Jim Cornette on Bruce Prichard's New Role & Paul Heyman Being Removed From WWE Creative

From Episode 144 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@mrcent1]

Bruce Prichard is Waylon Smithers.

[@RawKetchup]

Bruce thinks women and seamen don't mix.

[@metull5161]

Lol. This.

[@muhyee294]

Lol yes absolutely correct bro

[@Cre8Lounge]

Kevin Dunn is

[@rjkStudios]

😁😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🙇‍♂️ I'm a huge Bruce fan (Something to Wrestle fan), but this is gold.

[@chrisfraser3435]

Watching WWE is like being in a abusive relationship, you always go back to see if it will get better.And it never does😔

[@obersveyourmind]

Well said👌🏽

[@AJAJ590]

This is so true. The amount of times I’ve said I’m done watching wwe and end up watching a damn PPV 🤣

[@johnconway8199]

That was well put.

[@thomaskrug9277]

Chris Fraser that was the most spot on analogy I have ever heard regarding the WWE. I just keep going back saying to myself "it can't be any worse than last time"

[@fredrobinson1145]

Best analogy ever!!!!

[@gnrmetallica95]

I swear Bruce gets more red with each piece of work

[@darthsiddious7469]

@Brandi lord just the nose

[@noahhossman7070]

He’s like Pinocchio. Except instead of his nose getting bigger, his face gets more red every time he lies.

[@LoveGuyAgain]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardpreston7333]

That, and more like Colonel Sanders

[@greglozano64]

Wait till he has to answer to Stephanie

[@johns3491]

The way J.R. described this whole situation, he believed that Vince hired Bischoff and Heyman purely to be fall guys in case ratings dropped during his big TV deals with Fox and USA. If the ratings tanked, then Vince could blame things on the "need to restructure" to keep his deals alive. Of course, we all know that whatever ends up on TV is ultimately Vince's say-so.

[@franksullivan7110]

Ok so when Bruce goes I will tell you right now Cornette will refuse, Pat refuse, Driscoe refuse, Watts refuse, you are not get your agents back at this time. The rest of them dead. Going to have to look inside batter up Scrap Iron

[@droptop6920]

Where he said this ; link?

[@ssjgotenks2009]

you tlak fial guys aj was pissed at hyman form being lazy man who dotn balls to try tell vicn ehe should keep the oc

[@ssjgotenks2009]

vicne own wwe no can froce him to be remvoed or kil wwe off

[@madhatter8508]

Bischoff was hired to make a smooth transition to Fox and to present fox executives with a familiar non-McMahon face to deal with.

[@Ogbris3]

props to the artist once again 👏🏾 👏🏾

[@jnicholson460]

Corny is entertaining as ever. But he turns it up to 11 from about 10:50 when he starts describing what should be in the (awesome!!!) graphic.

[@bigstupidgrin]

The artist formerly known as Prince Iukea?

[@thomaskrug9277]

I wish you could order prints of the artwork. The graphic of Jim hanging from the scaffold with Bubba under him is priceless.

[@mirage5566]

Well that meme with Bruce Prichard as the grim reaper knocking on Triple H's door turned out to be quite prophetic

[@nickhughes8179]

Now the Game has turned, Left Foot Laurinaitis is gone and Bruce’s role has been reduced.

[@RKOWNEDU]

God “Billy” Prichard “But my names Bruce...” God “...it doesn’t matter what your name is”

[@russoswerve3974]

I love how Cornette even mentions Travis and his next artwork. Honestly Travis deserves a much higher recognition for his talents

[@Dr170]

Time to scrap all the shit they got in the Louvre and make way for some real goddamn art

[@ZakkandtheJ]

Jim is a humble and kind man. My favourite dude in wrestling.

[@mikemorbid1752]

Best line: "He would accept that he's now Billy."

[@sgtraytango]

Reminder that Bruce is the guy who told Daffney to either work with a concussion or she wouldn't be booked for TV or photoshoots, then denied it until she provided the emails he sent her as proof.

