Jim Cornette on Davey Boy Smith & JBL Going Into The WWE Hall Of Fame
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2020
- From Episode 130 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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"I wasnt even there. It was Owen" - Davey Boy Smith
"Because I'm BIZARRE!"
- Davey Boy Smith
Now if only Owen can go in too.
@@liquidsnake8338 That would be great, but.....no more needs saying
@@liquidsnake8338 He won't - ever ! Martha, his widow has declared that he never will.
Ron's induction speech; "DAMN". 🤣😂
"Davey is synonymous with the WWE" Well that and pointing out that The Shockmaster fell on his ass.
"He fell on his fooking arse!"
‘Flat on his fuckin aaarse’
Props to Sid for trying to salvage that 😂😂
@@TB-sj8gc "I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE BOY!!, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHO YOU ARE!!!" it's as if sid was thinking that shouting louder and louder will block out the laughter inside of him.
Screaming at each other louder and louder is manly.
The Midnight Express in the HOF without Cornette would be hogwash.
I'm from Calgary....and yes....Davey and Dynamite could really go in the early Stampede Wrestling days....they were amazing
Can't wait for Corny and the Midnight to be inducted so we can get a silent induction speech from Beautiful Bobby! 😁👍✌
@DevilKaz LMAOOOOO can you imagine Corny's rant if they ever do that to him!? It's going to be the greatest rant in the history of rants. 😂😂😂😂
Bobby's -short speech "thank you" Bobby's -Long speech "Thank you very much"
I'm surprised WWE hasn't started scripting the HOF acceptance speeches yet.
@@tomr3422
- Bobby's short speech: a nod to the audience
- Bobby's long speech: " Thanks "
- Bobby's extra long speech Hillbilly Jim style: " Thank you "
Imagine if Corny took the mic, paused for a moment as he scanned the crowd, and simply stated, "THANK YOU, FUCK YOU, BYE!"
Jbl and eddie Guerrero was what kept me interested in the wwe in the 2004s snd 05
Corny needs to be in the Hall. Period
Hell no! Maybe the hall of fame of pussy liberals.
@@rebelwithacause3574 hall of fame of social misfit losers who live in the past and can't function in real world. He would be babe Ruth of that hall of fame
@@rebelwithacause3574 😂😂 you wee crying conservative bitch.
@@skyroe2 yet still a huge success while you're some random loser on the internet.
@@rebelwithacause3574 pussy conservatives who cry over someone telling them happy holidays calling someone else a pussy? Dont you have a Planned Parenthood building to go picket, gtfoh
As a child of the 80's Davey Boy Smith has been my favorite wrestler! And his induction is way over due! FINALLY! The British Bulldogs should also be in as a team! And I hope before the day I die I get to witness Owen get in there!
I know if owen gets in there. There probably won't be a dry eye in the house
Probably not dynamite cuz of his personal life
"You were only WWE champ for a year because Triple H didn´t wanna work tuesdays" is the best burn in history xD
Paul E. Really was good for that sometimes lol like him or not. I think he's definitely right, but I'm glad hunter didn't, because JBL grew into a great heel in those days.
If u gone say it say it right
JBL's trash; only ppl he doesn't harass backstage (like Ron Simmons) think he's actually great.
@@bradpaton3927 you know how many " celebs" are different on camera vs off? Oh wait... like every one.
Jbl is a wrestling god
Corny needs to Headline the 2021 class.
Vince russo to induct him?
@@karozhun_0895 that would be a insurance nightmare he'd kill him
@@karozhun_0895 BWAHAHAHA that was the greatest joke of all time!
I totally agree!!!!
Liger would definitely belong in a wcw hall of fame
Thats just it wcw doesn't exist anymore
@@jamesbumbalough1826 wcw stars end up in the wwe hof.
Lanza- “Davey You got a Promo!”
BB- “FoWhat?!?!”
