Jim Cornette YouShoot: Shawn Michaels and Vader

[@AndyLifeInVideo]

02:40 - Best Vince impersonation ever!!

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

Vader should've been booked like Lesnar is now--an unstoppable monster.

[@Christoffski]

It's a shame we won't get to see Vader in his prime vs. Lesnar

[@senordiablo2856]

Watch WCW in 1993.

[@blindterrytucci2752]

......and the match where Stan Hansen gouged his eye, literally, out of his socket. Vader pushed it back in and kept going....and never once bragged about it or used it to get himself over. It'd be a tough match to call but something tells me there is no way in hell that Lesnar could handle that kind of situation then shrug it off. There is video of the match online if there happens to be anyone who doesn't believe it.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I agree, John Doe. Unfortunately, Vader came in at the wrong time when the Kliq was running the show. I think if Brock came in during 96 and dealt with the Kliq, I guarantee you that he wouldn't be a world champion.

[@Oliver_T_03]

The Vader we saw in WCW, NJPW and AJPW could pummel Brock Lesnar

[@sephiroththeman]

I swear to god I could listen to Jim talk for hours

[@MrDivalover1]

+sephiroththeman Me too!

[@CadeMcArtor10]

Same!

[@Late2thepartyy]

i listen to him on walks during covid lol

[@freddesanantotx4905]

I go to sleep at night🌜 listening to the Drive-Thru

[@ciarantreacy7721]

@@freddesanantotx4905 same 😆

[@Hero_of_Legend]

Frankenstein kicked a few villagers' asses, to get over! Goddamn it, I love Cornette. XD

[@DemonDriver31]

I know lol

[@fuckiopussigetti453]

is it bad that the riff to Benoit's theme played in my head after he said that?

[@dochudson9393]

Fucking awesome quote!

[@merces47letifer4]

"I said, 'It's FUCKIN' VADER!'" hahaha love that passion

[@JoshLavian]

I'm an HBK mark, but I laugh my ass off when Cornette shoots on him.

[@jennymedrano5104]

My favorite thing he says is something about how you only find religion when you mess up your life so badly that no one here on Earth will talk to you lol

[@bangmygavel]

Best Vince McMahon impression ever!!

[@Willverinerage]

I know eh? I was just going to post that! lol

[@carltonw87]

"when mortals wont speak to you, ya find a higher power"

[@kaybee328]

Carlton Winebrenner real shit!!! 💯💯

[@kenterminateddq5311]

@@kaybee328 I don't know if I agree with Cornette about that odd statement. I think most people find God when they ran out of money or too depressed from taking too much drugs.

[@Cajunman1977-k3f]

God is always there also. Doesn't need to be found. A little faith never hurt anybody. The issue is being a true Christian not a RepubliChristian.

[@freddesanantotx4905]

😂

[@nexus6163]

That's true

[@bigboy501]

Vader was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up. A guy that big doing a moonsault?? Incredible athlete!

[@wilabanodeniro9780]

Doing a falling half backflip doesn’t make you an athlete. He’s literally got tits

[@inn3rl0tuss69]

@@wilabanodeniro9780 he does have a superbowl ring

[@asandwich6823]

@@wilabanodeniro9780 can you do one on a top rope though

[@wilabanodeniro9780]

@@asandwich6823 did I say I’m an athlete? I could do one with less than a week training, no doubt.Athletes are in the olympics, in hardcore sports that need strength and cardio to be at the top.to say someone is an athlete because they did half a backflip is ridiculous.that’s not an opinion

[@asandwich6823]

@@wilabanodeniro9780 Less than a week? Yeah I'd like to see you try.

[@beckett929]

2:37 "well we can trademark Mastodon" "FUUCK!" AHAHAHAHAH

[@SouthOx]

my favorite part xD

[@matthewprestia7647]

Frankenstein kicked a few villagers asses to get over. Love it.

[@KalElKentPhoto]

Thing of it is, Jim is 100% right about how Leon "Vader" was in real life. He was related to my ex girlfriend's father and I'd met him back in '97. Though I would seriously doubt if he remembered me. We only spoke a few words, but he was very kind given the circumstances in which we met.

