Jim Cornette on Dave Meltzer's Comments About AEW Booking Issues

From Episode 376 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@singaporesammy]

I didn't think AEW had a booker. I thought everyone just did what they wanted to do.

[@jazoneazon7833]

Ikr

[@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710]

I’m tired of the baby faces and heels standing on one side where the camera only focuses on the obnoxious baby faces

[@newfacepaula]

wait i thought Best Booker of the year Herb Abra... whoops Tony Khan is the booker?

[@charles616]

Tony Khan is the "booker" in name only, but you are absolutely right, it is everyone doing what they want.

[@ikeborgterraxan1976]

Tony Khan and his Minions book AEW like I did in the GM-Mode in the SVR-Games, over the Top and obsessed with Star Ratings.

[@Ted_Bell]

You know it's bad when people are already talking about "The good old days" of a promotion that has barely been around 1.5 years.

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

I think every last week is a good 'ol day, at this point.

[@thagame7528]

I hope they go out of business. I’m tired beyond tired of micro analysis of AEW. AEW is the new Donald Trump, while WWE and NXT are Obama-Biden

[@thomass789]

@@thagame7528 I can't agree with hoping that a wrestling company that is the 2nd largest employer in the business , goes under. I get why you don't like the over analysis, and TBH, I don't even watch AEW. But I certainly hope it stays in biz, as so many folks are earning a living there.

[@Rame2404]

@@thagame7528 The irony in this, considering McMahon was the biggest Trump supporter. Not a fanboy of either, I'll take NWA over either of these two any day!!

[@realtalk6195]

@@thomass789 You're thinking of this wrong. If you want to think economics, then picture market share. AEW is sucking up all the attention, both press/commentary and audience from MLW, ROH, Impact, etc. If AEW goes away, that 700k demo will be better off watching those other promotions who actually need the attention and are actually doing more with their limited resources. That also brings me to why people are so mad at AEW: they _could_ have been so much better and done so much right, but went out of their way to under-deliver and do goofy shit. Organizations like AEW do not deserve success and those who feel this way need to "vote with their wallets". The top two orgs WWE and AEW having success is extremely detrimental to pro-wrestling. The only alternative to WWE's B.S. is also doing B.S. is a bad thing; it would be better if the alternative did things better and reaped the rewards for being the 2nd main org, now that would inspire other orgs to replicate the same. Instead other orgs are being incentivized to replicate B.S.

[@smackdowngod]

"So, AEW's booking, is, you know, um, struggling, so, um, you know, - it could be better, but, but, but, the problem is they have so much talent on that roster that, um, you know, it's impossible not to notice the, um, you know - well, see, here's the thing, the women are turning away because of blood, despite women bleed at least a week every month, but, but, but, that's why they wear, you know, um, t-tampons, so, AEW is going to have to figure out their tampons." -Dave Meltzer trying to make a point.

[@antoniocamargo6580]

Haha the tampons

[@russellcampbell3500]

Bald buck, twinkle toes, coivid Chris, tampon Dave, What's NXT???

[@Savethedate757]

I read this using his voice

[@darrenwade3266]

Man, its bad when I can't tell if thats a real quote or not...

[@TheDemonCaine]

@smackdowngod That was genius lol.

[@justachick9793]

I laughed so hard when Dave suggested women were squeamish about blood. Like dude...we handle blood every month, you'll have to try way harder to gross us out. 😂 Ah, poor Dave.

[@gqn2]

Dave refused to believe it could be the champions turning off women. Put the AEW Champion next to Roman Reigns.

[@thomass789]

@@gqn2 God dang that is a GREAT point.

[@gullyblanchard5750]

@@patharper3684 what does this have anything to do with what she said?

[@JK-hu4lu]

Dave has never spoken to a woman in his life in fairness so he won't have a clue about your point 😂

[@rl318]

ECW drew tons of women, and they used to be waiting for the guys in packs at the Burger King and strip club across the street when they worked Queens. And there was some blood in ECW to be sure.

[@ajstyles5143]

Cornette singing Rick James is honestly the greatest thing I’ve heard on this KZbin channel 😂

[@shanepleasants6280]

Tony Khan is the super rich friend that people only hang out with because he has all that cool expensive shit.

[@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710]

And because he has no spine and allows people to walk all over him. Guarantee one of the female talent will sue him for being inappropriate. little weird guy

[@avid2112]

Arthur did with Hobson and Bruce Wayne with Alfred.

[@ryanl.3586]

I believe the term is "Fail Son", but only in a loose sense. I mean, it's not like Shahid Khan is running the Jags any better than Tony runs AEW. But at least an NFL team (even a bad one) generates profit.

[@Hakeem990]

@@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710 More likely to be Sonny kiss to make that accusation

[@leeherring8880]

@@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710 He likes guys bro.

[@TheWill1225]

Dave finally realized what we knew a year ago about AEW and he took just as long to say it here

[@christopherclinton8631]

You didn't know that you was hoping for it.

[@el-youtub3r402]

the thing is they stopped paying him, thats why hes opened his mouth now

[@gregorybaxter7594]

@@christopherclinton8631 we knew. Between the fail machine that is Tony Khan and the limited marketability of the Elite, it was all right there.

[@amberfritts1010]

Jim carrentt what'd more then they was offering aew is wait then they meet his price he be good for Joey jemanla manage

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

@@amberfritts1010 I had a stroke reading your jumbled mess.

[@dhornjr1]

I've been listening to Cornette so long now that when I hear the term "shit stain" I automatically see Vince Russo's face. Go figure.

