Jim Cornette Takes A 1993 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Quiz About Himself

From Episode 123 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@-KillaWatt-]

Bill Apter doesn't get the love he should. Pre-Internet, his magazine was one of the few sources for inside information from the wrestling industry.

[@takerdust]

i liked how their articles wrote in kayfabe. Hell, even WWF and WCW mags did same (to a point).

[@bilklein]

Much of which he made up, but I liked reading about wrestlers from other territories and would know who they were when they came to mine (AWA).

[@powerboon2k]

How do you even measure how much love Bill Apter receives/deserves? Have you actually studied it?

[@russblack443]

@@bilklein ya like when he put Kevin Sullivan on the cover and told everyone he was a devil worshiper and Satan was calling the shots

[@jayceegenocide4402]

@@russblack443 HAIL SATAN! HAIL BILL APTER!

[@zlinedavid]

Even the IRS knows better than to audit Cornette. He probably has gas receipts from 1983 filed away somewhere.

[@frankcabanski9409]

He has records of what he spent, and where he obtained the bills and coins he spent.

[@danevertt3210]

Haha and what other wrestlers made per event Weirdo

[@brendanxzavier3649]

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[@steveh4290]

That Bill Apter thumbnail thou, instantly recognised him LMAO

[@therealfrisco3859]

I was thinking the same 😂

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Same here! 😁

[@genekwagmyrsingh9433]

ok boomer

[@steveh4290]

Gene Quagmire - Ok wanker

[@sese6227]

@@genekwagmyrsingh9433 you don't know what that means, huh? 😬

[@MrShittits666]

1:20 Jim turns into Michael Jackson

[@dtrain1151]

Death Punx Distro I’m dead

[@cinamynj]

LMAO

[@sammmm87]

I heard it as I read this haha

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

😂

[@tmage23]

ask the man who documents literally everything he's ever done in professional wrestling if he remembers his career...

[@Gravydog316]

& literally knows more about wrestling history than anyone ever

[@pronkb000]

He actually does flat-out miss the Arn Anderson question, and even gets a follow-up fact wrong (the Bodies & Cornette went over in the big 3-way 9-man match, not Arn & the Rock 'n Rolls).

[@Biggrittz]

pronkb000 To be fair it was like 35ish years ago lol

[@jusbertmeza4424]

@@pronkb000 the article was also wrong too lol 😂

[@scorptarget]

😂💯

[@aubrywilliams6158]

Never question a man who is a known hardcore record keeper. Ever

[@charleybarley914]

Jim has the reciepts

[@jimfaust6342]

@@charleybarley914 no doubt lol

[@jimfaust6342]

Jim is more organized than I'll ever attempt to be. lol

[@YogsenForfoth]

That’s one of the main reasons why I think Jim is so goddamn credible. He wrote EVERYTHING down.

[@sugewhitejacoby8654]

Cornette is a walking date book of wrestling triva!! His memory of dates and times is amazing!🤼🤙

[@romainlavoie1526]

I trully enjoyed Bill's publications in the 80's . They were a key instrument of Wrestling's success during that time. The best we've ever had. It was just fantastic.

[@douglaswilson95]

So true

[@jasonfisher3823]

those magazines were how I knew who Cactus Jack and Jim Cornette and Ric Flair and Lex Luger were before they came to the WWF.

[@jeffreyb6165]

1:20 is the precise moment that Corny transforms into Michael Jackson.

[@ChromeFamily]

They would cheer the hunter that killed Bambi’s mother... lmao!

[@DyspotikOriginal]

Cornette's memory for dates is amazing. Hes been writin writs all day!

[@CronoXpono]

Dude, on his shoots, he gives gate figures for fucks sake lol I can’t believe it most times, dudes running off locales AND how much they made?! Incredible!!!

[@kbuselmeier69]

In a real Wrestling Hall of Fame, Bill Apter would be in it.

[@merleshand2442]

I think he is in the real one in the Netherlands

[@bentheeagle71]

Is the one in Arlington not the real 1?

[@cleftturnip7774]

All Hall of fames are made up

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

@@cleftturnip7774 so were all Apter's stories...

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

No doubt!

