That scene with Hogan and Bischoff toasting themselves in the plane thinking they had pulled off a masterpiece was so BIZZARE..

@justinmoreau4070

10 ай бұрын

Yeah. Especially when you think of how they hadn't won over WWE in ratings since Oct 1998.

@thomasvanboening4829

10 ай бұрын

If the Halloween Havoc angle happened, it would have worked for them two okay enough. They probably hoped by that point that Russo would be out of the picture for being insufferable. Oops. It's too bad Bischoff didn't ask Hogan for that extra lawsuit money to buy WCW from WCW.

@drrockkso8882

2 ай бұрын

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

Hogan calling Russo "a jackoff and a stupid, stupid man" is just about the most honest thing he's ever said.

@EsotericRage

4 ай бұрын

It's the only true thing he's ever said

@dantecarroll2435

4 ай бұрын

@@EsotericRageI agree

russo convincing so many people he wasn't a moron has gotta be his most successful trait

@richardsmith9615

9 ай бұрын

One of his streams the other day he was saying: "I know my audience bro. I'm not targeting the Smarks and the dirtsheets bro, I'm here for the Casual fans who wanna learn a bit more about people who were in the business, bro" Legitimately he said that. I will give him credit though, he did get talent over. He keeled two companies over, but he helped create characters.

@MegatronYES

9 ай бұрын

I have met like half a dozen fans. Fucking FANS. People who have watched this shit their whole life… who think Russo is a legitimate talent

@user-qr9dn5ge1q

7 ай бұрын

​@@richardsmith9615 Hogan and Eric bischoff killed wcw the only reason wcw hired Russo was because wcw was already bad and that is BECAUSE ERIC AND HOGAN WERE RUNNING THE SHOW they drove it to the ground so wcw hired Russo and he made it more worse but it was already bad

@johnfor7522

7 ай бұрын

​@@user-qr9dn5ge1qno TNT did not want wrestling on its tv that is why wcw died only biggest reason

@heisensaul5538

6 ай бұрын

The greatest trick Vince Russo ever pulled was convincing the world he was smart.

The problem I had with the New Blood story line is they had it backwards: the young, hungry, ready to win guys were made into the heels, and the established holding you down stars were the babyfaces.

@Marc_Araujo

10 ай бұрын

Yup...that's where they goofed it.

@Maggot-ml3vz

10 ай бұрын

That and making Billy Kidman and Jeff Jarrett the faces of the stable.

@decepticonxhunter4850

10 ай бұрын

It wasn't a goof on their part. The MC ended up being the faces because the fans didn't want to boo them. They loved those guys too much to boo guys they loved and cheer for guys that they didn't even really know like that. Russo managed to get it right with the Main Event Mafia thing because the viewers had that connection with AJ Styles and the other young guys.

@Noobie2k7

9 ай бұрын

​@@Maggot-ml3vzI mean nothing wrong with Jarrett or Kidman.

@Maggot-ml3vz

8 ай бұрын

@@Noobie2k7both were not drawing a dime and were midcarders at best

You know it'll be good when Jim starts off by saying, "I will use his name that he was given by his poor unsuspecting parents through this program because if you just threw around the nickname 'shitstain,' it would be so confusing as to who to apply it to in this episode."

@patrickfahy9207

10 ай бұрын

You know it's going to be good when the video goes for over an hour😂

@quincee3376

10 ай бұрын

I was on the floor laughing so hard.

@joeynova9896

10 ай бұрын

Yo I laughed my ass off while the video was playing this quote at the same time I was reading this! Fucking gold! 🤣💀

@AS_ONYX

10 ай бұрын

Yea people would think he's talking about himself.

@fhb3

10 ай бұрын

Well... Shitstain = Vince Russo Uncle Dave = Dave Meltzer Fuckin' Bischoff = Eric Bischoff

I would pay huge bucks for a table for 4 with Russo, Cornette, Bischoff and Meltzer. No filters, no censorship, it might be a piece of art or the greatest clusterfuck in history, but either way it would be legendary

@SinaSoh

10 ай бұрын

Add Heyman and Vince McMahon that would be a legendary table for 6!!!

@smithmeister

10 ай бұрын

It would turn to blows. Bischoff would probably win lol.

@smithmeister

10 ай бұрын

Oh Vinny Mac would win out of the 6.

@JRC99

10 ай бұрын

Corny would just kill Russo. Idk about Dave, but I feel like Eric would gladly help and they'd find common ground

@baconoftheark

10 ай бұрын

Nah. Forbidden Door III where it's a round table between those 4 guys. Winner gets to book 1 month of AEW, and its fan voted online and the fans at the event.

Man we’ve been getting some gems lately from Jim. I’d like to thank dark side, Colin Thomson, Dave Meltzer, AEW and Vince Russo for all the great content we’ve gotten bc of them.

