Jim Cornette on Phil Mushnick's Article On Vince McMahon's Scandal

From Episode 329 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@InsignificantNick]

"Well, Brian Pillman was a friend of mine." Jim's promo on Phil from 1997 is one of the most intense things ever.

[@DLRX]

I was just thinking the same thing, just imagine if Jim didn't have to censor himself when cutting that promo.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

Watched corvette on raw then.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

Cornette

[@yusufgazi7]

“Well Lexis King is a friend of mine.”

[@ethanallen3487]

One of the few times Jim got somewhat emotional on camera.

[@markfacebook]

Ok, who sacrificed a goat to summon Mushnick from his tomb?!

[@davidcook3116]

😆

[@scottie2hottyringer299]

My bad, I was trying to sacrifice a chicken to summon Shitstain….. I was as surprised as anyone when the chicken hopped up and went straight for the goats jugular…… and that’s how I ended up sacrificing a goat, and my fear of chickens began

[@tripvic7629]

​@@scottie2hottyringer299 🤣🤣

[@bretts6861]

I honestly didn’t know Mushnick was still alive.😂😂

[@bretts6861]

For those not familiar with Phil Mushnick, he’s the heir apparent to a sports writer, named Dick Young, who used to go on about how they’re “Ruining my America”. As if the country should conduct itself according to his exact specifications. That said, Phil has a right to take a Bow about Vince.

[@steveknick1978]

If you've been telling the world a guy is a scumbag for 40 years & you're finally proven right, of course you're going to want to gloat.

[@presidentskroob]

Except when all you do is write overtly (almost cartoonishly) negative columns saying everything is corrupt, scum, etc. When you finally stumble across one that is legit, it doesn’t come off as being insightful or impressive. Just comes across as “well I guess you were eventually gonna hit one at some point”

[@chico1680]

He's nothing more than a blind squirrel who found a nut.

[@tammyforbes2101]

@@presidentskrooba broke clock is right twice a day!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I mean, didn't we all know Vince was a scumbag all that time, too? Yeah, we didn't know about the really sick shit, but we all knew he was in on the steroid stuff and cheating in Linda, the stuff with wanting to do an incest angle etc. You don't get to gloat for seeing the hand in front of your face...

[@Jlsousa1979]

It hasn't been proven right as of yet, these are just allegations at this point. I'm no McMahon defender or anything like that, however we've seen this one too many times before.

[@HarmonySword]

Instant Flashback to the RAW shoot Jim did on Phil when he disrespected Brian Pillman

[@diegorivas1991]

"I'm Jim Cornette and that's my opinion"

[@poindexterflex1981]

You know it's about to pop up in the algorithm.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

That was such a HUGE deal back then. That was one of the earliest instances of wrestling fans hearing a "shoot" interview.

[@K-dawg26]

​@@poindexterflex1981Fuck the algorithm.

[@tallalmk6]

Where can i find that promo btw?

[@MilMaska]

"Vince never greeted me in underwear" - Jim Cornette

[@ashskullz]

When did he says that?

[@rofbagging9749]

I bet Ric Flair greeted him with a helicopter or two

[@biglicker4473]

lol in their first reaction to the vince news as it was being released live. the thumbnail of the video is vince in his literal underwear behind a dumpster@@ashskullz

[@jamesgroover4643]

You don't have nice hooters 💋 🦉🦉💋

[@jamesgroover4643]

You don't have nice hooters 💋🦉💋🦉

[@pauls9844]

To Phil’s credit, online poker is a total scam

[@travismcdonald6576]

Wonder if Jim and Brian will discuss Billy Jack Haynes?

[@martiboxwell9680]

@@travismcdonald6576 you should have waited an hour before posting this.

[@kenrickeason]

​@@travismcdonald6576 I know it's wrong what he did and I know his wife had dementia but what if she said something foul like *"That's why I sleep with your **_____** while you was away"* Billy probably put the pieces together and snapped before he knew it.. I always seen and heard that when people get old and have dementia they don't care what comes out or some can't hold it in anymore cause their sickness doesn't aloud them to..

