Jim Cornette on Vince Russo's Ideas For Shotgun Saturday Night

From Episode 443 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@AWX_Wrestling]

Cornette needs to dig through all his papers. This needs to be a weekly segment. Call it the "Shit Stain Files".

[@switchglitch666]

He's gonna need some toilet paper to dig through all those files

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

@@switchglitch666 Agreed!! Such a steaming pile!!

[@TheBurningChicken1]

@@switchglitch666 I’d say a hazmat suit if we’re talking something Russo touched 😂😂

[@switchglitch666]

@@TheBurningChicken1 lol! Indeed!

[@switchglitch666]

@@colonelrobertsjr.7882 ewwww.....steaming lol

[@ericroman2403]

Bro, first he gets a Shotgun, then waits for Saturday night. He only shoots his shotgun on Saturday nights bro.

[@ethanbradley2089]

Hey Travolta only danced on Saturday night, bro.

[@edwells4769]

@@ethanbradley2089 Its also the only night thats alright for fighting

[@johnpittsii7524]

Jim Cornette talking about Vince Russo never gets old

[@heel420]

Yeah it's comedy that's about it there are no facts

[@kenrickeason]

I can't lie it's hilarious 🤣🤣 even though I agree with 1 or 2 things that comes out of Russo's mouth.. but I do love Jim's take on things more..

[@heel420]

@@kenrickeason Jim is definitely a funny guy

[@kevinwillette5161]

@@kenrickeason I'm dying to know what Russo ideas you agree with; every interview I've ever heard or read going back to 1999 has been delusional.

[@kinginthenorth1437]

@@kevinwillette5161 There are some merits to his belief that you should book the undercard as if it mattered. Unfortunately he was just about the worst possible choice of person to be booking the undercard.

[@slowdivespacestation2523]

Cornette's disdain for Russo is just about the only pure thing left in this world LOL

[@kdfisher547]

Hatred is a powerful motivator

[@thejokerstyle100]

Corny saying "it was New York bro" in Russos accent cracked me up!

[@heel420]

Jim hates everyone from the Northeast

[@JOBdOut]

"When Poochie isn't on screen, everybody should look around and ask - where's Poochie?"

[@bdiggs7305]

Hey hey, wiggity wiggity, Poochie’s in the house!

[@mrbangbang4050]

Where the fuck is poochie

[@lordaleksandre]

Poochie died on the way back to his planet.

[@ItsAnotherDanny]

the only thing I remember about Shotgun was a HHH/Taker match where Taker tombstoned HHH on an escalator.

[@michaelmarino7391]

That was at Penn Station

[@rexsexson5349]

I remember that

[@mcr2124]

I need more of these!!!!! Another reoccurring segment like Hogan’s Beach Shop?!

[@roberttrester4030]

LOL!

[@MightySquirrel724]

Absolutely, need more of these.

[@colinblaine3552]

I laughed my ass off with the free sushi dinner to the fan who guesses Yokozuna’s weight.

[@taylorsmith9629]

Now they can do that for Doudrop

[@SwagAli]

It was the let the fans pick the next move idea for me.

[@erikstorm8935]

And probably the cheap ass sushi lol. Woulda cost more to enter the contest I bet lol.

[@p.d.l7023]

The amount of sushi should be equal to Yoko's weight that week.

[@dustdevil9614]

450

[@zanon__]

Jericho is watching this video like "Holy shit, I can pitch this to Tony and take the credit!"

[@WorldTravelA320]

Russo already does.

[@8thaccount535]

I hope he does, it would be better than all the boring modern wrestling shows.

[@CJ-hd8ri]

I wish corny had a day of the week dedicated to a Russo story. These are always the best.

[@KingJonathanThe1st]

You trying to pollute cornys soul even more? Lol

[@LMLR187]

Weird since people use to complain that Corny was obsessed with shitstain

[@roberttrester4030]

Poor Jim would end up hunting Vince(shit stain)Russo down! LOL if he had to do this every week!

[@kenrickeason]

🤣😂

[@zaodedong9935]

@@heel420 hey Vince, how's it going bro.

