Jim Cornette Experience - Episode 271: Jim Watches RAW

[@R0B1NG5]

"I feel like I just got out of a hostage crisis" So many good lines in this to describe watching a modern episode of Raw.

[@mrpedantic]

36:10 start of Raw rundown.

[@johnmarcus317]

thank god

[@jeff136]

Thanks i can skip the crying about trump

[@WhatAboutall]

@keller blair A liar? Outside of all the honest politicians throughout history?

[@hookystreetproductions4724]

keller blair, stop watching globalist TV it's melting your brain. Cornball knows nothing he is a typical self righteous rich kid that lives in an elite dreamworld he feels ashamed and guilty of with other rich lemming virtuous fools. Nothings worse than the treacherous Clintons or puppet Obama but you only know or feel what your globalist overlords tell you to.

[@mrpedantic]

Some of you need to stop listening to Cornette, as you clearly can't handle it.

[@relicfernandez4775]

Cornette must really love the Revival if hes willing to watch three hours of Raw just to see them win the tag belts.

[@MarcoTalin12]

Listening to him talk about the actual match, it certainly does seem so

[@robr9105]

They are a very talented tag team. Look up diy vs revival

[@relicfernandez4775]

Bobby Rivera I know how good they are. Too bad they don’t fit WWE’s model of wresstling

[@MilMaska]

"I'm not gonna watch it. Why would i make myself mad in my own home ?" - Jim Cornette

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

it's brilliant logic though isn't it. it just....makes sense. Why would you lol?

[@babauranai]

he is makin some paper with the buzz around him, he took worse bumps than just watching raw

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

Thank you Jim for calling out these unnecessarily long matches. I swear they do this stuff to just kill time.

[@jarrettjordan]

JustMister13 it’s absolutely to kill time...they aren’t capable of coming up with 3 hours of TV, but they can’t afford to cut time and lose ad money

[@tware7162]

Start watching Raw at like 8:30pm, because the first 90 mins barely matter

[@jarrettjordan]

TJ Ware I always turn one receiver in the house to USA and turn the TV off. I can pick up an hour or so in, rewind to the beginning, and skip the commercials/garbage segments. Even giving them an hour headstart, I usually catch up somewhere in the third hour.

[@MorganTyler86]

All 3 hours don't matter

[@johnnihil1689]

It should be one show with Styles, Bryan, Balor, Rollins, Becky, Bailey, Sasha, Alexa, Charlotte, Tyler Breeze, Samoa Joe, Ziggler, Cesaro, McIntyre, Revival and New Day. They don't really need anyone else. Maybe B players to substitute for injuries. That's it.

[@AndrewHarrington218]

My first thought upon reading "Jim Cornette Watches RAW" was.......Oh no! He's gonna blow a gasket.

[@jeromeartley3602]

I'm surprised he is not doing this from the ICU.

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

I'm surprised he hasn't had a heart attack yet.

[@CJS3LL3RS]

Glad to see the Cornette videos are back.

[@jeffboyd8139]

I wish we could get more WWE review shit from Corny just so we can hear how it SHOULD have been booked, but I also want Corny to live forever and this episode alone probably took a year off his life.

[@PMuAce1898]

Jim you are nailing why I barely watch the WWE faithfully. The TV shows are trash.

[@kevinofvideos]

You would thank the AEW effect would get WWE on track in writing compelling stories, ant happened yet.

[@kevinofvideos]

@Lynchology101 I believe they are only going to grow, it seems their is a lot of Heart behind the project, something WWE has been lacking for a while meow.

[@jmaxx7410]

@@kevinofvideos tbf their trademark got denied. So it will be quite a while until aew starts. Idk if they're gonna go forward with double or nothing.

[@kevinofvideos]

@@jmaxx7410 I wasn't aware of that, I hope they can get something going sooner than later!

