Jim Cornette Recaps His AEW Roster Review
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2022
- From Episode 267 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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Just knowing that the actual roster will 100% listen to this makes it that much better 😂😂
These roster segments have been gold.
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I imagine the whole locker room at all friends wrestling are listening to this with a great deal of curiosity 😂😂
I guarantee you they are listening to something like this!
next fight incoming over who got cut by Jim
kip is crying somewhere
I dunno about all friends anymore theres an actual fight backstage once a week
I doubt it and even if they are let’s be real they don’t wanna listen to cornette and hell a lot of them could not care less what jim Ross says to them. Like cornette said they don’t wanna listen. And even if some do they don’t try and make there work better. There are very few people on that roster that genuinely care about the character and wanna get better every single day
"Nobody would pay this guy to set up chairs. Let alone anything wrestling." - Jim Cornette
I’ve heard “Michael knocka knocka knocka the f*ck off” 400 times and still laugh every single time 😅😅😅
My favorite one was when he called him "Michael-naka-naka-naka get the fuck off of my television!" 🤣🤣🤣
I liked it when he ended with Knock it the f*ck off. Lol
You & me both,it never gets old.
My favorite fake name is "Dwarf Dongsucker"
Fuego del sol completely mind boggles me because he literally had a contract match against MIRO where he pushed him to the limit made him look so weak and then beat him for this feel good story and then became a jobber immediately lol
Fuego didn’t beat Miro. And he was like 2-48 going into that match lol. He’s always been a jobber.
@@Ryanonfire03 didn't he beat miro because after Sammy comes running out to him giving him some huge hug to celebrate finally getting a roster spot for defeating miro? I just remember the he hit like 4 tornado ddts back to back of something to finally 'teeter' miro
Fuego lost his push cause he came out his entrance filming himself for Sammys vlog, in a way, sammy killed it for him
@@indyprosandcons329 that explains A LOT
@@kimstuart7989 No he lost the match. And then Sammy comes out and says something like “You gave it your all. These people believe In you etc. so Tony Khan STILL wants to offer you a contract”
"They have like 1000 people under contract and none of them are good" - Paul London
The nicknames he gives them is hilarious 😂😂
He called them "The California Raisins" 😂😂
Billy Gunn might have the best working punch in the buisness. He looks like he hits ppl right across the jaw. It's so perfect.
If we talk about people still in the job then probably yes, but for all time wrestlers i personally liked Bret Hart's punches the most.
@@TheArmyofHades him and Austin in the ring was the perfect illustration of how to work punches vs how not to.
Don't get me wrong, loved Austin, but boy did his punches stink and never was that more obvious than when in the ring with the Hitman.
@@bipolarminddroppings Totally agree brother.
Scott Hall had the best period.
Cornys line up of Keepers is perfect. That's what 40 plus years of Pro Wrestling experience does for you...
Somewhere in an alternate universe maybe his version of AEW exists !
Punk would hand grenade in Cornette's face. Dude has been a malcontent who's runs have ended badly everywhere he's been.
@@Brando-Lee3725 and it would fail. Jim just doesn’t have the best people skills to prosper in a big company environment.
@@fatalsniper3413 He wouldnt fail if it was HIS company ! And maybe have a booking partner to talk him down from strangulation if need be ! lol
@@Brando-Lee3725 did you not hear about Stacy and Jim sexual behavior? Imagine that in a big business and not some small town in Kentucky or wherever it was.. How about Jim getting fired everywhere because he was difficult to work with? Jim is best in a small territory setting where he can do whatever with no repercussions. People would sue him left and right
Both shows have been better than they’ve ever been. Brian and Jim are the 🐐s of wrestling podcasting.
For sure brother ! They are THE perfect duo ! Jim is well ...Jim ! His knowledge on wrestling is second to none . Plus hes fn hilarious be it jovial or hateful ! Brian knows his stuff about the history too . And he also cracks me up ! What wrestling podcast comes close ?
I like Konnans Keeping it 100 too . But its not close to this . I literally look forward to Jim and Brian every week !