[@kshinokevin]

"Yeah, This is definitely Russo (laughter). What about a hot ParaLegal !" - the great Brian Last

[@Crueltea]

With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest live read I've ever heard

[@vinylbuff1515]

Shotgun Saturday Night in the nightclub was actually kinda cool

[@williambourque926]

I actually think if done right it could be a successful thing nowadays.

[@kenrickeason]

@@williambourque926 That's what I was thinking.. In Today's time it would be good..

[@markfroman738]

Fit very well in the late 90’s culture

[@mysonandme8424]

(sigh), just...no

[@uncleorr9585]

Wow not start now

[@PhinneusPrune]

I have to say. I was at Shotgun Saturday Night in Penn Station there in Manhatten and I to this day say that it was the most entertaining live wrestling event I ever been to. Who came up with the idea to hold a wrestling event in the main train station in NYC at 11pm/12am is a genius. Why did it work? Anybody who doesn't understand Manhatten. Penn Station is right under MSG. Trains come into Penn Station from Long Island, Upstate NY. Pennsylvania and NJ. So to get people to come to this event. They hop on a train and they are there. The convenience was the best part. You never have to leave the station, hail a cab, take a subway. Off the train and you are there. Couple that with the fact that people like me always see Penn Station as a crowded race to make your train. It was different to see this hectic place turned into a battle ground of sorts. Something we will never see again. I give credit for that idea.

[@bowserh2012345]

That's a very interesting insight! Do you have other stuff like that to share?

[@joen8529]

I thought Shotgun Saturday Night absolutely rocked. When HHH took the tombstone on the escalator, that was unforgettable… I wish they had made it work. Sorry Corny, it might not have been feasible business-wise, but it really was a killer idea.

[@PhinneusPrune]

@@joen8529 I was there for that escalator Tomb Stone. I am not just saying this. It was absolutely a very fun live event. As crowded as it looked on TV. You were able to follow the action. So there were no missed moments. It was more of a personal show because whether or not the wrestlers were on the other side of the venue. They always made there way around to where we were. If they didn't. It wasn't difficult to get to the action. It was like an Indy event where they spent a lot of money on production. I guess for the wrestlers, writers and production. That may have been a headache. But for fans ... it was gold.

[@dividoguy]

It does seem genius the way you describe it

[@joen8529]

@@PhinneusPrune Wow, that’s totally awesome man! Way cool you got to experience it. I would’ve loved to have been there for that. 💎💎💯

[@fightrudyfight5799]

“Dryer than a nuns twat.” Fucking classic. Jim is the best at telling his story and advertising his sponsors.

[@ColeVecsion]

Now some people could've argued it wasn't by Russo until the words "every match is a gimmick match" that's basicly a legal signature in court for Russo

[@xSuperiorManx]

But there doesn't seem to be any "Bro!" in these documents. :-/

[@DefendYoungstown]

@@xSuperiorManx "bro" is implied.

[@KHayes666]

The horrible spelling would be a dead giveaway

[@dominiquejones3805]

I was waiting 4 a Pitcher of Beer on a Pole Match

[@biga.b.1079]

It’s amazing how Travis’ drawings are so simple but you can still immediately recognize exactly who the people are. That guy is talented.

[@Misguided97]

It's emulating South Park

[@whitemamba0089]

@@Misguided97 not really they all have round heads an basically look the same but with different hair , this is more defined

[@subgrappling805]

It is really crazy how these simple cartoonish drawings seem to capture the nuance and essence of each of these people that we all know so well. Travis is indeed a talented boy.

[@phrjcf]

My favorite art for his videos

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

As a 12-year-old, It was cool watching wrestling at midnight on the weekends!

[@LINKMASTERX]

That's how some of us felt in the 2000s. Velocity and TNA both on Saturday night!

[@tobiasfarragut292]

Yeah but I knew early on based on who was on it that it wasn’t really shit… and they were just trying to run with ECW late night

[@THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER]

Ahhh yes it was 😌

[@phychmasher]

I was into the Flying Nuns. I thought they were like some kind of unlockable for the Headbangers. It sounds silly now, but then again Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt.

[@jarvindriftwood]

Yeah I loved watching Shotgun Saturday Night, Jakked and the short lived Women of Wrestling (WOW).