[@jeremyrieger3733]

I rarely watch WWE but when I see Shinsuke Nakamura wrestle, I always think it sounds like the announcers are saying “Shitstain Nakamura”.

[@ronnie1005]

😆🤣😭

[@dhornjr1]

@@jeremyrieger3733 😀

[@dhornjr1]

@@ronnie1005 😀

[@kshinokevin]

Kevin Dunn aka (that) Bucky Beaver (guy)

[@MrBeavis84]

I could listen to Jim Cornette sing Rick James tunes all day, that was fucking amazing lol.

[@teshmorrow605]

Hell yah lmao. Word for word.

[@cyberspace667]

I was alone wearing headphones and still scared someone would walk in and hear me listening to that 😅😬

[@sacredsteeler]

That moment when Jim knows more of Mary Jane than a black guy

[@patale1640]

Stuff like that is what makes this podcast so special:)

[@Justinwtkns]

Lmaoo it popped me I was crying

[@john_savage]

"You have your entire life to write your first album. You have 6 weeks to write your second."

[@christopheramaro333]

hmm that's food for thought ain't it?

[@ronniejdio9411]

That's why they call it the sophomore slump. And few bands avoid it.

[@redwolfe7049]

@@ronniejdio9411 Exactly. They have to be exceptional to have a better second album. His analogy about AEW is gold.

[@itsterrific]

Pearl Jam.

[@ronniejdio9411]

@@itsterrific good one. From my teen age years... Skid row

[@jeffreyb6165]

"They dont have too much talent....they've got too many people on the roster" (Took the words right out of my mouth)

[@el-youtub3r402]

orange cassidy a talent what a joke

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@el-youtub3r402 indeed

[@redwolfe7049]

Funny thing is that they say WWE has a massive roster that they don't know what to do with while they ignore AEW has the same problem

[@geo.1697]

@@redwolfe7049 difference being AEW has a bunch of green Indy nobodies while WWE has actual world level talent

[@redwolfe7049]

@@geo.1697 You're absolutely correct. That's even worse. So many people that aren't ready for TV isn't good. They should've made sure that were ready or at least help them to do so.

[@KTthaSouthernGent22]

Yoooo! Jim singing Rick James made the video for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rl318]

Totally caught me off guard.....

[@lordtao5617]

Looks like someone's not getting paid by AEW anymore

[@nooneinparticular5273]

Oh I'm sure he's still getting paid. It's just gotten so bad even someone getting paid has to say SOMETHING so it isn't too blatantly obvious.

[@ChickenLover-nm2ks]

@@nooneinparticular5273 AGREED

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

the checks have stopped coming in

[@gullyblanchard5750]

If you listen to his AEW critique compared to his WWE critiques, he's clearly still getting paid.

[@ladistar]

Wait had it been confirmed he’s getting paid by aew?

[@kidbrown2010]

Russo had a storyline for everyone in the Attitude era.. but that’s not the same as what Tony Khan is doing here.. Tony is just shoving these guys into TV. Nobody has a character or direction. they are just shoved into an generic stable/team for the sake of having them on TV. Nobody even knows who half of these dudes are and they all look the same and wrestle the same. Like I said to the displeasure of others here.. Tony Khan is actually much worse than Russo.

[@jjrm1179]

"booker of the year"

[@Geoffchuggachugchugg167]

Once they graduate from the Nightmare factory they are thrown on tv. Sounds like TNF is the school to go to for someone wanting to become a wrestler.

[@Ian-Omega]

What about the garbage he did in wcw that killed the company when he was supposed to save it? Nah Russo is much worse

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

@@Ian-Omega Stop, WCW was already dead when he took over. Nash killed it with Finger Poke and beating Goldberg when Nash had power.

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

Very true, Jim, Vince and Russo actually worked well together.

[@Aj6711]

So Jim was right over 10 months ago. And the great expert is just now seeing it lol ha

[@gqn2]

Weed could only last that long.

[@dart2527]

Longer than that, he was asked and offered a job to help with AEW before it was a thing, but because he was told who was gonna be on the roster, he fucked off as fast and as quietly as he could.

[@danielseaton3504]

@@gqn2 weed?? I'd say strong acid because he was seeing something that only complete insane people see

[@kujo62]

Not to take away from Jim, but he's not the only one who has been saying it. Lots of people have. That actually makes this a lot worse.. it's one thing for AEW to say "screw you, Jim", because he's just one person that some of the guys in AEW aren't very fond of. It's another to say "all 15 of you have no idea what you're talking about".

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Don't sell us lightweights short. I take one haul or eat half a gummy or a 1/4 of a cookie and I'm hallucinating for a couple hours.

[@zepherscotty]

I'm sure Tony listens to these videos. hey Tony, this is free advise that you really need to listen to. it's quality, not quantity.

[@Adrian-X1]

Problem is he doesn't like anyone being 'negative' toward his stuff

[@DespicablepunK25]

@@Adrian-X1 Another problem is that he thinks he knows better than experienced bookers.

[@XombieLejon66]

Tony: "ITS SUCH GOOD SHIT, PAL "

[@TomClacy5871]

@@jamesb1988 That was truly an awful attempt to get out of a ppv-ruining botch

[@544CampStreet]

Free advice is rarely cheap.

[@erokraider1690]

Dave Meltzer just rambles incoherently about everything he talks about. Don’t know why he has any audience.

