Jim Cornette on WCW's Power Plant

[@shooter7734]

What Jim didn't mention was they held regular "tryouts" to get into the power plant for people looking to get into pro wrestling They would of course give them the 1000+ squats, 1000+ push ups, 1000+ situps routine they got from Japan which originated from Karl Gotch Of 99% would fail the tryout The gimmick was you had to pay a non refundable fee for the tryout and prospective training the neighborhood of $1500 dollars All those people who failed the tryout of course lost their non-refundable $1500 fee Same scam Ole & Gene Anderson , Buzz Sawyer & Ken Shamrock ran

[@travismcdonald6576]

Lol. Yup.

[@jordanking6939]

I wouldn't even call it a tryout. I'll call it a wrestling fantasy camp where they break participants down, do some bumps, but it was never to become WCW talent (even though they used future wrestlers to train their craft). As for Goldberg, he knew people and they got him through the doors. He used the Power Plant for basic wrestling training, but he was pampered to become a star in WCW. The silly thing about it that MMA took over and these muscle bound wrestlers won the tournaments. WCW wanted to make an architype of a UFC fighter the reason why Goldberg had this moveset.

[@spanky9676]

Once a carny business, always a carny business

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

Weeding out the weak. Vern Gagne did the same thing. Its how you keep out people you can't trust

[@erickmack4131]

So tough enough with no cameras and more bob Holly's ..got it

[@jvharbin8337]

When I was a kid I used to dream of the power plant. I wanted to go train there so bad. I had no idea what it was like. I just knew it would help me break into wrestling.

[@travismcdonald6576]

They advertised it a lot. I recall seeing several news stories about it.

[@jordanking6939]

Power Plant was a quick buck WCW can make. The sad part the training school wasn't even the tryout. They already decided who they wanted.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@ithinkaboutthings9052 Or even Tom Prichard.

[@projectgraham414]

@@yoholmes273 dude that is unnecessarily harsh. Come on now

[@Christoffski]

This 😁😬

[@StoneColdSergio]

The Power Plant had Batista fall on their laps and they told him to hit the bricks. Insane.

[@blackturkdog]

Did they? I thought he left on his own.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Half right. Batista did show up but he quit on his own accord. He knew Parker was full of baloney and left

[@brandonperkins176]

I saw a clip of the WCW Power Plant on A&E on wrestling and it was showing the inside out of the training facility. Crazy behind the scenes it was and I agree with Cornette, it was joke and the type of training program that will throw you under the bus

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I read about it in WCW Magazine and they were literally bragging about running people off by having them do 1,000 squats the first day. No wonder they failed miserably.

[@minechaftgamer288]

Best thing about the power plant was the old school banners they had hanging on the walls for events like chi town rumble 89

[@darrenwalker257]

I remember Louis theroux did a documentary am sure it was at the power plant where he vomit his guts out.

[@tycane8779]

I loved to hear this.. I was there doing one of their 3 day tryouts. Yeah they ran a lot of people out of there. Sarge and Pez were running the tryouts. We really didn’t do many maneuvers during the tryout. It was drills, suicides, squats, running the ropes ect. Out of 20 or so people there 3/4 were gone after the 1st day. Then half way through the 2nd day the weak were gone. Just 4 of us made it through the 3rd day. The funniest things was Sarge making people do a cockroach on the ground before letting them quit. Fuck that 🤣. And yes Goldberg was sitting on the couch across from me and was still in his training before being on TV. Funny to hear this from Jim because that is exactly how it was a boot camp..

[@realsteveowrestler5747]

And did you make it through the tryout? Lots of people went to the tryout but not lotta people could tell you what the training was like there because not many people made it to that.

[@superstarreviews9937]

Hes full of shit! 😆

[@davidryan834]

Seeing Jim done up as Sarge is too fuggin funny

[@darrenlewis8822]

Though not "officially trained" by the WCW Power Plant, Diamond Dallas Page used their facilities a ton to improve his wrestling skills right before he went on to become a superstar. He speaks about it in his book.

[@FerretJohn]

Page is a rare breed though, what we call a Type A Personality, always critically looking at what he does and looking on ways to make it better. He's a natural teacher and trainer, better than anyone they could get

[@darrenlewis8822]

@@FerretJohnPaul Wight aka WCW's "The Giant", who later became "The Big Show" in the WWE also came up through the Power Plant, so there were some successes.

[@johnpetrie1918]

@@darrenlewis8822 he actually didn't "come up" through the Plant. He met Hulk Hogan via Danny Bonaduce, and was signed by WCW to specifically work with Hogan. He spent a brief time there to prepare for his first match against Hogan at Slamboree.

