JIM ROSS: THIS is why JIM CORNETTE *hated* VINCE RUSSO & KEVIN DUNN

[@MilMaska]

"I get up in the morning and do my morning Russo" - Jim Cornette

[@EazyE11]

Taking Harley out to do her Russo gets me every time 😂

[@TL2354]

Fascinating

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Meanwhile Russo actually had success in the business while was a failure everywhere he went. Meanwhile the wrestling business is dying while you marks try to $imp for Cornette to try to get KZbin likes lol.

[@rd6931]

@@ElAssoWipe-o Cornette had success too didn't he? Not just in recent memory though, successful nonetheless during his time (70s and 80s era?).

[@chriswarfield7520]

​@@ElAssoWipe-owhile you simp for Plumber Moxley and Young Bucks.

[@rDanny]

One thing I realise now, is as a kid the wrestlers managers commentary or whomever I hated the sight of and couldn't stand I hold in the highest regard now

[@60BloodyChamp60]

Those were the guys who just always got it. Jim Cornette, Bobby Heenan, and others.

[@Famous_Athlete_Hashimoto]

"Hogan's telling the truth." That's a phrase you don't hear very often lol

[@dantecarroll2435]

ikr

[@MikePetett]

I don't think I've EVER heard it lol

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

The majority of the people in the wrestling business are liars including you.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Corny has lied numerous times as well.

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@ElAssoWipe-o right

[@madanotsob]

I love Cornette. I agree with 90% of the things he says even though his hatred towards some performers is a little over the top at times.

[@stonehorn4641]

Yeah, but you need to remember that some of the “hate” is him playing a character (and getting paid for it)

[@aceloco817]

Shoot, that's the best part of the show! When Corny buries people! 😂

[@AdonisMediaProductions]

Exactly you distilled it perfectly.

[@h445]

do you agree w/ his racism?

[@stonehorn4641]

@@h445 he isn’t racist

[@ozzy6994]

“You gotta be smart on how you book people and not be near sighted” is what J.R. should be telling Tony Khan every day

[@garydevlin8178]

‘If you’ve ever heard Cornette talk for more than an hour…’ hell thanks to the magic of KZbin people these days actually sleep to considerably more than that Conrad 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@TheRiderInBlack85]

When I heard Conrad say for more than an hour, my response was like “if if you listen to him more than five minutes” lol

[@curtisterry1983]

That's cause people have short attention spans and want to have all their own biases and opinions validated

[@DoktorRotwang]

^This. When I discovered by accident that Corny had a podcast, I spent a Labor Day weekend listening to them.

[@adamweishaupt2846]

I remember in the early days of youtube whenever I discovered a Cornette shoot interview it was the greatest thing ever. I never imagined back then that we would eventually live in a glorious world where we would get 7 hours of new Cornette content every single week.

[@TheRiderInBlack85]

⁠@@adamweishaupt2846I remember the first you shoot video I saw of Corny ripping into Johnny Ace, and looking up other videos! Man!!! Corny is very entertaining

[@ivanwesley8182]

I met Big Show when he was very young and in the WCW, in the Opryland hotel. He was extremely nice and friendly, he took a funny picture with me too, posing like he was about to slug me. Great guy, great athlete and great performer

[@Jaxsinholt]

No u didnt. Stop lying Noone cares

[@ivanwesley8182]

@@Jaxsinholt 🙄

[@JerseyDevils21]

​@@Jaxsinholtwhat the hell?

[@bold810]

Hello, J.R. - thanks for your years of announcing! 🎉

[@panelvixen]

Dream scenario: Bischoff, Cornette, and Russo meet up to finish it once and for all. Then you hear "Reporting live, Dave Meltzer." They turn and look right him.

[@Famous_Athlete_Hashimoto]

Holy shit this gave me a good laugh. I'd pay hundreds to see that!

[@Ziomaletto]

Cornette's butthurt ego would never agree to it.

[@CornBreadtm1]

@@Ziomaletto What are you talking about? Russo got a restraining order on Cornette for Cornette calling him out to meet up face to face to end it all. Cornette signed and sold the restraining order too!

