Jim Cornette on The NWA's Coke Scandal

[@stevesmith2034]

Corny as scarface is top tier 😂 Hats off to Travis yet again.

[@joshuachappell5840]

No need for me to repeat it. Perfectly said. Make prints available for sale

[@joshuachappell5840]

Or NFTs lol

[@jamesgroover4643]

Say hello to my little friend, Pockets 🐈

[@benodonovann]

​@@jamesgroover4643 pockets is a puppy! 🐕

[@jamesgroover4643]

I'm a cat guy with bad eyes 😭

[@wilsonjoshwilson]

Flairs upset that he chose AEW over NWA after seeing this lol

[@MarquisLeary34]

Yep he heard the story, bladed, and started hopping around..

[@kevinsteele8771]

😂😂😂

[@jayanderson7508]

Like Tony hasn't asked for Flair's guy's # or vice versa 😭

[@Bigdondavinci]

WOOOO

[@AlphariusDominatus]

Bazinga

[@beauzermeno2406]

“I guess the James Mitchell segment was in the Miami territory” 😂😂😂

[@davidmurray6949]

🤦🏾‍♂️ I’m from Miami 🤦🏾‍♂️…… lol . This ain’t the 80’s 😂

[@joemckim1183]

AEW has a Pepsi scandal(Punk) and the NWA has a Coke scandal. Does that mean that TNA is going to get a Dr. Pepper scandal?

[@ricsims]

This just in. Dr Pepper got caught fucking a dog, while Dr Pib held its head

[@Bossmetalzone]

This lolol

[@jtothehtv]

Or WWE for that matter?

[@pinroshan020]

@@jtothehtvwwe has a lot of scandal when vinnie mcidiot was still running the show.

[@matt92550]

Don't quit your day job

[@MattKeller]

"Gives 'Taking a bump' a whole new meaning" - Dutch Mantell

[@davidmurray6949]

😂😂😂

[@corpyhogan4433]

It’s crazy when you realize this angle is what cost them the CW network deal and why they went with NXT 💀

[@madhatter8508]

They didn't just go with NXT. That deal has been in the works for months and would have been agreed to for some time before they announced it. They also have a deal with WOW

[@matthewrock4725]

​@@madhatter8508they apparently also approached Tony Khan about Ring of Honor which leads me to believe they never really wanted to get rid of it in the first place it was just Sinclair.

[@QAZ-OMEN]

It really is when you consider how many "kidnapping and murders" happened in NXT last year.

[@JRSanchez93]

They probably would have went with the NWA and NXT. Along with WOW and for me here, the local wrestling fed, The CW would have been a full wrestling network with multiple shows.

[@jmwvirgil]

If NXT became available immediately after they signed NWA, they were just looking for an excuse to bump NWA.

[@Kooljetton91]

Corgan is his own worst enemy. Not only he destroyed his own band but he also destroyed his wrestling promotion as well. Crazy

[@dhenderson1810]

Did you hear that he came within a hair's breath of owning TNA Impact? Corgan wasn't just going to be the owner if he ran it, but an on-air authority figure too, and planned to wrestle the occasional match, so he would be on the show every week. The only reason it didn't happen was because Jeff Jarrett and Anthem outbid him for the licence at the eleventh hour. Imagine if Billy Corgan had got his hands on TNA.

[@markfroman738]

🤣🤣🤣@@dhenderson1810

[@gullreefclub]

@@dhenderson1810If he did buy it they would have to rename it to T,A,&C

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

​@@dhenderson1810TNA was almost dead back then and more wacky Corgan would've killed it.

[@CandyCoated7779]

why does it suprise anyone i mean corgan is master of bad decisions and self destruction i mean he dated courtney love another self destructive person and she ruined her band one of many bad decisions.

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

And then NXT got a TV contract for the CW. 😂

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Listen all y'all it's a sabotage...

[@zlinedavid]

Be funnier if it went to TNA/Impact/whatever the hell it’s name is now.

