For regular viewers, there’s a BRAND NEW clip at 32:33 featuring a recent interview I conducted with Smoky Mountain Wrestling backstage staff member KC O’Connor, who some will remember as the man who’s car was trashed by Jim Cornette in 1994. That interview was very interesting indeed and will be released some time early next year.

@jasonpdsi

2 жыл бұрын

Who are you and how do you get such great interviews??? Not a knock for me to ask that, it's just that it seems like you just showed up on KZread one day and all of a sudden here's this guy whos getting great interviews with every major name in the history of the business. I think you are great.

@WSI

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpdsi appreciated! And as for who I am, I’m just a long since lapsed fan who started doing these interviews because I thought most other hosts suck and thought I could do better 😂😂

@jasonpdsi

2 жыл бұрын

@@WSI Well, keep up the good work. Have you reached out to Jim Cornette himself to do an interview?

@WSI

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpdsi yep. Nothing yet…

@jasonpdsi

2 жыл бұрын

@@WSI I imagine he would be reluctant to relinquish control of certain narratives about him.

Meltzer thinking he knows more than Cornette is most hilarious part of this video.

@CarlCumby

2 жыл бұрын

Meltzer is delusional, and people have been enabling him for years which has led to him not being able to realize he's delusional, prime example would be Rorion Gracie had freaking Meltzer judging MMA fights at some of the earlier UFC events, think about that, Dave Meltzer judging real MMA fights.

@travisbryant3185

2 жыл бұрын

It's so sad. In my corny voice

@6steveo9

2 жыл бұрын

@@CarlCumby listen, JC enabled this idiot as much as anyone. I love JC btw but it's true. And he did it for the same reason most people did: because he said things about people they don't like. Flair used to feed Dave finishes to matches in exchange for Dave shitting on Dustys booking. Bret fed him so much propaganda that everyone forgot that Bret literally fucked the boys when he left. Forget Vince for a minute and think about what him not doing business did for his peers at WWF. He knew people's jobs were on the line, he knew people like JR were taking massive massive paycuts just to keep the doors open but Bret gets away with all this Scot free because of Dave and the whole MUH HULK HOGAN MUH Dave created to cover up what Bret really did. He was leaving to make 3 million dollars ffs while all the guys who put Bret over, took the sharpshooters and the pin falls well, they can all get fucked because Bret doesn't like Shawn. Grade A scumbag. And so is Dave. Did Dave ever ask Bret why he never ran to national newspapers to tell them he never really won a belt all those times? Nah nah just the time he had to tell everyone he never really lost a belt. Because its all about Bret. These types love Dave because he's a mark. Such a mark in fact that Dave has spent 30 years forgetting to mention that Bret had the same creative control over his finishes as Hogan did. One made everyone including the opening match guys millionaires and one fucked off while the boat was taking in water over petty shit. Which is which do we think. This twisting of the story is a perfect illustration of who and what Dave is.

@incitingariot9925

2 жыл бұрын

Meltzer knows more than most dirt sheet writers. He doesn't know more than corny but he is far from being "uneducated" in the world of pro wrestling

@6steveo9

2 жыл бұрын

@@incitingariot9925 yeah he knows all the stadium and arena staff that are lifers so they've fed him attendances and potential events taking place. Then he was fed finishes in the 80s by Flair in exchange for burying Dustys booking. That's where Daves credibility comes from. Then Bret took over feeding him self serving shite for the 90s. Everything Dave told us for a fact happened in WcW, killed Wcw, has been debunked and the journalist that did it never even had to try very hard to get the truth. Dave could have asked the same execs. Could have got the same financial records showing other Time Warner execs dumping their departments debt onto WCWs books. But hey Hogan wouldn't put Bret over and WCW died as a result....tune in next week for another exciting episode of Uncle Daves la la upside world.

