Jim Cornette on His Relationship With Eddie Gilbert

[@davidscott7626]

Eddie was very underrated in A lot of ways. His size sometimes made you go who the hell is this little dude, but Eddie was a great worker. He was also a great booker with a brilliant mind for the business. Were it not for his passing the business might look different today. RIP Eddie Gilbert you are sorely missed.

[@crh6939]

I was the biggest Eddie Gilbert fan. He was my first wrestling crush as a girl growing up. Continue to rest easy, Hot Stuff.😢

[@kingsports1113]

Cristy R. Hill lol realshit

[@derrickrobertson3334]

I remember Eddie Gilbert and Lawler making the rounds, working their HUGE angle. They came and packed our local fairgrounds. Brawled all over the place. I hate that he's so overlooked today.

[@JasonL77]

To this day, whenever I hear the Donna Summer song “Hot Stuff”, I think of Eddie Gilbert.

[@shaunclifton5281]

HA ! Me too

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

Absolutely!! Same thing as hearing Iron Men from Black Sabbath, makes me think of The Road Warriors

[@kafan439]

Same.

[@CatsClaw44]

Definitely!

[@LegendKiller03000]

💯

[@DavidLucas-oj6ju]

Eddie Gilbert was underrated wrestler in 80s and early 90s

[@Dave-rf1zj]

In my opinion, Eddie Gilbert as the top heel, and Brad Armstrong as the top babyface in Smoky Mountain Wrestling would have been fantastic. Had Eddie Gilbert not died and worked full time for Smoky Mountain, and Cornette could have got Brad Armstrong to work in SMW full time, I think the two of them could have torn the houses down in that territory.

[@mutedmutiny9542]

I agree that would have been great. Jim has talked about this and he wanted Brad to be his top babyface but basically he knew Bischoff wouldn't let him go.

[@Dave-rf1zj]

@@mutedmutiny9542 Bob Armstrong and Tracey Smothers as the top babyfaces in his place were not bad though.

[@mutedmutiny9542]

@@Dave-rf1zj oh I agree. I think Jim has said bob against him was the biggest house they ever did, so even though he wasn’t REALLY the top babyface, he was the top drawing babyface in SMW

[@nazgul12000]

Eddie was one of my favorite wrestlers RIP you are missed

[@rumtuckskatter]

Eddie Gilbert was friggin amazing. He'd definitely be booking a major promotion today if he was still alive.

[@oveidasinclair982]

My dad use to watch Eddie is the various promotions, Dad was stationed through out the SE states back in the 80's and early 90's. He said Eddie was a great wrestler, wasn't one of those steroid muscle apes like ex-lax Luger, it's sad how he died.

[@jamesrichardson3322]

Eddie Gilbert 1961-1995 RIP , he died of a heart attack in Puerto Rico.

[@zenoftupac9096]

The Eddie Gilbert / Russians VS Bill Watts angle was done great. Having the BladeRunners sneakily blocking the aisle was another great touch easy to overlook.

[@GodlessScummer]

That was an absolutely brilliant angle. They just don't do it like that nowadays.

[@kevincampbell5785]

Eddie did so much in such a brief career. He wrestled in pre-Hulkamania WWF, NWA, Memphis, Mid- South/UWF, Continental, Japan, CWA Germany, Tri-State (the epic feud with Cactus Jack), ECW which he helped to innovate in its' early years, Puerto Rico where he died and probably tons of other places that weren't widely spoke of. He was a unique person in Pro Wrestling. Miss him.

[@chitownace777]

Majestic Sanctuary Wrestled in Global & Windy City too

[@hollyguillory8122]

Time goes by so fast. That was another life time ago😢

[@DavidLucas-oj6ju]

Eddie Gilbert God rest his soul was great as heel in UWF and NWA but great as babyface with his feud with Eric Embry

[@impalaman9707]

I always thought Eddie Gilbert and Jim Cornette had so much in common--they were two of the funniest guys in the wrestling business! If Eddie was still alive, I would have loved to see him, Cornette, and Bruce Prichard on a comedy tour together. They would be more entertaining than a lot of what passes for comedy these days!

[@markdoss1045]

Eddie Gilbert made fans hate him-and THATS one reason he was SO GOOD!!! He knew how to get heat-

[@wkmac2]

Great point about books but then there are books online too so there is that. Great topic, good to hear Corny on some of the back story with Eddie Gilbert RIP.

[@jsm806]

I wonder what a Eddie Gilbert/ Shawn Michaels feud would have looked like

[@yahkibenyehuda4255]

Eddie and Arn Anderson look like brothers to me! Grew up in Memphis, Eddie was a true showman!

[@chrischar9428]

Yeah twins because they had beards

[@bodhi8297]

Can you imagine the feud he could’ve had with Austin and Rock if he’d lived to see the Monday night wars era!?!

[@5th_horsemen]

Hot stuff!!! R.i.P brother

[@russellbell7040]

Eddie Gilbert helped a lot of mid card wrestlers become main event stars

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I miss Eddie Gilbert.

