Jim Cornette on Andrade & Sammy Guevara

From Episode 264 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@genkidamatrunks6759]

Sammy is that guy who never got his ass kicked by the neighborhood kids growing up. And it shows.

[@levantinedream3469]

Most people generally don’t deserve to be beat up as children. Sammy is an exception

[@stes9336]

He’s a prick, and if Tony Kahn was half as smart as he thinks he is, he could make him a money getting heat machine.

[@davidkelling159]

Had us in the first half not gonna lie, but yeah, it's not even his actions or behaviour alone, it's that stupid child like face

[@gmti486]

@@levantinedream3469 Sammy seems like he was a bully who never got his comeuppance.

[@TheMrAlgoh]

So who wins in a shoot fight? Sammy or Andrade?

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

I think, after he nearly decapitated Matt Hardy with a chair, Sammy has no business calling anybody else “too stif” haha.

[@Candies69]

Now Jeff lol

[@danielainger]

That thumbnail though 😂😂

[@willjohnboy]

Very accurate

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

It’s accurate af too. Sammy is like a little girl who bullies on the playground, and everyone let’s get away with the bullying but we all know would get dragged

[@RonJP-pm7jp]

Why??? So this is not a work??? 😂😂😂

[@dacronicspotgaming6104]

It's excellent ain't it

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

Sammy is literally the kid you hated going to HS with. He talked so much shit but you knew that you'd get no cred from whooping his ass because EVERYONE knew they could beat him up.

[@LemoncookieTV]

Can somebody please book Sammy Guevara against the Acolytes on Sunday Night Heat?!

[@MetalJT24]

Imagine the crying on Twitter if the Acolytes gave that treatment to Omega and the bucks.

[@LemoncookieTV]

@@MetalJT24 I'd pay a lot to see that

[@princekagato]

@@MetalJT24 take my money!

[@ProjectH1980]

Only if Bradshaw gets to do more than one CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL!

[@edophoneix1340]

They would tag team tai and make sammy thank them.

[@chrisradzion2148]

They need a new show: “AEW: Backstage”, and if the video game ever comes out it needs a “Backstage/Media Scrum” DLC.

[@pavma7]

With a survival mode where you can play Punk and Ace Steel in coop mode fighting backstage as long as possible until the police comes or you get knocked out.

[@Azav312]

@@pavma7 ^^^ both of these comments made me roll over laughing 😆 🤣.. thanks for the morning laughs.

[@Darekpetrelli]

dont give them ideas...

[@thewarrior313]

I saw someone post: "AEW Backstage Assault" 🤣

[@pzcs0762]

Assault Everyone Wrestling

[@NeilAlanBarker]

I really want to see a Sammy vs GUNTHER match if he thinks Andrade hits too hard.

[@shaneharun9571]

Funnily he faced gunther in pwg a few years back😂😂

[@princekagato]

Too bad Vader isn't around anymore

[@z216ghost]

​@@princekagato so another egomaniac can insult him and cry?

[@getschwifty9531]

@@shaneharun9571 This is a good example that Sammy is being pampered and gotten too big for his britches. He has shown he can take stiff shots but mingling with a spineless trust fund kid has rubbed off on Sammy and made him a prima donna.

[@jesuszamora6949]

Hoo boy, Martin. Vader would have flossed his teeth with Sammy's scrawny ass, it would have been amazing.

[@Les1987]

WWEs Locker Room theme: You got a friend in me AEWs Locker Room theme: Why can't we be friends?

[@bash8387]

Lol lol

[@skaiprulez]

💯

[@gator9339]

Impact's Locker Room theme: Bring your friends because nobody watches this show

[@AzukiHall71]

Nothing better than new Jim Cornette on a Friday morning 👍🏽

[@vvatchnlearnk3555]

Amen

[@Chops_4114]

Just got off work. Couple tall boys of natty ice. Then a 6 pack of modelo... maybe a dab or two and 48 mins of wrastling drama talk.

[@shanebarfield2925]

Jim Cornette is a true National Treasure What a story teller

[@MrStaley]

Preach my nigga preach!

