TIMELINE Wrestling | 1990 | Jim Cornette (WCW) & Bruce Prichard (WWF)

In this captivating OVER FIVE HOURS LONG episode of Timeline Wrestling, we take a step back into the turbulent year of 1990, unraveling the stories behind the scenes from two distinctive perspectives: Jim Cornette's experiences in WCW and Bruce Prichard's journey with WWF.
On one hand, journey with one of wrestling's most celebrated managers and bookers, Jim Cornette, as he recounts the rollercoaster ride of WCW's 1990. Experience the year of seismic changes, including Black Scorpions, Mysterious Pearls, and a counterfeit Sting, as Cornette's successful tenure in WCW draws to a dramatic close.
Join Cornette as he pulls back the veil on the year's booking decisions, ratings, and his explosive confrontations with WCW head honcho, Jim Herd. As we delve into the WCW/TBS documents, Cornette will take you through the story that marked the end of his run with the company. It's a tale brimming with all the intricate details you've come to expect from Timeline, coupled with the mesmerizing passion that only Cornette can provide.
Simultaneously, step into WWF's transitional 1990 with the man who was driving its TV operations, the unforgettable Bruce Prichard. This was a year that saw a shift away from the captivating glamour of the 80s, with the company making bold attempts to prepare for the future - not all of them successful.
Witness the transformation from the era of Hulkamania to the rise of the Warrior galaxies above. Get an insider's look into the world of the red-faced preacher character that tormented babyfaces week after week. Explore everything from ICOPRO to lawsuits, from the Legion of Doom to Battle Kat, in a period that was as unpredictable as it was transformative.
Prichard will take you on an exclusive journey back to that pivotal year, delivering both the good and the bad with his signature storytelling.
This unique edition of Timeline Wrestling intertwines the dramatic fall of Cornette in WCW with the challenges and triumphs faced by Prichard in the WWF. It offers a compelling, insider's look into a critical year in wrestling history, telling the story of 1990 from the perspectives of two wrestling icons.
00:00 WCW 1990 INTRODUCTION
02:24 INTRODUCTION | WWE 1990
03:47 WWF January 2nd, 1990
05:19 WCW January 6th, 1990
07:07 WCW January 7th, 1990
10:18 WCW January 12th, 1990
12:36 WCW January 13th, 1990
14:58 WWF January 21st, 1990
28:40 WWF January 23rd, 1990
29:27 WWF February 3rd, 1990
31:54 WCW February 6th, 1990
47:34 WWF February 13th, 1990
50:09 WCW February 17th, 1990
58:08 WWF February 25th, 1990
59:04 WCW February 25th, 1990
01:08:06 WWF March 8th, 1990
01:09:41 WCW March 10th, 1990
01:19:03 WWF March 10th ,1990
01:19:54 WWF March 11th, 1990
01:23:25 WCW March 23rd, 1990
01:25:57 WCW March 24th, 1990
01:27:18 WWF March 25th, 1990
01:28:11 WWF March 28th, 1990a
01:29:58 WCW March 31st, 1990
01:33:00 WWF April 1st, 1990
01:46:56 WWF April 5th, 1990
01:48:53 WCW April 6th, 1990
01:58:39 WCW April 28th, 1990
02:02:41 WWF May 1st, 1990
02:03:46 WCW May 5th, 1990
02:12:46 WCW May 6th, 1990
02:18:47 WCW May 7th, 1990
02:20:36 WCW May 12th, 1990
02:24:03 WCW May 14th, 1990
02:26:18 WWF May 19th, 1990
02:27:25 WCW May 19th, 1990
02:38:55 WCW May 25th, 1990
02:42:09 WWF May 26th, 1990
02:44:47 WCW June 6th, 1990
02:50:29 WCW June 13th, 1990
02:52:09 WCW June 18th, 1990
02:56:26 WWF June 16th, 1990
03:00:24 WCW June 20th, 1990
03:02:24 WWF June 23rd, 1990
03:05:48 WWF June 26th, 1990
03:09:31 WWF July 4th, 1990
03:10:15 WCW July 7th, 1990
03:18:28 WWF July 8th, 1990
03:20:50 WCW July 11th, 1990
03:23:10 WWF July 21st, 1990
03:29:52 WWF July 28th, 1990
03:33:04 WCW August 4th, 1990
03:34:36 WWF August 12th, 1990
03:35:56 WWF August 18th, 1990
03:38:26 WCW August 24th, 1990
03:43:48 WWF August 25th 1990
03:47:28 WWF August 27th 1990
03:49:16 WCW September 5th 1990
03:54:32 WWF September 8th 1990
03:58:46 WCW September 10th 1990
04:02:35 WWF September 15th 1990
04:04:47 WWF September 15th 1990
04:08:15 WWF September 22nd 1990
04:09:11 WCW September 29th 1990
04:12:50 WWF October 1st 1990
04:14:28 WCW October 1st 1990
04:19:55 WWF October 6th 1990
04:22:40 WWF October 13th 1990
04:27:56 WWf October 14th 1990
04:29:28 WCW October 27th 1990
04:36:25 WWF October 27th 1990
04:37:36 WWF October 30th 1990
04:42:00 WCW October 30th 1990
04:46:17 WWF November 1st 1990
04:48:45 WWF November 23rd 1990
04:52:04 WCW November 20th 1990
04:53:53 WWF November 22nd 1990
05:05:09 WWF December 8th 1990
05:06:59 WWF December 11th 1990
05:09:10 WCW December 12th 1990
05:10:32 WWF December 15th 1990
05:12:07 WCW December 16th 1990
05:15:06 WCW December 20th 1990
05:20:57 WWF December 29th 1990
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[@HombreGermany]

