Jim Cornette on Promoters Carrying Money

From Episode 70 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru!
Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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[@SteelSunday]

Repo man should of been trying to get his hands on Angelo Poffo's car instead of Macho Mans Hat

[@DMS-pq8]

Only if Repo wanted to sleep with the fishes

[@danielwilson9724]

Lmfao 😂

[@awkc63]

I love Jim's stories of the past. Especially pre 90s.

[@Scorch1028]

Paying cash for "everything" made sense when these guys spent over 300 days a year on the road, and they were never home when their credit card statements arrived. Back then, there were no online payments so the less you put on a credit card the better off you were.

[@clarknapper3933]

Credit cards were also a fairly new thing in the 70s and spotty where you could use them into the 80s.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

@@clarknapper3933 Yeah, some places were "brand loyal" so might only take Visa....and for all the remote places wrestling happened in, I'd imagine network connectivity and card processing (remember when theyd make a carbon of your card) would be rather sparse

[@TheRpf1977]

Plus traveling state to state having cash if you were pulled over and them being wrestlers probably were all drinking and smokin trees so you might need a hundred to get any small town corrupt cops to turn their heads!

[@Ostmann.]

Travis Heckle’s artwork is always great 😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@danielwilson9724]

Agreed!! Id love to own some type of wrestling shirt from artwork of his

[@holidaystyles7952]

Jim's Brain different, he can remember shit like who bought a 20 bag a weed 27 years ago on the 1st week after xmas plus who all smoked or chipped in money

[@LostOneOmega]

I'm also sure the wrestlers that traveled from territory to territory didn't work on IOUs and promoters wanted them to come back so they gave them the cash because word travels fast on who paid what and when and how much

[@DMS-pq8]

Small town wrestling shows where a dad could take his family and have a great night of entertainment for about 20-30 bucks. Those were the days

[@garymartling6055]

No idea what it costs to go to a live wrestling event but baseball, football, basketball, etc have done everything they can to price their fans out of being able to go see them. And each year they(people in suits who don’t even actually care about sports and are just there for business purposes) try and figure out whyattendance and ratings decline.

[@danielwilson9724]

Whn I was growing up in mid 80s-early 90s in Indianapolis we got local wrestling shows for $5 every single time somehow.. Even whn Sabu,Abdullah the Butcher and Tracy Smothers were working the main events at a few of them.

[@eazymb.]

That’s basically been replaced by High School football/basketball in my neck of the woods.

[@thurstonhowellthe3rd550]

Now adays u can make 20 to 30 bucks if u take your family to a wrestling show wwe and impact pay fans to see a shitty show and fill seats

[@yoholmes273]

My local promotion runs shows about once a month , incorporates former WWE stars, and is about 2 hours of quality entertainment. Front row is 30 bucks. Now, I tried booking tickets upcoming to RAW in Philly. Not a PPV just a Monday Night Raw. So not even close to the ring, not ringside, but anywhere in the lower bowl was well over $200 dollars per ticket. Beyond outrageous. How anyone could ever dream of taking their family to a RAW would have to spend a months salary just to park & get in the door.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Love Jim Cornette! One of my all-time favorite wrestling personalities! A truly classic heel manager! 👌

[@michaelm5031]

Corny is the most entertaining wrestling personality i've ever heard

[@ChairmanMo]

Yep, I stopped watching WWE in 2011. The only things that I want to see all involve Jim; especially matches. Unfortunately it is not doable since it would result in Jim dying from sheer exhaustion.

[@dankhead4204life]

Always love these stories great insight

[@gabbythetoymaker1400]

Could you imagine this guy testifying against you????? LMFAO

[@Savethebees9]

memory like a steel trap

[@gabbythetoymaker1400]

@@Savethebees9 I don't get it???

[@Savethebees9]

Because nothing escapes his memory, like a steel trap.

[@georgedavisii2451]

Travis’ artwork is the GREATEST

[@josemuniz4454]

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

[@ricterhunhard2518]

WE’RE GONNA STAY RIGHT HERE UNTIL YA CALM DOWN AND START LISTENING TO ME

[@infidel6728]

Bohemian Alligator hold? I missed that one.

[@mindlessdroid3630]

Remember going to WWWF tv tapings and getting in for $4

[@malikevans2615]

How long ago was this?

[@mindlessdroid3630]

@@malikevans2615 late 70's early 80's

[@steveremo4761]

I just watched that episode of smw. Jim's momma put up the 20k so the bodies could get the rematch for the titles against the fultons.

[@danielwilson9724]

Robert Fulton was such a great heel too

[@michaelailer5623]

Running the money through the office separator. Also all the "robbery " moving from show to show.

[@MilMaska]

"A business that was conducted largely in cash" - Jim Cornette

[@paranoidandroid9979]

Love hearing all the stories about Evansville. I was born in 87 so I missed the territory days where they came through the colosseum. Wish I coulda been there

[@olboonie]

Beverly Hillbilly reference lol

[@dquanissavage6287]

Great Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐

[@codered5431]

Internet killed everything

[@nohatersallowd5709]

Called the internet cuz it INTERcepts.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Luckily for the promoters carrying money to wrestling shows, Nailz wasn’t one of the guys they had to pay.

[@dwaynegreene152]

The thumbnail 😂😂

[@MrDexington]

Would love to hear thoughts on cost in relation to financial deals being reneged on in today's global scene. How many large promotions would saturate the market if one of the big players took out or had deals with several companies.

[@MrDexington]

And also the publicity Twitter privacy debate. Thanks for reading.