[@insupportofjunhado]

I thought that was someone else, but for some reason I did think of Daffney while listening to this video. TNA sure knew how to pick 'em.

[@actuallynotsteve]

Jesus, is that true?

[@Hallo_215]

Seeing how she recently committed suicide, with her last words being “send my brain to Boston”, Bruce and others forcing her to work with a concussion seems pretty damning.

[@actuallynotsteve]

@@Hallo_215 Jesssssus, I forgot that this was her. That seems like a very well-justified lawsuit on her family's behalf. Bruce should feel fucking awful about this.

[@j.m.ziadeh3021]

Bruce Prichard is the Waylon Smithers to Vince McMahon's Mr. Burns.

[@supermegaguy666]

Waylon is a name.... 'Weiland' is aaabbsolutely not

[@BenBrislawn]

Then what does that make Kevin Dunn?

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

@@supermegaguy666 Weiland aaabbsolutely is a name actually.

[@IsaacAtap]

Bruce Pritchard is what you get when the Kool-aid man and the Colonel from KFC fuse together.

[@dong32117]

Becoming the ultimate mascot

[@blkpanther11]

lol

[@119Agent]

You know it is his old gimmick right?

[@IsaacAtap]

LostDutchman Yes, but this thumbnail gave it the impression.

[@Vikashar]

I looooove yeeewwww

[@liamnguyen2819]

I love Jim Cornette man lol. He always keeps it real. Jim Cornette guy 4 life!

[@matthillegas3099]

The expression on Vince's face is always classic in these illustrations.

[@westgirl7522]

Thank you man.

[@matthillegas3099]

Definitely. Creepy Vinny Mac.

[@nickhughes8179]

James Bee It’s actually a face he made at Wrestlemania 19 against Hulk Hogan when a bloodied Vince peeks up over the apron with a maniacal smile

[@matthillegas3099]

@@nickhughes8179 I remember that.

[@CraigSmithII]

The thumbnail though Lmao @Travis Heckel does it again

[@richardpreston7333]

It did help that Jim gave him a few prompts

[@tbonemann]

This is the only wrestling related channel that I still follow. Keep up the good work!

[@wu-tangwizard9993]

That South Park reference to Stan and his grandpa is gold lol

[@emmacross5046]

Another great episode. Favorite line, "I'm not gonna pay 40 dollars to sit and watch someone act a movie out in front of me." That would be called a play, and I guarantee most good Broadway seats are more than 40 dollars. Just saying...

[@TheRock-su3qz]

Jim Cornette is just trash lol

[@DementedDistraction]

There's no axle on Vince's wheelchair...technical error aside, it's something of a poetic statement on the current status of WWE.

[@stevenbenson9976]

This comment deserves way more likes

[@anthonynorman7545]

The wheel came off?

[@DementedDistraction]

@Gavin star Oooooo...That's some cutting-edge stuff right there. Do you want to throw in a "yo mama" joke while you're offering up such dizzying, original commentary?

[@dong32117]

Haha, feeding Vince in his wheelchair

[@staalhard666]

"Billy... Billy... Do you remember when we had all the wrestlers in the world, Billy?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@RawKetchup]

I'm still not going to kill you, Grandpa.

[@Smokey1419]

"Dammit, Billy!"

[@BenBrislawn]

If only Vince wanted to die just like Stan's grandpa.

[@ItsmesoN]

Ben Brislawn haha perfect

[@lloydsharpe7641]

After Prichard took over he went to Vinces office and said " Vince i Looooove yoooou!!!!!

[@TheJohnnyDoggs]

Vince has been running his shows like he has dementia, or something. Perhaps he forgets what he wants, and then rewrites it, because well... he forgot what he was rewriting.