31:54 there is no video, only sound in that chapter, same for 59:04

[@timothygutierrez]

Thanks for posting. Thought it was something on my device.

[@Dadmcbeardface]

A lot of people say a lot of things about Jim and Bruce but they are entertaining and great storytellers. Probably my 2 favourite timelines you guys ever did.

[@ronarnold1507]

Bruce's balls are in a jar in the bottom drawer of Vince McMahon's desk, though. He's entertaining, but you have to take most of his "memories" with several grains of salt.

[@fjccommish]

Bruce is awful.

[@JWS1985]

The Cactus Jack/Mil Mascaras story ALWAYS makes me laugh! Mil: No yob! No yob! 😂

[@jayb-clay2724]

I loved the Model gimmick for Rick Martell. It was so good and the accent made it better. And naming his cologne arrogance was genius. Such a great underrated gimmick.

[@Biffo316]

Martel in general was such an underrated performer. Especially in his feud with Razor Ramon.

[@JohnJID999]

can’t wait this is gonna be great the only compilation i’m looking forward too so far

[@MFD00MTR33]

I mostly enjoy Bruce buy the guy can never admit him or Vince made mistakes. Rooster, DDP, Goldberg, WCW, Bret and many other things i can't think of right now.

[@KHLB516]

Rooster wasn’t a mistake. That dude never drew money and was never gonna make anyone buy a ticket. Little kids actually laughed and enjoyed the Rooster while nobody ever liked Terry Taylor

[@KoolKumasi]

@@victor.elkins , over in UWF equals what compared to the WWF at the time? And also Corny never seems to talk about his mistakes either wrong by mistake or totally wrong and fans love it!

[@rickylucas6503]

Hate his carny mentality on everything, but i do like how he would discuss guys like Giant Gonzales or other guys that were short lived and hype them up as being impressive and ends it with "then the bell rang...."

[@pikkon899]

If Terry Taylor was as good as he thought he was, he would have gotten the Red Rooster over. There have been terrible gimmicks over the years that sounded terrible on paper but the guys got them over - Undertaker being the best example. A guy who's basically a zombie coming back as a pro wrestler.... and it was over. Why? Because Mark Calaway was good where as Terry Taylor was basically Ric Flair light, and at his best. He was never going to get over because he wasn't good. Kids liked the Red Rooster back then so there you go.

