Jim Cornette on Dave Meltzer's Tweet About AEW's Tag Division Versus 1980's Tag Teams 

What's more disappointing than Dave trying to act like the "cool wrestling adult for the kids" and say these ridiculous things, is the fact that some AEW fans are actually agreeing with him. Pro wrestling is truly, truly just a walking corpse at this point.

If Jericho and Sammy are better then the rock and roll, then Jericho and big show had to be the whole 4 horsemen

Bruh, theres a reason why we have somethimg called "the road warrior pop" and not the "young buck pop"

Hart Foundation, Demolition, Strike Force, Rockers, Arn/Tully, Twin Towers, British Bulldogs, Stallions, Bees, Rougeous....were all on WWE's roster at the exact same time lmao. E&C, Hardys, New Age Outlaws, Dudleys, APA, Too Cool, Kane/Xpac were also all on WWEs roster simultaneously "Other than All Japan" lmfao. Dude, is there anyone who more blatantly shills to the most minuscule of the smart mark audience than Meltzer

I remember someone asked Dave Meltzer what his dream match of any two wrestlers in history would be and he said "Ibushi vs Omega". A match that has already happened. Not Bret vs Bryan, or Michaels vs AJ, or Hogan vs Austin, or Sting vs Taker, or anything even remotely creative. Two guys that he's already gagging on, what a gutless journalist.

"Simpsons do things today that they would have never been able to have done 30 years ago". Yes. Suck so bad.

Uncle Dave tomorrow: "Except for AJW in the 90's, no company had anything close to Riho, Brandi, Nyla Rose, the Librarian and the Bunny."

If AEW has the most stacked tag team division in history, then why do they have two thrown together singles wrestlers as one of the two tag team champions in company history? Simple logic says Dave is full of it and just trying to hype AEW up because of it's steadily declining ratings.

Of all the things Dave Meltzer has said recently, this takes the cake as being the most batshit insane statement in the history of wrestling.

1999 WWF is overlooked a lot. The New Age Outlaws, The Dudleys, The Hardy Boyz, Edge and Christian, The Acolytes. All good shit, Pal.

People had the luxury of watching the Rockers vs The Brain Busters on house shows in the late 80s. Not getting that from AEW.

I’m so glad I grew up on 80’s and 90’s wrestling.

if you honestly told me that dave was being slipped some money under the table to say nothing negative about aew, I wouldn't be shocked

Wcw had the Steiner brothers, Doom, the Road warriors, the Skyscrapers, the Varsity club, the Midnight Express, the Horsemen, all at 1 time

Weird, Uncle Dave must’ve forgot the Dork Order...🤣😂

The Young Bucks don't hold a candle to The Rockers.

WWF in 1999-2001 I can remember the next teams: APA Edge n Christian Hardys Dudleys New Age Outlaws Rock n Sock Too Cool Kane n Undertaker Bob n Crash Holly Test n Albert Jericho n Benoit I rather see 3 or 4 of this teams that anyone involving bucks, omega and the others jumping jackass

What a load of crap nwa and wwf in the 80's have 100 times the better teams than aew.

Jim's right! Dave's comments on AEW's greatness are not even funny anymore...! I mean, when i look at the tag-teams of NWA/WCW with teams like Road Warriors, Midnight Express, Steiner Brothers, Fabulous Freebirds, Doom, Skyscrapers, Samoan Swat Team, and so on...! That was WAY better than AEW's stuff imo!!!

Meltzer is just yanking Cornette's chain. Not a single soul could genuinely believe something so ludicrous.

Its official kiddos: Dave Meltzer is the biggest AEW mark of them all. The man will shill 4-6 stars to any train wreck they will do, especially if it involves The Bucks or Omega, who are smart enough to know how to manipulate him.

I didn’t even watch 80s tag team wrestling (probably because I wasn’t born then), and even I can tell how biased and pro AEW Dave Meltzer is.

The Orient express worked way better than most of these AEW tag teams.

LMAO!!! I laughed till my side hurt! The R-n-R Express would be like Taker & Kane to most of the team's there. And the Midnight Express would be tag champs FOREVER!

I worked for a small indie wrestling company in Australia between 2007 and 2009, and even they had a better tag division than AEW. There was variety, but everyone was highly skilled and well trained. The matches were always solid and made sense. I can not say that about AEW. They did have 1 comedy team, but even they were actually really good wrestlers and didn't let their comedy shtick get in the way of their matches.

