Jim Cornette on Working For TNA
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- From Episode 218 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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I use to enjoy watching TNA back in 2004-2009. When Hogan joined the company it went downhill fast.
Aces and eights storyline was fun for what it was.
You’re saying something everyone has been saying the last decade.
@@volodymyrbilyk555 Agreed I thought it was going to be stupid af at first but then Bully Ray came along
@@volodymyrbilyk555 Only for Bully Ray to drop the belt and end the angle to Chris sabin of all people.
@@volodymyrbilyk555 bullet club rip off
loved the repeated "YUP", it's like i'm watching storage wars.
**sips sprite** yuuuup
Tremendous! Yuuuuuuuuuuup!!!!
Except Jim has more personality than Dave.
Dave Hester is the electric factory 🏭⚡️
Lmaoo damn haven't watch that show in a while
I thought the Shark Boy Steve Austin was pretty good, a decent comedy bit. Even Shark Boys time with New Jack and then later on with Curry Man was also great! Gimme a Shell Yeah!
Yeah I liked Shark Boy too. He was pretty funny 🙂 an that's a funny line, gimmie a shell yeah, Lol 🙂
What is Cornette's view of Curry man? Because I think most people like that stuff if they like any comedy in wrestling. And it's not like Jim is very consistent when it comes to stuff like that. He'll love some "magic midgets with wigs" but most other comedy is making fun out of the business
Say what you want about Shark Boy, but his tag team with New Jack was some of the funniest TV I've ever seen.
And ironically it was a punishment for New Jack because he couldn't go on TV and not say "Fuck!" lol.
Tna was so bad during this time not that it was ever good. Sad and pathetic sums it up
I guess...
@@PIP-zf9yb Not ever good? X-Division, Knockouts, Tag Teams in 2005-2008? MCMG, Beer Money, Angle, Sting, Christian, Konnan, Monty Brown, Steiner on the mic?
@@Tittymaster it’s good now because of how low the bars been set
Thank God Jim will never run out of amazing stories
He could just start over and no one would care, bc he goes into such detail... Or I wouldn't. Lol
I could listen to Jim shit on Russo all day and never get tired of it
The irony is, if Vince McMahon saw the sick in bed segment with Shark Boy, he would have absolutely loved it and tried to figure out how to copy it the next week on RAW or sign Shark Boy himself.
Anything that makes money, Pal
He would have put Paul London or Brian Kendrick in a similar suit (but red) and called him "The Pirahna" or something.
Oh look another knowing vince person.
"Fireworks in a broom closet"
This line kind of sums up the entire history of TNA.
Dr. Stevie was such an asinine gimmick but I stand by Shark Boy's fishbowl house.
Just makes sense honestly
If he is part shark, part boy it just makes sense that he would live in a fish tank.
He got his doctorate from the same school as Tom Prichard...
@@msoileau83 lies. Tom earned his degree in desire from a fully accredited university.
Dr Stevie, Abyss, and Daffney were great
Sorry Jim. Stone Cold Shark Boy is in my boy stable. Way, way over with me.
He's almost too popular to be a boy....as the lads say he can have a boy passport.
Pre Stone Cold gimmick Shark Boy is in my Boy Stable
@DLRX jack and shark boy for life THE PLANKSTERS
Shark Boy lives literally right down the street from me lol. Had the pleasure of wrestling with him in the local Indys in 2011-2012ish
That’s crazy. as a teenager I lived 2 doors down from the invisible man
@@SimbolicProductions and a single nights sleep from the boogie man
Don't forget that Dixie took advantage of Billy Corgan, taking his money while making false promises.
Right.. why doesn’t anyone talk about that.
@@brianfinn6800 he’s an outsider in their eyes?
Some folks like Cornette are territorial and hate being called what he is..
A performer
I was just in the former impact zone it’s now being used primarily for Horror nights mazes and funny enough AEW Dark tapings.
wouldnt you know who won the pony
So you’re telling me a legit wrestling company is only using it for their supplemental show, featuring their jobbers and training prospects?
Sounds appropriate
@@Voysh2Voysh69 What "legit wrestling company"?