[@manifestgtr]

Whenever I see “Vince Russo” in a new Jim Cornette video title, I know it’s gonna be a good day 🤗

[@SSJ2Phenom]

When Jim said, "And this is something that he handed to Vince McMahon on purpose!", I shot milk out of my nose I was laughing so hard. I could listen to Jim rip on Rousseau every day of the week and twice on Sunday. We need events Russo omnibus.

[@michaellee8816]

I'll be honest, I'd probably watch this show....

[@lennylyons777]

I love the part when corny says that he gave Vince these ideas on paper and “on purpose”. I burst out laughing while shopping at a department store that was pretty quiet. Thank you guys!!

[@MrJjburgess11]

In 96 and part of 97 I didn't have cable. Shotgun was the only wwf wrestling I could watch during that time. Thankfully I could also get ECW with my uhf antenna.

[@KHayes666]

ECW was on the Spanish Channel on Saturday Night at 12:30 AM. I didn't need an antenna lol guess I got lucky

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

I loved the idea of Shotgun Saturday Night. They gave up on it too soon.

[@willr6521]

I remember Undertaker giving Triple H a Tombstone Piledriver on an escalator, totally bonkers.

[@shaggay]

I mean some of the ideas are not half bad but unfortunately Jim sours on Russo and he makes seem like all the ideas are terrible.

[@danieljohnston2379]

Yeah SSN is what raw should actually be and still be.

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@willr6521 also Ahmed Johnson giving D'lo Brown a pearl River plung on the roof of a car and all the windows blew out . Lol

[@erikstorm8935]

@@MrJjburgess11 If there was any time for JR to scream how much of a family a wrestler has...that was it. "Bah gawd almighty!".

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

i want the "Shotgun Tough Guy Badge"

[@rosemaryfarell5264]

Tough guy sheriff.love it

[@josephstewart2821]

I would have loved to see crush going around with the badge trying to act tough around guys like the rock, stone cold, undertaker etc.... Makes me laugh just imagining how hard he would have got shot down in promos

[@IvyKailyn1989]

Am I the only 1 who get extra extra excited when I see Vince Russos name on a new video the only way it would be better if we could see Jim And Brian's faces when talking about it

[@AliSubhi-xs4rn]

I lost it at the flashlight match. Low-key wish it would've actually happened at some point.

[@sheepdavis]

Low-key?

[@howardshowens8263]

They had a dry run of this on the “Beware of Dog” PPV.

[@quentinkaasa47]

They do so many Dark matches. Just once I'd like to see a flashlight one.

[@tapset]

It sounds like the end of Requiem for a dream

[@chrishollister80]

I love how Jimmy gets under Brian's skin when he's doing these ad plugs. Radio active mattresses is so funny!

[@thesnakeman8006]

There should be a special playlist on this channel where its nothing but videos of Jim talking about Russo, that will make my day,for sure 😃

[@RLSmith-uo9zs]

That shotgun tough guy thing sounds like Raw Underground. This might be Shane O.

[@chadwells5709]

Vince Russo was a genius. Find me someone else that had the foresight to make wrestling legend David Arquette a world champion.

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

"it's kinda like the royal rumble...except I wouldn't pay money to see it" LOL

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

Every third idea here is the worst idea I’ve ever heard, and Russo manages to top it.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Backlunds segment would have been amazing

[@Saddison01]

They actually did the Strip the Valet match in 2000 between Jerry Lawler w/ The Kat vs Perry Saturn w/Terri Runnels. The finish saw the debut of Right to Censor Steven Richards covering Terri before she could take her bra off. I know this instead of my grandfathers birthday.

[@KHayes666]

I remember that too

[@benespinosa6725]

Lol anything with Jim cornette and Vince Russo in the title you know it's going to be a great clip 10/10 on the artwork Travis and wasn't shotgun Saturday night WWF's answer to ECW and the Flying Nuns sucked I guess Mosh and Thrasher didn't want nun 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1985nyg]

It was an unique concept for WWF at the time and it’s interesting to wonder what it could have been had Vince not obviously lost any and all interest in it after literally 3 weeks.

[@benespinosa6725]

@@1985nyg that's very interesting

[@KHayes666]

@@1985nyg Like Cornette said, they had to fight NYC traffic just to get to these places every week and once Vince realized it wasn't going to work, he made it a standard B show since they didn't have one by then with Superstars becoming a recap show.