Dave has to be on AEW payroll😂😂 The man is an absolute joke

I'd love to see the Steiners have 5 minutes with these guys, Scott would show em a thing or two. 3:24 ouch

I miss the tag team depth of the 80s. Not everyone can be world champ and you can have a great career as a top team.

“Cody Rhodes! Best ever! Heard his dad was a midcarder back in the day, sure he would be happy his son eclipsed him totally.” Meltzer, next week probably.

If I had a Time Machine, I’d book The Young Bucks vs Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody

Outside of three teams most of AEW's team couldn't even get with Kaientai.

OMG! Just to keep this short and the fact that I followed wwf more than other promotions: British Bulldogs, The Rockers, Windham/ Rotunda, Demolition, Hart Foundation, Wild Samoans......

NWA 1986 -90 to me had the greatest tag team division. Rock N Roll Express, Midnight Express, Tully and Arn, Koloffs, Road Warriors, Varsity Club, DOOM, Steiners,

Imagine Cornette, Meltzer, Russo, and Omega trapped in an elevator.

lol to e, "SCU" will always mean "Stone Cold University" from the old WWF magazine merchandise shirts lol

Ffs. NWA in the 80s. 🤷‍♂️ Take your pick which year. 88-90 Varsity Club, Luger & Windham, Road Warriors, Horseman, Midnight Express, Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, The Fantastics, Skyscrapers, Doom, Dynamic Dudes, Freebirds, Somoan Swat team, Southern Boys, Nasty Boys.

I didn’t hear Butcher/Blade on that list. I think booked well- they could be a player

Road Warriors, Midnight Rockers, Hart Foundation, the Steiners, the Nightmares, the Blackjacks, the Varsity Club, Arn and Tully, the Midnight Express, the Freebirds and the Von Erichs etc,.

Brought up 90’s WCW tag teams and didn’t mention Harlem Heat, I’m offended! haha

TNA's tag division was better than AEW's current roster: Machine Guns Team 3D LAX Triple X AMW AJ/Daniels

Holy shit, DM has officially lost his ever loving mind, lol

"Wrestling drew Money back then" 5 words. Enough Said. Truth !

Ok look, I understand that people's taste evolve and change over time, But when it comes to Big Dave, he really just became a hardcore shill hasn't he? The only time I can remember him saying something some what negative that people agreed with was Mox vs Omega in that hardcore match. Other than that, Dave could watch someone turn the rear to the cam and break wind and call it must watch TV and something on par with wrestling in it's "glory days"

I am eagerly anticipating the day when Meltzer suddenly says Russo is actually a wrestling genius, and gives Cornette a heat attack. XD

All Japan in the 80's and 90's had awesome teams, and they had incredible matches.

I keep going back to jim saying meltzer is like Randy marsh in that South park episode liking the tween music

I tried out AEW in the beginning because I was intrigued at the start of a new alternative to WWE - WWF after all these years since WCW.... Jesus Christ, that Lucha Bros - Omega versus Young Bucks match on some PPV killed it (the hadouken was the final nail in the coffin). I felt like I was watching Cirque de Soleil / Tournament of Kings at Las Vegas... okay, it's fake wrestling, but it's even faker wrestling. Everything feels so plastic and is just a series of gymnastic maneuvers without any logic - thought of projecting a real fight - combat between teams. Slow down the fucking matches, sell the moves and use some psychology. Great athleticism, great gymnastics...however, I want to watch wrestling and not a bunch of acrobats flip around the ring.

You can make a case WWF 1987 is right up there too Demolition Hart Foundation Bulldogs Fabulous Rougeaus Dream Team Strike Force Sheik and Volkoff Killer Bees The Islanders

Actually the Simpsons basically did screw over the fans and told us it was all BS with the Principal and the Pauper episode.

Meltzer must be on AEW’s payroll. If Tony Kahn puts enough cash down, Dave will tell the whole world Joey Janella is in great shape

They're paying him, they gotta be!

Now i do believe that Dave is in AEW secret payroll.

Dave's completely lost the plot. I don't know about the 80s but from the top of my head, we can go to the 90s and early 00s and we'll find Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boyz/Team Xtreme, New Age Outlaws, D-generation X, The Dudley Boyz, APA, Too Cool, Kane and Mankind, Kane and Undertaker. Hell, I'd even throw William Regal and Eugene as being better than all of those teams except FTR.