[@ec5018]

@@KHLB516 and people remember the rooster thank you vince see everyone shits on Vinny but he gave us memorable characters

[@nickmorris9311]

This is the ONLY acceptable 2 in 1. Blending the Brutus Beefcake one with Corny was a travesty

[@jonbourgoin182]

There's some atrocious editing in this though

[@leopoldvonwinterfeld5801]

Yeah I turned that down during the very first Beefer part lmao normally people who worked in the office as well are a lot better to listen to in those formats because they actually had a macro view on what was happening, the wrestlers just enjoyed themselves for the most part lol

[@DJWreckAlot]

Im glad someone said it hahahahaha literally didn't get 5 mins into the video because I didn't want to keep skipping to find the Cornette audio. Literally even people who have never heard Brutus talk before can tell he's such a egotistical liar like hogan

[@RexMundi_UTC]

Brutus shoots are the worst

[@alfiehickson8440]

Why? Brutus, Cornette and Bruce all lie atleast Brutus has a legitimate reason for his questionable memory.

[@makmillion1981]

The part with Mr. Pritchard talking about the televangelist was awesome!!!

[@stewartmcrae8007]

Prichard

[@John.Flower.Productions]

Bruce Prichard lies so much, that he has probably started to believe some of his own lies. If you want to know where the _Brother Love_ character actually came from, search: *Brother Ernest Angel*

[@Luxuryyacht92]

Have never heard someone go that into depth on the genesis of their gimmick.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@Luxuryyacht92 Brother Love was/is a knockoff of _Brother Ernest Angel._ Bruce Prichard is a complete and thorough liar.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

@@John.Flower.ProductionsWhatever hater

[@Helvetinpartatera]

When Jim tells how he punched himself in the nose repeatedly, always makes me flinch.

[@John_Smith77]

I’ve noticed at the 31:54 & 59:04 marks in this video, right when it’s going to switch from WWF to WCW, the screen stays black with just the KC logo showing and the audio from the interview playing like normal.

[@tranceBMP]

Two of the best shoots out there.

[@brunnob3]

46:39 I only get the audio here! Anyone else have the same problem?

[@vinceraven1501]

This was several years into my fall down the rabbit hole of professional wrasslin & remember every bit of it fondly. Both Jim Cornette & Bruce Prichard are walking wrasslin encyclopedias. Glad that Bruce got a great career in the business like his brother Dr. Tom. Great stuff.

[@MattSingh1]

*Prichard is a proven habitual liar, and CUCKnette is an out-of-touch irrelevancy. Both have been exposed and owned by Dave Meltzer.*

[@ashleyporter9547]

2:29:01 RoboCop always kills me The real guy. What? 😂😂

[@LinusKnight]

I love these 2 - but so you know some of these clips are blacked out video with audio only - like at @01:00:00

[@Danlows1]

Around 32:00 , the video goes black. Audio still playing

[@Ahedratron]

“Bobby, fuck, we gotta get out of here, [ammonia] it’s gonna kill us!” “Corny, there’s a crowd!” RIP Bobby Eaton

[@DefLeppardVanHalen]

That's dedication.

[@mikeberg6407]

Why is a chunk of this video black screen?

[@CheckmateFixit]

It's a zoomed in close up of Cornys black shirt. 😂

[@DimJongUn]

Again...a 33 day tease. Why is that necessary? I'll be there.

[@djdarq6311]

You answered your own question

[@thekornreeper]

Yup

[@L_Train]

At around 2:15:00 you put the same segment in twice. Corny talks about the NE/Canada loop and stan leaving

[@jimmydaplumber4999]

AWESOME

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Hey Sean (and company). Thank you so much for this upload. You are genuine fans. I salute you.

[@KCVault]

Our pleasure!

[@csmart6444]

Jim Cornette “for one thing we never had assigned seating!” That made me laugh out loud.

[@karlepaul6632]

BTW Jorge Gonzalez was drafted to the Atlanta Hawks, not the Falcons, as that's the football team.

[@tonyrogers8132]

I wish the graphics in between the segments were read aloud. When listening to audio only it can be confusing

[@KCVault]

Testing out some AI voices.

[@adamgibson7181]

Thanks! Love this

[@jackgriffin4538]

That started in a animated show in the 70?s. I don’t think DC copyrighted then. They might now though.