[@darrenlewis8822]

@@johnpetrie1918 Are you you referring to DDP or Paul Wight? Because Paul Wight (Big Show) ACTUALLY trained through the Power Plant as opposed to DDP who was already in the industry as a manager, but honed his wrestling skills at the Power Plant.

[@FerretJohn]

@@johnpetrie1918 like Corny said, when you're a physical monster like Goldberg or Paul there's not a whole lot of in-depth training to go through, just make sure they know enough to not kill their opponents then let the package sell itself. For everyone who wasn't a physical monster the Plant was not that great.

[@benespinosa6725]

This is very interesting I had no clue that WCW Had a Power plant because I only started watching wrestling in 2002 by that time WCW was out of business for a year.

[@tmcfootball96]

WCW power plant made Nightmare Factory look like Stu Hart's the Dungeon.

[@timmyj7092]

Stu never stretched anyone worse than he did Helen. 12 freaking kids!

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

​@timmyj7092 Not to mention stretching was from actual holds you use in the ring, not calisthenics designed to get ppl to quit

[@ddwchamp]

Jody had suffered a major heart attack the Jacksonville International Airport following a show. Jody was responsible for hiring jobbers and preventing him from having Independent shows in the Atlanta area. Many of the overs were complaining about the uncooperative and carelessness of jobbers. The Power Plant was formed to create safe jobbers and to enhance workers like the Giant, Johnny B Badd, Goldberg, Diamond Dallas, etc. The Power Plant absorbed some of the students from Jody Hamilton's school of wrestling. Many of the students were used as an extra for the ring crew and security. The Power Plant was not on the same level as the WWE's wrestling school. I thought the State Patrol should have received a stronger push. It was a great heel gimmick, especially around the Rodney King era. Imagine them doing a run in on Harlem Heat or Rock n Roll Express. All they need needed was a heel manager.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Didn’t Paul Orndorff run towards the end?

[@Hakeem990]

@@travismcdonald6576 Yes he did

[@travismcdonald6576]

@@Hakeem990 Thank you.

[@realsteveowrestler5747]

This is a pretty good synopsis. The only thing I would say is when the power plant started WWF didn’t have a school there was no Ovi WWBF had one ring in Connecticut so the power plant was ahead of his time before the Performance Center

[@Hakeem990]

@@travismcdonald6576 Your welcome

[@LESTIFISA]

“I went to the powerplant and 6 months later i was on tv” - sean ohaire So much for powerplant being tough lmfao

[@heckhound48]

With that look and being able to move like that he was gonna have a rocket strapped to him

[@jonathancarlson6127]

Sean was in amazing shape before he showed up to the Power Plant. Combat sports, tough man stuff, gym rat to end all gym rats. That place would’ve been nothing but a good workout for him.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

​@@jonathancarlson6127That's basically it. Guys off the streets who aren't in shape have no chance in hell. You gave to go to these things already in shape

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

MMA fighter Chael Sonnen told a story where he tried out at the power plant and they just made him do squats like eight hours a day non-stop for days in a row...

[@SwordsmanRyan]

And Uncle Chael survived all of it until WCW folded

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

@@SwordsmanRyan undefeated, undisputed, best ever!

[@lewisb85]

And you wonder why he didn't go back.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I don't understand the thought process. You want people who have heart so wouldn't it make more sense to help ppl get into shape than to expect them to do ungodly calisthenics the first day?

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I agree - maybe it's just an old-school method to weed out the people that don't want to be there. That being said, I don't think they do things like this anymore and there's a bunch of really good reasons why. @@ReflectionOfPerfection

[@jordanking6939]

I thought the Power Plant was trying to break participants who aren't fit to wrestle in WCW and push guys who look that can be a fit. Diamond Dallas Page, Alex Wright, Steve Mongo McMichael, they either had something to work with or came from a Professional sport background. Most of the individuals were jobbers from the start. If you seen the Raven Flock, a handful of them came from the Power Plant because WCW wanted a misfit gimmick after they brought Raven from ECW.

[@lewisb85]

Alex wright was trained by his father steve wright and fit finaly's dad, he only went to the powerplant to learn the American style.

[@MattSingh1]

*Being a big fan of Louis Theroux since 1998, I remember the Power Plant very vividly.* 😆

[@garethmcknight5058]

If you go back and watch that, you can spot a young Chuck Palumbo in the crowd around Louis before he pukes.

[@MattSingh1]

@@garethmcknight5058 *And the future Kwee Wee. I think Reese too.*

[@AshMundo]

@@garethmcknight5058 yeah, there were a few wrestlers there. The place must have been a state! It was funny though when Louis gave up calling himself names etc 😄 That Sargent guy seemed like an idiot!