[@makaveli4205]

Modern wrestling is gay. To many girl wrestlers now. The guys all look the same too.😊

[@stigrabbid589]

​@@zlinedavidTNA is owned by the folks who own AXS, so they might not want to put it on another channel

[@Lenny_Hondo]

And then?

[@XombieLejon66]

Lol Corny Montana "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! " *whips out tennis racket*

[@danieljerome229]

Pop

[@coldnightmare199]

Hahahaha you're soooo funny hehehe my sides

[@themidnightman9798]

​@@danieljerome229"And then the place blew, the roof came off, and they threw the babies up in the air." --- Corny Montana

[@chwenhoou]

Out of all the most bone-headed acts done in wrestling this year, I never thought NWA would pull a "hold my beer" moment.

[@maxxdahl6062]

He didn't even try to hand his beer over. lol

[@madhatter8508]

Yeah especially given how easily they cut ties with Cornette for saying something mildly offensive

[@herecomesdatrain]

​@@madhatter8508i thought that was mlw

[@Nediablo]

​@@herecomesdatrainnah it was NWA KZbin show. “Trevor Murdoch is mad, bad and dangerous,” Cornette said during a match between Murdoch and Nick Aldis. “He’s the only man I know that can strap a bucket of fried chicken on his back and ride a motor scooter across Ethiopia.” Like Jim said. It's not a racist joke. It's a starvation joke. Still bad taste? Sure is! Racist though?! Nah.

[@XombieLejon66]

I thought they peaked with the "hold my beer" moments with making the Funkasaurus NWA champ, but the bar just keeps getting lower.

[@Inazuma163]

“Not even good strippers” is crazy 🤣

[@archiemisc]

One of them looked a few months pregnant too

[@andrew36345]

This is hilarious and what makes it even funnier is that they recorded this before NXT was announced to go to CW. So they were right on the money when they called that

[@makaveli4205]

Modern wrestling is a joke. Compared to twenty years ago.

[@WSK9002]

What's insane about that, is if Corgan never greenlit that segment NXT would not have gotten The CW.

[@TNLable]

Now I get why they picked NXT. Some wrestling show have to fill this one.

[@josiah1218]

​@makaveli4205 umm..wow you've must have missed a lot

[@a_ya5555]

Won't be turning in for boring ass WWE either

[@rl318]

"No, you didn't see wrestlers doing drugs in the locker room; we did them back at the hotel," said New Jack.

[@dominushydra]

New Jack is full of shit too. RIP but that dude was railing lines at gorilla 😂

[@keltongillanders5736]

​@@dominushydrathat dude was railed up when he got to the arena, and started doing lines at gorilla 😂

[@kevind7396]

My mind was blown when I discovered Mitchell is under 60. I mean....he looked much older when his monsters went after Glacier.

[@The1Remainder]

The coke is aging him.

[@zlinedavid]

Ahhh, Glacier….old Chilly Chode himself. And yes, that’s a WrestlingBios reference on Corny’s channel. The crossover we’re all waiting for.

[@phillipbailey2525]

@@zlinedavid you’ve got the jam!

[@dkupke]

Hard living

[@monarched]

@@phillipbailey2525 But is he cold as ice?

[@willdrew8037]

Within minutes this clip has many more views than the actual segment for the PPV had.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Where can I see the full promo??

[@zlinedavid]

Jim probably has the 2nd biggest audience in wrestling, behind only WWE.

[@EwanCumia]

@@zlinedavid Not to slight Cornette, but that's a sad statement on the state of wrestling.

[@NintendoPsycho]

​@@EwanCumiawrestling died years ago.

[@Nitemerican]

@@NintendoPsycho”ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMN IT!!”

[@mattyg4186]

“Cocaine is not as safe as it used to be…..not that it was safe to begin with, yes the surgeon general warns about Cocaine use “ 😂 omg that got me good

[@maxxdahl6062]

I almost choked on my coke.