[@thekendemetrishow]

@@CornBreadtm1exactly… “I promised my wife I wouldn’t go to prison…”

[@zachary_attackery]

all 3 of them say the exact same thing about modern wrestling

[@tomtalker2000]

JR and Cornette collectively have SO MUCH experience and wisdom in this business. It's really beyond the pale in terms of how much they know. I truly hope the younger generation of talent soaks all of that up like sponges. Because when these guys are no longer with us the business is going to have a difficult time. That's how important they are to it in my humble opinion.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

How is Cornette is experience when he's been fired from every company that he worked for and has other men sle3p with his wife?

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Cornette has never been fired. You are a liar

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

@@jabrockobiden9434 LMAO

[@kraig7777]

@@ElAssoWipe-o You can type out sleep if you want to. Stop being such an obvious troll.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

@@kraig7777 Calling others a tr0ll doesn't cover up your tr0lling, tr0ll.

[@gavo117]

Cornette is one of the greatest minds in the history of the business. You can hate him you can love him but you can’t deny him. Everything he says comes true sooner or later.

[@MisterE1976]

I agree wholeheartedly!

[@METALMAN-gp2kw]

I absolutely despise his politics, but he definitely knows, and understands professional wrestling. I would watch any wrestling program that he was part of.

[@KBGiantsfan]

Agreed

[@gregofthelake]

Agree with everybody. He knows wrestling history probably better than anyone. And he is very consistent in his views. There are people he personally hates, but mostly he looks at wrestling for the way it is done today more than the who is doing it. My opinion. Now, when you get on his s list, you stay there.

[@0Vladislav0]

nah, he is pretty often full of crap. Yes, he is a great mind. But imagine him doing Attitude Era. He would cry about tits and asses everywhere, why people swear so much, why this, why that. Russo was great for that time. But Russo is too egoistical. And Cornette is too stubborn. They really should work together, but they hate each other too much.

[@MidnightLight1]

JR I just want to say u are a living legend have watched u in every company u have been in. Ur a pillar of wrestling and there will never be another commentator that will ever live up to ur name Thank u for all the hours of fun.

[@emanuelfer456]

Get rid of Conrad Thomeltzer

[@Saveit.]

Cornette is a person who when he talks you can't help but listen. He k ows his stuff and I'm a old school fan I haven't watched in years but I do listen to Cornette talk about the program

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

Not only about the business but I enjoy the bits of the show when he talks about everyday life like problems with his broadband or trying to pay for a ppv...

[@Hieistan69]

The funniest thing about this is JR is giving the same answer cornette would but more polite.

[@wolfthornhawkridge5705]

Thanks JR for always being a stable pillar in wrastling. I regularly re watch UWF and always look forward to your commentary. Fun fact, I used to watch UWF on a TV with a set of rabbit ear antennas that I had to continually adjust throughout the broadcast.

[@Leaf_Locke]

Angle is probably the best comedy heel that will ever exist. One of the rare exceptions JR Mentioned.

[@vanyadolly]

And Jericho. Funny heels are great!

[@dxfifa]

You have to be laughing AT the cringey heel, not with them though

[@anthonybatissa1417]

(Heels + Comedy) don't make a lot of sense, Hard to dislike someone who makes you laugh!

[@davidworden4470]

Cornett is a pillar of wrestling

[@12InchMassiveOnline]

The thumbnail said THE PLANE WAS BURNING, JR actually said THE FLAME WAS BURNING

[@djangofett4879]

we got clickbaited!

[@VirgilZandig]

The WWF plane was on fire and Kevin Dunn's father and Vince Russo's father saved the production tapes from going up in flames.

[@jaythor70]

@@VirgilZandig Too bad Russo's mother didn't swallow.

[@Dynaraw]

Good job detective 😂

[@blakemeads9225]

Conrad loves his clickbait.

[@freestaterevolution]

The irony is, if you read the reviews of AEW/WWE from the past 5 to 10 years from Russo, and Cornette, without knowing who said what, they essentially have the same take on modern wrestling. 😂

[@brianneeley9455]

Love Cornette he is the most talented at what he does and has amazing talent and knowledge and is very relavant on the industry past and present. He is 100% accurate on Russo and Dunn.

[@toma.4808]

I love cornie. Hes a legend and derserves a wwe hof induction. As does the midnight express.