[@williammitchell4417]

Corny + Russo = Gold

[@ninowaves4061]

It was they was actually gonna have Heyman do the commentary but he turned it down last minute…small ring intimate crowd low budget look..97 was one of my favorite years of wwf.

[@phillywhateverguy]

This makes me think I could have walked off the street and talked my way onto creative Bro!

[@KHayes666]

Pretty much that's how Russo got the magazine job.

[@erikstorm8935]

Not enough 'bro's.

[@christophergargaro959]

Just gotta have ideas pal! I think if any of us would've walked into Vince's office with 30 pages of ideas, he'd have liked it.

[@Leege13]

I’m dying as he’s talking about sleeping on corpses and hypodermic needles in a commercial promo

[@Arathor82]

Corny doing a promo on Helix mattresses made my day. Lol

[@robmurrah3224]

The Helix mattress part is the best part of the whole vid.

[@user-yo2co3zx7f]

I’m getting one. My boney mattress has had its day

[@Pelcurus]

23:52 If Jim is complaining about spelling "Budweiser" incorrectly because he didn't follow the "i before e" rule, then that means Russo spelled it correctly.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

I always spelled it h-o-r-s-e p-i-s-s.

[@KHayes666]

Unless Russo spelled it Budwieser, which is on the table lol

[@MikeHawks-Long9]

@@KHayes666 no dude, just no.

[@willyoung4533]

There’s a saying.. “I” before “E”, except in Budweiser.”

[@sinsear2404]

I laughed so hard at Jim basically saying he wasn’t gonna review Ric Flairs match on this week’s experience

[@The80sWolf_]

He says something then does against it. He will.

[@chrisrodgers1087]

A Jim Cornette video that's 35 minutes long and its about Russo in the year 2022! I will make time for that!

[@nicks3897]

The lengthy rant about Helix mattresses not being radioactive bust me up.

[@NDiddy]

We need Shotgun Saturday Night on the network. At least the first several episodes where they actually went to funky locations.

[@vinylbuff1515]

The season where they were fucking around in bars/nightclubs/on the street needs to be on the network. Triple H took a fucking tombstone piledriver on an escalator lmao

[@MIN0vision]

1 of the beast Corny-Clips ever!! Imagine a show with: - Headbanging flyin' nuns - the laughable shotgun-title is a badge and can only defended in a gimmick match on that show - a match of 2 top guys will be interrupted every 5 minutes by a jobber - every main event will be a time limit draw - 2-minutes against Jake Roberts (if the challenger loses, he's fired)! NOTE: Jake Roberts has to lose every f-n week in unter 2 minutes 😆 - Jake Roberts has to "wear" his snake all the time - Fans decide which move the wrestlers have to perform (imagine a 450° by Yokozuna or the Earthquake Splash by Zack Gowen) - a match between some strip club bouncers - speeking of strip club: we bring back the girls for the perverted fans - a bunch of "stars" - Russo on commentary - Yokozuna on a scale with a bunch of jobbers on the other side to equal the weight EVERY WEEK - the light in the arena/bar is off and the fans have to light the ring with flashlights - Lawler anounces news from the week and put some fake wrestling twists in them - a MEN-IN-BLACK-security that looks like a swat team - "hidden camera" skits with wrestlers wo tried to get into a strip club - the wifes of the wrestlers will have a match insted of the wrestlers themself (i smell a 5* classic) - female refs with huge knockers - a bear as a heel mascot who got bullied by every wrestler - the wifes/gfs of the wrestlers has to strip each time their man took a fall - a talent show where the fans can imitate the wrestlers - every fan who's dressed as a king gets an audience with Lawler - Todd Pettengill interwies the craziest guy in the arena/bar EVERY WEEK - a talk show with Sunny. Only topic: Sunny - Whacky Bob Backlund reviews the news of the week - JR interwies a heel - an obstacle course for the fans and wrestlers inside the arena/bar (like in Takeshi's castle) That show would be called RUSSOMANIA 🤣

[@MCastleberry1980]

I'm fucking dying at the Tough Guy Badge

[@planetschlock]

I'm surprised the Shotgun Tough Guy didn't just get a ribbon like in an elementary school relay race 🤣

[@MCastleberry1980]

@@planetschlock on paper, a show specific/ TV champ type thing isn't terrible, but Russo has to Russo it up

[@KHayes666]

@@planetschlock Don't give him any more ideas

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

‘I swear to god bro, I love seeing guys in bars with snakes’

[@ennbee2051]

'With their snake out'.