[@amars773]

I needed a good laugh today and this is giving me the greatest laugh of the century 😂😂😂. THANK YOU JIM AND BRIAN!! 👍🏽 MAN LOL AEW IS A HOT MESS

[@iannnCFC]

Listening to Jim talk about AEW is always more entertaining than the program itself 😂

[@tonysteel9502]

oh you're such a big man, let's hear more about how tough and rugged you are

[@jamied4486]

@@tonysteel9502 the fuck is this response even

[@ste4392]

@@tonysteel9502 😂 what a wetty you are

[@DrGaslight187]

I’m sorry, Sammy isn’t even over. He’s a Jericho lackey who can’t stand on his own without having go home heat.

[@taylor1830]

My thoughts exactly.

[@yom0mma214]

Hed be generic asf without Jericho

[@fredfuckstone914]

Why is the guy who does corkscrew flips off of ladders complaining about another guy being stiff? I'd rather take a rough worked elbow to my neck than try to catch 150+ pounds of dipshit falling 15 feet and landing on top of me.

[@gllst5938]

Right!? That was my first thought too.

[@jpwright4005]

‘150 pounds of dipshit’ 😂😂😂

[@deathmauler181]

Because he doesnt need to be hit repeatedly and get his shit kicked in.

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

Your username and your comment fucking killed me lmfao

[@kennyhudson9201]

To be fair, the audience gets far more out of that corkscrew flip, than they get from the elbow to the throat. Just like they get more out of a powerbomb than a chop.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

I know that over the 3 years people have given Jim some grief for his opinion about aew. They've described him as being out of touch, of not knowing what modern fans want, and for pushing for an era that just can't come back. But as you can see, everything that he said was going to happen has come to pass. It's not even just a true statement for wrestling, you can't be the friend you have to be the boss. Tony thought all of these people were his friends, and maybe some are, but wrestling is and always has been a bit of the Carney life and wrestlers have always looked out for themselves first because they've had to. This is letting the foxes run the hen house and now he's seeing the result

[@walsh9080]

R Truth was/ is supposedly a legit friend of McMahon. Does anybody think for a second Vince wouldn't have canned him the second he caused an issue?

[@antp6150]

Other then when Jim said theyd be out of business by January 2020 of course... thats kind of a very big thing hes wrong on.

[@jamescooper3324]

He said, “IF they continue featuring people like Marko Stunt, or old firefoot Janela, they would be out of business by January 2020.” Use context before you say someone is wrong. They stopped featuring those people and what do you know, the product is way better…

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@jamescooper3324 now now you proved him wrong. Didn't have to go all aew Stan on it "besides what do you know"

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

A boss wanting to be friends is like a parent who wants to be friends with their kids while they are growing up and need structure and discipline

[@GodlessScummer]

Definitely a 10 hour AEW backstage omnibus coming soon.

[@jasongoodman3384]

And that just covers the Punk/Bucks/ Twinkle Toes drama.

[@WorstDayEverr]

If he waits til the end of the year, it might be a day long😩

[@szczesciejestkoloruczarneg749]

yes!❤‍🔥

[@Nediablo]

These Sammy tweets man….. can’t see him saying this in person ever. Unless Hager is in front of him.

[@peterlee6374]

And standing 10 feet behind him 😂

[@bradcarver8127]

“Don’t worry Thammy I got your back. No one is gonna kick your ath.”

[@Nediablo]

@@bradcarver8127 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dannymcelroy922]

Pretty sure this tweet was originally directed at Shawn spears and him saying he was taking time off, and or done with aew earlier in the day. Idk how true that was, but until the next morning when Andrade responded that was my understanding of it

[@davidjsaul]

Sammy sounds like the kind of guy who always got away with running his mouth without ever having to back his words up

[@deathmauler181]

I cant wait to see him get hospitalized. Preferably handicapped

[@jonathanhuntercrooks]

C.

[@jonathanhuntercrooks]

Esss😊z

[@jonathanhuntercrooks]

S😮

[@jonathanhuntercrooks]

St

[@StoneColdSergio]

I fucking lost it when Brian felt compelled to say OLE OLE OH after Andrade 🤣

[@rudyrusso711]

Corny has been damn near 100% correct on EVERYTHING he predicted about the future of AEW. That's what being in the business for 40+years will do for ya. He saw this coming a few years ago..

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

Should've just hired Cody Rhodes.

[@via_negativa6183]

Yeah it's a pity he thinks his wrestling knowledge qualifies him for political commentary as well. So wish would just stick to the wrestling.

