Jim Cornette Reviews Adam Cole vs. Orange Cassidy (Lights Out Match) on AEW Dynamite

From Episode 416 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@georgejackson4426]

Let's all appreciate the drawing of Pockets as a pinhead.

[@PlayzieBum]

It's so fitting

[@michaelmooney5246]

The image of Cassidy loosely hugging Cole, as he whimpered for his life was some of the stupidest shit seen on TV.

[@___RC___]

Tells us you're a WWE stan without telling us. You guys have no clue what comedy wrestling is and why it's a portion of their show and LOVED by AEWs fans.

[@michaelmooney5246]

@@___RC___ I haven't watched WWE for about 3 years, mate. So no need for your titty-lipped salty tears in your imaginary criticism of AEW. I know your use of 'Stan' makes you edgy as fuck, but we likely have more in common with being a fan of AEW. I watch AEW most weeks in fact and catch the KZbin shows when I can. If it was comedy wrestling, the specific image of a gentle hug, leading to the move off the edge looked shit. It has to at least look like something that could feasibly exist. It could have been done much better, and AEW have done it better.

[@HossBonaventureCEO]

@@___RC___ You AEW marks are just as bad as the WWE marks, both products are garbage but here you guys are arguing about who's garbage is better.

[@ridgeroadl3gend100]

@@___RC___ 🤣😆

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@HossBonaventureCEO no for real dude. If you ever criticize AEW they just go “well what about when WWE did X” like bro, nobody watches WWE and just because they do something shitty doesn’t mean AEW isn’t shitty.

[@nicholasnicholas3306]

We all were waiting on this episode to drop and it did not disappoint

[@ericstevens8660]

Pockets looks ignorant enough to want to smack around

[@SugarweaselDad23]

I couldn't wait for corney to watch and review this match I was cracking up watching it .I knew this was coming lmfao

[@SlipperyGoulet]

I cant wait for the '22 Royal Rumble review.

[@despicablemonster]

Yeah pockets is 100000x Better than wannabe Jenna marbles old man crow Adam cole

[@ericstevens8660]

Roflmao

[@northernking4787]

I couldn’t stop laughing when Brit Baker and Cole were in a match together and she’s bigger than him! 😂🤣

[@rumtuckskatter]

Hey at least their personal time has to be fun

[@wendigo1619]

@@rumtuckskatter for her

[@scrappy93]

Lol she's not bigger than him though lol. Pockets probably is though.

[@northernking4787]

@@scrappy93 go rewatch it with your glasses on, she’s definitely bigger than him.

[@LeeLee-fp9yd]

@@northernking4787 who cares if she is bigger? Adam still stronger and faster

[@bartholomew8042]

“ Fuck you Vince, you’re not going to let us win that easy “ 🤣😭

[@jeremybarber9780]

The artwork is so realistic outside of Adam Cole's arms his arms are much smaller in real life

[@ResistingDeath]

1:22 - " I think it is an assisted suicide." Man, I shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did. 😂

[@treviaunmidgett5077]

They bring Fish 🐟 in there and beat 🪘 him like a fuckin 🥁

[@Blaklyon0]

And he didn't even need assistance from doctor jack kevorkian, to do it.

[@gqn2]

Adam Cole being a manager might not be a bad idea after all.

[@trahapace150]

Yeah....its starting took look like maybe he should have stayed in the wwe

[@fishin4bass2002]

What’s more believable? Him being Michael Coles son or a top wrestler? He looks more like Micheal Cole than a wrestler.

[@jgeorge2693]

@@trahapace150 he’s fine in aew he wants to be with his loser friends and his girl. But I can see why Vince wouldn’t let him on tv he’s easily the most overrated wrestler

[@gregorycostello6377]

@@jgeorge2693 yeah i do'nt get the hype around him i'm mean hes alright but damn it's not like he's the second coming of shawn michaels

[@DaggerPrince]

@@gregorycostello6377 true

[@tylerboy612]

I don’t know if Adam is getting smaller but he made Cassidy actually look in respectable shape by comparison.

[@julio_scissors]

Cassidy was jacked compared to Cole

[@TheForeverRanger]

OC has always been in good shape. He usually has a shirt and jacket on so you don't see it unless he is wrestling. Look at pictures of him in his Fire Ant stuff. As for Cole, some people just can't get a good physique no matter what they do.

[@freddied8479]

Adam always looked like a guy who skipped leg day, but now it seems like he's not working out at all.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

OC got really in shape in the last year.

[@fredfuchs7525]

It's what happens when you go off the Peds

[@FaysalIsGoated]

I love how much they tear into Adam’s horrible physique 😂😂😂😂

[@freddied8479]

It's true though. He just looks like a regular skinny fat guy who used to work out, and his attire isn't helping. Also, you can see he's losing his hair.

[@TruBlue357]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nick56677]

Pockets in the thumbnail looks like the average aew fan of his😂😂

[@brandoni241]

Only thing I disagree with JC on is the fact that Cole is probably choosing to do all of this. In NXT he had bookers giving him direction. Cole came to AEW with no direction. It's different from Punk and Bryan, who are stars. They know how to protect themselves...

