Jim Cornette on His Trip To Wheeling, WV

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[@richardsellars8942]

That Michael Jackson hee hee in the beginning tho😂

[@lurchlogan]

🤣🤣 I laughed so fucking hard at that!! Hee-Hee!!

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

😆

[@chewy2804]

@00:39

[@YogsenForfoth]

😂😂😂😂

[@RealColdG]

I was crying laughing when he did that. 🤣🤣🤣

[@ashe274]

“Well there’s a food court-“ “No, no, the guy’s cutting his wrist. He’s not part of the game anymore.” xD that had me cracking up.

[@johnathanrush4666]

"My GPS always says "fuck you" when I drive into West Virginia" Yeah, that'll happen

[@tiffanycarter5432]

Same in Tennessee. We had to use Google Maps because the GPS in the car started crying and getting a bad attitude when asked to find a way through the Tennessee Hills.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

I could listen to this man talk about anything for hours on end. he might be the greatest storyteller i've ever heard

[@jasonswift6243]

And he doesn't give a fuck either he's a funny fuck

[@mikepilcher1614]

Love that laugh...

[@tylercox1875]

anything except politics or religion for me

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Anybody talking about politics bores me to pieces.

[@sikwilly45]

Mr. Cornette, as a native northern panhandler, may I offer my most sincere apologies.

[@FMITB]

Jim had that ol Wheeling feeling!

[@FMITB]

@Jeremy Stillwell originally from Warren, Ohio, but I spent some time in Steubenville

[@FMITB]

@Jeremy Stillwell that's awesome! I moved away almost 15 years ago but still visit now and again. A lot has changed, but it is still my home!

[@justinconnery603]

my GPS always says ‘fuck you’ when I get to West Virginia, hysterical

[@lancelumley2312]

Meeting MR. Cornette was the highlight of my year. He was right about the food place. Before the event I waited 20 minutes for one slice of pizza, and they had 6 people working at 2pm! I saw Cornette walking to the production meeting while I was waiting there, and it had already been 10 plus minutes waiting.

[@austinhicks1329]

LOVELY LANCE LUMLEY

[@willpoweredgolf]

Jim Cornette is a true american storyteller. I just listened to him describe how he couldn't find any food in a casino in WV and I was on the edge of my damn seat.

[@impalaman9707]

Personally, I think he's the modern day Mark Twain

[@granthillberry4629]

The suspension bridge 😂😂😂 love good ol Wheeling WV

[@thelawaroundhere3603]

Hell Jim. Someone shoulda sent you up 2 mile hill to Dallas Pike. Theres a TA truck stop. And you coulda went over to Jills for a lap dance/hand job/hepatitis c experience.

[@jrsmith3344]

Hahaha! We used to tell our wives/girlfriends we were going to Cabelas, and spend the afternoon at Jill's. Many a long rides back to Pittsburgh from that place!

[@christopheroliver4757]

TheLawAroundHere I’m headed your way...Meet you at Jills!

[@RemiMarkos8]

🤣🤣 Or to closer Sheetz!!‼️💯💯

[@d-mo733]

Im in Columbiana County..Calutta Ohio! Love it in Wheeling and love the vintage feel there

[@johngulbunny8652]

I'm only 10 min from calcutta

[@michaelkaminski8339]

"A casino is something else I walk through to get to my room" same thing I say on my way to a concert lol.

[@seanboy1287]

Love to hear your description of Godfathers...

[@RyanThomasHall]

I went to the Wheeling WV show & Jim Cornette & Sam Adonis were the absolute highlights of the event. I had a great time!

[@donnyjepp]

I can listen to Jim tell his stories for hours...And I do

[@themegalith458]

I wish you would come back to Parkersburg West Virginia

[@woodrow1720]

He shit all over his Parkersburg appearance on the show about a year ago

[@coryarmstrong3365]

@@woodrow1720 Link? Googled it a bunch and can't find any trace of it.

[@michaelmeucci6594]

This is so funny. I live an hour from wheeling and this is very accurate. That is the first casino I have ever been to. I remember having to go back to the Denny’s. I need to keep up on the bookings. It’s a shame that I missed this.

[@RedfishCarolina]

Lol I have family in Wheeling. Can't wait to listen to this.

