Jim Cornette on the Best Angles/Shows He's Ever Seen

[@thomasgann8754]

Ole Anderson turning on Dusty Rhodes in the Omni in 1980 was the greatest angle of alltime for me

[@grantorino2009]

Absolutely right.

[@damonpolk3775]

The Freebirds blinding JYD was one of the best.. Watts may have been considered a lot of things by some, but he provided some epic angles in MidSouth in the early 80s

[@josephdelledonne2098]

Sting getting kicked out of The Horsemen in 89 was great! Shawn throwing Marty threw The Barbershop window was amazing, it was so dark and memorable. Those are 2 angles that stick out to me!

[@roberthealey7739]

The one that shocked me was Tommy Rich coming out from under the ring and posted Lawler with Idol!

[@leeberry689]

And don't forget the riot it caused in its aftermath.

[@paulcoy9060]

Freebirds slamming the cage door on Kerry Von Erich's head. It started years of heat.

[@billymc2681]

It set WCCW on fire for about 2 years.

[@thegorillaposition7778]

Some of the live Memphis shows were (intentionally and SOMETIMES unintentionally) some of the most never-miss television shows of the 80's.

[@theycallmemrfiggs]

I had that Flair vs DiBiase match on tape. Classic

[@gahlblah5649]

Was an amazing match.

[@mfbinc]

Sammartino vs Zbyzsko...greatest angle ever

[@SethHolmes]

Green Grass and Hide Tides is an amazing song.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

Best match? Too many to think through. I've seen good feuds but the best BLOWOFF I'd go with the JYD / Freebirds classic. They blind the dog. Mock him and then Hayes agrees to a dog collar match, thinking JYD is still blind. Once Hayes gets the collar around his neck, and JYD takes off the bandages around his eyes .. THAT WAS CLASSIC

[@chrisbatten5746]

Dusty vs The Horsemen

[@luigivillani2321]

Flair vs Funk after the Steamboat trilogy

[@magnificentone4686]

Cornette! The celebration party on Mid-South where the Rock’n’Roll Express smash ur face in the cake and the slap heard around the wrestling world from Watts began the greatest tag team feud of all time! Nothing can come close to that! U and Watts were on par with the greatest exchange

[@greedyd5524]

Jumping Jeff Farmer and Motley Cruz. Once is not a lifetime...Yep

[@DANISEVIL]

This time I'm going full force

[@lionheart1867]

@@DANISEVIL You've turned the tables on me in a wrong kinda way.

[@bobloblaw9791]

Well played 👌🏻

[@grantorino2009]

Jerry Lawler putting out Terry Funk's eye in Memphis.

[@TheIroncross6]

Props for all the Mid-South, NWA, and Memphis. I was a much bigger fan of those territories when I lived where I could see them but I got to show some love for old school WWF... "Rowdy" Roddy Piper smashing..SMASHING!!!! Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka in the head with the coconut on Piper's Pit. Epic.

[@ddave7026]

The big turn of 1980.

[@thesmith8356]

I like Undertaker and Kane's storyline. It was my favorite angle. The question was best angle not match. I listened to that song. I thought it was pretty good.

[@dallasroy3003]

TBH The original nwo angle has to be the best angle ever, it was captivating and made pro wrestling the biggest it's ever been before or since

[@mrtrin]

The PERFECT face turn on Prine Time Wrestling ranks high for me

[@joehilner4830]

The best angle you've ever seen is the one that brought you back for more.

[@johngallagher72]

Thanks for recommendation..gonna try to find on network tonight 👍

[@PreacherJenkins]

Too bad NPR lady didn’t work out with Corny because Stevie Ray and Zappa were pleasantly surprising answers for the guitar question

[@joshuac5537]

Going to listen to that song now, I’ve never heard it!

[@maniachaelchallenges]

This Midsouth episode is on WWE Network.

[@mrtrin]

Maniachael Productions this was the answer I was looking for.

[@teebone2334]

The Fantastics are really underrated... They were doing alot of moves before they were popular... Bobby Fulton was doing the "laying on the turnbuckle" way before Michaels... I feel sorry for noone who has heard Green Grass... But really,Jim,you may need to broaden your horizons a bit in the Rock and Roll area... But still,Jim Cornette is one of the best talkers EVER in the business... Go watch some of his promos from the Crockett days... He is spitting that shit flawlessly... Pure sizzle... He's a better talker than most wrestlers,of any era...

