Jim Cornette on The Treatment Of Enhancement Talent

From Episode 131 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@bilbobaggins7558]

I'm sorry,but the best line of all time is when Corny said "Lauranitis's mom slapped the stork that delivered him!"

[@robtorres8961]

Homeless and scared havent eaten a meal in a few days now. If anyone can help with a dollar or two it would mean the world to me idk what to do anymore I'm so scared :*( $Robertoc1992

[@bilbobaggins7558]

@@robtorres8961 Yeah,imma call bs on that, How tf you homeless,but you have a phone?

[@seanceystephens6512]

@@bilbobaggins7558 You can be homeless with a Phone

[@davidworden4470]

I like football field fuckery

[@davidworden4470]

Stadium stampede

[@halfwaydecent6842]

Dusty's admonition to Bubba is good advice in any walk of life.

[@heisensaul5538]

Tbh, if everyone took Dusty's advice of "Do not do shit you do not know how to do!!!!" the world would be a much better place. Words from Dusty Rhodes to live by.

[@TippiGordon]

Big respect to Corny for treating the jobbers with respect. Looking back, yeah, those MX enhancement matches were a lot more entertaining and did a lot more to show off what they could do than just beating the shit out of losers for 30 seconds.

[@CleveTime]

@Mista Un Known , Yup always like watching my man Mario Mancini getting squashed weekly

[@robertcolson2233]

*Best Dusty Rhodes impression period*

[@michaelcoffey1991]

There are a few that do it amazing. Paul Heyman does it well..... and the guy who did (brain freeze) Brother Love does a good one as well. Tho I personally think Heyman does Dusty best JC is in my top 3.

[@eastwaters4082]

*DDP and Jake Roberts do it better.*

[@danw2112]

@@michaelcoffey1991 Brother Love is Bruce Prichard.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@danw2112 Yes him, thank you for the knowledge

[@stevewilliams3129]

Tom Zenk during his shoots in 99-00 did a good dusty impersonation.

[@leeberry689]

The wildest squash match I ever saw was the SST vs Jerry Price & Cougar Jay on NWA Worldwide. How Jerry Price survived is a miracle.

[@EnforcerX71]

Ronnie Garvin was lucky Andre The Giant didn't see him do that type of thing to the jobbers, that would have got him on a one-way ticket to Asskicked Avenue, ask the Iron Sheik.

[@Kylersinjin]

I love when I crack up as soon as the illustration makes sense.

[@jpmcpheemcphee2695]

The Mulkey brothers RULED at bumping, I remember them looking like they were legitimately dead after taking certain finishers

[@toddkurzbard]

Remind me never to wrestle Ricky Morton.

[@dwade6322]

Corny is the Uncle we all wished we had!

[@cdd7012]

Uncle Jim is his new name

[@heisensaul5538]

Uncle Jimmy!!!!!

[@JBar]

"Do not do shit you do not know how to do!" I love that. I was actually looking for this post for a while, just for that line

[@arcaderacer586]

Ricky Morton has him on the top turnbuckle! OH NO! Its the Sphincter Plex! 1-2-3. ITS OVER

[@tonyh1718]

Most devastating move in wrestling Riccochet can take it though

[@jonnyraigeous1671]

A quart low... LMAO!!! Never again will I hear that the same.

[@messey12]

Jim Cornette just keeps making a larger and larger body of evidence showing he's the best storyteller in wrestling history.

[@alokel8710]

In my freshman year of wrestling, my grizzled old coach gathered the team around the mat and explained to us that at some point, some dude might try to stick a finger up our butt during a match. He called this act of digital penetration "checking the oil," and it's practicioners "candy mechanics." Under no circumstances were we to ever stick our fingers in our opponents butts, and should it ever happen to us, we were to a) immediately bring it to the refs attention, so there was no confusion when we b) fought the guy. I am horrified to learn that one of my favorite wrestlers from my childhood is a notorious mechanic. Damn it Ricky Morton.

[@death-by-ego]

I honestly thought this whole thing was going to circle back. When he said Dusty stuck his finger out at the end, i expected him to stick it up Bill Mulkeys ass and say, "Brother... you about a quart dry."

[@royce1041]

Bet no one ever disrespect Iron Mike Sharpe

[@timthegem]

Bllarrrgh rrrr rawwrrrr!