[@al5306]

Probably not. I think it's extremely childish to talk about someone that you don't know. You, and everyone here, don't know how things work behind-the-scenes. You don't know what's Vince's idea and what isn't. You can listen to people on podcasts theorize what may or may not be his idea, but you still don't know unless you're there. There's also a lot of factors that no one takes into consideration when it comes to how the shows are written. Did someone who's being pushed ask for time off for something personal? Did someone show up or call in sick? Did someone do something disrespectful publicly or behind-the-scenes and you're taking them off TV to punish them? Did you stop believing in someone you're pushing? Did someone else come along that you like better than the guy you're pushing? Did USA or FOX mandate something? Did advertisers express interest or disinterest in something or someone? All of these things happen on a regular basis over there. Not only do they have a ton of talent, but they have FIVE weekly wrestling shows to write for every single week of the year with no off time. I can't imagine what that workload looks like and neither can anyone here. This was lengthy, but it needed to be said.

[@TheJohnnyDoggs]

@@al5306 that's a long opinion there, buddy. I assume your longwinded in real life too.

[@FIXTREME]

@@TheJohnnyDoggs you're right, that *was* a long opinion 😵😵😵

[@Methodius93]

@@al5306 is that you Bruce?

[@manic_maniac_man_marvin3271]

LoL I remember the video where Bruce was explaining to these two on phone call how the red rooster would have been over if more effort was added. Also he explains how doink the clown got over with effort.

[@richardpreston7333]

Heel Doink was pretty damn good, and this is from someone who hates evil clowns

[@DoktahDoktah]

Doink got over because his gimmick just didn't make sense as a heel when hes throwing pies on people's faces. Its like trying to get people to boo for the New Blood.

[@Wadzillia]

@bigevilworldwide1 I have to agree Doink did get over. It just wasn't gonna last.

[@TheLoStBoYs89]

@bigevilworldwide1 in ecw tho not really wwf at the time

[@R-1988]

Go back and watch the gimmick battle royal from Wrestlemania 17 and tell everyone here that Doink The Clown wasn't over. Matt Bourn killed it as the original Doink The Clown and the gimmick was over. You could say the same thing about the Undertaker and Kane. The big difference between Kane and Undertaker is that Mark Callway and Glenn Jacobs had the talent to get those wacky but now classic gimmicks over where as Terry Taylor did not. There's a reason why so many people within the Wresing business respect and love Callway and Jacobs as people. You can't say the same about Terry Taylor. I love how people point to the Red Rooster but are completely biased to Undertaker and Kane despite both gimmicks being far more "unbelievable" than the Red Rooster.

[@Whasteen]

I live for these thumbnails.

[@hali19799]

WWE IS WCW was IN 99/00 Boring ass Wrestling Terrible comedy writers l cant handle this shit no more..

[@randyruger3456]

You guys put together a really solid podcast. Only one I've ever listened to regularly.

[@JAvellino669]

Look at the bright side; a match for the Raw tag tiles, at a pay-per-view, ended with the teams working together to fight a gang of ninjas.

[@eklecticband]

The minute this was announced ive been waiting for cornettes take on this

[@tthelegend9555]

The wheels have come off Vince’s wheelchair, a telling metaphor.

[@tomtanaka841]

Good catch!

[@adriancarlos9155]

What's the metaphor?

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

Philosophy is important. Heyman has been spinning wheels for awhile. Bruce's Smackdown has actually improved over time (though I hate a lot of Bruce's ideas), and the ratings have been going up. Heyman's RAW has been struggling. I think Bruce just understands Vince's vision and how to make it real and doing the best he can with it. Others will half ass it, hoping it fails so they can be proven right (and hoping Vince will change his mind upon the failure).

[@stevenbenson9976]

Paul needed 18 months to establish new stars on the rebuild. It was taking time because Vince was overriding things

[@Bgz8890s]

Does Bruce have a claus in his contract that lets him smoke pot? He's gotta be going nuts if he can't.

