Jim Cornette YouShoot: Hercules' Slap

A story from the one and only Jim Cornette about Hercules
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[@badnewsBH]

We started a "Hacksaw sucks!" chant one time when the WWF was in town, and Herc was his opponent. Neither he nor Duggan knew what to do, but after a few seconds, the whole arena was in on it. After a bit, Herc starts waving at us to keep it up, and even though he had to do the job that night, he got up on the second rope and flexed for us. We cheered him. "You'll get him next time, Herc!" :P Herc was awesome.

[@EnforcerX71]

What says it all is Barry Darsow saying "I'd hit you, but I can't possibly hit you as hard as he's gonna hit when he comes back here..." The same Barry Darsow who was a nightclub bouncer in Minnesota with the likes of The Road Warriors, Curt Hennig & Rick Rude.

[@attentionwrestlingdisorder1587]

I think it was more of how mad herc was at the fan I'm sure strength wise Darsow is comparably strong to herc sometimes stiff slapping someone hard goes past strength it digs into desire to hit them cuz you're mad

[@misstrussteLgbTq]

That last line about not punching the guy is absolutely the best line to end on, I'm in pain from hearing it... THAT is how powerful Hercules slap is, I'm feeling it in my diaphragm over a decade later and he didn't even hit me!

[@DevilTakeMe]

"Oh, Jimmy, if ya hit somebody with your fist, you could hurt 'em!" *dies of laughter*

[@JackgarPrime]

That's what you get for attacking a guy calling himself Hercules.

[@andyt2k]

Yeah, that's one of the more accurate wrestling nicknames

[@cbaile]

Might be my favorite Cornette story.

[@Konni1969]

Hercules was my favorite Wrestler when I started to watch in 1988. Sad, that he never really got a bigger push.

[@professorsponge1554]

Owen Hart, Hercules, King Kong Bundy, and Bam Bam Bigelow for the HOF. I would have put Herc first since this vid's about him but... Owen Hart.

[@SolidMike84]

You got the touch You got the power

[@MrJohn1Cage]

"So we step over the fucking guy."

[@DissFunkShunIll]

when he described the slap it made the side of my neck twitch and the ear and side of my head tingle lol flashbacks of childhood when dad would get his hands on me after I did a no-no lol

[@bugsfrickingbunny]

thats funny as hell jim you tell some of the best wrestling stories

[@workingclassrunner]

Hercules looked like the wrestling version of Lyle Alzado. That man was a beast.

[@YokozunaNumber1]

+Steven Gomez I used to think the two were the same guy.

[@TroydragonBelmont]

This is amazing stuff! I never knew Hercules Hernandez did that to a fan. XD Wow, nearly two years old comment. Time goes by so quickly.

[@FerretJohn]

Hernandez was one of the legitimately toughest men in the ring, he was on the top of the pile in many a bar brawl, clearing the bar while the drunken bad-asses were laying there wondering who laid down the train tracks inside the building. The general rule in wrestling is You Don't Touch The Fans, unless they touch you first, then of course all bets are off.

[@TroydragonBelmont]

Yeah, fans should never try to hit the wrestlers… but overall seeing them trying to hit them is pretty funny, i remember starrcade, Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper, a fan tried to get in the ring, Hogan and the referee beat the guy, hah!

[@RyanB1987]

4 year old comment now

[@stevend.1378]

I really laughed at Hercules's response at the end

[@TheLeroyMoon]

In the last 30 years, Cornette has worked for virtually every major U.S. based promotion: NWA, AWA, WWF(&E),TNA,WCW.... In recent years, the number of wrestlers he's created for the WWE in developmental leagues like Smoky Mountain Wresting and Ohio Valley Wrestling is phenomenal. In addition, he's managed several world champions, he's legendary on the mic, and IF he's not currently working for a "big league company," it's probably because he doesn't want to.

[@MarkindVGA]

Lol , We step of the fucking guy

[@theoneandonlygrod]

"If you hist som'un with a fist, you could hurt 'm" Jesus H. FUCK!