ricky mortons hair needs its own podcast

@zlinedavid

2 жыл бұрын

Ricky’s hair and Severn’s mustache could destroy the Hardly Boys

@wezzbeet2923

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlinedavid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cornette is without a doubt the most amazing kind individuals I've ever encountered! I bought his Figure signed when they first came out and I took a picture with it which his amazing beautiful wife stacey saw it. At the time I was very poorly being fed through NJ tube coming out my nose and had been solely tube fed for over a year! The next thing I know I had a package arrive for me with about £400 worth of Jims shoot interview DVDs, some signed pictures, a hand written letter and £100 Nandos voucher to pay for mine and my wifes first meal once I could eat again finally! Thats the only time I have cried because of someones kindness! Jim's an amazing guy! I'm just a lad from Newcastle! I cant explain how much much that ment at that time! Top Bloke

@grimsvaultstreaming3956

2 жыл бұрын

lol fuck your fake

@octagonseventynine1253

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something he’d do. People don’t realize his kindness is just as intense as his anger lol

@Poppa417

2 жыл бұрын

@@octagonseventynine1253 oh really?? So what’s he like?? You know him?? You been around him??

@PoorMansInvesting

8 ай бұрын

@dawgfood70 I'm sure if you ask Santino Marello, he would say the same 🤣😂🤣

Ricky Morton reminds me so much of my late great-aunt Berta. Spitting Image! She was a great woman, I miss her.

@toddrussell3025

Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace aunt Berta.

Jim's vision for Pro Wrestling works pretty well for a certain type of fan. I don't begrudge Jim for his opinions, as I generally share many of the same views on how Pro wrestling should work.

@Poppa417

2 жыл бұрын

Start your own promotion n change it genius

@pphyjynx8217

2 жыл бұрын

@@Poppa417 yes and only 5* chefs are allowed to critique food too

@jamesgentry13

Жыл бұрын

But that fan base is irrelevant now. You have to be new and fresh in the entertainment business

Dan Severn was one of the true legit badasses of the wrestling world. I mean there were a lot of bad guys, but Dan was a legit fighter.

@OfficialFingazMC

2 жыл бұрын

With the charisma of a carrot....

@Charsi_Escobar

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialFingazMC 🤣💀

@drewgamezzz8482

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialFingazMC true, but he didn’t need charisma. Who needs charisma when you know you can beat anyone @$$ in the locker room lol? But I get what you’re saying, like as a character he could deff used more personality. But still.

@MichaelWilliams-so1pq

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialFingazMC 🥕 carrots everywhere are offended by this comment. :>)

@l.d.roberts2194

Жыл бұрын

That generation of fighters were a different breed, Severn, Frye, Coleman, Royce Gracie, Sakuraba, Shamrock.... Warriors...

Love him or hate him you cant ignore Jim . What a character

@DUFFYISBACK

2 жыл бұрын

Its not a character, Jim is Jim, just Austin is Austin.

@DUFFYISBACK

2 жыл бұрын

just like*

@makaveli4205

2 жыл бұрын

He worked for more promotions. Than any person in wrestling history. He is a very smart guy. He just gets very emotional

@dsadams17

2 жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted.

@skylarutd

2 жыл бұрын

@@DUFFYISBACK thats what i meant Jim cornette s personality

Kenny Bolin wouldn’t be in the business if he wouldn’t have known Jim.

@munefresh

11 ай бұрын

He was posturing like they were equals, which was amusing, considering I had to Google who TF he even was.

Dave Meltzer thinks he's smarter than cornette lol

@jackson5781

2 жыл бұрын

Meltzer is a joke

@pacifiedbeaumonte

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackson5781 he comes off like a really small dude

@fingersTitan

2 жыл бұрын

Dave "Talk behind your back" Meltzer.. 4 or 5 ex bookers/creative guys from back in the day have all exposed Dave of what he is and what he does all the time.. Dave may think it's just down to Kenny but both Brian and Jim read out his two faced e-mail on Jims show last month.. Jim was one of the last of the old crew who has now turned his back on Dave.. Also.. That moron Kenny Bolin.. He calls Jim a racist and a biggot and then goes on to lable EVERYONE with Autism... You know.. Autism that has one of the biggest spectrums for the condition.. Wow.. That was as offensive as anything Jim has said. (I have autism) Some of the best people in the world have marks all over the autism spectrum and most of the best brains in history have clear links to it.. How dumb is that bloke !!

