Jim Cornette Reviews Kenta Attacking Jon Moxley / Omega & Good Brothers vs. Moxley, Pac & Fenix

From Episode 367 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@brutaljustin1349]

"and the announcers are going crazy Oh My God it's KENTA!" Correction, only Excalibur and, to a lesser extent, Callis were going crazy. JR and Tony were dead silent and you could tell they had no clue who he was.

[@OongTheLastAirbender]

lmaoo

[@jenisia3600]

This needs more likes 😂😂

[@-JAVY-]

It was ehhhh 4 me as well

[@vb2806]

Wasn't this the NXT jobber once?

[@derenzo127]

@@vb2806 check out kenta from his pro wrestling noah days hes so much more than a jobber

[@evanh.6097]

“They’re gonna have Hideo Itami vs Kenta” “No, Hideo Itami is Kenta” “I don’t care. They won’t know that either!” 😂😂😂Jim is an old asshole sometimes, but like him or not he’s fucking hilarious

[@k1ngcam345]

Imagine Chris Jericho on Commentary "IS THAT??? HIDEO ITAMI? HIDEO ITAMI HES HERE!"

[@gridview]

Yup lol

[@pmcruz1112]

Excalibur: KENTA!..............

[@ii9714]

@@pmcruz1112 To be fair it must be hard having Khan screaming in you're ear in the gorilla position 😂

[@kenthegamer]

I can’t wait for Cornettes thoughts about the Wedding on Dynamite

[@jesusleyva4386]

I got my popcorn 🍿

[@robertstraw9881]

It was embarrassing, self indulgent, amateur, horse manure.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

Robert Straw Man, when you said you had me when you said horse... I thought 💩 would follow after that one.

[@markheyes287]

You could literally see "Charles" handcuffing miro

[@ADAMdinho1]

Me too. 👀🍿 ...... That wedding segment was the drizzling shits

[@markheyes287]

That Go To Sleep move was fucking dreadful and so obvious that it didn't connect. Also I have 1 question...who the fuck is Kenta?

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

the go to sleep/gts is just awful. it's never been a good move. it never looks like you are slamming their face into your knee because the person has to obviously stoop down for it.

[@ULATAN.]

To be fair, unless the talent came from the attitude & cena eras, nobody outside of the wrestling bubble wouldn’t know who anyone is.

[@FilmThePoliceFTP]

True but you're not going to make national stars like this either

[@Moonrock_Fall]

This is literally the only argument people can make against AEW and I don't understand because nobody knows ROH guys, yet many of them end up in WWE. Its like people have something against people coming up trying to be someone like the Rock's and Cenas like it could never happen. Not saying it will, I'm saying it's easier to write them off as nobody's, than actually see what they can do. That's what WWE is for.

[@AJ-xv7oh]

@@Moonrock_Fall You've got it mixed up, we desperately want a star! We want loads of stars but here is the problem, they haven't the charisma or ability and never will have. The state of professional wrestling has changed for the absolute worst and we will never have the star we so desperately want ever again.

[@Moonrock_Fall]

@@AJ-xv7oh I disagree, that is a lazy take and requires no thinking to say there will never be another cena, rock, Lesnar, Batista. There won't but there can certainly always be more stars. There is always room in hollywood.

[@vb2806]

@@Moonrock_Fall No the point is wrestlers don't work on their look and many don't work on their promos, hell their psychology is basically about being athletic just for the sake of it. The heels can't get boos in a match because all the marks care about is a "great match" they just wanna say "this is awesome" or "you deserve it"

[@solisto]

If anyone cares about my anecdote: I’m a 40 year old life long wrestling fan (mostly WWF/E and WCW) I had heard of Kenta, and I liked Hideo In NXT, but I had no idea they were the same person. 🤷‍♂️

[@ii9714]

What's you're opinion of aew

[@solisto]

@@ii9714 I’m not as down on it as Jim is, but I’m disappointed in AEW. I don’t mind the WWE product, but we don’t need another WWE. Like Jim I was originally excited for some sports based wrestling, and I absolutely loved Luchasaurus until I watched a few matches lol. I definitely think that the Jurassic Express could’ve been presented as sports based, even with the oddball Dino gimmick, but they/he failed miserably. I’m not even that down on Marco Stunt. I think wrestlers give him WAY WAY WAY too much, but he could’ve made a good mascot. Just don’t have him winning matches.

[@crowdpleaser2k]

Put some respeck on KENTA. That said...his GTS either looks shoot or shit. There's rarely any middle ground

[@brianstone3722]

Nothing but facts sir 😃

[@TNLable]

GTS is actually a very dangerous move if you don't know how to take it properly or sell it properly. I just blame Big Swole for once using that move on Mae Young Classics and now it's a shit move

[@philanderphillips2309]

@@TNLable I can ALWAYS make time to read a Big Swole critique. She CAN'T WRESTLE!

[@TNLable]

@@philanderphillips2309 can i give you a hug

[@philanderphillips2309]

@@TNLable NOT if you're a dude, Cedric Alexander or Big Swole. Otherwise yes.

[@SSGourmet702]

I can't think about Moxley without balding plumber now lmao

[@rudyrusso711]

Lmfao!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@ii9714]

Being bald worked for stone cold

[@ii9714]

@Eostre of the East Probably once he's trained and that's the bottom line have a great week

[@ChristopherJames1993]

I think Eddie Kingston is more like a bald plumber.

[@grantirwin7769]

I remember Kenta hitting the GTS in Ring of Honor and it always looked viscous and snug. CM Punk was the guy who stole the move and always did it sloppy a.f. he got it over though.

[@ADAMdinho1]

KENTA botched it on his AEW debut though watch it back

[@HBK492]

To be fair, for a move like that to look good both guys needs to do it right. Reciver too. Moxley sold it poorly too.

[@Biggie2829]

Punk >>>>>>>>>>>> Kenta

[@gullyblanchard5750]

Character getting over>>>move getting over

[@grantirwin7769]

@@gullyblanchard5750 I agree. Punk got himself and the move over on a much bigger stage. I haven't seen much of Kenta since his shots in ROH back then I liked him at the time.

[@MrJjburgess11]

"They reacted like they just brought out Roddy fuggin Piper" 😂😂

[@bobbifumi2006]

Kenta could be qualified as a legend already in Japan. I was never really a piper fan.

[@ricodaniel4815]

Funny how Cornette mentioned CM Punk...who copied like 90% of KENTA's moveset

[@user-uy3yn7dv3v]

No one gives a shit though

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

Who cares plenty of ppl copy each other lol

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

So what pal? One of them could actually make a difference it really doesn’t matter

[@MrBeckenhimself]

Well at least Punk gave him credit and said he got the GTS from him. But when Kenta used it in WWE the complete idiots as the casuals are booed him because they thought it was actually Punk who came up with the movie.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

The Swedes Versus Well that’s just how big a star Punk is compared to Kenta, they see his moves as original

[@JoeMercersWay]

You've done it now, Jim. Next week on Dynamite, Hideo Itami v KENTA where KENTA wrestles the invisible ghost of his NXT past.