I can't believe he didn't mention the ding dongs 1989 what an amazing tag team haha....

WWE Attitude Era Tag Team division was so much better than the current AEW tag team division

Can anyone remember the title of the video where the artwork is Jim fighting the Gorn from Star Trek? That one was really funny.

Teams ppl always forget: Lightning Express, The Killer Bees, Money Inc, The Sheep Herders (yes that team), OG Fire Birds, Lance & Just Incredible from Ecw ...I always hear how good the Eliminators were also esp their finisher

If Dave Meltzer actually believes that AEW's Tag Team Division is better than what both WWE and the NWA had in the 1980s, Meltzer is on drugs and/or has a severe case of mental illness.

Road Warriors, Steiners, Doom, Midnight Express, Freebirds, Rock n' Roll Express, and even smaller names in the 80's NWA WWF get to 200 to 300 pounds tag team members and can move like 160 but hit and make it look like 500 pounds and not wreck a man's life

DAVE IS UPSET BECAUSE HIS MEMBERSHIP IN HIS NEWSLETTER IS OFF BY 60 PERCENT SO HE HAS TO MAKE HIS MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

As someone who’s read Meltzer off and on for the better part of 30 years, he’s legitimately lost his wrestling mind.

Honestly the most embarrassing thing about this is him listing Jericho and Guevara. Jericho is essentially still mainly a single’s act and they’ve only had a handful of matches as a team and Meltzer is saying they contribute more to tag team wrestling than some of the all time greats? It’s just ridiculous at this stage

Ok, screw you guys, I really liked the Killer Bees, they were my third favouite tag team as a kid, after The Hart Foundation and The British Bulldogs.

Late 80s-1992 WWF hands down had the Best Tag Team division in terms of 1. Look/Marketability 2.In Ring Work Rate and 3. Variation in matches. Hart Foundation Rockers Arn & Tully Demolition Legion of Doom Bulldogs Rougos Powers of Pain And if you wanna go Jericho & Guavara then what about The Mega Powers or Haku & Andre ....honestly its embarrassing to continue on. And these were teams who Vince McMahon had and he HATES tag team Wrestling.

London/Kendrick and MNM era is much better than AEW Social Media tag teams

How about the Dudlys..Edge and Christan...the Hardys...The APA...Jericho and Benoit

Using Homer and The Simpson’s, while I get what he meant, wasn’t the best analogy because it’s been a shell of its former self for a long time and now with Disney owning them, makes it even more tragic.

Lol at Dave cutting it in the 80s before wrestling companies took over the territory system. Wouldn't want to include the 90s WWF with the Steiners, Rockers, Outlaws, Dudleys, Hardys, E&C, the Harts, Owen and Yoko, Money Inc., Bulldogs, Road Warriors, Demolition, etc...

Even as a fan who got into wrestling as a teenager in the 90s and never believed it wasn't predetermined, never cared if it was presented as a sport; am I supposed to believe that AEW has a better spectacle style tag team division than attitude era WWF's tag division when E&C, The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Bros were stealing pay-per-view's from the main event championship matches?

There are other tag teams like power & glory, High Energy, Savage and Warrior, the headshrinkers, natural disasters, Rock & sock, Dancing fools, Billy & chuck, and Deuce & domino, Haas & benjamin.

I'm a vegetarian and I still laughed at the Impossible Burger comparison.

Santana and Ortiz, Lucha Bros were actually really good in Impact. They're not half as good in AEW.

The artist should've drawn Dave with his eyes crossed or in different directions.

Cornette needs to revisit this topic

Dave is just Trolling nowadays (I like to think)

The Steiners would literally cripple that entire tag division

The NWA tag team division from the late 80's to early 90's and WWE's Attitude Era tag team divisions are far superior than AEW's current tag division. However, AEW's tag division is currently the best around right now.

Meltzer has lost all credibility! Dude is clueless!

I’ve defended Meltzer a lot... but that tweet was fucking ridiculous and I refuse to believe he doesn’t know it’s ridiculous. FTR & the Bucks are great. But mentioning Best Friends, Private Party and Jericho/Sammy (who’ve hardly wrestled as a team) as great teams is so far beyond what is historically literate, you have to think Meltzer is up to something. I don’t know if he’s trolling or deliberately stirring controversy for clicks, but Meltzer is far too smart to believe what he tweeted.