[@KokomoJuggalo]

Corny was 100% right about Shitstain and Dunn. Always was, always will be.

[@zachary_attackery]

Go watch Cornette's "guest booker" video where he books the WCW invasion angle....it was absolutely horrible.

[@Tommygunn258]

You sound like a brainless buffoon, you even use Cornettes insult, mark.

[@WhatAboutall]

cult member

[@KokomoJuggalo]

@@WhatAboutall 4 life

[@cb3648]

@@zachary_attackery it was so horrible it's one of KC best selling videos ever.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

I always wished they would have tried to create another Andre the Giant type with The Big Show or even The Great Kali. Someone who was used very selectively and never pinned. So when that finally happened it shook the wrestling world.

[@adamwatson6916]

There was one very big issue with Khali which was that he Couldn't work and had awful mobility. The big show could work and had Great athletic ability and mobility for a Big Man . Khali was basically Giant Gonzales 2.0

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@adamwatson6916 yeah I know. But they could have protected Kali and Gonzales better and developed their abilities more, I'm sure, with more time.

[@kraig7777]

@@adamwatson6916 Big Show was somehow too normal to be another Andre. Andre was a legendary freak, not just a real big guy.

[@Bmd-gc]

Im so glad we’ll always have these. One of my favorite parts of modern wrestling is getting all this information, stories, insight, and informed speculation. Guys back in the 90s early 2000s wanted this kind of stuff so bad! It’s awesome and it’s a way for them to keep working and making a living.

[@kraig7777]

It's good for the business too! I actually started tuning in to AEW because of Cornette knocking it. I must be watching the wrong show because I love it.

[@darylmixan8170]

I love LOVE how everybody does that high pitch Cornette impression... It sounds NOTHING like him, but everybody knows thats the Cornette impression.

[@Heavy_C]

Big L from Conrad. Russo and Dunn almost NEVER come up on Cornette's shows anymore. Only when something on social or something topical happens. He hasn't really spoken about either in years unless they're in the news.

[@AdonisMediaProductions]

yeah agreed, I was surprised, he must not watch Cornette much or is just using hyperbole.

[@killerflamingo9566]

He’s more pissed at the Weasel Colin Thompson currently

[@jimmyjarrett-ws2iz]

I guarantee JR agrees with 99% of what Cornette says.

[@xbigwormx]

Too bad we never got that Jim Cornette vs Vince Russo TLC Hell in a Cell match with New Jack as the guest referee. 😥😢😭😭

[@Boxing-Content]

What was he guessing?

[@LorGlocky]

I hope corny can go in the hall of fame here in a year or two he deserves it

[@veegob5287]

Cornette calling HBK a fornicator may be the funniest line in wrestling history that gets zero credit. 😂😂 Such a great moment.

[@creoleDJ]

And absolutely true! 🤣

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

Why was foleys pod cancelled? He told stories, he didn’t just say the same thing over and over again.

[@crazyhorsejohnny1974]

It wasn’t canceled. Foley is doing his own thing on his KZbin channel.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Gotta love hearing JR agreeing with Cornette's reasoning for hating Russo & Dunn!!

[@andrewholland853]

Im watchin late 90s early 00s wwe now, and the Big show just doesnt connect. IDK why but non of it seems to land and his promo work isnt great then so it doesnt draw anyone in. I assume it gets better since he was there for so long and I wonder what they could have done differently

[@ashtrayminer330]

He never does, he had no motivation. Paul Wight went from World Champion and having PPV matches with Hulk Hogan at 23-25 years old, to being kicked down to OVW developmental because he was a lazy fat ass.

[@handsolo1209]

WCW got it right at first, making him an unbeatable monster and giving him a mouthpiece. Eventually they dropped the ball with him, but even still, WCW Giant is a thousand times more interesting than anything he did in WWE. You would have thought that having a guy who came in to wrestling as Andre's son, and WWF having actually had Andre there for years, they might have been able to actually use him properly. The made him just another guy who happened to be big.

[@RickBerman-iv2il]

Wasn’t Cornette on the booking team in 95-96 when WWF was the worst it ever got? Who is he to complain about anyone in creative!