[@Lenoxygen]

They goanna get John Cena to play Hideo Itami

[@MetalShadowX]

And then do they both break their knees in a spot and have to be shelved for half a year? XD

[@atikulislam6359]

@@MetalShadowX Have you ever seen kenta in njpw? He has been magnificent.

[@vb2806]

@@atikulislam6359 You think any casual fan would actually waste their time on NJPW?

[@atikulislam6359]

@@vb2806 AEW trying to appeal the wrestling fans. Many casual fans watch proper wrestling and njpw does provide it.

[@goodolbrad3]

Death triangle turned baby face. They aren't still heels.

[@user-uy3yn7dv3v]

Everybody changes every week on this program so it's hard to keep up

[@atikulislam6359]

@@user-uy3yn7dv3v They have been babyfaces for two months or so. After Eddie Kingston turned on him.

[@MrOpportunity45]

@@atikulislam6359 Two wrongs don't make a right? That doesn't mean they've turned face.

[@atikulislam6359]

@@MrOpportunity45 They have turned face as they don’t want to be Eddie's henchmen anymore. They have decided to fight against the guys that have wronged them. That's the characteristic of a babyface.

[@mitchellsommer2321]

@@MrOpportunity45 They're not technically heels or faces per se

[@SadwichPunch2100]

Jim's point about the NJPW guys being foreign wrestlers without a large following here in the States is a fair point, but he's purposefully focusing on that and downplaying the fact that the 4 largest wrestling companies in the world not named WWE (AEW, TNA, AAA, and NJPW) agreeing to work together is a huge deal for the wrestling business.

[@azmainzakaria2177]

Why would anyone take this collaboration seriously when the 4 of them working together can't get anywhere near the ratings all of them and WWE would kill for. You can bring in all the top wrestlers in the world to your company but if you don't know how to present them and make the audience, casuals and hardcore fans, to give a damn about them and prolong that interest for a long time, then you have done a poor job.

[@victormannheim61]

He's a boomer

[@SadwichPunch2100]

@@azmainzakaria2177 First and foremost the days of 10 million people watching pro wrestling on the same night across two shows are long gone and sadly never coming back. For the simple fact that society consumes media differently now than it did 20+ years ago. You can book the greatest pro wrestling television show of all time nowadays and you won't get the same ratings they were able to get at the height of cable television. That's doesn't let off the hook the presentation of a good product which in AEW's case has been inconsistent at best. However, it also means you can't set unrealistic expectations and call them failures when those expectations aren't met. To speak about growing ratings and interest, this is by far the most interesting thing that has happened in pro wrestling since WCW closed its doors 20 years ago. If you tell people that the 4 biggest companies in the world not named WWE have teamed up I'm guessing they'd be willing to give it a chance. Then yes it comes down to proper presentation and booking to create interesting and entertaining product with the plethora of talent available. So give it a chance to do that, rather just shitting all over it when its in it's infancy.

[@azmainzakaria2177]

@@SadwichPunch2100 I do wanna give wrestling a chance but the clowns behind the scenes that are running the show are insulting my intelligence in every way imaginable. Professional wrestling has fallen from grace and currently run by folks who has turned it into a real life video game where the moves performed has no meaning whatsoever. At this point it's just pleasing the hardcore marks over the casuals just to hold on to them.

[@SadwichPunch2100]

@@azmainzakaria2177 And WWE who has had a strangle hold on the pro wrestling business for the last 20 years drove away a large segment of their fan base by repeatedly attempting to appeal to the casual fan over the hardcore fan and because of that has failed to create any mainstream crossover stars besides Cena and Batista and Batista only because he was in a Marvel movie.

[@jaymeister4850]

Jon Moxley does not like to sell. Then, he met Brock Lesnar. Guess what, he sold.

[@thomasdavis2650]

Moxley has never had a selling problem.

[@jaymeister4850]

@@thomasdavis2650 Now he does

[@jaymeister4850]

@Khalil Salam Ovareem I could understand... But why did he sell for Mir?!

[@Topshelfmedia1]

Kenta really needs a new finisher I understand he invented the GTS finisher but all the injuries have shrunk his size and he struggles to land the knee most of the time now.

[@bijikedelai]

agree

[@nicktennant4301]

Yep. He’s effectively got one arm nowadays after that devastating shoulder injury, and you can see the logistics of the move are a struggle for him.

[@martymrt7197]

It looked like Mox was just to heavy

[@Superman5000The]

The scar on Kenta’s shoulder still looks as though he just freshly got out of surgery even though it was from 5 and a half years ago.

[@DayFul]

He's always taped up I really like his heel work in NJPW though he had more heat than Jay White for a while.

[@ryani4576]

Lmfaoooo Jim was going in on this segment. Priceless

[@el-youtub3r402]

thats why we watch it :D

[@grimsvaultstreaming3956]

did you think it would be any other way jims fake and so he has to spin anything at all so it looks bad but like most times he fucking wrong

[@realrakhi]

He said Fenix cant work in America wtf

[@OrlyYaRlyK]

@@grimsvaultstreaming3956 Keep telling yourself that buddy

[@SpaceGhost92]

Jim went ham

[@koberino4872]

Jimmy kills this rant lmaoooo

[@psychobluesfxt]

I'm so glad Jim is reviewing the "And this is when your non-fan friends/family/significant other walks in" paradox. My dad stopped giving me crap for watching wrestling when he walked in during a Vickie Guerrero segment where she was cutting a promo in a wheelchair and the faces just looked on bemused. The image of this middle age woman screaming at wrestlers in a wheelchair is what sold him. "I get it now."

[@mikedemopoulos2210]

I don’t totally disagree with Jim’s takes on wrestling. But we live in “niche” society. With KZbin, Twitch, and streaming in general everything is designed for a particular audience. WWE tries to go mainstream and fails miserably

[@lissungukachamila4526]

I'm going a disagree with you look at Anime there's mainstream anime and there's the niche Anime for more hardcore fans if you just appeal to your audience you'll never grow

[@mikedemopoulos2210]

@@lissungukachamila4526 an argument I’d throw back at you is the ghost in a shell movie, they went with Scarlett Johansson, to try to appeal to the mainstream and it completely backfired, the mainstream didn’t care and the true fans hated the decision, and the movie was a disaster

[@lissungukachamila4526]

@@mikedemopoulos2210 I don't count those Hollywood adaptations those always fail

[@mikedemopoulos2210]

@@lissungukachamila4526 it’s just an example of going beyond your scope, yes growth is important but like i said as a culture we are more in our “niches” so if you have a successful business appealing to a smaller market it’s better to hold that then lose what you have chasing a bigger chunk, i think one think AEW does well is makes their fans happy, and that assured them the viewership they are getting that’s allowing them to stay on TNT and get ratings that the network is happy with

[@lissungukachamila4526]

@@mikedemopoulos2210 fair enough it's a good point you don't gain viewers but on the other side you don't lose viewers

[@marknadratowski5728]

Pac & Fenix have been babyfaces for a couple of months now.