@I_Am_Hateful

10 ай бұрын

giving a mind like Jim's this much material to run wild with is a blessing

@LouieV6

10 ай бұрын

Just wait until he talks about the LuFisto situation. Saying he’s going to have a field day with it would be an understatement.

@herecomesdatrain

10 ай бұрын

​@@LouieV6referring to the aew women's locker room

@barrymccockiner773

10 ай бұрын

Corny’s been hitting home runs all summer! I love these podcasts lol

@florida_guy03

10 ай бұрын

@@barrymccockiner773 this is true

Cornette's observation of Russo having "buggy whip arms" always cracks me up.

Jim starting off the episode saying he's under-the-weather... then doing a 1 hr Broadway 😭

@markfroman738

10 ай бұрын

Old school mentality!

@haiasieel6099

10 ай бұрын

That's why he's the 🐐

@patrickboian8545

10 ай бұрын

You don't get💰if you don't show up lol.

@ThatOneDude521

Ай бұрын

His perpetual hatred of Vince Russo is to him what blood is to vampires. Cornette has gone on record to say that he plans on outliving Russo to piss on his grave 😭😂

I was looking more forward to Jim and Brian’s review of this episode than the episode itself.

@wilcee238

10 ай бұрын

We all were.

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

Is it really have to be an hour though? I'm pretty sure most of it. It's him just bruring Vince Russo like we haven't heard that over the last 20 plus years to death.

@Jigster95

10 ай бұрын

Same here

@joshualopez8044

10 ай бұрын

Hello corny from New Orleans La.

@gordonmckay4780

10 ай бұрын

LMAO! Me too!

Brian was right - it was New Blood - but Jim didn't even bring up the dumbest part about the whole thing, which was that the young guys were the heels

@kingslayer2999

10 ай бұрын

Yeah New Blood were the heels but when he did it in TNA the Frontline were the babyfaces and the Main Event Mafia were the heels.

@WarGhoulKharas

10 ай бұрын

​@@kingslayer2999 He did it again in the beginning of TNA with SEX vs TNA, with him as the head of SEX, because Russo is 14 years old mentally.

@smarkslowplay3512

10 ай бұрын

Truth is New Blood was SUPPOSED TO be the faces, but fans didn't want to cheer for Jarrett, Steiner, Bagwell, Shane etc. They wanted to cheer for the newly-alligned Sting, Luger, Hogan, Sid, Flair...what a bomb that was

@patrickboian8545

10 ай бұрын

@@WarGhoulKharasI don't remember a group called Sex in tna. Do you recall who was in it?

@patrickwilliams6143

10 ай бұрын

​@@patrickboian8545it stood for Sports Entertainment Xtreme and contained Vince Russo, Disco Inferno (working under his shoot name, Glenn something-or-other), Raven, Trinity, Road Dogg (working as BG James) and Sonny Siaki. There may have been others, and yes, it was as bad as it sounds!

The Dark Side of the Ring episode we need is Cornette vs Russo. Chronical everything from WWF to Cornette's epic rants to the restraining order, everything.

@realReagan

3 ай бұрын

would make too much money

@amandaj4324

3 ай бұрын

That would be great

@cartercartercartercar

3 ай бұрын

they will eventually do it

@richardpowell4281

2 ай бұрын

There used to be a guy one KZread who compiled all the Jim's rants into one long Russo Saga that chronicled all of Jim's grievances. But Jim had the channel copyright claimed. I think it was short sighted because I didn't even know he had a podcast till I saw those clips.

@garydevlin8178

Ай бұрын

Would have to include everything KZread era in between, from the various Solomonster impressionist coverage, through a side of Meltzy boy burger shade, to a vertical battle of the respective Brian’s to Corny and Uncle Dave lol. Plus Bonus extended edition episode: The Roast of Conrad? 😆

What was more amazing... How they edited out Vince Russo's "BRO'S!" He still got a few in there but they managed to slide in some sentences without.... MAGIC!

This episode had a total of 12 bros. 11 from Russo and 1 from Jarrett 😂

@ryanmadgwick6016

10 ай бұрын

I'm willing to bet there were a 100 more edited out before it aired 😂

@robbiemoulis940

10 ай бұрын

The one from Jarrett was him quoting Russo!

@jimnfl7134

10 ай бұрын

jim: Got a check for 20,000 to talk about the person I wish i could murder.

@alchemisterjm5755

9 ай бұрын

LOL 😂

@morgenstern993

7 ай бұрын

​@ryanmadgwick6016 They had to edit because somewhere there were people taking a shot every time Russo said bro if they hadn't these people would be dead from alcohol poisoning.

Vince Russo literally looks like every video store owner in the 80’s/90’s, or pizza shop owner who drives a beat up IROC 🤣👏

@lucasledesma4684

2 ай бұрын

which is pretty accurate cuz he did own a video store prior to working for WWF magazine lol

@nielcarpnava

Ай бұрын

What's IROC?