"Now I needed to do better than my best to counter balance Vince Russo's badness. But ofcourse I overestimate myself because not even I am that good" - Jim Cornette
Debit card Dixie really lost her company IRL like a TNA storyline
Let's all go ahead and ask Scott Hall about that....jeezus fuck
Best Nickname Ever
🏆👈
When you hear the term "fumbling the bag", TNA comes to mind. National tv, the best roster of in ring wrestlers, WWE was fucking up/losing fans. How did they fuck all that up?
Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff
@@thecake6635 also hogan and the creative control posse
Well, they were paying some chick from Survivor more than the entire undercard combined to do a match with Booker T's wife. Yes, it sucked as much as you'd imagine. Shit like this was not an isolated incident.
"How did they fuck all that up?" - Three words: Dixie "Douchebag" Carter.
When you let Vince Russo convince you of his personal delusion that all wrestling fans want Attitude Era-crash TV.
I actually started watching TNA as an alternative to WWE way back in 2007. 2005/3006 are often touted as TNA's best years. Personally I really enjoyed the product until 2010. Then once again when they started to heal a little from the damage caused by Hogan etc. But boy has that company seen bad management.
3006 was my favorite year too
@@ricolewis2949 well, that was the last year before Skynet became self aware and killed the last of the pro wrestlers.
2006 TNA days were great compared to WWE/AEW 2021!
I love Jim’s TNA stories!!
Hasn’t tna been around longer than wcw at this point?
That would be a sad commentary on society if Impact has been around for that many years.
Whoever runs that joint now must have deep pockets....
Not if you count crockett promotions.
@@watchitlive8460 Yeah if you count the crocketts owning it. That was from around the 1930's or 1940's with Jim Sr.
Brian's laugh the moment Dr. Stevie was brought up 😂🤣. The dumbest gimmick
It’s hilarious how Russo is responsible for sinking 2 wrestling companies, out of the 3 he’s been employed with.
Well duh, that’s who you call if you wanna kill a wrestling company 😂
Whats the 3rd?
Bro
@@patrickboian8545 WWF bro
Actually, under Russo, Impact got its highest ratings, and made the most money.
It was Dixie that sunk it.
And that's why nobody takes people like you seriously. You don't like someone, so you make up bs about them.
Yes, Russo gave us WCW World Champion David Arquette, but how exactly did he sink TNA?
"They didn't know how to wind their ass, or scratch their watch!" 😂
A guy from Cincinnati who lives in a fish bowl acting like stone cold? 🤔.......................................................................................................................................................................................
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🤯 Sharkboy was really Jon Moxley
I see what you did there...
Imagine how different TNA would have been today if Jeff Jarrett was not sent home after stealing Angle's wife.
Imagine if Dixie had made Jim head of creative rather than Vince Russo?
From what i heard it wasnt stealing Karen that got him sideways with Dixie it was lying to her face about it.
@@HEAVYDIAPER Would not have been much different. It's Jarrett that kept re-hiring Russo all the time.
Aaand wouldn't you know who won the pony, they made the whole Jeff Jarrett stealing Kurt's then ex wife into an angle (no pun intended) on TV which is something they shouldn't have done in the first place. Same thing with Hawk and his demons. Wrestling should NOT involve anything with personal shit behind the scenes being an angle on TV.
I was at the TNA ppv where the roof went on fire that was a whole mess I remember staring at roof more than the actual match I think Eric young was on it the good thing is when they send us back in I rush and got better seats
Funny how Jim can remember any day of any year dating back to the 60s.
Fucking legend.👍
He remembers some things the way he wants to from time to time....
I will always miss Meme Era TNA with the godawful storylines like Claire Lynch
I got my grandson hooked on the "Shark Boy" gimmick. We loved the matches he had with Curry Man (Christopher Daniels). It was a horrible work, but when he was 4 years old he loved it. It was funny AF.
Christopher Daniels was Curry Man?? I never knew that, that explains a lot though looking back on some of Curry Man and Shark Boy's stuff
Watching old TNA/Impact just makes me wonder to myself, imagine if TNA/Impact had Tony Kahn’s money and didn’t get taken over by Hogan and Bischoff. Then they probably would’ve actually been a threat to WWE and we wouldn’t need AEW.
One of my favorite things In TNA was the shark boy steve austin thing, the fish puns were real!
"I'm gonna whoop somebody's bass" "Give me a shell yeah!" "And that's the fishin' line cause shark boy said so"
Jim got mad again just telling the story about Sharkboy's house. Ha.