[@george474747]

Anyone got links to these?

[@georgekenny2294]

I also watched as it aired. Unreal. You honestly feared for his life. I always wondered if one day one of the guys would just go crazy and lose it for real in the ring. This LOOKED like that. It looked pretty darn real.

[@ryansanchez319]

green grass and high tides is a great song and I bet a lot of people know the song from rock band game

[@jimstevens3823]

Yes saw outlaws 1982 , have the first album signed by huey Thompson, billy jones, and green grass one of my all time favourite guitar riffs

[@TheCMPunkNetwork]

The entire Macho Man/Jake The Snake feud. I mean... When Jake had that Cobra bite Macho Man... That was Magical. Horrifying and supremely edgy for the time. Ahead of its time I should say. I was only 10 years when that happened, and I knew Wrestling was staged at that age already, but when the Snake Bite incident happened, it began to blur that line for me again between what was and wasn't real in Wrestling again. Just incredible.

[@BSE1320]

Timothy Boese Yeah.... When I saw that damn snake bite a tied up Macho, my suspension of disbelief was completely engaged. There was no way in hell that could be fake, and made me cringe. And of course Jake laughing maniacally at the end. Fuckin A it blurred the line.

[@matthewsmith4647]

@@BSE1320 i think WWE have a chance to repeat that kinda suspension of disbelief with Ambrose and Rollins

[@horusheritic]

Green Grass and High Tides epic guitar tune for sure. Over shadowed today by Jason Becker's Valley of Fire the current greatest epic guitar tune.

[@redklok585]

The Outlaws were some of the best guitarists is the music business at the time. Sadly, classic rock radio is busy repeating Led Zepplin, The Who and Pink Floyd exclusively on constant rotation. You almost never hear any other greats like Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, or any other greats forgotten by the masses over time.

[@Sandbagger300]

I still remember that Cell Phone angle!

[@tomwellman4500]

I think my all time favorite wrestling moment was one in which I don't remember the names of of any of the participants or exactly when it happened. I only recall that it happened when I was watching Memphis studio wrestling some time in the early 90s (I think.) It was a tag team match, and one of the tag teams had a hot female manager/valet. While the match was going on, the hot female manger went over to the babyface who was not in the ring at the time and planted a big kiss on him. She then pointed at the ring and ordered him to turn on his partner and help her team win the match WHICH HE DID! At the time I wasn't up on who the main wrestlers in the Memphis territory were other than Jerry Lawler (I had just recently moved back to southern Indiana after a long absence.) I think that by this time Lance Russel was gone and Dave Brown was the head commentator. I thought this was perhaps the most amusing/outrageous thing I'd ever seen in professional wrestling. It was also kind of hot. I wondered why none of the other promotions didn't steal this idea with their own sexy female managers like Sunny or Missy Hyatt. If this incident rings a bell with ANYONE, I would love to know more of the details. Thanks.

[@toddkelly2687]

1. Stairway to Heaven 2. When Sullivan stabbed Mulligan because Dusty ducked out of the way (kill the head, and the body dies). A qualifier should be if your angle doesn't have a famous phrase (Austin 3:16 says...), then how great is it really?

[@debbiewilliams350]

Green Grass & High Tides Forever by The Outlaws is my fave song

[@TheCMPunkNetwork]

Stone Cold/Bret at WM '13 is another one. The classic switch. Steve turns face. Bret turns heel just like that! ... And not to mention, that match launched Austin into superstardom and would become the biggest Star in the history of the business.

[@gahlblah5649]

Eh, I'd say it was built up for a while, with bret throwing vince down, cursing like he never used to, etc.

[@TheLuscious]

Timothy Boese We call it the Double Turn match

[@TheLuscious]

Timothy Boese Actually Austin was way over when he won KOTR and the 3:16 promo. He was way over by WM13 and Michaels-Taker was the best WM match ever at 25

[@db-jk8dl]

2 belts, 2 champions, a ladder, WM10.

[@billgrabbe9992]

Mr. Wrestling I vs. Mr. Wrestling II was pretty good. It went for quite a while and kept escalating - mask, hair, lead armor glove, . . . II made a really good heel.

[@McStarkiller666]

The Dibiase Flair Murdock angle was so successful that it worked in the 1990’s with slightly different finish Bret bs Austin Bret went in as the baby face and Austin was the heel and by the end of the match they flipped

[@oliverl.5834]

If I remember correctly the angle is on WWE's Mid-South-DVD.

