Jim Cornette on Running Into Fans In Public

From Episode 101 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru!
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[@at0micwerew0lf]

I ran into Cornette at a gas station in Louisiana when I was a kid(maybe 7, 8 years old). He signed a PWI(I believe)for me...he was beyond gracious from what I remember.

[@yankees29]

You just reminded me I have a whole shoebox full of late 80’s PWI issues in mom’s basement. Lol

[@eLiFILMSinc]

You wanted an autograph and not to break his legs or windshield so he should've be decent

[@BakedNConfused]

@Steven Jackson At first I was like, who TF has a tennis racket in there car. But I guess he plays 🎾

[@Tony-fq5bn]

Lol, back then he was probably happy any time a fan came up and didnt want to crack him in the head

[@colourfaze86]

@@BakedNConfused Oh he always kept that on him. He typically would put weights in it or something heavy in case fans tried attacking him lol

[@EntropicDecayGaming]

"Motherfucker I may be, but the mother I fuck belongs to thee" That's just gold! XD

[@MisterE1976]

That needs to be on tshirt, I'd wear it proudly.

[@dannyaltobelli1059]

Why can't more people speak their mind like Jim. He might be blunt but you know where you stand.

[@TheTexasViper]

That's because Jim is a democrat..he can get away with it. If a Christian or conservative would speak this way it would be labeled as insensitive and HATE speech. It's a double standard man in today's politically correct society.

[@avalsonline2]

@@TheTexasViperdoes not stop the westboro Baptist church, does it? Christian? check. Conservative? check. What is the problem?

[@williamschutz4982]

@@avalsonline2 They love to pull the "victim" card. They dislike being called out on their racist and hateful rhetoric. Cry like bitches, FFS they have the majority of the government, and they still cry.😅😅😅

[@ShowtimeDr]

Jim can get away with it because he is older and it's sort of his gimmick. In real life, you will get people who will nod to your face and talk sh** behind your back getting you fired from your job, uninvited to social gatherings, and in general negative consequences just for having an opinion. It sucks but it's true. Most people can't just shrug it off.

[@outstretchedwings]

Because, sometimes, people don't really *want* to know the truth

[@tammyforbes2101]

I met Jim at the Knox central Gym, in Barbourville Ky, Smokey mountain was doing a fund raiser for our foot ball team, and we helped them set up some, not much they had guys, but we set up chairs and stuff just shit you needed a bunch of hands for. But he was a good guy behind the scenes obviously he is slightly different on TV but not much though he is just Jim Cornet minus a Tennis rack! He said son loose that baby fat, and come see me when you graduate, you got the look and size just got to want to do it! I said man their is no way I could perform in front t of people, he said “WHAT” don’t you play football in front of a crowd and wrestle already? I said well yes, he said man it’s no different. He bought us pizza and after we was all set up and just killing time he talked to us for a while actually.

[@coreyhall1150]

Yeah if they see someone with size they ask "Ever thought about being a wrestler?" And they plant that seed. Some do it but most do not.

[@agentnine3973]

That sounds very pleasant

[@robertb4075]

I could listen to his stories all day long.

[@PatDees]

I first saw Jim at Stabler Arena at a snack stand that was close to the curtain that was blocked off for the wrestlers that was 30 years ago ....... 10 years ago I stop in at Wendys in Hellertown and Jim is sitting there with a lady eating (I assume his wife). I asked when he was done could I get a picture and he was nice enough to take a picture. Thanks Jim

[@shaunclifton5281]

Hell yeah !

[@RealSasquatchWatch]

because u let him finish is why he took the pic. good respect bro!

[@poop7334]

Stabler arena in Bethlehem…good memories!!!

[@Gibson343088]

Ive never seen the logic of, "Oh hey look at that massive dude who gets punched in the face for a living, Im gonna go punch him in the face cause im mad." Like sticking your arm in a tigers mouth and being shocked it chomped down.

[@kennyhouser3467]

Tough guys will always give it a try. Especially when alcohol is involved. I had to lay out my fair share of tough guys in bars in my youth because I'm a big guy(6'3" 250 lbs not fat but not Lex Luger either) and was a soldier. Luckily I was able to avoid most though. Those types always want to get their "I kicked 'insert whatever's ass, so don't mess with me" story to tell.