@JackTheripper911

Ай бұрын

​@@nielcarpnavaIROC Z Camero. A car.

This was pure gold. Even as a kid in the UK who had to sit through WCW Worldwide, I knew Russo was an annoying dumbass.

@1983jcheat

10 ай бұрын

You're a Saint, bro.

@marcsimmel754

10 ай бұрын

@@1983jcheat feel you, guys

@1983jcheat

9 ай бұрын

@@marcsimmel754 😃

@richardsmith9615

8 ай бұрын

@@totallybored5526 Those were the days!!

@SteelSunday

7 ай бұрын

@@totallybored5526 and if you could stay up late enough you also got Thunder from the week before 4/5 hours of WCW on a Friday night.but no PPV what a missed opportunity had to wait months for the VHS to possibly come out at a WM Smith. UK it was the pre-taped Friday night wars.

The entire episode all I could think about was Jim's reaction but 62 minutes!

Bobby Heenan was right about Hogan all along 😂😂😂

@stinkypinkeee5085

10 ай бұрын

That's why he was "The Brain"...

@desertraider8628

10 ай бұрын

What did heenan say about him ?

@timothycrosby4251

10 ай бұрын

Yep!

@semyaza555

10 ай бұрын

@@desertraider8628I want to know too lol

@travisprice1325

10 ай бұрын

​@@desertraider8628Watch all of Heenan's career with WCW and WWF

Stan Lee could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves. Russo couldn't sell water to a fish.

@Dezert_Fox

10 күн бұрын

Stan Lee was a jew

Jim would have a legit aneurysm if he watched a Nitro under Russo when announcers begin to openly speculate if wrestlers will , "do the job" or not.

@Mustang424

25 күн бұрын

Oh my God 🤣🤣🤣🤣 there's a good chance Jim would have tried to actually hurt that man.

The review we have all been anticipating. One hour, let's go.

@ivancamacho9581

10 ай бұрын

when I saw that there would be an episode about Russo and Hogan controversy I was "I can't fucking wait to hear Cornette shit on Russo for it' and it was fucking worth it

@coldnightmare199

10 ай бұрын

That's pretty sad for your life

@scrappy93

8 ай бұрын

​@@coldnightmare199ikr these marks love embarrassing themselves.

DARK SIDE OF THE RING SEASON 5: CORNETTE VS RUSSO!!!! Please make it happen

@pleaseshutup7053

10 ай бұрын

Lmao we already got that episode watch the screwjob and brawl for all episodes

@CesarHernandez-pd1eb

10 ай бұрын

I read this and i couldn't stop laughing thanks for that really needed it.

@RS7RV

10 ай бұрын

I’d pay for that episode!

@smarkslowplay3512

10 ай бұрын

I mean no one was harmed til now

@rizkyanandita8227

10 ай бұрын

You need all the promoter in order to get it kinda straight. From Vince McMahon to Dixie Carter.

Meltzer as W C Fields... Priceless!! The Arteest outdid himself 😎 As for Russo's promo after Eric and Hogan left in the Jabroni jet, reminds me of when Heyman kicked the trash can after Flair fired him.

@spicyoctopus

8 ай бұрын

Brian's belly laugh during that joke though

@ajp069

4 ай бұрын

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull. Fields and Dave alike 😅

A lot of episodes of DSOTR have made me sad. This was the one episode that made me legitimately angry. These fools (Bischoff, Russo and Hogan) destroyed a company, cost so many people their jobs and hurt the entire wrestling industry all because of their selfishness, ego, greed and incompetence. And to think the same mistakes are starting to show up in AEW with a mark boss and his selfish VP’s. No one has seemingly learned from what happened.

@CarloisBuriedAlive

10 ай бұрын

People have learned from it, but none of those people work for AEW lol

@mikeedwards9984

10 ай бұрын

Those same guys ruined TNA at its prime too

@ramseydoon8277

9 ай бұрын

​@@mikeedwards9984prime example is getting rid of the six-sided ring

@clifforddavidson7273

8 ай бұрын

@@ramseydoon8277 Of all the things that was wrong with TNA, the 6 side ring was the last thing on that list. Also, 6 side ring, worse thing ever.

@Ghost-Face420

7 ай бұрын

Show some respect lmao Hogan is one of the biggest stars in history & took wrestling to new heights, he broke his body for pro Wrestling, he was one of the main reasons as to why the NWO worked in the first place

"That doesn't work for me, brother." One of my all time favorite quotes 😂😂. When I saw they were doing an episode about this, I had a big smile on my face. What a shitshow.