[@brianparker5592]

@@via_negativa6183 grow up. We all have political opinions and can share them freely. Just because he insults your orange daddy trump doesn’t mean you should take it personal.

[@VincentK.McMahon]

@@via_negativa6183 there’s always one 😂

[@ajdaking507]

@@VincentK.McMahon lol no one is holding a gun to their head and forcing them to listen to Jim's political rants. It's not that that hard to put a different KZbin video on or fast forward lol

[@Jwjmcc]

If only someone like a Scott Steiner was back stage to beat them all up

[@slayerBO2EPC]

Special Enforcer Scott Steiner

[@CyberDragoon656]

Good lord, you know half of the roster would be half dead if they pissed off scott steiner.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

And then... what? What exactly would that accomplish?

[@Jwjmcc]

@@henrygvidonas9573 it would put the children out of the business and they could take their teeth way them in a bag

[@Jwjmcc]

@@CyberDragoon656 I’d say whole roster not just half ha

[@TheDODOFRO]

It turns out AEW was the organization with the Divas in it all along

[@malikwright8274]

That rise and fall of AEW documentary is going to be 🔥

[@ziggyszmulewitz7712]

When was the rise?

[@malikwright8274]

@@ziggyszmulewitz7712 I’m going to assume it was when they first aired, but it’s been downhill since then.

[@renegadecomic7577]

Lol

[@capndanpool]

Maybe Andrade is not too stiff maybe Sammy's just too soft

[@princekagato]

Absolutely correct

[@misterx6276]

A stiff wind would blow him out to sea.

[@TheJobo95]

They’d actually draw some good money if they showed the real backstage brawls

[@CyberDragoon656]

Maybe we just need another brawl for all? Granted most would probably be in full body cast given the tension but, I bet that tension would be productively released.

[@moeski17]

@@CyberDragoon656 with proper rules? sure. otherwise it would be a mess like the first one

[@CyberDragoon656]

@@moeski17 AEW has rules?

[@matthewthomas9194]

Sammy never learns his lesson one of these times hes gonna piss off the wrong guy and their gonna really beat his ass!!!!!!

[@televiper11]

Sammy doesn’t look like someone who can handle himself. Should think twice about running his mouth.

[@hurricanehaze6621]

He doesn't want to wrestle Rush.

[@gregpickett8816]

@@hurricanehaze6621 fr tho. Rush would hurt more than his feelings after this, lmao.

[@ribletbasket286]

Sammy has always been polarizing. When he was coming up in Texas, all you heard was, "Million Dollar Talent. Two cent brain."

[@TheIslandDivision]

With inflation, a million dollars don't go that far.

[@WyattHolliday]

I know he’s from Houston, but where did he primarily work in Texas?

[@getschwifty9531]

Damn he really has been an overrated hype from the start. I can't blame him for having an ego problem if he's had unwarranted smoke blown up his ass all his career. Fuck

[@ribletbasket286]

@@WyattHolliday Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio for sure. I believe he worked in the Valley for a bit. But Texas isn't at a loss for promotions, anywhere across the state.

[@z216ghost]

this actually kind of made me like Andrade. anyone that don't like sammy, I'm for

[@zepherscotty]

I can't remember another company that had these many public personal issues in their company as quickly & frequently. It kinda makes you appreciate how well Vince did at controlling his company.

[@DaRealBenRichards]

Sammy looks like Jim Carrey as Vera de Milo.

[@RumneyRock]

If AEW could ever learn to translate this heat over on TV. It'd be very entertaining.

[@bash8387]

No not really

[@RumneyRock]

@@bash8387 or close to it for a while. If they could have put the punk and evp stuff on TV or this.

[@youtubebannedme4207]

@@RumneyRock how you gonna put it on tv when none of them are professional enough to work with eachother without actually fighting eachother

[@kennethrawlings7265]

This isnt even heat 😂😂😂😂 just Sammy being scared and childish and Andrade using every excuse he can to leave because 70% of the roster he works with are scared and childish

[@RumneyRock]

@@youtubebannedme4207 thats why I said if they could ever learn to. But it'll never happen

[@jesterr7133]

I don't think HHH necessarily wanted these guys. I just wanted to fuck with AEW. Look at the chaos this has caused. The Cerebral Assassin is at work. lol

[@draconian45]

AEW now stands for ALL ENEMIES WRESTLING.