[@houseofpain1010]

@@jmaxx7410 the only trademark that was even necessary to change was the initial "change the world" slogan! This was changed to "change the universe" due to the reason of copyrighting! All of their patented (start - up) trademarks were officiated and confirmed way back in the latter part of last year, so I'm not sure what trademark being denied you are referring to here, as this hasn't been mentioned in a single article or podcast I have encountered!

[@gluesniffer2]

That pic summarizes RAW since 2010 :(

[@travismcdonald6576]

Get real. 2008. Lol

[@gluesniffer2]

@@travismcdonald6576 I was trying to be generous :)

[@erronblack1]

*2002.

[@rasgulla3412]

*1930

[@charismatic9904]

try since 2002

[@Badnone]

To answer the question about a 20 minute monologue on Raw EVERY WEEK: yes. Yes, they do.

[@tware7162]

They stop doing it for a while but its back now for some reason

[@adamsmashups4839]

And this is what my 77 year old Dad used to complain about every week during Raw.

[@Wombler151]

You know Cornette, I have been listening to you run your big mouth for 35+ god damn years now and I am finally gonna tell you...it has been a pleasure! 👍

[@willthechill3992]

That was unexpected

[@skipworth1974]

One of the best episodes ever, and great in depth real talk on what wwe are doing wrong without being just a dig at them. They need to listen to this as it is what they taught Jim in the first place!

[@pureimpact4658]

Wow, I truly am STILL not missing anything on RAW. They should really rename their Monday show because there hasn't been anything RAW about the program since 2005 imo.

[@gdjones6325]

Punk 2010 to 2013 was good

[@DocDevious23]

@@PatkaBoy831 It's certainly different. Not necessarily awful but things change. As long as anybody still enjoys the product that's what they're gonna make

[@thedoctor3528]

00:00 Plugs, Politics x 23:26 Mail, 30:00 36:00 Raw Review

[@obano9]

‘50 mins of your life watching commercials, whats worse is the 2 hour 9 mins watching raw’ 😂😂😂 so fucking true

[@krossfire5444]

The art work is funny af 😂

[@shawnbaker3245]

Meng comes into the fight and kills them all for the win! Lol

[@jokerjack2913]

I didnt want to add Meng because he is always brought into those fights and everyone knows that the "Meng Factor" is that no one beats Meng in a street fight. I used Ron Simmons instead, because he is pretty tough and athletic and has stamina.

[@shawnbaker3245]

@@jokerjack2913 I completely understand. I was just joking. Just shits and giggles.

[@jokerjack2913]

@@shawnbaker3245 You may have been joking, but you were actually right.

[@jokerjack2913]

@keller blair This was more all things being equal and all were in their primes. Mulligan, Murdock and Wahoo are all currently deceased, so, so far Haku is already ahead

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

“What kinda ref restarts the match when the guy has no partners”?! Yes!!!

[@Cabron28]

That thumbnail is hilarious

[@joespitler3929]

Seriously, those things are great every week.

[@MaynardOwns]

Its why I clicked.

[@kevinbudzinski9569]

Cornette putting bleach into eyes after watching RAW 😂🤣

[@MaynardOwns]

@@kevinbudzinski9569 I think he's pouring in into his eyes. Which he's wearing glasses so...makes as much sense as a cartoon would BUT. With out the glasses that's just some guy wearing a Jim Cornette shirt. So the glasses make more sense being on..if any of that makes sense.

[@Tom-uv7ry]

One of a kind

[@johnsos9]

He’s right. It seems like 90% of Raw is taken up by the divas. Their matches seem like they go on forever while the men get maybe 10 - 15 mins. Sometimes I don’t know if I’m watching WWE or GLOW. It’s Stephanie McMahon’s fault for forcing this feminist agenda on us.

[@SNARC15]

Being forced to sit through 17 hours of RAW? Wouldn't that be considered "Cruel and unusual punishment?"

[@Treklosopher]

Corny for head of Raw creative!

[@andyc5674]

If he liked the robes, at least this week he didn't see "Drake Maverick" pissing on them...

[@Subatomic_Glue]

Cornette's breakdown of the tag match and the psychology of it was really great.