[@coreyhall1150]

@@kennyhouser3467 Yeah knew a guy like that. He punched the wrong guy and beat that guy up. That guy a week later got some of his friends they kidnapped that guy and beat him till he looked like an alien. It was my friends dad. My friend said he was supposed to show up and get some licks in but when he got there he said the guy was beaten so badly he just couldnt bring himself to do it. The guy that got kidnapled and beat on had a habit of beating ppl half to death for literally nothing at the bar..... I told him in school "Dude One of these days you're gonna beat up the wrong guy" and he did.

[@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam]

If you must learn how to take a punch at least make it enjoyable for the guy punching you

[@sk8terboi10003]

Jim cornette needs his own hbo show where they show him in situations like these

[@chewy2804]

They could call it “Young Cornette”

[@marcusnewtonz28]

"They had a mall, but what the fuck?" LOL I'm dying

[@groovypaul1630]

Jim thanks for the years of great wreasling and now great story telling .

[@bb-ye4gy]

Is there better or more cooler phrase than “mad that we fuked the Rock ‘N’ Roll”...?

[@rongabrieljr.8784]

Great stories Jim! Buddy Landell threatened to kick my ass at a show in St. Joe, MO if I didn't shut my mouth. 😁

[@artvandelayRFC]

"Spring of 89" and adults are still attacking wrestlers/managers over wrestling 😂

[@MrJjburgess11]

I was 10 years old in 89 and even knew it was a work by that point lol

[@wilhelmheinrich7502]

Yes.

[@jamirimaj6880]

@Sub for Trump 2020 let's just hope that the flippity shit of AEW is not the future of wrestling

[@MissterX]

A lot of that was because of the regional culture and how slowly it progresses over bigger, further away cities.

[@coreyhall1150]

When my dad ran his monthly show there was always ONE WOMAN in the crowd that would try to fight with the bad guy wrestlers lol...... I remember she would wait till security would get in front of her before she would start trying to get at em HAHAHA. She had the short blonde 80's hair she was old and I remember telling one of the commentators "She's like a dog chasing a car.... Wouldn't know what to do with it if she caught em".... It was always that ONE LADY that made a spectacle of herself.

[@smurfx]

glad you guys are back to posting small clips. really missed them.

[@petes9158]

I grew up in Alexandria. Ran into Bobby several times. He was a really nice guy.

[@reginaldwinfield3729]

Same here. I'm from Lecompte La. and ran into Cornett at the Alexandria Mall. Very nice guy, and still have his autograph still today!

[@warrenroy7333]

I’m from Alexandria too n have run into Cornette n the Horsemen regularly back in the day

[@matthillegas3099]

Cornette always has such great stories.

[@fxxxkyou8769]

That fuck your brother line fuckin' killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@bradnimbus4836]

Poor Bubba, his van needed those tires balanced!

[@josemuniz4454]

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

[@brian9670]

Midnight vs Rock N Roll in a 7/11 Slurpee match

[@mandolinman2006]

Coming to AEW.

[@King4sshole89]

It would draw better than CZW.

[@buried2getover499]

Piss off

[@buried2getover499]

@@King4sshole89 you too. Piss off

[@vernonmichaels6263]

😂😂

[@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA]

If anything Jim cornette appreciates good food.. And cheeseburgers!

[@williamschutz4982]

@Martin England Not a joke.

[@yoshikitakaya7871]

I LOVE to meet good ol corny! Id talk to him about wrestling, life, spiritual stuff, etc...would be EPIC 💯

[@snailcorepistolwhippits9488]

Spiritual stuff? Lol he's an atheist.

[@WhelmedButReady]

Lol "spiritual stuff" we all know he don't care for none of that

[@WhelmedButReady]

@Shlutty Mc'Shlutface You sure can, in Corny's case he'd talk about how shitty he thinks all of it is

[@yoshikitakaya7871]

@@snailcorepistolwhippits9488 don't matter...we could still kick it it. I think organized religion is a scam personally...

[@yoshikitakaya7871]

@@WhelmedButReady id still enjoy it lol i get a cornette rant/promo on something in person 😆👋👍💯

[@tomwalker389]

I'm surprised no wrestler was ever killed by a fan.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

Especially Corny.

[@Batony]

Ole Anderson came close to being murdered.

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Because heaven forbid anyone gets killed over their damn job

[@MaxxCoyote]

@@Batony According to Freddie Blassie, a fan shot into his car, and he found the bullet in the backseat.

[@shinobi887]

They had to downside a wrestlemania due to threats on Sargent Slaughter iirc.