[@FaceTheFactsNews]

That was hilarious

[@pinroshan020]

Good thing this didn’t happened in the Philippines or else Rodrigo D will eradicate them by using drugs. Remember they said, Say No To Drugs!

[@zlinedavid]

“It’s not as strong as it used to be either….what is this, Sweet-n-Low? Ooooooohhhh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!”

[@nathandts3401]

​@@zlinedavidCoke in Europe is getting increasingly safer and purer.

[@MilMaska]

"If it dosent snow. We can't go" - Buddy Landel

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

Damn. Beat me to it! I tip my hat, sir.

[@daleharris3809]

Apparently the show NWA: Power was supposed to be called NWA: Powder, but executives didn't want to bury the lead.

[@getschwifty9531]

😂

[@misterelom]

Billy Corgan doing a ppv spot of what TK probably does behind the scenes in real life. Wrestling is such a wacky business🤦‍♂😂. Also, Corny as Tony Montana is epic! Travis is a master of his craft.

[@moopert86]

Hope he's not on coke, man will go broke getting enough coke to stick with the wrestling business.

[@AWX_Wrestling]

Corny Montana with his face in a bowl of Sprite Zero.

[@theothesir]

Scarface Corny needs to be on a shirt. Seriously.

[@ShadowAngel18606]

I think Khan is too pussy for coke, he's no Herb Abrams

[@johnjones8888]

I saw an interview recently with Billy Corgan talking about the NWA and he was more coherent and made more sense than dixie khan ever does. And then he goes and does this.

[@klawstecno2083]

Billy Corgan did on television what Tony Khan does everyday in the Locker Room😂

[@gothard5]

you sure about that? you know that for a fact?

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@gothard5yes

[@GraveMemories]

​@@gothard5110 percent

[@revans100591]

And cost himself millions of dollars. Say what you want about Tony (and there's a lot to say) but he never did on a pay per view for all to see.

[@afp445]

​@@gothard5Klaws is just another anti-AEW troll/Cornette nuthugger, pay him no mind

[@owl509]

My favorite pro-wrestling podcaster as one of my favorite film characters. Great work Travis

[@aaronsejas6442]

Corny Montana

[@mclovin6039]

Corny has only two things, his words and his balls, ain't he breaking either, regardless of the nwa's lax drug wellness policies 😂

[@richardcoreno]

Nick Aldis knew where this runaway train wreck was headed -- but it crashed and burned even harder after smacking the final brick in the wall. And this operation is so screwed up that after requesting fan submissions for two contests -- name the newsletter & design a new ref patch -- no winners were ever announced.

[@smallcd]

Taking a different kind of bump in wrestling.

[@ZackSkylerMedia]

Winning comment! 😂

[@petercuate7141]

Jim Cornette as Tony Montana 🤣

[@ifgwelf]

Im here for it 😂

[@royalty843]

Say HELLO TO MY LITTLE RACKET

[@oreo3177]

Somewhere in the Great Beyond Herb Abrams is laughing.

[@andrewwright9790]

Funny that the nwa lose the TV deal due to coke, and Tony Khan snorts it through his rolled up TV deal.

[@madhatter8508]

Nobody of any official capacity has said that the NWA lost the TV deal yet. Dave Meltzer said it on his shitty podcast and everybody else is running with it.

[@Julian-xj6mh]

​@@madhatter8508holy shit you're so unaware it's sad

[@Bunbunfunfun]

There is zero proof other than marks overactive imaginations that Tony Kahn does coke. Its a childish overused joke.

[@pinroshan020]

Wait what? Coca cola is a controversial soft drink?

[@MarsofAritia]

@@pinroshan020 rots ya teeth

[@thesupervisor3270]

Man I’ve been waiting and hope they would talk about this! Not really a NWA fan haven’t watched since Cornette left but I was happy to hear they got the CW deal. Well that might be OVA with!