[@tomedwards6354]

Alan Funk. Can't stand that wop SOB!@@MattSingh1

[@grimacemcdonald1]

Louis Theroux did a documentary in the power plant if you want to see what it was like- at least when cameras were around

[@TheBaitShopGuy]

Sarge used to run the Power Plant. Those guys would exercise a trainer until they puked and passed out or quit and take your money.

[@spanky9676]

It would have been hard to take Buddy Lee Parker seriously. He was a legit 5’3

[@danburnette7674]

Buddy Lee Parker was a tough SOB.

[@standardofexcellence]

He's the typical obsessive insecure tyrant

[@spanky9676]

@@danburnette7674 you can be tough and be very short. It’s just hard to take a very short person seriously as a tough guy

[@MrDagonOfTheDead]

That place made a ton of money just on tryouts alone, they would hold tryouts twice a week and each person had to pay $750 for the tryout and normally there was at least 20 people in each class! You do the math, week after week after week. Honestly the coolest part about the place was that was where they stored all their cages and stuff for pay-per-views and they even had the cage there that Ric Flair got his head closed in on😅 and the giant galvanized steel WCW logos for Nitro.

[@realsteveowrestler5747]

The tryout was $250. It’s funny how everybody talks about it being a scam but there’s a lot of people that went throug the tire tryouts ended up on TV and having decent career is either in the states or Mexico maybe they weren’t top stars but of course they put one of the top stars out in the last 20 years bill Goldberg like him or not

[@bigroaststyrone8135]

@@realsteveowrestler5747 yeah Bill Goldberg, coz everyone knows how much of an amazing wrestler he was lol

[@realsteveowrestler5747]

Tryouts were once a month at the beginning of the month not twice a week if they were twice a week we never get any training done and 750 that’s Rich it was 250 again it’s funny how everybody knows what went on there even though they were never there. It’s cool out the legend grows but not cool when it’s maligned

[@irkaboysen8713]

Wasn't Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker also Braun the Leprechaun later (Dungeon of Doom)?

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Yes

[@jameswesten2018]

Is it just me, or is Cornette the only person to run a successful rasslin training program for any substantial length of time

[@garrymorrison3667]

Shh you’ll upset people with that comment lol

[@spanky9676]

Larry Sharpe did.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Killer Kowalski. He trained Scotty Two Hotty, Triple H, Frankie Kazarian, Eddie Edwards and Chyna then his students trained Sasha Banks, Carmelo Hayes and Dijak

[@99somerville]

That’s right. His ran for four whole years.

[@chwenhoou]

Then Tony Khan tops the stupidity of the WCW Power Plant by not having a training center at all.

[@nox7282]

Agreed. It also seems his strategy is to mostly pick up wrestlers who were already trained either in wwe, the indies or in Japan, then just have them work with the newbies, which isn’t enough

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Power Plant should have been called the Jobber Plant

[@dquanissavage6287]

Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐

[@GforceLEVEL1988]

We need to see Jim Cornette and Brian Last to watch Louis Therouxs Weird Weekends Series 2 Episode 6 and see how Bad and Big the WCW Power Plant Really is

[@travismcdonald6576]

State Patrol for WWE HOF in 2023. Make it happen HHH!

[@georgemaranville3305]

Once again Jim gives us an amazing piece of history. BUT I WILL NOT STAND BY AND LET THE GOOD NAME OF BUDDY LEE PARKER BE BESMIRCHED!!! This is the man who took Gordon Solie’s classic quote where he called wrestling “Human Chess,” and said, in the aforementioned A&E documentary, “Wrestling is like humans playing chess.”

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

😅😅😅

[@timmyj7092]

They moved Jody around like Milton in Office Space.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Did he set the building on fire?

[@timmyj7092]

We can only hope!

[@spangdeez498]

I remember wanting to go there as a kid thinking I was going to be a wrestler 😂

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I was 14 years old when WCW went out of business. WCW Magazine had an article about it that totally put me off, looks like I wasn't the only one

[@spangdeez498]

@@ReflectionOfPerfection in ‘01 .. I think that was the year or around I was 15 .. but I for real wanted to be a wrestler.. I even got my Dad to apply to WWE and he got a call back to work in the office… but we just lived 10 hours and 5 states away 😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️…. But LOGAN PAUL - he’s a perfect example of - he does NOT know how EXTREMELY LUCKY he is! That kid is literally doing what EVERY kid I knew back then wanted to do , but ALSO if I were to become a wrestler, I’d been one RIGHT NOW and the past 10-12 years or so, sooooo NO WCW or Attitude Era 😂 it would have been wayyy later on and LP might be the LUCKIEST out of them all

[@williamgregory1848]

Other than Goldberg, the only other successful graduates of the WCW Power Plant were Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page. It was a garbage wrestling school. Bret Hart, whose career was ended by Goldberg, described the training at the Power Plant as dangerous to your opponent.