Thank you Hulk Hogan (along with Dixie) for completely ruining a pretty decent TNA
Didn’t aj styles say they wanted to cut my wage in half after hogan that’s not for me brother came in
This shit just hurt the hell out of my brain
I was never the biggest fan of the Stone Cold gimmick but I loved Shark Boy just as himself, reminded me a bit of The Hurricane. And if look past his overall masked presentation he's actually a decent wrestler.
Does anyone else smile when Jim plays the Stephen P New Ad?
not only smile but sing along too!
When he mentioned Shark Boy, I thought he was gonna mention the Fish Market Street Fight between Shark Boy and Curry Man (Christopher Daniels) against the Dudley's / Team 3-D
"Pyro in a broom closet." 😂🤣
100% ON-POINT!!!
The Claire Lynch angle will stand out or anything involving Jeff Jarrett
TNA has some great matches and bat shit crazy but fun storylines and gimmicks. Angle, Sting, AJ, Joe Beer Money, Beautiful People, Gail/Kong/Mickie/Victoria to name a few.
The fanbase enjoyed TNA more than just " fed = dead" too which was nice. Most of the TNA stories folks tell are always entertaining as well.
I just started watching IMPACT this year after not watching for years. I really enjoy what I've seen
The fishbowl story had me in stitches.
I would love for Cornette to listen to a TNA based episode of Jeff Jarrett's My World Podcast. And then do an episode of the Drive-Thru giving his commentary on that podcast. That would be awesome.
In my opinion, when Jim was a part of TNA, TNA was the best promotion not named WWE at that time and I could argue that it was way better than both current WWE AND AEW now
no doubt
I mean it was actually way better than WWE at the time. 2005-2010 WWE was the drizzling shits.
He was in a superior federation simultaneously as its authority figure - ROH. Got to be a generally great visceral promo against CZW.
@mattm6200 Almost everyone is a parrot in wrestling comment sections my friend. It's pretty gross, especially all the idiots that freely use the term mark. Gives me chills like nails on a chalk board.
Please create an Omnibus about Jim's time in TNA. These stories are genuinely appreciated.
....and than Dixie Carter wanted tv time.
Loved Shark Boy. Wish someone would let him do something on tv.
8 more wrestlers released from WWE. I remember when it used to be everybody's dream job.
That "yep" said everything
I honestly loved sharkboy as a kid. He was over for me but i definitely understand jim not being a fan of that gimmick lmao
Pyro in a broom closet!!
3:07 “pyro in a f*cking broom closet” LMFAO
To me TNA always felt like it never hit its stride. It had an ok start despite the weird weekly PPV deal and would almost get going when it got bigger names but, always just stumbled over itself trying too hard in attempts to “go to war”.
That’s why I get nervous when Tony Khan tries to take it to WWE so early. Just take your opportunities and let the company grow naturally.
Only difference is Khan can actually pay for it.
Despite the silliness of the Shark Boy gimmick Jimbo. Dean Matthew Roll was a great wrestler who's impersonation of Stone Cold was actually very spot on.
Agreed
Was? He still is.
@@gothard5 I thought he retired
Sharkboy was over af in TNA.
The ad spots are some of the best parts on both the Experience and Drive-Thru.
Tetrodotoxin is what Shitstain was too lazy to look up. It was used in the movie Law Abiding Citizen. Gerard Butler’s character used it to paralyze one of the men who he was going to kill. He explained that it causes paralysis, but leaves you conscious and doesn’t block pain.
If you don't mind me asking, who exactly is Shitstain?
@@MuggsyMontoya Vince Russo
@@kinginthenorth1437 thanks
Undertaker vs mankind hell in a cell taker had the best ever entrance outside of WrestleMania xx . Batista had some good entrances to with the piro 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Zombie promotion??? Impact Wrestling & Major League Wrestling has both been around for 20 years and still going strong. Both Anthem Sports & Entertainment and Court Bauer has greatly improved Impact Wrestling & Major League Wrestling.
Here we go..
Give some TNA/Impact Wrestling some credit for still around in the business today. Plus Impact Wresting isn’t that bad like most people say about it give it a try and watch it.