1989 WWF maybe? Colossal Connection Brainbusters Demoliton Twin Towers Dino Bravo & Earthquake The Rockers Hart Foundation Powers of Pain Bushwhackers Fabulous Rougeaus

UE(Fish and O'Reilly) and FTR are two best tag teams in the world, imo. One of my biggest issues with AEW is how many tag matches they have per show, it's crazy.

Holy shit... wait a minute.. that might be the most positive I've ever heard Jim talk about the Bucks. Wow.

Imagine thinking a makeshift Team and your makeshift Champions are better than any Team in history. Dave is for sure on the AEW payroll.

At this point I’m 100% sure Dave is secretly on the AEW payroll

So the one who allegedly approves quality of matches by giving away stars doesn't realize that the thing "legal" in AEW's tagteam bouts is never there?😖

How's Dave dealing with the ratings downward slide over at AEW?

Honestly AEW's tag division doesn't even compare to attitude era tag division with the likes of Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, APA, Too Cool, etc.

When im having a bad day at work, I listen to Jim Cornette and he cheers me up with his thoughts on the wrestling business.

Just listening to the teams from wwf and wcw teams being named then realising Dave really had the audacity to say AEW was the best since all Japan I just can’t understand it 🥴

I am glad that you Jim will always stand up for real wrestling.

First I've been a wrestling fan for 40 years and neverv in my life have read the observer and don't need to because I have eyes and can make my own observations.second as far as I know he has never worked for any promotion officially so every thing is pretty much his opinion or gossip that has reached his ears.and third he's on the pay roll.....😅😅😅😅

NWA circa 1989 had The Steiners, The Road Warriors, The Fabulous Freebirds, The Midnight Express, The Rock & Roll Express and Doom.

Hayes & Garvin vs Tully & Arn 100 matches in a row > anything AEW

Scott Steiner would suplex both Bucks through the stadium roof.

Somebody save Uncle Dave from his mid life crisis so he can salvage a little bit of his dignity.

The Russians from NWA... I loved the Killer Bees...

Rey Fenix is the standout of Lucha Bros. Santana is the DEFINITE standout of Proud n Powerful. Trent No Name is the standout of Best Friends. Adam Page has been the standout out of his team with Omega. FTR is THE best tag team nowadays. If AEW had a creative consultant that KNOWS what they're doing with their booking it could benefit AEW in so many ways. If they hired a creative consultant, they can then hire producers to help these talents in their divisions such as the Singles, Tag Team and Womans divisions put together their matches. And ALSO HIRE FUCKING REFEREES THAT ARENT DUMB OR PUSSIES. I'm sorry, I gave them a pass since October, but the referees need to announce their AUTHORITY in the matches. Aubrey Edwards is currently amazing. I seen ppl hate that she gets involved such as when ppl are cheating like Chris Jericho and she kicks their hands away from the ropes, or when she pulls someone away when they wont break the 5 count. THATS HER GOD DAMN JOB. Quit complaining about the one god damn referee in AEW that knows what shes doing. AEW needs to hire Mike Chioda and get him to put those referees in training camp. Then the refs can then help the talents put together their matches much better instead of taking away from the matches. So, overall AEW needs: 1. A creative consultant for booking 2. Proper producers to help make matches 3. REFEREES THAT HAVE AUTHORITY And ps, make Excalibur learn how to properly call matches and add to them instead of pointing out obvious points and calling out these preposterous moves. When he chills and lays back and calls matches how he sees it happening, hes good. Hes a good commentator. But you can tell he gets in his own head and how he points out these obvious things it makes it seem like we as the audience cannot deduce these things ourselves. Also, when he calls out these ligerbombs 98 2 thousand or whatever, it's okay to have an appreciation for the art of wrestling, but when you're the god damned commentator its unnecessary to say these things. Just sell us the damage that it's done and what the result of the damage is. God damn it.

Every promotion in 80's - 90's had great tag teams

When AEW eventually fails, which it will, I can’t wait to laugh at Dave Meltzer.

they neutered Santana & Ortiz in AEW. Losing to the Greenhorns Private Party? that would never have happened in Impact.