[@corey2232]

Bret Hart rarely has anything nice to say about anyone... Even if he's correct, his opinions don't lend any additional credibility to anything (imo at least).

[@mjf2891]

@@corey2232 so because he hurts your feelings you never believe him?

[@tomvu1470]

lol..that explains Corney's only six moves of Kevin Nash...including the hair flip. Granted, Nash never hurt anyone in the ring to my knowledge which is an admirable quality.

[@1101nz]

​@@tomvu1470 he injured giant/big show

[@steveomac385]

@@tomvu1470 Nash did more when he first started. He was told to slow down and be a big man.

[@Djarra]

If you watch the Louis Therux Weird Weekends you get a lot of stuff at the lower Plant as well some stuff with Blue Meanie.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

ECW also had a training school that never amounted to much. House of Hardcore I think, pretty sure Taz ran it. Off the top of my head I can't think of anyone notable that came out of there.

[@alextellez2948]

Chris Chetti. Danny Doring. Roadkill. I'm sure they were frome House of Hardcore

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@alextellez2948 Not sure I'd call any of those guys notable. Doring is funny as all hell in interviews though.

[@MinoMark10]

@@alextellez2948 It was only those three that graduated. And Chris was Taz's cousin so that explains why he graduated.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

They had one guy, Tom Marquez I think was his name. Joe Styles kept saying on ECW TV he was their only graduate thinking it made him sound badass but looking back on it, it made them look inept at developing stars

[@Chaz4543]

As a WWE mark at the time I could tell the WCW Power Plant was a scam. Just the way they presented it didnt seem legit.

[@yoholmes273]

Definitely NOT a scam , MARK

[@Chaz4543]

@@yoholmes273 It was bush league for WCW to hype the Power Plant on tv because WWE on tv never told who who their developmentals were. They werent hyping up and mentioning OVW for example. They always kept that stuff under wraps which is why when Tough Enough and NXT was created it was so weird and surreal to see now they are openly telling you about that stuff. Another example of Vince losing his touch and magic because it all occurred as WWE was getting less and less popular and watched.

[@yoholmes273]

@@Chaz4543 You are forgetting that you are completely brainwashed by your experience of "sports entertainment" as produced by WWE. WCW in its prime SMOKED WWF programming in almost everyway. Using WWE as a template as to how all other "wrestling" companies "should be run" is totally Markish & is exactly what those than run WWE want.

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

@@yoholmes273 It was a scam. It produced nothing other than Goldberg and it barely produced him.

[@Hakeem990]

Apparently T Khan is building AEW version of a power plant. With omega and the bucks as head trainers. Watch out wwe

[@Tim85-y2q]

Paul Wight is probably the one real Power Plant success story (besides Goldberg) and pretty much everyone admits he was only there long enough to learn the specific things they needed him to do at the time.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Because guys like Goldberg, DDP and Big Show got special treatment. People off the street like Batista had to go through that 1,000 squats the first day BS and said screw it.

[@Tim85-y2q]

@@ReflectionOfPerfection IDK about that. Both Big Show and Goldberg have said they were subjected to the 1,000 squats regimen.

[@tonyjackson4078]

The Powerplant produced Dale Torborg...I think that shows how high the standards were.

[@spanky9676]

His dad was a decent baseball player

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Don't forget perennial Saturday Night jobber Mike Tolbert

[@only1icon1801]

Well if Goldberg is a product of the Power Plant, it really does sum up how awful it was Christ did they even cover the basics?

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Lol look who was the trainer. Other schools were run by championship wrestlers like Dominic DeNucci, Killer Kowalski & Stu Hart and the Power Plant was run by a lower level job guy. It's not that job guys don't make good trainers, Johnny Rodz was a great trainer. Parker though was a drill sergeant and that turns a LOT of people off

[@MilMaska]

"The McDonalds of Wrestling Schools" - Jim Cornette

[@travismcdonald6576]

Ken Patera approved.

[@andrewburgemeister6684]

Funny story, I remember a Diving Shop owner who was SSI-affiliated call PADI the “McDonald’s of Scuba Diving Certification Programs”, saying it was consistent quality and cheap but would leave a bad taste in the mouth and not reach you valuable skills. Pretty sure there’s no difference though between PADI or SSI!