[@darionman95]

The yoko idea is cool if done right. It gives off old school carnie vibes

[@IanSane]

Russo's ideas actually sound a lot like the sort of thing I would have come up with if you asked me for ideas for Shotgun Saturday Night. And I mean if you asked me then, in 1997, when I was 15. He was 36.

[@KHayes666]

I was 10 years old in December 1996 and I would have turned the show off I'd I saw this crap

[@televiper11]

Shane was usually on “the rails” rather than off.

[@DillonPostma]

The ads are honestly great content. The helix sleep matress story killed me

[@Firetrainer60]

I don't understand how people could hate on Russo when he helped with the hottest era of wrestling ever. Even the Rock and Shawn Michaels publicly said so.

[@clifforddavidson7273]

WcW 1999. The End.

[@KHayes666]

Because he parlayed a 2 year run as an assistant coach to ruin everything he touched afterward. WCW, TNA, Jarrett's christian fed and apparently USA if what he says about being on creative the last few years is true.

[@jbfarley]

🤡

[@Hatchbasic]

Please don’t let Tony Khan here these ideas he might do them

[@adamluce1901]

Tony does listen so I'm sure he will hear it

[@seanpurdom6380]

"...like diarrhea from his pig lips."! Lmfao goddamn, corny was so nonchalant when saying that. I just laughed until I cried. Lol

[@kaceesunshine2246]

Jim should send that Shotgun idea list to Tony Khan. He might be crazy enough to do some of them.

[@Topshelfmedia1]

Can you imagine wwe going from bar to bar and turning them into obstacle courses 😭😭😭

[@annmarie1758]

I laughed out loud when Corny said it, and I just laughed again reading this comment! These "ideas" are priceless!

[@ColorsBright]

Would have been awesome , like a drunk double dare with people on steroids

[@Narrate918]

When you see Russo in the title of a Cornette video and click due to muscle memory

[@rofbagging9749]

I almost forgot about this show entirely. But now that I think about it, it’s really not that different of a show than rampage for the viewer

[@mysonandme8424]

@jabroni destroyer lol, so you wanna make aew even worse...damn, you're savage.

[@joeljones8066]

this mattress promo is gold

[@darylhall2198]

Shotgun saturday night, sunday night Heat, Jakked, Metal, Velocity. I thought the programming and matches from those junior shows were better than most of the stuff on raw, smackdown and the ppv's.

[@AGxAG]

I used to really look forward to Sunday Night Heat! Had good matches on it and i liked it for getting the raw/smackdown highlights

[@natebaxter9551]

@@AGxAG Heat was always entertaining. Raven and D'Lo Brown ruled.

[@docwhat8370]

I loved Heat. Gangrel, Val Venis, D'Lo, Mideon, Viscera, the Mean Street Posse, the APA etc. Loved it.

[@darylhall2198]

@@docwhat8370 Yeah i wanted guys like Gangrel, Mideon, Val Venis to get super-pushes but they were always on heat so i always watched heat lol. I was more interested in Al snow than i was hhh or the rock. I always preferred the undercard.

[@docwhat8370]

@@darylhall2198 Likewise. Gangrel is one of my personal favourites. I loved his moves, his brutal finisher and his vampire look! The European title was the undercard title largely on Heat at the time and I wanted Gangrel to win it. I loved Regal too, I forgot him in my first reply. Yes and Al Snow and Steve Blackman, the Big Bossman, ahhh the memories. I'm with you mate, the undercard is often far more interesting even to this day.

[@WorldCupWillie]

That's the 1st time I've ever heard Jim mention his 1st wife. I'm intrigued, has he mentioned anything else about her?

[@KHayes666]

Apart from "I have no idea what Russo is saying" he doesn't talk about her much. The only other story is he gave her a baggie filled with the hair of Shawn Michaels that Bret Hart ripped out.