[@ErdrickLoto86]

I was watching Tales from the Territories Tuesday night and thought: what if Sammy Guevara wrestled in Memphis or Calgary? Would he still cry like a little girl to another talent "You hit me too hard!" Lmao 🤣

[@hollywood21639]

He wouldn't be in the business. No one would hire that pansy back in the day.

[@MrRjh63]

Given how Dr David Shultz described the process of being trained i dont think he would get past that point.

[@jasongoodman3384]

If he got hired anywhere it would be as "squash talent" for the monsters on the roster.

[@Deadxman616]

Oh....you thought andrada works stiff.......Meat Bad news Allen and Rowdy Pipper

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Tony Khan protecting Sammy Guevera all the time reminds me of Vince Mcmahon always protected Shawn Michaels in 1990s when Shawn is too toxic & problematic to the lockeroom that everyone wanted Vince to fired him but never happened

[@johnnycage1057]

Big difference Michaels was a draw while Sammy can’t draw a dime

[@granitemonkey]

Shawn was ALOT more over and has far more talent than Sammy will ever have.

[@PTaylor1087]

Good comparison I think everyone knows he’s not Shawn Michaels or even close to that level but his behavior is extremely similar. Remember he wished rape on a woman (Sasha Banks) he doesn’t even rly know.

[@robdurfee6861]

@Crazy Eights he was Cody’s boy first. Cody is the one who wanted him in AEW, but now Jericho needs him. Also TK danced at Sammy’s wedding, TK ain’t sending him anywhere

[@CyberDragoon656]

@@johnnycage1057 wasn't there a time where he didn't draw or am I mistaking him with Mr 5 moves.

[@arttashfilms9816]

Imagine the amount of Heat Shawn Michael's would have gotten in the early 90s if Twitter was around lol

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Welp Shawn inspired Dolph Ziggler , Seth Rollins , Matt Riddle , Young Bucks & now Sammy Guevera lol

[@arttashfilms9816]

@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333 it seems only SOME of those students took the right notes

[@Jwjmcc]

Wouldn’t have been much cos he would’ve been killed by the Harris boys

[@lordpula1193]

Let's not skip over how great Andrades english is online social medias. If he spoke like that in real life then things could go somewhere

[@madnomad3861]

Charlotte probably helps him lol

[@Lybrel]

I could sound like a native speaker in any language if it's 280 characters. Hell, I don't even need several Ivy-League-graduate communications directors to tweet "better" English than any President in my lifetime.

[@LouieV6]

He’s probably using translator text-to-speech 😂

[@UFCWWE69]

@@LouieV6 ok, how you know?

[@LouieV6]

@@UFCWWE69 We text in Spanish everyday, that’s how.

[@IndigoUchiha26]

Jim & Brian literally been speaking realness about AEW for the past 3 years 💯 now most people wanna play catch up lol

[@GraveMemories]

@@Shoreline71 freedom of speech Blow me, and maybe Brian while you're at it

[@erics8018]

Lol 🎉

[@john_blues]

Slappable face has been slapped twice in the last few months. Maybe 3 times. I imagine his ex-fiancée probably got him too.

[@KermitTheFrogHere]

This is late stage WCW stuff. The people in charge have zero respect of the locker room and the wrestlers just do whatever they want even after being specifically warned not to do something. Nobody in that locker room is a leader, it's honestly shocking how someone like Jericho or Danielson haven't laid down the law and tried to get things back in order. They're there for a paycheck, ego strokes and that's it. Everybody seems to be part of their own backstage group constantly politicking and leaking out negative stories about things happening behind the scenes to make themselves look better. Contrast that to WWE and somebody like Undertaker, who even after being one of the top guys in the wrestling business for decades and was set for life still went out of his way to resolve issues between wrestlers and be a middleman for management when necessary. Even with Undertaker gone there are tons of veterans there who have filled the void. They are respected enough and care enough about the business to keep things in check. Tony is a numbers/analytics guy who put himself in a position to be his own boss and has no idea how to deal with people. He doesn't trust anybody to help him because he wants all of the glory. This is all his fault.

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

Tony's analytics duck, btw. Just look at how he ruined the Jaguars and Fullham FC. If he wasn't bankrolled by his billionaire dad, he'd be a basement dweller just whining on the internet. At this point, I wish AEW had NEVER existed. They've ruined the industry worse that the WWE ever has.