[@jabrockobiden9434]

It was better than today

[@KClouisville]

Not 1995 for sure...and not for parts of '96 either. He didn't actually go "full time" at WWE until 1996...and even into that year, it wasn't Cornette who was giving a guy like Steve Austin "The Ringmaster" gimmick.

[@ToddSmith23]

Who are these great heels in AEW that JR speaks of?

[@christerry1611]

The old man has to tow the company line

[@wingerding]

​@@christerry1611 or he believes in his product...

[@rodstone1597]

AEW has a ton of talent. Their creative sucks ass though and thats all on TK.

[@nick56677]

No one is going to take AEW seriously with jokes like that Orange Pockets or whatever that thing is called. Also u have Tony Khan, the jabron with the book that talks to himself at press conferences while the reporters are talking to someone else.

[@eddiemoney1093]

There could be. Christian is. Tony is a real bad booker, though.

[@Football-Sidelines-NO]

When they were commenting on Monday NIght Football's ratings dropping around 1998-99 time frame due to wrestling on cable TV, it reminded me of a comment made by Howard Eskin on "The George Michael Sports Machine" during the 1999 football season where Howard claimed the NFL talked to Vince McMahon and offered him $100 million to move Monday Night Raw off of Monday nights. I truly don't know how how true that rumor is but without a doubt pro wrestling did a great job at luring younger fans away from MNF.

[@Joe-ye5mc]

so many YT ads on this clip

[@SeanzViewEnt]

Incredible

[@SylentEcho]

At least I get to see and hear J.R all the time here on YT. Man, I wish they got rid of most of those flippy guys, have JR and Schiavone call AEW and had a nice old-school programme.

[@KLBriggs71]

Tazz is my favorite foil for JR in AEW. Different styles but they complement each other well.

[@alantyndall85]

More people watch Cornette's audio only videos than the second biggest wrestling company on the planet. I assume "polarising" is code for "I don't like him".

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

You do know that the wrestling business is dying right? So there aren't that many people watching wrestling related content. You IWC marks are notorious for gate keeping with your alternate accounts so that's why the wrestling business is dying.

[@TheHannibalTV]

The Giant Paul White was WAY better in WCW in my opinion

[@dynastybrewspodcast3462]

JR only has a job in AEW so TK can avoid more criticism. I miss JR in WWE. Gonna gut TK and Conrad the day this man can speak on AEW truthfully.

[@cobrakaiisback4709]

That is crazy to think big show jumping ship to wwe was discussed as early as dec 1996. This is before montreal screw job before mr mcmahon character before austin really became austin (you could argue austin became austin as early as 1997 with his feud vs bret hart but he did not become box office stone cold until 1998). I do think wwe did misuse big show he never really found his purpose in wwe. Part of it though was just there at the wrong time with legends like austin rock undertaker hhh easy to get lost in the shuffle. It would be interesting to see what Big Show could have been if he was born 8 years earlier and given the Diesel gimmick in wwf and the kevin nash part of the nwo with hall wight and hogan.

[@stream_gene]

The biggest takeaway from this whole video is that Hogan was actually capable of telling the truth at least once.

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Good interview

[@jonharrison9222]

Polarising or divisive are overworked cliches. Deciding to put the milk in your coffee before the coffee is ‘polarising’ too.

[@the1andonlyswordsman]

I'm a Jim cornette guy I'm actually wearing that shirt right now He's the man nobody can deny it He's as funny as any stand-up comedian that ever lived but I may not agree with everything he says but you can't deny the guy is a genius

[@djangofett4879]

vast majority of professional comedians arent funny at all so that's a low bar, but yes, Jim is very funny.

[@gregofthelake]

When you take what Jim says and then ask someone who disagrees "where is he wrong?" You don't always get a solid answer.

[@noetoledo8501]

I love listening to Jim Cornette one of the great minds of wrestling a great historian and one hell of a talker I loved how he cut the mommy promos😂😂.

[@Dynaraw]

The Prejudice against pro wrestling has been going on for like 80 years , The outsiders , the queen of sports if you will , WE WILL ROCK YOU

[@blakemeads9225]

Clicked on this to listen to JR, and audibly groaned because I forgot that Conrad is also on this show.