[@gregbailey8253]

Except that time Billy Jack Haynes ripped his head off.

[@mdhotstuff]

He wasn't always a jobber

[@Markworth]

Daggum. The Bubba spot in question is on the network! World Championship Wrestling, Jan 24, 1987. 6-man tag match. Bobby and Dennis back body drop Mulkey into Bubba who proceeds to do a jumping sit out power bomb. Mulkey straight up ragdolls on impact. Looked like a video game. 5 stars.

[@deadman23px]

www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f664a At 34:25

[@only1icon1801]

@@deadman23px cheers for that mate, was bloody lucky he didn't break his neck

[@Tacsmoker]

@@deadman23px good on yi mate

[@guillotine06]

It my be coincidence, but it looks like they were protecting the Jr. Heavyweight championship. Denny Brown was the champion and he was the only one getting offense in.

[@Markworth]

@@guillotine06 Yeah. Also worthy of noting is that the MX would go on to repeat this gimmick on the next week's WCW. They murdered some poor jobber with a double team move and had him carried out.

[@84sp84]

I always thought Bill Tabb looked like you didn’t want mess with him. Pretty powerful looking dude.

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

That's why Dusty was the best.

[@mindlessdroid3630]

The Mulkys were something else I remember that one time Bobby gave one a suplex on the floor after he did the thrown out if the ring without holding on and Tony says that man may not get up and Jim was like I don't care

[@APinkDick]

Ricky pulled an Andrè. He checked many people's oil as well 🤣🤣🤣

[@BrotherTonyshow]

Never let Ricky Morton sunset flip you... will definitely give you a ball massage. When i was with UWA Knoxville I filmed that at least twice

[@geechiebug4055]

Jim Cornette Is Life...

[@prestanmarquis]

So how many guys can say they have been finger blasted by Ricky Morton 😂😂

[@donaldellis8952]

Loved Randy Barber in GCW. He wouldn’t even try never saw one offensive move out of him.

[@belldn3]

Jim remembers everything, damn.

[@ladivinapr]

He has a privilege mind!!

[@LowHonorMorgan]

He’s a genius.

[@CARTOONIVERSE1]

So does this mean *The Mulkies* were the 1st generation of *bump-obsessed* wrestlers which would eventually lead to guys like Foley, The Hardys & bump-heavy hardcore wrestling like ECW?

[@Wadzillia]

They didn't mind taking a good bump. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h520lJSharV_o5o

[@patrickdaly5068]

Good point. Haha. All I have to say is “Mulkey Mania!”

[@Filmation77]

9:37 I always called it "The Big Boss SLAM"

[@neilgoldring4832]

The last few chicks I was with I referred to them as "Jobbers" but they said, no, no, no, we're "Enhancement Talent" lol

[@Stizzfoshizz]

Lol you're a virgin dont make stuff up 😀

[@neilgoldring4832]

Stizzfoshizz what's a virgin? I ask you cause you CLEARLY know!!! Lol

[@FDSixtyNine]

@@colebrown8293 "Your" lmao.

[@josereyes1148]

@@Stizzfoshizz i was going to say he must of been with some pretty nasty wrestling fans who look sloppy but you are right. He is prob a virgin

[@Gravydog316]

oh my gosh

[@TheNickDinsmore]

Rip Rogers taught us the same way. “Cover me” he would say. 1,2, finger up your backside.

[@1776mikew]

I remember the Garvin stomp.

[@mikewiley7529]

Ron Garvin never drew a dime.

[@bofletcher3212]

I remember Bill Mulkey taking that bump. Corney called it the Bubba Spike. I thought he killed him.

[@dquanissavage6287]

Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!🙌🐐🐐

[@dquanissavage6287]

You're worse than the Coronavirus!!🤦

[@dquanissavage6287]

You're Point?!!🤷

[@dquanissavage6287]

@Joe Greene Lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@dquanissavage6287]

@Joe Greene You must mad

[@dquanissavage6287]

@Joe Greene With that lame joke/comeback I mite as well let that slide man cause you too funny!!😂😂

[@SuperFunkmachine]

Treat them like you'll like to be treated, then in a role. Every one know there going to lose but its the how, you work with them an they meat you half way.