[@arielponce7031]

Vince wanted to change his name to the Mastadon, I said it's fucking Vader!!!? I couldn't stop laughing.

[@LightUpDaBomb1]

lmaoooo

[@TheReviewSpace]

"Frankenstein kicked a few villagers' asses first to get over" LMAO!

[@manifestgtr]

The thought of Vader crying after a match is so sad. Fuck that, man....

[@Derek70388]

Cornette NAILED that Vince impersonaton lmao

[@ChaosoneX]

Man, it's amazing, for all the stuff I've heard on Shawn Michaels, he wasn't thrown out like Ultimate Warrior.

[@markprescott6477]

Him and Vince had a special relationship, some people say it was sexual but I don't believe it was. In past interviews Vince had said that Shawn Michaels when he was young reminded Vince so much of himself at that same age, which is why Vince let him get away with so much. Vince did finally have enough in 2001, and fired Shawn right before he was supposed to be part of a major angle that would involve his in-ring return at WM 17.

[@gadget00]

Shawn has said that he saw Vince like a father and I guess the sentiment was mutual. After all these years, Michaels is still involved with WWE

[@Kjuggs1]

That Vince impression was spot on! Highlight of the piece!

[@t.paddington2760]

I think one of the coolest things they did with Vader was when Kane was doing all those run-ins, hurting and destroying everyone he could get too, long before taker got involved, Vader was the only one who stood his ground, stared Kane right in the eye and said I'm not afraid of you.

[@WaterRunsDark]

but then he got legit obliterated by Kane lol

[@Skate_Membrane]

​@@WaterRunsDarkit was 60- 40 imo.

[@WolfgangVonPoserkila]

"People in this business who find god when everyone else hates them so bad they won't speak to them" That's certainly the case with Russo, Bill Watts, Jake Roberts and Lex Luger.

[@WolfgangVonPoserkila]

***** There are a good batch of decent men in the world of wrestling...

[@djbloodshot]

i wouldnt say jake is as hated by the boys as the other 3

[@remo_1564]

“and by the way Shawn fk you too” gets me every time lmao

[@jaycompany4886]

"When mortals don't speak to you, You find god" lol

[@TeamTowers1]

I cant believe Cornette has the nerve to call any one else unprofessional. Throwing a rock through some ones window, physically assaulting a co worker backstage and threatening to murder some one. Yeah I don't think Corny has a leg to stand on here

[@TeamTowers1]

***** Dosent change the fact that it's hypocritical of him to do so.

[@TairyHesticles]

Greatest "... fuck" ever at the end of this video.

[@ulyssesn0kturnal259]

lmao that vince impression omfg well hes a big mastadon

[@Deathadder1994]

😂😂😂😂😂 this made me laugh so much, I had seen cornete say it than I went back and your comment made me laugh so hard

[@madringking1119]

I just watched the SummerSlam 96 match. You can clearly hear him say MOVE!!

[@stevenhigney3985]

+Samuel Esposito Last I checked, you can actually hear what Shawn says. I don't know about KZbin, but the VHS I still own is crystal clear when that scene happens. I'd check the tape if I was home, but the reality is, it sounds KZbin has a crappy version and the Network may censor/mute that dialogue. I've only seen it live and on VHS many times over the years and he screams move very loudly. It's been too long but asshole, idiot or dumb shit, or all is pretty much what he says. Shoot interviews on the topic have blurred my memory of what was said.

[@TheEman67]

LMAO.. hbk in the 90s was something else

[@rickytpb2164]

He's always been a huge jerk! Still is.

[@liamdunphy7496]

Ricky T.P.B because you know him personally don’t you....

[@chuckfinley6747]

@@liamdunphy7496 when 98% of the locker room says you’re a prick, you’re a prick.

[@NickErrrr]

@@chuckfinley6747 or there jealous lmao

[@starbreaker269]

@@NickErrrr jealous of what lol

[@RedroomStudios]

Loved Cornette's comments about Michaels finding god. just priceless!

[@seanmanscott]

RedroomStudios And he's a 150% right on about how most people who "find God" do it because no one will talk to them anymore.

[@MrConstantine02]

seanmandence "The only people who 'find God' are the ones who've seen the Devil upclose."