[@tammyforbes2101]

Any gambling is a scam unless it’s penny poker with your buddy’s!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

In what way is it a total scam? If you play on a reputable site, they have provably fair games and get audited by regulators. I've been making a healthy profit playing poker online for 20 years and I know plenty of other good, and even only decent, poker players who make profit consistently. The truth of poker is that 90% of players lose money. And if you think its a scam, its because you are one of those in the 90%, you are bad at poker. The only scam is the advertising that makes people think they can start playing poker without any knowledge or study and win money.

[@MrCamp]

The problem was Phil Mushnick gave Donald Trump boxes of documents. He doesn’t read and stores those in a bathroom

[@owl509]

Didn't even know Phil is still alive 😂

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

I didn't either!!

[@Uuusssaaas]

Same.

[@undertakerfanz628]

Miserable Phil

[@rickcobos1724]

Enough about Brooks though lol

[@bobwatson1162]

This guy is the HEY YOU GET OFF MY LAWN.. old man

[@johnnygrind77]

"Old Man Yells At Cloud"

[@JDotWill]

Phil Mushnick?! I thought he was dead

[@wilcee238]

Nah you’re probably thinking of Snake Plisskin.

[@chriswarfield7520]

Hahaha I love it. Both of yas.

[@northleedspoppa]

Omg my little sister just text me that 😂

[@TheFailedmessiah]

It's only his career that's dead.

[@Nazhussain07]

Still as hateful as always

[@markreardon6663]

Mushnick completely missing why Trump and Vince were 'besties'. They have a lot in common.

[@canedust]

"That Vince is a real pervert creep!" Trump: ... we're already friends, you don't need to big note the guy

[@unmitigateddisaster3793]

Mushnick is the kind of guy who predicts every possible thing will go wrong and then when one thing does acts like he's Nostradamus.

[@ultrabeanmachine1583]

You mean Quasimodo predicted all this

[@vinceraven1501]

Somewhat similar to Uncle Dave... 🤣

[@_hillhill2698]

Lots of sketchy ppl were “let go” for awhile but then brought back…to quiet things down. Monsoon used to joke during live shows about Patterson & Garvin’s activities towards younger wrestlers

[@anthonymartin9923]

" Terry Garvins school of self defense " lol😂

[@kenrickeason]

We all have a hint that Pat Patterson was gay but knowing what we know now Terry Garvin and Mel Phillips is too.. (Nothing wrong with that) But what I do have a problem with is that if they were covering up things or doing things that's messed up towards boys or doing unwanted advancements towards men then they need to be exposed for that..

[@hillhill78]

A graduate of yes! lolololl@@anthonymartin9923

[@zolofttube4840]

Trump: "I don't know Phil. He was just the coffee boy. Like Vince."

[@itscarlyj]

Speaking of scumbags, now that Kevin Dunne is gone, I saw 2 Cornette face shirts on RAW this week. The show was in Kentucky.

[@anonymousbo0318]

Wow, two shirts. Such a big endorsement 😂 🤡. Get off your knees.

[@mg9138]

Either Pat Patterson was a predator or Roddy Piper was a liar

[@namemcnamerton4249]

Roddy Piper admitted it was a lie.

[@mg9138]

@@namemcnamerton4249 I'm sure he did. I wonder why.

[@bengreenbank]

He was definitely a child rapist.

[@grabbity]

Piper said that's not what he was talking about, most likely thing is how Roddy treated Pat when he found out he was gay, due to Roddy's history and Roddy lashed out. Was pretty clear there was no animosity on Roddy's end on Legend's House.

[@mg9138]

@@grabbity yeah, he claimed everything was all on the up and up so he could get a pay day from that TV show and not be blackballed from WWE. Pat Patterson was a chomo, if all his accusers made it up, then so did Vince's.