[@Aj6711]

It’s not that clear if your not a die hart fan

[@shootwithaws5185]

No body cares

[@wheremyshrimpsat6433]

@@shootwithaws5185 He was correcting Jim, people can comment here if they want.

[@LuchadorMasque]

How do you know?

[@LuchadorMasque]

@@Aj6711 I watch every bit of AEW and I really can't tell. It's hard to keep details like that straight with so much wrestling.

[@jeffreysharp9925]

It would have helped this thing with KENTA along if at some point it was made clear to AEW fans that Moxley is the IWGP US Champion and KENTA is the #1 contender for that belt. Without that context this makes no sense. NJPW was probably not allowing him to carry the title on AEW.

[@antimaster1007]

Excalibur literally explained exactly that. Are you even listening?

[@LuchadorMasque]

That's very true. Hopefully their new partnership will help communication there. If I didnt watch NJPW (hard to do for an american) I'd have no idea Moxley was even a champion.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

Kyle Miller That’s because Tony khans salty ass didn’t want Mox showing his njpw belt on tv because he was pissy at njpw for not wanting anything to do with aew at the time

[@antimaster1007]

@@o.w.omarquito2047 Khan wasnt the one who was salty. The problem was mostly Harold Meij, the deal came together when he left in October

[@LuchadorMasque]

@@o.w.omarquito2047 I did not know that

[@sunshineholmes3487]

This would be like if Hakushi was the third man with Hall and Nash instead of Hogan.

[@OneBunnyOwsla]

To be fair, that would've been amazing.

[@travispardy8649]

This is not 1996 brother sorry to break it to you

[@garymartling6055]

That is a brilliant take. Tony Kahn is playing with real life action figures. That’s a perfect opine

[@ii9714]

So what is sonny kiss his Barbie doll

[@john_savage]

Kenta is challenging Moxley for the IWGP US Title, so I guess that's why he showed up. Should draw viewers to NJPW.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

Well yeah, that deal only benefits NJPW where Mox is definitely a draw for them, but the reverse is not the case for aew. No new viewers just the same old same old audience

[@john_savage]

@@o.w.omarquito2047 In theory, there would be something NJPW will do to reciprocate. Not sure if the Son of a Billionaire knows what that may be, though.

[@jairusdavis3619]

Where do u watch that. I never saw a show in my life

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

@@jairusdavis3619 New Japan World. Costs just as much as the Network and you get all their stuff

[@Hellwolf36]

Yes, but extra context for those who DIDN'T know that would have been better, instead of Excalidumb and Callus marking out like weebs.

[@clarencefuller9843]

Wait until Jim looses his shit about the AEW Women’s tournament lol

[@eastwaters4082]

What exactly would be wrong with the tournament? It's an actual invitation that isn't from one organization.

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

@@eastwaters4082 Corny hates Asian wrestlers that's the problem

[@nathancullins9301]

Interesting that AEW Impact and NJPW all have working agreements might have made a difference in 2005

[@zakrowe1301]

Impact and njpw did have a partnership in 05

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

Nah, didn’t then when Impact had one with njpw, likely still won’t now. The same fanbase that is already watching them will be the only ones there

[@greatomeister675]

NJPW should’ve done a crossover with WWE a long time ago but they were too proud to do that. Now they join the party cus their ratings were in the toilet lol

[@Meechicewood]

Nobody cares about wwe

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

TNA and NJPW had a partnership and TNA like always dropped the ball

[@TeefrmGA]

Kenta??? "Who the f○○k is this ?" -JC I didnt even watch this match. Lol

[@deanw0rmer]

Crickets lol

[@Trafficcoordinator]

Wwe fans know who he is

[@thesupervisor3270]

Man if AEW doesn’t sign The Rock, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk or Dave Batista the rest of these dudes doesn’t fucking matter. All those guys I just name are Hogan going to WCW. Anybody else are JeffJarret going to WCW

[@Implosionstechnologie]

Kenta > Every single WWE guy

[@vb2806]

That's the punchline where is the rest of the joke?

[@GG-bi8tb]

i don't think kenta is a nobody, he was great 10-15 years ago in NOAH. but that was a LONG time ago

[@cyberpunkgrappling6447]

@Saggy Sachs "Little kid" lol are you tiggerred ? Do you have a small man complex ? He mentionned NOAH so he's not a kid obviously

[@jasperdriver8546]

KENTA is not exactly Inoki, Muta, Fujinami or even Chono when they hit the states.

[@giacomogotta2253]

@Saggy Sachs lol, i wish i was a little kid. Sadly NOAH went down fast after kobashi got cancer amd misawa died. Kenta in WWE was a flop becaude of a mix of bad luck and lame booking, i don't follow NJPW (well, i don't follow anything anymore) but i'm happy for him if he's doing well there. His best days are long gone anyways

[@starbreaker269]

@Saggy Sachs how did they ruin him if he was injured all the time

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

Saggy Sachs Kenya is far from a star even in NJPW bud. He is a lower midcard at best today. A shell of his former self and can’t even pull a great match against Okada, Tana, Naito, etc. also like the other guy I’d rather be a kid than be an adult middle aged man in your position who hasn’t upgraded from his moms basement spending my spare time being proud of his Indy wrestling knowledge on the internet

[@IsaacAtap]

Stone Cold Moxley looks like he’s confused between doing the MC Hammer dance and Jazz Hands dancing.

[@bdmoore3703]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beefy1986]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Blocparty01]

WWE fans, NJPW fans, ROH Fans, NOAH fans all know who KENTA is. But no that ending was terrible because Jim Cornette doesn't know who KENTA is.

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

That's just the problem with most things now: no one cares about quality, the "choices" are so important to them because they want to find that one little thing that they can identify with the most. When they think that they're being "different", their one little favorite that stood to them is just part of a shitty collective of the same base model. It's the point of no return now.

[@NYC_Goody]

Epic gamer take

[@FilmThePoliceFTP]

I watched AEW after all the hype.. that first PPV delivered after the first match or so. I want AEW to succeed. I also realize that if they co tinge to do what they're doing, their ratings will continue to stay where they are. If they only pander to the already there, they will never progress.