[@chn71]

The 20 minute town hall meeting promos....4 or 5 people in the ring, all with mics, waiting for each other to say their scripted line so they can say their scripted line. It's also a shame they have the largest roster in the world between the two brands, yet you only see about half of that roster on TV each week. And please , no more McMahon family on TV. It's bad enough they've made Shane a tag champ and the "Best in the World"

[@brianm2881]

Everything about that show is so bland and sterilised. I'll give a perfect example of the contrast between 'now' and 'then'. When the Undertaker would come out during the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression eras, it'd be like 'OH GOD DAMN..... BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP!!!' There'd be pyro bombs going off, the crowd would maintain a buzz right throughout the entrance, and J.R. would be commenting on the Undertaker and whatever feud he was involved in at the time during the entrance. He'd be putting the Undertaker and the program over. Well, that tapered off between 2004 to the last time he had a match. To the point where Undertaker's entrance is like a literal funeral procession. There is no crowd noise (at least none that comes across on the TV). It takes about ten minutes for him to get to the ring. The crowd sit on their hands. The commentators maintain a 'respectful silence', only very occasionally commenting things like, "The immortal Undertaker...' or maybe 'I have chills....'

[@justin_your_cousin9273]

AEW is coming...

[@bensonnick169]

I appreciate how Cornette doesn't only review everything, segment by segment, but he breaks down other options & scenarios that can help keep people's attention / make things seem more legit. He may annoy some people. Some people may consider him outdated, but the day he's gone, will be a HUGE loss to not only the wrestling business, but wrestling history. Giant wealth of knowledge. Great storyteller.

[@CarmeloA.]

Well said. Doing a relisten while km a work; saw this comment. Stay Safe

[@TrueWisdomAsherite80]

Jim....perfect thumbnail for the state of Monday Night Raw

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Poor Jimmy he should have watched Smackdown or NXT.

[@mcomiskey7]

Or Porn

[@NintendoPsycho]

Or actual wrestling.

[@jordandennis6794]

As if those are any better.

[@CarlMarxPunk]

@@jordandennis6794 Ok.

[@opinionatedcheese8327]

“You know what we get next?” “..... The Revival?” “Oh, fuck no.” I died.

[@thorboysen3318]

I'm pretty sure Jim would hate it but i would like to see him watching more WWE Raw and Smackdown and give us his opinion of it!

[@shawnbaker3245]

Listening to Jim just reenforces my belief that WWE has fell off hard!!! Sad part is they've been circling the bowl for years!!!

[@thandolwethuthabethe4583]

Hi Shawn. 😂 boy did they top themselves. This comment aged well.

[@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist]

As soon as I saw the title I knew this would be gold, I was not disappointed.

[@bluhmer1990]

Jim here shows he knows how to run a show so much better than the dimwits backstage.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Some of those dimwits are actually really reallysmart, talented guys from recent ROH shows that got hired by wwe

[@tlbradioreacts]

"I feel like I have just got out of a hostage crisis" LMAO !

[@KentaObscuro]

1:02:31"...God, this [six-man tag] was like a fucking day in the middle of this program." lmfao

[@darrinh.2322]

Classic Corny !! please do more of these. love the classic insights !! TY

[@nickyjns]

Could stop laughing at the Kevin Owens promo review at 1:02:47

[@partypoppers1988]

Smackdown would have been less harsh for Jim.

[@sppsports2449]

Holy shit Cornette I knew you were a talker but it took 36 mins for him to talk about raw. The first 36 mins were about Trump and random things having to do with Texas.

[@Darkmoon75]

Good to see I am not the only one who noticed this.

[@johnmorrissey9343]

It's like WWE is just throwing shit at a wall to see what sticks

[@jeffreycherep8264]

That artwork is fantastic.

[@jimbrown5091]

I love that Jim can be going berserk, explain the TV stuff, demo what the announcers should be saying, and then immediately go back to having an annuerism.

[@wecoolwecoolbounce5191]

I LOVE jim's analysis and critique on current stuff. Very impressive stuff

[@oliverl.5834]

Can't be employees, now can they? They're Independent contractors after all.