[@fredfuckstone914]

@@anthonyrousseau8050 True. Every pro soccer team operates in massive debt, including billionaire backed Fulham. It's just a little toybox you throw money into for failure rich sons like Tony.

[@TommyVinMI]

Sammy at minimum deserved a week off, but he wins the ME?!? Not quite the punishment to deter future behavior

[@MickeyAlla]

Based on that comment alone, Ricky Starks should be the face of AEW

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

I so fucking wish Team Taz had been a WWE faction.

[@InsignificantNick]

I wanna thank Tony's incompetence because otherwise we wouldn't get these long clips from Jim and Brian!

[@Eckalicious]

It's sounding a lot like that South Park episode where Cartman mouths off at Wendy then runs crying to him mum when it turns physical.

[@standardofexcellence]

💯

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

Just calling another male a “bitch” is something that often has to be answered to. I once had an employee call me that in an email. While I didn’t lay one finger on him, he never attained the position he had in my restaurant anywhere else. #TEAMANDRADE

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Sucks that your employee decided to call you that, especially via email.

[@coltsfan69]

OMG seeing Sammy in a dress, jumping rope has laughing my ass off

[@Christopher-yz7eq]

I say if a person legit doesn't like another person then let them have a legit fight it would definitely bring back the ratings

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

The return of the Brawl for All!

[@billgober2]

You can't freeze anyone with AEW contracts because they are allowed to work in AAA and New Japan and take Indy bookings.

[@leorocker180]

Sammy should have been suspended as soon as he got to Dynamite for tweeting out dirty laundry, Andrade just answered a question....Andrade could whoop Sammy with one hand and he knows it....Twitter tough guy

[@tinogarcia7129]

Yup, thats why according to reports Sammy backed down like a bitch lol

[@getschwifty9531]

💯

[@IAmSpidey95]

Sammy is becoming the X-Pac of AEW Then again that might be an insult to X-Pac

[@fwef7445]

Fight Forever... backstage

[@mannysapp4089]

aew: backstage brawl

[@ThatsMrMaxHeadroomToYou]

AEW™️: Fight Forever "Indefinite Suspension" DLC Coming: TBD

[@death-by-ego]

I really enjoyed La Sombra. This is just another case of a guy losing something when you get rid of the mask.

[@ibelus]

It was a mistake but it's easy to see why it was done at first. He has a great look naturally. Shame he's just not interesting or even coherent in promos

[@insupportofjunhado]

@@ibelus They did it because CMLL thought it could milk Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis for however long they had planned to. They realized their mistake and did their first million dollar gate the following year, but La Sombra never recovered from that booking mistake.

[@nathueil1]

I wanna hear Charlotte's take on this😆

[@iamdb1990]

I have less than no interest in this situation, but Sammy as a girl is hilarious, so I support that lol

[@phantomdriver2010]

Ricky Starks said it best "Can my co-workers please shut the fuck up"

[@Deadxman616]

yeah....we popped for that

[@Gravey_draws]

Travis drew Sammy as one of the creepy jump rope girls from A Nightmare on Elm Street. "One, Two...Andrade is coming for you."

[@VicDamone230]

I’ve never understood how one can be an independent contractor, under contract with 1 company

[@brianmilici3473]

It won't stand up in court if the wrestlers ever get together and try it. No one ever wants to do it when they finally get some power. (Bret did if memory serves. )

[@benespinosa6725]

AEW should realistically Renamed their Video game to AEW Backstage Assault since this always happens in AEW and instead of Xpac heat they should call it Sammy Guevara heat.

[@TheWillisShow]

I will go along with Ben because Sean Waltman could actually work. Sammy Guevara heat!

[@benespinosa6725]

@@TheWillisShow I Absolutely Agree

[@taylork7530]

Does Sammy think he has the star power of Shawn Michaels, to be able to complain this much? Especially considering that all he does is hurt himself and most certainly others. Someone throws a punch, forearm, or kick that’s not 3 feet away from him and he runs to Tony and Jericho. This only works for him if his boss has a worse backbone than a jellyfish…yeah, no wonder he’s gone unchecked for so long.

[@Alienhos]

Thank you, these podcasts really help me get through work

[@juliusthompson9306]

Same!

