Jim Cornette on Fan Challenges 

Al Snow put it best: You should never do anything in pro wrestling you can't control.

Jim is 100% correct. A guy Bundy’s size who is not only not helping you with the slam, but may be squirming around to obfuscate you, is not likely to be slammed.

We gotta get Jim to check out the end of Botchamania 428. Words don't do it justice you just gotta see it lol

I was in this bar in Thailand that had a ring in the middle of the place. They sent two local muay Thai dudes in for a spar. They went easy. Then asked if anyone from the crowd thought they could win. Was sitting right at the corner ringside. This American bloke reckoned he could win. His friends encouraged him. As soon as the bell went the soft sparring local hit him with three elbows and a kick the american dude fell into the corner missed the top ropes and bounced his face of the second rope when he eventually hit the deck the look of terror in his face was priceless. Same carnival shit here.

Doing a legitimate audience challenge on a military base is a very bad idea. You really have no idea where a lot of those guys came from. I was in with a couple of guys who were NCAA wrestlers, but didn't look like anything special. There are also some crazy SOB's that go into the military, as evidenced by the finger biting story.

This is random but I watched John Morrisons Chronicle doc on the WWE Network the other day and to no surprise they completely flopped on his debut. He debuted on The Bump? That's exactly why people trash on how terrible the WWE is. Idk about any of you but John Morrison is a legit talent, could've been a modern day Shawn Michaels and is good enough all around to be a main event player. He can act so his mic skills are better than most if they'd just let him be himself out there rather than over script him like they do everyone else then he would be a reason why people won't turn the channel. His in ring ability and his athleticism is superior to most guys, he is a solid wrestler, he has the look, the body and the personality to be taken seriously on the main event level but instead they job him out week after week as Miz sidekick. They started him out beating Big E and Kofi back to back weeks and then at the rumble he was eliminated in under 30 seconds? How do you f*ck that up? They killed any chance he had at being a main event guy after a weak ass 2 week push like they do everyone else. Its not rocket science to come up with good creative and book/push guys effectively to a point where the audience believes in the guy. They ruin everything and yea this is a random comment but they once again wasted the kind of talent John Morrison brings to the table. It's embarrassing. Are they intentionally burying guys? No one could be that stupid to ignore & bury talents like Morrison, Ricochet, Ali, Cesaro (until recently), Nakamura. It comes off as blatant and they wonder why they have record low ratings. Its not like there's a better alternative to watch either because we all know how much of a joke AEW is so Cornette is not wrong when he says wrestling is dead and it'll never be on the level of the attitude era or even the ruthless aggression era ever again so we're pretty much screwed with terrible wrestling products as our only options on TV.

I do love these particular questions, because you're actually learning about wrestling history.

Daniel Puder nearly broke Kurt Angle’s arm and they had to gimmick it to say Angle won and it looked like a complete mess on TV

Never offer money for a challenge you don't plan on paying out no matter how impossible the feat may be. There's always one guy that's gonna shock everyone and want his f@#king $$$!

16:18... Poffo Has *NEVER* Forgot That "Pay-Out". (I Bet.)

That is how they introduced John Tenta (Earthquake) in the WWF, as a fan Challenge

I was attacked in a phone booth by Scott Steiner in late 89' in Chattanooga Tennessee. I was on the phone with my brother and someone started pounding on the doorb and pointing his finger. I slide open the door and he tells me to hang up. I go to slide the door shut and he's holding on to it. I try one more time to close it and he basically yanks on it so hard I'm yanked out of the booth along with this tiny door. I just thought it was some gym bully. He was wearing white high tops and neon spandex with a big white shirt. A few years later I finally recognized my attacker on t.v.

Always thought it was funny king kong bundy was on married with children but wasnt a bundy 😂🤣

Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐

SMW - The beat Tim hornier bloody before he can sing a song challenge

You know which wrestler no fan ever challenged? Ronnie Garvin, because his hands were made of stone.

When he came into Dallas, he was booked as Big Daddy Bundy, and was a friend of the Von Erichs. He had hair and wore overalls. He turned on the Von Erichs and became King Kong Bundy, joining Akbar's stable.

Cant stop playing midnight express theme chase i love that song

I'm curious about the Mark Henry splash challenge where a Doritos contest winner took a splash from Mark Henry in exchange for "better than ringside" seats.

Just give me fruity peebles, rice krispies or honey combs. Magic spoon is for the privilege lol.

Poor Tim Wood, trying to protect the integrity of the business and ends up losing some of his finger.

No one uses the sugar hold today, I don't think I've seen it. It's a full nelson combined with a Steiner Recliner, right?

He was “Crippler” Chris Canyon in late 81 in Georgia. He wrestled in the WWF as a job guy previous to that.

This full episode is going to be so loaded. Jim is on a roll.