[@leir2005]

It's only a fine for the in ring performers and I doubt they test office personnel

[@Jim-Tuner]

The pills have been the bigger problem historically. Pills and waving guns around in the office.

[@Bgz8890s]

​@bigevilworldwide1 Yea, they fine you up to 2,500 dollars. I meant I wonder if he has a special clause that exempts him from that, because he's known Vince so long. Performer or not, I assume they all take the same drug test.

[@DoktahDoktah]

Contracted employee's don't have to take drug tests.

[@mastershredder78]

Well they always let RVD slide with that stuff...😤

[@fff1455]

When you realise R-truth's gimmick is just a parody of Vince's current mental state.

[@johansmallberries9874]

Gotta give it to Bruce, he’s playing a masterful long game.

[@filfil9960]

Paul was responsible for the Lana and Lashley angle. Anyone who's responsible for that should be gone.

[@bol3iz]

It worked very well at start. It was very dramatic and grabbed the folk's attention. Obviously the old fuck ruined it

[@khesipresents1885]

@@bol3iz lol cuz it cool to blame Vince and defend heyman

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@Fil Fil That was Vince, Heyman was in charge of the other storyline with Maria and Mike Kanellis.

[@pikkon899]

@@khesipresents1885 God forbid anyone criticize Paul Heyman, the genius that single handedly killed ECW when he became the owner.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@@pikkon899 killed ECW?, no that was TNN. Heyman made ECW what it was.

[@thomaslatimer571]

They’re all tools unfortunately Vince will be controlling the WWE until he passes unfortunately

[@liamdunphy7496]

Prichard has wrote some of the best storylines in wwe history and has written smackdown brilliantly for the last 4 weeks

[@119Agent]

And then it goes to Paul and Stephanie. Good god, could you imagine it will get worse then?

[@ii9714]

They need to rehire Cornette

[@119Agent]

i I What decent angle did he ever do?

[@insupportofjunhado]

@@ii9714 I disagree. I think Cornette has done more than enough for WWE and should be helping some other company at this point. Especially when Cornette's contributions lead to Shaniqua managing the Basham Brothers. Let WWE corrupt someone else's work, that is my opinion.

[@ladistar]

Wrestlers are killing the business by breaking kayfabe on social media and telling everyone that it’s fake

[@richardstange5939]

I said this when WWE publicly announced this: if you take a job as a writer for WWE, be looking for your next job, because they are always looking for future former-writers.

[@jessecumba]

Bruce is an old fashioned company man!

[@alanjennings7691]

Vince McMahon the man who in the end destroyed his own creation as his dementia took hold a modern day King Lear.

[@Jatycre]

Good old Travis Bickel (loved him in Taxi Driver) always comes through with the artwork.

[@imtheabsolute1161]

Imagine how tna would be if heyman was in tna

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@I’m The Absolute. Dixie Carter spoke with Heyman in 2010, but Heyman said that if he was to work in TNA he wanted full creative control and for the old guys like Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, Sting, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan to all be gone, then Dixie Carter said no.

[@cajunasian71]

@@nu-metalfan2654 And look at TNA now... you can't... it's 'Impact' without any to speak of...

[@cajunasian71]

It could happen now. I am sure Anthem would pay anything to save that show. Best of All? NO DIXIE TRAIN. 😅

[@Swaglad]

Bankruptcy

[@MMA-CLIPS2]

The worst thing about this whole mess is that the talent keep resigning, regardless of how they are used on TV. I have a lot of respect for FTR for turning down the money and putting their brand first.

[@ii9714]

I second that

[@xenniealchayliss2489]

Red rooster got burried into a locker by who....the Brooklyn brawler? Lol Prime time wrestling was dope Hosted by gorilla and the brain

[@mikelong2756]

He was the cock of the flock lol..or whatever they tried to sell the gimmick as

[@BenBrislawn]

I don't think Terry Taylor's career was ever the same after that stupid gimmick. Remember when he came out to try to get Jim Ross to leave the announcers table and Ross said something to Taylor about being the Red Rooster? That was comedy gold.