[@PYLrulz1984]

One of my favorite stories of all time!

[@TMoney9961]

Because he tells it like it is, he doesn't sugar coat anything. And some big league companies, like WWE, don't like that.

[@sammys70]

Who is JImmy talking about,Hercules Hernadez?

[@BocookGaming]

Oh, man... Oh, I haven't laughed this hard in awhile!

[@ReeseKaine]

Reminds me of the story where Rick Rude (A legit arm-wrestling champion) knocked out Rapmaster P.N. News with a slap. :-D

[@deadfrik]

Man Jim Cornette talks like Tarantino in Desperado.

[@AlabamaPowell]

Can you imagine the size of the book Cornett could write.

[@victorszasz6315]

Maybe not now given how soft everything is, but you gotta understand this was a different time. You used to actually have to do damage to someone to get an assault charge, now simply touching someone is grounds for one. Plus if you listened to any of Cornette's other interviews, like the RF video shoot in 2000, you would know that wrestlers got away with alot. Bill Watts openly hit people attacking his heels right in front of cops, but because he was so famous there they didn't arrest him.

[@Jarvisdoctor]

I can just picture that guy sitting in the back just wetting himself, thinking about what would happen once the match was over! The waiting is always the worst thing when you know a reckoning is coming!

[@Jayonthecob85]

"And he's layin' right there and he's done. one slap." haha

[@TippiGordon]

Always have, always will. I was a huge MX mark back in the day.

[@Konni1969]

Hercules was one of my first favourites.

[@bearmassaro]

I have been. Walking around the house all day with wireless headphones, listening to Jim rant...

[@MrJoshyg28]

im from baton rouge and those double doors at the centroplex are classic lol

[@RiC_David]

God that's a great quote.

[@cavalierfan1995]

HERCULES FTW

[@stipe9401]

My favorite story is told by Gary Hart when him and The Spoiler came to hotel with their wives and the clerk thought they were hookers.

[@TheTopTurnchuckle]

"SMACK!-SMACK!-SMACK! XP" LOVE YA JIMMY

[@JasonL77]

@DevilTakeMe From what I've heard about Hercules, it seemed like he was a nice guy, just not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[@CustomJ]

I heard the late great Ravishing Ric Rude did the same thing!

[@robertmamea9916]

Hercules should be inducted into the HOW next year he was WWE early version of Rhyback

[@donnydizzle2781]

The day Barney Fife got slapped it should be titled, Lol and If you are not over 6ft please refrain from taking the name Hercules.. Waiting for the , He was 6'"8 responses, LMAAAAO, yeah and Andre was 7'4"

[@chrisz31974]

@CombatSportFan You could get away with a lot more back then

[@BSultimate]

Hercules Hernandez.

[@dannythetank1]

RIP Hercules. Even he probably would have been a multiple time world champion in the jokes that are WWE and TNA

[@Angerissues84]

That is awesome! I pissed myself when I read that that story

[@sserpent21]

Who the fuck gets into fights in bars with Haku?

[@bellefeu]

Rick Rude slapped out MANY a man...especially bouncers who thought he was just a pretty boy ;-)

[@stndrds79]

agreed

[@Killacorn]

is that a statement or a question?

[@noly310]

That is a great story!

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

I love the vids on here called one slap KO's

[@ChocolateAssMilk]

lol my dad slapped the shit out of me too. He would hit me with anything he could get his hands on from extension cords, brooms, even a rake once. When he was in a real bad mood he would burn me with his cigarette lighter.

[@TheSaltySeaman]

ChocolateAssMilk thank god you never tried to jump a wrestler. You’re dad REALLY woulda gave you a beating for that kind of shit.

[@TMoney9961]

WWE is the top company because there's no competition. TNA doesn't pose a threat, and ROH and Chikara aren't big enough, and all the other ones might as well be backyard feds in comparison.

