Jim Cornette on What Bill Watts Wanted To Do In The WWF In 1995

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[@nikolasorchiston1315]

Bret had one of the greatest heel runs in the company's history in '97. Michaels was a decent IC guy but after around '95, he just sucked.

[@nunyafuckinbizniz]

Agreed!

[@dantecarroll2435]

michaels was always great he never sucked you sound like a nimrod

[@toddschneck80]

I take it that Corny is not a Michael's mark.

[@RyanIncorporated]

He's basically made it clear he dislikes him as a person (to put it mildly), but he's also on record as saying Michaels was the best wrestler of his time. I think he even put him over Bret.

[@topazzz1546]

Kamikaze Wordsmith From Hell Nah, he didnt put HBK over Bret, he just said he couldn't compare the two, because their styles were different.

[@SuperDevolution]

He was on creative during the worst of Michaels' worst period in terms of attitude and backstage politics.

[@RyanIncorporated]

Topaz x00 AH, THAT’S RIGHT! I remember him saying that now. Appreciate the clarification.

[@jackdaone6469]

@@RyanIncorporated Well, specifically he hates Michaels from the 90s. He’s never really indicated one way or another if he still holds a grudge against Shawn post-reform. Closest he ever got was saying he’d heard rumors that Trips and HBK were badmouthing OVW to John Laryngitis and that being a possible cause for why Laurinitis was such an asshole to Corny and OVW.

[@meekrob]

Ahmed Johnson was the drizzling shits. He was big and... that's literally everything he brought to the table.

[@kingsqueadly2782]

meekrob still better than michaels.

[@kingsqueadly2782]

Dante Carroll if only them drugs woulda given michaels some talent, we all know that wasnt for lack of effort on his part. if they worked for him he coulda been half as good as jerry lynn.

[@kingsqueadly2782]

Dante Carroll its like comparing apples to oranges because apples bitch and cry until they get their spot.

[@chrispineo1979]

And he did. It looked like it hurt, cause it did!

[@ArkonBlade]

@@kingsqueadly2782Im no fan of Shawn Michaels but to think he was better then Shawn? lol just no.

[@davey3884]

Lmao Bret isn't any bigger than Shawn.

[@dexenationgracey1979]

I don't understand that either, they were roughly the same height, weighed the same and had a similar build.

[@impalaman9707]

I think Bill Watts still remembered Shawn Michaels from Mid South ten years earlier as that little scrub with the MTV t-shirt he hired to get squashed on TV matches by the likes of his adopted son, Dr Death Steve Williams--and his mind never thought of him as being starworthy

[@user-hc9qv9yb9m]

Too small? Uh look at the Rock and Roll express

[@jb0609]

they were not main eventers

[@user-hc9qv9yb9m]

@@jb0609 Makes no difference to me

[@impalaman9707]

Jerry Jarrett had to convince Bill Watts of the value of smaller guys to his roster---if for no other reason, but to attract young female fans

[@davidescanio2929]

Hbk didn't win the belt till 96 even Corny didn't catch that

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Bret and Shawn were essentially the same size. Shawn may have been slightly taller and Brett was a little heavier

[@MaxxCoyote]

Yeah pretty much. Although Bret was the taller at 6'1 to Shawn's 6'0 (although I've heard some people say Shawn was 5'11, I don't think so) Also, Bret was usually heavier...unless you are talking about the time period where Shawn had Nash at his bodyguard, in which case, by Shawn's own words "I was a big fat 240 pounds" due to hanging out with Nash and eating like him.

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

MaxxCoyote yep, plus Shawn always came off shorter than he was because he was usually working programs with monsters like Nash, Hall and Vader.

[@MaxxCoyote]

Bret was bigger then Bret you say? Fascinating.

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Dante Carroll no but apparently you are. At 6:54 they are standing toe to toe. Next time do your research sunshine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ-vcptjf6hsi8k

[@chrispineo1979]

But Bret had a rugged style more in line with Watts' preferences whereas Michaels was flashier. Remember Watts banned top rope moves in WCW. And those styles lead to a different impression of relative styles even if the truth is different.

[@ghy76764]

96 n 97 were cornerstone years , hate that corny is so bitter

[@chrispineo1979]

Not because of Ahmed Johnson though. He was an extra and then out by the time the WWF got hot.

[@RoyStantz]

@@chrispineo1979 Also, a lot of what happened in both 1996 and 1997 would stick with the WWF/E for the remainder of time.

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@chrispineo1979 ahmed left on his terms he wasn't fired he quit because his sister was dying of cancer

[@chrispineo1979]

@@dantecarroll2435 well that’s very sad about his sister. I didn’t assume he was fired, only that when the WWF got really hot he was not a major player and then not there. I assume injuries led to that. He was megaover in 95 though. Gotta give him that. If he could have been a safer worker (to himself as well as his opponents) he might have had an open door back once he took care of family business.

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@chrispineo1979 it’s funny you never heard of people bad mouthing him until he left wwf that’s a pussy move in my opinion instead of saying all of these negative things on camera and for shoot interviews they should’ve been bold enough to say these things to his face because there has always been rumors of Ahmed injuring people but name one person that he actually injured

[@joebrown8503]

I wanna see Kirk Cameron debate Jim Cornette he'd absolutely destroy Cornette

[@PaulieD1984]

And there's plenty physicists who'd destroy kirk Cameron. ...go back and thump your bible

[@wcm5636]

Wow that’s random. Why the f would Mike Seaver and Jim Cornette engage in a debate? In what scenario would the two even cross paths?

[@trevorhembrough1290]

@Joe Brown Oh Dear God, bless your foolish little heart. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

Kirk Cameron couldn't destroy wet toilet paper, you mark.

[@jackdaone6469]

Dude, I’m a Christian and I’d never want to see this. Yeah, Cornette’s an atheist NPC, but he would still cut one hell of a promo on Cameron.