[@vibrationrising]

Ha! Now look, Bruce made it thru triple H's door

[@drelane79]

Vince is the 1 that killed the wrestling business........

[@chrisiverson5648]

The night he announced he bought wcw I knew it was going downhill..

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@chrisiverson5648 which is sad, because lots of wrestling fans thought so. That could have topped the nWo in terms of greatest storyline ever, but they totally dropped the ball. With that said, to give Vince a little credit, he tried to get WCW a tv deal, but nobody wanted it.

[@xSamHuntx]

ShadowAngel this isn’t the answer he was looking for though. Vince killed everything is what he wants to hear. Come on man, Vince is evil, if the internet says it it’s true.

[@RC.41]

I really think the Red Rooster could have been a good gimmick. As a little kid then so many kids loved wrestling, and I liked him. It was memorable. He could have been a great kid gimmick at first then evolved it.

[@BreakneckTV]

ShadowAngel well said

[@aaronroyal9449]

Dude, I about did a spit take when I saw Corny feeding Vinnie Mac with his mouth gaped open. Omg. Lol.

[@TheTVsTim]

Tony Anthony, Tracy Smothers, etc. probably weren't going to sell a ton of t-shirts and action figures, which is probably what Vince/Bruce meant. Of course, TL Hopper and Freddie Joe Floyd and The Pug didn't move merch, either, so there's that.

[@KentaObscuro]

10:50 “You can call me Billy.” 😆

[@starfox7673]

From Creepshow

[@Riese79]

@@starfox7673 from southpark

[@itscarlyj]

This week's RAW was the best RAW in 10 years. When were you going to fast forward? There was always something going on. Ongoing storylines. Things in the back. No stupid, well in the last there were, but they didn't make us watch a 3 segment Apollo Crews match. Just as I was about to fast forward that match, he cheated to win. So they're giving him a character. Like Eddie. He didn't need to cheat, but maybe if you're not cheating then you're not trying? We'll see how it goes.

[@dgarcia9167]

A John Davidson reference, that’s incredible

[@MikeGriffThePoet]

Go Phins!

[@themedianman9712]

Circle gets a thumbs up.

[@IronDiva]

I see what you did there

[@al5306]

"It's a bad sign for WWE television." Stop it. People have called doom and gloom on WWE since the early 90's. Every week someone said they were going out of business. They're fine. They do NOT cater to the "smart mark" audience with their main roster shows anymore. They've made that clear. If you keep watching something that's not intended for you and you expect it to change so you'll like it, you're nuts. Move on. RAW and Smackdown are for casuals.

[@TheRock-su3qz]

Exactly bro. Smarks are just stupid

[@insupportofjunhado]

People listening to Cornette's podcast typically don't watch WWE, few even watch anything running(which admittedly isn't much this year). People listening to Cornette's podcast want him and Bryan Last to watch WWE because they think listening to them suffer is funny...I myself am guilty of that. Some are WWE's NXT fans who will listen to anyone who says nice things about WWE NXT, but that's mostly it.

[@TheSketter2010]

Bruce gets what IT means to Vince, also defined as Bruce just takes vinces words and tells them in his own words to the rest

[@bengarcia7805]

as long as Vince McMahon is A live and Functional, The Same shit we been seeing since after the Attitude Era, the Crap Mania wwe has been lately will Continue to Full Fledged Go on its Merry way. Only way WWE will See the day of light and Change is when the Crazy old Man Up and Goes!

[@Dakatari]

Vince should hire Devon Dudley and Jeremy Borash as the bookers I believe they would be able boost the ratings significantly on Raw

[@ii9714]

Nope I say Jim cornete

[@Dakatari]

@@ii9714 Obviously that's not going to happen 1 Vince is not interested 2 Jim said he would never go back. So let's focus on the people he already has in pkace.