[@azapro911]

Mushnick is clearly a level of grumpy old man that Ole, Jim and Bret can merely aspire to.

[@fatalsniper3413]

What? No wonder Vince got away with his crimes, it’s because guys like you dismiss them. The rich getting richer

[@northleedspoppa]

​@@fatalsniper3413 What? Muschink is a bellend Nothing changes that

[@azapro911]

Who dismissed the Vince scandal? Doesn't change the fact that Mushnick has a miserable outlook on life, as Brian Last confirms in this clip.

[@fatalsniper3413]

@@azapro911 Brian Last? Aka the Rock no.1 hater.., you calling him grumpy just because he’s spitting facts about Vince. Vince has been a known predator since the 80s. He’s been accused countless of times and people just swept them under the rug.

[@azapro911]

​@@fatalsniper3413He's grumpy because he's grumpy, the Vince situation doesn't change that, nor does it excuse the vile assumptions he made about Brian Pillman's death. Last is just honest about The Rock, the Vegas press conference was his first interesting WWE work since 2003.

[@vincesmith2499]

Mushnick: I warned Satan that McMahon was no good.

[@chuckshingledecker2216]

Hahaha. Exactly.

[@televiper11]

Pat Patterson was not “wrongly maligned.” Tom Cole credibly accused Pat of sexual harassment & sexual assault. Sid also told a story of Pat groping him. And Paul Roma said Pat explicitly said he could trade sex for a push. And then there is what Piper said and why he retracted it. Pat is not clearly innocent.

[@thelinedrive]

So Phil had documents and proof of these allegations but didn’t come forward with them until now. Yeah I’m sure this guy is totally not a grifter.

[@stevengarcia705]

Jim needs to go and watch Roddy Piper’s last shoot interview (where he gets flustered talking about Pat Patterson) and then we’ll see how he feels about ol’ Pat.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

@@MABMGuitarI remember that interview…it was like an Oprah interview where you would have thought Pat Patterson was clapping his cheeks

[@chico1680]

That's been disproven about what Patterson allegedly did to Piper by Sean Oliver.

[@cutekanjii]

​@@chico1680it has not. Roddy backtracked on it but that was obviously because he just didn't want to open that can of worms. Patterson was still alive, Vince was very much still in power. Roddy wanted to get another paypay keep the bridge open. Sometimes as an abused person myself you don't always expect the where and when it's going to come out but then u see the reaction and you want it to go away u regret telling. Yet for Roddy it was so much more magnified being as famous as he was, the situation he was in with who he was exposing and his masculinity thing he had going on especialy his generation & personality.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

you would've thought after Corny's Raw shoots, Mushnick would've learned to stay out of it

[@yoholmes273]

Miss the point often or always? Phil Mushnick has been proven correct in his reporting on WWF/WWE all along.

[@Vagajammer]

Phil Muchnick is the Tucker Carlson of Sports columnists

[@joshuamessenger]

Who isn't aware of breast cancer by now?

[@swissbeats2k]

I agree with just wearing a small pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness.

[@vincesmith2499]

Mushnick realizes Vince is a con but doesn't realize Trump is an even bigger con. LOL.

[@deucefloyd9858]

LOL,LOL,LOL..... I don't mean to laugh so hard, it's just that I find it really funny when people talk smack about Trump. It's like watching someone slap themselves in the face, or try to color inside the lines, or eat dog dookie. Hilarious!

[@chuckshingledecker2216]

It doesn’t say much for Mushnick as a moral compass, does it?

[@yoholmes273]

Meanwhile, back in reality....Phil Mushnick was right about WWF/WWE all along.

[@robertnguyen9493]

And now I gotta go back and watch Jim Cornette cut his promo on Phil Mushnick…..again.

[@pccleric]

He has a valid point about the pink crap.