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

He’s like any weirdo on the spectrum hanging around a indy show trying to be part of the business. He started doing wrestling reviews in the territory days when wrestling was carny shit that nobody paid attention to outside of the local level and it allowed him to carve out a niche and position himself as some kind of wrestling guru as the internet grew. His opinion and the deference people give to it has always been unfounded.

[@pauladams1915]

This is why Jericho is sniffing around the WWE. He probably knows AEWs days are numbered.

[@Hakeem990]

You make a great point it's no coincidence he's on wwe during wrestlemania weekend I'm sure Vincent has said listen pal one last run and next year I'll put you in the Hall of fame 2022

[@pauladams1915]

@@Hakeem990 Totally agree, and I'm sure Vince will ask/tell him to tone up if he does

[@Hakeem990]

@@pauladams1915 I can't blame Chris when this happens

[@gregorybaxter7594]

@@Hakeem990 I blame Chris. His stupid ideas and bad body are some of the problems.

[@Hakeem990]

@@gregorybaxter7594 But regarding ideas money mark Tony Khan approves them

[@bradasstv]

How many times has Sting came out and ended up not saying or doing anything? Way more then it should happen.

[@gordonirvine726]

*than

[@bradasstv]

@@gordonirvine726 Every now and than I like to mix them up.

[@peterlee6374]

Sting should have come out sparingly and been a unique special attraction Aew turned him into “a guy” Apart from the HHH sting was booked better in wwe.... he wasn’t there every week and everytime he appeared he did something of note

[@gordonirvine726]

@@peterlee6374 I actually loved that match at Mania. It was nostalgia central.

[@bradasstv]

@James 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@forever_nocturne4146]

I cant wait to hear what some of these guys who's contract are about to end soon have to say about AEW.

[@num1Jaysta]

I'm sure you can't

[@jjthecat9692]

The shoot interviews down the line are going to be great. I reckon the first will be Jelly Nutella.

[@Smeeeeeghead]

AEW doesn't even make me mad, it just makes me sad. I was hoping for an alternative to Vince and got Vince-lite.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

It could have been good without the Elite having such influence. Just someone with a backbone to keep those egos in line, but nope. Bucks tag team title holders taking them off Omega and Page, Rhodes first TV Champ and Omega now main title holder.

[@CrazyStevo]

@@Harry-sc1xk yup that's where they fucked up at SMFH 🤦🏾‍♂️ I see why people don't like them cause they try make themselves better than what they are.

[@TomClacy5871]

@@Harry-sc1xk I called it the minute they were given EVP titles. They would book themselves on top spots in no time once given the chance

[@MarquisLeary34]

Worse. We got dying days WcW. Again. After we got a repeat of it before with fucking TNA.

[@jjthecat9692]

It makes me laugh. It's legitimately a parody of a wrestling show these days. Oftentimes so bad it's good.

[@EliC09]

Travis should’ve drawn Corny as Rick James

[@johnnygrind77]

Comparing a new wrestling promotion to a new band that gets signed is the perfect analogy.

[@redwolfe7049]

It really is. Perfection considering how they bragged that they had a year of storylines written before AEW formed.

[@michaelsuezo]

when there's an afterbirth every match, you know the booker don't know what they're doing. sometimes too much freedom doesn't work.

[@redwolfe7049]

WWE barely has freedom while AEW has too much of it. They both are suffering from it.

[@Overtrigger]

At least WWE can control the suffering better than AEW

[@Ai14106]

Sports based programming ladies and gentlemen

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

Wrestling as a sports based program might work but it has to be run in a very methodical way by somebody completely devoted to it and incredibly smart.

[@Soldmysoulforablurayplayer]

Dave Meltzer looks like a Star Trek Ferengi.

[@jeffreygalus5417]

Your insulting the Ferengi

[@Gvrb15]

Booker of the year everyone. 9 days from tonight 9 days on dynamite next week on dynamite

[@danielseaton3504]

"They don't want to play with the little man in the boat they want to play with their joystick" 😂🤣🤣 vintage Corny

[@AdrianBeegoatz]

I absolutely lost it with that line 😆

[@dazitmane8905]

Apologies for my ignorance but what is that supposed to mean ?

[@danielseaton3504]

@@dazitmane8905 lol it means the clit..The boat being what surrounds the clit

[@daniellehinton463]

Classic Jim Cornette ...He never fails

[@danielseaton3504]

@@daniellehinton463 damn straight

[@NickWeissMusic]

Say what you will about Corny, he knows all the words to Rick James’ best song, so... there’s that

[@kovulion7777]

WWE said it's not a sprint, it's a marathon NXT was chugging along jogging and losing every week almost, but at what cost for AEW AEW already blew out and gassed out, already using all the shortcuts like former WWE stars like Big Show, Christian, retired legends Sting, Jake Snake, Celebrities Snoop Dog, Shaq, Tyson, and they're already out, they already did all the gimmick matches exploding matches, football matches, Matt Hardy's deletion, Bullet CLub, it's all forgotten in a day

[@jjthecat9692]

I honestly get the impression they're under a ton of pressure from TNT. I don't believe for a second they're happy with their numbers hence why they're hot shotting Tyson at the last minute.

[@tonyh1718]

This hasnt aged well

[@sophiebullen6634]

Man! Jim is spot on here. Was so hopeful when AEW started we were going to have a proper big alternative, instead AEW has been utterly lame.

[@jenisia3600]

Ikr

[@jjthecat9692]

The horse has definitely bolted at this point. I think they had a twelve month window and that shit is firmly closed shut. Their chances of growth are zero now.