@vampirascoffin870

10 ай бұрын

What's even more funny Eric Still defends that brotha!!! 💪🏻🕶️

@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother

10 ай бұрын

“That Doesn’t Work For Me, Brother” phrase was just as powerful as Triple H’s shovel. Lol

@oatz8449

10 ай бұрын

@@vampirascoffin870my question is how is Halloween havoc gonna work with the ratings having hogan still on top? At least the only good thing is to put booker t over

@vampirascoffin870

10 ай бұрын

@@oatz8449 i know right? It's funny cause he said that was gonna happened at starcade 2000 he never mention Halloween havoc before , plus even if Hogan never left and came back Eric would have booker t job to Hogan lol

@nick56677

10 ай бұрын

@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother Hogan's shovel is "That doesn't work for me, BROTHER!" and Triple H's shovel was,"Stephanie, talk to your dad for me"

When the review is longer than the episode being reviewed 😂

Jarrett came off the best. I think Bischoff was the most villainous. Russo may be obnoxious to listen to, but they portrayed him as earnest in his assessment of the events whereas Bischoff was portrayed as essentially putting the priorities of Hulk over the company.

@F34RTHED34DMAN

6 ай бұрын

Hulk had the contract, so unfortunately Bischoff had to cater to it, for the sake of the company

@Possum880

6 ай бұрын

@mikepelosi9877 Your comment is the most honest and accurate take I’ve seen of this mess, couldn’t agree more

@stevenjames3242

5 ай бұрын

@@Possum880 But Like DMAN said Hulk had creative control in his contract, So Bischoff HAD to go with Hulk for the sake of the company. Hogan Sued and won because of Russos "promo" after they left. There is the reason why he won.

@tsgod6584

4 ай бұрын

Bischoff is such a natural smarmy heel, I love him.

Jim Cornette is the Jim Cornette of wrestling!

@Jayce_Alexander

10 ай бұрын

Now there's a hot take.

@Jake_Xclusive

10 ай бұрын

That’s Jin Cornette to you! Lol

@richardmontgomery1749

10 ай бұрын

That he is guy

@mitchellbaker9434

10 ай бұрын

Because there's no one else of whom you could say. "This guy reminds me of Cornette".

@cesasilva8478

6 ай бұрын

JCW !!

"I was like, bro, I'll do whatever you guys want, bro, but then Hulk, bro, just wanted to win the damn belt, bro, so I said BRO!"

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

Basically

@JackTheripper911

Ай бұрын

​@@PontFlairBrosically

Great artwork Travis. Dave Meltzer as WC fields is priceless.

@stacyhamilton2619

10 ай бұрын

Who's Travis Meltzer?

@william.L

10 ай бұрын

@@stacyhamilton2619 thanks for catching that lol

@ltk20352

10 ай бұрын

Freudian slip

@williammitchell4417

10 ай бұрын

The Arteest 😎

@RustyMuck

10 ай бұрын

You can’t cheat an honest man, just award them seven stars for their AEW wrestling match

Lance Storm's comment about Hogan's hair, or lack there of, had me in pieces. Jim's reviews of these shows are so much more entertaining than the shows themselves.

@MM-ql9xj

10 ай бұрын

@LanceJ Sounds like it doesn’t take much to have you in pieces. Storm has the personality of wallpaper and is a bitter man. And you, you don’t sound someone to be fond of either

@joemckim1183

8 ай бұрын

I can't believe a top wrestler of his time had to wear a bandana because his hairline was so terrible.

@MM-ql9xj

7 ай бұрын

@@joemckim1183 Anyone insulting another man's hair line that isn't 9 is either trolling, projecting, or bald.

@thejkyle

5 ай бұрын

@@MM-ql9xjoh come on it was ridiculous. If it’s that far gone you have to shave it regardless if hair is a part of your gimmick or not.

The moment in the episode when Russo says "You couldn't have put 2 of the most opposite people together" (himself and Bischoff) and my immediate thought was "You absolutely could... Vince Russo and Jim Cornette"

@abcsin6526

10 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts were these only

I WAS SOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS because all of Jim's (not so) favorite characters are in this.

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, and he spent damn near the whole hour bearing events Russo like we haven't heard that s*** a million times over the last 20 plus years.

@Gothy420

10 ай бұрын

​@@flyguy7825 cope

@-Trauma.

10 ай бұрын

​@@flyguy7825a lot of people haven't heard this stuff though

The worst part about Russo's booking in WCW is that he didn't realize, by having the commentators say things like "we didn't go over that in production meetings" or "that wasn't on the format sheet", it makes it look more scripted and preplanned, showing it's not a shoot, and it was supposed to happen that way.😂

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

He just told you his booking method was crash TV, the Jerry Springer approach. So it doesn't surprise me one bit. But I will say if it wasn't for him, I don't Think Booker T would have ever been looked at as a main event guy because let's face it as long as Hogan was in that company. He was going to be world champion for as long as he was in that company off and on what I found profoundly about this whole entire story is that if Hogan really wanted to make somebody he could have made either Jeff Jarrett or Booker T.