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i miss all the old wrestling companys like smokey mountain wcw ecw even the awa was a good 1 back in the day
now he's in the Hall of fame long overdue for a Legend
Jushin's short tenure in the WCW helped revolutionize the Junior Heavyweight division. Just like Rey Mysterio, The Great Sasuke, Ultimo Dragon and the original Tiger Mask (among many other great talents). Liger is a Wrestling icon that is recognized the world over - add in the fact that Liger just retired from in-ring activity, the timing couldn't be more perfect to celebrate the legacy of Jushin Thunder Liger in any Hall of Fame.
When I think of Bulldog in WCW, I think two things: The Shockmaster and Ultimate Warrior’s stupid ass trap door.
Agreed
Davey boy on the beach with sting?
Kurt Shastany Three things.
When Davey came out in the blue jeans .....his career was over.
@ My exact thoughts when I saw him come out in the jeans were...WTF....he's done.
Watching him getting manhandled by Chyna was the final nail.
didn't he do something with DX like Anvil before they let him leave, Davey joined DX and they turned on him and made him looked stupid.
Yep... Those Blue Jeans made him look like a douchebag rather than a bad ass..
@@Kfowlkes09 I liked Chyna but Vince Buried the Hell out of Davey Boy Smith.. I was legit pissed about it back then..
Its a crime that The Dynamite Kid is not in HOF. He inspired so many smaller guys like Benoit, Shaun Michaels, Guerrero and Bret Hart. Fantastic worker!
@Joe Greene Ha, if every wrestler in HOF who had taken illegal substances were removed, their be no one left!
Flair (inducted twice) has convictions for assault and battery against him and also admitted taking an array of illegal substances. Dont be so naive!!
@Javy 22 Thats politics not wrestling ability and legacy. Same reason Demolition arent in there either. Politics!
How can HOF retain any credibility when the Bellas are on their way in! 🤣
@Joe Greene He wasn't a murderer. He was the rest of your list though.
@@walsh9080 He's saying Benoit is a murderer, Michaels an asshole, Guerrero a drug addict, and Bret Hart a bitter old man.
+Joe Greene Eddie didn't die of a overdose, he had a heart condition since he had the car accident years earlier that almost killed him.
Why do they act like hall of fame is a big honor? It’s literally a figment of vinces imagination
JBL was a guy who was given the ball and ran with it.
I hated jbl as a kid, as an adult after seeing what he did outside the ring and then hearing him speak of his character in the ring, I was supposed to hate him. He did his job well.
Me too
Not quite he didn't. The JBL character failed initially until Eddie and Chavo Guerrero powerpushed it up. He needed that boost from them and that's when he became the legendary heel you know of today.
I'm pretty sure Bulldog came back after the screwjob in 97
I remember when Ken Shamrock chocked his ass out in the ring and he turned blue almost killed his ass
Both the Bulldogs should go in.
Surprised Bob Brown isn't in already, he jobbed for Baba when Vince needed it done. He looked seriously unhappy about it though lol
Kid died with bad blood with Vince, no way he'll be in it.
@@leostenbuck4194 He did get a tribute mention on Raw though. He got a "In memory of" card.
@@leostenbuck4194Savage seemingly died having bad blood with Vince, and he got in the HOF in 2015...
@ShadowAngel Who would have within the last 10 years or, both The Ultimate Warrior and Jeff Jarrett would be inducted...
I would imagine Vince having a lot of hatred for them, as they pretty much had a gun to his head for more money. McMahon seemed to hate Jeff Jarrett enough to fire him live on air during the Raw/Nitro Simulcast back in 2001
They really should make an actual Hall Of Fame that people can visit. I'm surprised they haven't already....Some place like NYC, They could charge a small admission fee, they could have a big outlet store there to sell all their merch and stuff. It seems like a no brainer.
That shit would be like a amusement park here in the south. Always full. Hell, Jerry Lawler’s bbq place here in Shreveport is full off novelty alone.
I am surprised there isn't one in Florida near the Performance Centre
Vince spends all that moneyto start the XFL. He could at least put it in a wing at titan towers.the hall of fame i mean.
WWE hall of fame doesn't exist only on Vince's mind, just like Scott Steiner said.
Now he’s in it.
Davey boy Smith had some of the best matches ever with Owen Hart. Great talent.