It’s definitely a good podcast duo. It’s a shame more people if they know about this would probably tune in to it more than aew itself
Brian is really underrated, I like how he improvise and talk back to Jim sometimes.
He’s really a smart man.
Unlike Konnans and Nash’s co host who are very passive.
That part where Brain was talking about the stuff about Omega coming out makes me wonder what he has heard about him.
grooming Riho from age 9 is my guess
Oh shit!!! That’s gross if that’s true
@@nickhughes8179 I thought omega was gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
@@jesterbob828 He's Bisexual I believe.
If that’s true I wonder how omega fans are going to spin it and make it ok other than just saying it’s not true and then putting there fingers in there ears and going nahnahnah I’m not listening to you
Brian weaponizing Kenny and the Bucks was just genius 😂
(PS: can't wait for part 2!)
People give Brian a lotta crap sometimes, but he's nobody's fool
Frankie Kazarian is apparently back in Impact Wrestling having won the X Division and has since cashed it in using the Option C to have a shot at the Impact Heavyweight championships
“Douchebag Island” needs to be a regular thing now with Cornette. 😂😂😂
CM Establishment is the president of that island after dethroning Olivier last year.
16:54 "Nobody would pay this guy to set up chairs let alone wrestle" was to fuckin funny 😭😭
Bring back CAMP CORNETTE!!
I totally agree with letting Kenny go wherever he wants, but I don't think even Triple H would want him.
I think he would. I think there’s still some desire to sign the high level of the card talent from AEW. And I think there’s some desire to sign the EVPs. Even more so the Elite, not because they’re good or major draws but more so because while they don’t need it signing the Elite away from the company that bears their name would be one of the biggest shots to enforce the fact that WWE is the major leagues. And with how a WWE deal works your worst case scenario would be having them for a period of time to see if they could bring any value. And if they didn’t you just give them a 90 days and you still got to stick your flag in the ground. And in comparison to the revenue WWE makes a year, it’s peanuts to prove a point.
But if Kenny was let go in an imaginary world I imagine he’d just go back to Japan versus WWE. The Elite guys say they were really close to signing with WWE prior to TK offering them their EVP roles. And ir they’re to be believed they got really strong offers but I tend to think those offers, if accurate, we’re largely to keep them from going to AEW. I think at the time period one knew those guys were going to be key in starting the company and WWE was initially worried they’d be an actual threat as evidenced by all the deals they gave guys in 2019 who they would end up cutting within the next couple years. I’d imagine in this hypothetical world that Kenny wouldn’t get an offer to the level he did prior that actually made him consider going there. Thus, even if he got a full release I think he’d just be back in Japan and maybe he’d sign in TNA for some America shows like the arrangement from ROH.
Triple H already wanted him for the NXT golden era in the past. Omega, the Bucks, and Hangman were all offered big money contracts.
@@JusRed48 that was almost 4 years ago. The bloom is off the proverbial rose for those guys.
I think Hunter could see money to be made with Kenny but only if Kenny would be willing to do as he's told, which I doubt he would agree to after basically having free reign in AEW.
15:08 CORRECTION: He is literally only here because Sammy Guevara's Vlogs would not stop featuring him in a side role so he's Sammy's friend. And AEW listens to Social Media followings as a gauge for interest instead of Viewers and Cash at the gate.
Never knew that 👍 Thanks for letting people know
21:10 saved the best for last 😂😂😂
OUR LITTLE DOG POCKETS
Honestly, I like danhausen as a character n wouldnt mind him being under contract if they used him like a jester like guy and not an actual wrestler
nah
Maybe if he could have teamed with Darby
@@admincxs1670 yes
I’ve said this before he needs to be some sort of heel spooky manager. Get rid of the goofy shit he does and make him a heel manager and not a wrestler. I think that could work if done right maybe I’m being a little to nice about it but I can see it
He belongs on RUclips reviewing his action figures
A lot of people think Ethan Page is the most underused guy and maximizes his screen time.