[@jonkorpi6061]

❤ corny such an insightful knowledge of the wrestling business

[@PLATINUMSWORDS]

Screen goes black around 35 minutes in.

[@MasteroftheDDT]

Gary Hart had faith in Perez until he got a shot at Flair and told ppl he was gonna shoot on him and take the title. Give up a spot at the top over sheer stupidity😂

[@stevenmacaulay8807]

Perez was a classic example of preventing your career from being one of the greats.

[@mox19380]

this is an awesome compilation. you probably can't find two guys much closer to the inner and outer workings of the business. prichard's dusty impression is always gold. and you can tell done with so much respect

[@ensabahnur7657]

Over 5 hours? DAMN!

[@mikes.7654]

This is literally a college-level masterclass on booking pro wrestling properly.

[@thedude4672]

That's not what literally means

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

Please don't use 'literally' as an intensifier.

[@mikes.7654]

It literally is a good literally word. Literally

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

@@mikes.7654 That's the kind of childish response I was expecting from someone who spams the word literally. You should've stayed in school and expanded your vocabulary.

[@mikes.7654]

@@Bubba__Sawyer i literally am so amused that you take this so seriously. Literally!

[@davidrea6310]

Jim Cornette is probably my favorite wrestling personality of all time, but when Bruce Prichard does Vince McMahon’s impression, that shit’s just gold. “Well shit, pal. That’s not what we were looking for.”

[@djangofett4879]

Jim does a pretty good McMahon impression too but yeah, Bruce's is hard to beat

[@epicproportionsmediaproduc6697]

This time, it’s audio with no video. If it’s not that, it’s playing the same Mel Phillips segment several times in the same video, or the bumpers don’t match the segments. Whoever edits these videos should be fired. The last few upload’s edits have been total crap. Great content, terrible edits. Doesn’t the editor proof read his own work?

[@jimmicampkin]

"We got a guy down in the cells, thinks he's a pretty good wrestler, got him on a charge of murder" 'Well bring him up! I'll wrestle him!' Everytime 😅

[@PlentyFromJuanSheet]

This is definitely going to pass a 5 hour lorry journey… see you on the other side folks! 👍🏻

[@daveschannel747]

I'm invested til the sun comes up! Eastern standard time ⏲️

[@PlentyFromJuanSheet]

@@daveschannel747 I kinda forgot to turn my phone off lol. Pulled into a lay-by to get a couple hour sleep, anyway I’m now here about to drive home lol.

[@KCVault]

How'd you enjoy the journey?

[@PlentyFromJuanSheet]

@@KCVault went by an absolute treat! Will definitely be using it as a regular A-B destination listen! Thankyou! 👍🏻

[@jamesfraser1622]

Cornette's story about quitting WCW is one of my favourite wrestling stories.

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

Back when I first heard that story, it got me into wrestling.

[@cultureshock5000]

what the nuts the screen is blackl

[@thedude4672]

You'd think that they would review the videos better when editing, prior to posting it. Don't get me wrong, I love that they're being uploaded, but this is rookie mistake stuff

[@seanbonella]

​@@thedude4672mash ups like that. Hate them

[@shanebarfield2925]

89 The Great Muta music was great also

[@FlexDonovan]

Thank you Sean, this was awesome.

[@CodA2501]

Is it just me, or are some of the Cornette segments blacked out… still have audio, but no video.

[@KCVault]

Export issue. This video has done too well for us to reupload

[@CodA2501]

@@KCVault that is totally understandable. At least I’m not going mad thinking I’m having issues with my phone or something.

[@timburr4453]

Hard to believe how long it took Scott Hall to get into WWF. He was about 35 when Razor Ramon took off and I didnt know he had several tryouts and was turned aside due to a lack of charisma...his look and in ring work was so good even pre 1992😊

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Yea, he was a ten year overnight sensation. LOL Fortunately, when he 'got it', he really did. He ended up having a great career.

[@mikem10481]

Verne Gagne was grooming him to be their new World Champion but Scott could see the writing on the wall in AWA and went down to WCW.

