Jim Cornette on Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig 

Fucking facts man .

"So dependable" he killed himself with drugs 🤔. Not exactly "dependable". He's 1 bad Victory road short of looking like his generations Jeff Hardy. A drug addict.

@@JackTheripper911 when did he ever no show a card or showed up fucked up? He had issues with roids and painkillers like alot guys from that era.

*Hennig*

Curt isn't the type of wrestler that draws much money. He's a wrestlers wrestler. Plus his carrer in the WWE had bad timing; he got the tail end of the overly muscular big guys era, and, when this period ended, Bret and Shawn were already dominating the lighter, ring technician angle.

Yes both guys spoke very highly of Curt. I wish Curt was around, his personality could fit in so well with today's podcast.

Everybody agrees with this one.. Curt Henning could wrestle, could cut a promo and could sell himself and others.. Dude had it all..

Outstanding Performer Great Talent

I always put rude just below mr perfect

@@jimbowlan5804 Did you know they went to high school together?

I agree HBK did it with hogan

@@nathanwanner..44 no hbks match with Hogan was trash.

I was able to see him at my local "civic center" a couple times when wwf came to town early 90's i wanna say, whenever wwf were not doing good, hence why they at a local civic center

@@misterpinkandyellow74 the fact that it was terrible made it good HBK was angry with hogan so he oversold every move to make a point

@@nathanwanner..44 that makes hbk a scumbag

Braaaoooockkkk LesSSnarrr!

Yeah, "Ric Flair" is a better name.

Nope, the gimmick was awesome and it fit the man.

@@rodneyharrington5049Flair stole his entire gimmick from Nature Boy Buddy Rogers including his finisher which Rogers created.

Stone cold, the hit man, the Game, special delivery, and many more. If we’re talking about names

He was perfect

He got hurt way too soon as well

Hennig was so good he made a tight perm and an orange leotard look cool.

Hennig, Savage, Steamboat, Rude

Rude was phenomenal. Sort of a missing link between the big muscular guy and the ring technician.

It’s damn true. Those Minnesota boys really left their mark in the business.

I was too young to appreciate Steamboat, but Hennig, Rude, and Macho Man were the best I saw when I was a fan.

Hope their working a fantastic match in heaven 🙏🙏

I mean they did tag back when tag partners had to have some bond.

@@tonyjackson4078 and were tag champs in the AWA.

@Trzn 2 lol ok

@Trzn 2 That makes zero sense.

Is this a cocain joke?

died because

Curt was the best , yes he had demons I some time attrubt it to the business, being lonely in a hotel room far away removed from family. I feel like if someone offered me party favors it would not be far fetched for me to smell it . But you can do it a few times and be OK then you get it pure and it finishes you so sad deal. Believe and trust this I would rather he be at home with his folks and family. Because Henning and Rude were my absolute favorite and honestly I wish I could see them again rest in peace Rude and Henning I will see you again in the hear after.

Curt, Dynamite kid, the Steiner Brothers, Bam Bam Bigelow and Undertaker are probably the best athletes I've seen in wrestling.

Bret Hart says much the same. Curt was his favourite person to work with.

@@KHLB516 It was Hogan that put the squash on him winning the Rumble in 90 or 91

@@KHLB516 I think saying someone was underused or should have been champion is just seen as a way of honoring them. I was too young to know most of his work but the vignettes I've seen were entertaining and he seemed to be a really good heel.