[@anthonyrivera2306]

The CW nixed that deal and gave it to NXT.

[@joegreene7619]

@@anthonyrivera2306 According to who?

[@anthonyrivera2306]

@@joegreene7619 I think it's already announced by Shawn Michaels in a media call.

[@joegreene7619]

@@anthonyrivera2306 NXT has a deal with CW but there hasn't been anything public about the deals that the NWA supposedly had.

[@madhatter8508]

@@anthonyrivera2306 It wasn't the same deal. They were working on both deals simultaneously. They don't just flip overnight and award NXT a deal without months of negotiations.

[@peytonlong5573]

NWA continues to achieve the unthinkable new low

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Say what you want about Tony Khan, But he snorts off camera

[@gothard5]

you know that for a fact?

[@whitemamba0089]

​@@gothard5I don't see him as a coke guy but I definitely think he takes Adderall which is understandable I would to running 3 aew shows weekly plus ring of honor shit plus the football shit lol

[@rij3002]

So they were mad at Jim for what he said in that broadcast, but they thought this would go over well?

[@AestheticDelta]

Business decision by CW. Yes it may not be 7 times what they wanted but its definitely a boom for NXT because they can move to mainline television and make the roster mainline stars earlier and to a broader audience. This is a huge win for WWE

[@jamesrawlins735]

Hey if Impact (excuse me, TNA) can jump all around, why not NWA? If NWA tries even harder, can they become even less relevant? On the other hand, I read that CW may not want to be limited to just WWE, so who knows.

[@basicbeefanomicsYT]

As an Ex convict from North Central Correctional in Marion Ohio here, the cw was pretty much the only digital antenna channel we got on our TV's I guess aside from PBS and local news that we inmates would watch so that could make up a lot NWA's viewership maybe? And I once witnessed grown men flock towards a fuckin bicycle like a zombie hoard that a female c/o was riding and sniff the seat like it was a 2lb bag of coke... So seeing cocaine and strippers on their TV would certainly... Feel at home I guess.

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

Hey my friend I'm in Louisville Kentucky now, but born in Columbus and used to independent shows in the90s in Marion. At the USWA STEEL WORKERS UNION HALL. Blessings to you

[@williamgregory1848]

The really funny thing about the NWA cocaine segment maybe fucking their deal up is that I bet Billy Corgan legitimately viewed that as like a hot new revolutionary thing that he was doing 😂

[@phantomdriver2010]

Corgan is basically running the NWA like a Shock Jock. It's all about controversy, it's why Tyrus was Champion and why this happened Problem is that's a fucking stupid way to run a company

[@Persephone715]

Hmm. People seemed to be pretty uptight now. There was a time whether people liked it or not, wrestling was in the image of a really bad Jerry Springer show. It was pretty fun back then. I don't know if people changed or I just never grew up😂

[@madhatter8508]

@@phantomdriver2010 Running it like classic NWA with territories is also a fucking stupid way to run a company

[@Hellwolf36]

Tony Khan would definitely do it.

[@MrRjh63]

@@Persephone715 Hard drugs were always kind of a redline for reg TV so its just ppl still being up tight. Keep in mind that movies can still an get R rating for depicting drug use with nary a tit in sight.

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

Samhain is pronounced "Sow-wen", Scots Irish Halloween (the original basically)

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Dr. Loomis said Sam-hien and looked right into the blackest eyes the devils eyes for 15 years

[@OmegaRedFan]

People-Universe-Station-Saturn-Yawn

[@stewartmcrae8007]

Jim as Tony Montana is Frigging hilarious

[@coldnightmare199]

Not really

[@TuMalditaMadre]

Jim as Tony Montana is not on my Bingo card, Travis does it again!

[@ThisisntwhereIparkedmycar]

Cocaines a hell of a drug

[@MDMR1]

Darkness

[@Micfri300]

It was salt lol

[@JustinTrudeauIsAPunk-ut3lm]

Only Steve O would snort salt.