This outlaw mudshow guy named Moshpit Mike would do a chest chopping contest. There was no prize, but he would allow anyone from the fans to come in the ring and give him the hardest chop they could. It was messed up because he would teach them how to do a worked chop with the palm of the hand rather than with the edge of the hand...My father said in the 70s there was a wrestler who carried a fishbowl full of silver dollars and he would except challengers from the crowd to try and win the cash if they could beat him. I don't remember the name.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe before going to the WWF, Bundy was in Tennessee where he had a brief feud with the Macho Man, and he was managed by Jimmy Hart. He was also in the AWA, but he went by the name boom boom Bundy, since Bruiser Brody was called King Kong Brody in the AWA. I know he teamed with Jerry Blackwell, and they challenged the Road Warriors for the tag team titles.

Much appreciated Mr.Cornette.

Like Brian, Tracy Smothers, was my immediate pick for whom Jim would have used for a fan challenge, during the SMW days.. “Tracy Smothers fought 3 of ‘em (bears)..! One of ‘em almost killed’em..!!” Lol Classic

King Kong Bundy should have played Kingpin in one of those old live action spiderman movies

Interesting segment.

Jim im sorry 😂 kim these dam key pads

Looking at this pic.. im surprised WCW never signed Bundy.

Also remember the John Stud challenge 😂

Does anybody have a link to a video of that Joe Leduc bear hug challenge?

Roop said in an interview that he didn't want to put the guy in the hold because he knew the guy would probably slip out because he was a skinny guy.

Iron Shiek did his Persian Club challenge when he was in Georgia. When they got the challengers in the ring they were then informed that the Athletic Commission would not allow it to take place because of liability issues.

Botchamania 428 go to 20:26 to view one of the best endings ever, Jim describing the tekken 3 roster

I used to play hockey regularly and I never squatted much bc I have a badly effed up knee but I could do bent over rows of 300+@ 185. I also maxed out all the leg machines at the gym and deadlifted a bit. I could also bench 240. I just had terrible cardio bc I hated cardio. I had an uncle at 170 who legit benched 440+. However, if someone is 450 lbs of dead weight, it's MUCH harder. Trying to pick up dead weight that had its own feet dug in is much diff from the gym. I think J Maddox would be a threat to do it, as well as B Shaw, Eddie and Thor (plus Big Show). That's about it.

I knew he was going to say bruiser bedlam

I love these type of stories, so fascinating

Hodges wanted Lewis to hurt people but Lewis kept refusing until one night Hodges made his move by confronting Lewis with a choice. Either hurt the guy for real or shoot fight a very enraged and way out of control Hodges.

GIMME A 5 COUNT!

Bundy DOES look like a real life Wilson Fisk

*That's Good Sh!t Pal!*

Hey kim i was a hair away from entering your business wrestling but i decided to take martial arts vee arnis jitsu a philapino art

This entire segment and not a single mention of Andy Kaufman.

Ring of Honor Wrestling vs. Major League Wrestling:Fusion. Which show has the better product?

Who was the 1st wrestler to bodyslam bundy? Was it road warrior animal? I don't know.......

The worst thing that ever happened to pro wrestling was the Irish whip. After that, it all went hokey.

Tony Atlas could have slammed him easily

I don't think there would be alot of challengers for Bruiser Bedlam.

*"BONESAW IS READY!"*

His ernie Ladd is soo funny

shout out to jim . he does really know what he is talking about when it comes to shooting . ive done submission wrestling since I was 8 and mma since I was 18. I have friends that are 220 to 240 . they are body builders and also have black belts in bjj and judo . I can give them either my left or right hand and let them start in a submission . I slip out of it and gain full mount every time. they have yet to tap me one time yet.

6:58 it true, heck you cant body slam someon 300lb against their will. All you have to do is potato them an it'll break the move for most.

King Kong Bundy slamed some goof from the audience ..he won ONTO THE NEXT EVENT.

You can't body slam a guy who keeps dumbing himself out of position.

Harley Race slammed Andre?!?!!?

I used to go to GCW house shows as a kid in the early 80s in Saginaw MI & Bundy was doing the audience challenge. No matter how much I whined, my dad never did get in the ring to try to slam Bundy lol

Bundyyyy

Bryan needs to show Corny the end to the latest Botchamania it cannot be explained, he need to see that masterpiece!!! 😂😂

Adonis WAS a legit trained wrestler excuse me?

It wouldn't have been that hard to record a challenge like this. A simple, "8 of the fans in attendance came into the ring each attempting to body slam King Kong Bundy for a chance to win $15,000. None of them were successful at this feat." Boom it's been recorded. Dunno why Brian said, "How do you list those as a result". It's relatively simple to do.