[@noloking]

Good thing he did not do it to Santino Marrela, lawls!

[@SuperRenegadeOutlaw]

Hercules Hernandez keeps his pimp hand strong

[@TCVB491]

Then why does wwe have the ratings they have now? Obviously there isn't a balance, between going for the dollar and still having a good product.

[@12ajax21]

lmao, fucking epic slap

[@MystikWizard]

Sounds like the guy was selling the slap for all it was worth, like the mark he was.

[@rozz6398]

The wives or the wrestlers? LMAO

[@black_squall]

This is a hilarious story!

[@TheDarkBoof]

Touche

[@msaoichan]

And there is one other thing. Vince McMahon and most of his staff have a very pronounced distaste towards the more traditional style of professional wrestling, as well as shoot-style forms of wrestling. This is one reason the likes of Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono never performed in the WWE/F (Although I and a few others would have paid dearly to see it.)

[@DevilTakeMe]

And that's the reason why Cornette doesn't work for them. It's not even wrestling anymore, right? It's "Sports Entertainment," and it's not even entertaining enough to watch. It's too corporate, too packaged, too artificial. And with that, comes the corporate mindset, which a guy like Cornette cannot agree with. His biggest problems in the business have always been from what happens behind the scenes, not with angles or anything. Kevin Dunn, Vince Russo, Johnny Ace, etc. Office politics.

[@jjgato]

As much as I don't agree with Jim politics and beliefs...he tells some awesome wrestling stories. Stuff Vince would never allow anyone to tell post-wwe. LOL!

[@MrStcarroll29]

God Bless Jim Cornette (even though he's an athiest) I just Love his stories

[@robertmcelwaine7024]

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

[@bellefeu]

every sixth word would be 'FUCK"

[@Killacorn]

LOL IMA DUMMY

[@stillfly239]

LOL

[@NathanArnoldCharging]

X-D hahaha

[@TMoney9961]

If I used it towards a woman, then yes, it would be degrading. But I didn't, so it's not.

[@stipe9401]

Excellent ! LOL :-)

[@truindividual]

LMAO!

[@TheDarkBoof]

Im sorry, but who the fuck tackles Hercules Hernandez??

[@MelodicHollier]

LOL that was so funny

[@MrJacobs]

shit..the man could have very well killed the guy if he punched him....lol Id stay he was taking it easy but thats just me. The guy who got slapped may sing a different tune tho LMAO

[@Pete1230]

LOLOLOL!!!

[@flatulatingmarmoset]

Mwhahaha!!!

[@quietriotfan1976]

way to funny

[@wizeguy26]

lol dam herc

[@Aznar245]

That sounds like a BS story.. The cops won't allow you to hurt a guy once they've pulled him aside.

[@RobwLPOC]

Keep in mind this would have been around 35 years ago in the 80's. The cops were generally off duty and being paid by the promoter to be there. Different time different era. Bobby Heenan did a shoot where he mentioned the cops held the guy for him and gave him one shot for retribution after he had attacked Bobby. (Hilariously as he was lining the guy up another wrestler punted the guy in the nuts causing Bobby to miss and almost break his hand on the wall.) Back in those days if you came over the railing you were fair game. Even today It is considered criminal trespass and you have the right to do whatever you pretty much want to a trespasser that is trying to assault you. Only the legal ramifications stop this from happening today. Back in the days of the territories, the wrestler would never even be charged let alone sued. The police chiefs etc were generally friends with the promoters and they would look the other way because the events brought money to the towns.

[@SuperKeith00]

@DevilTakeMe me 2

[@clowntears777]

111

[@JustDance3MaskedMan]

It's freaking hilarious.... Till you find out the guy died from head trauma....

[@KegOfMeat]

+Masked Man ooh...

[@theoneandonlygrod]

Good thing Herc didn't use a closed fist. It would've killed his parents too!

[@SDG.12]

acting tough to a fan ....what a tough guy

[@solidcake3401]

Bollocks.