[@LiveLongAndProsperHonestly]

That's one good thing about the business changing. You don't really get insane fans who take the bad guy/good guy shit so seriously as to run into people wanting to cause you bodily harm, at least not as much anyway. I'd be terrified to be a wrestling manager of a super huge heel group in the territories because of this sorta shit happening, folks hounding me and calling their family to come kick my ass and whatnot. I'd mostly just be tired of it being a thing moreso than what happens.

[@RunningWolf-qu5cr]

I would love to meet Jim, great mind on promoting and showmanship been a fan for years

[@Vagajammer]

In was very sad when Corny ended his KZbin channel (I would never have known about his graphic novel without it) I came across this channel purely by accident. welcome back Jim! I missed your potty-mouthed views on...well, pretty much everything!

[@minecraftmancam]

Justin Tym I concur!!!

[@thefilmeffect6089]

I live in Alexandria now and it's still a shit hole. lol.

[@sinsear2404]

Good ol Savannah, I remember this show

[@brianmcghee3597]

Savannah, GA born here.

[@durden2480]

@@brianmcghee3597 yes sir! Local since 1980.

[@unforgivn81]

Jim's description of the rickety van reminds me of a work van we had at my last job. We lovingly called it The Body Snatcher.

[@scorpiothegreat1]

Alexandria has not changed

[@nielgregory108]

When I was little, I saw Jim a gas station in Charlotte and I asked my Grandfather if I could speak with him. My grandfather said, "never talk to carny trash". So I didn't, never have and never will.

[@RealSasquatchWatch]

amazing ol pawpaw knew who he was too. lame

[@kliq11]

Lol

[@williamschutz4982]

NOBODY PUTS JIM IN A CORNER!😅

[@yoyo5069]

Or baby!

[@thomasboner8218]

Don’t put baby in a corner lmao! Nice Dirty Dancing reference.

[@user-km8oh1ll5t]

Lol boner

[@du6165]

I would love to meet cornie. I completely disagree with him on politics but appreciate his passion for it. It bothers me how he was fired from NWA from what was labeled racist and this b.s. woke culture comes from the same political spectrum he belongs too.

[@du6165]

@@MeMe-td1ye the other half of brains that dont like him made himlose his job

[@raulleon6870]

That's where you get confused. "Same spectrum" is a silly statement. There are normal people and extremists. The groups you allude to are extremists just like the opposite end with racists. Jim isn't like those people.

[@handsomebrick]

@@raulleon6870 I'd say Jim is pretty extreme, he thinks Trump is the worst president ever and anyone who voted for him is braindead, not a lot of nuance there.

[@naughtiusmaximus1811]

@@handsomebrick comment has not aged well

[@joshct9426]

What a fucking story! I can listen to Cornette all day, I wish we could have Cornette & JR on commentary

[@splintermouth]

Jim Cornette was amazing when I met him in 99’ I have a picture of us where he has a biggie sized Wendy’s soda in hand😂😂😂😂🖖🔥💯

[@kalen2465]

I lived in Alexandria fron 1990 to 2010. There wasn't really anything exciting there.

[@reginaldwinfield3729]

🤣 And still ain't today

[@Hotpur]

That's because you were not a heel wrestler. Any hick town, as small as it is, it's always a exciting place for heel wrestlers.

[@voncinnamon1]

i still live here. it sucks.

[@cameronallen5043]

This popped up into my feed and ironically I ran into him at the airport a few months back. He was very nice when I briefly spoke to him

[@ITIS2000MAN]

Surely the guy taking the license plate could have said it was Jim Cornette to the cops 🤔

[@JJMcHurt]

Let me call my BIG brother 😂😂😂

[@MilMaska]

Back than when you lost a fight in public, you were fired. Simple.

[@InvisibleHotdog]

By Bill Watts, not everywhere

[@Guillotine-Chan]

Mil Maska AS it should be tbh

[@kliq11]

You guys know it's a show right?😄

[@dquanissavage6287]

Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐

[@1971thedoctor]

Fans are insane

[@rusalexander1757]

"Don't put Baby in a corner". I can barely fucking type....fucking dead lmao

[@devinspruill]

Can’t get enough of these w Corny!!!