[@TippiGordon]

If you haven't done so already, go find that bloody jacket promo. Might be the greatest promo of all time, no exaggeration.

[@DUARTE99]

Props to the artist. That Bill Apter is spot on!

[@MarginalSC]

Very apt

[@wesmyone9562]

Cornette's memory never ceases to amaze me. My, my😅...

[@sheriffofrockridge9095]

He could tell you how many popcorns sold at a show and what date it was

[@TheSaltySeaman]

In Apters mind, he probably did think he gave Corny his first “break” as a photographer, and I would guess completely forgot about Herc being his bodyguard in Mid South.

[@Gravydog316]

WOULD BILL APTER LIE?!

[@TheSaltySeaman]

Lol of course but in this case I think he thought those answers were correct. Hell he’d probably argue about the photographer thing now.

[@EricNHarris]

@@Gravydog316 No, he would not!

[@spanky9676]

@@Gravydog316 Not lie. “Kayfabe”

[@Gravydog316]

@@spanky9676 My bad! Shh! 🤐

[@davethomasatemyhamster]

Found the road warriors midnight express match on KZbin. Wow! Great match! The warriors were like cyborgs in that. Express did a good job considering they got pearl harboured.

[@leeberry689]

Great for the Warriors, the Express got SLAUGHTERED.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

Yeah that was brutal.

[@douglaswilson95]

Find the scaffold match and see Jim falling off the scaffold, boss man was supposed to catch him, and he breaks his hip or leg...

[@leeberry689]

@@douglaswilson95 he blew out his knee on that fall. For a while after that on the NWA t.v. shows he did his promos sitting in a wicker chair and BIG BUBBA would go out to the ring with the EXPRESS.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

@@douglaswilson95 "Jimmy... you fell so fast..." Big Bubba Rogers. Hearing Jim tell the story of that match is almost as good as watching it lol.

[@shizzle5150]

Good Lord this man has a mind like a steel trap. Not even a second of hesitation he drills out the date and place of something that happened 35 years ago... Unreal.

[@markfroman738]

I cannot WAIT till Jim reviews the Jericho cruise edition of Dynamite. Lol

[@kacebox174]

The Road Warriors attacked Sting during a 6-Man Tag against the Varsity Club which aired on TV shortly before winning the World Tag Team Championship.

[@t-bro9529]

I miss Cornette on commentary

[@gman2015z]

He was great but ppl hate on him.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Jim Cornette-The true Wild Child of Professional Wrestling! That's not an insult, that's a compliment!

[@jesseandrews2303]

Look, Sid's trying to fly

[@calvinperson8497]

Warriors had already spiked Dusty eye ! And then they took belts off Express . I remember that for sure !

[@tomwalker389]

Ain't no Kayefabe like an Apter mag Kayfabe.

[@josemuniz4454]

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

[@neilgoldring6494]

Truth be told since like the 70's, Bill Apter is almost just as responsible for bringing Pro-Wrestling to eye balls as all the promoters were, he's a obscure legend

[@stevenmccann2891]

The road warriors DID visit midsouth in 83- or 84. They had a match against the RnR express, the freebirds, and i think the midnight express

[@EmmaBonn96]

11:55 Same flavor Both refuse to say they are better managers than Bobby Heenan Both have power coming from a parent (mama Cornette and Paul’s dad who is a lawyer) Both were photographers who started with Bill Apter

[@mikemck4796]

Instead of the ”Refuses to say they’re better managers than Bobby Heenan” comment, you could have just said “Are not complete idiots.”

[@blkpanther11]

Im Loving This Thumbnail of Jim And Bill Apter

[@pl5624]

I could listen to cornettes voice for hours...

[@conniecarroll7222]

Makes one wonder why there isn't a DVD set devoted to Jim Cornette. I'd pay for a set where we could see and hear him telling his stories about wrestling for hours, especially with his knowledge.

[@Nightrain76]

Bill Apter lives in my area I’ve seen him At the barber and the Wawa.

[@donaldh3721]

I love hearing Jim toot his own horn occasionally, he’s earned the right!

[@robertcrist5747]

Can't blame Corny......I can't remember what I had for breakfast.