[@Nazhussain07]

Ehh, I'm generally skeptical about these kinda gestures but I think it was organised by the American cancer society, I'm sure if they didn't like it or wanted something else they would have said so. I don't think you need to really "raise awareness" anymore to breast cancer but I guess it's about keeping their cause in the public eye so people don't forget, rather than a 1 time donation. And Mushnick is a hateful twat.

[@seanbarton4940]

Please tell me Mushniks column is called “YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS?!”

[@Rowri88]

Did Corny talk about what Kevin Nash said?😂

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

In light of recent humiliations, its an honor to be joined by men

[@Ultracolt-gs1oz]

20 years in the can

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

@@Ultracolt-gs1oz not a peep

[@TheMarc388]

Don’t say nothin’ Sal

[@K-dawg26]

​@@Ultracolt-gs1ozDon't drop the soap.

[@Dr1House]

I wanted to sh*t on a women, but i compromised...

[@GrindHouseBlues83]

Mushnik may have had Vince dead to rights, but ol’ Phil is the living embodiment of “old man yells at cloud.”

[@felseyjr71]

The most hilarious thing today is that Brian Last is decrying Mushnick's take as the most negative... when Brian is the wrestling equivalent of Mushnick.

[@anonymousbo0318]

💯

[@sick0h]

Congrats you summed up all of media/news :) Its all negative because thats what sells baby!

[@kurtwetzel154]

Sports teams professional and college always change uniforms. It’s just part of the business. Trying to make money selling the clothes.

[@Tim85-y2q]

I didn't even realize Mushnick was still a thing

[@Mike19737]

“Crime Ridden Las Vegas?” I KNEW there was Trump connection. 😂😂

[@LittleTimothy]

The Judge to Vince McMahon: Who'll find their place in line. But tie a string around your finger now boy 'cause it's, it's just a matter of time ‘cause you've got... No Chance! No chance in Hell!!

[@anonymousbo0318]

You clearly don't live in reality

[@LittleTimothy]

@@anonymousbo0318 Vince McMahon to the judge: I think I'm cute. I know I'm sexy. I got the looks that drives the girls wild. I got the moves that really move them. I send chills up and down their spine. I'm just a sexy boy. (Sexy boy) I'm not your boy toy. (Boy toy!)

[@LittleTimothy]

@@anonymousbo0318 No I live in the UK. Reality? Never heard of it, that a country?

[@MariuszMroczek-dd7ku]

Wasn't he the Golgothan in Kevin Smith's "Dogma"?

[@xLatinAssazzin]

Jim has the best laugh in history

[@myownpersonalopinion4541]

Phil is the type to go to see david copperfield and say this is fake

[@rbs0329]

Most of those teams auction off their pink jerseys and donate the money to the cause lol

[@tobiasfarragut292]

First time I heard the name Mushnick was during those Monday Night Raw tirades Vince set Corn to do

[@horrorstew3577]

Since we taking VKM down can we abolish all the acknowledgements and ❤ for Pat Patterson now too

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Cornette plays favorite to people he like

[@JimmyMac-jo3zh]

The KZbin algorithm randomly threw out an old "Pat Patterson comes out as a gay man" video from the official WWE channel for me yesterday. I'm amazed that they still have that up. Comments are disabled now, lol.

[@yusufgazi7]

“Well Lexis King is a friend of mine.”

[@trinitheuceyone2492]

What boggles my mind is how judgemental people are being towards others in VKMs circle who we have no idea what they knew from what they didn't. So not only are you judging these people from a point of ignorance but also a point of hypocrisy because how many of us know someone who has broken the law who does something without a permit that they should have, the guy in the neighborhood who sells weed, etc there are a lot of reasons why people in different circumstances choose to be blind to things that are not their business. Also I think it's highly underrated how manipulative a narcissistic personality like Vince McMahon could be. Do not disregard this man's power of manipulation or financial abuse to others. I am not saying we should absolve everyone of guilt but I am saying there are people who were not involved, lets not crucify without proof of wrong.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well Vince is the one that F'd up

[@chico1680]

A lot of people are treating this situation as a guilty by association perspective.