[@Riese79]

I always thought the Power plant was the reason for the Superb Cruiserweight Division. Specially because Alex Wright Didnt say anything Bad about it, ever. I feel screwed 😪

[@corey2232]

I mean it definitely played a role, despite what's being said about it on this channel.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Well most of the great cruiserweights in wcw were from Mexico and Japan

[@daniel79tj]

they trained the later ones 99-00 like Evan Karagias, Yang, Prince Iakeu(?), Lash Lareux but the ones that made the division great in 96-98 were all experienced in Mexico, Japan, Canada, Ecw. (Guerrero, Mysterio, Ultimo, Jericho, Juvi, Psychosis. Malenko).

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

​@@daniel79tjPrince Iaukea was trained by Boris & Dean Malenko. They made a whole storyline out of that with Chris Jericho

[@josheisert8380]

I myself have never understood wrestling schools doing this or any pro sport for that matter. If you can't exercise and workout on your own time so that all the time in school should be learning I just don't know what to say. Drives me crazy. Half the time is doing calisthenics and it's like yo bub I know how to do pushups ill do that shit at home I'd like to focus on learning moves and spots and stuff if you don't mind...

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Or they could put you on a program and slowly bring you along if you're struggling. Most schools I've heard of take care of you while all the stories I heard about the Power Plant was they did everything they could to take your money, chew you up and spit you out. No wonder only a few guys made it out of there and had reasonable success

[@hezamachine]

Dale Veasey was Lt. James Earl Wright.

[@chrischar9428]

The only reason batista did anything was his buddy Paul. Not to mention you hate him, so don't act like wcw wasn't right to run him off. He was another sid or nash. One trick pony

[@charlesbukowski9836]

True but big guys plant butts....for the most part....

[@chrischar9428]

@@charlesbukowski9836 some

[@realsteveowrestler5747]

Truth is Pez Whatley was also a trainer at the power plant it was damn good in old school. The calisthenics in the thousands of squats was just a tryout to keep people that thought Wrestling was a joke and stupid cosplay people out! To keep the people out that didn’t deserve to be there like everybody and their grandma nowadays! A regular day consisted of some conditioning to start today but the rest of the day was anywhere from basic wrestling lock ups two more advanced stuff and tape study in the afternoon! They were often top stars they are working on upcoming things in international town there training! To pigeon hole how the power plant was from a couple of videos about the tryouts and some legendary stories is kind of unfair. It was the first full service Wrestling trainer or training center of its kind unlike WWF we just had one ring the power plant had weights and multiple rings!

[@Yamah12a]

I trust what JC says about it here and make my own mind up about it instead of your pathetic diabtribe trying to make it out to be a top wrestling school.. It was a bunch of low card meatheads taking their pathetic roid rage out on young hopefuls who dare not say no to what's been asked of them.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

You had me until the last part. I grew up around Kowalski's school and they put the Power Plant to shame with how many guys went on to be stars. I don't remember hearing how brutal Kowalski's school was compared to the Power Plant. You can knock WWE all you want but you can't argue success

[@friedchickenicedtea]

They ran off Botchtista? The Power Plant can't be all that bad then.

[@charlesbukowski9836]

heehehe

[@robfinlay8058]

As bad as the Power Plant was, it produced Goldberg, the Giant and DDP, who are all much bigger stars than anyone who has come out of the WWE Performance Centre and NXT.

[@Chaz4543]

My theory is in the Power Plant days more people wanted to be in the wrestling business so there was a larger talent pool to choose from. By the Performance Centre and NXT days you had more lousy women looking to get into wrestling and less talented men to pick from since the popularity of wrestling had declined.

[@medes5597]

The giant doesn't credit the power plant with anything and says outright they taught him how to do one match step by step and DDP didn't follow any power plant training program, he created his own and used their facility. So it's still just Goldberg.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

None of those three were true power plant guys. Big Show & Goldberg were given special treatment and DDP knew Dusty Rhodes since the late 70's. I'll give you the PC as apart from Bianca & maybe Bayley they haven't produced anything noteworthy. Top guys from the last 10 years came from FCW, OVW or the indies.

[@brianm2881]

Anyone reading this comment, please go check out the wrestling episode from Louis Theroux's gonzo 90s documentary series 'Weird Weekends'. Part of the episode is the host trying a day of training at the Power Plant and having just about the worst time imaginable. As a bonus, the episode features a good look at what Jim would probably describe as the very dictionary definition of the term 'outlaw mud show'.

[@troublesomewestsideoutlaw5754]

Thanks, i will search for it after this segment! 🎾🎾🎾🎾

[@Yamah12a]

@@troublesomewestsideoutlaw5754 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXnFaHt6iLiclaM Better promo then the chumps give these days..