[@alanunseld4942]

i saw jim at a sams club in louisville he was cool as shit

[@alanunseld4942]

dude thats like 8 years ago

[@alanunseld4942]

ass clown seems about right

[@antoniokofoed7139]

Lol there needs to be a jim cornette bio pic

[@julesmcgrules3860]

But who could possibly play a young Jim convincingly? 🤔

[@mrmagpiepromotions]

Bryan Zane

[@RichieAppel]

There needs to be a Jim Cornette biopic series.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

I am amazed that they were able to protect the business back then when some jerk confronted them at a gas station out in BFE. I would have been quick to break kayfabe and say “it ain’t real you shit kicking asshole.” Of course the ultimate irony would be when they didn’t believe you and think you are just trying to confuse them haha

[@jcedars4784]

Wooooooo!!!!!!!

[@leatherneck4811]

Notta a better storyteller than Jim Cornette, I can imagine Jim avoiding many places in the US during the 80's and 90's lol!!

[@Mdriver1981]

In those days it still wasn't 100% understood that wrestling was 100% theatre. Especially in parts of the South where wrestling fans were of of a slightly different breed. And as Jim points out all the time this was of course before the internet, before people were constantly reminded that what they were watching was not real.

[@vandercudo]

It's not 88 miles an hour, it's 75. And it's not a Delorean, it's a Van!

[@djchino774]

Great story

[@SegaDream131]

I let fate be master of all meetings..... Just because I recognize you, don't mean you want to meet me.... If I went to a convention I would line up like the rest.....

[@TheRosswise]

I live about an hour south of Alexandria, LA. It is still basically a shithole. Has a really nice zoo though. A small zoo.

[@jamirimaj6880]

I was a Dairy Queen server in the 90s and I saw Jim along with other people in a bus...

[@capitalmurder593]

Jim is best mind in wrestling old-school especially. AEW should have hired him to be vice president not some hipster high flyers. Young bucks are average wrestlers. Are they qualified to be EVPS? where did they get there degrees in business management?

[@briancromartie3149]

Calm down mark.

[@capitalmurder593]

@@briancromartie3149 sounds like ur a young buck mark...they are just a mid card tag team

[@briancromartie3149]

@@capitalmurder593 okay? A mid card tag team, that WWE bent over backwards to get.

[@capitalmurder593]

@@briancromartie3149 yeah check WWE profits...there ok

[@briancromartie3149]

@@capitalmurder593 Don't care about profit. I don't work for the WWE, or own stock in them. There's a reason why WWE brought back Eric Bischoff. TV ratings are down, attendance is down. The product sucks right now.

[@truthtransistorradio6716]

I met Jim Cornette when I was 3 years old. I asked him for an autograph. I was wearing a shirt that said 'I love Vince Russo'. Jim gave me the finger and told me to f off! Ok, I made that up!

[@josheisert6393]

Out of all the quick wit I have heard from Jim Cornette for some reason when he was asked about if there was a car he loved to much to damage and he replied with a yes but threw in a BUT I'm always a nervous wreck so never say never I lost it. One of my favorite lines was about how if his brain was powered by intelligence he couldn't circle a rain drop on a fleas motorcycle. But for some reason just him simply saying he loved a car to much to damage but I'm always a nervous wreck in enclosed places I got more enjoyment then the flea-raindrop bit. I think because he is so funny the one liners are good and all but they took previous thought to come up with but when he gets going and on a tangent and is talking normal vocabulary I thought to myself this poor guy is a nervous wreck all day. lol. So in my mind I had this picture of Jim in a black car being a nervous wreck that he didn't want to damage but would get so upset and nervous as a scared cat he would just floor it into somebody. LMAO.

[@MrCody6925]

Instead of art I want to see their faces lol

[@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam]

I haven’t been into wrestlers running into fans since Sunny did the thing.

[@davidgerow]

Great stories. Lol

[@RazorFlex587]

So incredible how Corny and every wrestler EVER remembers exactly which arena or venue and town they were in at any given time. Hundreds or thousands of shows, and they seem to remember every single one of them. And they all love Waffle House. Lol

[@GooglyMcDoubleface]

lmfao, this is entertainment, funny shit, wow.

[@vanalbright9868]

Thanks for the Savannah ga shout out

[@nicothebassdude]

This story is why I drive a shit beater for my daily.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Bobby loved him a big ol' hooptie

[@rexsexson5349]

Buh uh At least once a show

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

I'd like someone to ask Jim to sign a Russo or Olivier shirt just to see what he'd say

[@Deepizzaguy]

And I thought stories of angry football fans telling getting in the grill of the player who cost them a football game was rough stuff. I know if I saw Jim Cornette or any heel wrestler of any nationality, I would keep my distance since I was entertained by a wrestler who usually is the butt of jokes on the news media during the 1980s since pro wrestling fans are considered "dumb" for believing that the ring action is legit.