@eugenen1585

10 ай бұрын

Why did the ratings rise if it was so bad?

@osu3167

10 ай бұрын

All this did was show that Vince Russo and WCW where nothing after they disrespected a big name like hulk hogan.. WCW went under shortly after.

@AGH69

10 ай бұрын

@@eugenen1585 The ratings dropped over the quarter didn't they say? They may have risen for a couple of weeks, I know I personally tuned in to WCW still to see where it was going, and when I saw, I stopped watching. Jarrett had been a chickenshit IC champion that lost to Chyna and then was suddenly WCW's world champion. It didn't help get Booker T over like it should winning the world title.

@SwayzeKobain420

10 ай бұрын

BUT BRO YOU DONT GET IT... IT DIDNT GO AS PLANNED THO BRO... lmao

"He adds syllables to everything.." Great line!

Vince Russo putting the belt on Booker T was the best thing Russo ever did. Don't forget.

@piefish1000

10 ай бұрын

And in classic Russo fashion, he booked the actual reigns that followed like shit I mean let's not forget it's Booker he won the title off of, among other things

@SamoIsKing

10 ай бұрын

Was it? The belt meant jack shit by that point so it barely drew any additional ratings.

@rugalb98

10 ай бұрын

​@@SamoIsKingThe finger poke of doom was the first nail in the WCW title, David Arquette's title reign injected the poison, the multiple title changes including Russo's title wins made it DOA. I always recall The Rock even bashing all the title swaps even joking saying they might as well put the title on Bud the Dog from Married with Children.

@jodymicheallee

8 ай бұрын

Booker T is mid card for life

LOL, I love Corny at 25:21 correcting Brian's use of "The New Blood," telling him it was "The Young Blood." Uh, no, Jim, it WAS The New Blood.

@ElloEllow

10 ай бұрын

I think Jim's confusion comes from Russo calling them "The Young Blood" on DSOTR. Russo couldn't even remember the right name for one side of his biggest WCW angle.

@peterversionone

10 ай бұрын

Hogan wore a shirt saying F.U.N.B. NB was new blood

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

@@peterversionone clearly it was Young Blood and Hogan was lying again, but in t shirt form lol

@justinholt4965

10 ай бұрын

That's what Jim gets for taking Shitstain's word for something about an angle that he himself created lol 🙄

@jasoncarrico4073

10 ай бұрын

​@@peterversiononeThey had that on one of the cards from the Nitro card game

They moment we've all been waiting for 😂 👏

Eric Bischoff confirmed, on that episode, everything Bret Hart has said about both him and Hogan.

@1983jcheat

10 ай бұрын

Bret is the OG for a reason. 😊

@Jlawson310

10 ай бұрын

Like you would know.

@Dinosreviews

10 ай бұрын

@@Jlawson310 WTF are you talking about? There are plenty of interviews with Hart talking about Bischoff.

@onewarriornation602

10 ай бұрын

Wait, we are trying to claim The Bitterman Hart is telling the truth about anything? 😂

@Dinosreviews

10 ай бұрын

@@onewarriornation602 You obviously didn’t watch Dark Side of the ring with Bischoff saying the swerve was a great idea, and that Hogan coming back to Halloween Havoc as champion was a genius move. He basically admitted to being Hogan’s lackey, willing to do his bidding no matter what.

What’s crazy is Bischoff and Hogan went to TNA and thought they could literally to the same thing they did in WCW and nearly destroyed that company too.

I was gonna listen to this at work but Im gonna wait til im off. Grab a six pack and enjoy my night 😂😂😂😂😂

@bretth4988

10 ай бұрын

I'm drinking Jim Beam whilst listening ha ha... When I watched the ep all I could think about was waiting for Jim's 2cents worth...

@layn3904

10 ай бұрын

I know right!! I always listen to these at work also but this one im gonna make an exception and enjoy it with some alcohol!! Lol 😅

I've said it before, I'll say it again: the Jarrett/Hogan/Russo/Bischoff incident at Bash at the Beach 2000 was the culmination of all the ego clashes among the wrestlers and the bad decisions made by management up to that point.

@wilcee238

10 ай бұрын

It was literally and figuratively the “Endgame” of WCW.

@jacklepisto1082

10 ай бұрын

And didn't Hogan and Bischoff do their damage in tna

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

​@@jacklepisto1082along with Russo

@DR.64A9

10 ай бұрын

It's mostly Hogan's fault IMO. Just do the job and take your 8 weeks off. That creative control clause was responsible for so much BS in WCW.

@keithwiggins299

10 ай бұрын

@@DR.64A9 all three were equally blamed in my opinion. In a way all three of them destroyed WCW in the end.

Brian was correct that the WCW stable of wrestlers was called 'New Blood', not Jim's misnomer of 'Young Blood'.

@takerdust

10 ай бұрын

I like how over 1/3 of the "new Blood" were wrestlers who been known for nearly a decade.