[@ii9714]

@@Dakatari I know that but it's my opinion he would improve the product

[@oficerdude5433]

Took a year but Bruce is knocking on HHHs door

[@CraigSmithII]

Bill Watts could produce a better product of WWE than this. I know for fact he would push McIntyre to the moon

[@franksullivan7110]

But Vince will let go what's the odds on another let's higher him back Bruce 3 to I odds one month out of three

[@franksullivan7110]

@Thomas Bugg not saying he would not on knowledge and talent but there in a mathematical some what fucked up system here. No matter what not a word against Stephanie, I mean Vince demoted HHH well ok. Stephanie and Vince prior to this start firing agents. Prichard fired brought back fired brought Back. Same wit Bischoff and Heyman, Watts was there before and fired I think everyone is watching Bruce right now because it's a pattern that Vince is nuts and working for Vince is sure fire. Not that Watts can't do it but Vince's company Vince's world and Big Bill likes his golden years just fine.

[@TheRedScareIsAlive]

McIntyre is a star? You put him, Rollins, and Roman Reigns in a room and I couldn't tell them apart...even with name tags

[@themudbloodchannel1584]

McIntyres already Champion what more do you want

[@CraigSmithII]

@@franksullivan7110 Watts quit because he got tired of Vince going back making Popcorn Calls--changing shit--at the last minute that he would already set up

[@point-blank931]

It’s called a “YES” man or more accurately a “BROWN NOSE”, not someone who gets it! He was/is a yes man/brown nose cause he’s probably making a fairly large salary and doesn’t/didn’t want to lose it! He finally worked it too where it was him and Vince Mc calling the shots with him agreeing with VM on everything to keep that seat plus he more than likely has zero ideas himself! I would bet a million dollars that Bruce P would agree with what VM was saying then adding “that’s exactly what I was thinking or that’s what I was going to say Vince”!

[@loonyjeff206]

If I worked at a fast food drive thru and Jim Cornette was a customer in line.... but Gordon Ramsey was the next customer after him.

[@aaroncushinberry1030]

First Bischoff, now Heyman! Not surprise I knew it wasn't going to last long. Anybody that gave Vince problems back in the day won't survive long. If Brock wasn't there Heyman wouldn't be there. Bad move Vince!

[@bradycurtis2129]

Travis Never disappoints on the artwork. Bruce's red face had me rolling hahaha

[@ClassicJM85]

One thing is universal after hearing so many different people talking about it: Bruce believed in the Red Rooster.

[@downwithputinsaveukraine1313]

And I believe in the Easter Bunny.

[@shawnmoney8055]

Smh Bruce isn’t going to take any risks.

[@mimoe7587]

Bruce is the one who brought backstage segments back to life in WWE. Remember when Batista returned and they had the camera angle of him pulling the camera guy to where he beat up Flair? Bruce produced that. The Jeff Hardy car accident segment that started Smackdown a few weeks has his style all over it. Story might be in bad taste but people are tuning in; definitely were googling Jeff that night if they didn't tune in the first 10 minutes.

[@travismcdonald6576]

miah moe Big whoop. He can shoot a good angle, just not come up with one.

[@manuelper]

Bruce isn't really in charge of anything in creative, it all goes through Vince and he decides everything.

[@louis3141]

@@mimoe7587 A broken clock is right 2 times a day

[@Jatycre]

Chris Ayers Highest ratings ever, with Stone Cold and The Rock. They ain’t around now, and no one has managed to take their places. Russo’s “writing” was horrible. Brawl For All, The Oddities, and “choppey choppey pee pee!” are Russo’s contributions to WWE.

[@chrisiverson5648]

Well Paul still has a job, that man always is the last survivor in any and all situation every since the days of ecw... Big ups too Paul Heyman for surviving in a world that doesn't want him but he's too dangerous of a mind to let another company get him 👍🏾

[@RhinoXpress]

The fall of wcw put the wwe right back into the rabbit hole todays wwe reminds me of mid 90's wwe.