[@bloodeagle6458]

That's why he said assisted suicide he let and chose to bury himself

[@brandoni241]

@@bloodeagle6458 well Jim was saying he wouldn't say no. I have a feeling he and his friends are coming up with the storyline and Tony is okaying. That show is so scattered brain, there's no way one person is thinking of all of those ideas...

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

But fuck dude you have to be somewhat aware of how you are presenting yourself. I’m 24 and knew at 16 that presentation was the most important thing in anything, entertainment, public speaking, intimate relationships. Convincing people you are someone is more important than actually being that person, look at politicians. If Adam Cole has been in wrestling for almost a decade and hasn’t figured that much out then he’s never going to really be a star. He has to be the most ignorant fuck in the locker room if he doesn’t know how to get himself over.

[@thesupervisor3270]

@Brandon I if anyone seen The Bucks BTE show when Cole was on there they know what we’re seeing is Cole

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@thesupervisor3270 but nobody wants to watch that

[@jerseyvoid3123]

I was at an NWA show where Cornette was bringing a mystery opponent from ROH to challenge for the NWA title. It was Adam Cole and the first time he said "Adam Cole Bay Bay" I totally get why he feels the way he does now about Cole.

[@Ramekink]

he believed that Cole was the future. He literally handpicked him and Kyle and put them in a program with Richards and Edwards.

[@xmikerx666]

I do so love Jim's 7 star match reviews.

[@peopleschampionshipwrestli4085]

Orange Cassidy winning all these matches is the equivalent of shark boy getting a push in tna. Nothing against sharky but we and he knew what he was. Nobody legit would take an L to him.

[@Harry-sc1xk]

The lunatics are truly running the asylum when TNA is booking better than you. Don't forget OC has actually been in a world title match on PPV 😂 It's cos Tony and the TV execs love him.

[@nishitkashyap8748]

@@Harry-sc1xk plus he had the Champ pinned and someone had to interfere to save the match

[@znalniaskas]

Stonecold sharkboy was actually funny, that was the difference. Also, Sharkboy teaming up with New Jack was priceless.

[@allforgreatness9883]

@@Harry-sc1xk he also draws merch that could also be a reason but i dont see orange as champion till he changes his gimmick

[@Ramekink]

@@Harry-sc1xk maybe theyre secret lovers. who knows

[@justinperrotta2701]

Tony doesn’t even have to pay Cornette as a consultant all he has to do is listen to his podcast weekly. It’s priceless.

[@___RC___]

AEW doesn't want to be WWE. You guys can't seem to understand this.

[@jbellflower83]

@@___RC___ So AEW doesn't want to be the biggest wrestling company on the planet, got it. Look I hate what's happened to WWE too but AEW was supposed to be an alternative and I feel like more and more there really no different then the goofy stuff I see WWE do. They have bright spots obviously with Punk, MJF, Danialson, Darby etc. But there is so much dumb stuff sprinkled throughout that I find myself fast forwarding through alot of it to get to the good stuff. When they said alternative I was thinking like a modern day version of the NWA back in the 80s which was from an in ring standpoint the superior product to WWE (though WWE had some bright spots back then like Savage, the Hart foundation etc). I was thinking a more serious approach like early 2000s ROH. But they've been very goofy in there approach and I don't feel they've delivered. Like I said they have some good things but you have to sift through alot of muck to get to those things.

[@kingston4313]

@@jbellflower83 no one has a gun to your head to watch it. Unless ol’ man Anderson got to you?

[@djjasonalan8]

@@___RC___ Actually, that’s the point. Corny has no hope for WWE. He only critiques AEW so hard because they’re wasting away a golden opportunity to steal the spotlight from WWE and they’re ruining it with shitty booking.

[@scrappy93]

@@___RC___ well it is like wwe. Lmao

[@jonathanr4160]

Maybe Adam Cole the manager wasn't such a bad idea considering what he's doing now...

[@jgeorge2693]

Brian said this last experience episode

[@vetdad1807]

Looks like Vince & Bruce were right to want to put him in a manager role. Cole makes Jimmy Hart look like a threat.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Cornette was talking about how he was booked

[@vetdad1807]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 I'm talking about how he looks. Dude is skinny-fat

[@constablekennedy7705]

This is literally one of the most Anticipated reviews from Jim Cornette for me because him slating Adam Cole is very well Warranted ….. 👀

[@jimlong3223]

I agree I have been so disappointed with how… jiggly Adam Cole is. He had like 0% body fat in nxt now he is at like 15%. Not a good look when you in underwear.

[@dbljinc664]

Cornette was the first person I thought of after the finish.