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

They wanted to bring back the old territory days with indies instead of wrestling promotions so they could be seen as the NWA of "modern wrestling". But they just couldnt handle the fact that Nick Aldis, Jacob Fatu, Hammerstone, etc look more like champions than any of aew's chumps could even dream of.

[@vincentvangogh2169]

Lesson Learned: You give "booker of the year" to an amateur. Reality: There's a delay on the paycheck of Uncle Dave, so that's why.😂

[@magiccarpetride1345]

Seeing how the Jags have been run, is it any surprise AEW is doing the same?

[@mursuka80]

Trevor Lawrence rookie deal makes him appear in AEW LOL

[@homedeezyfasheezy5662]

They also aren’t doing too good with their English soccer team Fulham FC either.

[@realtalk6195]

@@homedeezyfasheezy5662 Tony Khan is the prince of mediocrity and shitty decisions.

[@gregorybaxter7594]

@@realtalk6195 mediocrity? His teams are among the worst in both sports.

[@TomClacy5871]

Or Fulham

[@newkirkgman2]

I want Cornette to get his own record deal. "Corny's Greatest Hits". It'll be the greatest Music Album of all-time.

[@erickessler2826]

@ng2cnetwork i would love see cornette write book about his career in pro wrestling. i would buy it at my local barnes and noble book store. also his 1997 wwf timeline for sean oliver kayfabecommentaries was great dvd.

[@JoeMercersWay]

"He's a fool, but he's my fool" Sums up the power structure between the AEW roster and Tony Khan't Book.

[@BangemJ]

Jim breaking into Rick James is classic🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GetBenched2010]

The saddest part that Jim always glosses over, is that Meltzer treated ROH the exact same way he treats AEW. He despises Vince for never catering to him and giving him star treatment that he will cheer for just about anyone but WWE.

[@fatalsniper3413]

Meltzer treated SMW and OVW the same way he treats AEW. Guess who used to get booker of the year in the 90s? Guess who also was one of Dave’s closest associates?

[@Ted_Bell]

When Meltzer talks it reminds me of Bebop and Rocksteady.

[@gordonirvine726]

😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@gordonirvine726]

The Toy'tles

[@jenisia3600]

Rocksteady n Bebop had n idea of what they were saying 😆

[@russellcampbell3500]

Dave is even lying to himself at this point.

[@redwolfe7049]

That's why his opinions on AEW and other things are useless and meaningless except for when JC talks about him.

[@13JacksonMr]

So ultimately Jim was right in alot of aspects of AEW while the basement dwellers decided to ignore all the warnings that a 40+ year Wrestling veteran tried to give them because their favorite wrestlers are Twinkle Toes and Off Brand Hardy Boyz. And now the dynamic dude is starting to see issues with the booking.

[@antoniocamargo6580]

Go look at their Facebook groups. They are the biggest nerdy low iq marks you could meet that think aew is perfect

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

I think it's probably more accurate to say a lot of those fans genuinely like the way AEW does things. (and incidentally, many of them probably aren't/wouldn't be fond of the old school style of wrestling Jim does like.) AEW isn't really my thing, but it's undeniable they do have their own niche audience.

[@13JacksonMr]

@@antoniocamargo6580 I believe that. Also look on the SquaredCircle subreddit. It's nothing but circlejerking of AEW

[@13JacksonMr]

@@user-do2ev2hr7h that I can't disagree with. But it's why alot of people said that the audience that they're trying to attract there is already there. It's why they're not growing and when you do see former lapsed fans (NBA twitter looking at AEW for the first time) look at AEW, they just laugh and then the channel. But yes AEW does have that niche audience but it's only that niche audience

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

@@13JacksonMr At the same time though, it's always a dicey prospect (at best) to chase an audience you may or may not ever get at the expense of alienating the audience you have. It's a bit of a catch-22.

[@originaljibroni8203]

exactly, everybody can't be involved in everything, but every wrestler and there social media fans think they deserve to be, so you have one company that doesn't care and get crap for it and the other that tries to do it and realizes they not gonna satisfy everybody and that it gets harder and worse when they talked crap about the other for ignoring it.

[@Aj6711]

Exactly those fans are part of the problem They won’t everyone on the show

[@falliblepossiblygullible2920]

AEW is not doing it right. They have to accept that they don't need certain people and stop shoving them into factions.

[@BSultimate]

Time to stop listening to the fans, Vince did fine doing that for 30 years

[@falliblepossiblygullible2920]

@@BSultimate I feel like completely ignoring the fans will not benefit them. They need to show that they listen, but that should not be the reason for each decision they make with talent. A balance needs to be struck.

[@big2033]

@@falliblepossiblygullible2920 What I've seen though is when WWE or whoever do what fans want, it's like giving them the romance they've wanted ... as soon as they get it, it loses its luster. Being a slave to their emotions is what creates these issues of storylines going all over the place. We're learned that when you give fans 100% what they want ... they start to not care.

[@Raze_DJ2]

Tony Khan should've just bought MLW from the start, rebranded it as AEW, brought in the big names like Jericho, allowed JR to scout talent, and let Court Bauer book the shows with the big budget. Imagine the MLW roster (including guys like Jacob Fatu, Hammerstone, Dynasty, Hart Foundation, etc) at that time combined with some of the big names in the wrestling industry on TNT television booked by Court Bauer. The roster, the show, and the ratings would be on a whole different planet right now. Plus, Jacob Fatu would be AEW champ by now...

[@Raze_DJ2]

@Elias Garcia Why?

[@ultimog3739]

totally agree with you.