I like how WWE stealthily slipped Bruiser Brody into that stupid "legacy wing" crap they have now.
Just like Luna Vachon
The two omissions for me that should be in and I mean regularly in not legacy crap in is Brody and The Midnight Express. They didn't even invite Brody's wife or tell her about it.
@@willmarkley4237 that's fucking sad hey let's not tell Brody's widow wife
Apparently Vince had issues with Brody. Not as clean cut as you guys make out.
@@TheDemonCaine a lot of people had their problems with Brody. Hell that's part of why he got murdered. But it's still shitty that he got thrown into the legacy crap. They might as well have not mentioned him at all.
I think they were trying to save Davey boy for when they have a wrestlemania in the UK
That's been the rumour for years hasn't it? Looks like we'll never be getting that Wrestlemania here if they've accepted Davey Boy can go in.
HAHAHA. Wrestlemania in the UK. HA. Ain't gonna happen. :/
@@makinamuerte7590 We had a Summerslam. It's one of the most attended events in WWE history and the most attended non-Wrestlemania event. I don't see why not.
@@walsh9080 yea I remember that. Davey Boy won the IC title from Bret Hart. But that was SS. not WM. :/
@@makinamuerte7590 And being as the majority of the WWE's audience is in the US, it doesn't make much sense to have PPVs in countries outside of the Americas due to time zones.
Both British Bulldogs should be inducted together. The Bulldogs were one of the top teams back in the 80s. They were my favorite tag team.
@Ze TheGame agreed
@8:08 Carlos Colon was in one of the first Royal Rumble matches...and that wasn't in the 60s...
Verne Gagnes was inducted and he never set foot in a WWF/E ring.
Verne Gagne singlehandedly put WWF on the map, if he wasn't a moneygrubbing douche Hull Cogan would've never left for WWF and you would have no WWE today.
Verne wrestled some matches at Madison Square Garden in WWWF/WWF. One against Niokai Volkoff for sure.....But Verne was never part of the company.
@@leostenbuck4194 That's one way of looking at it
Verne was big star in capitol wrestling during the 1950's.
theres wrestlers in it that never went to wwe it covers all of wrestling not the promotions
lol that picture.
Midnight Express and cornette should be in all of fame
JBL's feud with Eddie where he was throwing Mexicans back over the boarder was one of the best heel stoylines of the Ruthless Aggression Era. Not to mention his long title run. Definitely deserved.
Oong The Last Airbender well he’s also an accomplished tag team wrestler with the APA so he has more than just 1 awesome wwe title reign. I think he’s also been European and hardcore champion as well.
@Brandi lord A shame Joey had to get his hand greasy knocking out that ass-clown.
@Brandi lord JBL was drunk and not expecting it. I'm sure I could whoop people multiple times more badass than me if they were drunk and not expecting it.
Definitely the best heel in a generation. The man was a wrestling... GAWD
The man got legitimate hate that I hadn't seen in a LONG time during his heel run. And it was legit heat, not 'go away' heat. People -wanted- to see him get his arse beat. So I'd say he's pretty deserving.
I usually like the artworks for these videos, but I resent this one purely because I am a proud Louisiana native. Still love ya, Corny.
Im so happy for JBL. Ive seen a bit of Davey on the network and he was great.
if you haven't check Davey´s matches Vs Bret Hart they were awesome.
Wasn't the 'Killer Bees' a really good tag-team?
*I would luv for Vince Russo to commence the opening speech for Jim Cornette's HOF induction
"He fell flat on his fuckin ass!!"
Criminal how the midnight Express isn't i. The hof.
I met The Bulldog outside a Stampede Wrestling Show in 2000 and got his autograph. He seemed high out of his mind. He also was wearing the blue jeans he wore in the wwf on his last run.
Davey had one more run in WWE though 99-2000
Yea, the British Bulldog as an Attitude mid-carder with short hair and jeans was just kinda... weird.
He didn’t fit and his issues were pretty bad during that time
Into the dog poop, the dog poop, the dog poop!
Cornette for Hall of Fame inducted by Vinny Ru, Ed Ferrara and Kevin Dunn 🤣🤣🤣
APA should go in!