[@GeneralJLC]

I believe every word that leaves Jim's mouth.

[@chrisconnell8464]

Of the true walk off the street, no contact Power Plant graduates, Chuck Palumbo was the biggest success. Big show, DDP, Helms never came up through the ranks. Plus, from my understanding, chuck had enough experience to not be sent down to HWA during the invasion era.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Palumbo, Jindrak and Luther Reigns are the three I can think of.

[@heisensaul5538]

So wait Jim is saying the commercial lied and this WASNT the Harvard of wrestling schools? I feel betrayed by WCW from back in the day

[@vanzammerz]

On the training subject. I have a difficult time believing the rock had only $7 in his pocket. The rest of us would struggle. As I have struggled to train without. But related to and trained by them for free. Already being around the boys. He walked right in. While any of us listeners don’t have the connections he did and would struggle. Not rock

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

The Rock had $7 because he got cut from the CFL and he wasn't good enough to play pro football. Thats why his dad had to come rescue him. The story corroborated by Bruce Prichard & Jim Cornette was Rock was trained by his dad for a few months then he had a try out for Vince. Rock looked so good at the tryout they put him in the ring immediately. Normal people off the street aren't third generation wrestlers or played professional football to be in shape enough for wrestling training

[@alexbay510]

Do Jim Cornette on the comments from jelly janela n rennee

[@explosionsandstuff7787]

I could be wrong, but didn't DDP go through the Power Plant?

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

Only used it for training & getting in shape. He already knew wrestling fundamentals. Same for Paul "Big Show" Wright, who only came there to learn the bare specifics of his role. No wrestler has ever come out of the WCW Power Plant fully trained by it. Those who "made it" either knew the essentials already or came out too damaged to actually wrestle, having spend too much time getting tortured like prisonners.

[@xJasonHatx]

i saw some documentary on the power plant a long time ago i figured that was just all a put on for the cameras,

[@AndromedanPrince]

Umm is this a reupload from weeks ago?? Lol

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

DDP trained in the Power Plant.

[@spanky9676]

DDP was in the wrestling business for almost a decade before the power plant existed

[@YTfan24]

Speaking of State Patrol I think it was a Clash of the Champions, or a regular TV taping where Eric Bischoff absolutely BURIED State Patrol lol Jesus Christ.

[@steveomac385]

Wasn't Nash and DDP also trained there? I mean that's 3 stars for the power plant, and OVW had 4. 1 of those Cornette said he taught basically nothing Brock, and one that said Cornette taught him nothing Batista...

[@Yamah12a]

Apart from your god damn awful spelling I think you are trying to make an argument that the powerplant made as many stars as well as ovw!? I mean if you think cornette only got the best out of 4 wrestlers then you are about as clever as you sound..

[@steveomac385]

@@Yamah12a He made four stars. The Power Plant trained three. I said nothing about making the most out of yhe talent given. I have no idea if either had some huge potential star that they didn't get the most of, and neither do you. I'm curious about the spelling mistakes. I made one, and corrected it immediately. Also funny coming someone with your atrocious grammar.

[@outis439-A]

@@steveomac385 1. Randy Orton 2. John Cena 3. Batista 4. Brock Lesnar 5. Boogyeman 6. Shelton Benjamin 7. Eugene 8. Beth Pheonix 9. Dolf Ziegler 10. Santino Marella 11. Bobby Lashley 12. Alicia Fox

[@steveomac385]

@οὔτις and all the top guys on that list were trained elsewhere, or claim it didn't help them at all.

[@outis439-A]

@@steveomac385 but they got their start in OVW. All the guys on this list I chose because of that. Big Show and Kane went to OVW but that doesn’t count. These guys learned to wrestle here. And how tf did Randy Orton not learn anything here? They did a big fair well when he was sent to the main roster, then John Cena came out (then known as the prototype) and did an angle.

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

Goldberg is one of the only Power Plant graduates I can name, and I watched WCW to the bitter end.

[@darrenlewis8822]

though not "officially trained" by the Power Plant, Diamond Dallas Page used their facilities a ton to improve his wrestling skills right before he went on to become a superstar. He speaks about it in his book.

[@thebristolbruiser]

The Thrillers were shoved into every angle on WCW TV for a while there. Pretty hard to forget about them if you watched all the way to the end.

[@darrenlewis8822]

Also Paul Wight aka WCW's "The Giant" who later became "The Big Show" in the WWE also came up through The Power Plant.

[@corey2232]

How can you forget Alex Wright, das Wunderkind?!