[@ReinEngel]

If anyone reading this is going to RAW this week, please take a "WHO? WHAT?" sign.

[@andrewmurdock3357]

*gets popcorn*

[@stagglee1227]

1:16:18 LOL@ Jim's "Gloooorious!!"

[@Twins4life3533]

Jim is the only a-hole I'll tolerate and love. His passion for the business can't be matched, or his analysis and intelligence. Yes, his references are dated. So are mine since I'm in my 40's. He doesn't just bash RAW, and RAW has been confusing garbage for a very long time, he provides solutions. He rewrites and directs the F'ing show! The Kevin Owens (Steen) spot is so good. The whole episode is gold and I wish more took the advice. Enzo was over because he could work the mic. The Rock, Cena, ELIAS, can work it. Jim can work it and I used to hate him for it. I find a lot of talent now are athletic as hell, but suck at promos. Great promos are money. Not only that, the start of the show is bang on. Comparing kayfabe and non Vince to Trump is perfect. Linda is in the Trump Administration, so it is more than perfect.

[@rickyhunt4075]

I don't understand why he said ambrose looked bad he's in good shape maybe its just the tan. Wonder what he thinks of Sheamus then.

[@justinkroboth360]

Honestly, there probably are some stiffs that just can't promo worth a damn, but I think the fact that they script EVERYTHING for them to say is reallllllly impeding. If they'd let some of these guys off the chain, there could really be some magic there.

[@AJTRIP20]

I'm going to need Jim Cornette to watch Smackdown now. LOL. This was great.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

My sympathies to your sanity, Jim!

[@ctcs9162]

You can't be a genius without missing a few marbles. His checkbook takes care of your sympathies.

[@ericreitz8406]

I can never get tired of listening to his stories!!! Thank you KZbin!!

[@tayojones9460]

EC3 should have stayed in impact. At least in impact he was booked like a world champion. In WWE, he is just another face in the crowd.

[@Amish53]

Jim can you just watch Raw every week and make a pod cast about ? This was amazing

[@jamesptah9993]

'The Motttttttther Ship' 😂😂😂

[@joespitler3929]

I probably shouldn't be drinking my coffee listening to this, I'm gonna end up spitting it all over the place at some point.

[@alexdelarge703]

Corny “loves their packages” 😏😏😏

[@goldenserenity2385]

I really want to see a Smackdown being run by Jim Cornette, and Raw being run by Vince Russo. The rivalry would be great and make great TV

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

yeah, but then the fans will like it, so... & it will get ratings, so... & it'll never work since it wasn't Vince's idea, so... & don't hold your breath... :(

[@EmmaBonn96]

Jim is great for readjusting my expectations Too often I am inundated by the inane illogic of the WWE and Jim can give me the perspective to call out all the bullshit I just accept

[@moonsaves]

You know what's nice? Hearing Jim Cornette excitedly talk about a match in the modern day.

[@DemoSonicScreamer1]

Oh man, I am glad to finally hear someone rail against modern tag wrestling. The sheer amount of illegal tags that aren't called such these days drives me insane. It isn't just WWE. WWE has this stuff occasionally. Jim ought to watch some NJPW and those tag matches would drive me totally up the wall. I'm even talking guys considered all time greats like Tanahashi. There was a recent match on AXS with Tana/Okada vs. Fale/White and I swear Tanahashi didn't make one legal tag the entire match. He always had both feet on the bottom rope, leaning into the ring, etc. That is not a legal tag. It was more glaring when he tagged Okada later and Okada was in perfectly legal position for his tag. So yes, both feet on the apron, one hand on the buckle/tag rope, other arm extended. Thank you! I'm also glad that someone else is frustrated with all the women's stuff. If I had to boil down the main two reasons for Raw's ratings downturn I would say #1 is putting the title constantly on an absentee Lesnar, but #2 would be way too many women's segments/matches, given entirely too much time.