@Mecanotech

2 жыл бұрын

he is a liar or a fucking idiot who only cares for money. Honestly, the guy doesn't even care for Pro Wrestling he just sees it as a way to make money.

@dickmarx1298

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard Meltzer described as "An autistic supermark who sniffs his own farts" Lol

I like most ofJim's views. He has a great mind for the business. Analyzes, questions things. Tries to make sense of it. I don't always agree with the jabs. But he is the mad scientist of wrestling.

Momma Cornnett's little boy !!!! True legend to the business!!!!!

I stopped taking Meltzer seriously when he cut off his 1980s permed pressed hair sprayed feathered on the sides Midnight Rockers mullet. For reference go look at his appearance on The Phil Donahue show.😂😂😂😂😂

@russblack443

Жыл бұрын

I was just going to bring us his stupid assed mullet 😂

Jim Cornette looks like a televangelist from the 80s.

Meltzer trying to say there's more layers to an aew match than a dynamite kid match, the delusion is strong in that one

@jasonpdsi

2 жыл бұрын

The guy said Cornette has no concept or understanding of modern wrestling, yet Corny watches the current product every week and actually offers suggestions on how to make it better, suggestions that actually make sense. Now, I have gone back tonight and listened to some of his previous podcasts where he rails on politics and religion and honestly, I'm glad he's focusing more on wrestling than that. Some of those episodes are pretty cringy. But when it comes to wrestling, whether it be reminiscing over wrestling's great history or critiquing the modern product, Jim is a genius.

@fayezfawzi3255

2 жыл бұрын

one of the stupidest statements ever lol.

@fayezfawzi3255

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpdsi 100% agree. Jim is a wrestling genius, and the exact opposite in the other stuff lol.

@phabiorules

2 жыл бұрын

AEW fans: "Darby Allin vs MJF was the best match of the night." Jim Cornette: "Darby Allin vs MJF was the best match of the night." Meltzer: "Allin vs MJF was good, but not as good as the young buck's match."

@super324

2 жыл бұрын

@@phabiorules Not enough Super Kicks for Meltzer.

Jim was the most awesome wrestling guy I ever met, went to an audience with him and took an Inside Wrestling from the 80s to get signed, he was well impressed that I kept my magazines in protective sleeves and signed it personally to myself, really nice guy and nobody touches Jim on wrestling history. I particularly love his Ernie Ladd impression lol

The industry may have changed, doesn't mean it got better.

Severn hit the nail on the head. Jim tries t make sense of wrestling, which is why modern wrestling drives him crazy. There is no sense anymore.

@Poppa417

2 жыл бұрын

So shouldn’t that mean stop watching it?? Oh let me guess he’s watching to talk abt it to us huh??

@joehilner4830

Жыл бұрын

And no dollars, either.

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

Жыл бұрын

@@Poppa417 The guy loves wrestling so much that he has to speak against the destruction of the art form .

@MoxyOh

Жыл бұрын

@@Poppa417 cause he makes a *shitpile* of money doing it.

I was literally listening to Cornettes podcast when this popped up onto my feed. Guess I gotta pause Corny for the next hour. Cheers!

@joshuahosang6690

2 жыл бұрын

Me too lol

Corny is hilarious 🤣 Bobby Heenan even marked out for him.

I think Corny is who’s passionate to a fault. You can’t argue the guy has a genuine love for pro wrestling and he doesn’t like to see anyone, as he perceives it, desecrating it. He’s a guy who poured his heart and soul into the business and he’s got a vision of how the business is meant to be treated. I think what Corny has to learn is there’s a difference between fast food and fine dining and that principal applies to wrestling. There’s good wrestling and then there’s good entertainment, both are different and there’s room enough in the world of wrestling for both.