Corny hates him because of the self fighting stuff he did in impact. I think he deserves a chance
@@mintberrycrunch2530 sometimes I feel like he yells too much.I agree he deserves a shot
These reviews are better than 90% of the AEW wrestling matches
Now we need a review of the recap of the review
There are people who genuinely praise Kip Sabian's "Storyline" of wearing a bag on his head for a year and not wrestling as somehow being up there with WCW's booking of Sting during his feud with the NWO.
AEW is an absolute echo chamber.
He probably got paid 6 figures to do that. I think that alone deserves some praise in terms of swindling a paycheck.
@@guitoorbenchi I think this segment alone proves it's pretty easy to get a 6 figure paycheck from this mark.
Jim and Brian should do a TNA one next these are Entertaining af!!
They’re still in business lol?
Thomas lol!!!
Dante Martin can only have one future role and that's underdog Mikey Whipwreck
The list of guys who Jim questions why they have a contract was hilarious, bc the AEW marks think some of those guys should get a push a be champions one day 😂😂😂
IF you made Danhausen a manager or something similar, he could get over. Hes entertaining and hes got a weird charisma. Also have to respect the fact he almost never breaks kayfabe.
nah
@@HkFinn83 he could be a backstage interviewer that drives the heels crazy with his antics.
@@DannieRay23 I like that idea more than I wanted to!😆👍🏽
I always thought a Danhausen TV Talk show segment could be interesting.
Or you could just give him Cassidy's role in the early months of AEW. The entire reason he got over was because of how sparingly he was used instead of being instantly overexposed like Danhausen's been
The only Buddy I watched was the sidekick from Charles in Charge.
Buddy Matthews is an absolute keep. He’s so crisp in the ring.
Danhausen on RoH was very different than Danhausen on AEW. The big difference is that AEW is mostly a joke right now, so nobody is really serious. So Danhausen looks like a complete joke cause he's dressed like a clown while being in an actual circus! Miro couldn't even be maintained as a serious threat for a whole year! Danhausen maintains kayfabe as hard as MJF, he's a weird guy, but he's good for business if used well.
He’s marketable
Whose on the "go away learn a new move or gimmick " list?
Honestly, I’d watch a Cornette curated roster like this
But I’d prefer if it were like ROH and TNA where they shared talent but were night and day to each other
ZM: Missing the comparison here. Considering that A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries, The American Wolves, and eventually The Briscoes were homegrown in ROH before they joined TNA what's the "night and day" of it all?🤔🤷♂️🎤🤼♂️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 TNA raided ROH and did their sports entertainment style wrestling on major tv while ROH did traditional wrestling online
I’m saying if Cornette could raid AEW for an online only program I’d still want AEW to have access to his talent like TNA had access to ROH guys
Precisely and you're absolutely correct. People also forget that TNA strangely enough fell out with The National Wrestling Alliance around that same time.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 Trash.
@@madbrowniac7871 Trash.
Hopefully, this will be a case of "they're listening, Brian".
They arent. The fact they sacrificed punk for people who never drew a dime in the us is telling
“Alright then you can argue with if you don’t agree”
You said…. “I didn’t say that!” 😂
Regarding Orange Cassidy's effect on the ratings, I remember it being mentioned that people tuned out during his feud with Jericho too so it seems like his shelf life is shorter than this discussion suggests.
I remember , not to lng ago, Tony mentioning Pockets was one of their TOP draws for them. He believes this with all his heart.
@@Gravey_draws If there's actually evidence to support that beyond merchandise sales, that's disturbing (while I don't hate OC anywhere near as much as Jim does, I consider his gimmick to be incredibly annoying and 1-dimensional so I wouldn't be upset if I never saw one of his matches again).
@@wombatgirl997 There have been some Jericho main events recently where he seems to have had a negative impact but it's not been as pronounced earlier on the show if I remember correctly (most of what I know about AEW's ratings come from what Jim and Brian has said so I don't have that much knowledge about them).
Love these AEW roster reviews. Best vids on this channel!