[@MDMR1]

Rick james

[@markabboud4855]

Sure Is....

[@noentropyjames1283]

I'm no square so the spot doesn't bother me, but the resulting situation is hilarious.

[@KomradeKrusher]

I genuinely believe very few people watching wrestling are actually bothered by the act depicted. It's more about the absolute boneheadedness of it all and how seemingly nobody in NWA was able to see this very, VERY predictable outcome happening.

[@TheHive616]

Starting your sentence with "I'm no square" is the quickest way to let the world know you're a square

[@zeeroheero]

Gotta be the most bone headed creative decision in a long time.

[@royalty843]

Definitely was waiting on this... Corgan definitely cheddar bob'd himself

[@tysontomko]

Hahahah

[@dharmsingh2220]

My dumb friend Cheddder bob shot himself in the leg with his own gun, yo

[@royalty843]

@@dharmsingh2220 I did get jumped by all 6 of you chumps

[@gothard5]

I stopped watching NWA wrestling programs when Nick Aldis left the promotion which was shortly before Tyrus won the NWA Heavyweight Championship. I watched Aldis interview with Sam Roberts and immediately cancelled all my NWA subscriptions and even deleted Fite TV from all my devices.

[@WyattHolliday]

That’s exactly the path I followed! Aldis was my favorite wrestler at the time. I still can’t believe Corgan had rather have a gimp than a National Treasure.

[@taheemlewis7283]

Wrestling has been missing that carny coke fueled 80s energy

[@Rondondemarco]

I fully agree 💯 with that.

[@dhenderson1810]

A lot of 80s wrestlers are dead because of that coke-fuelled energy as well.

[@Rondondemarco]

@@dhenderson1810 FACTS

[@regulardadhere8832]

Sacrifices must be made…….

[@via_negativa6183]

I love that in this day you can feature drugs on almost any kind of scripted show as long as it is not wrestling...

[@mclovin6039]

​@@chuckles9767not really coke level is it 🤷🏽😂

[@jbo8540]

It's still real to them

[@83reggieT]

​@juniebuggspotted the square.

[@peacemaker9915]

You have very young children watching this stuff. Back in the day, I refused to let my son watch Vince’s Kiss my @$$ club. Just because you like counter culture doesn’t mean everyone else has to.

[@nathandts3401]

​@@chuckles9767Most fans are kids...

[@MrKoaz72]

Matt Riddle to NWA confirmed the skit would have been funny with a Tiny Con impersonater

[@ezstreete]

Hell yeah, A Tiny Con impersonater that's about 3' 10" complete with the poodle mop on his head with white powder on his nose...

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Travis doesn’t miss with his thumbnail images, but NWA threw an interception at the goal line when they should’ve ran it in.

[@Will_kid_cortez]

The pro wrestling world is yours 😂 art work is amazing

[@taylork7530]

Billy Corgan picked up the idea that Tony dropped and left on the cutting room floor.

[@zlinedavid]

I think you meant what Tony left piled up on the cutting room table

[@allisoncox7243]

I am pretty sure you would not say this to Tony's face!!

[@zlinedavid]

@@allisoncox7243 If in a one on one conversation, I’d absolutely ask TK “You act like you’re on some kind of stimulant. Are you?

[@mkDavid11]

The CW replaced the WB network in 2006, then later on UPN got renamed to MyNetworkTV, then years later the 2 networks merged to now just the CW networks

[@clayton5584]

Gives taking a bump a whole new meaning

[@herbert9241]

In the words of Dutch Mantell.

[@markfroman738]

Flat back or booger sugar? 🤣

[@delmorva9877]

Corny speaks the truth, gotta respect his knowledge of the business.

[@ji9237]

Just when you think you've seen everything. Nice work, Corgan. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

And Idiot of the Year award goes to... Billy Corgan

[@paladynius]

OMG, there's how many shows now and last 10 years about drug kingpins, selling drugs, killing rivals, and relationship drama across everything?