[@tonyslicer7399]

dose Cornette knows Punk copied almost every style to Kenta lol

[@RagingCookie127]

And became a much bigger star than Kenta ever was or ever will be

[@NYC_Goody]

@Ze TheGame you realize most people who are on the come up before signing with wwe were nobodies? The rock was a nobody. Stone cold was a nobody. The undertaker was a nobody. But if we transported people with modern thoughts and ideas like you back then, then I'm not sure if we'd have as many stars or not.

[@andrebryant5081]

@@NYC_Goody Also Hogan wasn't a star before Vince investment in him to

[@thelastmotel]

@@andrebryant5081 Again. You are clueless. Vincent threw dough at him to get him on the WWF all because he was big in the territories. Try harder, goon.

[@andrebryant5081]

@@thelastmotel He wasn't big because no one knew about him till Vince signed him.

[@christianrapper]

The guy who helped make kane, an undead wrestler with powers, is complaining about realism in wrestling.

[@azmainzakaria2177]

The realism was the fact that Kane is a near 7 foot guy built like a tank. Yeah the supernatural stuff was silly, but you think people wouldn't take a wrestler that looks like Jason or a supervillain out of a comic book seriously. It's the presentation and the presence of the character that makes people give a damn to begin with.

[@vb2806]

Yea but when you have seen someone like Kane how can anyone take Finn the skinny demon seriously? Supernatural thing aside Kane still had the presence

[@christianrapper]

@@vb2806 it was all the mask. He was also a freaking dentist and no one took him seriously.

[@mattbooth3534]

Jim wanted a Michael Myers type psychopath. Nothing supernatural. All the powers and fire storylines certainly didn’t come from Jim...

[@jeevesosiris]

Couple of things... on one hand Jim insists that AEW is only booked for AEW/internet fans, not the average fan... but at the same time doesn't think AEW fans know who KENTA is. The sad fact is that Jim is the one who doesn't know modern day people in the business at this point. Secondly, Jim needs to realise that not everybody in the world is American... This is not a "national program" it's a global program. There are millions of fans all around the world who watch wrestling. And thirdly, it was KENTA because Moxley has been feuding with KENTA for about a year at this point. Again... not that Jim would know that.

[@OongTheLastAirbender]

i disagree with u an agree with jim and i'd consider myself a modern day fan

[@ak96ful1]

I agree a 100% with what you said. Its Jim's biasness towards the program as usual. This was the lamest review Jim's done in a long time. AEW and NJPW working together will only have a positive impact for everyone. Also Jim constantly bringing up average people will not know who these guys are is a non factor and a redundant point. AEW mostly cares about appeasing their core audience. Increasing their audience is clearly not a priority so why even bring it up. Its their problem not yours so I dont understand Jim being offended. Also every AEW fan knows about KENTA because the audience came from NJPW and ROH fans to begin with. Its not just a "portion" like Brian says its the majority. The bias is clearly as strong as ever. To add to your point, Dynamite gets 2 million views in the UK on average double that of Raw. We couldn't give less of a fuck about American national TV regardless of whether its their base of operations.

[@WarDogYtPersonal]

@@ak96ful1 I loveing the aew n njpw and impact stuff I don't understand why people still watch wwe in the UK and aew and impact is showing for free on TV but I watched aew on fite tv

[@WarDogYtPersonal]

@@ak96ful1 I am running out of money because I just been buying impact and aew ppvs now got to buy njpw what next roh again

[@jeevesosiris]

@@ak96ful1 Yup, well said. I am in the UK too.

[@Loolakool]

Just heard the “who is kenta” bit and I actually expected Brian to point out kenta’s disastrous wwe career.

[@royastro2513]

he did

[@grimmes1890]

“A back flipping moonsault” as opposed to front flipping moonsaults I would assume

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Yeah. A front flipping Moonsault is just a shooting star.

[@thomasdavis2650]

Jim isn't as good at wrestling knowledge as he thinks.

[@grimmes1890]

@@thomasdavis2650 he’s not very good at English either lol

[@alexmarquez9639]

@@thomasdavis2650 so his highly successful podcast and 30 plus years in the business mean nothing? As opposed to your experience of watching what Aew for a year? He hasn't survived as long as he has in wrestling from not knowing the business. He is old and he still draws on social media to this day making videos. You watched them and commented on them didn't you?

[@alexmarquez9639]

@@grimmes1890 do you live in your mommy's basement?

[@cjthelonewolf7410]

kenta has a fued w mox cus hes the guy holding the brief case for moxs iwgp us title, but the stooge and the old man wouldnt know that cus they dont research this stuff

[@263malice]

Thank you. 🙏

[@zakrowe1301]

Theyre just gonna look for any reason to be negative

[@cjthelonewolf7410]

@@zakrowe1301 thats every aew video these two ever do cus AEW isnt doing the stuff they like which was anything from the 80s or anything cornette booked

[@josefinajordao1569]

They need to explain this next dynamite because not everyone keeps up with wrestling news.

[@freddyreyes4831]

Sounds like a bunch of butthurt cosplay fans who would rather see 50 flips than real wrestling

[@teebird6952]

AEW has clearly given up on any real growth. Pretty much just catering to their core audience, and squeezing whatever money or attention they can get out of them. It'll be interesting to see what happens when even those fans start getting tired of it. I don't think AEW has a Plan B here. Just gonna ride til the wheels fall off.

[@erikprestonTV]

And what is WWE's plan? WWE is completely unwatchable outside of a few segments here and there.

[@jj10148256]

@@erikprestonTV wwe doesnt need a plan. They ran an Indian show and got 22 million views, so if they really needed to they could leave the US for India. Dont need to because they're making billion dollar deals after billion dollar deals. You find what they present unwatchable, good for you! Millions find it unmissable. Thats the difference. Aew have 750,000 fans on average. Half thier beginning audience and not looking to expand thier 'insider' bubble.

[@erikprestonTV]

jj10148256 enjoy it cause i cant watch that garbage unless its on fast forward

[@SaigaTenshi]

@@erikprestonTV see ya, trash. Go watch that soon to fail AEW

[@jj10148256]

@@erikprestonTV I never said i watch it 🤷‍♂️ i pay for the network because i love watching older content, might watch a rumble or wrestlemania if i have time to kill. I certainly dont watch aew because its small time trash with has beens, never shoulda beens, and never will be's.

[@ThaIceMan05]

I’m fucking dying! 🤣🤣 The restaurant comparison, at the end, had me crying. 💀💀

[@Pazuzu158]

I’ve come to the realization that Dave meltzer our dear uncle knows absolutely nothing about good wrestling anymore

[@fkakssc7677]

What’s “good wrestling” then ?