[@TheeCoachg]

I literally listen to this once a day,preferably before bed.

[@EmmaBonn96]

The one problem Jim has with the match (Gable’s blind moonsault to the outside) I feel could be solved with two simple motions. Gable looks at Roode Roode gives him a nod Roode is his lookout He was in position to be it. They just needed to tell that part of the story

[@EmmaBonn96]

At the same time, that was the story they were telling Gable went up to the top rope 3 times after that 1st he caught himself on his feet after missing the finisher then they switched it to a German suplex block buster 2nd he clearly checks behind himself before going 3rd time He doesn’t look, and he falls into the shatter machine.

[@adamgoodrich9807]

Loved the political talk Jim. Keep speaking the truth!

[@dontletherspeak7575]

That would require him to change almost his entire political philosophy.

[@Beatles0223]

@@dontletherspeak7575 To repeat the "free thinking" Fox zombies who all sound the same? 🙄

[@dontletherspeak7575]

@@Beatles0223 just anyone who has the iq of that higher than a sponge, aka not a liberal.

[@topazzz1546]

The Revival are probably the smoothest tag team going today. They're nearly perfect in everything they do.

[@tware7162]

I wouldn't say the smoothest but they're a top level team

[@tware7162]

The smoothest in the WWE system is Undisputed ERA

[@SMBrandon24]

I’m married with 3 kids and I listen to this 🤣 I listen to Corney while cleaning

[@souperpouperscouper]

I love imagining Jim angrily writing WHY WHAT in his note pad

[@corderothomas1189]

Somebody needs to remind Corny to review Seth Rollins epic gauntlet match last year... He said he was going to do it but he hasn't yet. I would love to hear his feedback

[@corderothomas1189]

@You Tube's CM Punk I know that if he was booking the heavily talented roster of Raw and SmackDown it would draw SOOOOOO GOOD and be must-see TV every week. Plus I believe he would convince JR to do commentary and make the action and storytelling that much better!! Man it would be awesome if AEW could convince Corny to come out of retirement for one last hurrah because I believe it would be worth it

[@jamaaljohnson980]

I'm very thankful for Hulu because, even though it's edited poorly, it allows me to do what Jim couldn't do: skip past everything else and watch the tag team title match.

[@gman2015z]

Bailey is a beast, too bad they gave her the belt in early 2017 too fast. She deserves more singles matches. And yeah 2 much women's matches.

[@thejmc4074]

1 women's match is too much, but I know it's part of the game now. But having three is ridiculous.

[@darrengordon-hill]

@@thejmc4074 So many women... yet their tag titles are crossbrand, not one per show... No cruiserweight, tag or IC/US titles/divisions... 30 women RR for the "top belt"

[@gman2015z]

@@thejmc4074 nah 1 women's match is good enough cuz how r u gonna have all these women and no matches lol. But that all women's PPV wasnt that good tbh.

[@frankunodostres473]

they saw lio rush and made him a manager / stooge :D

[@cyanbrandohs1080]

this is an amazing episode

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

When you hire writers with no wrestling experience, you get 20 minute attempts at Shakespeare.

[@resop3]

I think that Jim Cornette feels the pain of Casey Kasem. Sounds like the entire show was like coming out of an uptempo song and then going directly into a dedication about a dog dying.

[@GMSpectre]

"These guys are from England and who gives a shit?"

[@ChuuchooChooseMe]

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

[@BeastNationXIV]

"Donald Trump is Vince without the good hair and..." Nah, Trump is Brock Lesnar minus muscles and fighting skills. 🤣🤣

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

and the IQ POINTS and the PERSONALITY and the CHARISMA

[@FMITB]

Thanks for the shoutout for Cabarrus County and Concord! By the way, the ad that plays before your video....Paige's movie

[@knight2000-NC]

Jims TDS is alive and well lol

[@BrittneyStarling]

That picture is everything...lol

[@CapAnson12345]

I've been to El Paso many many times. It's not that safe.

[@borednow5838]

Ha! I love the medical facility rant! Vince is so wacked! Haha!