[@micomedia5057]

MrConstantine02 and how exactly have they "seen the devil up close?". (this oughta be good)

[@MrConstantine02]

***** I didn't mean it literally, I meant it as a metaphor. I meant to say that the only people who all of a sudden 'find God' are the ones who have done so much shit in their life that one can say, metaphorically speaking, that one could say they've 'seen the Devil'. It's a metaphor, nothing more. You people need to stop taking things so literally.

[@guess6635]

@@micomedia5057 u honestly never heard of a metaphor like that before??

[@84Terminator]

This guy knows a lot, and he’s true about all what he said. I saw the match back in the day, kicking Vader on his face and yelling at him was a thing of ugliness. I wonder how Vader was patient about it, a man of his strength and size would destroy Shawn in seconds.

[@bryanwhite2257]

Vader was a problem

[@jayNicks10]

Thats the funny thing. Shawn was the top guy 1996-1997. But he’s had a lot of locker room fights and lost them all.

[@TheWill0fStrength]

​@@bryanwhite2257nope. You love smelling kenny omega's panties!

[@soorej91]

@@jayNicks10 shawn never won any shoot fight

[@dgall91]

That was the best Vince impression I've ever heard.

[@revmongoose6123]

he cracks me up, I love that Vince impression .

[@Ramblebar]

I'm from Vader's home state of Colorado and I have actually got to meet Vader a couple of times and he couldn't of been nicer or cooler was afraid it would of been the opposite but he was cool as hell!!!

[@marcusrob02]

Cornette's Vince impersonation was spot-on!

[@GeorgeChal77]

Can't do anything but love Shawn's old adventuresome days

[@sebastianquilt]

His Vince McMahon impressions is spot-on! Cornette rules!

[@mikeblank7165]

1:45 Jim, can you please tell us, your opinion of Shawn Michaels. And please do not hold back. Thank you. .

[@justinmartin1831]

I remember when Vader first came to WWF in 1996 and I was so excited thinking of all the dream matches that of could happened. Vader should of won the WWF title off Shawn at survivor series and lost it back to him at Royal Rumble but they went with Sid instead. We should of got Vader vs Bret for the belt at December IYH and major feuds with Sid, The Undertaker, and Mankind but since Shawn always got in Vince's ear and played politics, he killed Vader's run by crying about him being too rough in the ring and is all downhill from there.

[@danzig73079]

I loved Vader. I always wondered why he never got the success he should have had in WWF.

[@JJA1987]

You can blame that on Shawn's prick attitude back then which Cornette said

[@ricardomauricioaraya7625]

He was to stiff, he was neve able to lighten down

[@thomasedwards5531]

Ricardo Mauricio Araya G. Shawn would not of lasted in the 70s then because wrestlers hit hard then

[@ricardomauricioaraya7625]

Thomas Edwards yes, your totally right. Vader was stiff because thats all he knew, learning from guys like Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody. Micheals is or was an a-hole imo.

[@ricardomauricioaraya7625]

Vader was awesome, he just didnt get used to the wwf style i guess...

[@CarolinaBlood704]

Good Vince impersonation.

[@docj09]

that vince impersonation was spot on

[@kylesmith9944]

It wasn't just Shawn that told Vader to stop working so stiff. Bret Hart told him the same thing.

[@Jerkwad152]

If Cornette cared to, he could probably screw WWE over with a few well-placed phone calls and that Vince McMahon impression of his. :D

[@quadjaysport]

He would of fooled my ass if I worked at the WWE headquarters

[@tonyacoffey2007]

Hbk is the best in world

[@jameslehmer5440]

Yeah...at being an insecure, selfish, petulant, drug addicted piece of shit who ruined a LOT of wrestlers' careers because he needed to have the spotlight on himself 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Fuck Shawn Michaels!

[@TheTopTurnchuckle]

I can imagine Vince elaborating his goals by just changing his tone. "Hes a BIG MASTADON!"

[@padensmith7643]

Hahahahaha That was the best Mcmahon impression of all fucking time. Im an HBK fan, but I gotta hand it to Cornell on this one. Shawn was drugged out and as egotistical as they come. That's why his prime only lasted from 1996-1998. He was his own worst enemy in that light. By the time he returned after his back injury it really was watered down Shawn compared to what he was. Always a fan though. Jim really does a good job at calling wrestlers on there shit. Especially the way they disrespect the business.