[@INDREAMSBEGINSRESPONSIBILITIES]

Sneaky I love it.😁

[@tylermccune7092]

Especially when dealing with small businesses I still try to pay cash whenever I can…Uncle Sam won’t miss it

[@ScorpionTomb]

I literally was just watching a jim cornette, i can't get enough of his shoots and etc.

[@KayBearYT]

Jim, can we please hear your take on the Fiend and NXT vs AEW on wednesday nights

[@heartedlytinmanadonis8857]

🤣 I Been Asking On Cornette Take On Bray Wyatt For About A Month Now. Brain Mentioned To Cornette For A Brief Like Four Experiences Ago. They Said They Will Speak On Bray Wyatt Once Cornette Take A Look.

[@KayBearYT]

Heartedly Tinman Adonis IKR! Honestly I'm surprised they still haven't specially after that awesome entrance at Summerslam! I hope they talk about it next week

[@heartedlytinmanadonis8857]

@@KayBearYT Right. Bray Wyatt Is Simply The Best Period. The Guy Can Make Anything He Do Work. Anytime You Can Intrest Adults With A Children's Show Persona. I Been A Fan Of Him.

[@KayBearYT]

Heartedly Tinman Adonis Spot on! I have been marking out for the Fiend like a kid at a candy store or maybe something Jim might say, a virgin at a brothel lmao😂

[@heartedlytinmanadonis8857]

@@KayBearYT I Been His Biggest Fan Since He Was Talking About Taking Down The Machine Back In Nxt. Gimmick Alone He's Awesome. You'd Believe He's Actually That Way In Real Life. That's How Serious He Takes This.

[@outintheadirondacks]

Sorry Jim, 1500 dollars in today’s money is more like 15 - 20 grand.

[@coleblowers5230]

I live 10 mins away from huntingburg! Love when jim talks about Indiana shows

[@briancromartie3149]

Which wrestler, did Jim Yell at today?

[@blackatheistmillionaire1636]

Jim's memory is incredible!!! 😳

[@exploringwithrio]

Chief thundercloud is my dad, I'd love to hear more stories about him that you have jim

[@JoseFlores-xc7wu]

Is Jim Cornette still working with MLW cause i haven't seen him on the last couple of weeks on the show

[@jiovanysoltero923]

well he was last week but wasn't around for the NY Tapings because he doesn't like traveling to NY but he just got released from MLW because of sum Comments he made to Jordan grace from Impact Calling her a butterface and got in a spat with Sum other dude

[@JoseFlores-xc7wu]

Thank you for letting me know. I love Jim and i think he is funny but sometimes his mouth gets him into trouble

[@jiovanysoltero923]

True dat

[@michaelm4950]

Jim's not with MLW for the time being don't know if he is going back any time soon

[@ricancira]

I got 20 dollars cash american that says NXT on wednesday nights is going to suck.

[@Savethebees9]

if they do anything different they will be fools

[@josephrandolph325]

Huntington Indiana Mr. Cornette 😃

[@MortonT1958]

Joseph Randolph, nope, Corny is talking about the town in southern Indiana.

[@herbal776]

Huntingburg Indiana

[@tylerscott3201]

I'd like to see more technical wrestling in WWE today more tournaments like the king in the ring Vince don't mess with NXT leave it alone let Triple H keep doing what he's doing because the NXT is Magic and also I pay for WWE Network can we get more resting in list talk shows on there do away with stuff like Total Divas and story time in Camp WWE in The Edge and Christian show get rid of it more wrestling would be what I prefer

[@Savethebees9]

holy run on sentence batmanuel

[@marktyler9168]

Jim Cornette has told the Austin Idol story about the Battle Royal check about 17 different ways. When he interviewed Idol, Idol said he took the check back to Tampa and the police knocked on his door and asked for it. Cornette has said he cashed it in Columbus because the people at the bank knew him. I have heard Idol say he cashed it at a bank in Atlanta. It is all BS. Two carneys still working people.....

[@bikecaptain8015]

I just recently found this guy and he's great. But, you're right. The more I listen the more I can hear he's very much still a grifter at heart.

[@deadaccount7520]

To me something sticks out. Wonder if Lawler vs wacky 833@DJ was before the thing with Kaufman or after. Kaufman thing spilled into letterman. So it was early 80s. Did they take it seriously? Or was it played for laughs? Is that how he became the king of Memphis? By just kicking random.peoples ass in Memphis. .. Sort of seems like one of those publicity stunts. That corny would despise. None wrestler and all

[@richardpreston7333]

Honestly, it's a shame Jim is just known as "the guy what don't like the AEW", when he's such an amazing oral historian

[@jonthompson7106]

He really is. I love listening to him talk about pretty much anything lol

[@halfbkdt8rsalad]

😂😂😂😂 He is definitely not known as just the guy who hates AEW. Real wrestling fans know he's a historian and a great wrestling heel.

[@YogsenForfoth]

The only people who only know him as “the guy who doesn’t like AEW” are mindless AEW fanboys. It’s amazing how he’s still able to draw heat after all these years. It’s impossible for me to not like the guy. Jim really is the best. 😂

[@Pugiron]

Like all old liars, Jim will tell you how LITTLE and how MUCH money he made in the old days in the same breath.

[@Andysnyc]

Well, granted, Jim is of the era where you didn't really publicize how much were you making ...unless you wanted to show off and spend an obscene amount of money. Jim also was looking and securing the finances for himself and his tag-teams too. There's a reason Jim never went broke in the business outside of SMW closing up.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

It’s a wonder that the IRS never had agents following these shows around. Their increased take would have easily paid for the agents salary.

[@MaxxCoyote]

@@Andysnyc He didn't even go broke when SMW closed down. Because he closed it before he could go broke.