"The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith was a 1st ballot HOFamer. Long overdue.
JBL was awesome & Super tuff he's a HOFamer for sure.
The Midnight Express vs The British Bulldogs🇬🇧 woulda been great
@Brandi lord What's funny is it actually made JBL more valuable by just the fact that Joey Styles physically touched him.
@Brandi lord Watch the Brawl for all, watch him beat Blue Meanie's ass at One Night Stand. JBL was drunk and not expecting Joey Styles to do anything. That would drop most people.
+Brandi Lord JBL was out of it, he was drunk and Joey punched him. if he was telling the truth, Joey would even admit Bradshaw would've killed him. go watch the heat match with Public Enemy and Acolytes, they weren't going to put them over. they even told the agent they weren't doing the job, Ron Simmons and Bradshaw went out and destroyed both of them.
Jushin Thunder Liger spent time in Calgary from 85-89 under his real name. At that time there was Owen Hart, The Bulldogs, Chris Benoit, Johnny Smith,
Pillman was there too.
@@shaynewest8757 Yes he was. He Teamed with Bruce Hart to form BAD COMPANY
Davey Boy and Dynamite were the best team ever. Combining speed, power and execution.
Hilarious cornette loves the Wembley event that even Bret said Davey was wasted and had to carry it. Should really give much more credit to Bret
@J Crash I know you are trolling now
All he said was the match drew, and Davey Boy is a big reason why it drew. If Davey didn't help draw the crowd he wouldn't have gotten the match or the belt. He only really won cause of the venue it was really supposed to go to Shawn had they done SummerSlam in the states that year.
@J Crash well, clearly you know fuck all. Most likely born in the PG era, right?
@J Crash okay then dickhead, if you say so.
I’m from western Canada and saw dynamite from his debut at 16.... but Cornette is wrong... dynamite could still go at unbelievable speed (most explosive person to ever wrestle) all the way until his severe back injury in 86. He was never the same after - in fact even at the time I cringed watching him after because knowing how he was before you could see that back was... “wobbly”and not the same... scary.
Just search for dynamite kid or British bulldogs in 84 or 85.... and see magic.
Their match against Harley race and Jesse Barr 85’ 🔥
I, for one, would love to see Jushin "Thunder" Liger in the HOF! And he is certainly a worthy talent. But I'm the kind of wrestling fan who watches more than WWE & have been watching since the 70's in Tulsa, Ok.
In the early days, before he was Jushin lager he wrestled in Calgary as keichi umada. In those days he was wrestling guys like young Owen hart, Chris benoit, Brian Pillman, bad news Allen/brown, Vietnam Cong express #1. Looking back it was an amazing time for fans like me in western Canada.
This made me do a search for it:
ruclips.net/video/S3FzQHUzTq8/видео.html
Thinner masked guy is viet cong express - himself incredible... sort of like... Shinzu nakamura... and you can even see him tagging with Owen in that vid.
the picture ha
I met JBL at a bbq joint and he was reserved and no selling.
So many great Legends and awesome Talents like Beautiful Bobby Eaton,Brian Pillmann,Tracy Smothers,jScott Steiner,just to name a Few,are still not in the Hall of Fame.I don`t get it.Finally The British Bulldog get his Induction.
Davey Boy was a great Wrestler he could hang & bang with any wrestler. The WWE was lucky when they got the best of Calgary Stampede Wrestling Bret, Owen , Jim Niehart , Dynamite Kid , Bad News Brown , Chris Benoit, & Flying Brian Pillmen.
Bulldogs
Hart foundation
Steiners
Road warriors
Demolition
Strike Force
Oh how I miss the tag team division from when I was kid...
One of these names arent like the others...
5 legendary tag teams and strike force lol
@@erics8018 Yeah, that's a pink door on a blue house, for sure...
snydesy TBF we do have good talent in the tag division these days, it’s just that WWE have no idea how to book their tag division
Natural Disasters❤
Bulldogs vs Midnight Express would have been incredible in 1986.
Cmon Jim, if they put in the Midnight Express of course you would be in.