[@MariuszMroczek-dd7ku]

He was my favorite villain in Big Trouble in Little China.

[@troyanderson7826]

MASS sharing Jim... 🎉🎉🎉

[@frv1995]

Jim mentioned miss Elizabeth. Ive heard other wrestlers say that randy savage would lock liz in closets and locker rooms . Is it possible randy knew something about vince and others 🤔

[@keithharper1470]

He knew what the boys were capable of if he left her alone. Jealous 👀 with lust for Elizabeth

[@methos19751]

Lol, as someone that lives near Vicennes, yes, bring them here lmao

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

Vince has been accused of horrific crimes and Mushnick chooses to focus on DX shirts from 25 years ago. He clearly doesn't care about this single very serious issue, he just likes to vaguely moralise and trash wrestling in general.

[@shotgunremy8743]

I’d rather it be in Vincennes Indiana

[@earlycuyler8719]

Turns out wrestling was real after all!

[@gunnarjordan6980]

TKO needs to fire any and all employees connected to Vince. Start anew.

[@zachstolpa6521]

I guess mushnick got to bored trying to paint the Michael Kay show as garbage

[@derrickmarsh50]

Hes not wrong about the waste of money vs donating.

[@timthegem]

Agent Orange's supporters are going to be outraged listening to this, and they're still going to blame "damn woke liberals" for ending the Attitude Era even though Linda McMahon herself has admitted that PG content was necessary to win over the conservative Republicans that the Attitude Era made fun of.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well they're hypocrites as usual and they are probably still butthurt from the Chiefs beating the 49ers in the Superbowl

[@goodday2760]

Stop fearing the truth. It's unhealthy.

[@jamesstewart8377]

I thought they said Pat Paterson was committing all kinds of SA back in the day. Maybe I’m wrong but isn’t that almost common knowledge in the business about Pat??

[@troylowe814]

Supposedly Virgil got a job at the WWF after whipping out his Vincent to Pat

[@anthonymartin9923]

And what about Jim Powers.

[@scottmartin3228]

At first I thought they were talking about Sam Muchnick, who was a wrestling promoter that was 100 years old when I was a kid.

[@ryanschmidt8327]

Mushnik is miserable and no funny points.

[@BOdelaRUT]

Did Jim just say - we went down south for the ring boys?

[@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith]

Vince is no different from Hollywood

[@wilcee238]

That’s true. He’s a liar just like Hulk Hogan

[@rondoughhowell6442]

or Trump

[@MrDrokkul]

"Go to hell, Phil Mushnick!" Jim circa 1997

[@tthheettrraasshhppiitt]

Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited Phil Mushnick

[@rofbagging9749]

I remember Corny telling Mushnick to go to hell on Raw back in the mid 90s. First time on TV I cheered for Corny.

[@runnersdialzero1244]

Phil _MUSH-NICK._

[@davec.3129]

Jim is still sticking up for Pat Patterson. Makes me think Jim has similar skeletons in his closet

[@JimmyMac-jo3zh]

Is he related to Irv Mushnick? Always wondered.

[@jasonweeks6318]

He who shall not be named thinks vince was set up.

[@wilcee238]

It’s a swerve bro!

[@Dqbbed]

Bro bro bro...hey C'mon bro chill bro please bro please....just hear me out bro...yo bro can you hear me? - Vinny ru

[@gothard5]

Cornette cut a promo on Phil Mushnick on Raw??

[@unknownsample4801]

@gothard5 yep Oct 13 1997 it was about brian pillmans death.

[@patbrooks9823]

How the hell did Terry Garvin get into WWF management in the first place? He was a stooge for Bob Geigel in Kansas City before that. Did he ever even work for Vince Sr.? Or was he just a bed buddy of Patterson's?

[@FUGP72]

Actually, a lot of people talk about how pointless having different entire uniforms for causes is. And how counterproductive it is when trying to get people to donate. NO ONE sees athletes in these outfits and says 'NOW I'M gonna donate!"