[@LyingSecret]

18:00 for question 10, cause they take a while to get to it.

[@gman2015z]

wow n they were flying through the first 4 then question 5 took longer.

[@LyingSecret]

@Nich Hodge Or skip through to the 10th one, if you're that in a hurry whilst watching youtube videos, I guess?

[@williamsmith666]

What, you've never gone off on a tangent?

[@LyingSecret]

@@williamsmith666 I have, but what's your point? I was time tagging it so people could find it if they wanted to.

[@hkg8788]

I remember the fabulous ones in mid south they were heels in a feud with chavo and hector guerrero and worked a match against the rock'n'roll express

[@dustdevil240]

I used to enjoy the hell out of the top 10s by territory

[@mikelong2756]

Baltimore goes over for Jim lol

[@maybenextyearmb9660]

I can't remember today's date and he can remember exact dates from 35 years ago.

[@perryjoseph616]

The original midnight angle was in 1988 actually - just after they lost the belts and before Starcade ..

[@omarluciano8687]

Perry Joseph The Original Midnights and Paul E. worked in the AWA the year before to set up the angle and came after Bobby and Stan lost to the Road Warriors.

[@jasonpegram2114]

On that 4 horsemen dvd one of those guys in the front row wearing a suit looked just like eddie guerrero

[@johncolella2715]

Jim Cornette, you are a promo master.

[@jakehebert2014]

How the hell does he remember dates?

[@bobdonda]

seriously... I can remember a lot of stories from the past but I could barely tell you what decade it happened in, probably not even the year

[@_oam_]

He says he has a book

[@williamsmith666]

No drugs, no alcohol, not even caffeine = a much clearer mind than a lot of his peers.

[@lv5vegetto]

Hmm...and I forgot what I had for lunch yesterday..

[@heisensaul5538]

1:04 Well it didn't take long for Bill to go into business for himself. Brian just being like Wrong! When Jim gave his (correct) answer was pretty hilarious.

[@michaelfalkner1186]

1) Someone didn't fact check and wanted to get himself over. 2) REALLY? You forgot Mid-South, Wonderful Willie. 3) Cornette actually beat Baby Doll at some point? 5) Tully and Arn left the NWA, they were supposed to face the Midnights (not quite sure if 3 on 3) in the cage -- this became the backup main event. (Another of Cornette's NWA deep dives.)

[@esiassharkiii7702]

I always wonder when they had that Feud midnight vs. Midnight why didn't they bring in Novell Austin as a substitute being that he was a original member and Dennis Condrey had to leave for personal reasons? Not saying Jake Victory didn't do a great job but that would have been a surprise to the fan if had Austin had a showed up.

[@milegindahouse]

Paul Heyman is the yankee version of Jim Cornette and Jim Cornette is the southern version of Paul Heyman!

[@knowledgeuntamed9177]

You should make post with some of these legendary shows on your KZbin page. Share, create post and it puts it back in ppls streams

[@davidgerow]

I enjoyed reading Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

[@douglaswilson95]

Is that Bill apter or Paul Simon lmao....

[@frankcabanski9409]

Billy Apner is terrific.

[@alanunseld4942]

dead on bill apter travis

[@BranDamBlagg]

Tennis racket

[@iamdb1990]

5:00 that kind of EXACT detail fucking terrifies me, how do you remember everything from that long ago?

[@conniecarroll7222]

Some people are gifted with having total recall in some areas, Cornette is one of those people.

[@chrischar9428]

I knew that shit

[@EAchank]

21 min goes by so fast

[@thekidfromiowa]

I think Bill is Gene Siskel's long lost brother.

[@goonerman6370]

He reminds me of Douglas the trumpet fight man.

[@wallygarrick]

YOU'RE FLAT

[@popecorkyI]

I always saw his as wrestling's Dick Cavett

[@jaythor70]

Arn and the R&R didn't go over. HB won that match.

[@thepalatrpro]

Jim is an encyclopedia of wrestling nostalgia and whatnot. He should take over WWE LOL. I’ll bet if he were there again and doing bookings their rating would go up tremendously as opposed to their product now.