Davey boy ,Bam Bam Bigelow, Vader and the Great Muta should be in the HOF.
when I think of Davie boy I think of the guy who couldn't get out of the car in time to save Shawn Michaels from getting beat up by 72 (give or take 71) Marines... Lol
Lol yeah pretty sure it was 1.. but up to 72 depending on who you ask
Midnights and Killer Bees would have had classic matches.
Jim Cornette certainly, in my opinion deserves to be in the Hall of Fame whether WWE bestow the honour upon Cornette I dont know, he may just be too outspoken for WWE
Mr.. Hitman im fooked
Cool
Jim Cornette ABSOLUTELY be in the HoF, NO DOUBT ABT IT! IDGAF who likes who or not, its abt FAIR and DUE. I say Jim belongs in OF HIS OWN ACCORD, NOT JUST w The RnR Express. Corny Rules!!
Well Dunn and The Beverley Brothers for the HoF
Davey boy Smith is a great wrestler who doesn't get enough credit. He had great matches with Owen Hart.
WWF wants to have an NXT Japan. That explains Liger going in the HOF.
Don’t u find it ironic Dynamite 🧨 Kid and Tyson Kid was in similar tag teams and went out with a similar Injuries like each other.
Coincidence not irony
it's a WWE fame for ALL OF Professional Wrestling; granted , the WWE Hall of Fame is really just "Whomever Vince wants to honor in any given year" so there is no real justice in the thing; it's not that complicated.
GET IN THE WOOOD CHIPPER!
Well Davey did make it to the HOF and now we finally know why they call him the British Bulldog.
Really who do we work with if we go up there only the bull dogs and harts to work with I think there's a bit more than that what's rong with the killer bees. There was strike force and demelition also the islanders at that time
pretty soon there gonna have to put fans in the hall of fame. Is the Brooklyn Brawler in yet?
Ecw Superfan and RAW front row greenshirt guy
Mick Foley and Jacques Rougue were nice guys to who barely had beef with anyone and look at what Dynamite did with them.
foley loved dynamite and fully understood why he stiffed him on a clothesline. jacques was not liked by anyone that wasn't french Canadian
The Rougues kept to themselves. They didn't do roids, they didn't close bars, they just wanted to be left alone. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion.
I have no opinion, I've just heard a lot of respected people (don muraco, harley race, bad news Allen etc...) didn't like them
Jushin Thunder Liger had one match in WWE
A lot of these people think of JBL as nothing more than a bully, when the reality is most of the wrestlers were assholes. The only difference is JBL was such a convincing heel that it's easier to make it stick to him. I never hear anybody criticise Eddie Guerrero for picking on Daniel Puder or Muhammad Hassan. Nobody makes a big fuss that Scott Steiner was supposed to be an asshole to people. Shawn Michaels purposefully ruined people's careers and everybody loves him. People are such marks, they're fine with babyfaces doing similar or worse things than JBL.
Let's be honest here, JBL is a cunt, but that is why I like him.
people are so sensitive, most of that happened on those European tours. the guys are bored on a hard schedule, they are entertaining themselves. Eddie Guerrero story with Muhammad Hassan was Kurt Angle's fault, if Kurt set him up or not only Kurt knows. but Kurt Angle told Hassan, tell Eddie not to do the camel clutch because he has to protect his finish. Hassan pulls Eddie aside is real nice, but asks can you quit doing the camel clutch. Eddie told him that his dad invented the move, then word spread and he went to wrestler's court.
Because HBK and Eddie were great wrestlers. JBL was a fucking bore.
Corny needs to start a network
My goodness, he turns this into a Midnight Express conversation.
Jim Cornette should be in the hall of fame for sure imo.
Freindly with Bret. His biological family wasnt aside from Harry and Georgia
There are plenty of people in the HOF that had no or very limited runs in the WWE/F. the von Erichs for example, Inoki, Mil Mascaras etc etc. I actually think that they are trying to make it more than just WWE now probably because they are running out of famous wwe wrestlers I mean who isn't in that was big in WWE, alive, and not active? Rock is the obvious one I guess
Lex luger
They'll put Jim in, someday. It better happen.