They actually could've done something with Hager especially the way JR sold his debut by calling him an undefeated Bellator fighter. The guy was coming off his 2nd MMA win months earlier and then while in AEW got a NC in his third fight for continual groin shots. They could've done something with that and make him a unique roster member but nope
Initially it felt like they kinda did. And I thought it was gonna be pretty solid. But I feel like it just stopped out of nowhere. But now you can’t really do it considering he hasn’t fought in a couple years now I don’t think.
He had said over the summer he was going to be fighting on the Bellator event in Italy in October. But he isn’t on the card so I’m not sure what ended up happening with Bellator and/or if that is still a thing anymore. It was a neat presentation but at the same time I always think it never had a chance oF MMA crossover because MMA fans could see he was basically fighting bums.
Nobody won’t even pay them to set up chairs…..Jesus, Jim😂😂😂I’m hollering 😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭
Tony says it wrestling, presents it as wrestling...but as George Orwell said:
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Who else, one wonders, has the courage to disobey?
Orwell
It’s hilarious that you just KNOW one or more of the guys that Brian and Jim say shouldn’t be on the roster is going to have their nose out of joint and be all upity. But, if you look at the list of the guys they said they would keep, you’ve got a pretty impressive roster going there.
None of them listen to this
The cult of Cornette gets maximum joy from listening to Corny rant about Pockets,
so Orange Cassidy is a keeper for life.
Billy Gunn is definitely super over right now but I absolutely don’t think he’s more over than The New Age Outlaws were at their biggest back in Attitude Era. The sheer numbers aren’t comparable. Sell out shows where everyone in the house would say Road Dogg’s whole intro for him word for word, and it’s a pretty damn wordy intro.
new age outlaws in their prime were literally mainstream along with dx in 2000
So he's not gonna do the second half of the list?
Thank you
He has done, should turn up here soon.
22:00 - 23:26 This part had me crying! LOL
"The California Raisins" fs that's got to be a new one for the Hardly Boyz !?? 😂😂😂
Please make this an annual review! A lot has changed and I’d love to hear an updated version.
After listening to every single drive thru and omni bus that has ever been produced, a minimum of four times for each show, it always feels to me that Corny prefers professional wrestling, with believable characters, and good storytelling, as opposed to the mud show, blood & guts, flippy dippy bullshit...
I could be wrong, but I believe thats how he truly feels. If I'm wrong, fellow cult members, please correct me...
#LongTimeListnerFirstTimeTyper
Personally.....
MJF
FTR
Danielson
All of Jericho Appreciation society
The Acclaimed
Moxley
Punk
Wardlow
Swerve in our glory
Claudio
Adam Cole
Kyle O
Omega
The Bucks
Christian
Luchasaurus
Jungle Boy
Miro
Ricky Starks
Hobbs
Santana
Ortiz
Darby
Ethan Page
Hangman
PAC
Daddy Ass
Orange Cassidy
Gunn Club
Brian Cage
Vance Archer
Shawn Spears
Kazarian
Daniels
No Omega, Hardly Boyz or Pockets pls
Private party needs to be used more!
Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford are legit. He cuts a great promo. He works well & Ford is a World Champion
Lol Jim must of woke up on the right side of bed, way positive 😅
"Pleather Clad potato" Whewwwww!
With that roster, AOW. All Outlaw Wrestling
AEW
All Ex WWE
As he named off wrestlers, I kept imagining that roster of characters under Cornys tutelage and control. What an awesome show! I mean they are already on a show but every name was like “Aw yeah!!”
The virginal Penelope pit stop
Regal goes heel and helps MJF.. matter of time.. part of the backstory from what we heard last week
no you're getting worrked like a kid
@@Kr4ShSkeL we'll see
It's almost a good idea except that Max doesn't need help
@@williammitchell4417 regal is the heel of all heels he will help him become the devil
Paul Heyman. Maybe
Our little dog pockets
What does Brian and Jim know about Omega that we haven't heard ? Sounds like something interesting.