[@NEONOIRERA]

I love Jim Cornette but his issue is he is rigid and too much of a traditionalist 2+2= 4 but so does 3+1= 4 Russo had a different approach but It was successful that’s all that should matter

[@michaelreborn9656]

Thing is they were outsiders but he explained that he tried to help them understand pro wrestling and they were not interested in his opinion or his expert knowledge of what works and what doesn’t.

[@Music-qt3ok]

Jim had his own wrestling league and it only lasted a couple of years.

[@thelordismysalvation3870]

That had nothing to do with his wrestling knowledge or prowess. There were a lot of people screwing him over.

[@Music-qt3ok]

@@thelordismysalvation3870The league would have lasted if he was good. He is a wrestling historian, but he never did anything good as a manager or writer.

[@handsolo1209]

@@thelordismysalvation3870 Was maybe him smashing a car with a baseball bat and pulling a gun on people one of things that screwed him over. The guy was a good Lt in a booking commitee, but he sure as heck ain't a General. He talks about indie mudshows all the time. I guess he never watched SMW or OVW products.

[@zachary_attackery]

@@Music-qt3ok he did a "guest booker" video where he books the wcw invasion and it's the absolute dumbest thing I've ever seen

[@dhawk3631]

All hail the Cult of Cornette leader!

[@bWo911]

Strange how Vince couldn’t afford Bret’s million dollar contract in 1997, but he offered The Big Show a million dollar contract in December 1996?

[@Provos7777]

Big Show was a 24 year old D-1 athlete & Vince saw the next Andre the Giant. Bret was 40 years old, had considerable leverage in his contract, & Vince didn't think Bret fit in the direction he wanted to take the company. Bret may have been earning a million per year, Big Show it could have been something like 250K a year for 4 years. Basically Vince didn't think Bret was worth the investment anymore.

[@willmarkley4237]

Big Show was after 96. I think 98.

[@dantecarroll2435]

And it’s also funny how Vince told Bret that he was in financial peril but somehow he was able to afford Mike Tyson

[@alexanderletzing6705]

​@@dantecarroll2435 it's also funny how all three of those business decisions turned out to be the right ones, regardless of salty fans feelings. It's an objective fact that he made the right call. Bret was the only one and even then he probably had 5 years, 2 years at his absolute best. Keep hating on Vinnie Mac but he's honestly batting like .800 on Talent evaluations

[@onewarriornation602]

What's never talked about during all of this is Hogans WCW contract was coming up at the end of 1997 and Vince was in negotiations with him trying to bring Hollywood Hogan back to the WWF. Just speculation, although I have heard others allude to the same, Vince unloaded Bret to free up money in an attempt to poach Hogan from WCW.

[@wallyhavoc860]

Cornette is GOD!

[@nielgregory108]

He is a CUCKHOLD to THOUSANDS of Rasslers over years.

[@Kajemyster]

I absolutely love Jim Cornette's wrestling mind. Does he have his mistakes?.... Absolutely. And I have gone on record to call Jim out ON VIDEO for his mistakes. But damn, does he understand the business! HOF worthy!😊

[@addidaswguy]

"A Heel should not be the funniest guy on the roster" Exactly, and that's why the Rock is pandering too much, and only being a dastardly heel part of the time, while playing up to the crowd and trying to be liked the other time.. Really wish he stayed Hardcore Heel, all of the time

[@redpillcinema6560]

“A villain shouldn’t make you laugh” Yeah …..like The Rock didn’t exist

[@nick56677]

Can we please have someone interview JR besides Meltzers soap boy Conrad? Luckily ol wheezy aint looking good

[@dmurphy1578]

Cornette is a riot. He know a ton but is a gatekeeper. He likes and knows how to tell stories. He can’t take hacks and he feels surrounded by them.

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Wrestling was better when it was gatekept

[@chriswillis1585]

mid south didn't need jyd to wrestle every week - awesome supporting cast - his taped promos were legit.

[@bretth4988]

I believe Jim Cornette is half right on things. As others have said they made the belts mean nothing. For me that was the start of the end.

[@LlamaRobb]

Few seconds into the stream, I took exception. 'Jim Cornette has become a polarizing figure in modern wrestling.' For fucks sake, he didn't become a figure...he ALWAYS WAS! He just didn't have a microphone to make others see/hear it.