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

*Gives Tony Khan Booker of the Year* Three weeks later *There's a problem with the booking*

[@TomClacy5871]

Meltzer’s newsletter has lost credibility the minute he was giving the Young Bucks tag team of the year

[@Hepler-s2b]

Dave's mental gymnastics to almost not see the issues with aew and their booking, is astounding it took him this long to acknowledge that there's any issue. And anytime there's been any criticism even the slightest, he acts like someone just took a baseball bat to his wife in front of him. I kind of wonder if his blind loyalty to aew, and his behavior on Twitter have in some way completely diminished any credibility let alone legacy he once had.

[@Infernalhermit]

That band analogy hit me hard, was a touring musician for 7 years and this happens all the time.

[@ronniejdio9411]

Except with skid row

[@A-Negative]

Jim needs to put out a cover album. The musical Shatner of the wrestling world.

[@dhornjr1]

That's actually a great fucking idea.

[@jd9119]

It couldn't be worse than the album Fabio put out.

[@jaymeister4850]

Call it: Corny shat(ner) in my ear

[@davey3884]

Or not...

[@woodwwad]

Absolutely love the Dave Meltzer art work - laugh every time I see it.

[@pizzahighfive2612]

Looks like a f'n gremlin, bro lol

[@johnnygrind77]

One of their biggest problems with booking is that they have 2 KZbin shows that are a total of 4 hours of squash matches. Guess that's what happens when you have a shit ton of people on your roster.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

The Dark shows are actually better than Dynamite as well as they have less of the Elite on it 😂 Some of the guys actually look like decent prospects but we will never find out as the will just get stuck in stables on the main roster and get the occasional TV title shot.

[@redwolfe7049]

@@Harry-sc1xk I agree. They just need to do a better job on why we should care about them but I prefer the KZbin shows, especially Elevation thanks to Paul Wight.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

@@redwolfe7049 For example, why is Big Hobbs crushing everyone on Dark but is a complete unknown on the main roster, imagine he had been running through everyone on Dynamite it’d be interesting! Instead they’re putting on constant dead rubbers with the Bucks and Omega, and main event spots to Best Friends or Kip Sabian... this guy is one of the few guys they’ve got that looks the part yet he’s an extra on the main show I don’t get it

[@LoPhatKao]

alright, hearing Jim sing about weed made my week

[@stevencoil9831]

He should try out for American idol lol

[@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710]

Why are you a drug addict?

[@SAM-ru4vx]

I was gonna book TNT than I got ____ ohhhh ohhh

[@aaron.6923]

Weed is a drug ?

[@j2oaks]

While I'm smoking weed no less. I think I just achieved spiritual enlightenment...

[@RobertJohnson-hq6jq]

Corny is up on his Rick James. LOL

[@theyliveinthematrixofthefa4437]

Apparently he's "Up" on his Mary Jane too

[@Raiden20105]

Lmao that was so out of the blue. Cant believe he knew all the words.

[@crisramos940]

AEW needs to realize too that CM Punk ain't walking through their forbidden door until they get their booking shit together, because if its just about throwing a ridiculous amount of money and creative control at him, he would already have done it a long time ago. =).

[@ronniejdio9411]

Tbh they should have paid him and made him amd evp. His ideas are better than anyone's whose on their team

[@jjthecat9692]

CM Punk has publicly buried them on multiple occasions. He ain't ever going there for shit.

[@ronniejdio9411]

@@jjthecat9692 yea hes going back to the company who fed execs him termination papers in his wedding day

[@martymrt7197]

When QT Marshall is the highlight of your show that’s a big fucking problem, great promo but good god, and having Omega as champion is worse than 2015 Rollins and that’s saying a fucking lot

[@richeyd12]

Great point!

[@fishin4bass2002]

Tony Kahn must have stopped paying Dave to write good reviews for him

[@fabiooliveira7103]

Khan is probably using the Dave's money for the Abrams special every week.

[@troystaunton254]

18:32 they think wrestling is supposed to be silly it’s all been a joke to them. Simon Miller from what culture: wrestling doesn’t make sense and that’s why we love it.

[@WillsonT011]

And that's why it's losing ratings

[@brianlanes4298]

Aew has too many friends on the roster.

[@gordonirvine726]

*too

[@DespicablepunK25]

AFW - All Friends Wrestling

[@TomClacy5871]

Also, get rid of those EVP titles from those clowns. They’re just going to keep booking themselves on top spots whenever they feel like it

[@aqueelkadri8371]

Ahh Dave Meltzer...... The man who writes half finished sentences on twitter and overcompensates when he speaks

[@michiganjack1337]

Cornette and Coolio should do a collaboration record.” Dave used a lot of words many of which were the same words.” I’ve thought that about Dave for a long time.

[@undefeatedjonjonesinnocent3710]

Lol that would be funny

[@georgeh4171]

“.......um you know........ummm you know.......umm you know.....” - Dave Meltzer 2021.

[@michiganjack1337]

@@patharper3684 I know but Rick James is kind of dead and Coolio did do a sample of it. Don't get me wrong a Rick James / Jim Cornette would've been phenomenal. Just think a Rick James, Cornette collaboration with a cameo by Prince? I'm giddy just thinking about it. 🤣🖖

[@themagnificentwhiskerbiscuit]

Daves not here right now man!😾💨

[@jaylong4705]

💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

[@SairajRKamath]

Shawn Michaels had bloody matches, and women threw themselves at him. Randy Orton had bloody matches, and women threw themselves at him. Batista had bloody matches, and women threw themselves at him to such a degree that he cheated on his cancer patient wife. Blood isn't the issue here, Unca' Dave.