[@americasevilgenius]

I have spent years complaining about the food and amenities (or lack thereof) at the various casinos in St. Louis. I will never again complain about the quality or availabilty of food in the various casinos of St. Louis. "It could be worse, you could be in Wheeling" will forever be in the back of my mind during late-night poker sessions in the future...

[@KingofKarnies]

Jim your gambling strategy is the same as what my Grandpa taught me. I'm pushing 40 by the way. Also as a child who moved around a lot, across the country, you were my childhood. Oddly enough I always felt at home whenever I turned on the TV to watch wrestling you were on the shows. This was the 80' and early 90's before cable so being able to enjoy my favorite manager eased always being the new kid.

[@aretnap3653]

I Wonder What Ever Happened to "Blenner-Hasett Island" in WestVirginia? I Took an Elementary School FieldTrip to TheIsland in The80's...But Now It's DisAppeared! (I Wonder if TheIsland became "Casino Island"?)

[@Dirtnation2]

I lived in a small town pop at least 5,000. The bar on the town square called "Snappers" stop service food at 6pm. Only place in town try to find some action on a Saturday Night unless I drive half hour to the nearest college town pay for a hotel room, and try to press my luck.

[@cantona7449]

I love listening to Jim talk so passionately about food stories... so articulate and enrapturing

[@jakemonster001]

Corny did a Michael Jackson Hee Hee there at the beginning

[@RedfishCarolina]

Thought the exact same thing lol

[@John-nc1ys]

I got the Bugs Bunny reference haha

[@bobbyrichmond5944]

lmao dont go to wheeling island in general, shouldve just had it at wesbanco then head over to river city after the show.

[@gw5375]

3 triple steakburgers? id have a heart attack. good god jim. lol.

[@rushxanthemtcg5607]

Gatorade Guy in all fairness, steak burgers are tiny as fuck.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

By that time i'd have four.

[@Clay3613]

There is very little meat in a steakburger patty.

[@lemankurtz8950]

Yeah, the triples at S&Sh aint all that big. I had to stay in a motel in Bumfuck Alabama, while doing a Plumbing Re-Model at a grocery store, for 3 weeks once.......There was a Steak n Shake, a Buffet place, and a Longhorns within walking distance......😨 An experience I dont wish to repeat.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Were all three that bad?

[@chatanaya1]

I'm originally from there,,,there are nice residential areas far away from downtown but the rest is shit,,,no wonder overdose rates are high.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

I was supposed to go, but was too tired. And, he's 110% about interstate 70

[@TJ-zq7rb]

He doesn't like interstate 70 or something?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Try driving in Montreal with an out of date GPS and two people who don't speak French. Oh and no WI-FI.

[@ElectricBuckeye]

St. Clairsville. Bailing out Wheeling again.

[@RobD-jq7ry]

Its the least St C. Could do considering the Ohio Valley Mall is what killed downtown wheeling to begin with.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

I like how Jim tells the other host something wasn't healthy then says he had 2 triple cheeseburgers..

[@PachecoWaffleiron]

The "rickety draw bridge" is the suspension bridge, which was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was built

[@biffthegriff17]

I am from Wheeling and went to the show. The buffet is 18 dollars and even free is to much for it.

[@marco74austin62]

U must be kin to catbox bolen

[@Nick-yh6of]

As someone who grew up around wheeling when cornette said im sure wheeling is a lovely place i about pissed myself

[@Glover-nm9pz]

When you get that Wheeling feeling 😂

[@robintst]

Kind of mad I couldn't make it to that show to see all this go down, I only live an hour from Wheeling.

[@aretnap3653]

TheWheelingBar I Went Into Was *Rockin!* (I Jumped OnStage in WeddingClothes & Took Over TheLiveBand LeadSingers Microphone & Belted Out TheTune TheBand was Currently Playing!)

[@robertnorthup8583]

Every time I hear a corni story I think there's a guy who has life figured out

[@FnRenner]

0:42 Did Michael Jackson come back to life just to laugh on the podcast? Amazing lol

[@topazzz1546]

Ehehe hee. *four fingers* Oh my.

[@Arrowdodger]

when he does that laugh, I always end up thinking "Jack Skellington"

[@CWD632]

get a smartphone. theres a lot of stuff closer than st clairsville steak n shake that was open good story nonetheless

[@RareWareDude]

Did the footage of this event ever get released?

[@larryparmiter8331]

The coffee shop was open....took me almost 2 hrs to get my food that night. .....