[@pizzatime3421]

Same for me with school

[@edophoneix1340]

Same with me its life in general.

[@deyampert3738]

Tony extended Brian Cage and Cage didnt even know it. Cage has only been used 3 times in a year! 🤣

[@thesneakysquid]

Who actually needs to watch wrestling now when you can be more entertained by Jim and Brian

[@IAmHeartbreak_]

AEW doing RAW Underground better than the WWE did.

[@marcelmoreau2733]

The problem is that if Tony did a review the way Jim suggest then he'd only have about 10 guys on his roster since over 90% of the roster doesn't contribute anything worthwhile

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

An apt representation of AEW. 90% of the company is worthless and the other 10% would be better used in the WWE (chief among them MJF).

[@insupportofjunhado]

Some of them don't contribute, but have potential. Some because they aren't used well, like Willie Hobbs or Ricky Starks, some just need more experience overall like Hook, some just need to let go of their bad habits like Lance Archer. Unfortunately even if you have 300 great wrestlers you still have to get rid of some because you can only use so many people at one time. Are you going to book twenty hours of television every week? NO! Eight hours is crazy enough, six hours is really pushing it. Especially with the football teams and such Tony already has fingers in. I get Toryumon and Dragon Gate do that "everyone is in a faction gang wars" shit, and fine, that should have remained the Dragon Gate style with everyone else coming up with their own. Even Toryumon dropped it once Dragon Gate split off and only All Japan has had any success aping it.

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

I don’t watch AEW and even I had enough of Sammy. That thumbnail is so accurate too.

[@MICKEY4356]

AEW needs to film what goes on backstage. And put it on TV.

[@JaculaDudek]

What a burn by Sammy - going back to the biggest wrestling promotion where his wife is the biggest female and somehow making it an insult? Also what Ric Flair has to do with hiring Andrade? Nobody wants to hire Flair to begin with

[@mramos1126]

Sammy is right. Andrade isn't over

[@JaculaDudek]

@@mramos1126 so what? Sammy might be more over than Andrade toothless if he keeps it up

[@al5306]

AEW is collapsing lol

[@veegob5287]

He hated on AAA too. Said it was a step backwards & didn’t like the way he was treated.

[@LouieV6]

He’s never happy anywhere he goes.

[@roaez4265]

I crack up SOOO much when I see the artists renditions of what to expect in Jim's conversations😂😂😂

[@ГеоргиХристов-д6ж]

One of my favourite "games" is trying to guess what Jim said this time to lead to the thumbnail looking that way 👌😂

[@NeilDinsmore]

Travis nailing it again 😂

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I missed Travis. The other artists didn't do it for me

[@TheIslandDivision]

Maybe it was Jericho all along? Jim did reveal Chris' dirtsheet past in Winnipeg. Y2J leaked the Colt story and got these balls rolling. His path back to the top is getting clear.

[@InsShogunGage]

Hmmm good point. Sounds quite plausible

[@LuisY2aj]

You just know this is going to be gold!!!

[@InsShogunGage]

They also need a strong vet locker room leader and a form of wrestler's court

[@wildwine6400]

Andrade is a perfectly fine worker. He just has no charisma at all.

[@AlanJ1993]

Which is why he only worked when Selina was doing the talking for him.

[@JohnSmith-ro2sc]

​@@AlanJ1993 she was phenomenal in that role for him. Honestly, if he went back to WWE, properly redo Legacy in wrestling. Andrade +Vega Shinsuke Nakamura (student of Inoki, and herald of Strong Style) Dominic Mysterio (to take pins) Charlotte Meiko Satomura (because I think her and Charlotte could have a hell of a good match with phenomenal build up when Charlotte eventually loses her mind being under the Final Bosses shadow) A good mouthpiece (unless Vega is doing it) +sign someone big and strong as the powerhouse who's connected to the old Kings Road style; Samoa Joe would work in a pinch as long as he goes back to the Muscle Buster finisher as his style is very much a combination of Kings Road and Strong Style. Present them like Evolution was- always dressed to the nines, cleaned up, etc. Never present them as the Chickenshit heels (except Dominic, he can go start some shit and go running back to the rest of the group).