[@PIP-zf9yb]

@@jimlong3223 he looks the same as he does in NXT. Still tiny

[@Randozyn4179]

@@jimlong3223 its probably because in wwe they take it seriously and they put in work and in aew they just set around on vlog cameras

[@rajakghosh6602]

It sad to see that Adam Cole, a very exciting talent being reduced to this. Fighting Pockets, the company mascot. With CM Punk and Bryan Danielson signing Aew and now it grabbing more eyeballs and putting up fantastic matches mainly by the likes of Bryan Danielson, Adam Cole should be in the same league producing one brilliant match and another. But he is fighting mid card and participating in inter gender wrestling matches. That doesn't justify his talent.

[@huggibear8013]

Jim sounds so disappointed and aggravated LOL. You can tell he loves the business. He is right about a lot of things regarding this topic. I have to agree that finish was horrible. Adam Cole wiggling around in that hug spot was just embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as when Hogan was getting bear-hugged by the Yetaaaaayyyy!!!! back in the day in WCW. Seriously everybody google (Hogan attacked by Yeti at Halloween Havoc 95) if you haven't seen it. It is just as bad as what Adam Cole just did🤣😂🤣😂

[@simonkeegan5580]

I think you mean the YETTAYYYY

[@TheRoyalGenerationiTunes]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed that! 😂 Orange Cassidy’s new finisher… The Yeti Hug

[@luie78lp]

The 3 Way Action w Hogan, The Giant and The Yetayyyy !

[@greensrusal]

It’s still real to him DAMMIT!

[@wesleymorris2699]

After years of therapy you guys have triggered my PTSD by bringing up that damn mummy The Yetayy

[@RedDawnRocker]

I can't be the only one who knew Cassidy was winning this match? It was one of the most obvious setups I've seen used constantly over the years. Whenever you hear the words "unsanctioned" or "lights out" when it comes up in the match it's nothing but an easy out match. Cole will explode next interview, he'll start by blaming the Bucks and Cutler causing the split and then he'll start announcing that the loss doesn't count due to it being "unofficial" and "not on the record books". I'd be more surprised if it didn't head in that direction in the end and Cole admitted to the loss.

[@theecharmingbilly]

Sounds really intriguing. Heh.

[@fishin4bass2002]

AEW may say the match didn’t count but it doesn’t change the fact we saw pockets beat Cole on tv.

[@chaunseywarner510]

Yeah I kinda knew it was going to happen because in their minds, it gives OC the victory he needed while it protects Adam Cole because the loss doesn’t count. Only problem? We saw OC pin Adam Cole. Cole was pinned by someone who’s gimmick is designed for people to laugh at him. But they backed themselves into a corner because if OC didn’t win, in their minds Adam would have buried him. So how can they protect Cole and give OC the elusive victory? Have a Lights Out match where Cole’s record isn’t stained and OC gets his win. Unfortunately, all I could do was laugh during the whole thing and I couldn’t take Cole seriously after the hug OC gave him and he couldn’t get out. Also I knew Jim was going to eviscerate this thing which had me laughing even harder. 🤣🤣

[@TheForeverRanger]

@@chaunseywarner510 OC has been going a more serious route compared to what he did on the indies.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@TheForeverRanger he puts his hands in his pockets like a jackass and gives people fake kicks and fake shoulder tackles. There is no “more serious” he’s an asshole who couldn’t draw if you gave him a fresh box and crayons and construction paper. He’s over with people who like weird shit and apparently have nothing better to do with their time than watch bad wrestling but outside of that he’s a nobody and he will never be somebody. It’s the equivalent of getting an actor to play in your movie and paying him millions of dollars but telling him he doesn’t have to either read the script nor act at all. He can just do whatever he wants while the movie happens around him.

[@johnh5424]

The more I see Adam Cole, the more I understand why he didn't get beyond NXT.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

Another guy the Smarks overrated

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@joeyskywalker1322 he's not overrated, he just slacked off in the gym

[@Mondragora99]

I think he's overrated too, If you think about it, Adam never have a actual gimmick, he's always a "heel on a faction" guy and his promos are not so good too.

[@G_Six]

Jim sounds like a dad who’s only son just told him he didn’t wanna take over the family business

[@DannyBoy426]

That Orange Cassidy picture has me dying 😂😂😂 thank you for that! I haven’t slept in 24 hours.

[@blackrock316]

agree, could not stop laughing lol

[@bsinha]

For some reason, from the thumbnail I thought it was Rybak!

[@TheGM-20XX]

@@bsinha Can't unsee that now.

[@j4ckfl4sh85]

I cannot belive that yours is the only comment about it lol :)

[@MahkyVmedia1]

Go to sleep!

[@martinsch]

The Danhausen debut was the best thing that happened last week, followed by the melting Wrestlemania sign.

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

I would put Mickie James finally getting one over on Mrs. Deadman after a decade up there too.

[@martinsch]

@@kurtpaulsen6579 Damn you are right. It blew my mind that they would let her eliminate her. But after all that happened, WWE needed to give her something and they were fortunate to have Lita eliminate Mickie, because every other wrestler would have been boo'd out of the building.

[@jasonmccrank4981]

@@kurtpaulsen6579 Mickie James is a damn sellout after the way McMahonville treated her. Awful.

