JR Tells Hilarious Story About Jim Cornette & His Fear Of Flying

In this clip from our live show with Jim Ross, Good ol' JR shares a hilarious story about a flight with Jim Cornette back in the 90s, whimsically revealing that the flight attendant thought they were lovers and the great lengths he had to go to calm old Corny down! Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
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In this clip from our live show with Jim Ross, Good ol' JR shares a hilarious story about a flight with Jim Cornette back in the 90s, whimsically revealing that the flight attendant thought they were lovers and the great lengths he had to go to calm old Corny down! Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@population-_-420]

Another flight from hell story ? 😳

[@wademiller3859]

I never thought I'd hear JR doing a Jim Cornette impression. But my life is better now after hearing it haha.

[@noahhughes2152]

Never heard JR’s voice in that octave

[@conniecarroll7222]

That was hilarious never knew that good old JR told stories like that especially stories on Jim Cornette using that voice. I would pay to have that on disc.

[@CasualGamerGameplay]

​@@conniecarroll7222 So would i, this is absolutely funny gold especially because when JR goes "Well god damnit" you can pretty much hear that in Jim Cornette's voice making the story funnier

[@keithlear655]

It's so heart warming to know that good ol JR sang to corny to calm him down that's a good friend

[@etienne1313]

His Cornette impression is spot on

[@zlinedavid]

Goddamn…..

[@shwilliam2522]

His Jim ross impression is even better

[@diddly_5571]

He sounds like John Goodman too. Lol

[@riptidemonzarc3103]

Okies and Appalachians ain't the same folk, but we have a lot linguistically in common, enough that imitation isn't really a stretch

[@akkermansia1488]

His Impression of Bruce Prichard's impression you mean.

[@aretnap3653]

"Cornette Can Be Loud Sometimes..." 😜

[@FaysalIsGoated]

4:23 Holy shit that Cornette impression😂

[@BeeBumper]

Hope you are well JR, you are the king of commentary. Man that image of Cornette knocking on JR'S cellar door is hard to forget

[@ricstormwolf]

Really good Jim Cornette impression. It's not often we hear good ol JR cuss like that 🤣🤣

[@PRATERVXEX]

@Andrew William Wright exactly! “Son of a bitch!” “Son of a bitch!” “Son of a bitch!”

[@shawnster2132]

The Triple H segments were gold lol

[@dustinbasham393]

​@@shawnster2132YOU COST AUSTIN THE TITLE, YA BASTARD

[@AwesomeChampWresslin]

Jim Ross stand up, what a treat! (:

[@lilt1037]

Jr doing stand up now 😂😂

[@donaldwalker6909]

Jim Ross told this story perfectly

[@TL2354]

You were there?

[@dontgotocollege5232]

@@TL2354 no its commonly told and this specific retelling is entertaining

[@kinginblack8232]

He's doing stand-up comedy darn near

[@seanpaulluke]

Get well soon JR love from the 🇬🇧

[@Pensfan5919]

Of all the things in the world, I wouldn't have counted on Cornette having a fear of flying. Great story from JR, as always, and I'd love to hear if Cornette remembers anything about this.

[@davidkelling159]

If your on Twitter send him a question with the link, he might address it on his podcasts

[@EazyE11]

I'm sure someone will ask him about it on his podcast in the next few weeks.

[@michaelscott-joynt3215]

It's not surprising, he has a lot of issues. Lots of rage and hate, known for telling nasty, bitter stories about people and situations that upset him, he went nuts at a Dairy Queen drive-thru, developed an eating disorder and addiction from self-induced job stress, he went nuts during Trump's term and started blocking people and posting Nazi stuff to call people fascists, and here's a story of him overdosing to get himself through plane trips. He is not a healthy individual. He's a basket case who needed to quit the business a long time ago and get therapy.

[@jonathanbohm6489]

Hey you think that’s weird the motherfucking UNDERTAKER is afraid of cucumbers…yes cucumbers

[@Danielson1818]

He's even worse nowadays. I believe he said he won't travel by airplane anymore, and only will drive

[@dwade6322]

JR tells a great story,one if the best i ever heard from him.

[@joshx022]

Jim's impression or corny has me crying lol

[@Boyahda]

Ross has excellent comedic timing. With his extensive experience in the world of wrestling he fill an entire stand up act easily.

[@captinsano585]

JR is the man, what a legend 💯💯💯

[@DillyDilly13]

Lmao holy shit his impression was so accurate 🤣🤣

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

And people wonder why Cornette is banned from Canada.