This was better than the actual episode of DSotR, lol. I laughed way too hard, way too many times.

"That doesn't work for me, brother."

@pleaseshutup7053

10 ай бұрын

That’s only thing this episode was missing hogan appearing and saying that 😂😂

As someone who wasn’t experiencing the shit in real time, this doc seemed to me like hogan was a paranoid diva, but his paranoia was justified considering russo’s track record. It was honestly entertaining seeing every side just steeped in narcissism trying to justify themselves

@TheFailedmessiah

10 ай бұрын

He was right about putting the belt on Booker T.

@segagenesis7708

10 ай бұрын

As it was happening, Sunny Ono filed a lawsuit and seemingly overnight, Stevie Ray was a commentator and Booker T was about to become Champion. It didn’t have nearly as much to do with Russo as Russo claims. Jarrett was Russo’s guy. And Jarrett had no business having the belt in the first place. Hogan did pull his trump card, but he lied for years about it being the first time he did it (Hogan is the biggest liar. Russo is just the most delusional and Bischoff is the typical BS business man who starts to believe his own BS), though he did do more good than Cornette will ever give him credit for.

@natebaxter9551

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheFailedmessiahBooker T is the only person that came out of that situation looking good.

@smarkslowplay3512

10 ай бұрын

Many top top guys were paranoid and afraid of their spot. Hogan in WWF 86 to 92 (Vince had enough of his politicking by 93) and in WCW Austin from 97 to 02 Cena from 05 to maybe 2012 (to a lesser degree than the others) Orton, Taker, Shawn...

@garydevlin8178

10 ай бұрын

Did I hear one of them say Russo used to run a video store? That gives me vibes of the real job he was probably born to play…playing the role of Dante in Clerks😆 ‘look Bro! Listen! ah was NOT EVEN suppose to ta beee HERE TODAAAY bro!!’

Brian Last was in rare form, here. Must have been delightful to watch this in real time and know you get to speak to Jim about it later.

Someone get jim a copy of wcw backstage assault, he could play as some of the people he likes (Bret hart, Lance storm, etc.) and he could fight Russo with all the fun weapons and environmental things, I bet Jim would start liking video games 😂

Jeff Jarrett came off like a top g in this dark side episode. Respect to him

@pleaseshutup7053

10 ай бұрын

Love it when wrestlers respect the business and talk about respecting it

@aaronjoly

10 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍 He came off as the only sympathetic person in this episode, Meltzer included

@southbeachtalent

10 ай бұрын

These last few years have been great for Double J. He's become one of the most likable and respected old vets in the business

@alexchapman8927

10 ай бұрын

@@aaronjoly What about Lance?

@smarkslowplay3512

10 ай бұрын

Lance too

I was disapointed that Jim wasn't on that episode but I'm glad we get a 1 hour review from him

@gothard5

10 ай бұрын

He had nothing to do with that event at all. he was busy booking and promoting OVW. There was no reason for Jim to be on that episode.

@iTubeYourDadsMinge

10 ай бұрын

@@gothard5 no, there definitely was 😂 any time Vince Russo is given an opportunity to speak, Jim Cornette should be allowed to speak on behalf of the average wrestling fan who has a brain.

@stinkypinkeee5085

10 ай бұрын

​@@gothard5Shits and giggles are very legitimate reasons, I'll have you know!

Russo saying "you can't be in the wrestling business and be a good person" reminds me of the old adage "If everyone around you is an asshole, maybe you're the asshole"

@tsgod6584

4 ай бұрын

“If you ran into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole”

Sadly, Hogan never even was willing to allow Randy Savage to get a clean win over him… His Ego was disgusting.

MAN.. when I saw this episode and I saw the ones involved, I KNEW I HAD to hear this from Corny.

Jarret,Russo, Hogan and Bischoff arguing about the future of a wrestling company Wcw was fucked

@williammitchell4417

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, Jeff ripped off Vince, Hogan was trying to retire gracefully, Eric just wanted a job and in the end good grief.

@natwolf687

10 ай бұрын

​@@williammitchell4417Poor, poor Hulk Hogan.

@DonSmith2323

10 ай бұрын

​@@williammitchell4417 Wrong... Vince owed jeff jarrett 200gs and it had been months and he was coming close to end of his contrat and didnt trust vince.He held out for moneys previously owed and unlike warriors move to hold out to make vince pay him more..thats ripping him off..facts when u speak on JJ brotha

@williammitchell4417

10 ай бұрын

@@DonSmith2323 Jeff "thought" Vince owed him money... No. Jeff did a scam to get money from Vince.

Favorite Dark side of the ring analysis from Jim Cornette and Brian so far 💯

So excited for Monday morning when I have to make the drive from NJ to MD to listen to this thing. Anticipation is killing me.