[@geneseofootball1915]

@@jasonmccrank4981 The person who did that to her has long since been fired. Quit being a judgemental prick.

[@markfroman738]

Cole’s AEW theme is the only good thing about this run.

[@rickjay2011]

LOL

[@JaculaDudek]

what? that song sucks

[@markfroman738]

@@JaculaDudek A⚡️C BayBay

[@markfroman738]

@@rickjay2011 Burning hot like a torch in a tank full of propane.

[@psychobluesfxt]

What really hit me about Adam Cole shriveling over the last two months is that OC looked to be in better shape than him

[@ethanhunt3242]

Pockets is definitely in better shape, I noticed it too. What a fall for Adam Cole in the last few months.

[@departmentofgamesandmemes.9818]

@@ethanhunt3242 Cole must be more lazy than pockets.

[@radandpaisley]

Orange is absolutely in great shape. Brian and Jim tend to just ignore that most of the time.

[@theaterthug7]

I know how he has Britt Baker as A GF

[@twosheds7712]

@@radandpaisley Orange isn't a terribly young man either...i think he's 37. He takes care of himself and he can do some pretty cool stuff. He sells merch. For a gimmick guy, I think he's pretty good. So what if he beats an overated x-wwe guy that I wouldn't pick to side with me in a bar fight.

[@SR20FTW]

This was never a match about Cole or Cassidy. It was an Intro for Danhausen. Plain and simple.

[@richeyd12]

Good point

[@robertporter6641]

Which is a waste of a main event match. I love that Danhausen, but if the point of the match was to introduce Danhausen, it should have happened earlier in the night in a less important match.

[@hipster-doofus]

After seeing that absolute rotten match, I’ve been dying to hear this review. Lol

[@cwalser544]

Worth waiting for. Santina Meralla being compared to Orange Cassidy was a wake up call to creative.

[@wallyrosario654]

The pop for Danhausen was probably the biggest reaction anybody got all night. Definitely gotta keep an open mind on him.

[@maitreyas.4902]

Love that Danhausen.

[@user-ko5tn6qt1m]

danhausen will be like the hornswoggle or santino marella of AEW. very evil. very nice

[@easter_sunday]

For some reason I want to see him feud with Wardlow. Danhausen could be a Joker to his Batman.

[@beeaveragegaming3482]

@@easter_sunday even better, have him team with Dan when he turns on MJF. Dan doesn't have to fight in tag matches its all Wardlow doing the work 😂

[@easter_sunday]

I know Cornette hates that kind of programming but I could really see them doing some great comedic spots together (Danhausen should make it a point to where he has the record for the longest and most powerbomb symphonies.)

[@XMegaJuni]

Shawn needs to have an intervention with Adam. The bump he took at the end was a shame.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Shawn does not need to waste his time with talentless jobbers.

[@jasonmccrank4981]

@@RandalfElVikingo Have you seen Shawn Michaels lately? LOOOOOL

[@greatestever2560]

@@jasonmccrank4981 none of these guys will ever Draw a quater of what Shawn Drew

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

The way travis has captured adam cole's skinny frame now xDDD

[@anxofernandez3344]

The day Orange Cassidy wins the AEW World championship (let's face it, it's happening sooner or later) Jim Cornette will probably have an aneurysm.

[@kikodrums9239]

No, it isn’t.

[@anxofernandez3344]

@@kikodrums9239 do you really think he won't be AEW champion? I give him a year. With the kind of reaction he gets and the feuds he's in I'd say it's obvious he's gonna be the top babyface. For the hardcore die hard AEW superfans it'll be a feel good moment, even if it might turn off the few casuals they have. I'll still watch because it's gonna be fun.

[@kikodrums9239]

@@anxofernandez3344 I don’t even know how to respond to any of this. You must be the only AEW fan on the planet who genuinely thinks he’ll ever be World Champion in the company.

[@TomFoolery350]

Of course he will be their world champ some day, he's the bookers favorite.

[@anxofernandez3344]

@@TomFoolery350 I think MJF will be the next champion in a couple of months and Cassidy will beatt him by the end of the year. That'll be the day Jim Cornette has a stroke.

[@warsawcat2041]

RIP Adam Cole, the Orange Cassidy feud was a big mistake.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

Lmaooo imagine being booked as a top star and being the face of a brand in one company then going to another company and losing to a comedy Indy wrestler 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ramekink]

Making him debut the same night than Danielson, one of their two biggest stars, was the stupidest things they couldve done... He got completely overshadowed by somebody who's doing the best run of his career. If they werent anxious about surpassing wwe they wouldnt be mindlessly rushing the fuck out of things and shooting themselves on the foot. The story was simple: The Bucks bring Cole out of jealousy for Hangman's success. And thats it. Cole bring O'Reilly and Fish, so the bucks realized they fucked it up and ally themselves with Hangman. And the rest is history.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

@@Ramekink Lol it’s funny that we’re fans and can probably book a show better then TK exactly and even from a Storyline point of view why would Cole wanna come back to the Elite if they kicked him out last time and betrayed him you could of said storyline wise he was playing the Bucks into Fish and O’Rilley come but now there here and nothing has been done with them 🤣🤣

[@Ramekink]

@@joeyskywalker1322 I agree. To be fair I was the booker of my local wrestling promotion. We did what we could.