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

DAMN! That's crazy.

[@GibsonBuck]

Going on a road trip with Jim must be verrry entertaining

[@mrzeegrr]

Chuck Roast: The evil chef.

[@nishinobuuru2365]

Well considering West Virginia is on the East Coast I would assume that would be an island in the Atlantic

[@IslandGoMTG]

Is there footage of this on the internet?

[@markterryonline]

They have a sports book in there from what I understand.

[@jaredmartin6257]

Damn, no one could get him directions to the Sheetz on the otherside of Wheeling?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I think by that time it would not have sufficed

[@zlinedavid]

I feel sorry for Cornette's motel toilet that night...if he even made it that far. The grease from three triple steak n shake burgers would make for a Chernobyl-level shit.

[@JasonL77]

I think we all giggled a little when Cornette said that he “blew a few people”.

[@marilynsgirl01]

I felt so bad for that poor guy in the food court. I’ve had jobs where they do that shit to you and everyone gets furious at you when you’re just doing your best.

[@insulman100]

Sooooo you blew a few people and there was some horn action going on! WOW

[@texasoutdoorrecreation3551]

Lol, anyone else catch that ?! Corny said he "blew a few people".. Jim, you're entertaining as hell. Lmao. I love this shit.

[@thorboysen3318]

Who is Kitty Galore by the way?

[@OmniBedlam]

Yeah, we're not really a hospitable people in WV... More miserable than anything.

[@IanGorton]

According to Neil Sedaka there's no such place as Wheeling West Virginia

[@forddog69]

Thank God they didn't have a Dairy Queen....Lol

[@aaronmp8]

We have a Dairy Queen, Jim just didn't come to that part of town. He would have found it closed, too. Everything closes early here, including our whores and drug dealers. Wheeling sucks.

[@cpc874]

aaronmp8 - I’ll tell you the same thing everyone told me during my 15 year stay in Wheeling: “Jesus, get out of there!”

[@jedsteelwell2354]

I'm from wheeling WV and I'll tell you after about 8:00 you aren't getting any food lol there's nothing opened. Don't eat at the casino I know some people that worked there and you just don't wanna do it.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Sounds like here in Vermont

[@VirgilZandig]

I was there. So glad I got to meet Jerry Jarrett and Cornette, but the concept was not great. One big problem. Get a bunch of indie workers, most of whom don't know each other, and tell them to have a basic match. In every single match but the main event, guys went to a chinlock after two minutes. You guys do realize you can catch your breath in any hold, right?

[@jackmcgregor4025]

What year was this

[@zamplify]

Shout out to the Ohio Interstate system.

[@jaylew8408]

:37 south parks Michael Jackson soundbite was added in I think

[@aschraub9897]

Why do you seem to love hotel catering so much lol should've just grabbed some wendys on the way there

[@chadhoy7489]

Years ago I worked at a Whirlpool warehouse in Carlisle PA. The guy I worked with had to take a week off to go to a training course somewhere so my boss sent me out with his delivery drivers. We stopped in Wheeling one day to deliver washers or some such to a couple of houses...I still remember thinking how backwards everything looked...

[@impalaman9707]

If the wrestling world were Looney Tune characters, then Robert Fuller would be Foghorn Leghorn and Jim Cornette would be Daffy Duck!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

LMFAO!!! That's hysterical!

[@alpollard4784]

So has anyone ever stayed at a Hotel Casino that allows delivery people to go to the rooms? Also a safety deal for the delivery person. But the casino having essentially no food is pretty messed up.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Never been to a casino and now I'm glad I haven't 😄

[@saucegodtrent]

Still hard to believe that wrestling comes down to wheeling. only house shows now but still

[@timf7413]

As much as I love to listen to Cornette rant, is waiting in the lobby for delivery really that much of a deal breaker?

[@rusalexander1757]

Dude, it's a fuckin casino. And shit is closed at 8 or 9 PM. Yeah, that's fucked up. They want you to gamble 24 hours a day, but not offer food or drinks? I dunno what your experience is with casinos (I don't gamble, myself, but have been to several across a few states and even overseas in the military), but, yeah. If anything is closed EVER, it's a shithole.