Ready for jim to tear apart that ending of the episode with russo

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

Yeah like we haven't heard that s*** before 🤣🙄🙄

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

​@@flyguy7825there are some new listeners that don't know this stuff bc they haven't been here the entire time. I see your point, just offering a counter

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

@@PontFlair Man stop it I’m not buying that one minute Jim Cornette Whole entire character is basically him burying Vince Russo at least once on his show but I didn’t eat a whole hour to hear him say how he felt about Vince Russo it’s like a grumpy old ass man who should be above the screaming in the clouds

Oh man, that Bischoff/Russo/Meltzer combo was so goofy in this one that I almost bounced out of my chair in glee when this got posted 😅

Y'all have no idea how much I've been waiting for this review🤣🤝🏾

One thing you missed was that in storyline, Bischoff and Hogan were still feuding where Bischoff was a heel and Hogan was a face. Bischoff leaving went against their story arc more than with it.

One thing I noticed, is that Eric left the building while being in charge of the show, before it ended. No way Vince would’ve done that.

@aaronjoly

10 ай бұрын

He was physically and metaphorically attached to Hogan’s dong.

@ltk20352

10 ай бұрын

Hogan made wrestling. The poster boards don't lie.

@southbeachtalent

10 ай бұрын

Agreed. Hogan has to leave to sell the angle but why would Bischoff have to leave the building with him? Never understood it

@WarGhoulKharas

10 ай бұрын

He did that a lot, especially after Turner took his power away. Hell, if you read Jericho's book, Eric checked out mid 1998.

@shaunk6925

10 ай бұрын

The only time I've ever read Vince leaving a show early is when Taker was legit concussed after his match with Brock at Mania 30, which was very respectable and classy on Vince's part.

Vince Russo's first words: "I despise the wrestling business!"

@Chaz4543

10 ай бұрын

Yeah because he's a WWE mark/fan, not a wrestling fan.

@racerjason2910

2 ай бұрын

...because it spit me out and won't let me back in.

"I get the old. This dosent work for me brother" - Vince Russo

Such great art work. Jim looks like 1960's Jack Kirby style. And Meltzer as WC Fields!

I like how the review is longer than the episode 😄

Just started and im getting the popcorn. When i saw this episode i kept saying, "oh Cornette is going to have an aneurysm or a field day with this one."

Bischoff may not be the greatest, but it's a bit unfair to paint him as inept as Russo. I dont know how many good idea Bish had total in his carreer, but its at least one more than Russo ever did.

Jim going off and pitching Raycon earbuds at the end had me dying 😂

Truly the very definition of "An all-heel program..."

@tsgod6584

4 ай бұрын

I laughed my head off all through the episode, it was perfect.

The review we’ve all been waiting for 😂

Heenan was 100% correct

The Souled Out 2000 PPV need's it's own Darkside of the Ring, that was the first time Ruso was sent home.

Vince Russo sounded like he was doing a impression of Brian last doing his Russo impression

62 minutes. Oh yes we're in for another epic Russo burial! Bischoff is quite the BS artist himself but it's always amusing whenever he buries Meltzer which he has on multiple occasions. I also rolled my eyes when Russo padded the number of years in he's been in the business by counting when he rode John Arezzi's coattails.

It was funny seeing the footage of 1999 WCW be played along with clips of Ministry Undertaker and Austin vs McMahon and the Rock and Foley and DX…the tables had turned so dramatically at that point.

Protect Cornette at all costs!!!!! HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE TRUTH!!!

This episode made me WISH Vince Russo wasnt lying... cause the actual reality of the situation is just depressing and infuriating

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

Bro, thanks Russell all but said that he went in the business for himself after agreeing to what Hogan and bischoff wanted. He literally said he's not walking out that night with the real world championship What they should have covered is What happened to Vince Russo afterwards in WCW they missed that part lol

Match of the night was absolutely the ring crew trying and failing to put down that wedding cake

I think the funniest part about this episode was Jarrett blasting the shit Hogan did when he did the same shit for years in TNA

@natwolf687

10 ай бұрын

That's true, but I just really hate Hulk Hogan.

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

Hogan allowed Jarrett to blast him with a guitar at a press conference and beat him bloody to set up a wrestling match in TNA... That never happened LOL

@piefish1000

10 ай бұрын

@@PontFlair Fucking hell I forgot about that shit

@steveomac385

10 ай бұрын

Except Hogan was an actual draw

@piefish1000

10 ай бұрын

​@@steveomac385 Even do, in 2000 the guy had no business winning the World Title

THAT was the most hilarious hour I have EVER heard!!! JC contemplating decapitation by chainsaw to Vince Russo😅😅😅

I’m gonna get a snack ready because I’ve been waiting for this!

I had a bet (with myself) that Jim wouldn't like how Russo called professional wrestling "crash TV." I won the bet

Been waiting for this to drop. Happy Weekend y’all!