@Clearmedium

3 ай бұрын

Not sure he has to learn anything when they have the #1 and #5 most listened to wrestling podcasts currently in existence. Just want to add you make a valid point generally. It just struck me that in this case they really don't have to do anything.

Love Jim Cornette, remember when he broke into the business. Would have never thought he would have lasted as long, he was one of those you love to hate. Jim did his job he made you believe

@Josh_J9

2 жыл бұрын

If your under 13 yeah its acceptable other than that ITS FAKE MATE HAHAHAHAHAHHA

@billlannan7767

2 жыл бұрын

I remember exactly when he broke into the business and I remember him before that and sliding around the ring Louisville taking pictures me and him are the same age

@jefferyashmore6477

Жыл бұрын

@@Josh_J9 I dare you to take bumps and holds and call it fake.

@Josh_J9

Жыл бұрын

@@jefferyashmore6477 you do know there not actually hurting each other mate 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ omg how old are you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Lulu_Lime

8 ай бұрын

​@@Josh_J9 is this a bit? what do you think a wrestling ring is made of?

Love Ricky Morton, one of the easiest guys to do business with. Love Cornette too, his enthusiasm is contagious. What you see on camera is what you see in real life, very smart guy and a true student of wrestling.

I quit watching wrestling years ago when it quit being entertaining but I still listen to corny I've been around cornet and wrestling since he was a photographer for Mid-South wrestling in Memphis and Louisville garden

After watching the Meltzer segment, the guy that sent Corny the email a year ago speculating on Dave being on the spectrum, hit the nail on the head. Edit: Real life Carlito is 1000000% more likeable than his character lol

Cornette knows how to sell wrestling , he seems pretty crazy but I like his podcasts he can really talk a storm.

Why did I imagine everyone shooting on cornette

I'm new to the channel and loving it. I grew up in Memphis so I really enjoy hearing about the good old days with Jim cornette and the other wrestlers from that era.

I grew up watching 80s and 90s wrestling. I don’t always agree with Jim, but I identify with him so much as a wrestling fan.

😊Don muraco was awesome when he had a feud with Jimmy snuka. His promos were great.

Jim Cornette's Midnight Express against the Rock n Roll Express is still to this day in the top 3 tag team wars if not the best

@JB-xh5mc

2 жыл бұрын

They had great matches with The Fantastics as well.

Love this video Jim Cornette is my favourite manager of all time !

@makaveli4205

2 жыл бұрын

Bobby the brain is the only one his level

Fuck me meltzer actually believes what he's saying doesn't he

Jim is the only man to threaten to knee cap brock lesner

Meltzer has the hots for Omega. And will defend him to the death. And he will go after Cornette if anyone even mentions him

I don’t share the same love for the type of wrestling as Corny but I do share the same passion for the sport. I could listen to James E speak for hours and hours about pro wrestling

@Poppa417

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not a sport for one n two do you just love listening to other men talk for hours??

One thing about Cornette: he values people who can wrestle and keep wrestlers safe. And he’s protective of the wrestler as a public character. If you process the opinions of him through such a filter, Cornette makes a lot of sense.

@MrClawmaster

Жыл бұрын

Credibility is the key

Dude Ur interview technic is flawless

Fans of Jofo great interview James Subbed👍

Hilarious they put Dave (a guy who truly doesn’t know shit about the business) in to shoot on Jim (a literal wrestling thesaurus)

Thank you for this

Trump 2020 and Jim Cornette for life? Bolin has some diverse haters.

Love the videos brother keep it up

What people don't understand is Jim doesn't have anything against modern wrestling his has a problem with the new guys doesn't respect the business anymore

Interview him!

meltzer blagging he's an expert but never actually had a foot in the wrestling business, he's a bedroom multimedia goof.

CornDog getting mad about not enough cheese on his nachos at a Kiss concert is hilarious.

Dr Tom Prichard was wrong about the town. It wasn’t Kentucky it’s was actually at the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona, Pa.

I’m barely into the video and it’s already one of my favorite videos ever lol.

Corny was just talking about that first one. What he said to Baby Doll was pretty messed up lol

@wezzbeet2923

2 жыл бұрын

What did he say?