[@johnliberty3647]

I ran into Meng/Haku/King Tonga once, he was actually walking past my soccer practice and my idiot soccer coach yelled that Wrestling was fake... what an idiot, got lucky, he was too busy to kick his ass. My father is a big 300 pound guy so I acclimated to big men but Haku was HUGE as far as Muscle goes. in person he was so much bigger than the TV revealed. I was a fan of his back then (his King Tonga days) but I was still afraid of him.

[@tylerromero6572]

Kid Tonga

[@johnliberty3647]

@@tylerromero6572 He was King Tonga in 1985 or 1986 when this happened

[@tylerromero6572]

It's an OSW review reference. In the royal rumble episode they call him that.

[@budgibson185]

Corny is a national treasure

[@One_Bonehead_Name]

Hey Corney... You were talking about your Taurus... You didn't get that from Pinkley Ford, did ya?

[@MrCJ_812]

I thought the pause was a KZbin ad about to start

[@joshct9426]

Fucking Cornette is down here! My brother's coming

[@greghuffman3061]

Sas gation

[@marco74austin62]

This has already been posted...wtf

[@keithdean9149]

My brother met Jim Cornette when he was working at a convenience store. The store was just off the interstate a little north of Charlotte, NC and the wrestlers would sometimes meet up there. Cornette and Stan Lane came in and the other guy working started talking shit and tried to set up a match between my brother, who is 6'2" and weighed about 215 at the time, and Stan Lane. My brother had also recently had knee surgery and said he didn't need to tear his knees up anymore. Cornette said, "Don't worry, he'll leave your knees alone and tear everything else up."

[@BakedNConfused]

Timestamp?

[@Ottophil]

Baked N Confused lol its not in the video, timestamp for what

[@BakedNConfused]

@@Ottophil No, as in what year he met Jim.

[@keithdean9149]

@@BakedNConfused around 1987 or 1988.

[@BakedNConfused]

@@keithdean9149 Thanks, I enjoyed reading your comment.

[@dc8052]

Jim's face is the type that is ordinary. U wouldn't necessarily know if it was really him.

[@bigyuk6091]

Fucking marks...huh Jim.

[@hawk4065]

Sounds like bubba's van had a wheel out of balance

[@durden2480]

Yes sir

[@ismailnyc6004]

That’s sounds like a domestic violence incident “ backhanded the wife,threw a $100 bill on the counter so she wouldn’t call the cops”

[@DUFFYISBACK]

my uncle said me and Jim are related

[@claytonlusby2505]

I try to be respectful if I see a famous wrestler or manager out in public. Like if they're eating, I don't interrupt their meal. Most are more than happy to sign an autograph and take a picture if you're respectful about it. Years ago, I had the honor of meeting Edge and Lita out at a restaurant when they were having a show in my hometown. At the time, Edge was a major heel and asshole on TV but he and Lita were as nice as they could be. I've been a big fan of Edge for years so I kinda marked out. Both of them signed an autograph and took a picture with me. I got to meet Chavo Guerrero as well and he was cool. I found out that the wrestlers who play heels tend to be the nicest in person. Edge and Lita had a lot of heat at the time because the thing with Matt Hardy was still pretty recent. But Edge was cool as hell and even chatted with me a few minutes. I happened to have on my Rated R Superstar shirt. He was nothing at all like the dick he played on TV and seemed humble. I still have the autographs and picture. That was an awesome moment for me. Meeting Jim Cornette would be awesome. Bottom line, be respectful and courteous. That'll get you a long way with famous wrestlers. You can usually tell by looking if they don't want to be bothered. I imagine even they get sick of all that attention everywhere they go. They're people too.

[@period8705]

Trump/Cornette 2020.

[@Kfowlkes09]

You know Cornette is a democrat who despises Trump, right?

[@rustyshackleford1040]

Steven Jackson He’s not dumb enough to be a Con.

[@markbowen5215]

Jessy the body/ Cornette 😏😝

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@rustyshackleford1040 whats with the cyber bullying

[@MrJjburgess11]

@sayvar44 ok tough guy