[@stevecjazz]

Shawn Michaels is a joke, his career is based off other people putting him over. he's an asshole.

[@franv342]

+Steven Car BS he put a lot of new wrestlers over on his second run and he refuse to have the title as well

[@stevecjazz]

+Fran V he's a joke get over it

[@stevecjazz]

+Steven Car listen to the stories about him he's a loser

[@franv342]

+Paden Smith Oh and the watered down part is bullshit, him vs kurt angle at 21 and against taker are awesome matches just to name a few. Pro Wrestlin Illustrated gave him the match of the year award 7 times in a row!!!

[@JonLuTube]

Got damn Cornette hates Shawn Michaels lmao

[@trza49er]

I never understood why WCW and Vader parted ways. He was phenomenal in that promotion.

[@BurgerIceburg]

That fight with Paul Orndorff

[@DavidM563]

Probably watch this clip at least once a week. Never gets old.

[@rutterb0]

Heaven forbid Shawn not want to actually get hit in a pro wrestling match. I always love the term "working stiff." Working stiff is not hard. Anyone can work stiff. The real skill and the real art comes in making the punches look real when they're not. I always find it humorous when someone criticizes a wrestler for not wanting to work with somebody who is legitimately hitting them.

[@afreeman69]

Shawn Micheals was not only a Drug Addict he was also Sweet undercover.

[@jeidizzle7966]

Hell yeah, Cornette!!

[@Derek70388]

Vader originally wrestled in Japan where that was normal. He was stiff with everyone. Even Cornette admitted it. Vader was widely known as being stiff, but he wasn't reckless. He didn't go around injuring guys. If you want to see a guy who was stiff AND reckless, see Goldberg. Vader was equally stiff, but he didn't injure guys. Vader was known as a professional, Goldberg had guys(i.e. William Regal) try to show him up in the ring. That's the difference.

[@stevenkwak1812]

Jim Cornette is at his best when he spits fire like this vid.

[@MrDivalover1]

+Steven Kwak Jim cornette shoots are great, When he is doing shoots on 3 people he hates the most. That would be 1.russo 2. kevin dunn 3. hbk 3 people cornette has major heat with over yrs. Cornette is very entertaining. Siriusxm Should give cornette his own wrestling channel on siriusxm.

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

As a someone who is starting to do interviews Jim Cornette is my spirit animal!

[@Dwayne4007]

Shawn Michaels: 👁'0

[@RandolfLycan]

"Well we can trademark it" Lmao I love how Vince just thinks everyone is always gonna steal his crazy ideas.

[@Stauntxn]

Everyone seems to hate the "old" Shawn Michaels, but I personally find the stories about him hilarious because he did what he wanted and no one could stop him. Badass.

[@supershippy100]

The McMahon impression was spot on😂

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

Good to hear Cornette tell it like it is. Shawn Michaels was a horrible human being in those days and yet Vince treated him like royalty.

[@TheRichardMorse]

I know HBK was a dick in the 90s but ngl the summerslam temper tantrum on Vader is funny as hell 😂😂😂😂

[@SignoftheMagi]

VKM likes certain themes and gimmicks, which he tends to repeat over and over. The Mastadon bit got used on other wrestlers too, the last one being Viscera. He also has a thing for dancers and song using the phrase 'somebody call my momma', which has now been used on three different wrestlers. He likes bright colors, evil rich guys, long hair. Muscle and definition equals skill and competence, while not having it means slow, stupid and/or silly.

[@DediJ8k]

If HBK is the changed individual he claims to be (which, after watching some of his interviews and documentaries, I believe he is) he would probably be the first one to agree with Cornette's negative assessment and probably feels pretty sorry for the things he did.

[@DediJ8k]

Shadowlit001 I don't know the details (and neither do you), but guess what? You can be a Christian and still not get along with some people, or maintain negative aspects of your personality. It may surprise you, but Christians are people too.

[@lokimudbogger8215]

Well We Can Trade Mark It, He's A Big Mastodon..............Fuck! lol I'm Still Laughing :)

[@mofrakker]

I wish Jim was back on the mic at RAW. Even when he was a heel, the crowd always loved his comments.