[@ProjectMopar6]

“Pull out your skid mark underwear and wipe them on your face” dude I don’t know how Brian Last be holding it together listening to Jim 😂

[@bartholomew8042]

I’d mute my mic, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brian did. 😭

[@mapsgoonthewall5396]

😂😂😂

[@kennethrawlings7265]

I've watched this at least 100 times 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@evilshadow8761]

You forgot that Cutlet tried to make a save coming down the entrance dancing while playing with hairsprays.

[@thesustainingtwilightseven4457]

I've never laughed so hard at art before! This was perfect!

[@Deonteashe]

Omg his art is hilarious 😂

[@likemussolini4848]

That Cassidy artwork 😂😂

[@aliciasimmons8473]

Orange cassidy in this thumbnail LMAO!!! 🤣

[@ian0143]

Remember when the rumour was Vince wanted to turn Cole into a manager like Bobby Heenan and the smarks lost their shit, well it turned out Vince was correct.

[@OongTheLastAirbender]

its hilarious how some people think adam cole is being booked better in AEW

[@buckeyesl5]

Adam Cole is James Ellsworth with a catch phrase.

[@pineapple3798]

I saw them book this match and thought “Im not excited for the match” “Im excited for corny losing his mind over it” God bless you Corny.

[@pineapple3798]

@@jackharper_games9046 I’m not gunna call him for being a “shit bag” for having a different opinion being hyperbolic for content.

[@pineapple3798]

@@jackharper_games9046 he shits on everyone. It’s funny. But I respect your opinion. I think Cass is aight in the right context. I just don’t like seeing one of the people I used to love, kinda get buried

[@The80sWolf_]

So you are just hate watching AEW? Good for them though, more viewers.

[@pineapple3798]

@@jackharper_games9046 nope

[@pineapple3798]

@@The80sWolf_ people worry about whether or not they like the things they do too much. Do you ever think that I like AEW went to the Halloween show. Great episode.

[@NickRaymond871]

I’ve never seen a larger fall from grace than Adam Cole. Dude was a the best in NXT and is now feuding with Orange Cassidy. LOL.

[@___RC___]

Enjoy WWE. We will enjoy AEW. Its a different product ON PURPOSE.

[@Ramekink]

@@___RC___ Im not enjoy either. But i try hard as fuck.

[@markrichardson8793]

@@___RC___ We can enjoy both and still realize both products still have issues. Idk why fans can't realize this.

[@CulinaryJoey]

@@markrichardson8793 exactly that's why NFL Playoffs in 2022 red-hot right now due to closed games which many fans tune up than WWE and AEW recently

[@thedanielstraight]

I'd love to see another aluminum foil hat match with Danhausen, but I can't imagine it being the same unless he's fighting Psycho Mike. Omg, Corney would hate it. 😂

[@raypelino7713]

Everyone wonders why vince doesn't consider them competition

[@codywhitaker800]

I haven’t laughed this hard in so long. Jim and Brian both just expressed the hatred and inviceration for this match and Adam Cole. That’s what made it so great for me.

[@treviaunmidgett5077]

This was a masterpiece

[@nathantturnert1631]

Adam cole= weak soft body. Disgusting for him to consider himself a wrestler

[@deathproofpony]

@@nathantturnert1631 What's yours look like, neckbeard?

[@shannonbayley3684]

@@deathproofpony likely more threatening than Adam "11yo girl" Cole.

[@martintraphagen3698]

'Inviceration' isn't a word. Maybe you meant that Corny 'eviscerated' the match - but you don't "express evisceration", an 'evisceration' is a verbal noun, it's an event that happened. Sorry to be a dick but this kinda shit drives me crazy lmao

[@oryan3112]

“HE’s HaViNg fUn! Let it play out!”

[@JoeMercersWay]

Finally, after months of Brian Last gaslighting Jim into not burying AEW, we finally get the rant that was richly deserved. Tony Khan is a 12 year old dork.

[@THEATTKID]

So are you.

[@rumtuckskatter]

Apparently so am I because I'm enjoying AEW

[@carlosr6462]

2:12 "NOOO DISQUALIFICATION" ... I thought he was gonna say "LAAAZY BOOKING" after that.

[@LifeAndWrestling]

This reminds me of Rey Mysterio. Remember how small he was in WCW. Dude looked like a child. His son looks more like a man than Rey did at his age despite the height. But since he was a cruiser weight, his body wasn’t a concern. He wasn’t going to be a main eventer. However, that changed when he came to the E. Rey’s WCW look wasn’t going to cut it. He had to get big to compete. I swear when I saw his debut, my jaw dropped. I couldn’t believe that was the same Rey. Dude was built. He was just as quick and agile as before but this time he looked like a grown ass man. Even at 5’6, I could still take him seriously over guys like Kurt Angle, Batista, Edge, Randy Orton, etc. because he looked like a grown ass man. Adam has the talent and the charisma but just like a lot of these wrestlers these day, they are scared of lifting weights. I don’t get it.