[@davey3884]

Joe Biden has entered the conversation

[@smarkslowplay3512]

​@@paladyniusmaybe conservative ass CW doesn't want that dirty drug thingy

[@juansanchez209]

@@davey3884He’s your president :)

[@GraveMemories]

​@@juansanchez209not mine, I don't vote

[@Krokodilius]

Samhain is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year. It is also the Irish language name for November.

[@Persephone715]

Pronounced saw wen 😉 It's actually what my family observes. Pre dates most organized religions.

[@gtpliquid1290]

And one of the antecedants of Halloween.

[@maxxdahl6062]

And a kick ass band.

[@douglasmurphy3266]

A date on which many pumpkins get smashed

[@CCFONESOL]

​@@douglasmurphy3266originally turnips

[@SonnyBubba]

“Bringing back the territories?” The whole point of the territory system was that an audience in one territory would not normally see the other territories’ shows. Imagine if a promotion these days tried to make a living on selling tickets by going to these seven towns every week for three years: New Orleans Baton Rouge Shreveport Jackson MS Biloxi Lafayette Lake Charles

[@whiteythaboss407]

The sinister minister took the biggest bump on ppv since mankind coming off the top of the cage in hell In a cell... lmao 🤣

[@awkc63]

Somewhere Vince McMahon is like "This is good 💩"

[@robertnapier624]

You forgot the pal.

[@toddknaperek8225]

The other network you all couldn’t remember was MyNetworkTV. When UPN and WB merged, some affiliates got the CW which essentially was all of the decent shows from both channels rolled into one, while the other affiliate in that market got the MyNetworkTV affiliate which was new formatting that banked on the premise that Telenovelas being huge everywhere in the world it would also be huge in America (like futbol and cricket, not the case). My job was a WB station which wound up with MyNetworkTV and the initial programming was ass. A couple of telenovelas and reality shows. Eventually we would get Smackdown! Which was a huge shot in the arm and automatically the biggest program the station had.

[@gojirabroderick6491]

My exposure to ECW was quite limited due to where I live but seeing the sinister minister, yoshihiro tajiri and mikey whipwreck will always be in my mind

[@MrBeavis84]

This picture is amazing 😂

[@ernestcruz6316]

So basically, the Sinister Minister has become a low-rent version of Anton LaVey and they think this is gonna make them look "edgy"? If that's the case, then maybe that coke came from Billy Corgan's personal stash, because Mr. Pumpkins must be high as fuck.

[@DONCHUTV]

NWA began so well and now we had this...

[@epicproportionsmediaproduc6697]

The ironic twist in this whole thing is that this incident makes me actually want to watch the NWA.

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

The product is all over the place. Stick to Impact. These guys really upped their game.

[@AndersonTenecela]

Billy Corgan: I’m in love with the CoCo CW: Now your TV show is a No-No

[@SonnyBubba]

In the 80’s if fans saw a wrestler doing cocaine, they would think the wrestler was doing cocaine. Today, the fans would recognize that it was a sketch.

[@jakeyboi8679]

Billy Corgan definitely balling his eyes out after seeing NXT moving to CW🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@psychobluesfxt]

"Ruining a good thing" has become the NWA calling card the last few years. The first few weeks of NWA Powerrr was legit compelling: good mix of familiar veteran talent and young up and comers with a unique aesthetic that resonated well with fans. Then little by little, it slowly degraded into the mess it is today. It's a shame because there are still veteran names there that can still go like Chris Adonis/Masters, but because the brand has become toxic, most fans will never know.

[@gonzalogca4907]

212 people watched this PPV and one of them was a stooge 😅

[@jasonx1580]

I'd like to think it was Dave Meltzer. He buys all these shows.

[@CertifiedHuSTLer]

​@jmeasonx1580

[@jimmymcilvenny966]

Samhain is a Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the Celtic new year. It's pronounced Sow-win in the UK.