[@sharee87073]

Jim doesn’t know about good wrestling

[@sharee87073]

That’s why he doesn’t have a job, He got no one over

[@Pazuzu158]

@@sharee87073 yet you reply to comments on his radio show wtf would you know go watch aew with twinkle toes and the balding bucks

[@TheGame00555]

@@fkakssc7677 For real, Cornette and everyone in this comment section are so smart and know about "good wrestling" but never actually tell us what it is.. WALTER vs dragunov sure but you cant do that kind of physical match every week. Not even hating on JC or his fans I just wanna know what this "good wrestling" is that they are always talking about

[@marceledel8619]

To be fair, Kenta had a really brief run in NXT, so he wasn't totally well known in the US.

[@josephsmithmeyer1195]

Ya but roh and njpw ppl who love wrestling know kenta jim and wwe fan would barely kno him hes bullet club watch the ratings will sore

[@mrdimma6713]

@@josephsmithmeyer1195 yeah?

[@gjfwang]

Kenta was on ROH for random appearances 2005-2009. Cornette was the executive producer for ROH in 2009, lol. He actually forgot.

[@can9fox]

Wait. Did Cornette not realize who KENTA was? KENTA vs Brian Danielson was one of the greatest ROH matches ever

[@mico5536]

@Aaron Lassiter Still a great match worth watching and rewatching for some who hasn't watched it

[@mico5536]

@Aaron Lassiter Idk man. You can't speak for everyone, you never know that some people actually cared

[@mico5536]

@Aaron Lassiter Oh I see your viewing it in a business standpoint well that makes sense also

[@erikprestonTV]

@Aaron Lassiter The Kardashians draws more ratings. I guess the Kardashians is the greatest wrestling program of all time by your metric

[@Maxbear1112]

Jim mentioned Dick Murdoch so I had to go back and watch Dick Murdoch vs Bob Emery. It really was hilarious with Jim's commentary and post match insane promo. God I love old school shit.

[@deanw0rmer]

“I knew it would just end up being spots” yep

[@jonathanevans4686]

The bucks just don’t do it for me as champs Just can’t do them FTR for the champs! Felix done really well works hard

[@Trafficcoordinator]

Its fenix cornettes is mocking him with Felix

[@OrlyYaRlyK]

@@Trafficcoordinator Who is Fenix?

[@SSGourmet702]

Bucks look like school children

[@Brando-Lee3725]

sorry . last comment . ROH is Still the most hard hitting wrestling show in the USA . i wish somebody invested in them , adding to that roster . keeping the same philosophy

[@BabyCee713]

Been waiting for Jim’s take on this

[@btmz1753]

Sad life you live my friend

[@LuchadorMasque]

Are you suprised?

[@davidworks1036]

@@btmz1753 You literally said Bullet Club is the best faction of all time, go sit down.

[@vb2806]

@@btmz1753 wait you think bullet Club is a good faction?

[@cartermo13]

I'm a huge AEW fan but I still like to hear Jim tear the product apart for fun. Regardless of his opinions it's nice to have an unbiased perspective of the show.

[@jafet7965]

9:48 Well he was known as Hideo Itami in WWE, but became a big deal in NJPW as Kenta

[@jpowers55]

What exactly is a "big deal" in NJPW?

[@ChristopherJames1993]

@@jpowers55 how is he a big deal. He came in with all the hype then lost every big match he was in.

[@HeartOfALion313]

Fenix, and Pac kicked major ass in this segment. They should be featured in the main event

[@LuchadorMasque]

NJPW has REALLY been on their game recently. The new english commentary is an absolute godsend.

[@sherk231]

Is it Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero?

[@ogpetway5147]

You mean the new guys or new as in they just started doing it, because I think since WK 9 they have had English Commentary on the big events.

[@LuchadorMasque]

@@ogpetway5147 it's new as far as I know. I stream everything and other than strong, until recently, everything was in Japanese (get what you pay for). Also, I've only been watching wrestling since 2019 (stopped in 99). May have something to do with it

[@ogpetway5147]

@@LuchadorMasque ahh ok yea they have had the english site njpwworld since at least 2018 but they been had english commentary on all the big events for a while longer.

[@elberno4243]

Jim doesn't remember Hideo Itami vs Finn Balor? Or the Wrestlemania Andre Battle Royal? Or NOAH? Didn't KENTA work ROH in 2007? & What about DragonGa...ok I may be going too far with that one

[@VillaFan767]

I saw the highlights, Kenta's gts was terrible.

[@LoudFlimzz]

its his move...

[@JMoses-dv3pt]

@@LoudFlimzz doesn't matter that it's his move, it still looked horrible.

[@KHALIL_AMINE]

@King Slayer OMG awesome idea they wasted a good moment to play the fans.

[@JMoses-dv3pt]

@Saggy Sachs i agree. He's never been able to take it right. I remember when punk did it to him it looked off.

[@zakrowe1301]

It was moxlys sell that teally ruined it

[@aretnap3653]

🎶 *FingerBang!...Bang-Bang-Bang...FingerBang-Bang-Bay-Bang-Bang! I'm Gonna TwinkleToes-McFingerBang-Bang You Into My Life!* 🎶

[@1stylishdevil]

Jon Moxley is Homer Simpson now?

[@Kas58223]

I actually thought of that episode Homer with the iron stomach taking cannon balls at gigs

[@1986jamesa]

are you serious?

[@DespicablepunK25]

@@Kas58223 Homerpolooza

[@Kas58223]

@@DespicablepunK25 classic episode especially Cypress Hill stealing Peter Frampton’s orchestra 🤣🤣

[@jackcomerford8347]

it's great that Travis is reusing Otis's face for moxley

[@johngorman7685]

So much standing around waiting for guys to do there 35 flips before they actually do a move. This shit is ridiculous

[@gordonirvine726]

I'm crying with laughter listening to the Kenta bit 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@todd0864]

You know how they say WWE writers are writing for one audience? Meaning writing for Vince. The same thing is happening in LamEW except the one writing, is writing for himself.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

Except AAA and NJPW are walking right in the way of that

[@eastwaters4082]

AEW, NJPW, NWA, AAA, Impact, OWE, ROH working together > WWE.

[@vb2806]

@@eastwaters4082 Yea when consistent numbers prove that people will believe, at this point it's not those promotions that are growing, it's wwe that's sinking. Aew beat Raw in one demo one time because raw is pathetic not because Aew is good.

[@NAustin518]

Some small human being. Cornette’s truly hilarious and a wrestling treasure.

[@gordonirvine726]

I popped for that too 😂🤣👌😂👌😂

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Balding buck getting baldier, Jericho getting fatter, Mox' eyes getting more crooked...

[@Fortyozkilluh]

yea its called aging lol. its one thing to talk shit about their work but another to attack people for things that happen to the vast majority of men.