[@timf7413]

FWIW I was talking more about him packing up and leaving in the middle of the night more than I was the quality of the casino (which I'm not really qualified to comment on as I'm also not a gambler and have very limited experience with casinos). In my experience, waiting in the lobby for delivery take out is fairly par for the course with hotels.

[@McElwainLovesSharks]

@@rusalexander1757 no. In hotels that have casinos, delivery people are very rarely allowed to deliver to a room. It’s dropped off in the lobby. That way all over America.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I stayed at a hotel in Greenwich, Connecticut and every time my girlfriend and I ordered delivery I had to go get it from the front desk.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

0:38 Michael Jackson

[@joshuabrown5123]

This is why most of us avoid Wheeling like the plague.

[@joebrown8503]

I wanna see Sarah Huckabee Sanders debate Jim Cornette she'd absolutely destroy Cornette

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Yeah I doubt that.

[@badmonkey2222]

Had a girl from Hinton WV, used to love going up there and camp on the New River.

[@paulrotondo6254]

you missed the best buffet!

[@FreneticZetetic]

If you pay attention, most Cornette rants distill down to: 1. Vince Russo 2. Food issues/travel issues/combination of those two Pure gold, lol.

[@rumtuckskatter]

Rofl. As a SoCal person who was spent waaaaaaay too much time in WV and Wheeling especially, I can attest that the food, hotel and casino situation in WV is hilariously and painfully incompetent.

[@budgibson185]

Corny is quintessential Americana

[@whiteythaboss407]

Sounds like it was a ripsnorter

[@jefffrancis8625]

Piketon Ohio

[@marilynsgirl01]

Jim, my love, it would behoove you to learn to Google on your smartphone. 😂

[@d-mo733]

Dont forget that the GREAT George Brett was born in Wheeling!

[@dwade6322]

My Hero,Idol,an Fav baseball player!

[@MrKroogur]

xpac was probably there. Oh wait wrong video

[@davemcvey9966]

Mr. Kroogur good one lol

[@anthonylewis4278]

Or flair

[@beauclark1650]

Looking at the buffet online currently Could be the most half ass old country buffet ripoff. I love Corny

[@Netsolace-tech]

The entire stuff Jim explained in this clip is the stuff he calls what killed the business if other promotions are doing it.

[@blanchfor]

The one downvote is Vince russo

[@MaestroDawg65]

Kitty Galore is actually Kathy Dingman who was B.B in the WWE.

[@aretnap3653]

Jim Cornette... "I *Blew* a Few People." 😜

[@TheLlwhaley]

The Casino in Cherokee, NC ain't much better.

[@gabrielshupe8927]

Got that right

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

The Hyatt hotel in Stowe Vermont isn't much better.

[@ranchdubois5706]

'i drove my car into a fucking lake' -jim cornette

[@maxbray6819]

Haha my hometown

[@Clay3613]

Wheeling is a very sketchy town, aside from Oglebay. Ohio highways represent! WV and PA have the worst roads I've ever driven on.

[@jamesbowen8960]

Clay3613 Michigan has the ABSOLUTE WORST ROADS IN THE NATION! Ask anyone. I know, I live here!!!😁

[@PlayNice123]

@ 5:40 💀💀💀

[@Silentaslife]

For anyone wondering what happened to this potential show...you can youtube it and see for yourself but considering how often Jim has shit on Outlaw Mudshow's (and rightfully so) for having shit production value this show looked like it was shot on a camcorder made in the early 90's.

[@aretnap3653]

TheBigWheel!

[@michaelfalkner1186]

The sizzle reel referred: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmeqY5SnitqUr5Y

[@harveyd3175]

Cornette is 100% accurate. They used to have a cafe open but they closed it. Youre right, they want you gambling and not eating..( Its. better when the dogs are racing.) And yes f*ck that suspension bridge. ...

[@adamhicks8754]

Now I know why jim always has that mean look in his face ,he's constipated ,he hasn't shit in years from all the god damned hamburgers

[@michealsmith437]

Jim loves Olympus Wrestling because it has old timers in management. Forget it has next to zero talent and if it was under any other leadership he would call it a travesty and an insult to the business. With An airhorn to stop garbage matches early. But Jim got a paycheck and finds no fault with this promotion. If AEW, WWE, New Japan, TNA had that shit Jim would be pissing himself in rage for their mocking the business.

[@brucewhite360]

🤓🎾

[@arcaderacer586]

Haha. JC said he “blew” a few people.