[@pendafen7405]

@@KHayes666 No wonder she took off

[@marvelfan8670]

The Tough Guy Badge actually isn’t a bad idea

[@jeffnickels2279]

That Helix mattress ad was the best thing I've ever heard 😂

[@jasonmyers8600]

Hearing all these ideas show how smart McMahon and the rest of creative team were. To make the attitude era what it was, yet this is what head of creative was pitching? Fair play to McMahon.

[@KHayes666]

This is why when Russo marks say "McMahon wasn't a filter, ratings sucked before and after Russo was there, where was his filter then" I laugh in their faces. McMahon took that Shotgun list and made like 2 of those ideas work (girls in cages and Jake prominently featured before he was fired) before Shotgun went into syndication

[@micharogowski9538]

Sure, Russo and Ferrara had nothing to do with tremendeous success of the company. Give me a break, now I am obliged to "laugh in your face". As soon as Russo left ratings started to go down and they were going down to the year of 2022. If McMahon is such a genius, what's up with the last 5 years of WWE programing which is amongst the worst in wrestling history? Oh, he lost his Russos and Gewirtzs and was able to push his and Prichard's amazing content. Let's talk about Cornette's achievements as a booker as well. Russo cost him his job at two ocasions in two organizations, that's why Jim hates Vince so much to this day.

[@thepalatrpro]

I’d listen to Jim read box of Frosted Flakes and be entertained. His way of storytelling is phenomenal!

[@chemguy5468]

That ad read was ridiculous 🤣

[@gavmcel2590]

The strip tease match had me in bits 😂 amazing

[@yelb9135]

‘Monkey Tennis’

[@IronDiva]

A ha!

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

We got the striptease match with the entire womens division & the title actually changed hands that way. (The Cat)

[@lukeyj8331]

Im Surprised Russo wasn’t the one who sent Cornette the wwe on Mars idea

[@williammitchell4417]

The Shotgun Badge?? We don't need no stinking badges!!!

[@MilMaska]

""The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side. Unless Vince Russo Was There, Then The Grass Is Probably Dead." - Jim Cornette

[@astrosteve]

So, way way back, I was part of the early internet wrestling community. When Russo left WWF for WCW, I remember everyone online saying, "Russo is the only reason WWF is any good at all. Losing Russo means they're losing to WCW." A _lot_ of people thought Russo was a booking genius, including me. If only they could have seen that sheet Jim read off, everyone would have realized how wrong they were.

[@melliott604]

This video is gold. A “ Flashlight match” LOL

[@ebransc09]

Flashlight Saturday Night

[@james_the_animator]

The security would have Shotgun badges? Wouldn’t the Tough Guy champion have to fight them all then?

[@kanelfc98]

This is like Christmas morning

[@goldwynn6098]

Art work on point as always.

[@syxxpoppin8830]

Jim said he was chasing by munchkins from the wizard of oz cast while he was in his tidy white's 😂😂😂 probably had a hole 🕳️ by his right cheek 😂😂

[@earlgrayteabeard8471]

I think they should revive Shotgun Saturday Night as a show for all 3 brands to wrestle on, a sort of SmackDown vs Raw vs NXT card of matches

[@wrestlingcommunity]

Shotgun Saturday night was one of my childhood highlights

[@john_savage]

In other words, McMahon thought it would be cool to have wrestling in bars. And then "took wrestling out of the small bars!" It all makes sense now!

[@ReinEngel]

That is the most accurate cartoon depiction of Vince McMahon ever drawn.

[@goodwin9114]

“Interpret the fever dreams of a maniac”. I’m going to start using that from here on out.

[@kevingembel5767]

What is Russo’s obsession with badges?

[@undertakerfanz628]

I have never seen a person hate another person in my life as much as Cornette hates Russo

[@KHayes666]

Wrestling is Cornette's life. Russo almost singlehandedly tanked one wrestling company and put another one in such dire straits that they never recovered. Brawl For All got everyone involved legitimately hurt and we all know what Russo sending Owen Hart to the rafters resulted in. Gee, wonder why a wrestling lifer would hate the guy who did all that just for kicks?