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

If that would have happened Brian pillman's career might have been a lot different he might have got to be a big star in WCW and maybe he wouldn't have wanted up in WWF and what would have happened to him or maybe he would wind up her eventually but not when he did and you know maybe that shit wouldn't happen to him

[@hammerain93]

Love the Robert Tilton reference LOL (Farting Preacher)

[@Fnoel98356]

I have said this before in several places, but when the Artful Dodger Bruce Pritchard said Robert Tilton, I immediately thought of Ron White's comedy show Drunk In Public. And no I am not sitting in a beanbag chair naked eating Cheetos.

[@jessemutarelli3201]

If only Kliq This was this good. Unfortunately, Nash hates wrestling fans.

[@brianlogan4243]

Finally, hearing Corny give Barnett his props. A hidden overlooked key person to the WWF rise .

[@chadk890]

I never heard that before . What did Barnett do for the WWF?

[@brianlogan4243]

To make a long story short as possible. Barnett was THE POWER BROKER prior to Vince. After breaking wrestling into territories, Then Barnett opened the original WCW in Austrailia in the 1970's, the most lucrative territory ever. Then sold WCW as the NWA asked Jim to help with Georgia war by taking over the original TBS show and becoming a close friend Ted Turner. Barnett was fired by partial Ole Anderson and pushed out of Georgia. So he brokered the sell out of GCW with the Brisco brothers to Vince and was KEY in securing the needed tv deals across the country for Vince's national expansion. Barnett had connections in entertainment, politics (Jimmy Carter Arts dept advisor), and of course wrestling as well as being a pioneer of studio styled tv wrestling shows. If not for Ole pushing Jim out of Georgia, WWF may have never had the grease of Jim to push Hogan on the fast track to national stardom. Oh, BTW, he was fired by WWF later for back rooming with Crockett and went back to the NWA . Btw he personally brokered the deal between Ted Turner and the Crocket family to secure the buy out to Turner Entertainment. Wrestling would not be what it is today without Jim Barnett. He's sadly forgotten. @@chadk890

[@BombaLuLu84]

@@brianlogan4243The sale of the TBS time slot & Georgia territory to Jim Crockett Promotions by the WWF after they bombed on TBS was for $1 million which helped Vince pay for the first WrestleMania. Barnett was indeed incredibly important for those early Hulkamania years (so was booker George Scott) unfortunately Vince has buried their contributions just like he buried how much Toots Mondt helped Vince Sr.’s career. Barnett would eventually work with McMahon again as an occasional adviser: one of the last things he advised Vince on was pushing John Cena.

[@goat736]

Screen black?

[@MrSniperfox29]

With Jim Herd in charge of WCW it's funny that Vince even had to try and sabotage them

[@feckyoo2]

Am I the only one seeing a huge section with black screen and audio only? 😢

[@timothygutierrez]

No

[@nichhodge8503]

4:29:48 I’m surprised that the WWE/F were allowed to use the Battle Cat name since Battle Cat™️ was a trademark of He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe. Prince Adam became He-Man and Cringer because Battle Cat™️ 🐅 when Prince Adam raised his mighty sword 🗡 “By the powers of Grey-Skull…I have the power!”🗡💥 Thundercats was the next big thing after He-Man and I liked Thundercats, though it took me a while to come around to liking them as was my fondness to He-Man (I gave in when I realised that He-Man wasn’t being shown on TV anymore). But as an adult I realise that He-Man could kick Lion-O’s ass (just like my mum said back in the 80’s). They did updated versions of He-Man but none were as good as the original Masters Of The Universe series, the only one to do it justice is the one Netflix did and it was a little more for adult due to language and content which is really for people around my age who were fans of the original show back in the mid 80’s.

[@MattSingh1]

*Another Day In Paradise' was also the last number one of the 80s and the first number one of the 90s in the US chart as it was number one across the turn of the year in 1989 and thus of course the decade.*

[@mrkipling2201]

Absolutely brilliant and so interesting. One nitpick i have, and its not just with the captions on this video but on most other videos and interviews, is when pre World Wildlife Fund complaint stuff is called the WWE. Stuff before 2001 or 2002, whatever year it was, is the WWF. So call it the WWF!!