[@IanSane]

So I wonder if any of the stars messed with wrong job guy and got receipts from one that was legitimately tough. Ricky Morton isn't that big a guy and I can imagine someone would take offense to having him stick his finger up their butt. But then legitimately tough guys probably don't end up as jobbers in the first place. I'm actually kind of curious how career jobbers ended up as such. I can understand trainees doing jobs for a bit until they learn the ropes but who are these guys that are on TV in squashes for years at a time? If the money was good, sure, but I don't see why you would stick to a job where Ronnie Garvin and the Road Warriors rough you up every week.

[@mammothenterprises2921]

Kevin Sullivan after giving Jimmy Backlund the Sullivan stomp on FCW television proudly told people he made him take a shit. I saw it myself there was plainly a splotch, he literally did knock the shit out of him. Sullivan liked doing that move to jobbers, he liked beating them up outside the ring also.

[@terrymantle2711]

That's straight from high school wrestling.We used to laugh at the reserve guys when they got it done to them for the first time. Lol

[@kalen2465]

Part of me wants to say thats not wrestling. It's foreplay. However someone would probably be offended

[@terrymantle2711]

@@kalen2465 Its not something that any wrestler wants to encounter. Bad coaches will have their weaker wrestlers do things like that in an attempt to throw off a stronger or higher skilled wrestler in a match. Highschool wrestling in the 80's was very competitive and rules pertaining to holds were strict. Cheaters did that kind of thing.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Given the run on toilet paper, I’d say most are a quart high these days 😂.

[@RG-nj9pv]

Ronnie Garvin, Rick Steiner and Kevin Sullivan used to destroy guys on TBS 😂 honorable mention to Rick Rude.

[@firebird7479]

I worked as enhancement talent for a few promotions. Wrestled Abdullah the Butcher. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHOmpoyjfcynnc0 All the top talent that I worked with treated me very well, in and out of the ring. One of the things that will get you over with the mid card and main event guys is your professionalism in the ring and in the locker room. There were stories of wrestlers from one wrestling school who were going to WWF for enhancement work that were getting the crap kicked out of them because the students developed a reputation for being cocky and arrogant. Before the match with Abby, we introduced ourselves to each other and he explained what he wanted me to do and showed me how he was going to blade me. After the match (I was carried out of the ring) the SAC doctor examined me. I sold it for him and Abby was across the room, watching and winked at me. After the doctor walked away, Abby came over, cleaned off the blood, sanitized the wound, put on a band aid and thanked me for my work. At the end of the night as everyone was leaving the locker room, he took my shower towel, wrapped it around my neck and told me to wait until I got out of the parking lot to take it off, then told me NOT to sign autographs...keep selling it. Later, one of my mentors said that Abby told him how happy he was with the match and how well I worked with him.

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

I wonder if Marty is getting residuals from 5FDP......

[@jimbrown5091]

I've seen the old "oil check" done in amateur wrestling...

[@Gravydog316]

my uncle never taught us that when he trained me in high school!

[@jimbrown5091]

www.thesun.co.uk/sport/5010798/oil-check-wrestling-move-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-legal/

[@chancellorkarla6884]

My high school wrestling showed us that technique 😅

[@layna-heyhey]

Sodomy as a rib...right fun time (

[@wawaelias8842]

i saw the Bushwhackers do that to the fabulous Rougeau brothers. 1 of the brothers had luke in the air for a suplex, and Luke was Tugging on the dudes junk!!

[@StarlightEater]

Loool, that dirt road

[@bigdickdudley9119]

Saw chris hambrick at indy show yrs back pretty good wrestler was in ecw too

[@TheSwerveShow]

I hate how AOP and all , straight up CTE these guys.

[@TheSwerveShow]

Wow. Just got a minute into this and realized my comment has nothing to do with it 😆

[@jacobtupua6158]

Bubba is the only person I've seen to take Curt Hennig's flip head pull move from the front.

[@jamesreding6336]

Thay listened to cornet on awe tonight and had wrestlers in the crowd because of no fans made it much better

[@dany-ps2my]

Ronnie garvin was tough on them , seen him beat the living hell out of several human punching bags felt bad for some of them lol

[@jaredl.blassingame7086]

Go back and watch what he does to the Jeffers fellow on 1/10/86....he beat the devil out that guy....