[@ismailnyc6004]

Paul Heyman definitely not feeling the brotherly love lately ...

[@lmurphy0000]

Billy, But my name's Bru- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS DAMMIT!!

[@gordonirvine726]

Heyman knows how to work internet marks like no other.

[@danielwestwood]

Bruce Prichard is the typical yes man, Vince McMahon says jump, Bruce says how high.

[@pharoeking9]

WWE should of let Brother love become a Wrestling Manager he would of been good..

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

LMAO @ That Thumbnail 😝😂😂

[@thepunditspundit1776]

Bruce is a TREMENDOUS producer. Creative? Eh. He knows how to talk to Vince that doesn’t cause Vince to get hives. Only other guy that can do that is HHH. WWE did come up with the cinematic matches, which is a cool concept. That’s in Vince’s time

[@thepunditspundit1776]

To me, if Vince is going to stay around, it needs to be marketing and business ONLY. He’s still finding ways to make new dollars in such a creative recession. His creative is absolutely garbage and has been for a while

[@rdu239]

Bruce the yesman, pretty much the Vince Mcmahon show from her on out again, though things did not change during Paul Heyman anyways

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

They really didn't. Felt like RAW was the same show for 2 months straight under Heyman. Everything moved at a glacial pace.

[@jabroni19]

These thumbnails on Jim's videos are hilarious.

[@JK-hu4lu]

I like Bruce and Corny

[@joeparker7508]

Just like he said yellow poke dots wasn’t a rib Prichard said and Virgil and I don’t know all he’s Lied about.SMH

[@LlyodLlwelleyn]

What?

[@deweigle]

And you know he lied how?

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

Wwf during the 80s did so well. Not only because of hulk which was a big factor but the card as a whole was brilliant and made for an amazing show, now they haven’t got even a small fraction of those characters and personalities and talents

[@kevinkidd7211]

Please Come Back and save Wrestling 😢 Jim

[@michaelkaminski8339]

The problem there is you have to be invited before you can just burst through the door and announce that you're here to save the day.

[@chwenhoou]

#BringBackCornette

[@darthsiddious7469]

@@michaelkaminski8339 true. even the kool aid man in the graphic was invited back. he didn't just break through and go oh yeahhh

[@exequiel9772]

Save? lol, save the WWE cuz other organizations like NJPW, for example, are killing it

[@hamanu666]

@ShadowAngel Really? Wrestle kingdom 13 in 2019 drew 38,162. The G1 with ROH in Madison Square Garden drew a sold out 16,534. They undersold in some of their US dates, but that ranged from 2-4k each time. Far from dead.

[@FrankWestOffTheRecord]

Just say it Jim, Bruce is a "yes man".

[@swav.zielin]

These know-it-alls should start their own wresting company.

[@jimjimson8259]

AEW.

[@dannylavoie5253]

@odessa 14 killing peoples brain cell

[@ltothemagain]

Not buying the narrative that everything that the WWE has put out recently has been poor. The Fiend, Taker-Styles and the recent Edge/Orton stuff has been fantastic. Even Otis while being a comedy character has gotten over.

[@DM-sc9rg]

Bro its trash u realize aj and edge started wrestling in the 90s taker the 80s and orton about 18 years ago... glad that 4 hall of famers have put on decent shit like they should be hall of famers...

[@fjccommish]

LOL out right. Yeah right, Edge/Orton was the greatest match of all time.

[@ltothemagain]

fjvideo Edge Orton has been a great feud and their match last night was fantastic. The commentators were even excellent for a change. Particularly Samoa Joe

[@ltothemagain]

dj manning The WWE’s talent roster is extremely deep. Enough to field three separate brands. The storylines and feuds need to be better like Styles-Taker and Edge-Orton

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@ltothemagain that match went way too long

[@terryo3512]

😂😭@11:05 Talking about the Thumbnail

[@Alanthe918mobilemechanic]

Bruce is just a yes man plain and simple and meltzer is a liar.