[@oliverl.5834]

DiBiase/Flair that is.

[@WritteninBlood]

Green Grass and High Tides is awesome!!!

[@glennkirchens7970]

Flair and Sting 45 min time limit, dayyyyyyum!!

[@27stevepmusic18]

People haven't heard Green Grass and High Tides?

[@CGoody564]

Green Grass and High Tides is on Rock Band. Practically any teenager that has played video games knows of that song... And Stevie Ray Vaughan warming up on his guitar is better rock than that... Not that it isn't a great rock song... it's just that SRV is on a whole different level.

[@ricstormwolf]

No match that Lawler was ever in could be considered for "Greatest match of all time."

[@levink]

GG & HT.... One of The Best!!!

[@Yoni123]

The Show is so much better now with Last and his knowledge of wrestling history

[@simonrhoden4457]

OMG Jim u are absolutely correct green grass by the outlaws is the greatest guitar song ever recorded & most of the human race have no idea what they are missing. With that one statement I have found my true brother. In general the outlaws have never been given the credit they not only deserve but earned. As much as I love all the popular southern rock the outlaws were the most consistent quality rockers Allman Bros don't get recognition for what they created dickey Betts especially but thank u for showing musical wisdom as great as your wrestling wisdom. BTW this comes from a Jacksonville FL native so these statement may get me lynched but truth must be told!!!!!

[@mcomiskey7]

I miss Alice.

[@RedfishCarolina]

I think Jim and the Midnight dropping Ricky onto the racket by his throat. The mouth bleeding, the expert selling.

[@Ughel1]

Kane Taker was awesome

[@RobertSmith-wr6pm]

Green Grass and High Class is on Rock Band lol. It's the final boss song

[@fien111]

Greengrass is indeed AMAZING, but I don't know if I can call it my favorite "rock and roll" song. It's fucking up there, though, and I'm not even 30 yet. And I heard it well before Rock Band.....not that it wasn't awesome to play in that.....on easy, that god damn guitar solo.

[@swolepatrol2139]

The person interviewing Jim has never seen th Ted Dibiase Flair Murdock angle?

[@chrischar9428]

Exactly

[@scottjernigan597]

Jessica by the Allman Brothers

[@CoalMinersGlove92]

"I said geda lidda juice kid"

[@kfreeze2836]

Austin v McMahon

[@zegaboy098]

I don;t know, Rock Band was pretty popular, pretty sure lots of kids heard GG&HT

[@peterora3190]

Ivan Koloff and Bruno Sammartino 1971?

[@thedarkchild86]

Macho Man vs Ricky Steamboat in WWF .....Great Match

[@azathmon]

I might be younger than Jim but Green Grass and High Tides is a masterpiece and I don't even like "classic" rock this much.

[@robertpeterson2558]

masterpiece might be an understatement

[@larryjones4096]

As far as angles go,i'd say Zbysko turning on Bruno although Ole turn on Dusty was definately more in the shock factor,it got my attention enough to want to shoot that bastard with my BB gun.Jimmy also brought up one of my favorite jams as a kid,"Green Grass and High Tides" sweet stuff for those long road trips with my folks to the State Fair in Dallas from Houston for the Red River Shootout or any good day for that matter.

[@butcherboy2008]

Type in "dibiase v..." and it autofills.

[@KiloMafia9]

An angle is a storyline. Not an individual match or show. So for me it has to be the Undertaker, Kane and Paul Bearer story

[@DH-zm4lh]

Green grass is great

[@williamshepherd2836]

I will see your Geeen Grass and High Tides Jim Cornett, I will also acknowledge it's quality and its deservance of presentation and consideration and present Molly Hatchet Dreams I'll Never See as my choice for your consideration.

[@actionsub]

"Green Grass and High Tides" the greatest extended guitar riff? You know it! I disagree with Alice; a person would break their fingers trying to play that on Guitar Hero.

[@robertpeterson2558]

Terry funk vs Tully blanchard and the claw hammer.. in southwest Championship wresting

[@seangoodwin3046]

Bill and Buddy Show.

[@McElwainLovesSharks]

Twin referee with Hebners, Barbershop window, NWO to name a couple

[@omikeycanfly]

hell yea with the Rock Band video game drop

[@johnst3296]

I want to be on alice....