I gave it a try and what I saw was a steaming pile of garbage, Tommy dreamer dressed as Sherlock Holmes, cheesy storylines that would make Vince McMahon blush, I can't imagine what kind of simple minded baboon would enjoy that crap, it actually made me reevaluate wwe lol
@@TheUltimateVoid that was almost two years ago lol, give it a try again
@@d.52555 lol how many tries does this garbage company needs? I've been giving them tries for the last 20 years and honest to God, each time I see a good match or something positive going on, it's completely tarnished by something goofy and stupid, like Sami Callihan the magical hacker or those obnoxious cinematic matches that they love to do so much, so no thanks, they had enough chances.
@@TheUltimateVoid Dude just move the fuck on! What the hell? There's too much damn wrestling out there, find something you like and watch it. No need for your ass to be crying over Impact!
@@corwinbrown2643 nah, quite frankly I enjoy too much to call out Tits N Ass Wrestling whenever I get the chance, absolute garbage...
This was literally the first TNA ppv my brother and I ever bought. I remember this delay well
I tried liking and watching Impact or TNA--or whatever the hell you want to call it--years ago & from day one I thought, this company is royally f----ed if they are putting their trust in Russo and Jarrett....
Especially Jarrett if you watch the real wrestling reign of terror Jarrett hold the title for far too long they could’ve build more stars than just aj styles at that time
@@oatz8449 I used to drive up to Nashville from north Alabama with a few friends for their tv tapings at the Fairgrounds. It was a decent vibe for the most part, but Jarrett was absolutely the worst. Unbearable.
Things about TNA I still wanna know about from Corny:
-TNA's X-Division vs today's video game wrestling
-Motor City Machine Guns
-Agenting gimmick matches like Ultimate X, Terror Dome/Steel Asylum, Tuxedo matches
Shelley specifically. Gargano and Yuta both cite him as a big influence and I’d reckon that could be said for a lot of younger dudes of that grappler strong-style angle. Honestly the PCS jumpstarted my journey into a dirty indy mark lol
I remember the Shark Boy hospital segment and at the time I loved it. I didn't grow up on the attitude era save culture osmosis along with South Park, but I knew enough to "get it" but not enough to think it was stupid. Him and Curry man were some of thr highlights of the show for me and I couldn't stop cheering on those hapless idiot. I dont even think I realized Christopher Daniel's was under the mask either. I understood it was scripted but at that time at that age it was real to me. Different strokes I guess.
I am also guilty of having NO idea curry man was Daniels
That time internet and the IWC wasn’t as much of a thing , so I took it for what it was too - and I enjoyed it 🤷🏿♂️
Ignorance was bliss. The TNA roster was full of such athletic and snug wrestlers that even though I knew or at least had a recognized inclination it was a work, it was convincing enough that I questioned it.
Daniels played the Suicide gimmick for a while too.
Same with Kazerian I think
HOT….SPICY…. TASTES GREAT
That was a heck of a shift for the ad at the end. Well done Jim!
Still pop at the Stephen P. New plug
I love sharkboy when he did the stone cold thing was grate oh shell yea lol
Jim is out of touch. That Abyss and Stevie Richards idea was good. Everyone from The Rock, Austin and Kurt Angle all say Vince Russo did a good job.
It is extremely strange to think about how when wrestling was hot in the 80s and 90s the status quo was constantly changing. The Hogan era started in 1984 and by 1990 most of the territories were gone. WCW as the national promotion owned by Turner was around for about a dozen years. ECW was around for less than 10. But when wrestling has been cold we've had a steady status quo for years. From 2002 until AEW appeared in 2019 the North American wrestling landscape was WWE, TNA and ROH despite TNA being essentially a money pit from day one. How on Earth did companies that were hot during the Monday Night Wars die out so soon while TNA/Impact has lasted almost 20 years?
I see the [Blank] has taken effect...never gets old.
Looking back on it , yeah that totally tells me Vince Russo.
Honestly, it is smart to not have searches for paralytic poisons in you google history.
Is that the World Class Championship Wrestling theme song
Jim been listening to Deadlock lately lmao better try this ONE MORE TIME
Everybody's talking about Dr Stevie and Shark Boy, while I'm over here in awe of the best ad read I ever heard.
I remember the immortal words of New Jack: Years from now, yall gonna be watching wrestling on the food channel & they gonna be tossing salad.
I think that may accurately describe the Impact fanbase....