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

Buzz Sawyer was the hardest on them though. So were the Andersons (the original Andersons, Gene and Ole, not Ole and Arn)

[@SeamHead33]

@@jaredl.blassingame7086 can u put link? Cant find it on YT

[@jaredl.blassingame7086]

SeamHead33 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH26hnlugNuki5o

[@jaredl.blassingame7086]

SeamHead33 I think it’s the 4th match in

[@afrokidryder]

Thai Dusty impression ^___^

[@CocoaChaos13]

That's a side slam.

[@bryanfuller7649]

Too funny😂😂

[@tomwalker389]

If you did this to Pat Patterson, you would get a 10-count.

[@nicolekestner185]

Al snow would have liked that

[@tonyslicer7399]

thanks youtube cant give better detail..but saw tony garea wrestle some guy and from small package seen guy took his thumb jam in his ass few times and fans saying mess up stuff..im like wtf I watched this was in mid 80s lol

[@shrews12001]

Seems like a good way to find out the job guy might actually be able to kick your ass if you fuck with him a little too much.

[@saucetacular6092]

Oil checks are apart of amateur wrestling

[@QuentinDude]

Don't smell Mortons finger

[@jrupp8853]

Bossman would go on to loose weight and become very agile and a very good wrestler when in the WWF.

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

Garner is like ten years older than Jeff Hardy. He's the guy that took the Pedigree on the top of his head and sued the wwe

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

@Mista Un Known it's German.

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

*Pedigree not Pedegree

[@Run187]

Was his own fault..

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

@@ACanOfBakedBeans sorry German is my first language, or something.

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

@@Run187 I know, hence why I wrote "he took the Pedigree on the top of his head."

[@halfwaydecent6842]

Mid-Atlantic had a better quality of enhancement talent than most... guys like Bill White and Charlie Fulton, to name a couple. White occasionally wrestled under a mask also.

[@phinehasmosley6845]

Is there a link on KZbin where I can see a wrestler do this to a jobbers

[@lousassle9655]

Any GayEW match will show you 2 jobbers jobbing each other

[@Gravydog316]

@@lousassle9655 LOL GayEW !!!

[@johnasbury3856]

Im suprised with all the sick jokes and hazing that there was not more homicides in wrestling locker rooms,hotels,and bars.

[@haydenmolchan2636]

I’d like to think professional wrestlers are a little more thick skinned than your average Joe Schmoe

[@iamdb1990]

call wrestling gay all you want, but I love how the thumb up the ass kick out thing is true, love stories like that from the older times, not a huge fan of the over the top ribs (that involve belongings and family members and whatnot), but a thing like that is always humorous to me

[@cl-vision5029]

My God imagine doin that to one of these hyper sensitive wrestlers now in days

[@Elijah1916_myhighway]

You mean sexual assault is a bad thing? It can't be 😱

[@edmondcarter9457]

checking the oil lmao wtf

[@tonyh1718]

Dusty admonishing bubba to 'not do shit you dont know how to do' Yet allowed guys to abuse the enhancement talent

[@MikeJones-cr7mt]

Good grief. That’s just plain nasty 🤢

[@renejaime6420]

All I hear is the midnight expres blah blah blah they suck!

[@mdhotstuff]

The worst was Frankie Williams in WWF. Don't really know why Ricky Morton is in the pic as he is not enchancement

[@awkc63]

And Jim says Modern days wrestling is fuxked... 🙄

[@nicholasfarrell8403]

It is

[@WaitingtoHit]

At best, this is gross and weird.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

[@StarlightEater]

I dunno man its just a dirt road

[@molsy1768]

And hilarious

[@WaitingtoHit]

@@molsy1768 I've never found sexual assault hilarious, but I guess that's just me.

[@molsy1768]

@@WaitingtoHit no, there's probably a few more arseholes with sticks up their asses too

[@lezliealabaster7425]

Stop eating innocent animals Jim!!

[@robinblake5054]

Shut the fuck up.

[@jjjjj2220]

Eat the guilty ones then

[@lezliealabaster7425]

@@joshuafarrelly6143 I agree 100 percent! !!!

[@molsy1768]

@@joshuafarrelly6143 theres a difference between hunting for meat and trophy hunting

[@molsy1768]

@@joshuafarrelly6143 victims? They're not sentient beings. Is meat essential for health? No, but it is essential for my happiness, and I just want to be natural.