like I am about music.. Kind of crazy!
@moffjerjerrod1579 Жыл бұрын
I watched the scaffold match on WWE/Peacock. Friggin Bubba just stood the and watched Cornette drop and referee Tommy Young's reaction was one of OH MY GOD and he was cringed up against the ropes and knew Cornette just messed his leg up badly.
@goaway3717 Жыл бұрын
Too bad whomever the interviewer was for this video wasn't given a working microphone. I couldn't hear a single question.
@davidfrederick6003 Жыл бұрын
Is there a Jim Crockett Jr interview in JCP DVD Discs?
@brianlogan4243 Жыл бұрын
only Conrad Thompson one on his network, right before Jim died
@MrRadar0211 ай бұрын
So why the tennis racket?
@showthemnomercy Жыл бұрын
I love jim but he don't care But I still love him anyway
@drexlspivey582815 күн бұрын
Fun fact: Cornette used to have a normal size forehead, and then he accumulated all that wrestling knowledge
@drdree8396 Жыл бұрын
Corny on point
@mrkipling2201 Жыл бұрын
If I was ever lucky enough to own, or run, a wrestling promotion/company, I would get JC in straight away. As a booker, writer and anything else he might want to do!! He's forgotten more about the wrestling business than some people actually know.....
@gw593Ай бұрын
This man should be getting paid by Vince and the WWE just for being an ambassador of the sport.
@analiysanchez994918 күн бұрын
Cornette doesn’t want to be a wwe corporate shill that’s for sure. He doesn’t need their money
@gw59314 күн бұрын
Fair enough. Point being, wrestling would be in a lot better of a place if we had more guys like him in control of creative. I’d watch wrestling again, that’s for sure
@analiysanchez994914 күн бұрын
@@gw593 couldn’t agree more!!
@Genesis817 Жыл бұрын
Sick
@thickerconstrictor9037 Жыл бұрын
Cornette is literally always congested
@TJV83 Жыл бұрын
Misty…boogie woogie man feel gooooood
@glowing0wl85811 ай бұрын
Love me some Corny!
@raynizzle143 Жыл бұрын
Jim knows very little about the Portland territory.
@thehillbillygamer21836 ай бұрын
I mean I'm almost 50 years old and you know Ole Anderson wasn't a real Anderson or Anderson wasn't a real Anderson I mean who the hell is a real Anderson
@Millwall772 ай бұрын
Gene.
@user-uh4ip9he3s6 ай бұрын
Ron richtie ben alexandear???
@davidsignorino6382 Жыл бұрын
I'm such a big fan of Jim's it's a borderline man-crush! Haha, j/k. In all seriousness I am a big fan & have been since I saw him & The Midnights in World Class back in 84/85. I was really surprised to see him in "NY" b/c I never saw him fitting in there, he was more traditional compared to Vince's circus like atmosphere. But I gotta admit, Corny fit in just fine & turned out to manage some of the all-time greats like Yoko, Owen Hart, & The British Bulldog. I never miss an episode of either of his shows.
@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын
They ruined the mystique of masked men by allowing so many jobbers to wear hoods . Not only that but in the nineties I saw both Doom and The Grappler unmasked by a single tug on the hood . That killed the idea that those hoods were laced on tightly and were hard to remove . I used to get excited when someone started unlacing a hood . It was a major mcguffin psychology wise .
@herzkine Жыл бұрын
Agree, as kid that joined in the 90s when our saw a hood you knew something cheap is about to happen. It was so engraved in my mind even Owen Hart was totally spreading jobber vibes to me as blue Blazer.
@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын
@@herzkine Once main eventers like The Assassin and Mr Wrestling 2 proudly wore hoods . Its a lost asset now .
@nicktucker34373 ай бұрын
45:37 He says "before the Internet" in so many interviews but the Internet has technically been around since the ARPANET of 1969. Now I agree it didn't get commoditized til ~1990 when dialup started becoming available to the masses instead of just us techies before.
@phillysfinest215 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if he can talk about anything besides wrestling
@markl59987 ай бұрын
Why would you want him to?
@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths Жыл бұрын
Before corny went insane with all the wacky political bs
@herzkine2 ай бұрын
He barely talks about it, ITS YOU snowflake thar ist so annoyed by the truth. GET LIFE, you have been Played, but thats what Trump does. Be like a real Businessman Not that fraud. Admit that you Made a mistake, cut your losses and move on. Even Deutsche Bank did after almost getting ruined totally with him.
@tonyrhoton6613 Жыл бұрын
Jim right about showing money off ive worked 4 myself I have a car that pretty much only gets drove out of town it can paint a picture of them thinking there paying 2 much id like 2 meet cornette I loved 2 hate him growing up watching memphis and midsouth nwa.
@brianlogan4243 Жыл бұрын
I have many times, he is one of the very few stars that's approachable and just like he is on this video, A real fan that got to see inside the honeycomb
@user-cr7sx1mf3o9 ай бұрын
P
@devoncutmore9 ай бұрын
Corny is great on wrestling and horrible on politics 🙄. He has been a recluse for too long. He is so out of touch with reality 😢
@Beaver_Cleavage4204 ай бұрын
1000% agree....genius at wrestling and it's history....but a fuckn moron with politics
@analiysanchez994918 күн бұрын
@@Beaver_Cleavage420with all due respect I’m sure he’d say you’re a moron when it comes to politics too so do you see how silly both sides are?
@seanbonella Жыл бұрын
seen this already
@toddkurzbard Жыл бұрын
I don't believe this is the REAL Jim Cornette. It's not full of obscenities and foul language.
@DarkSideCaster Жыл бұрын
Cornette use to be a really good pro wrestling manager and personality. It’s a shame he’s turned into a bitter, hateful, meta-liberal human being. 👎🏼
@mcomiskey7 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@ronthompson9510 ай бұрын
Jim knows some things, but if you really wanted to know about the history of the territories, Vince Russo is the guy.
@atomicboomstick254310 ай бұрын
How much of this is cut off at the end?
@muthafuckawhatchusay Жыл бұрын
Um, what about all the profanity?
@derka346 Жыл бұрын
Jim cornette is awesome to listen to about wrestling but his political views are joke he might have the worst political views out of anyone I will stand to listen to