True, it actually makes me feel depressed to see all the nimrods here say stupid stuff like *"well huh huh, idk why people hate Impact huh huh, it's actually very good huh huh"*
You talking about Impact fanbase in such a manner just shows that you wish you were a Impact fan!
I really liked TNA in 2005-2009, not the best, but had they some great wrestlers and matches. The storylines were pretty terrible a lot of times, but they had the talent. At the time people were hating on it, but I liked it still. WWE was still good back then too, now Impact is like a little indy show they use to have Angle, Sting, Foley, Styles, Nash. It's too bad, I really rooted for TNA back in the day.
Yep, yep, yep, yep.
We need more TNA stories …
Search youtube for Jim Cornette and you will find a ton pf Cornette's stories on TNA, he's obsessed with talking about that company.
Love how he only refers to him as sh!t stain lol
I was also at the show that involved a roof being lit on fire. I can let you know, Universal Studios was less than pleased. The entire arena was filled with smoke that night.
I agree with Jim plenty.... but I will ALWAYS love Shark Boy hahahah
Parts of this scenario might be applicable to AEW years from now.
OH SHELL NO
I'm just curious because I haven't listen to Jim and Bryan a lot but has anyone emailed or tweeted them to talk about the incident involving Jeff Hardy and Sting at TNA's Victory Road in 2011?
"The family is still here, Dr. Fishman is still here, Nurse Bass is still here."
Before we shite on TNA, let's take notice that WWE set the WrestleMania sign on fire in 2022, TWICE, during one of their PPV's.
I remember hearing a fire alarm during Raw because of the pyro smoke
The Law Office of Stephen Pee New
Stopped watching around the time 3D put Dixie through a table.
I stopped watching when AJ left.
Oh Shell yeah!
I remember that show . I enjoyed the shark boy it was Stone Cold recarnated into a shark it was better than not having stone cold at all.
Today i learned Moxley was Sharkboy
To be honest impact had a solid weekly show might not be spectacular but it's solid they know their lane and stuck to it!
Oh man, I couldn't stand Shark Boy. He wasn't even funny, he was just stupid and low budget. That's one of my earliest memories of watching TNA as a kid too, him winning a match and his music playing while I'm sitting there like, "What? Is he supposed to be Stone Cold? Why is he a shark? What's going on here? The hell's a TNA?" lol
MK3 Rain pfp? My man.
I always thought the reason why TNA's been around for as long as it has is luck, no other way around it despite Dixie Carter coming in and pretending she's the second coming of Stephanie when in reality Dixie is the miniature version of Meryl Streep. I don't know why Scott Hall and Kevin Nash all thought Dixie was a genius when in reality once again, she was just as dumb as Vince Russo or hell even Jim Herd. She knew literally nothing about the wrestling business, did nothing for it and basically almost killed TNA from within almost like Russo did. I'm just amazed at how despite everything that has happened with any regime (Dixie Carter, Hogan and Bischoff), Impact is still going. Remember when TNA first started when people said it wouldn't last longer than a week or something like that? Here it is as i said over 20 years later and it's still going. Not only has TNA managed to stick around based on pure luck, but AEW has as well. It's amazing.
I liked TNA pre hogan/bischoff.
When Jeff Jarrett was in charge.
Aj styles, Christopher Daniels, Robert roode- solid talent. Hell even the women's division was good.
Jim Cornette taking Shots at Vince Russo will Never get Old which is why they should be the ones Inducting each other into the WWE HOF … 👀
Oh Jesus wept! I’m pretty sure that happening is a harbinger of the apocalypse
You think Russo should be in the WWE HoF? That's gotta bethe dumbest hot take I've heard in a long ass time.
Cornette is still butthurt almost 25 years later that McMahon chose Russo over him for head writer
I almost feel sorry for the man because Cornette and Last are so used to calling him "Shit Stain", it's totally casual and natural for them now, like that's a given birthname. Then I remember what he did to the WWF and WCW and think, nah...he deserves it.
Hogan and Bischoff were not paid by TNA, they were paid by Spike. As usual, Cornhole doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
NWA/TNA the best from 2002-2007 Asylum and Impact Zone years maybe even up to 2009 right before Hogan and others came around
Tetrotodoxin works exactly like the "poison" cornette Saya don't exist.
So do other pharmaceutical paralytics and depressant anesthetics.
I don't like Russo, but Jim needs to better the argument because they do exist.