The Stan Lee comparison is pretty good (although Lee wasn't as bad). I guess that explains the Kirby style drawing in Travis's thumbnail lol

33:10 - 33:30, Hulk Hogan coming back to say he's champion at Halloween Havoc would've reminded me of Wrestlemania IX when Yokozuna won the WWF championship from Bret Hart, but Hulk Hogan came out and won it in 10 seconds.

@kb4231

10 ай бұрын

Oh you know he would've went over Booker T at Halloween havoc

@douglasmurphy3266

10 ай бұрын

That idea is immediately impossible to execute because it ties Vince F'n Russo to a 4 month world title storyline. He couldn't go a week without booking a no DQ hell in a cell screwjob tag team singles title change on a DQ finish between 3-Count and Howard Sterns interns on a taped edition of Thunder

@kb4231

10 ай бұрын

@@douglasmurphy3266 lol for sure Russo definitely books for the moment

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

​@@douglasmurphy3266seriously. That belt changed hands like hotcakes.

I was so waiting for this one 😂😂😂

I always skip thru commercials but somehow he makes me want to even listen to them

I've been waiting all day for this.

Now, this is going to be A BANGER

Vince had like 20 years of experience as a commentator before he became a active character in the WWF, plus the charisma and being the actual owner of the company, Russo had nothing to try to book himself as WCW's Vince starting by his snooze fest promos

@NJones-ru4hu

8 ай бұрын

Plus, McMahon knew how to promote. Russo doesn't have that particular skill.

Terrific analysis of the train wreck that was Russo era WCW. Made Corny and the rest of us feel better laughing about it in retrospect. Thanks bro.

I chose this over the go home show for SummerSlam 2023!

@ActionJacksonForever

10 ай бұрын

Smackdown was lame tonight

@Maxx_d13

10 ай бұрын

@@ActionJacksonForever just a go home show

I was more excited for this than I was for the actual episode

I was waiting so impatiently for this video. 😂

Brians belly laugh at the headphones pitch 🤣🤣🤣

I like how at the end Lance Storm says some heartwarming things about Russo and you wanna give the guy a chance, then Russo pops on the TV, talks, and ruins everything

@markfroman738

10 ай бұрын

What happened to Lance Storm’s teeth? Lol

@kingslayer2999

10 ай бұрын

Lance Storm should be kissing Russos ass for the huge push he got in WCW given his own faction and holding 3 belts at once.

@danielburger1775

10 ай бұрын

@@kingslayer2999 Yeah, Russo gave Storm a huge push in WCW. In WWF/E, Storm was a janitor, then Boring Lance Storm. Yet, who does the simpleton speak out against? The guy who had him hold three championships at once, and main event shows? Or the guy who buried him?

Russo learned what “That Doesn’t Work For Me, Brother” was all about. Lol The only positive thing that came out of this bewildering episode (Other than Jeff Jarrett) was Booker T winning the World Championship at the end of Bash Of The Beach.

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I tend to agree with you because look at it from that standpoint and even Booker T admit it. He probably would have never gotten a break in the main event if it wasn't for this moment. And I'm not the biggest Booker T fan, but he wouldn't have had a Hall of Fame solo career if it wasn't for his late WCW world title runs.

@travismcdonald6576

10 ай бұрын

@@flyguy7825. WCW should have immediately gone with Scott Steiner. He was there only hope along with Goldberg.

@onewarriornation602

10 ай бұрын

Russo learned what some meaningless quote spouted by internet marks twenty years after this event meant?

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

​@@flyguy7825idk about that. I think Booker T was going to be a HOF regardless. Even if just for his work with brother Stevie Ray in Harlem Heat. And Hogan was a huge part of Harlem Heat getting the recognition they deserved

@flyguy7825

10 ай бұрын

@@travismcdonald6576 OK and Booker T. as well

I love when Corney refers to Russo as "sh*tstain". Cracks me up every time.

For context on the Stan Lee stuff, he wanted to make Green Goblin an actual goblin

It was an episode of Jim's Rogue Gallery. Amazing.

@williammitchell4417

10 ай бұрын

Just think, all that's left were Greg the office boy, Johnny Ace, Kenny Bolin the "Starmaker", they're a few others.

@theevilascotcompany9255

10 ай бұрын

@@williammitchell4417 And the lady who drove her car into his fence.

@williammitchell4417

10 ай бұрын

@@theevilascotcompany9255 as in couple of years ago?? Corny mentioned that on the Experience!! I think he's got a bigger gripe with the lawnmower guy who didn't want to pick up his leaves a few months ago.

@theevilascotcompany9255

10 ай бұрын

​@@williammitchell4417 I think both you and I need to take a moment to reflect on how each of our lives got to the point where we're discussing the in-universe continuity of Jim Cornette's home maintenance issues. 😄

@PontFlair

10 ай бұрын

​@@williammitchell4417Ian Rotten and Ed Ferrara