[@MilMaska]

"I rather drive to Louisville" - Jim Cornette

[@joniahdemarco3371]

I bet Corny and JR can riff for days on end about damn near anything and I'd love to hear it

[@greedoshotfirst1]

That's the first time I've ever heard JR say the F word. Amazing Corny impression lmao

[@jonvia]

JR is one of my favorite wrestling personalities along with Corny. My friend in middle school got me into WWE and Id always watch it just to hear JR's crazy one liners during matches like his famous "AWWW GAWDDDDD!"

[@mystahspaulding8039]

Something about imagining JR trying to kayfabe the situation after Cornette is about coming unglued is pure comedy gold 😂😂😂😂

[@philiposbrooks3337]

JR impersonating Cornette is the greatest thing ever

[@coreyhall1150]

"He's a funny sum bitch, he's got a hell of a sense of humor hasn't he? He almost had you for a minute." Lol love this man.

[@bradleyrobinson7552]

Makes sense. Vehicles constantly break down, and mechanics have full-time jobs fixing them! Jets are built by the lowest bidder, not by the company that will build it really well at a higher cost!

[@JBStyles23]

Tuned in at work. Holy hell, this is awesome!

[@henrikschmidt3964]

To me Corny's fear of flying is kind of endearing. But I really don't think he should be the designated driver after a flight! I laughed out loud when he was snapped into reality with 'they're working you'. I fucking love Jim Cornette.

[@bkohler89]

I couldn't agree more dude. I love Cornette, he's one of the most underrated guys in the business in history

[@philoreilly1800]

someone send this to Jim to talk about on the drive thru hahaha

[@Johnnycpublic]

This is a classic story

[@poindexterflex3528]

This is definitely going to be on the upcoming Drive Thru.

[@goodtim3s394]

That impression 😂😂

[@edbain6495]

The needle and the damage done

[@MM-qi5mk]

The image of Jim Ross singing Neil Young to Cornette just makes me smile

[@ajjohnstone7063]

Wrestling folk love to tell everyone where they are, where they’re goin etc. I was in “Detroit, Nebraska on route to Tulsa, via San Diego on the way to Montreal…”

[@luisaguirre5771]

His impression 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

Flying is scary. It’s the whole lost of cabin pressure and gravity thing. >_

[@captainthrall]

Where can I see this full show?

[@JMG_86]

I can't believe I never watched this episode of King of the Hill ..

[@jimmyjarrett-ws2iz]

Jim Cornette loves JR, he said on his podcast that if the midnight express go in the hall of fame, JR should induct them.

[@phantomstorm7538]

It's funny how Bruce prichard and Jim Ross impression of Jim Cornette are the same 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RestrictedRican]

This story would be hilarious if animated

[@cville991]

3:25 😂 Corny: 😴 🥱 😯 😧 😨 😰 JR: Aww shit… 🙄

[@obtuseonone3133]

i would have yelled "were all gnna dieeeeee!" JIM WERE ALL GOING TO DIEEEEE! just to get him back for being so naturally obnoxious

[@zlinedavid]

Reminds me of the scene from Beavis and Butthead Do America where Beavis looks out the window and yells “AHHHHHHH!!! WE’RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!”

[@kellerblair2952]

Great idea make him more stressed so he can go crazy

[@Searchmeister]

How is Cornette still friends with JR after pulling off this gag I'll never know...lol!

[@jasonjoseph6497]

The thumbnail😅

[@impalaman9707]

Jim Ross and Jim Cornette travelling together makes me think of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck

[@Itsmondellotime]

how does everyone do the same hilarious jim cornette impression

[@acduck2813]

Jr..... That was really conniving...i wonder if he has a history of that...

[@Kain40]

Someone needs to ask cornette about this on his show.

[@albertgarcia2633]

I love watching JR do his stand up no hecklers no bs juss these travel stories r gold and love the fact jim bruce eric and jr have there pod cast and all four usually tell same storie...love these moments...wwe needs to cut him a fat ass chrck and put him on creative position and jim both great wrasling minds.#WWF

[@grandesgraveyard]

Sing to you? 😂😂😂

[@MovieEggman]

Now I understand why Cornette hates wrestlers who do high spots

[@darthroden]

Especially after Night of the Skywalkers at Starrcade 86.

[@chrisdavey5530]

you would think in all his years of wrestling JR would be an expert at talking people down coming off drugs lol.

[@shaney02007]

fear of flying lol i had such a thing with an old classmate on a lil schooltrip . my first time flying kid next to me 2 , i was just calm and kid next 2 me wasnt he got so scarfed he fell asleep . so the kid on his other side and me played pranks on him everytime he fell asleep . like say brace brace in his ear . and he would freak out and even piss his pants was hillarious

[@bimboc0les]

Everytime i hit turbulence i think of corny and everything is ok

[@asaptwo9198]

As a fellow Boomer Sooner i love me some JR and Cornette stories

[@jamesheath7601]

I love Jim and Jim

[@jeffrichards1537]

I love cornettes dusty Rhodes impersonation.