[@herzkine]

How, what could he book to make todays wrestling any interesting?

[@Myndir]

@@herzkine Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal

[@henrick_the_lover]

That reminds me of when The Undertaker(wasn’t the Undertaker yet) came to Memphis and just flat beat Lawler down and busted him open, the match was called for blood loss and the eye being jacked up. Nobody thought Lawler was weak they thought the massive man he wrestled that just got of prison for double murder was a beast.

[@Stumme-40203]

1 wrong 2 wrong I see we’re off to a good start.

[@rubenarriaga3029]

Cornettes laugh lmaoooooo

[@toddkurzbard]

Why does Bill Apter have four eyebrows?

[@retronerdlife4292]

Droopy eyelids.

[@fuscinula]

He has bags OVER his eyes.

[@johnasbury3856]

I love how Jim is so flabbergasted at the over the top answer's people have given to these trivia questions for him because he knows the truth because he is that fucking person its stupendously hilarious. He is just like oh okay fuck it I was there but I'll go with it. 🤣

[@armandomorales0921]

Why does Bill Apter look like Henry Winkler's Fonzie from Happy Days?

[@michaeladderley5180]

Paul E hit Jim Cornette with the phone on TBS...

[@earheadsix4119]

IDK why the west coast has no NWA history. Don Owens in Portland was one of the founding members of the NWA and the NWA champ came through periodically and put the belt on the line.

[@ConnbineHarvester]

Is Bill Apter playing with himself in this pic? :o

[@RichMitch]

THIS QUIZ IS A WORK

[@jakehebert2014]

Who is cornette broadcast partner. Brian something?

[@davidcook3116]

Brian Last.

[@JohnCoctoasten85]

1:20 🤣

[@jasonyoung3070]

Jim Cornette was the best mangers in wrestling i remember as a kid being so made at Jim when he'd use that fucking racket on my favorite guy i hated him as a heel now im a huge fan lol

[@conniecarroll7222]

What book is Cornette referring to?

[@LadyDragonsblood]

He is talking about his wrestling records books. He has kept track of his entire career.

[@MetalMe55iah]

Was October 29th sorry jim

[@3mikeb]

Love Bill Apter

[@Biggrittz]

17:41

[@princetulipe4204]

Cool

[@benmaclean5275]

How he thinks of the things he dune years ago ,all that stuff i cant rember shit about the outher day ... mybe ITS THE WEED I SMOKE LOL

[@jerrelscott418]

The 10th question is at 17:56

[@ZBR_ProXP]

i know most of us all love cornette, but please be honest: have you ever cared about Midnight Express? i assume most of us were WWF kids. Am I wrong?

[@carlb5558]

Yep. You're wrong. It happens.

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Carl B I think we’re gonna need a bigger survey size than just you dude

[@carlb5558]

@@ZBR_ProXP 🤣😂

[@adamstevens8752]

I watched wwf, nwa, uwf, awa as a kid equally.

[@retronerdlife4292]

Yes, you are wrong. In georgia nwa is 4 life.

[@tomwalker389]

I had a huge crush on Liz Hunter as a kid. Then I discovered she wasn't real.

[@leeking9404]

Impossible to listen to this with the constant throat clearing

[@phoenixmodellingphotography]

I don’t know what Brian looks like, is that supposed to be him in this thumbnail?

[@leeberry689]

That's Bill Apter in the thumbnail. He looks better in the thumbnail than he does in person. LOL

[@retronerdlife4292]

Brian last kinda looks like austin st john( the original red power ranger).

[@tomwalker389]

10:25 Nope, it made the Road Warriors look weak.

[@KreamedKARN25]

Royal farms arena

[@Gravydog316]

smark.

[@KreamedKARN25]

Gravydog316 part time Baltimoron.

[@Gravydog316]

@@KreamedKARN25 are you?

[@BeeBumper]

Paul E questions are easy just guess he owed you money and you would probably be correct.

[@endrsgm]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6mri6yuq9efqpI road warriors vs midnights from question 9, i think.

[@michaeladderley5180]

1:15...I remember seeing Jim Cornette on CWF in 1978...as a photographer...🤣🤣🤣...Very True...it was Bill...