Dave meltzer man Jesus

Great vid! Dan Severn is still a murderer. This time he murdered that story and put me into submission!

Wow , good job getting KC here, never thought of that

I had no idea what Dan Severn said. Not a single word, not a single syllable…absolute waffle

he was the best manager of all time. There, I said it...The Best

@michaelhunziker7287

2 жыл бұрын

None better than Cornette

@donbrewer3904

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, nobody tops The Weasel...

@Josh_J9

2 жыл бұрын

Paul heyman ???

@joek2978

2 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to choose between cornette and brain, but nobody comes close to them

@wezzbeet2923

2 жыл бұрын

@@Josh_J9 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dan Severn sounds like Chucky's dad from Rugrats

17:35 some say if you say vince russo name 3 times in a miror while watching a jim corrnete shoot, you will summon him

@lunakitty1990

2 жыл бұрын

And his words would be Shit Stain

@tariqmansour9891

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunakitty1990 exactly

@trentchambers5205

2 жыл бұрын

Stolen comment

@tariqmansour9891

2 жыл бұрын

@@trentchambers5205 from who?

Ricki mortons wig 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

basically he has the composer of a honey badger

I loved Kenny Bolin when he played the fat mom in that 80s show Roseanne

Meltzer is weirdly self aware and still doesn't get it. Im not a cornette absolutist but im on Cornys side when it comes to Meltzer. Jim didnt like Omega, Dave threw a multi year hissy fit.

Great video but was I the only one expecting bukkake?

Such a great story teller, you can tell ricky is a good bloke

Like others pointed out enjoy his view and thoughts on wrestling. Other crap like politics can hear the blah blah on TV

Dave Meltzer is embarassment

Carlito being super patient and respectful

46:13 The guy mentioned Bruiser aka K-9 who worked for SMW as the big heel and was a TV job guy in the 80’s for WWE. But after seeing the Dark Side Of The Ring episode on him and everyone said he was a loveable guy who was like a big teddy bear even though he was the leader of a chapter of a biker gang in Canada and he ended up bombing a police station. An interesting episode as usual from Dark Side Of The Ring

Love how Carlito really is just a cool dude 😂😂😂

@alexanderjohnstothard4316

Жыл бұрын

He’s Not just cool….. he’s Caribbean Cool 🍎

Hey cool my question made it in. I love how Don takes the bad review of his promos. Cornette is awesome but totally off on this one.

Meltzer is just. Vince McMahon mark

nobody got heat like Jim corinett

When I first saw the R&R Express in '89 I swear they were two 40yr old has beens - they looked old+tired even back then.

I haven’t ever read one of meltzer’s dirtsheets, but a lot of people don’t understand modern pro wrestling. Simply because a lot of us don’t think a lot of this modern stuff is wrestling. Badly choreographed gymnastics isn’t really fun to some like me.

I kinda agree with Meltzer, but I think it’s more of the realism angle has been taken away now and you know it’s choreographed without that little bit of “it maybe fake, but these guys are really going at it” type of thing these days.

@timmutohfan

2 жыл бұрын

That is absolute nonsense.

@drewgamezzz8482

2 жыл бұрын

@@timmutohfan that’s your opinion.

@russblack443

Жыл бұрын

@@drewgamezzz8482 that's why I can't watch it anymore,they make it so obvious they are working together

I'm very grateful for wrestling minds like Jim Cornette and his knowledge of the game.

When Morton sat up I marked out

People passionate about something are the most entertaining and hypnotic to watch and listen to. Jim Cornette is passionate about pro wrestling, like no other. He makes enemys with people who hurt his passion. I love Jim.

@PoorMansInvesting

8 ай бұрын

He should hate himself in that case.

Does anyone know who the guy is that is talking at 20:51? Bigger guy, glasses, brown hair, long white under shirt. I love Jimmy, this guy is obviously someone who was close to Jim I want to hear more from this guy

@LeaAddams

2 жыл бұрын

Kenny Bolin

@alecarcane5035

2 жыл бұрын

He used to cohost Jim’s podcast before Brian Last. He and Jim had been friends for years. They had a falling out over Russo..