[@tommyhallum2054]

The fact that the Road Warriors had so much stroke in the business that they were booked to go over on their "way out" match in the first place is crazy! Not very many people would get that kind of treatment.

[@mikthemik69]

Why is there no video?

[@Bellocks1]

1:34:18 for the Vince impression

[@kpllc4209]

I always wondered wouldn't DC Comics own the rights to Legion of Doom?

[@emeraldboar5923]

Who beat the Road Warriors? 28.05.1990 NWA World Tag Team Title: Doom (Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) (c) defeat The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) NWA House Show - House Show @ Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia, USA 24.05.1990 NWA United States Tag Team Title: The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) (c) defeat The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) NWA House Show - House Show @ Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, USA 13.12.1989 Iron Man Tag Team Tournament Match #3: The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) [35] defeat The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) [20] (7:27) NWA Starrcade 1989 - Future Shock - Pay Per View @ Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 15.11.1989 The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes) defeat The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) by DQ (5:18) NWA Clash Of The Champions #9 - New York Knock Out - TV-Show @ Houston Field House in Troy, New York, USA 27.10.1989 NWA World Tag Team Title: The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes) (c) defeat The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) by DQ NWA House Show - House Show @ Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, USA

[@misternewman1576]

Anyone know when these were recorded?

[@dirkjewitt5037]

Fun fact, my step mom worked for the farting preacher, AKA Robert Tilton.

[@nichhodge8503]

2:15:39 Wrestling card gassed! I started to read the newspaper clip and soon as I saw it was an ice rink I knew the ammonia gas had leaked from the refrigeration system that makes the ice as ammonia is used as a refrigerant (not used so much these days) as I own 2 refrigeration businesses (I inherited my grandfather’s business which is in it’s 72yr of business and bought a 2nd one and instead of bringing all under one name I thought it was better to keep it’s original name as it has a good reputation & have 2 businesses for customers to choose from) and I’am a refrigeration & HVAC engineer by trade (HVAC stands for heating, ventilation & air conditioning)

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Tony schiavone Last WWF was Wednesday,3/7/90 San Francisco, California The Cow Palace ( Wrestling Challenge TV Taping #177- 3 episodes his last appearance was 4/1/90 WC tv show. He debut back in WCW on World Wide Wrestling 4/23/1990 TV Taping.

[@boringsocialiser]

Oh so thats how Mark Hart got into that match with Corny. The heart Punch seemed lethal to me as a kid.

[@iconic1916]

thank you for making these available for us KZbin people. Absolutely love the content. Could we maybe get some ring roasts uploaded in the future?

[@SomeGuyFrom216]

Am I crazy or does the video for Cornette just DISAPPEAR a few times????

[@nickmorris9311]

In fairness to the Mania 6 celebs, Bob Goulet and Steve Allen killed it

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

Steve Allen was typical american cringe.

[@boringsocialiser]

TK watches this at home alone. Or needs too with his evps.

[@NoBrianNoGain]

This is a great format, many thanks!

[@KCVault]

More to come!

[@210Dinero]

Bruce is difficult to hear at times, because either he truly drank the kool aid from Vince, or he was always angling to return to WWE, towing the company line even after being away.

[@e2go]

Just take everything he says with a grain of salt and assume he's always working you. It's much easier and more enjoyable that way.

[@claytron3000]

This is the closest you’ll get to a legit talk about the WWF. I’m not sure who else you can find who has all of the WWF’s history stored in their brain. Maybe Finkel? But he wasn’t privy to the creative stuff and booking like Bruce was.

[@MiningForPies]

You didn’t listen to the same video as me. Quite a few times he criticised Vince.

[@JutiMayranen]

Possibly the best Timeline combo we would get. Jim Cornette and Bruce Prichard both were involved behind the scenes in their respective companies. So much insight to every detail and they both are extremely believable instead of some of the other folks involved with these interviews. Also they are great storytellers too!

[@MattSingh1]

*Prichard is a habitual liar. Dave Meltzer has exposed and owned him many times.*

[@jeremiahbreitenbach4663]

That question about Arn Anderson you can plainly see on Jim's face it was almost an insult.