@@KHLB516 the fact that bad news Brown Drew more, I think they just have had to do more with booking than anything. The WWF at the time in their cartoonish ways, created a path to the belt through the IC title that worked for who? Savage? Warrior? But a lot of times, until the steroid trial changed things..... it pigeonholed guys. Look at Honky for example, Tito Santana, Perfect. Maybe I'm not recalling things 100% clearly and if I am not, somebody correct me but your example of bad news Brown, well of course bad news Drew more because: A-- he was physically bigger and in the cartoon world back then, after Roddy and orndorf at the very beginning, pretty much everybody that he got booked against And drew well with, was 6-4, 250 or better. B-- he had not been chasing the IC belt. His path to the main event didn't go through the IC. Bad News got pushed against Hogan because they needed a big believable heel who was decent on the mic My contention is that with a number of these guys back then, that unless they were huge physically, which we know Vince was in love with, getting pushed in the IC picture kind of pigeonholed you as a guy who was an IC "type", and the perception was that big guys were believable enough to have the big belt. But that the rest of those guys, the 225 lb crowd, they weren't really contenders. Savage and warrior were big guys, massively over, who didn't even need the IC belt. But other than them, who had the IC belt between say 87 and 91, and got a serious run at the big belt? And even after that, you skip from that era all the way up into the attitude era with The Rock Stone Cold HHH Jericho and Edge. So clearly there was a shift at how they started using the IC belt during the attitude era. But prior to that for most of a decade, you had only Shawn and Bret. And that was it. I think hennig, if he had not gotten hurt, would no question, without doubt, have been able to break through the glass ceiling along with Shawn and Bret. But when he was healthy and getting a good run with it, he was just kind of in a dead era. An era where the IC guys were looked at, as just IC guys by the fans so that's how they booked it. But then the steroid thing happened and Hogan was on his way out, and then all of a sudden Bret is given an opportunity and historically that era is considered pretty much the worst in the history of the organization until current day of course. So what did they do? They tried to resurrect Bob backlund one of the most popular champions of all time. And they put the belt on some of the only big guys they had, diesel, Yoko. And it was another four years before Shawn finally broke through. Looking at that decade from about 1987 to 1997, there was only a handful of guys that had the IC strap and then got a run with the big belt. Warrior, but come on with his look, Vince was literally masturbating himself to sleep every night with thoughts of the money that he was going to make with that guy. Savage actually had it in 86 so let's not even think of him as part of this discussion. Diesel. There was almost no other big guys that got that belt, the only two that I could think of were Kerry, and God knows we understand why they wouldn't have put the big belt on him. And the same can be said for Bulldog who basically only got it because of the SummerSlam show in Wembley. Razor is the only anomaly in the whole group. A big guy during that time frame, who got the IC strap but did not get a run with a big belt but probably should have. He didn't need it as has been discussed by many people ad nauseam over the years. He was over huge. But every other big guy either had a reason that they weren't going to get the big belt like Kerry and Bulldog, or DID like Diesel and Warrior. And that everybody else who had that belt was one of those smaller guys, and I just mean smaller by Vince's standards back then. And of those guys only brett, and then eventually Shawn Michaels, would get a run with the big strap so..... I think Curt drawing poorly, was reflective of that way that the WWF was presenting the IC belt most of the time back then as well as being reflective of him having a closer to normal size. But with his skill and personality, I mean Christ Bret Hart barely developed a personality and he got the belt. And Curt hennig was every bit as good as he was in the ring and much better of a personality. So I don't think there's any reason to believe that Curt wouldn't have also been given a run with it if he had stayed healthy.

At least he did win the AWA world championship. Granted it was when it didn't mean much, but still was at one time one of the three biggest world championships in the world, and had zero problems with him holding it.

Underrated? How? Everyone says he is great.

My dream match outside of Hart vs Angle

Damn, that would be one helluva match!

@@skinnypippen9580 Totally agree.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--aVZJ_rFnt8.html Rare match between Bret vs Steamboat

Steamboat and Hennig? Wow. That would be absolutely crazy 👍

As a kid those were the only two heels I would cheer for

They are my absolute favorites

No argument here. Rude and Hennig are two of my all time favorites. Rude in particular for his heel work.

Is that 'far and away / very close second' solecism an inside joke?

Rude is my favourite love Perfect too

He's gimmick was simple but extremely effective in getting over with the crowd. Super in ring worker. One of the top IC champs of all time. Perfect Plex was a great finisher.

It was a big deal, because no one did that to Hogan before. He had really never been booked to look so weak before against anyone. Stealing a belt (errrr, "Championship Title") is one thing...demolishing it is another...when it's Hulk.

@@DIESEL0759 yeah him and Poffo were trolling tf outta him lol I actually wanted to see hogan whoop both of their asses and I wasn’t a Hogan fan like that

@@tobiasfarragut292 Oh, I was totally for Perfect and Poffo. It was a big deal for Lanny, too, who wasn't really portrayed as much during that time. I know what all the conspiracy theories say, but given McMahon's preference for keeping all the props and such, I still think the Hardcore title is that belt. The "replica belt" market was pretty much non-existent in 1989. I know some sources say it was given to Mel Phillips (the black ring announcer; he's seen on camera a few times), but why would you give a guy the belt? It doesn't make sense.

Yes! Better than the Summerslam 91 match, and that in itself was a classic.