[@TheEman67]

fuck... I watched every Cornette video... Nothing to watch now :(

[@TheDiOnium]

Dude I know the feeling. I could watch Cornette talk all day.

[@cmurphy0707]

Listen tot The Steve Austin Show, Jim Cornette was on an episode.

[@TheMeanGreenGoblin]

That was the best Vince impression I've ever heard. Lol

[@Raiderlax32]

That was a great Vince impersonation

[@NateTheGreat1684]

I know right? That impression is spot on!!!

[@MaxxPrime]

Holy crap! That's the best Vince I've ever heard. It almost sounds like a clip dubbed in!

[@JeffSayYes]

Here's the summerslam incident www.dailymotion.com/video/xzo2s3_summerslam-1996-shawn-michaels-vs-vader-wwf-championship_sport&start=1091 he really kicked him, damn

[@DediJ8k]

That is pretty messed up. Vader MUST have been the big teddy bear Cornette and other folk have said he is--otherwise I'm not sure what prevented him from grabbing Michaels and turning him into a pretzel.

[@JeffSayYes]

DediJ8k probably his job

[@shamantrainer]

The best vince impersonation i have ever heard or ever will hear.

[@YokozunaNumber1]

When Shawn became the wrestling version of Kirk Cameron, that's when I stopped being his fan.

[@Publicenemy85]

If I remember that’s when ratings went down so low that they created the attitude era.

[@InfamousMacc]

That was the best Vince impression ever!!!! I had to double check to see if vince walked thru the interview

[@LuxuryL0rd]

Man I used to like Shawn Michaels as a kid but now that I can look back at PPV's like SummerSlam 96 which I just finished watching, I lost a lot of respect I previously had for Shawn. Vader should have easily been put over without a problem but Shawn Michaels of course had a huge ego and probably still does considering he sweet chinned Sting at WM to help bury him. He uses religion as an excuse to be looked at in a positive light as well. The fact that he and the Kliq killed kayfabe at the Garden in 1996 just showed he had no respect for wrestling and keeping it's secrets.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Clokworx Ummm the superkick to Sting was part of the storyline. And Shawn has admitted to being a big time asshole back in the 90's, everybody knows this. As for the MSG incident, Vince gave those guys permission to do that so blame him. And I like how killing kayfabe at a friggin' house show "killed the business". A lot bigger issues did more to "kill the business" than that one night and considering we still had the attitude era to come it didn't kill anything.

[@kao123456654]

Anthony Anderson He didn't give them permission to do it. He just didn't care that they did it. When footage of the video was leaked, he punished them by sticking them in low profile matches for years...HHH was even taken out of the running for King of the Ring finalist and was replaced by Stone Cold.

[@Derek70388]

+kao123456654 The only one who received any sort of punishment was Triple H. Hall and Nash were about to bolt to WCW and Shawn was already WWE champ and the company's biggest draw.

[@OneCrayGuy89]

"When mortals won't speak to you, you find a higher power." True story lol

[@HoshizakiYoshimasa]

While people with no relationship with God have abysmal birthrates

[@KOHF34]

Cornette really seems like an honest, straight-forward guy. A lot of the stuff he mentions is easily verifiable. If you go back to the tape, Michaels does kick Vader like he says, and also, Michaels appeared to dislike Jose Lothario - at the Wrestlemania match with Bret Hart, after winning, you can see Michaels say something to Earl Hebner, and then Hebner seems to tell Lothario to get out of the ring (which Lothario did, albeit with frustration).

[@magsxx9735]

He said that about Bret not Jose

[@RichardGustason]

"Frankenstien kicked a few villagers before getting over!" Probably the best line in this interveiw or if anything on earth. :) LOL

[@XxowendanxX]

love jim cornette!!

[@curr3nc1000]

His Vince impression was right on. LOL

[@shutterbuggfan]

This is why I like Jim so much, he tells it like it is.

[@giovannisocci8793]

Vader was no coward,Ordorff alleged that he beat up Vader,and he possibly did,I ve known big men who refuse to fight,not out of fear,but simply bc they have no need to prove anything,they don t have the urge or feel the need to prove superiority against smaller men.. They don t think like we normal size people do. Vader was a gentle,kind man; he could ve destroyed Orndorff or Michaels,swat them like flies,he chose not to,to some he might ve been a coward,to some,he was a man with love in his heart and kindness in his soul,who had nothing to prove.