[@peterlee6374]

It’s the guys don’t look like men and look cool They look and come across as nerdy dorks and annoying little fucks

[@newageassholes]

Ouch! U went in hard 😂 😂

[@Dracula_sb]

Rip Batista 🤣

[@J.P.G.78]

Melina did split on command.. whats a guy to do?

[@SairajRKamath]

@@Dracula_sb lol, it's not that I don't like Batista. I really do, in fact - grew up watching him. But I just stated the facts, and to his credit, he owned up to it long ago.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

Dave couldn't be more wrong about female viewers and Jim couldn't be more right. It's astonishing that someone who's a so-called expert on wrestling can be so wrong honestly. It's a simple, easy-to-grasp fact. Women are generally more mature than men, that's why so many women end up with guys a few years older than them. AEW has WAY too much silly, goofy, childish boy shit on it to get a big female viewership. It's not the female talent, it's certainly not the blood, it's the show itself. It's a guy sticking his hands in his pockets and the best friends hugging, getting dropped off by their mom and just being all around goofs. It's the Young Bucks being weird, goofy, immature bellends doing stupid in-jokes about how wrestling is a work, it's arcade anarchy and stadium stampede matches, it goes on, and on, and on. This is something that women would see and think, my son might like this.

[@gqn2]

Dave Meltzer doesn’t mention names because he and Tony Khan are involved in the bookings.

[@Hakeem990]

By golly uncle Dave is the Booker

[@androidphone4271]

Dave couldn't book a dentist appointment without stumbling and procrastinating for about half an hour, there's NO WAY Meltzer is a booker.

[@WorldTravelA320]

@@Hakeem990 given the state of the product it wouldn't surprise me if Shit Stain isn't ghost booking and letting Tony take the credit (or blame?)

[@thenorthernvoice3713]

The only reason this program is still on TV is because I'd say about 150k fans watch it to listen to jims reviews. It takes me half hour to watch as I mostly fast forward. It's so awful and stupid. Meltzer and alverez have done their best to promote this and say how great it is. But in all honesty you can't Polish a turd

[@Stevenmulraney]

If a wrestling promotion's fans are the "uhmm akchually" crowd, and the shows are built around those preferences, why would women want that?

[@jasonwoot5199]

There’s more comments on here than AEW viewership

[@thecorpulentcad6803]

Fell asleep just before this video autoplayed then woke up to Corny singing Mary Jane...I may never sleep again 🙃

[@ustillsuckbryan6027]

Jim and so many ppl have said this a million times now, the audience of the past is not there. Everybody hyped AEW and saying it will going to bring millions of viewers, ripe for something new. And it didn't, and folks refusing to understand everything that can be done has been done. Everybody is just recycling now. WWE has a worldwide fanbase and operations in different industries, that was the real evolution and that's why you not competing with WWE really. There are only a few million wrestling fans and wrestling fandom has become a place of hate tbh, it use to be place where folks united even if you didn't agree.

[@gernblanston2652]

I was just having this conversation the other day with somebody. There is no casual audience for anything anymore. If they are casually interested they just follow a recap show on KZbin or read a quick recap on BR. There's no need to watch the shows. You have fans, which are a limited quantity, and that's it. That's why I think NXT moving nights will be good for both shows. They'll both probably start hitting about a million viewers consistently, they'll almost double their demo numbers, and that will be good enough for their respective channels. But, six million+ viewers is dead and gone forever.

[@ericfisher1360]

This is why Wrestling NEEDS territories. The more minds floating ideas around, under diffrent circumstances, with different talent keeps creativity flowing. It gives you more angles to borrow ideas from. Writers block is a thing.

[@Raze_DJ2]

If Dave Meltzer, the biggest AEW defender of them all, has problems with the AEW booking, something is definitely not right over in Jacksonville.

[@LobsterCucumber]

Yea coz there's a lot of ppl that live here who don't look like us, you know what I mean

[@brandonmaddox4862]

I remember buying that AEW PPV for the exploding ring match, when it ended I knew I had wasted $60 and pretty much decided AEW wouldn’t get another cent of my money

[@TriplomatX]

I remember pirating the PPV & completely missing the debacle because it froze, and the Twitter game was BANANAZ! Memories.

[@BubbAXHydE]

As a lover of Mary Jane and Funk music, that solo he dropped was tremendous. 😂 ✌💙🐔

[@mitchellalexander9162]

"Don't Listen to the Haters Dig in your Heels" -Don Callis allegedly

[@madhatter8508]

Don would say that. He's milking Jacksonville Dixie for all he's worth!

[@-JAVY-]

Callis shouldn't have sexually harassed scarlett Bordeaux

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

@@-JAVY- that's who it was?

[@-JAVY-]

@@dirtmcgirt8269 yea

[@jjthecat9692]

Don Callis also tanked Impact Wrestlings numbers with his shitty booking. This is the same dude who booked a legit Killer like Karrion Kross as a lackey for a vanilla midget like Austin Aries. No wonder him and his misses bolted for the WWE.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Dave used many words, but mostly one, um, word, um, over and, um, over.

[@gennoboy]

The Booker of the Year was not mentioned by Dave when booking was being criticized. LMAO

[@WeeklyTubeShow2]

Tony. Pay out the ass for Paul Heyman and get out of the way. Please.