[@karachavez5558]

Conrad had the most annoying voice and cadence of words

[@kraig7777]

Just like your mom.

[@karachavez5558]

@@kraig7777 Conrad must be fuckin your mom

[@TheBrainSquared]

Russo lives rent free in Corny's head

[@bobibobillipart2670]

I would watch both switching between TNT and USA Nitro/Raw ,but Nitro was way better!

[@roobear78]

things were different then jr! WcW was printing money with the coolest heels ever to appear on wrestling in the nwo! They redefined for a minute the typical roles of good guy bad guy! As much as i love corny,wwf was right in trying new shit with the formula to see if they could hit a winner too

[@PierreMarin-t3h]

I checked Russo's YT channel twice and almost felt sick on how many times he says ''bro'' to every single phrase.....

[@zlinedavid]

Bro…..listen…..bro…..what you don’t undahstaaaand…..about ress-a-ling…..

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Wait, you can't handle a word despite all the facts that Russo says? No wonder the IWC is filled with woke snowflakes like Cornette.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

@@zlinedavid Bro, Jim Cornette has other men sle3p with his wife, bro. lol you Corny fanboys are delusional.

[@michaelreborn9656]

Yes and “let me be honest” … and as Jim would say when he says that you can be sure a lie will follow

[@kraig7777]

@@ElAssoWipe-o Found Russo's burner account, bro.

[@jimkon1479]

Wrestling may be one of the few industries where guys that work together hate each other's guts. You hear of co workers not getting along in other industries, and, Wow.

[@williamhild1793]

I really like J.R., but it looks SO STRANGE to not se him in the cowboy hat!😁

[@mutedmutiny9542]

“The PLANE was burning???” He said FLAME, ffs.

[@Ben-zr3tj]

Was gonna watch this video and then I saw conrad.. no thanks

[@dylanbryant3547]

Imagine jim cornette in nxt lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TravelatorH8r]

Judging by these comments that I see on Conrad videos Conrad is more polarizing than Jim cornette is. 😂 personally I like you Conrad I'm just calling it as I see it

[@Stubby1085]

JR is too nice sometimes. Just tell us what you mean man. Vince Russo sucked Jc is right

[@whisperienced]

I always click on these then forget 70% will be Conrad talking.

[@markwilliams7054]

Fair play to Conrad here because Cornette has shit on Conrad and his involvement with Flair

[@cjjonez]

Tony Khan can improve his business by listening to JR, Dutch and JJ podcast. by employing some of there booking ideas meshed with his he might increase the viewership of his show.

[@KLBriggs71]

I don't think it would do any good considering JJ and JR are both party of his company.

[@cjjonez]

@KLBriggs71 appears he does not listen to them because he is a booking savant.🙄 because they work there does not mean he is utilizing his asset to their maximum... Jeff grew up in one of the hottest territories in the country. 3rd generation promoter. Jim from the Eddie Graham tree via Bill Watts, I'm not saying they are saviors. but these men have theinsight to what don't work and what has worked the best over the last few years of the 20th. with what he think he knows he can have a great mixture. if he dont panic will grow his business. but booking for him and Dave. like they all saw if 5 star matches put buts in seats go ahead...but these Hotspot fest not going to make for a good long term product. That's why Coke got more than coca cola as part of it portfolio. I doubt they could dominate the market or grow with just coca cola.

[@EarthdogGFX]

🎉russo

[@cjjonez]

@@EarthdogGFX we want the company to thrive.

[@TherealHazlett]

Corny is great. I grew up hating him like no one else.

[@aceloco817]

Wow. In 3 days this vid has 45k views. Way more than the other posts. Is Corny really that over on the interwebs?!

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

He has a podcast and people listen to his pre-recorded stuff on YT. Agree or disagree with his viewpoints, he is funny as hell and very knowledgable.

[@anticorporatists9959]

8:35, so Hogan was a stooge all along to put WCW out of business

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

LoL. Hogan haters will spin something fierce, no matter what. It couldn't possibly be that Hogan and Paul Wight were actually friends.

[@nickr4837]

the more I hear from Cornette & JR, the more I realize without Russo the Attitude Era wouldve never happened. Today wrestling fans are old nerds, during thr Attitude Era the most popular kids were all into wrestling, and the nerds. Everyone loved it, and Russo was a huge part of letting those wrestlers push boundaries.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Also, Cornette brought WWF's ratings down to what was considered their record low.