[@davecooper5014]

y do people hate her shes fine with jim

[@pinnacleproductions6275]

Dave Cooper I think ppl don't like her because she sounds like she should be doing a show called Listening to the Delightful Sounds of Easy Listening. Or she sounds like Delilah who does that cheesy, sappy, love song radio show where ppl call in and make requests or cry about breaking up lol. I don't think she's bad and she's clearly a big fan, but yeah her voice is really irritating though. But it would be worse if she tried talking in some other voice that isn't her natural voice, at least she doesn't do that.

[@hamtsammich]

hell yeah, rock band!

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

I forgot how bad the first co-host was. "Was Jesus part of that angle?"

[@shakeandjake_1]

My favorite angle will have to be Rollins betraying The Shield

[@dancharlton9440]

You better agree, or you're blocked on Twitter

[@ivanmarquez4738]

Chris Adams pissed off because Gino Hernandez didn't want to be tagged in. Would have been one hell of a story, but Gino died of cocaine overdose or suicide??. It was Christmas 1985.

[@josh4106]

4:40 here you go jim ... (Led Zeppelin = Ric Flair; The Rolling Stones = Hulk Hogan , the Beatles = bobby heenan)

[@coleheister7390]

dave shultz VS john stossle

[@FLITT]

Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze... It's a cliche but it's a cliche for a reason 🤷‍♂️

[@So_Toasty]

Ol' Ted had a head on him like a three legged bastard house cat, didnt he?

[@afattori316]

Don't want to listen to it because Alice is hosting.

[@flash2672]

im glad i watched this green grass and high tides is amazing!!!!!!!

[@cognitivedissonance8406]

KZbin- where everything resides except for Jim Cornette praising the finer qualities of Vince Russo

[@shiningwizard202]

"Jesus Christ was part of that angle too?" God I'm so glad she isn't on the show anymore. She'd always try to interrupt Jim with a stupid joke to make herself relevant to overcompensate for her lack of knowledge on the subject matter.

[@hollywoodknights9343]

Christopher G how was she even included in the first place?

[@KingGhidorah5464]

Even though she puts him over in that one bit and he completely ignores it XD

[@lawrencethergood6100]

Who is she?

[@lawrencethergood6100]

Who is she?

[@leonardsr.1389]

Jesus Alice is just awful

[@thedude4672]

I like "Green Grass and High Tides" by The Outlaws, but it's not the greatest rock guitar performance ever. Hasn't Corny ever heard Jimi Hendrix?

[@RubenPerez-kv4ig]

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[@chriswade609]

The Dude Cornette mentioned Hendrix as an example of a great guitarist near the end of this clip, so I think it's more likely that he has heard Jimi's work than it is that you listened to the entire clip.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

The Montreal Screwjob, because it was a work and it is still kayfaybe.

[@colourfaze86]

The Outlaws? No. Not even close Jim.

[@nunyabidness4655]

Zeppelin, definitely!

[@JumpinJackFlash1989]

To answer your question Jim: Led Zeppelin were the best of the 3 you mentioned (though you forgot Pink Floyd). And that's coming from a man with a Rolling Stones tune as his screen name!

[@MattSingh1]

Watch Live Aid. Zeppelin were vastly overrated.

[@sdolsay]

If you are seriously using Live Aid to judge how good Led Zep was you are a troll, the drummers did not know the songs and Jimmy's guitar was way out of tune. Jimmy was also in the grips of a serious heroin addiction. Watch The Song Remains the Same or Celebration Day.

[@MattSingh1]

@both of you- OK then, how about the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary show in 1988? Another shambolic performance from the *overrated* Zepp.

[@sdolsay]

So you picked the two performances where they were not rehearsed properly and without their drummer. How about looking at them in their prime.

[@MattSingh1]

Talking about shifting the goalposts. Stop being a little whining and whimpering bitch, and admit they were/are staggeringly overrated. There's also the many accusations of plagiarism.

[@Sebastian_Polak_Maly]

Alice is pretty awesome. Chick that knows her wrestling, but isn't pretentious about it, and lets Cornette go.

[@mannypop66]

Machine Gun.....Jimi Hendrix.

[@lawrencethergood6100]

Her voice

[@bobloblaw9791]

List your 5 favorite neh, and your 10 favorite blahs. This chic is too much.

[@bjlogwood1181]

Who's the npr chick?

[@danwood2326]

Razor ramon vs Shawn Michaels, ladder match 94-95 summerslam

[@chrischar9428]

Not angle