[@darrengordon-hill]

Hi Paul

[@FrancoEchidna]

hey! you're still alive! :D

[@P4nnu_]

Boom chika ah

[@benespinosa6725]

Dave Meltzer is A Stooge for AEW He's Stooging himself off again

[@stevenoconnor3256]

Anime used to be good in the 80s,90s, and early 2000s. Seems to me the two fandoms and media overlap in so many ways. The modern fans do act alot alike and have ungodly shit taste.

[@justoneguy2487]

I mean there are plenty of great animes today but you're right - there will never be another Akira, or another Ghost in the Shell, another Fist of the North Star, another Neon Genesis Evangelion, another Berserk, another Death Note etc. And even if it hasn't aged well by today's standards, there will NEVER be another anime that leaves such a monumental mainstream impact as Dragon Ball Z did.

[@mysticalplatypus87]

The animoo scene just isn’t my thing, it’s awful and it attracts a lot of really weird people

[@stevenoconnor3256]

@@mysticalplatypus87 Modern anime panders way to much to the lowest common denominator. Older anime were more mainstream, try anime from the 80s.

[@AHalevonEric]

Court Bauer and Delirious were the Bookers of the year. So far in 2021, I like what I'm seeing out of NWA and swe Fury.

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

What Court does with his best guys constantly leaving is really impressive.

[@userjim83]

AEW has really exposed a lot of the wrestling media, there’s been so many of them claiming it’s great and defending all the horrendous aspects of it... Very few people like Jim and Brian who have spoken the truth throughout, it’s kind of crazy so many of the wrestling media seem to actually like poorly booked terrible indy trash and really brings their already tenuous wrestling knowledge/opinions/tastes into question big time Guess it doesn’t help that 90% of them don’t have any real credentials and are just self appointed members of the “media” and nothing more than fans

[@forty_two42]

Brian is super correct about the consistency in territory stuff. I was watching a Jim Duggins Mid- South match literally yesterday and the Announcer called Jimmy Cornette "a mama's boy" and brought up Krusher betraying the US for the USSR during a match that did NOT feature the midnight express or Krusher or Volkoff. They just wanted to remind me, the viewer, of what was going on in the wider world of Mid- South

[@Epsilonsama]

I think it will be interesting to hear what people say about AEW in 5 years when people start getting released. AEW has many problems, and while many segments are entertaining in themselves the show as a whole is definitely bipolar. There's no sense of progression through out the show like how it was back in the 90s. Both WCW and WWF when you watched an episode of Nitro or RAW there was a sense of progression. Like in Nitro it was talking about what the nefarious NWO will do next or what will Sting do to stop them while in WWF it was about Mr. McMahon trying to screw over Austin. Each episode there was a main thread that united the segments. You still had your underneath guys having matches and even angles but the announcers always let you know about the big picture. If I was Tony Khan the first thing I would change is the in-between segments. The connective tissue of the show. Have the show open not with a match, if you have to do a match make it a quick one but Open the show with the champion and his crew who is Kenny Omega right now doing something heelish. Q1 Have him let say come with the Bucks and Good Brothers and laugh at the audience for thinking that the Bucks. Say that when you are BC you are for life, then have Moxley with Eddie Kingston come in and tell them they will have a match with the Bucks & Omega and they are like fuck yeah 2 on 3 sounds fun, then when they accept have Kingston say we forgot to tell you brother but it aint a handicap match we got a surprise partner for tonight. Boom main event planned. Q2 Now during an interview segment have Cody talk about QT and w/e but he is then asked by someone hey did you hear what Kenny said about BC and have Cody be like nah man those days are over I'm now focusing on my Nightmare Family and dealing with QT then he is asked if he is the Third Man Mox was talking, and Cody is like you think?. Again you are keeping people talking about the main angle and have people think, will Cody in the future come back to the fold or not. Next Segment a midcard match with the announcers talking about who will be with Mox and Kingston. Q3 Another interview segment with the BC talking to someone backstage and being asked if they are worried about this third man and they are like no way we have all the gold why we worried. Then have another match. Q4 Weekly Interview segment with Sting and he is asked hey Stinger are or Darby involved with Mox and they be like we respect him but we have nothing to do with that and he talks about his feud with Archer. Another match starts. Now we are backstage one more time and The Sydall brothers are asked if any of them are going to help Mox and they are like we havent heard anything but we want to help anyway we can. Q5 Chris Jericho segment backstage they sell their match with the Pinnacle and during said segment Jericho is like after we are done with the Pinnacle we are going after the Bullet Club cause we are in the need of some gold. Pinnacle match with some job guys quick and easy. Q6 Have someone at the door of Mox and Kingston locker room have good ol Marvez knock on the door and have him asked who they got for the match tonight and Kingston answers and they are like dw bro we got you soon enough. A womans match happens next. Q7 Start of the main event have the BC come in first and be like who is it! Who is the guy who has your back Mox. Then Mox and Kingston come in and they say well this guy is someone you know and everyone knows in fact he is known as someone who outworks everyone, queue Christian Cage theme. There we go, it's a bit obvious but this makes sense if they want Christian Cage and Kenny match in the future. While I'm sure this is not the best way to book AEW I feel that at least there's more connective tissue in between segments now. It's not simply separate segments but all part of a main story. Someone much better than me at this could book a much better show but my point was to show how a much focused show would look if AEW simply focused on their main angle more instead of doing too many mini angles.

[@realtalk6195]

WCW was a mess too, which is why TimeWarner unloaded it after they bought Turner Broadcasting because they didn't want a loss-making entity. WWF was actually run in a way that they always made money, irrespective of domestic ratings, and they had far bigger distribution overseas than WCW so their global audience and revenues were bigger. Even WWF's decision to tape certain episodes that WCW took advantage of ultimately came down to money and savings, and WWF was rewarded with money while WCW had bragging rights which didn't matter to begin with.