[@joesluss8543]

I'm suprised the Art Work doesn't show Jim soaking in a tub of gasoline with a lit match after watching Raw. The Bleech is pretty funny though. Huge Fan Jim. Keep up the good work.

[@RK-zf1jm]

God if you think Ambroise is tiny now you should of seen him before he got on the suppliments i ve seen bigger pipe cleaners than his muscles. Do not try to say his muscle mass growth was natural it happened in 2 weeks nobody goes from no muscle definition to slight buffed version in two weeks without chemical help.

[@scooterduncan4541]

Jim I don't agree with your politics but you are one of the funniest people I've ever listened to

[@jefff6387]

I will pay Jim Cornette a healthy yearly salary to post Anti-Trump rants for 40 hours a week. 😂😂😂

[@Jmay51]

You should review raw more often

[@itsnovalouise]

This was actually a really strong detailed review he should do more things like this

[@josephwiggins642]

Dan Severn laughs at all in street fight while he and Meng blaze a blunt

[@greghood1552]

50 minutes of raw is commercials. And the fans have voted it as the best 50 minutes of the program.

[@lucyfuir6386]

I totally understand what corny is talking about because I DVR Raw and watch it the next day because I know that I am going to fast forward through two out of the three hours. With the constant replays things that just happened 15 minutes ago and all the matches that would be great if they were 10 minutes long being stretched out to 30 minutes. I hate the commercials in the middle of a match at least on Smackdown they will put the action in a picture in picture deal. I've been saying for the last 2 years that WWE needs one 3 hours show per week with the whole roster involved. that will give you the widest pool of talent to choose from and you will not have to recycle the same matches for 3 months in a row.

[@jokerjack2913]

That is the coolest name

[@heretical_habits9512]

If you record it you can fast forward, he was doing the on demand list and you can't fast forward that.

[@jokerjack2913]

@@heretical_habits9512 But ya know, as much as I love Corny, it would have been a show in itself listening to him trying to figure all this out

[@j2oaks]

Not all WWE programming sucks. NXT and NXT UK is my favorite programming in the business right now.

[@Jcrow21]

Imlove when he bashes Trump, gives me hope in the country

[@MrMaskmanAndMrLoveman]

47:00 when Corny talked about the camera being there all I could think of was the Jimmy and Mandy segment he would have lost it.

[@BlackGothGirl1]

This is a really good idea. He's reviewing the show as someone who never watched wrestling or WWE. This is why it's hard for new people to get into WWE. WWE needs to change.

[@thebrokenone1958]

1:08:38 was the funniest comparison I have heard in a while.

[@briancrawford69]

Jim ur great and I love it when u stick to wrestling. When politics come up I have to just turn off the podcast and I hate having to do that. I'm independent but hearing you try to bash Trump and Republicans while totally ignoring the insane people and candidates on the left it just makes your integrity on other subjects go right out the window. Other than that love the show!

[@shatteredglassart]

Jim should get hulu for tv shows lol

[@travett1001]

Jim "orange man bad" Cornette

[@tufferguy5651]

Thanks for all you did, and do, for The Bizzness. Guess it is just a habit from my youth to crave wrestling on Saturdays, MID ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING to be more precise. Blackjack Mulligan shreads one of Flairs robes (actually that was the Sunday morning 12:30a.m. show WORLD WIDE or was it WIDE WORLD?). Yellow feathers filled the studio and I was captivated over a robe. Don't remember details like Mr. Cornette but that image ran on the shows introduction for at least a year. The briefcase of cash Flair offers Steamboat to aid him in his battle against The Andersons which eventually ends with Steamboat turned on and, of coarse, Steamboat had refused to take a penny. Paul Jones and his heel turn. Don't remember anyone else, maybe Baron Von Rashke, involved in the turn but it had such a bad feel to this young fan...my heel turn cherry was popped. Not relevant to topic but some wrestling memories.

[@justinmaddox3595]

We want time stamps! Clap, clap, clap clap clap!!