How do they have Claudio, Danielson, Hobbs, FTR, Billy Gunn, etc. and their shows aren't better than it is? It really is something.
I think it's great roster but we see way too much of some people and way too little of others.
What I learned from this, Olivier and Corny agree on something, 80% of the roster shouldn't be there.
Keep Rush
Maybe because I understand the non-wrestling potential of Eddie Kingston, if I was in Jim's organization I would fight to keep Eddie Kingston around solely to keep him on a microphone every week. I don't really care about his wrestling I just want to hear him cut promos every week. You could really bill him as the guy who doesn't like to see people get screwed over because he's been screwed over so many times. He works as a little guardian angel to help a guy out in a match here and there. You never know when he's going to come through but when he does he's always looking out for the little guy.
I’m not saying Eddie is or not but all I hear is he’s a problem backstage. And If you can’t fix it why keep him around. He’s solid on the mic but his attire is complete garbage in my eyes and his wrestling is meh at best
@@richardcleary3410 What I don't get is Corny keeping Punk, who's imploded virtually every place he's been, but cutting Kingston because "backstage problem."
@@mattb.2740 I mean punk drew the ratings I hear you on he can be a bit of a problem as well but at least he can draw some good ratings unlike Kingston or the young bucks or omega. I feel like to be fair you make a good point in on getting rid of punk to if you’re gonna toss Kingston. Because at that point might as well start over and have no backstage need at all. But I feel like TK needs to get a backbone. It’s his company he needs to get it together and not let people walk over him.
@@richardcleary3410 Punk wasn't a big tv ratings draw. I mean, Dynamite was up over a million most weeks for months before his return. He has helped live gates and ppv buys, to be fair. But the guy isn't drawing anything when he's out for months at a time with an injury after every match. Beyond being a locker room cancer, Punk just isn't durable enough to keep around.
If it were me, I'd dump all the locker room problems, including The Elite if the rumblings about them are true. I would probably set up Moxley (even though I personally think he sucks, the fans love him), Danielson, MJF, and Wardlow as my cornerstones and build around that.
We need the new and improved Private Party of Swerve and Marq Quen.
Billy Corgan recently mentioned that (contingent on a negotiated deal) NWA could be a spillover spot for rarely used AEW talent to work.
I think they forgot about Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks
Don't blame them because AEW doesn't use them like they should. We haven't seen Ricky since like September
They haven't finished the whole roster yet. They only did A-M.
@@gabic8320 it's just a criminal offence to feature Wheeler and Daniel Useless while an unpolish gems like Starks and Hobbs are barely featured.
Thumbnail god 💯😂💪
The 13:30 min mark for me is why I’m here lmaotalk that shit JIMMY
Fun fact. Cutler had two contracts.
That just made me sad
Jake Hager - I kind of liked his shoot MMA wrestling type fight with Wardlow. But yeah hasn’t done much else.
Great amateur wrestler can’t deny that. But to be fair when do you cut the cord on this guy. I mean I use to think he could be a huge star but they tried so hard in wwe to use him and he just simply can’t cut any sort of promo so he is 110% useless on a microphone and his matches are fair but nothing more than that. I really wanted him to succeed and take off during his we the people run in wwe but that horse has done left the barn. I just don’t see at this point how you can help Hager get over now.
@@richardcleary3410 he has no personality at all its not like hes like someone like brock or something who is at least great or believable in the ring hes just big and boring
Cornette putting Buddy on the list warms the cockles of my cold heart.
When Buddy is set free, he's awesome in the ring
@@Pogo113 he has the personality of a bar of soap.
I know theyre different but since I Discovered cornettes pod I haven't listened to the observer once
One of the reasons I was interested in this "new promotion" that became AEW was to see where these indy guys could go with a national platform. After three years of watching I agree with Jim's list. Not everything in the Indies works on Tv, if you cant evolve go back to the Indies with Joey Janela.
Butcher and Blade need a new gimmick but Bunny is a future superstar
Knowing that TK will do the exact opposite is sad.