[@goodday2760]

Actually, I think Bischoff hates Russo more than Cornette does.

[@wilcee238]

I think Jelly Nutella hates Cornette, more than Cornette hates Russo.

[@KHayes666]

@@wilcee238 Does Janella constantly blame Cornette for everything wrong in wrestling past and present?

[@heel420]

That's because Russo did a better job than Jim in 2 years then Jim could his entire life

[@dawa7267]

'...the two STUPOR-stars...' Had it right the 1st time, JC. 😃 Reminds me of Daffy as 'Stupor-Duck'! Ah, comedy!

[@GertrudePerkins]

This reminds me of Alan Partridge reading out his terrible ideas to a TV Executive, except that was a work of fiction.

[@TheGhostofLlopmondDunderbridge]

I'd rather watch Monkey Tennis or Inner City Sumo than any of Russo's ideas!

[@hoozle]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Most of those ideas were absolutely comical.

[@kvsimagination7299]

So at last we see the Genesis of "Judy Bagwell on a Pole" matches. Oy, vey...

[@kovulion7777]

The way Brian laughs, this would have been one of their best funniest reviews if this actually got out

[@KvltKvnt]

Jim is so goddamn country he forgets "Budweiser" is actually how it's spelled lol

[@S_047]

Cornettes Segway into his sponsorship is immaculate

[@azapro911]

Russo could come up with the basic beginnings of a good idea, but it took the likes of Vince (McMahon) to make those ideas workable from there. That was the gigantic mistake WCW and TNA made, allowing Russo to actually have full creative control.

[@KHayes666]

That's the best diplomatic explanation yet. I posted my own comment that all the ideas Russo put for Shotgun, the only one that I'd go for was Sunny being an insufferable heel. Vince basically did the same thing by taking one idea out of 10 and running with it

[@pmfg11]

What about the product before and after Russo, why couldn't McMahon take those ideas and make them workable and draw millions and millions of people?

[@cjskylark6659]

Because dude was a hack writer who watched Jerry Springer and Howard stern So no way did WCW and TNA have a chance

[@KHayes666]

@@pmfg11 After Russo they did better business all around and Cornette was on creative a whole five months before the infamous Germany Raw when Russo started. Can't blame Cornette for 94-96 sucking throbbing DeltaIndigoCharlieKilo the same way you can't blame Russo for WCW 99 being off the rails before he got there.

[@danieldonnelly3589]

Never really understand the idea of McMahon being the genius who filtered out Russo’s bad ideas and only put the good stuff on air. Yet there’s been decades of garbage on WWE TV both before and after Russo’a run. Hornswoggle the illegitimate son? Al Wilson? Katie Vick? Mae Young’s hand? We can go on and on. I think it’s more accurate to say that the McMahon-Russo combo just brought out the best in each other. Neither one really reached the consistent creative peaks without the other.

[@mr.dudebro924]

Lmao I can just imagine cornette boiling over internally the first time he read that list.

[@sonofelgar]

Why is Vince McMahon's eyes always off centre? hahahaha. I love it

[@KingBudds]

Dude.... The weeLC match was one of the greatest 5 star matches ever.

[@coryshannon3815]

As the list goes on, it makes the "Shotgun Toughguy" badge idea sound genius, though it'd still need some tweaking to work decently (like not having every match be a gimmick match). I'm shocked "Todd Budweiser" didn't become a gimmick under Russo.😂

[@planetschlock]

If I knew Todd Pettengill in real life, I would feel obligated to call him "Todd Budweiser" at every opportunity.

[@Filmation77]

i'd would've been down for a Jerry Lawler version of Weekend update back in the day

[@KHayes666]

That does sound funny. Lawler ripping on news stories

[@dgb7984]

The Yoko challenge was pretty much the same as when Andre would fight 3 or 4 guys at a time.

[@KHayes666]

Andre didn't have to weigh in first, that's the tasteless part.

[@StonyHeatbag]

In the late 2000s , probably 08 or 09 I found Jim’s famous shoots on Shit Stain. So legendary. Wonder if Vince listens. He must.

[@StonyHeatbag]

The Best one to this day is the one he taped in 2000.

[@LoungeLizard_33]

@@StonyHeatbag 100%, it's the greatest shoot ever