[@marcusbrothers5221]

The Nasty Boys got signed on the strength of their tag match vs the Steiners in WCW. A top ten tag match of all time if you consider the Philly hardcore work rate a positive thing....and I do. WATCH THIS MATCH

[@theuniversegalaxynba]

It is not necessary to have that introduction every few minutes then .

[@WilliamJohnson-ml7ij]

The angle with Midnight and Brian Pillman had the potential to be one of those angles that gets talked about for years. If herd had just gotten out of the way, they could have been a real alternative to wwf. They had to try and be wwf lite and failed.

[@TheEWFX29]

It was more like they failed trying to be themselves so it was a "if you cant beat them, copy them" situation.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

A lot of black screens...

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

6/23/1991 (WCW) Atlanta, Georgia Omni Coliseum El Gigante & Lex Luger beat Ric Flair (WCW World HW Champion- Flair's last match before quitting WCW ,leaving for WWF first run, stripped of Title 7/1/1991 & One Man Gang via DQ .

[@warshipsatin8764]

this should be good

[@Carelock]

I enjoyed the quarterly ppv system so much more than later when they went monthly with In Your House. Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series with a few tv specials thrown in was all that was needed imo…

[@rickylucas6503]

Today, there's only 2 major American promotions with large rosters and only a few hours of TV a week. Back then, WWF maybe had 40 full time wrestlers split into A, B, and sometimes C house shows. Everybody wanted to work the shows Hogan was on b/c he was selling out arenas, therefore, bigger payoffs. Everybody would come in for 2 days of shooting TV shows every 3 weeks for Superstars and Weestling Challenge. They would shoot 3 weejs of TV then have matches they would put on Prime Time Wrestling or comp tapes as well as some for the live crowd. That meant people were getting 5 or 6 hours of wrestling if you bought a ticket. The PPVs being spaced out meant more ppl were gonna buy them every 3 or 4 months instead of buying them monthly. I wish it was still like that today, but there's too many bodies per promotion and not enough options available to go elsewhere to earn a living.

[@hammerain93]

why is the video black sometimes?

[@KCVault]

Export issue

[@waynedoyle5584]

wtf was roddy piper black thing ?...it made no sense at the time and more bizarre as time goes by ?...i,m guessing it,s a case of " too much coke " decision making ....embarrassing

[@nichhodge8503]

1:37:17 Mary Tyler Moore was dating Brutus Beefcake during WrestleMania 6 time hence why she was there

[@nichhodge8503]

Vince McMahon: “how can we enhance Dusty’s commonness and show he’s really the common man?” Pat Patterson: “let’s give a short, fat black woman as nothing scream common more than a short, fat black woman!” Vince McMahon: “I like it and we’ll call her Mammy!” Bruce Prichard: “Mammy might come off as a bit racist so how about Sapphire?” Vince McMahon: “ok we’ll try it your way Bruce but if Sapphire doesn’t stick I’m calling her MAMMY!”

[@shanebarfield2925]

I do remember the NWO and the Wolfpac music but for the most part yeah WCW music was generic

[@tommyhallum2054]

I dont like trump either but for f**k sakes Jim leave politics out of the one thing untarnished by politics... WRESTLING!! Love ya Jim you're a Legend!

[@markshepherd9153]

When Bruce talks about NBC and the ratings, just goes to show that WWE/F littererally swam against the current for decades not to get cancelled. I think being its own company insulated it from the normal, fatal cuts that killed off WCW.

[@JoshBruin77]

Whoa! My first time seeing Sean Oliver in YEARS!

[@machotorres856]

Pritchard thinks he’s being counter culture with the Christianity-slamming but it comes across as the opposite.

[@falagarius]

Gotta pay up for the version without 30 minutes of black?

[@robv4936]

Thanks like him or not Jim is educational and entertaining

[@drseussofporn]

Always. Prichard is also an excellent interview as well and gives a fantastic counterpoint to the WCW talk. Both of Cornette's podcasts and Prichard's STW are mandatory listening for a complete history of pro wrestling. Bruce is always a bit more diplomatic than Cornette, but I think it's because he genuinely doesn't want to bury people if he had personal issues. With Cornette, he will drive a stake in your hurt if you don't add extra cheese to his burger.