[@btmz1753]

They’re starting to look like you

[@Fortyozkilluh]

@@btmz1753 its normal lol, have you seen the older wrestlers? shit stone cold is bald, the undertaker is balding, shawn michaels eye isnt exactly straight, and lets not even talk about how many wrestlers over the years were fat.

[@OongTheLastAirbender]

lol Tommaso Ciampa is the worst of all. the guy is 35 went bald in his 20s the little hair he has is fully gray, bread gray he looks like shawn michael's grandpa lol.

[@StarlightEater]

Low T soyboys

[@sharee87073]

He keep talking about the 70s when people thought wrestling was a real sport

[@estebanjones5402]

He’s stuck in the past. That’s why they fire him. His stupid booking gets fans bored and switch the channel

[@johngorman7685]

Yea why would anybody want to see wrestling sell out big arenas, have mainstream popularity or get big ratings and buy rates again? Nobody watches or gives a shit about this stuff unless you're one of the 700,000 people that watch it every week

[@Moonrock_Fall]

Dick Murdoch is dead so I'm pretty sure he won't be punching Jon Moxley anytime soon.

[@andrebryant5081]

@@johngorman7685 He is lying about the popularity of Wrestling the first true star in Wrestling was Andre The Giant. Before the people truly care.

[@eastwaters4082]

@@johngorman7685 You think the only way to sell out arenas again is to have out of shape muscleheads that only punch and kick around a ring? People pirate movies, games, what makes you think they're going to pay to reinvent the wheel?

[@psychobluesfxt]

With all respect for KENTA, and knowing that his problems in WWE were more bad run of injuries rather than booking maladies...Hideo Itami v Dean Ambrose really does sound like some match on Main Event that Mox would have if he were in the doghouse LOL

[@erikprestonTV]

See KENTA and Bryan Danielson in ROH. Him and Moxley could have a great match.

[@psychobluesfxt]

@@erikprestonTV I'm not doubting it would be a good match, I know KENTA is a seasoned vet and extremely capable. I'm just talking about strictly in terms of their history on network TV.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

PsychoblueSFxT Nah, match would be underwhelming because Mox is a terrible wrestler and Kenya is far from his prime. Kenya hasn’t had a great wrestling match since signing with njpw. Not even Ishii, Naito, Tana, Okada or Goto could pull that out of him

[@psychobluesfxt]

@@o.w.omarquito2047 That's a real shame. He's been around so long you forgot that he's not that old. Maybe all those neck and shoulder bumps over the years caught up to him when he got to NXT.

[@luimarielvlogs]

Damn Cornette I'm cooking makin me laugh at the Balding Plumber and Japanese Midget reference

[@andrewisjesus]

Moxley is purely a mark thing. This guy never looked like a star or wrestler

[@christianrapper]

Especially if you ignore the fact that he is one of the most popular wrestlers in the world.

[@jb0609]

@@christianrapper And that is wby Wrestling is shit right now.

[@RagingCookie127]

Spot on. The people who know who Kenta is are the people who are watching anyway, it's like they've already hit their peak.

[@dbkt5416]

This was hilarious, Corny is the man 😂😂

[@jannanys8640]

Cornette is 100% right, the people who already give af about njpw in the west already watch AEW, no casual fan knows or give a fuck about these Japanese wrestlers lol, it won’t grow their audience

[@JDotWill]

Mox overselling the GTS after it barley made contact popped me

[@Lenoxygen]

Yeah, reminds me when CM punkntries to GTS big show or some other big man

[@SSGourmet702]

I hope you jokin lmao

[@brianstone3722]

@@SSGourmet702 it popped me but more in a "WTF was that" kind of way 😃 horrible sell and execution by kenta sorry but it was wack.

[@SSGourmet702]

@@brianstone3722 it was cool but it's like dude you have to hit ONE move make it look good cave his fuckin skull in 🤣

[@brianstone3722]

@@SSGourmet702 right totally agree.

[@Run187]

Coming soon a new book by Martin Handford. Where's Moxley? See if you can find him in one of the many locations, where's he's either standing near a fence or walking from a random location..

[@jamesgallagher1992]

Class😁😁

[@tonymatrisin4328]

Wanna hear Jim thoughts on Charlie Hass, man he is looking rough

[@blackout8777]

really??

[@Ted_Bell]

Lol Kenta? You mean that guy that is always hurt and couldn't get over even on NXT? OMG!

[@AlexBrovo]

KENTA is still a great worker, Bullet Club sells shirts, I’m not sure what you’re expecting in terms of great Superstars crossovers this day and age reallt there Jim.

[@TheSteveTell]

Obviously Cornette has no clue that KENTA is one of the best wrestlers in the world

[@fkakssc7677]

Which is sad. Sometimes Cornette comes off as just grumpy and old

[@azmainzakaria2177]

That only the hardcore wrestling marks knows about, but the english speaking and understanding causal fanbase don't know who that is. I would have given AAA and NJPW a chance but I don't know either Spanish or Japanese languages, so I stick to stuff that I understand. You got to know what they are saying without the help of subtitles to connect and know more about these individuals from other countries.

[@azmainzakaria2177]

@@fkakssc7677 He comes from the times when wrestling was going through the golden ages, so of course he would hate the new stuff that is bottom of the barrel hardcore mark and Redditors pleasing garbage.

[@db399]

In your opinion. Some people would see a little guy with purple hair doing horribly contrived moves and disagree with you.

[@fkakssc7677]

@@db399 well yea if youve never seen him before or have any knowledge of his work and they just see that clip of course someone would think that. If I didn’t know who ultimate warrior was and I see some dude roided to the max acting like he just snorted 6 lines of coke I’d be like what the fuck is this shit too 😂😂 that’s 90% of wrestling

[@chuckycheesechucky]

Newsflash, but Death Triangle have been babyfaces for over a month.

[@ak96ful1]

Yup it was very clear and has been made clear for a while. Its another case of Jim feigning ignorance to double down on his narrative against AEW booking

[@ak96ful1]

@@waldorfsalad2307 Pac, Rey Fenix and Pentagon

[@realrakhi]

@@waldorfsalad2307 PAC, Rey Fenix and Penta- they got babyface'd in a feud against Eddy, Butcher and Blade.

[@CM-jc7gk]

@@ak96ful1 No it's not clear to anybody. Including Moxley who cut a promo on how none of the sides of this feud made any sense or how he got involved in it but he didn't care because he likes brawling. Multiple people in AEW have also said they try not to follow labels of "heels" or "faces". So no none of it is ever clear, except to AEW nerds who want to pretend they're on some kind of deeper, higher understanding of laughably dumb storylines. Your IQ has to be below a certain threshold to comprehend Tony Khan's/The Elite's booking.

[@eastwaters4082]

@@CM-jc7gk Uh, he got involved because he's the former AEW champion, and lost due to Don Callis, that manages Omega, who's bringing back BC. Is that so hard to follow?