[@bradw3153]

Glacier 🤨😀

[@GregHuffman1987]

did anyone else notable come out of power plant?

[@poodlehorn2438]

One thing people fail to mention, despite the idea ending up being a shitty training facility, "Powerplant" is an AWESOME name for a wrestling school

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I agree

[@johnpetrie1918]

Goldberg & Nash were really the only creditable to the Power Plant successful alumni. Big Show & DDP both were already in the business: Show having had a handful of matches and training at the Monster Factory; DDP having worked as a manager in the AWA, Florida & WCW itself before moving in-ring. There are certainly a handful of wrestlers who will credit Jody Hamilton or the Sarge as being positive influences, but the overall rep of the Power Plant within the business is that it was a joke.

[@jonathanr4160]

I've heard Sargent buddy Lee parker in a shoot interview say it wasn't Goldberg's fault Bret suffered the concussion with the head kick. Says Goldberg was a safe worker, never injured anyone, etc. Guy honestly comes off as someone who is insecure and not the sharpest knife in the drawer by any means...

[@tomedwards6354]

Parker is why WCW died.

[@chrischar9428]

The great corny remember and know all aside from the easy to remember shit like Hamilton was in Crockett in 83 maybe 84. So 5 yrs at best. I know this without looking shit up

[@insupportofjunhado]

WCW had another developmental, Heartland Wrestling Association, but it wasn't nearly as famous. I'm sure Cornette would hate it more than the Power Plant though, if he knew it produced John Moxley. He wasn't quite as much of a garbage wrestler then, he was doing his best to impersonate Triple H. Oh and Sammy Calihan was there too, and a fat jobber.

[@maddogdan]

More reruns?? Are the guys on vacation??

[@LordColeslaw]

I heard they even ran of chael sonnen of all people

[@Guru316]

I think if everyone is honest, Goldberg wasn't was good as people make him out to be. He's strong as a bull sure, you can't deny that. But he always looked like he worked pretty very stiff. Watched an interview with Kevin Nash who says Goldberg wasn't as over as he appeared either. He said there were having to cut in the Goldberg chants because the crowds were actually chanting Goldberg sucks. How true that is I don't know but Nash is normally consistent with his recollections.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Nash also explained why. They were in Nassau which was WWF country in those days and they cheered the WWF guys Hall & Nash. It wasn't like every arena was changing Goldberg sucks

[@Vsvstubbs]

WCW got so bad at the end that Dwayne Bruce was wrestling w Goldberg on Nitro

[@chrischar9428]

Let. James Earl Wright brownstain. You were in same GD company

[@matthewcollins8602]

Did anyone from Ohio Valley ever become as big of a star as Goldberg besides John Cena? I don't really keep up with this stuff much

[@bruceaeschlimann7833]

Batista

[@matthewcollins8602]

@@bruceaeschlimann7833 idk I'd say Goldberg at his height of popularity was bigger than Bautista. According to Dave Bautista he didn't learn anything in Ohio Valley.

[@bruceaeschlimann7833]

@@matthewcollins8602 I read an article sometime ago that someone had said Batista was tough to train. He wasn’t loose. I believe there were other stars that trained at ovw too. But your right Goldberg was probably the biggest star

[@matthewcollins8602]

@@bruceaeschlimann7833 yeah I can't come up with anyone. I always felt like Bautista was taking a shot at Corny when he said.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Orton.

[@GV213]

Power plant is the original nxt

[@stevengrvp]

Ah yes the power plant

[@kevindouglas5333]

So Nash,Big Show and DDP were nothing much...ok

[@youngzeus87]

Pitbull Pittman>>>>Buddy Lee

[@mrdethbuzzard4885]

Is Goldberg the last person wrestling today that went through the Power Plant?

[@Howyanow]

Only *

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

He might have been the last person left when WCW closed.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Isn't Jindrak still in Mexico?

[@standardofexcellence]

Cornie is 100

[@ChriS-vu7bd]

Buddy Lee teamed with Goldberg, was jobber on weekly show

[@andrewblanchard2398]

👍👍

[@masterj4777]

I was planning on going there until Vince destroyed everything 🤦🤦🤦 Of course Batista was ran off to the circus in New York!! WCW is only for the Big Boys 😆 Buddy Lee was a Jobber pretty much from my memory

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

..............i aint even gonna comment

[@masterj4777]

@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn don't goodbye 🖐️👋👋👋👋

[@yoholmes273]

Goldberg , DDP, GIANT, AJ Styles, Bob Sapp, Alex Wright, Jean-Paul Levesque....just a handful of the NOBODIES who trained at the WCW POWER PLANT. Imagine openly a "wrestling school" that "sucks" that would produce wrestlers who would eventually draw in the tens of millions of dollars.