[@flyguy7825]

This is 100% on Tony Khan. This was as avoidable as you can possibly get,and the incident still happened. He needs to run a business like a business instead of running a business like it's high school. Just let the man go If he does not want to be there. Don't hold on to him because it's all going to come down to him trying to get out and create drama. Just let the man go and let him be happy somewhere else and make it be known to him that he's not welcome back ever again.Sammy stock has dropped completely over the last year. I mean this dude went from the darling of AEW to really an afterthought partly of his own undoing. I mean it's clear that he not mature enough to handle situations like this.

[@WorldWarJoe]

The problem, if this was a planned storyline I’d be into it. If Andrade went on a planned show and called Sammy out on the show as an angle and then Sammy got mad and it sparked a feud it would’ve been a good set up. Just a simple: Interviewer- would you ever want to go against Sammy? Andrade- (laughs) Sammy. Sammy is ok. I like to wrestle men and not little girls

[@JaculaDudek]

It looks like the whole roster take sticks and the one who gets the shortest (or perhaps, the longest) gets to beat up Sammy xd

[@Charles-qw5ug]

Sammy has been in 4 things that we know of and the first thing about Sasha he got suspended and had to get sensitivity training yea I would say that didn’t work.

[@GraveMemories]

Don't forget he gave Matt hardy brain damage and continued the match

[@whidoineedthis]

Andrade could feud with Jay Lethal...but that has sailed

[@glennrugar554]

Hey Brian or Nakarato or whoever uploads, pretty much all the clips are out on yt where's the actual podcast upload? I got used to consuming my Jim in podcast form but I'll watch the clips if I have to... Gotta get my daily Jim any way I can!

[@brianflores9828]

This art kills me everytime 😂

[@marcusbrothers5221]

I can't watch AEW so I haven't seen Andrade. But La Sombra was awesome in CMLL. When he was defending the NWA historica title the matches were great

[@getschwifty9531]

The boss of NJPW at the time was upset when Andrade decided to leave to sign with wwe. He's good but there are a lot lucha haters. Especially when it's a luchador that does strong style better than all the pasty Indy darlings there.

[@clifforddavidson7273]

@@getschwifty9531 With certain guys, he's in the top 10 of pure in ring workers.

[@robertm6590]

That was most old school sounding but truthful thing I have ever heard Jim say. "So instead of calling him up on the phone, if he was that incensed..." Yeah he started a public Twitter war like a child of this generation instead of handling his own business with the guy. He has to have the support of all the faceless people who follow him and would take his side. Sounds like a coward to me and yeah, this isn't some guy on the other side of the world you're calling out in public. You work with him 😂

[@ravenstrahd5234]

Tony does not have to fire people. He can send people to Ring of Honor. Or demote them to security detail, autograph signing sessions, or even better custodians. Let the ones who want out sweep the arenas clean after the shows and wash CM Punks jock straps.

[@erod017]

It would be funny if TK put the world championship on Andrede as punishment for beating up Sammy. “We’re not firing you. You’re gonna beat moxley for the title so you’re forced to stay”

[@ThatsMrMaxHeadroomToYou]

You can't do that with talent, although I do see your humour. It's essentially the business equivelent of putting a fully loaded .44 Magnum in your mouth and playing Russian roulette.

[@miguelacosta4699]

hahahaha that thumbnail, Travis Heckel is the best!

[@chadberserk1050]

Someone with a hard camera angle seat for next week's Dynamite needs to get that Sammy picture blown up into a cardboard cutout and let the world (well near 1 million of the world) see Travis' art in all its glory.

[@conniecarroll747]

wouldn't you just love to see Sammy's reaction, if hr even understood it ?

[@standardofexcellence]

I agree, then it's on botchamania and youtube shorts

[@chadberserk1050]

@@standardofexcellence it would be the gift that keeps on giving.

[@bwayne6]

Sammy needed to put his big boy pants on and let this go. If he had a problem with Andrade working stiff he should have handled that in person in the back. This is the second time his mouth has gotten him in trouble.

[@brianharrington4400]

Tony is scared the ship is sinking

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

You're giving him too much credit. The doofus son still thinks he's got everything under control. He'd rather sink as the captain than relinquish and save everyone.

[@standardofexcellence]

Anthony's got it

[@bigkthesuperking]

Andrade is an amazing talent, Bryan Last

[@tshilidzinemukongwe5098]

Bryan last is that fat guy who talk tough on the podcast

[@nickynoir6878]

He really is one of the most talented workers that AEW has.