Does anyone know what year James was born? Thanks a bunch!

@jeffason69

Жыл бұрын

2001

It's always weird to hear guys like carlito and Eddie in interviews out of character. Dropping their accent. I have to keep looking at them to make sure it's really them talking 🤣

I love Jim but and there’s always a but, he’s to quick to shit on talent before they find there wheel house. So 51/50.

Watching Meltzer fanboy for omega andthe aew is embarrassing

Are those mosh M*A*S*H for sale anywhere?

In Houma was that the scaffold match

Not sure he hates Kevin Steen but I'm surprised Austin Aries wasn't on the list

smoky mountain didnt run anywhere with a cajun accent, plenty of southern accents in tennessee and georgia but no cajun ones. i think you might be mistaken where you think cajun people are in the usa.

Meltzer tends to have some of the worst perspectives on wrestling. There has been a mass exodus of viewers and fans of wrestling, because of changes for the worse. Yet he praises these changes. It's like a race to the bottom, sending wrestling into more obscurity, and Meltzer is helping the fire burn.

Oh gawd ....Houma , Louisiana ....nothing good happens there . Its my home state but Houma is just a diferent sort of town .

Is Dan Severn still talking?

Im a Jim Cornette guy

Is Dan The Beast Severn in the HOF yet??

No disrespect but who is k.C. Oconner ? I watch a decent bit of SMW but not all . I like it more now than i did then . Fan since 85 but at that time ECW and AJPW was my thing . Anybody refresh my my memory or enlighten me ?

@WSI

2 жыл бұрын

Not a wrestler, he was backstage staff with SMW from its inception until mid-1994

@Brando-Lee3725

2 жыл бұрын

@@WSI ok cool . Thank you ! And by the way , you my friend are doing the best and my fave shoots going these days ! Much love !

What is Kenny Bolin talking about? Cornette is famously left wing and would quote trump, I call bullshit on that

So Carlito was lazy in OVW . No wonder Cornette did not utilise him . If you cannot act as though the company you wrestle in is important to you , you should not be used .

I skip through the politics commentary to get to the wrestling stories and weekly review segments and Jimmy does an interview every now and then which are good.

Ricky probably can jot remember breakfast...but remember Spartansburg rib...

No , no , no ....he understands modern wrestling ...he understands it doesn't work .

@henrygvidonas9573

Жыл бұрын

Pro wrestling lost 75 to 80% of the peak audience it had in America in the late '90s/early '00s. The numbers speak for themselves. It used to be mainstream entertainment for all ages, now it's a niche product for nerdy marks who obsess over behind-the-scenes drama as much - or more - as over the matches. All the casual fans have gone away. Big territories used to have house shows in two towns every day of the week. WWE makes insane amounts of money, but it's all television and stock market related. They live from one TV deal to the next. If the next round of negotiations, which will be the first without Vince McMahon manipulating the network execs until their heads spin and their ears hum, doesn't go their way, we'll be looking at a significantly different situation. The era of TV networks paying moon prices for "content" (no matter what it is, as long as they can squeeze it between ad blocks) will come to an end eventually - just like the era of 50 different streaming services fighting for subscribers is coming to an end. The current market structures are not sustainable, they will consolidate.

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

Жыл бұрын

@@henrygvidonas9573 During the 70s the vast majority of wrestling fans were Dads followed by teen male .It was niche then too but had a much bigger national presence . You are right , the business has let the smarks influence it during the Monday night wars and now the fans think they are part of the show .

@41:50 Who is this? He sounds really interesting

@LiamJR24

2 жыл бұрын

KC O'Connor - He worked for SMW

Nobody loves hearing Jim Cornette speak more than Jim Cornette.

My passion for wrestling is circling the drain . I feel Jim's pain . If it were not for old wrestling videos on youtube it would have died by now . I read the comments and there are soooo many people who feel the same way . Its incredible to me that no one wants these fans .