@@MISTERPERFECT3806 there's house shows and a few of them are very rare here on you tube that would rattle the foundations of the 2 said matches

I loved this match more than their Summerslam 91 encounter. My favourite part of the KOTR match, is when Henning countered the sharpshooter by grabbing Bret's injured fingers, that was so realistic.

@@mosho3611 that is what made these 2 legends what we know them as today no detail went uncovered and what is now known as a phony world of wrestling these 2 made wrestling appear as real can be

@@mosho3611 Yes! Also how Curt kept losing his balance because his knee was giving out. That match seemed so real. They told a wonderful, entertaining, action packed story with this match!

Agreed. Then Steven would hit him with some facts and finally convince Jim he is actually a modern day conservative. Which would then, in turn, prompt yet another promo from Jim on how pissed he is that he can't vote democrat anymore.

@@deucefloyd9858 Steven Crowder ran scared from Sam Seder & flaked on Peter Hadfield(potholer54). Crowder can only handle talking to 19 year olds on college campuses, his daddy Darrin rarely lets him talk to grown adults with opposing views.

@@StevieDamnit How many "Change My Mind"s have you seen? Because I've seen all of them. And Steven has had many real conversations with people of varying ages and degree of intellect. Funny how you mention Sam Seder. The guy who tried to sneak on Crowder's show via trojan horse method.

And JC would get completely owned in the process.

Mfw Jim says the government should have all the guns because he’s a classist nerd toward his fellow southerners.

That theme can drive a man's ego through the roof. 🤣

Look up the soundtrack from the movie "Exodus". His theme is a slight modification of the "Theme From Exodus". Jerry Lawler's music is a movement in the classical piece, "Pictures At An Exhibition", "The Bogatyr Gates (In The Capital of Kiev)" Look them up.

*Hennig*

Same! LWC!

Underrated by whom

Can I have the link?

@@TheeKingRayzor ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tTEu3dojCyw.html

@Manismi RAMP But Jim still calls her “his” 😄 But yeah, Steph is a woman

I still listen to it now and again for fun. Was it a Jimmy Hart composition?

When Heenan caught Curt's towel without ease was the best

"Underrated wrestler" how to tell everyone you dont understand the meaning of "underrated" without saying it.

No doubt.

Sadly, Hennig’s feud with Hogan in the late 80s didn’t draw well, which pretty much nixed his headliner push.

You don't look it

@@misterpinkandyellow74 Awwww thanks, man! It's like the only good gene I was passed down 😂😂😂

I will confess I still spit my gum in the air and smack it away perfectly.

@@jeffmac9642 The only time I remember Perfect not doing that perfectly was, I want to say Wrestlemania V. He came out to his music, did his gum smack but then tripped on a cord that ran across the floor. He looked so angry/embarrassed. I remember stupid things.

*Hennig*

@@davidlevy706 Do you feel accomplished now correcting a typo?

*Hennig*

Habit. I've been spelling and pronouncing it wrong since...hmm maybe 1986.

He can separate the meme from the politics

@@Chocolatepain More likely that he has no clue what the reference is.

Good on you youngster.

I hope 🙏 for the love of gawd you are a real biological female because the manhood factor in this comment is minus six .

Yup

And let's not pretend that he didn't own the best standing dropkick ever

@@ianpilkington2037 let's not pretend the perfect plex wasn't a thing of beauty either

@@ianpilkington2037 Gotta disagree. I loved watching Hennig and his work was second to none, but the best standing dropkick belongs to Paul Roma.

No, but reading that has just made me laugh because it sounds so typical of Perfect. Of course I'm going to have to look up some of his matches now.

There are some clips from people who did not enjoy his brutal ribs

*Hennig*

No the Main event Is the most charismatic Hogan was that Austin, the rock, goldberg, lesner, savage even warrior. Lance storms, den , Billy Kidman great wrestlers but not main eventers. Scott hall was the only guy I can think of that was that top guy who never got the belt and Jake the snake

I always thought Dolf should of been pitched as Curts son. Lol

Add Billy Guun, Randy Orton, Scotty Riggs and Hardcore Holly to that list.

HBK had a very good dropkick.

Aj styles has a amazing looking drop kick it look like he froze in mid air when he does it

I'm not qualified to comment on the best, it's not something I particularly paid attention to, but Sammy Lee (Tiger Mask) had a good drop kick.

Brunzell?

Shut up