[@christianrapper]

Is cornette stuck in the 80’s? He hates everything that is modern.

[@calvinricks233]

The guy is cancer. His hatred for new wrestlers and style of wrestling is sad.

[@jeffjeff5039]

@@calvinricks233 he likes pac, mjf and Eddie Kingston so.....

[@vb2806]

By modern you mean gymnastics and people not even trying to hide that they are helping their opponents? Yea I would rather have slow paced wrestling than stupid looking one.

[@christianrapper]

@@vb2806 dude really? Wrestling has always looked fake. The freaking irish whip is the fakest move in wrestling. A wrestler throws someone into the ropes and they come back like a cartoon. Yeah right. There was never anything real about wrestling. Also, corrny helped invent kane. An undead wrestler with magic powers. Cornette can’t say anything.

[@jare11jonas]

PAC and Felix are face ever since they fought Eddie Kingston

[@shadowX370]

Jim Cornette said that this is the stupidest match he ever seen in his life LMAO! yeah right, I guess he's going to forget the time in the Attitude Era when Mae Young gave birth to a (Fake Hand) but this match with Kenny,Moxley,Good Brothers,Pac was the worst thing he every seen in wrestling.

[@ak96ful1]

Lol clearly the bias is as strong as ever.

[@shadowX370]

@@ak96ful1 People don't have a mind of their own Jim thinks for them

[@TheSportsfan35]

@Cowboy Casanova, that was just as stupid that giving birth to a hand bs.

[@trurobertson]

Hideo was pretty damn good in NXT

[@travisboyle285]

Yeah injuries kept him down sadly. WWE tried to hype him up as a big deal too when they sent Hogan and Jimmy Hart over to Japan to sign him.

[@jb0609]

lol. he didnt do shit in NXT

[@Hellwolf36]

Kenta (my spirit animal in NJPW, but I cannot stand that purple hair) attacking Mox was the only thing that made sense, which was also a con in itself. I also feel bad for the Good Brothers being paired up with Omega. To smarten people: Mox is the IWGP US champion on NJPW and Kenta won the New Japan Cup USA last summer to be the #1 contender. However, Kenta is stuck in Florida and NJPW only has New Japan Strong broadcasts down there and he only comes back to Japan for spots or to do the G1 Climax. Moxley cannot compete on NJ Strong as it is a violation of his AEW contract and people were getting anxious to find out when Kenta vs Mox would happen. If he flies to Japan to do the match, Covid is in the way and there is quarantining required when he gets there and back + time zones. Instead, Mox cut a promo at WK15 from Florida and then invaded the show after a Kenta match the week before AEW. Kenta repaid the favor in kind and now NJPW can sanction the IWGP US Championship match on AEW so that more people can see it, it won't violate Mox's contract and if Omega, Callus and/or Good Brothers cheat, it will make sense since Kenta is in Bullet Club. The con with all this is we know what Khan is like with booking, this was a subject that requires the viewer to have a knowledge of other promotion's current events to make sense (which not everyone does) with little to no explanation and Meltzer only liked this because Kenta and Omega.

[@MuscleKing215]

If only a recap could be done to explain all of this to the TV viewers. IF this was all realistic storytelling which would add to the depth of booking the match between the 2 then this would surely be worthwhile.

[@alexmagic8934]

@@MuscleKing215 The Jon Moxley Interview: The Match Is On kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZrHe4dtnNiipsk

[@Trauma_Ties]

I highly doubt they'll get sued, they obviously have some kind of deal with NJPW and got the okay to use the Bullet Club name. They went from dancing around the name saying "The Band" a few weeks back to flat out saying "Bullet Club" left and right in recent weeks.

[@freddyreyes4831]

Kenta hasn’t been a big deal since 05..... all these guys defending him have to realize that he is no good for American style...... he should stay in Japan and build up his credibility for a few more years...... he was a bust in WWE and it might have been his fault and WWE as well.... but the truth is he came to WWE at a bad time and won’t recover from it for a while

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

Them: 'Jim lives in the past. Why isn't he excited about this guy who, btw, had a good match w/ D-Bry almost 20 years ago?'

[@ADAMdinho1]

He was never a big deal never drew a diiiiiiiiime

[@The1Remainder]

Even before he got hurt Kenta didn’t look good in nxt. His offense was all kicks. He couldn’t manhandle anyone because at the time he was one of the smaller guys there.

[@antimaster1007]

Dude carried NOAH well into the 2010s, Company crumbled for years when he left and Kobashi and Morishima retired. His work in NJPW has given more than enough credibility. So before spreading nonsense how about learning facts first

[@antimaster1007]

@@dirtmcgirt8269 His ROH excursion didnt mean much in his career. His Noah work made him a star and got him signed in the first place

[@alanhardman8504]

Lol, didn’t know Kent’s was in nxt, heard of him there but knew little about him. That’s gts was awful

[@mikem10481]

Yeah, he was injured most of his time there. Missed out on the best years of NXT.

[@antimaster1007]

More on Moxley as he didnt take it that well. Dude hit plenty stiff ones in his 20 year career..

[@TheNoirAlien]

Moxley tried to compensate the lack of connection by selling his reaction to it, but it looks bad from any angle.

[@rustywagner1335]

Alot of njpw hit there knee strikes like that

[@LOXBAWS]

Called Hideo Itami there but he was a full time hospital patient, part time wrestler for those years.

[@zachscott5420]

jims constant blinded negativity has driven me to Rasslin with Brandon Walker. on barstool sports podcast network. very positive. not constantly just putting everything down. enough negativity in the world. love jimmy and has made me laugh some of my hardest laughs ever. but not everything is this bad or shitty as he makes it seem.

[@ShitWrangler]

Enjoy the taste of your own shittttttt

[@ac8274]

Listening to these is so much more entertaining than watching it

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Dynamite is just brutal most of the time

[@btmz1753]

Cap

[@alsnow7023]

Corny lost aew njpw is about to be on fire

[@MrRjh63]

Yeah this and Botchmania is all i can stand nowadays from modern wrestling. Even alot of the old wrestling channels are too crap to watch anymore.

[@smarkslowplay3512]

@@btmz1753 sup cheerleader

[@jamaalmoses8821]

Double main event :Cactus Jack vs Mankind/Hideo Itami vs Kenta..everytime Brain corrects Cornette:"idc/idgaf".🤣🤣

[@marcoluca9232]

Kenta is quality.

[@erokraider1690]

Another week where I haven’t even bothered to skim through the show over the weekend. Even Jim took his time getting this review out.

[@brianstone3722]

I even recorded the show on DVR and still haven't seen it. Just one clip of Kenta's debut on KZbin....I'd almost rather hear his reviews and go back to see if i missed anything remotely good about the show after listening. Basically Jim is more entertaining his assessment of the show is very accurate in my opinion.