[@MrSniperfox29]

AJ Styles did not come from the power plant and neither did HHH or the Big Show. Are you just picking random names that happened to be in WCW at one point?

[@yoholmes273]

@@MrSniperfox29 Shows how much you know about WCW. 🤣🤣 Next time, it helps to actually know what you are talking about prior to commenting.. Stay MARK bro 🤡🤡🤡

[@johnpetrie1918]

Triple H trained at Killer Kowalski's school. AJ Styles had been in the business for 3 years before popping in & out of the Power Plant in 2001. Alex Wright was trained by his father and wrestled for 3 years before going through the Power Plant. Bob Sapp was only at the Power Plant briefly before the sale to the WWF. He got most of his pro-wrestling training afterwards. Lots of guys spent time at the Power Plant, but few of them attribute their success, real training, promo skills, understanding of psychology, etc. to the Plant.

[@yoholmes273]

@@johnpetrie1918 MARK...you truly believe all those men while NOT being featured on WCW television were NOT down training at The Power Plant??? Slower than the normal Mark is this one...

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@yoholmes273 You sad, sad man, or woman, or whatever. You were wrong and you've been called out on it. Stop trying to use wrestling terms to ignore that. Onto mute you go now that we've all had a good laugh at you.

[@thesupervisor3270]

DDP also trained at the Power Plus as well

[@RCstrats]

First,,, dont Forget the fact that Goldberg knew how to end Bret Hart’s career!!

[@SandmanFightingSys]

Wooptie flipping doo

[@danielburger1775]

Still pushing that bs, Bob? Watch Starrcade 1999, especially when Bret goes for the ringpost figure-4. Get it? Got it? Good!

[@averyedwards9887]

That was Goldberg’s fault too for not grabbing Bret’s foot…….

[@RCstrats]

@@danielburger1775 hey Dan ,, eat some burgers 🍔

[@danielburger1775]

@@RCstrats Hey, Robbie. All that shows is how ignorant you are, Robbie.

[@OneWarriorNation91]

Aew needs a Power Plant 😤😤😤

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

If so, it needs to be helmed by Bryan Danielson and Christian Cage. They've managed to turn around Jade Cargill and Jurassic Express with their mentorship, taking them beyond their origins as cosplay indie wrestlers. That, and they're way more trustworthy to help people get over compared to the Bucks, Omega or (God forbid) Jericho.

[@doseofreality420marianetti2]

I know wrestling is sports entertainment but once again Cornette sounds like hypocrite only because he's so worried about protecting the business, keeping it Kayfabe and all but turns around and complains that a bunch of grown people don't know how to do anything but fight. Fighting is all that should happen, all the theatrics, customs and gimmicks are fine and all but shouldn't be the priority. Yes in MMA or UFC fighters are beginning to mimic Pro Wrestling by becoming more colorful and doing promos, but that's not progress. That's being a Flavor Flav to your Chuck D. Nobody bought a ticket to see an old crackhead wearing a wall mounted clock around his neck, they wanted hardcore and militant lyrics that Chuck D delivered. Flav was a hype man, but don't believe the hype. Wrestlers should focus on winning and losing, selling, putting over the appropriate people and limit the cheating behind the refs back, stop with the ref bumps, the run ins and all the other things that would never happen in boxing or mma. If Cornette was serious about protecting the business he would be following ROH Noah or All Japan instead of WWE Wackdown and Raw. I never understood what attendance and ratings mattered for, since 85% of those turning in technically can't be considered a wrestling fan because the bulk of these casual viewers probably can't name 3 other wrestling promotions from around the world let alone 3 members of the roster. At least with ROH 85% of the viewers probably bought and ROH merchandise, followed ROH religiously and they know the ROH history, so just because WWE has a million viewers, only a small percentage of them are actual fans of the product. Most WWE views were probably bored and drunk and WWE just happened to pop up on their TV, they didn't seek it out the way fans of All Japan or other companies do. I'm sure if Your Momas Backyard Wrestling Federation was on national cable TV they'd have half a million views too, so viewership and ratings don't dictate nothing for me

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

What in the holy hell of aspergers was that rant?

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

🤘😜🤘

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

I think I'm going to turn off notifications bc it's all becoming repeated clips now

[@core369n]

I got an invitation for the power plant. Glad I never went.

[@RafaelGarcia-jb3me]

Cap

[@core369n]

@@RafaelGarcia-jb3me yea whatever right

[@core369n]

@@RafaelGarcia-jb3me looked at a wrestling school in Pa as well 4,000 dollars was too expensive for poor man like me