[@garymck5181]

​@drseussofporn Prichard readily and gleefully buries Jerry Jarrett, Dave Meltzer and The Ultimate Warrior on a pretty regular basis haha

[@drseussofporn]

@garymck5181 I'll give you Warrior, though it's difficult to find someone that hasn't buried him. His heat with Meltzer is usually due to the inaccuracies of his reporting, at least according to Bruce. And Jarrett, I never really heard him bury Jeff. He said they had heat due to the ways Jeff came in and out of the WWE in potentially unprofessional ways, but he always praised Jeff's ring work and mic skills. He's even said they have no problems now at all, he just didn't like the way Jeff did business back in the day. Hell, for a 5 year window in the 90s it almost looked like Jarrett was going to give Marty Jannetty's in-out record a run for the money. Of course, Jannetty was hell bent to keep that record.

[@garymck5181]

@drseussofporn nah not Jeff, Jeff's dad. Bruce has a real sore spot any time Jerry Jarrett comes up in conversation. That's where his 'well..., you know' catchphrase comes from.

[@drseussofporn]

@garymck5181 Sorry, just reread. It doesn't seem like he hated Jerry though. Hell, I don't think he hated Warrior either. Meltzer on the other hand . . .

[@synthsolutionmusic]

Boy that "Trump, Russia Connection" comment didn't age well

[@olivernorth495]

Yeah Trump would never do something inappropriate with Russian oligarchs.

[@matthewcheatham3322]

Why let the truth get in the way of a good lie.

[@adamsBASSCOVERS]

2:26:10

[@synthsolutionmusic]

Robert Titlton. Otherwise known on KZbin as Pastor Gas

[@emfs9522]

I just love they dont know, nashs original Mast Blaster partner was non other then Tyler Mane. Known for Halloween Sabertooth. He had more success then either of these people.

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

Right. He went on to be Michael Meyers too

[@robertmcalpine488]

You are wrong there. Nash's original partner in the Master Blasters was called Cory Pendarvis. Tyler Mane played Woman's bodyguard Nitron in 1989 and in 1993 returned to WCW as wrestler Big Sky, who partnered with Vinnie Vegas, portrayed by Kevin Nash.

[@nichhodge8503]

3:49:05 I don’t see what is so controversial about Million Dollar Man buy Sapphire because it’s not like he’s buying her as a slave he’s bought her services as an employee and is no different than if I was to work for one company and someone offers me a job for more money but first they have to buy out my contract from my current employer. That’s the problem with America, they don’t see it as a man buying out a woman’s contract to have him pay her more to work for him they see it as a white man buying a black woman who’s gonna work long hours for free

[@nlastamp]

Prichard....still a wwe yes man. That red rooster shit was obviously a goof. "They meant that he should be cocky ." Except no one told Terry that I'm sure....lol

[@Fnoel98356]

I have said this before, but the reason the Artful Dodger, Bruce Pritchard defends the Red Rooster so hard is because it is/was his idea. Besides being the biggest McMahon yes man in the history of the world.

[@billbird6494]

It could of worked as a punk rock gimmick with a red mohawk, but not as an actual chicken man.

[@e2go]

It's amazing how some gimmicks perfectly represent the actual human being and it's probably why they worked so well. Bruce Prichard is Brother Love😂🤣

[@shavashave]

Is there anyway to just get the Corny cut??

[@souljahrick]

As much as I love Jim cornette I do have to question why was he supposed to do the timeline for 1990 1989, I understand but he was gone by October 1990 so it didn't make sense

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Saturday, 6/22/1991( WCW) Chicago, Illinois UIC Pavilion WCW World HW Title Match Ric Flair (champion) beat El Gigante via DQ this was Flair's last Chicago appearance before quiting WCW.

[@marcusbrothers5221]

From White Hall Pennsylvania the Nastys were ECW before ECW. After the ultra violent match with the Steiners they would be watered down Bushwhacker style.

[@adamsBASSCOVERS]

2:16:12