[@ChrisDavis-jp8wq]

I didn't get to watch Eddie Gilbert a lot, but I sure knew about him and thought he was cool.

[@kevincampbell5785]

Watch all the Eddie you didn't see on KZbin.

[@hollyguillory8122]

I dated Eddie for a while when he came to the NWA ..so sad i just watched another video hadn't heard his voice in so long almost forgot what it sounded like 😢

[@MichaelHill-qc4yc]

So sad that he and Cornette are the same age; just imagine Eddie Gilbert working for Vince or not fucking up WCW like Russo did.

[@johnjarnac6507]

Eddie would have been my choice for a member of the 4 horsemen !! After they kicked out ole hell yeah Ric Flair Tully Blanchard Arn Anderson and Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert whooo!! R.i.p. hot stuff

[@jonalbertson10270]

Hot Stuff was the man.... In an alternate Universe, He got the push He deserved

[@davide.2619]

Why did Doug Gilbert bash Corny at the 3rd Eddie Gilbert Memorial Show?

[@bryannorris3976]

Almost forgot about Eddie

[@chrisbolton6598]

Hot Stuff baby!!

[@danielmontgomery350]

Todd gordon and eddie gilbert was partners not eddie gilbert and paul heyman after eddie gilbert left ecw todd gordon and paul heyman had become partners

[@wow77777]

It wasn’t an act.He was on drugs & that killed him in PR

[@bodhi8297]

Young American wrestlers dying in PR back then seems hella sus

[@chrischar9428]

@@bodhi8297 name all of them

[@dylanpiazza6358]

Whoever the other guy is on the pod with Brian is not good. I cant listen to him at all. Not meaning Cornette, obviously.

[@GetBenched2010]

Eddie Gilbert, like his protege Shane Douglas, would be what the NFL, NHL, or NBA would call a "first round draft bust". Always touted like the "next big thing", but had this insane knack for blowing every money opportunity he ever got. Either by blowing spots left and right, or burning bridges he never needed to burn. Ended his career wrestling bears in carnivals because nobody else would book him.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Ridiculous

[@glancywheat4956]

Hall of fame

[@idiotsgaming1640]

Holy shit I am legitimately first it's cool I guess kinda lonely.

[@terryhill4732]

Jim cornette don't sound too high on the people of Knoxville Tennessee's intelligence

[@carlssr.3969]

We are not coming up on 21 years since Eddie's death, it's 23 years

[@CraigSmithII]

Carl's Sr. Yep & word is his cause of death was that someone in Puerto Rico put snake venom in his food,but we really don't know the real cause

[@GodlessScummer]

I think this is an old clip from one of the early episodes of the 6:05. As Bix is on there hosting as well as Brian Last.

[@harshtruth5003]

@@CraigSmithII must have pissed off the wrong people like Brody did.

[@chrischar9428]

@@CraigSmithII BULLFUCKINGSHIT

[@knight2000-NC]

Jim is too stupid for computers, dont worry man I know a ton of people like that, its why IT wizards like me made a lot of money in the biz.

[@SixEighthOfficial]

"Let me pump up my ego on a job that barely makes ends meet but I'm smart cause I use computers" 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@paullindstrom7635]

Hot Punk Betty Gilbert

[@robferguson2525]

Brother there is a reason why u rant in wrestling anymore..lmao learn the game bro

[@GutsofEclipse]

The internet is whatever you make it. There's a bottomless pit of brain-rotting cat videos on the net for boring people to waste their lives on, but you can also find just about every book worth reading, as well as the opportunity to talk with intellectuals all over the world. If you're really picky about having your books in paper, you can always print them. That said, Jim Cornette doesn't strike me as a highly educated man with hundreds of key books on a variety of intellectual topics under his belt. I think that he reads novels and listens to a lot of NPR.

[@rumtuckskatter]

Downvoted for hating on cat vids.

[@cptnmrgnkid]

Down voted for doubting Cornettes brilliance. The guy is a genius.

[@GutsofEclipse]

I didn't say that he doesn't have a great mind for the wrestling business. He suggested at the end that he spends a lot of time reading books that challenge you and teach you things about the world. I don't believe that for a second. The guy barely knows what inflation is, you don't hear him discussing a lot of scientific literature or anything, and he eats up every leftist myth and half-baked train of thought without an ounce of second guessing. This isn't a guy who's read Nietzsche and Orwell comprehensively.

[@rampageclover9788]

Cornette is a dumb wrestling mark who thinks he’s a tough guy. He’s maybe a notch above Meltzer in that he’s worked legitimately in the business as a booker but has never taken a bump...and he talks shit about guys without everconfronting them

[@stevenhenry5267]

Lol. Conservatives are such a big joke.

[@DavidLucas-oj6ju]

Eddie Gilbert God rest his soul was great as heel in UWF and NWA but great as babyface with his feud with Eric Embry

[@johnathanrush4666]

Man, those 2 worked so well together