[@pkj2148]

Rey is around 5'4.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

If you had to pick a fight in a bar with a wrestler who would you rather fight Adam Cole or Chris Benoit both small guys but we both know you wouldn’t pick a fight with Benoit you probably kick Cole ass

[@LifeAndWrestling]

@@pkj2148 My mistake. Thank you

[@jcaceres516]

Steroids

[@natebaxter9551]

@@jcaceres516 and? They obviously helped.

[@doomvictor3934]

LMFAO that drawing of Orange Cassidy is Hilarious LOL

[@donavoncollins2891]

Orange Cassidy's whole existence is equivalent to David arquette winning the WCW heavyweight championship belt

[@noypilegacy3996]

Oh please! Arquette's reign was worse. OC hasn't even won a title yet. He's just there to have fun. Why can't wrestling be fun in your eyes? Are we allowed to have what we want? What we need?

[@donavoncollins2891]

@@noypilegacy3996 the fact that you're talking about fun and wrestling is the equivalent of Russo making FUN of wrestling and not taking it seriously...... You are the poster "FAN" of what is wrong with modern wrestling. At least David arquette never did silly little kicks to the wrestler's shin and then put his hands in his pocket so no his reign wasn't worse than the AEW mascot but they represent the same thing, embarrassment to the wrestling business.

[@ultimog3739]

@@donavoncollins2891 yes!!!!

[@mr._muji]

Aside from Danhausen, this match was terrible. Adam Cole should not have feuded with Pockets at the beginning.

[@matteofarina4656]

This match was wrong in every fucking way, the match was horrible, they put over a clown and buried so much potential. The best thing about the match were the 4 seconds with Danhausen popping out from under the ring

[@CTBStudio3]

Nah

[@DannieRay23]

@@CTBStudio3 what is your take on Danhausen?

[@CTBStudio3]

@@DannieRay23 love him

[@napalmstriker5173]

Adam's NXT run > Adam's AEW comedy run

[@fishin4bass2002]

Not only did he have to wrestle orange cassidy but he actually lost to him. Lmao remember when we were told WWE was stupid for letting him leave and were going to misuse him? So he leaves for AEW where he gets kissed by two guys, gets beat up by a girl and lost to my little dog pockets. No wonder why Vince didn’t see him as anything more than a manager.

[@redkritter1225]

Orange Cassidy is mega over. Like it or not he is a draw. He pulls in a lot of views and the fans love him.

[@fishin4bass2002]

@@redkritter1225 what the few AEW fans that watch it? Actually no not all AEW fans like him, I’ve talked to plenty of them that don’t like him.

[@chrishernandez3699]

WWE treated Cole way better than he merited. Didn't he beat both Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins clean while they were world champions at the time? In the main event of Raw and Smackdown? Geez that should have even sniffed an hour of the main shows at all.

[@fishin4bass2002]

@@chrishernandez3699 he did? I didn’t think so.

[@redkritter1225]

@@fishin4bass2002 look at the KZbin views. I don’t give a shit what AEW shmucks you talked too. He gets clicks, he’s over. Like it or not he’s over.

[@aqueelkadri8371]

19:58 That "Ayyyyayayayy" had so much emotion 🤣🤣🤣 I really felt that

[@Vereid]

Haha yeah it was very amusing, he just gave up on his sentence and quit lol.

[@timestampgod7338]

Thumbnail has me dead 🤣 ⚰️

[@darksideon]

Cole lost from a hug in which the guy wasn't even holding him tight.😂😂😂 I wonder what Cornette thought of Britt's awkward rambling promo. It was clear that she forgot her lines and panicked.

[@alexpolanco7885]

She seems soooo forced lmao.

[@WillsonT011]

To be fair on that "hug", Adam Cole's body looks so fragile, it could have finished him🤣

[@DaylinThaGemini]

1. Even if that grip was tight, Adam physically looks bigger than Cassidy. Blurring the lines between kayfabe and reality, that spot shouldn't have lasted that long or not happened at all. 2. It should've been a wrestling match turn into a brawl and Cassidy grabs chairs or whatever. Britt's promo, it went to long, but her save with her last name wordplay was nice. All of her other promos outshined the one she cut last week specifically. He greatest promo is the one against Ruby Soho so far.

[@fishin4bass2002]

I don’t understand what people think is so great about Britt. She’s no better than your average heel female wrestler on wwe.

[@jgeorge2693]

@@DaylinThaGemini britts promos aren’t even good anymore. She just says DMD. She’s almost as overrated as Cole but she’s worse in the ring.

[@brutaljustin1349]

Jim doesn't seem to be aware that Cole was originally trained in CZW, the indy deathmatch promotion. That should say it all right there.