I guess I'll keep the trend going......16th?!? Lol

You cant pick somebody (unwilling) up like that just like you cant pickup a full waterbed matress. No puchase point allows you to prevent the weight in one controlled area like a lift. I was recruited at D1-FBS level as an offensive tackle back in the early 90s whena 6'5", 305 -310lb 17yo with a 36" waist/56" chest was still a rare find. I could move some weight. I have been a paramedic/in ems for 3Oyrs. A 160lb dead guy (without rigor)can exhaust you trying to move them under bad circumstances. A morbidly obese asshole that purposefully makes themselves flaccid as a dish rag from head to toe on purpose will kill you. Ive been out injured for this very reason. I always try to explain to ppl how a limp chunky munky thats only 200lbs is like teying to move a waterbed mattress. No good spot to get a solid hold and adipose flesh just pours off like squeezing the middle of a half filled water balloon. Mr Coronette,i grew up on southern wretling, GCW/CONTINENTAL/MID-ATLANTIC-NWA, and i lived for the tbs shiws all weekend and worldwide on an asheville affilite i could antenna in on sunday afternoons. I just want to thank you for the wit and entertainment for all those years, and since. Im from Morristown and used to see you in town during the smw days.i never wanted to bug you when you were off duty(who wants to be aggravated at ingles buying TP and Sprite,right😂?). We arent all Tim horner here,btw😂. I watch old nwa -wcw on tbs on youtube frequently and i wanted to say,i wish i had appreciated how damned funny Bobby Eaton was in the ring when i was a kid. His cheeky shennanigand have me rolling. Its on par with his working skills and he was wo a peer as a worker/wrestler/performer. Sorry for the novel.

IM A CORN NUT

Hey Baby

So 31 people , thumbs down, visited this clip and are clearly AEW fans🤣😀🤣

I was so upset when Bundy lost to hbk..and Bundy was the bad guy, hbk was a fan favorite.

I HATE that wrestling doesn't have Fan challenges anymore. You think you're tough- in the business or out of?- test your strength against our bravest battle ox. That method also opened the door for fans to get their foothold in wrestling if they held their own. Today wrestlers are too scared to even think about doing something like those old Carnival time "Take on all comer's." Event's.

Who was bigger adrian adonis or king kong bundy the whale adrian

Who’s watching this in 2021?! 🤠🥳

Scott Levy wrote a comic about fan challenges once for Marvel basically writing it as a desperate attempt for a local fed to boost business. The joke was at the end, the wrestler was challenged by Peter Parker right after he got his superpowers. It’s actually a fun read if you get the time.

I remember watching the Joe Leduc bear hug challenge on TV.

World championship wrestleing was World Wide Wrestleing on euro sport on the old cable sky remember just clouds logo. I used to watch www and the wwf after it in the early to mid 80s my grandmother watched UKs World of sport wrestleing till she seen some one get hit by a bat blood every where she never watched British Wrestleing again. Hogan's not just for Christmas he's for life like a kitten or puppy.

mark henry could slam andre OR bundy whether he likes it or not

This didnt expose the business?

The body slam challenge happened because tracy smothers talks about being apart of it as a fan in some of his shoot interviews.

Actually u can slam A 500 pound guy against his aill

I really wanna try Magic Spoon but $40 for 4 boxes though.....

I wish somebody would shoot on the legitimacy of the angle challenge, and the master lock challenge. That is to say, when it came to fans, not other wrestlers.

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I had an actual cat jump on my back at the shelter last weekend - she wasn't attacking me it was more like a mountain goat, but yeah it's not fun having something or someone on your back lol

NM

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someone needs to buy jim a cameo with a wrestler explaining to him what GMO's are and what Non-GMO is

you should change the title to "a bunch youtube commercials"

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I know you see Somehow the world will change for me And be so wonderful Live life, breathe air I know somehow we're gonna get there And feel so wonderful I will make you change your mind These things happen all the time And it's all real I'm telling you just how I feel So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be So give me your best and leave the rest to me I know it's time To raise the hand that draws the line And be so wonderful Golden sunshine I know somehow it's gonna be mine And feel so wonderful Show me what you can become There's a dream in everyone And it's all real I'm telling you just how I feel So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be So give me your best and leave the rest to me Leave it all to me (leave it all to me) So make it right (make it alright) And see it through (you got to) You know won't be free until you Wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be So give me your best and leave the rest to me Leave it all to me, (leave it all to me), leave it all to me, just leave it all to me

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Bodyslam King Kong Bundy with no help off Bundy..... Cesaro, Cena and Lesnar could do it. Maybe Big E too.

There's one thing consistent ever since Brian the fun-loving Jew has been around adds lots of addds😒

Brian's storytelling... ZzZzZzZzzzzzzzz........

they have no clue what thir talking about.. as always...

Doing a legitimate audience challenge on a military base is a very bad idea. You really have no idea where a lot of those guys came from. I was in with a couple of guys who were NCAA wrestlers, but didn't look like anything special. There are also some crazy SOB's that go into the military, as evidenced by the finger biting story.

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