[@vinceraven1501]

Just looked Mushnick up & nowhere can his age be found, or birthdate in general.. Look at all the people he's been controversial about is all over the board lol.. 🤣

[@kenrickeason]

I just got finished watching Jim destroy Phil Mushnick in an old promo 😂😂😂 His hate for Pro wrestling is insane.. I hate to see what he thinks about MMA and Boxing.. Edited: Phil Mushnick would make a great heel manager.. 😂😂😂

[@aPoCaLyPsE420187]

1:56 - Pat Patterson

[@levishorkie2554]

Mushy-neck can do a commercial for sour grapes 🍇

[@paulsmith9192]

Their was also the female ring announcer,mike,mcgirk.she also accused Vince of sexual abuse

[@dantheman8103]

I remember her, had a bit of a crush on her as a kid. Didn't know she accused him.

[@clint81]

@12:30 To Control people

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Brian wasn't wrong. That dude really does sound like he just got here in 1935...

[@richardgadberry8398]

I honestly thought Phil Mushnick was dead.

[@sunshineholmes3487]

Seriously, wasn't he in his 50s around 30 years ago last time Jim tanned his hide? Are these the musings of an 87 year old?

[@POWwrestling]

Mushnick is still alive?

[@MattCates69420]

Lol, a Vincennes, IN reference

[@david29497]

Phil Mushnick sounds like a redditor before reddit existed.

[@constablekennedy7705]

I Hate to say it but Vince McMahon may Never recover from this Foolery 🕳

[@vacuumboots69]

Was always gonna and badly wanna always gonna be pushed not walk away

[@cosborne06]

You think?

[@GazC]

I have no idea what this guy looks like but I want to think he looks like Walter Matthau

[@mrterp04]

Phil being from 1945 would explain some of his word choices

[@six6thdisciple]

DESCRIBING MUSHNICK SOUNDS LIKE HE’S TALKING ABOUT JIM

[@GregHuffman1987]

a twisted crepe?

[@williammitchell4417]

Mushnick was like Rush!! I am "Equal Time!!!"

[@spookerredmenace3950]

still love Jim wwf raw talk on Phill back in the 90s hahahaha Phil does seem like a Richard

[@_hillhill2698]

I was there the night Trump was inducted into the WWE HOF & as he introduced his wife….this guy in a suit up in the nosebleeds near me yelled at the top of his lungs “She’s a whxre!”….about 10-15 times in a rage. And this was years before he became President😂

[@seanbond577]

It's really weird to hear Jim take it relatively easy on Vince lately. He'll launch into a tirade about Russo but to take it so easy on McMahon is really weird.

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

He actually respected or like Vince. If u notice Jim has a hard time talking bad about people he liked or respected. Jim always disliked Russo. So talking about him comes easy

[@seanbond577]

@bootneyfarnsworth2844 I understand what you're saying. It's just he has no end of venom and insults when it comes to Russo or Omega. What those two did to earn his ire isn't even in the same ballpark as what McMahon did. Yet Vince gets a relatively light treatment.

[@unknownsample4801]

@@seanbond577that was know of anyway about russo and Omega they would be into sick crap too

[@rumarspencer7302]

Seanbond, I felt Jim has given a fair criticism of Vince in other clips since this story been out.

[@goodday2760]

@@seanbond577 A paper being written about McMahon =/= McMahon "doing" something.

[@BrandRedacted]

Is this guy ever happy?

[@davidconte-zu1ki]

$5 million donated to Trump’s “charitable“ foundation… Have no idea where that money went!

[@vibezforall99]

oh yeah this wasn’t as interesting as i thought it was gonna be lol

[@VoiceEnFuego]

The pink uniforms and usually auctioned off for charity

[@WhoDeanie85]

All that money does go to Cancer research

[@marcelmoreau2733]

Howard Finkel and Brooklyn Brawler....?