[@scottchristie8115]

The disdain in his voice when he grudgingly says the word “pockets” gets me every time

[@thaBootyologist]

“He looks like a guy that works at Valvoline and goes by the gym a couple nights of the week.” 💀🤣

[@sillygoober553]

Just show this match and the participating wrestlers to a group of Non-Wrestling fans and collect an honest opinion, you’ll hear why there aren’t many wrestling fans left in the world

[@davidnelson4347]

Agreed. Show people outside of the wrestling bubble and you’ll get the real answer if today’s wrestling is as popular as people still think

[@Bahador.B]

RIP Adam Cole as a serious main event guy.

[@joefalcone4874]

Danhausen is hilarious and can be very entertaining IF used the right way. Have him do backstages interviews and stuff. Everything else Jim says is 100% correct.

[@Hypno_BPM]

i haven’t seen his stuff but from what i’ve looked up , i think he’s better if he’s used in AEW as backstage talent not as a wrestler.

[@clawy99]

@@Hypno_BPM check his match against the Briscoes in ROH. He can have good matches, with comedy that works, if used rigth.

[@julio_scissors]

Danhausen was the only fun part of this match.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

They won’t keep him out of the ring.

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

Gimmicks like Danhausen die very fast if they're used regularly, not even the vocal minority can save him from that.

[@sukerAndre]

Adam Cole the Future Husband of a Dentist , Entrance and Hair ! That’s it Boom 💥, and 2-3 years ago Adam Cole beat Daniel Bryan clean in the ME of Smackdown what a Switch

[@bobbybeard1497]

Adam Coles physical state reminds me of edge just before he retired and couldn't train anymore. If Cole is injured in some way then why not take time of to heal and get his health back. Surely him and Britt are not struggling financially.

[@Eric__-ew3zv]

Right Cole starting to look like he did in ROH around 2016 when he was coming off an injury and was unable to work out

[@reallynotmateo8805]

he's not injured he's just a millionaire and could give a 0 shit lmao he cares about video games more than his job

[@natebaxter9551]

@@reallynotmateo8805 he's not a millionaire. No way WWE was paying him that much considering he showed up on the main roster 3 times.

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@natebaxter9551 2 years on nxt atleast probably making 250k per year and then merch sales. That dumb Baybay shirt and the undisputed era shirts (he gets part of it) he's probably made over 1mil

[@natebaxter9551]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 I don't believe he was making a quarter mil downside. And if he was selling that much merch, they won't let you go unless you weren't showing up for work (Bray Wyatt).

[@krik591]

Danhausen was the best part of this match and that lasted an entire minute...

[@johnlynn9388]

Imagine OC wrestling some of the rougher wrestlers from back in the day, it would’ve been a massacre.

[@TheMartinTD]

V big poppa pump or haku

[@KingKhanate1997]

Dr D would’ve bitch slapped half the roster back to the indies.

[@johnlynn9388]

@@TheMartinTD I was thinking Bradshaw or dynamite kid

[@TheMartinTD]

@@johnlynn9388 they will also do, you just can’t imagine it because it would never happen because it’s a joke.

[@leekindler7505]

Put him in a cage with prime Harly Race.

[@obersveyourmind]

You know it's f'd up when even the aew fans tell you to eat more and go to the gym. That spot where he was standing and being hugged by Orange was so f'n cringe 🤦‍♂️

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

The drawing of Cassidy here is absolutely incredible as that freakshow circus character from the 1900s

[@cameron3578]

Orange Cassidy cosplays as ... you?

[@markheyes287]

Yeah from the film Freaks 😂

[@nickhughes8179]

Pinhead

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

@@cameron3578 you got it

[@vitaliydubkov4008]

It looks like Cole came in AEW for his girlfriend and easier money. Reminds me alot about Razor Ramon coming to WCW and instead of staying in shape and becoming world champ somewhere down the line being the drunk guy in nWo

[@Roxer777]

19:59 Corny's "ayayayay" killed me hahahaha I never expected that spanish expression out of him.

[@daveeats5460]

Sometimes it feels like corny is the only human alive with a brain that understands wrestling

[@seventhseventhnineteen2215]

I would pay full PPV price to see Jim be the one to (in real life) fire Pockets and for a $100,000 bonus if he can make Pockets cry. Sucks it'll never happen though.

[@kristi9807]

This. I love AEW but i cannot stand pockets and other comedy goofs.

[@ADAMdinho1]

RIP Adam Cole Bay Bay. I will miss your Undisputed Era. 💔

[@TheJoaniejoancansew]

I can't wait for Corny to review the Royal Rumble

[@PureLightWarrior]

Adam Cole is smaller than me 🤣

[@mathewwest8277]

What size and where can I send Corny an orange cassidy t shirt lmao I'd die laughing

[@alexortiz1431]

Seeing Pockets as Pinhead is funny as hell! Joey Ramone must be laughing from the other side of the grave!