"1 expired canned ham" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The crowd was not dead for Sabian vs PAC...
Pizzeria Uno, the potato wrapped in leather LOL
The shovel is my pick? Someone's been watching Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy?
Put Adam Cole in the listen & learn category. Have CM Punk coacHim and they'd probably BOTH enjoy it!!
I wonder if Mr.Cornette thought NICK BOCKWINKEL talked like a "librarian"?
Tbh i dont even watch wrestling anymore (Here and there every couple months),
I just love listening to Corny talk shit when I need something to play in the background lmao
What happen to scorpion sky? He had a 2 week push
Angelico is featured heavily on they’re RUclips shows and he’s also one of they’re Spanish play by play..
Captain Botch
I want to hear his dynamite review. Especially the FTR match. I deleted the rest of the program after that finish. I guess I’ll try Impact again. 😔
It actually has been pretty good as of late.
This was a great match you're just a little kid being mad that your favorites didn't win, maybe grew up and understand that HEAT is a part of wrestling
When was the last time ftr win a tag match on dynamite. They are the more over team they should be no .1 contender not these goofs. No wonder they can t keep 1m views weekly.... Ppl would rather see ftr vs acclaimed than Keith Lee and swerve.... Another PREDICTABLE match. At least if fre vs acclaimed that could tell a great story a d have sone suspense
@@Kr4ShSkeL Your 👍 but really making them no 1 contender knowing acclaimed will win or it be ftr vs acclaimed and be a great match who knows who wins. That's exactly why they can't keep 1m viewers much as I'd like to see that
I'd normally agree, but I just don't know how you book FTR against The Acclaimed at this point. Acclaimed are SO over and FTR is being eclipsed a bit...who do you put over in that situation? Put FTR over and risk fans shitting on that and turning on FTR, or put Acclaimed over and bury FTR again? They're in a corner on this one.
I was done with Omega when it was stated that he said "I would've hired over 80 percent of you guys"... And why is that cause they don't work your style and wanna be actually pro wrestlers lol
What does Brian last know that we don't about Kenny 🕵🕵🕵
What is Brian talking about with Kenny? What could come out?
4:46 😂😂
After watching both parts I can meet up with a combined 111 wrestlers managers and coaches of which 48 to keep and 63 to fire.
What happened to the Dark Order, when they started out as a group of creepers, all dressed in black ? They hooked up with Mr. Brody Lee, but we lost him (RIP). They disappeared and returned as this group we have now. What happened with them ? I don't get it.
So wait- is this it, or do y'all still have more people to go through? I didn't hear anything about Hobbs and Starks. I'd keep those two and heavily push them.
It's up to A - M named alphabetical order wrestlers. There's a part 2 coming after M, so look forward to it and a recap.
Came for the EDS.
Cruiser Weight Div. Hook, Sammy, Darby, Kip, Danhausen Silver, and etc
As much as I like Corny, there is a reason AEW has a fan base. Making the roster the way he describes makes fans like Corny happy. Unfortunately that isn't the high % of the fan base AEW has. Basically their ratings would drop further.
Good, there might be some controversy, resistance and anger but it'll all die down eventually, but that's how you get rid of the cult like spoiled indie mark fanbase so they could screw off to PWG just to see their favourite D level indie outlaw darling wrestlers like Hangnail, best friends, Dumb Order and the children Evps. That way you'd bring in new fans who would take the product seriously instead of the half joke it currently is. I seriously don't have faith in MJF's booking, it looks good atm but it can all go crashing down because of the EVPs and Jericho, who we all know is going to insert himself into MJF's storyline.
@@TheMrAlgoh AEW definitely needs a real wrestling booker.
man the hardy boys thing is especially irksomehow quick it all fell apart even if jeff hadnt got in trouble. i was hoping they would get a title run, their last one, before retiring. sigh
No Powerhouse Hobbs or Ricky Starks?
That’s what I thought but it felt like they went through the whole roster lol
Was thinking the same thing
this shit has me in stitches lol