[@bls8959]

@@realtalk6195 Did you really sit and read his comment

[@john_savage]

I have these hopium dreams sometimes, that Cornette, Bubba Ray, and Mark Henry all get together and start booking AEW. Imagine what could be done if (1) someone separated the talent from the cosplayers and (2) the storylines maintained integrity through an entire match, let alone making sense over the long angle.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Throw in Scott Steiner and you might have something there. 😎

[@treehugger7976]

Has anybody ever verified that dave has a wife and child? Whenever he talks about women I wonder if he has interacted with a real life woman in his life. 😂

[@totallybored5526]

He has a wife and child, the same way Joseph Fritzel had a wife and kids

[@treehugger7976]

@@totallybored5526 🤣

[@Hakeem990]

The same as Tony

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

I thought Dave’s wife was Kenny Olivier

[@WorldTravelA320]

There are pictures of him in every legal cathouse in Nevada that say "Under no circumstances, is this man allowed on the property, call Sheriff's department immediately if he is seen!"

[@fabiooliveira7103]

Dave said that Kevin Owens promo last night was a shoot at Cornette. The dude needs to be relevant that everything now is about Cornette.

[@jovanss2361]

Brian took over the last 7 minutes of video and WOW. He cut a better promo than Corny would've cut.. sheesh

[@tigwelder4137]

The thumbnail of Meltzer is amazing !

[@The765Das]

“that rather unfortunate musical interlude” lmao

[@elijahpanarese8980]

What successful company blames the consumer for not liking the product? C'mon dave shame on you

[@MrDagonOfTheDead]

Even if pot is legal in California the problem is these guys AREN'T smoking it😅😅😅

[@realtalk6195]

They prefer Adderall and meth.

[@WorldTravelA320]

No, they just smoke it with Angel dust that's really carpet fresh.

[@markledger7627]

In the defense of potheads, I've been disappointed with AEW since day one. At best they're off a step, think they were better off with Gedo's booking. I'm honestly kind of hoping the "open door" brings in the Gedos so the booking improves. But no pot does not cover the lapses in logic and over booking. They take 3 extra steps to get to the same place.

[@Mr.Majestic77]

Tony Khan will have no choice but to add the "Executive Producer" roles to retired or seni retired legends Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Sting, Paul" Big Show" Wight & Jerry Lynn. The currents AEW "Coaches" such as Dustin Rhodes, Christopher Daniels, Billy Gunn, Matt Hardy & Awesome Kong will need to be on the creative team. In short there way too many experienced veterans in the Pro Wrestling business in AEW just have this promotion ran by Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega along with Nick & Matt Jackson. Also Tony needs to buy Impact Wrestling (and Axis TV) merge rosters, thus creating three AEW shows: (1) AEW:Dynamite, (2) AEW: TNA Impact, (3) AEW: Dark Elevation This give AEW the ability to spread out the roster.

[@adrianspringer5296]

Cornette singing mary jane is my 'new' best moment in wrestling

[@SMJay357]

Corny singing mary Jane is legendary 🤣🤣🤣

[@christopherclinton8631]

If they would have gave us an updated version of Midsouth wrestling it would have been amazing. It was way too many agendas to succeed.

[@TheGrowlerCatB2BGame]

I watched AEW for a little over a year. I haven't watched any wrestling since 1998. I figured I could get back into it fresh with a new promotion. I will admit I was loving the presentation and people such as Cody, Dustin, Darby, Jungle Boy, and yes even Orange Cassidy. About six months in I started seeing the cracks. I should have noticed earlier but again I was what I consider a new fan since my 20 year absence. I just told myself they would learn from their mistakes and it would get better. Almost like a bad relationship. Instead they just got worse. Jericho looks and performs shittier as the weeks went on. Storylines that didn't make sense kept persisting. Lance Archer which I consider an undertaker type wrestler not getting a proper push pissed me off. Cody feuding with everybody. The women's division being a joke. The list goes on. I finally gave up on AEW and will not be returning. I truly hope some of the actual talent they have goes on to bigger and better things. Because this promotion is a joke. They insult their fans and many are too blind to notice. Just wanted to give some perspective from an ex fan of this promotion. I have a lot more gripes but nothing that Corny hasn't already covered.

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

Did you watch Dragunov vs WALTER 2?

[@MilMaska]

"Is we ed legal in Carlifornia now ?" - Jim Cornette

[@DrJReefer]

To quote the ginger from Game Of Thrones. "Women see more blood than men do"

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Women don't watch AEW because they know little boys in the bathtub playing with their action figures when they see them.

[@christopherhinca]

Conti vs Bunny supposedly had the highest rated match of the night

[@Hakeem990]

That was wrestlemania worthy 😅

[@TomFoolery350]

Better watch two good looking young ladies work a bad match than some skinny nerds, right?

[@Hakeem990]

Can't disagree

[@Superman5000The]

Meltzer saying the blood is turning off women is funny because there a lot of women who are horror fans and enjoy the gory aspects of it. Hell I know a few women who enjoy death match wrestling-the actual death match stuff, not what we saw on Revolution. So no, Melty, it’s not the blood that’s turning women and men off, it’s the booking people can see through and call out weeks before something happens.

[@Tyrantula1]

Jim’s obsession with video games is hilarious given that he loves action figures 🤣🤣🤣