[@TimelordRick]

That GTS was really shitty if we're honest.

[@SSGourmet702]

Oh my god yes I thought I was the only one

[@cm_carlito]

The move missed by like a foot, then Moxley started jerking around like he was being electrocuted. So much for "Go To SLEEP"... LOL

[@mobywv]

didn't it miss?

[@ak96ful1]

That was on Mox cuz he went fully vertical when Kenta dropped him.

[@dr.albtraum7173]

It's like he is just willfully ignorant of all story telling and good wrestling. Death triangle have been faces for like 2 months now, same a Lance archer. His hate blinds him completely to any thing and everything. Moxley is a plumber!? Have you seen him? He's just doing it now for the memes lol

[@Ted_Bell]

I'm not sure why people like Aubrey so much. She literally does nothing in the match but wave her hands. She never stops anything while simultaneously making herself the center of attention cutting in front of the camera so much. She's awful.

[@5irFergie]

Cornette sure does have a problem with any wrestler that is not huge and especially has a problem with Japanese wrestlers

[@erikprestonTV]

He uses every racial epithet toward Asians, and his "cult" in the comments eat it up

[@ltheisen3327]

WCW: Gets big WWF stars like Hogan, Diesel, Ramon, Bret Hart, Lex Luger.... Smarks: Oh no, WCW was just a WWF copy AEW: Gets fired midcarders from WWE like Hideo Itami, Zack Ryder, Rusev Smarks: Thats gonna change everything...

[@CM-jc7gk]

Tony Khan: "We're starting an industry revolution to compete against WWE in a way they've never seen!!" Also Tony Khan: "Yeah I'm gonna put the world title on back-to-back recent WWE guys"

[@fnggaming89]

Agreed with Jim on the first half ..but his mouth runs a little to long with the " who the fuck is Kenta "...well jim....he was in NXT formerly known as Hideo Itami...and did a brief stint in 205 live and just had the misfortune of being hurt alot

[@MetalShadowX]

I couldn't care any less about who's who, what they're doing, or why they're doing it. Everything I hear about on Dynamite sounds like it came out of the dying days of WCW when they shit the bed from Fingerpoke of Doom onward. Admittedly, I'm curious from a trainwreck kind of way but I can't be bothered much to watch right away. WWE has its flaws and all but at least they pretend to make you care about wrestlers and their motivations or personality. I was ecstatic to see Edge get one more shot at a championship after being forcibly retired a decade ago. AEW seems perfectly content to cater to the same 700k people every week. Even when they pull all the stops, they can barely get up to a million at some point. Granted a lot of it is due to people watching less non-streaming TV these days but it's still telling why people don't bother with this or NXT with their underwhelming talent and booking. There's a reason I only watch Smackdown these days if I ever want weekly wrestling.

[@beefy1986]

Atleast you still watch wrestling...ﹰI hv stopped since 2016. Ilja vs ﹰWalter and ﹰRumble 2020 and 2021 are the first matches ﹰI hv seen in years....ﹰWrestling is dead, AEW is on its way to destruction. The wrestling jack offs are their own worst enemy....I used to say that I followed the sport of wrestling, now I am so ashamed I just keep quiet and listen to Jim's podcast because he mirrors my thoughts and atleast is entertaining and makes me laugh

[@christianrapper]

If you don’t watch it you really can’t complain. Cornette hates everything new.

[@beefy1986]

@@christianrapper Cornette loved Pat Mcafee, Ilja vs Walter, Bate vs Walter, Cole vs Balor, Damien Priest, FTR and Edge vs Orton at Backlash. He likes new stuff done right thats meaningful not silly shit done by 30 or 40 yr olds acting as 9 yr old school girls

[@beefy1986]

@Khalil Salam of course I hv and I desperately wanted both aew and nxt to succeed but I hv been massively disappointed. AEW is anything but sports based wrestling. And I will hv to criticize based on ratings because they started at close to a million and now it floats around 600 to 750 grand. And this reduction is within just a year and a half And NXT and Raw and SD are just abortions with all the TV writers not knowing what good wrestling is. WWE is absolute shit and thats about what you can say. AEW could hv done something different. I am not against Omega or the Bucks. But the manner in which they behave is just insulting to me and I am much younger than all of them. Best Friends call their opponents Weenies like 8 year olds and they are 30 year olds. You cant be telling me that these people are better than Bret Hart or Steve Austin or Terry Funk or Ric Flair. I desperately wanted AEW and NXT to be different. But I am just disappointed So I dont watch any wrestling now. Just a massive waste of my time. Nobody takes it seriously and its a joke and anything but a sport. And I am not as out of touch as Cornette but he is right for once. I am accepting of modern wrestlers. But dont be jack offs. Act like grown men and women and be serious about the sport.

[@beefy1986]

@Khalil Salam no offense taken bro. All cool. I know that there is a place for comedy and goofiness done properly in wrestling. I mean Kurt Angle was goofy and funny but when he stepped in to wrestle ypu never doubted his credibility or thought he was a joke. With The Best Friends and Cassidy and The Bucks, they are goofy but even their matches are goofy. There is no credibility existing where for just a moment I could whole heartedly believe in them. Thats what I feel maybe I am wrong. A lot of people been saying about NJPW, Noah, ROH and Josh Barnett's Bloodsport. I will soon just binge on all of them. Hopefully they will be good wrestling

[@CASHGOTJUICE]

I had no clue who Kenta was , I know Ibushi that’s it

[@erickmack4131]

i agree and disagree with Cornette thats why i love his content

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

Same. I agree & disagree w/ what he's saying here even if I'm not a fan of Kenta. He's not awful or anything, just not for me.

[@olvacron22]

Same, even if you disagree with Jim you still have to listen for the fucking hilarious banter

[@vb2806]

Yea I disagree with him on a lot of points specially about Balor, O'Reily, Cody and FTR. This here I fully agree with.

[@ak96ful1]

​@@vb2806 I feel the same but some times it gets irritating to hear him repeat the same shit like he really needs to understand that AEW caters to a global audience and not just America. Some people don't give a fuck about their national TV viewership. The draw over 2 million viewers on average in the UK double that of Raw. This was the lamest review Jim's done in a long time and usually I love them. AEW and NJPW working together will only have a positive impact for everyone. Also Jim constantly bringing up average people will not know who these guys are is a non factor and a redundant point. AEW only cares about appeasing their core audience. Increasing their audience is clearly not a priority so why even bring it up. Its their problem not yours so I don't understand Jim being offended. Also every AEW fan knows about KENTA because the audience came from NJPW and ROH fans to begin with. Its not just a "portion" like Brian says its the majority.

[@wesleymahan5903]

It's like the head booker of aew played alot of street fighter, mortal kombat and soul caliber