[@jamesmaskell3743]

You can forgive pronunciation on that one. The term looks nothing like it's pronunciation.

[@Bunbunfunfun]

As far as Billy is concerned it is pronounced NO-WIN. 🤣🤣

[@jimmymcilvenny966]

@@Bunbunfunfun 😂😂😂 You-win

[@thelastmotel]

SOW-IN ... sow rhyming with cow

[@freddysmith1471]

It’s also the name of the band Glen Danzig formed after he left the Misfits. I just figured Corgan was a Danzig fan.

[@baileyslife3469]

This was by far the most genius things they have done in a long time, no one ever talks about them and now everywhere is talking about them, and that was the point

[@john_blues]

They lost a tv deal because of it. NXT has the spot now. I don't think that was the plan.

[@teecakes]

NWA got the best publicity in this clip from JCE podcast, their CW shows woulda bombed

[@KomradeKrusher]

Are you seriously suggesting that *anyone* is going to say "you know, I wasn't really interested in NWA/wrestling in general, but after learning they had someone do coke on TV, I'm definitely gonna find out where I can watch this AFTER THEY LOST THEIR EFFIN TV DEAL OVER THIS"?

[@Dr.Meth666]

and BINGO was his name O!!!!!!

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@KomradeKrusher People are morons and will make absolutely any excuse for a promotion they like. 😂😂

[@Reese13]

I'm sure Tony Khan thought his invitation must've got lost in the mail😂. ☃️👃🏾☃️👃🏾😵‍💫

[@ramontorres8424]

Billy Corgan survived the 90's booze and heroin craze of the 90's alt rock scene, just to book the dumbest angle in 2023.

[@madhatter8508]

If you call that surviving. He lost all his hair after Courtney Love dumped him. At least he didn't lose his head like Kurt Cobain did I guess

[@coldnightmare199]

Ppl are snowflakes

[@dkupke]

Thank you for mentioning WPIX, Jim. I miss my boyhood watching New York’s Movie Station, before the WB and CW.

[@texasblue245]

Artwork of the Year!!

[@davidhunter1555]

WB network used to show movies and baseball all weekend when I was a kid. Friggin ruled.

[@cathallynch1]

This sketch would not be so surprising 20 years ago with the weird stuff WWE and TNA did, but it's mad that anyone thought this would end well in 2023.

[@madhatter8508]

It was very distasteful of Billy Corgan to exploit Tony Khan's drug problem on television!

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Everyones an idiot now

[@herbert9241]

There's no era when sponsors would have found this stunt acceptable.

[@TheFailedmessiah]

During the attitude era it would have been fine, I mean Brian pillman pulled a gun on stonecold,

[@BlackoutCreature]

Man, hearing Cornette talk about the WB and UPN like they were the DuMont Network makes me feel SO old.

[@brenndoncopeland3213]

Tis is bye far the most hilarious thing I've ever seen... Coke n Wrestling.

[@KermitTheFrogHere]

I didn't think it was possible, but Billy Corgan made the NWA even more irrelevant than it was before. No serious company is going to want to work with NWA after this incident.

[@maxxdahl6062]

You would think Mitchell would know better that something like that wouldn't fly. lol Were they unhappy and trying to sabotage it? That's the only fucking thing that would make sense. lol

[@almightyironhead25]

Shit... EVERYONE is going to want to work with them... especially the BOYS!...

[@brenthenshaw3585]

I gave up on it late last year, after only a year of watching. Because there was too much bad comedy and lowsy booking. I think I made the right decision.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Not everything should be hypercorporate, PG bullshit. I want wrestling to be edgy again.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@matthewmagda4971 Apparently the networks don't.

[@valeriye5018]

It's insane how Brian practically predicted that CW would choose NXT instead of NWA days before it happened...