Only after he's dead. Lmao.
Liger worked for both WWE and WCW.
Ahem!
"For What?!"
I popped on the JBL being in two Hall of Fames... WWE and The Brian Last Woodchipper Hall of Fame...I second that thought on JBL.
JBL is a cretin. Throws his weight around just because he was there for the Attitude Era. I hear he's a lot more humble now that Joey Styles got ahold of him. That whole fiasco is hilarious.
Dynamite should go in with davey
wheres dynamite kid?
British Bulldog and Owen was my favorite match, up until I saw Bret and Mr Perfect
How the hell jim is not in the hall of fame?
Wait ....wasn't Carlos Colon in the 93 or 94 Rumble?
Yeah but can you really say he worked for th wwe just because of one appearance lol
The Young Caribbean champion lol It was 93.
Tony Spike as a youngster he was in a RR yea lol
@@ZBR_ProXP 😂😂
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Hall of famers usually end up with an action figure and a appearance in 2 video games so that's probably the deal you would choose not to sign lol
Pretty much. I wish we got Bruno in a good game
@@sketchstevens5859 Bruno was a DLC in WWE 2K14, which is considered by a lot of fans to be the last great WWE game.
@@jonathanturbide2232 Yeah, but he'll be lost to the console players whenever Microsoft and Sony abandon their online services for older consoles
@@sketchstevens5859 it's already happening. No WWE13 Mike Tyson dlc for 360
The criminal omissions from the WWE HoF are Bischoff, Vader, Owen (understandably will never happen), '97 Hart Foundation (again, Owen), Dustin Rhodes/Goldust, Rick Rude (that Dx snub is pure S**t), Jericho (maybe some day), Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, E&C, Droz, and Demolition.
I thought they put Rick Rude in when his son daughter and wife accepted.
Why not Owen?
I think it could be perhaps they are viewed as liable for Owen's death by encouraging him to get up there and they try to stay away from REAL worldly issues that is also why they won't put Chyna and Benoit in their HOF
I meant to say that him not being in the Dx induction was a snub. But yea, he's in as a solo wrestler already =)
They can't do Owen because they still need the families permission to use Owen's likeness and images to use as promotional material for the induction. But I suppose much like the WWE dvd they released of Owen, Vince could induct Owen without Martha's permission. But thenit wouldn't benefit the WWE at all to have a wrestler forced into their HoF that the family doesn't want because Martha could then use it as fuel to bring up bad memories. It's why I'm real curious to see that second season Dark Side of the Ring series to hear her mindset and side of the story about how she wants to handle Owen's legacy.
They put Wahoo in last year in that Legacy crap... I'm not just saying this cause I'm Native American but that's bullshit that they put certain Legends in without full recognition!
That's because WWE thinks all wrestling fans are as stupid as they are.
@@shaynewest8757 Their reasoning was putting people not "as well known" to the general audience and then proceeding to put in Lina Vachon. Luna should be in the main Hall of Fame before the damn Bella Twins...
Jbl was in my opinion the greatest heel all time 😂😂😂 dude could generate heat like no other
To date: Davey Boy is my favorite wrestler of all time. Savage will always be my favorite World champion, but Davey my favorite that never held the belt.
Davey Boy Smith had the braids with the red, white and blue beads.. That's the Davey Boy Smith I remember..
Before his road accident in Canada Davey was peerless in the ring. The 90's Davey Boy was a pale imitation and yet still better than most.
That accident was bad but not as bad as made out to be. It did put a end to the Bulldog vs Bulldog feud in Calgary after the Bulldogs split up.
He came back in 99 too Corny
WWE's hall if fame became a joke when Hunter decided to put stables in. All so his fave wrestler (Flair) and his talentless buddies in the cliq will end u with several hall of fame rings. No one should go in more than once.
So him and his mates can all come out and group hug and pose on stage like it's 1996 and no-one else cares.
Damn savage hahahahaha. Flair and hbk deserve to be in, but not more than once
@@ladistar Flair had a career apart from the four horsemen. he was 12 time champ when they were territories, do you realize how hard that was in the era?