[@IndigoUchiha26]

I was fucking waiting for this as soon as dynamite went off the air LMFAOOOO

[@NICH0LASW0LFF]

I was watching this in my hospital room and my nurse walked in and looked up to what I was watching and she said "if I was walking down the street and saw either one of them I wouldn't think nothing of them." talking about Adam Cole and Orange Cassady that's why you have to look like a STAR.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

In my opinion Orange Cassidy is a joke that went too far

[@atikulislam6359]

Adam Cole was the hottest free agent when he came to AEW. AEW blew it completely. Who will take him seriously after jobbing to pockets of all people. When you have got main eventers like christian cage, Jay lethal, Eddie Kingston sitting on the bench you made him wrestle in garbage matches against pockets and Tony wonders why people don’t care about AEW.

[@jamied4486]

Since when is Eddie Kingston a main eventer

[@wilcee675]

@Jamie D since his match with CM Punk.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

@@wilcee675 Kingston isn’t a main eventer bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he wasn’t elevated in his match with Punk he feuded with Daniel Garcia right after Jericho wasn’t gonna elevate him so he’s not a main eventer Christian Cage is basically a manager now and Jay Lethal been wrestling on Dark he’s definitely not a main eventer not in AEW

[@lracseroom8286]

"Adam Cole was the hottest free agent when he came to AEW." He debuted the same night, within minutes of, Daniel Bryan. Even to the smarkiest of smarks Adam Cole is not a fraction as big a deal as D-Bry.

[@greenbeans9388]

Main eventers like Cage and Kingston? You gotta stop slurping Cornette. You sound absolutely ridiculous

[@seanbarton4940]

Short of finding out Cole has some sort of tragic illness and he wanted to get away from WWE because his body is actively failing him and he knew he has to go wrestle weird gimmick matches in order to try and get over, this is actually sad. He’s been outright booked to die since he showed up. It’s hard to think there isn’t SOME kind of reason. ....... Actually. I am starting to wonder if there’s smoke to this theory. Remember how everyone got all outraged when it came out that they tried to get him up to the main roster as a manager before he left? “A MANAGER?! Look at him! He can GO!”

[@seventhseventhnineteen2215]

I'm wondering if TK just wants to humiliate the former WWE talents as part of being on the roster.

[@allforgreatness9883]

@@seventhseventhnineteen2215 nah

[@willhorting5317]

@Seventh Seventh Nineteen I really doubt it has anything to do with being a former WWE talent. Many of the people on the roster, that are being pushed, are former WWE.

[@WarriorGrind]

@@seventhseventhnineteen2215 Lmao. You mean like what Vince has done for over 3 decades with guys from WCW, ECW, TNA/Impact, ROH, etc...? You WWE smarks are so blind to your own biases that you can't even smell the hypocrisy dripping from your mouths.

[@Ramekink]

same as with brodie lee?

[@bainbridgeomega]

Wow.... this feels like a sad eulogy for Adam Cole. I know that it's wrong to compare this to something serious like the passing of Bobby Eaton. But it sounds like through Jim's anger he's legitimately saddened to see what has happened to Adam Cole

[@kevinmiguel2031]

Because Jim really believe that Cole was gonna be the next flair.

[@InsignificantNick]

Gonna go out on a limb and say that whatever WWE had planned for Cole, a manager or whatever, would've been better than this.

[@TheJaviferrol]

Imagine that Santino Marella beat Shawn Michaels after a 30 minute competitive match

[@alexpolanco7885]

Cole is not even close to HBK.

[@reallynotmateo8805]

this santino beating chavo guerrero at best

[@abadman.3816]

Travis nearly killed me with this thumbnail lmfao

[@adwaithgopan357]

Most anticipated review of 2022.

[@EliC09]

Tell us how you really feel, Corny. Rip Adam Cole’s career

[@rumtuckskatter]

LMAO Cole will be fine

[@Shawn6751]

@@rumtuckskatter His career was dead way before this

[@MrJjburgess11]

Listening to this just made my long shitty work day seem not so bad now. This had me laughing my ass off 🤣

[@chaunseywarner510]

Same here! 🤣

[@richardmorrisette8316]

“Pockets won!!!!” I snort laughed

[@Smeeeeeghead]

Can we all agree that AEW has buried Adam Cole? Maybe being Keith Lee's manager wasn't so bad after all.

[@lsj6721]

he buried himself, it was his choice to go to the indie mud shot AEW to be with his friends. they are all to blame

[@richeyd12]

@@lsj6721 exactly!!!!

[@rosswatson3993]

AEW can't help themselves. They get a CM Punk and Danielson, build some great momentum and get some steam. But they just can't get away from the indie, goofball mentality. AEW won't exist in 5 years. Mark my words

[@yomomma823]

I never thought I would see the day that Jim Cornette gave “pockets” some sort of credit. As far as looking athletic and that he goes to the gym and looks better then Cole physically! Just wow! But it was very accurate!

[@Adyman182]

5:32 The Danhausen part

[@maxthemaltesedog3597]

Jim and Brian are spot on . I wanted Adam cole to get a new look and see where it goes . Pockets and cole was just silly to watch . The whole segment with the face paint guy and the interferences was just comedy 😂😂. Don’t expect brock lesnar or drew McIntyre here .