[@bradcarver8127]

Yeah but he’s a charisma vacuum. Anytime he’s on screen, I fast forward until he’s gone.

[@edophoneix1340]

Give him a lucha mask and an rffective manager say ric flair and he would go well.

[@ThatsMrMaxHeadroomToYou]

Borderline average you mean... He's upper mid-card or 2nd tier championship material at best. He can't talk, he's average build for his place on the card and he's a pretty good worker but you need all the tools to be at the top or at least two really sharp ones go get anywhere close to the ceiling. He'll never go higher than upper-midcard status because he's unable to connect with the fans due to the language and communication barrier.

[@max2493]

That picture just took me out 😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@turnupthesun81]

All this infighting in AEW just proves that you can’t give the inmates the keys to the asylum. WCW proved this over two decades ago. And as much as we hate it, I can understand why Vince was such a control freak.

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

The example or standard was never set. U can give people some freedom, but guide them so they know what is expected. TK seems to want to be everyone's buddy and doesn't like confrontation

[@standardofexcellence]

it doesn't need to be a dictatorship but there's no leadership roles other than Tony which doesn't have it and doesn't want to assign it to litigate the situation before it gets worse

[@chwenhoou]

This is why Wrestlers Court was a thing in the WWF/WWE locker room. You need authority figures in the back to keep this BS from escalating. Yet, this is what's happening in AEW. When you allow the inmates to run the asylum, don't be surprised when sh*t goes south.

[@Rudy04]

This. Taker was the judge, i believe JBL was for a bit, then it was definitely Roman. I remember when Enzo got too big of a head Roman kicked him off the bus

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

Wrestler's court was stupid hazing bullshit. It wasn't legit.

[@alr5008]

@@raynwolfsbane2084 it was stupid hazing shit that kept people in line. Is it juvenile? Yes

[@Rosadomofo]

😂😂😂😂 “oh my gosh , oh golly “ 🤣 hilarious

[@MrJjburgess11]

Sammy seems like the modern day 1996 Shawn Michaels. Runs his mouth . Then when someone comes up to him to settle it . He's backing up going "whoa whoa whoa easy"

[@sabarishnair8175]

Only that Shawn had tons of charishma, looked like a heartthrob and could sell a million tickets!

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@sabarishnair8175 oh yeah absolutely

[@supergluehotty]

Good topic, but can we talk how Brian is turning into the joker in the ad spot. From many ad spots I'm not surprised, but this man is going crazy. That laugh is proof. Edit 42:24

[@jeepernj99]

So let me get this straight. All these wrestlers who left WWE cause it was hell on earth to join AEW cause it was the promise land. Now a lot of them realized the WWE wasn’t as bad as they thought 🤔

[@StoneColdSergio]

Nobody could have predicted Vince being ousted. Vince was the #1 reason AEW was so appealing, but now that he's gone and wrestler-friendly Hunter is in charge, AEW is no longer the promised land.

[@zerofudou5689]

@@StoneColdSergio Which is funny because HHH is only going to push his ex-NXT guys.

[@Deadxman616]

@@zerofudou5689 you mean, Murphy, Andrade, and Malakai?

[@firepenguin38]

He also said is if I stiff with him. He can be stiff back or something like that that didn't if I'm not mistaken

[@slw8866]

Exactly, he said that usually if you don't like how stiff a wrestler is, you can get one stiff shot and it's enough for the other to know he was too stiff. Which is what Lesnar did to Strowman when he punched him for a stiff knee.

[@lukeharbolt7681]

You know I'm sporting a black eye right now. From a guy I've worked with for 3 years who only over the last month has given me the third degree and when I brought it to management they just said you need to handle it yourself and talk to him figure out what the problem is I come in Monday morning he starts yelling at me I won't be bullied I put him in his place and he sucker punched me ,just a sign that everywhere sometimes management needs to intercept these conflicts to keep anything from happening physically it's just that they don't want to be bothered by it. That guy got fired by the way and I'm still here. And by the way Jim is a fellow Louie villain! I actually just watched your interview for your TNA debut and it was awesome

[@justinditzler4168]

Andrade needs to go back to WWE and they need to give him legado del fantasma. Have Santos be his right hand man, Andrade doesn't speak at all, just Santos and they go against the bloodline.