[@BKTMRECORDZ]

everyone hated the old shawn michaels

[@TheIrishEnigma]

Shawn really changed his ways, when he came back, he did the job to just about every guy out there., it's funny, you only hear about the shit he did when he was younger, nobody ever has a bad thing to say about Shawn's second run with the company.

[@AriesAriza]

As someone who has never in the 25 years of watching wrestling, liked Shawn Michaels, it makes me happy things like youshoot exist. I say this because in my generation if you KNEW something about a performer it was still just heresay, there was no internet, kayfabe was still such a big deal. NOW we live in an era where alot of these dickheads manipulating the business can be properly exposed and shot on. Makes me smile.

[@NickCorvello]

Wow, never knew Cornette was so good with impressions. Spot on Vince voice :)

[@PlayboyofWrestling]

Glad to see Im not the only one who hates Shawn Michaels

[@fadein99]

***** Are you still living in the 20th century? It's like saying you hate Germany because of Hitler.

[@adityabimal6550]

+El Diablo true

[@Deathadder1994]

I didn’t expect the Vince impersonation 😂

[@beaufortboy31]

He Shoots Better Than CM Punk

[@butterknifebandit]

That was the most spot-on Vince impression ever.

[@merces47letifer4]

I said, IT'S FUCKIN VADER! haha corny

[@84slaughter]

Vader Shows What Kind Of Man He Is During Ringside With Vader When He Compliments Shawn And Says He's Top 2 He Ever Worked With After Sting... Pure Class...

[@kopsu6739]

Vader did not move so it was automatically Shawn's fault? Well, sure it was a little unprofessional to give Vader a little kick in the head, but there has been so many unprofessional wrestlers and yet for some reason people only seem to remember Shawn Michaels. Vader layed his hands on some talk show host, because the host asked him "is wrestling real or fake" (the question was written by a viewer). Jeff Hardy was an erratic junkie who refused to go to rehab and constantly did not appear on the show. Batista was an asshole at the backstage. He thought he was the better than everyone else and got tons of heat from other wrestlers.

[@786AbdulSalamKhan]

Yeah what was Shawn supposed to do but improvise when Vader fucked up? It's funny how these so called 'smarks' get so opinionated about wrestlers in real life and let it affect their Wrestling opinion. They really need to realise that Wrestling as a whole is fake and that it's all backstage politics.

[@iantownsend5480]

Vader did put his hands on a interviewer on a talk show, it was a rib, a good friend of the host told Vader when he asks if wrestling is fake go completely nuts, Vader not knowing the host didn't know about this nearly shat him when Vader went nuts, Undertaker saved Vader's job by telling all the wwf heads he was there when Vader was asked to do it by the friend of the host. The full story is on Austin podcast with Vader part 2

[@DynamicThreads]

Dude that Vince impression was spot on hahaha

[@sirjohnrambo]

I saw a house show in 1996 or maybe early 97 the main event was Shawn vs Vader....lot better than most of the matches on the card like Justin Hawk Bradshaw vs Ahmed Johnson, etc

[@ToruKun1]

"MASTADON" has now become short-hand for "big guys Vince likes" in IWC vernacular, LOL

[@ahwylaw]

Perfect Vince McMahon impression.

[@WolfgangVonPoserkila]

I lost my shit when he said about Shawn... "He was always on fuckin pills!" LMAO

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Cornettes impersonation of Vince is SPOT FUCKING ON omg I was dying! Lol oh shit...

[@dannyh5937]

This man was born to be in wrestling

[@turbogeek.421]

"When mortals won't speak to you, you find a higher power" - Love it!

[@HoshizakiYoshimasa]

And when you don't have a higher power, having a large family is simply too much to ask for. Athiest birthrates are abysmal

[@JOHNN01.82]

If Shawn embarrassed me like that if i was Vader knowing my push is over with Shawn burying him to Vince i would have beat the shit out of him as soon as we got back through the curtain

[@Hellwig64275]

"When mortals won't speak to you, you find a HIGHER POWER" LOL