[@callmeking1318]

I love Jim but let's be honest I've seen his OVW shit and well I'll just say it didn't blow me away 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Bruce is great IDGAF what anyone says about him being a liar and blah blah blah. Top three wrestling podcasts are Cornette, Prichard, and Konann & Disco

[@paulschmich5577]

I agree those are my three favorite podcasts.

[@kingston4313]

Even when Vince is a ghost, this clown will still be asking for his advice.

[@brandonjames7462]

Hahaha, a year later and Bruce is knocking on HHH door.

[@michaelramone9262]

And Paul's door opened ....

[@Spoeism]

Vince: How can I spite these ungrrrrrateful fans even morrrrre? Prichard: Please Mr. McMahon sir, would you be ever so gracious as to hold my beer and show our peers how a real man holds a beer?

[@JerkyMcDoogle]

2 thumbs down so far.. Vince and Bruce?

[@travelreview5962]

I think Bruce does understand creative but I agree with Corny, he is where he's at because he understands what Vince wants and does his best to carry that out. It may not be popular but, that's the way of the world. His job is to support Vince's decision and vision regardless of if he agrees with it or not.

[@carlosortiz6742]

Jim Cornette is the greatest thing going in wrestling today. Awesome? YES. Sad? YESer

[@NL-fg6it]

Ive barely watched any wrestling since the crowd went. Corny and Simon’s ups and downs saves me 6 hours a week and I don’t think I’m ever going back.

[@natefrancis4455]

"Travis attention, here's your thumbnail"

[@BrandanTheBroker]

You know, where the hell is Dutch Mantell these days?

[@mikemitchell8229]

SmackDown ranked #1 in ratings for the key 18-49 demographic on network TV this week. SmackDown also ranked #1 in the 18-34 demo this week, for the fourth week in a row, and tied for #1 in the 25-54 demo with 20/20.

[@Njbear7453]

Smackdown has consistently been a solid show.

[@fjccommish]

Popular crap is still crap.

[@jordansatranny9269]

It’s. Because it’s on fox, if they were both on usa the #s wud be very similar

[@chrisiverson5648]

@@fjccommish:🤔..... Ahhh....that is true..

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@Njbear7453 Is it? I just started watching again, but only Backlash 2020 & a few Raw segments. I was largely unimpressed, but haven't seen Smackdown yet

[@kor9]

Bruce Prichard in 2020 is just Vince Russo on WCW in 2000

[@j.styles8977]

I see kids now . Thinking the 2010s was the best era in wrestling. Poor things!

[@chrisdurso3325]

To me 2008 to 2010 was golden. Especially Hardy Punk feud

[@j.styles8977]

chris durso I was a kid in the attitude era. Stone cold .rock and HHH where my wrestlers. It’s hard for me to watch the mid carders be world champions.

[@RemmySkye]

I just wanna say... in 2003 I was in Ocala at Dory Funks and that's where I met my bff. He has had a solid career, earned the respect of his peers and best of all is a great great human being. He was in MLW during Bruce's reign and at their equivalent Royal Rumble event they put on in BK some time ago he was able to crash at my place in NYC instead of the hotel in New rochelle everyone else was at. While he says Bruce is a decent enough guy he said that Bruce was in charge of booking that Royal Rumble and that Bruce just completely ignored all the then concurrent storylines, not really featuring any of them for any spots in the rumble and that while the event was fun and a success etc the creative for the Rumble just made no sense at all from a booking standpoint. It's one small item of many to back up Brian's statement of Bruce being "creatively bankrupt"

[@xenniealchayliss2489]

Vince needs fall guys for the quarterly calls Changed up the network for something to talk about Burried raw talent and blamed loss of lesnar Etc... All about the quarterly calls Worried about stock prices Excuses for ratings Etc...