[@takerdust]

His fear probably came from childhood. After all the car wrecks he probably passed by, and hanging from 20-foot scaffold, hard to make sense out of that.

[@ONEIL76]

Mr. Jim Ross your A Legend we love you and wwe treated you like skit and to a legend I am so happy that you are with AEW LOVE YOU MY BROTHER

[@johnnytrejo911]

I’m not sure , But I think Corny heard about this story of JR telling it. And he probably got a good laugh at it. He probably talked about it before on the Drive Thru or the JCE 😆

[@stephengilbreath840]

4:25

[@fmdbd598]

This was so fuckin funny

[@jeremyrhansen6637]

He should have sang Shawn Michaels theme!

[@RIDGEMATIC]

#GOLD

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Never understood the whole fear of flying thing. We all die but talk about an epic way to go

[@Mr.Jtea3]

I bet Vince Russo could have helped relax Jim on that plane.

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

I tell you I'm at j&r one year at a Sooner football game accidentally ran into him and spilled my pop on but yes we met

[@Xecuteorder66]

6:56

[@baronsamedi4603]

I hate flying my damn self but I would have got on a plane full of explosives just to see Jr singing to Jim cornette PS I really think he should have sang who's your daddy by Toby Keith or rocket Man by Billy Joel

[@garyhen1707]

As a loyalist of the cult of cornette, I wish cornette would go back and help wwe in ways

[@zlinedavid]

They’re beyond hope at this point

[@dsadams17]

I would LOVE to see Cornette torpedo WWE even further.

[@garyhen1707]

@@dsadams17 I'd say, let vinnymac run the entertainment side of wwe, and let Paul E, cornette and hunter run raw smackdown and nxt! Let hunter keep going with nxt, let Paul run smackdown and corny take raw! Drop all the writers! Let all 3 write bullet points for da people lol, and have ONLY past wrestlers produce matches in conjunction with JC, Paul and hunter on their shows. Immediately this fixes like 70% of their issues and let's all hire ups see who is already a massive star, who is good and who needs help! You also get to see if everyone knows their character enough to do their own promos too! With Vince, hunter, Paul and JC only helping talent on the direction of the story if they need the help! These ideas alone, skyrocket ratings again and leave creativity to the actual talent and only a few others if they need it. You don't really have to change anything as far as the pg or pg 14 rating because you really leave it on the talent to get over, and if they don't get over themselves or with help, they can get help from the producers, or their brands leader, or the talent they are working with. I really wish vinnymac or someone higher up would see this. If JC isn't the guy, approach Eric bischoff or even have Steve Austin run raw. Its there for them, its really just that easy to do.

[@ferox965]

@@garyhen1707 I would add make Undertaker and Bret Hart co leaders of the training centre.

[@garyhen1707]

@@ferox965 oh hell yeah....lop

[@TheOffenderBlog]

I have friends like that. I like flying, if they aren't with me.

[@manifestgtr]

Two things…one, these guys all have the exact same impression of Cornette and it’s hilarious Two, even just the thought of a plane full of people watching JR sing to Cornette, convinced they’re a couple of gay dudes…that’s about as good as it gets for my money

[@ReinEngel]

Corny was ahead of the curve when it comes to hating Canadian cops.

[@desheanjackson833]

Did he say medicated Pete

[@SPAZZYok]

Jim tell the story better and longer with Conrad. And WAY funnier.

[@DipsetUnit525]

We love pro wrestling 🥳

[@Padge112]

For some reason JR adding hes looking for a Gun be he aint got no gun sorts makes me belive this to a degree.

[@FitnessComedyParodyMEMECentral]

silver wall haha

[@TheRiderInBlack85]

I popped for JRs impression of Corny

[@just_a_tepig3611]

Cornette fears Flying? So thats why he hates AEW too many high flyers, it scares him

[@coreyhall1150]

How can these young guys NOT LISTEN to JR? When he tries to give them advice that ALLLLLLOT of wrestlers would PAY TO GET?

[@onslaughtmp]

Jim Cornette doesn't know anything about modern flying.

[@1Momofthree3]

The story was great until the end.

[@GOOSE-1334]

I've heard JR tell this story at least 10 times and it seems that the story had changed. The way he always tells it is that he told the border guys that Jim was in character and he couldn't break that so that he didn't look like he wasn't a heel. Now he changes the whole thing hmmm

[@quincee3376]

Jim Cornette religious? Ya right.

[@dawnwallis6732]

Weed

[@Moonshot73]

Story yes, hilarious no.

[@EnAyeEm000]

So, Cornette has 2 known fears... Flying and anything that isn't WWE or 70s & 80s mid-west wrestling.