[@veganpenguin9857]

Corny should’ve gotten inducted this year with Paul

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Might as well seeing how the WWE HOF is a joke so might as well bring in a failure like Cornette.

[@veganpenguin9857]

@@ElAssoWipe-o cornette a failure? Who do you think was running ovw when cena orton Batista Benjamin cm punk and lesnar was being trained?

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

@@veganpenguin9857 Cena was never a draw, liar.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

@@veganpenguin9857 How do you not know that Cornette was fired from every company that he worked for?

[@veganpenguin9857]

@@ElAssoWipe-o you’re literally retarded

[@graysonfaircloth6471]

Listening to JR talk about Cornette feels like listening to MLK talk about Malcom X

[@reeseatkinson5796]

I love Cornette even if he’s a liberal snowflake. How is he not in the hall of fame?

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

You love a guy that was fired from every company that he worked for and has other men sl3ep with his wife?

[@MrAnonimak]

So the (then) Green Giant is worth a million bucks a Year and Bret isn't, whatever works for yer I guess.

[@handsolo1209]

Bret was pretty much worthless by 1998. WWF didn't need him and WCW didn't need him. He was just kind of there. He would have shone post 1999 when Austin and Goldberg had cooled down, nWo was almost dead and things needed a refresh. Late 1997, he was just not that important.

[@Topherthetoolman]

Cornette rules

[@jkyle1018]

"We'd get a heel turn, and then all of a sudden we'd be writing comedy for them." Pour one out for heel Ambrose.

[@MrMondayNightWar]

CONRAD NEEDS TO GO AWAY! He has no product knowledge at all 😂

[@TheBarbarianKing20]

The Rock has been the funniest guy before and was a great heel.

[@sachavykos3206]

1 million+ people a week agreeing with Jim Cornette and almost 300,000 disagreeing with him does not match conventional definitions of Polarizing lol.

[@kraig7777]

Idk if that ElAssoWipe-o troll in this thread counts as 300,000 but you have a point.

[@rebal180]

The clown show that was Paul White/The Big Shows career in WWE might have never happened if he he had stayed in WCW. He won the world title almost as soon as he got to WCW. WWF made him a stooge for like 5 years. Then he was made into a joke for about 2 decades. The constant face and heel turns were annoying. He really deserved better than all of that.

[@prs44]

because they destroyed wrestling. its not rocket science.

[@handsolo1209]

No, they destroyed Cornette's version of wrestling. Jerry Lawler does similar angles, he kisses his ass.

[@toddkurzbard]

Well, Paul Wight SHOULD have gotten Major Star pay; he IS, after all, Andre The Giant's son!

[@ThrillJester]

What JR says in this video is why he should be listened to, but they wont cause they are not All Elite Wrestling, But Elite Mark Wrestling. Overpaying all wrestlers. Bringing and legends and future legends to try to save their company, not realizing Marks running a wrestling company will only end in tragedy, unless they wisen up. Marks never learn from those who came before them. AEW is the biggest example. Eric Bischoff, when he got into the business did not know it. He learned as he went, but because he learned as he went he burnt himself out and WCW went under. The difference is Bischoff was never a mark. Cause he could actually learn from his mistakes. AEW can't learn from history nor their own mistakes,

[@jimmyjames6882]

says a mark.

[@ThrillJester]

@@jimmyjames6882 no just a wrestling fan. *walks out door*

[@handsolo1209]

Bischoff did become a mark for himself when he was appearing on TV as the leader of the nWo. That is where he took his eye of the ball and let the lunatics run the asylum, hence the decline in 1999.

[@ThrillJester]

@@handsolo1209 Yes he did. Which is why he can be said to be an expert on why AEW is failing. He made many mistakes. Making mistakes is not a problem. Its whether you can learn from them fast enough before you kill your company. Sady Eric Bischof didn't wise up quick enough.

[@handsolo1209]

@@ThrillJester I agree 100%.

[@Cultofpersonality09129]

Meltzer writing a hit peace on Corny.

[@spiritsplice]

I really wish Jim Ross wasn't such a shill and would just be completely honest.