[@Mr.Majestic77]

It looks like Anthem Sports and Entertainment (parent company of TNA Wrestling) owned AXS TV would be perfect destinations for Billy Corgan's National Wrestling Alliance, Court Bauer's Major League Wrestling and Dave Marquez's United Wrestling Network. With AXS TV already being the home of TNA Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, Major League Wrestling and the United Wrestling Network also being on AXS TV would be monumental!!! For those thst don't know, AXS TV is available and reaches over 50 million households in the United States and over 50 households in Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and Africa.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

And dont Forget Fight Network which airs more wrestling programs so would be cool to see Fight Network expand the U.S. Market 😊

[@wildwine6400]

They should have had a Tony Khan lookalike there too

[@getschwifty9531]

😂

[@mikekling7144]

Well Billy wants to bring the territories back.

[@R3troZone]

After seeing this I was immediately reminded of Anchorman 2. "Well now we know guys, you can't smoke crack on tv."

[@DeadKoby]

I was at that live event. It was actually a fun time. NWA had managed to get their chops busted a few times over their broadcasts........ Ask Jim Cornette about how tough Trevor Murdoch is.

[@john_blues]

The announcer was like "Can we show that???". 🤣🤣

[@tylerdavis6389]

And the CW has already inked a deal with NXT.... Nice going NWA.

[@BPEJS24-7]

I've seen more realistic drug use in PSA's. I think it's just another case of people getting riled up over "the idea of it".

[@Nofunleaguesportschannel]

The snowman bout to go to nwa now lmao 🤣😂

[@T1214-k9c]

NXT is going to CW in 2024. No way in hell they allow another company on there. So now the NWA wont even get on the streaming app

[@matthewmagda4971]

WHERE CAN I SEE THE FULL PROMO?!!

[@MarquisLeary34]

He outdid Tony in the stupidity department. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!

[@zlinedavid]

Corgan managed to divide by zero it seems.

[@doubledave7451]

Perhaps if all the NWA boys did coke before work their shows would be way less boring. Worked in the 80's lol.

[@Blackmetalhooligan]

funny thing is people are actually talking about nwa which is what billy was probably going for

[@FH99]

Billy Corgan managed to make Dixie Carter look like a competent promoter after this.

[@MatthewSmith-nc3vg]

WB still owns a small part of CW, God I want Raw to be on TNT in Nitros old spot

[@jtothehtv]

But we all know that's not gonna happen because of their commitments to AEW

[@Estolcles]

This was obviously recorded during the 6 hours between CW saying "Ehhh... no" and "NXT MOVING TO THE CW!"

[@dmoody4047]

Sounded like they already knew about nxt and cw listening to the clip

[@Estolcles]

@@dmoody4047 probably didn't know 100%, but logic was yelling in their heads, and they laid out what the logic yelling was saying.

[@dmoody4047]

I can believe that too, I just think they have really good sources. Seems like they talked to someone that told them cw was looking for content since spring, and wwe was negotiating when corgan shouldered him on his way into the door

[@markus_k]

To be fair, I do watch Powerrr regularly and I do enjoy it. This show may be not that flashy produced and the wrestlers aren't as flamboyant as on the other shows, but the show isn't that langhty and the wrestling is crisp.

[@totallykoolyeah]

It's entertaining. Need that bow tie ha

[@deyampert3738]

Guaranteed Tony Khan tries to outdo this! 😂

[@steelerfaninerie]

Billy Corgan had a chance to bring back “real wrastling”. He blew it.

[@KingLabbizzle]

…….more like snorted it!…….

[@ShatteredPedestal7]

I see the problem, but at the same time it’s the CW, they aren’t exactly the most quality television channel with things like Riverdale being the most popular show.

[@Ted_Bell]

So no t.v is a better option? Clown world

[@ShatteredPedestal7]

@@Ted_Bellwhere did I say that?

[@Lenny_Hondo]

​@@ShatteredPedestal7When you said it. 🤡

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Tv is dead