Jim Cornette on Overrated & Underrated Managers 

Jimmy Hart in Memphis was pure heat.

Always loved Paul Bearer, whether it was the high pitched pale and creepy version managing Undertaker or the no makeup southern sounding evil version managing Kane lol

Gary Hart conducted himself like an actual manager, imo. 🤷‍♂️

If we are talking mangers besides Jim Cornette, first one that comes to mind will always be Precious Paul Ellering

Gary Hart was my favorite from the NWA days

Gary Hart,Bobby Heenan and Jim Cornette were my favorite Managers

Ron Wright in Smoky Mountain with the Redd Foxx gimmick of being a crochety old man with the fake heart attack was hilarious. Gary Hart was a great manager because of his charisma and presence at ringside. James Mitchell should be managing guys like Bray Wyatt.

We have to put JJ Dillon or Teddy Long in any conversations related to best manager.. For as underrated Sheri Martel and Gary Hart tops the list

Gary Hart?...I'm sorry WHAT??..Gary Hart was BAD ASS!

Arnold Skaaland. What did he ever do seriously? Walk to the ring with Bruno and Backlund. Wasn't even their mouthpiece. Waste of time even introducing him before a match

Garry Hart is so underrated. People forget he was a good wrestler too.

To me and those I've been around, it will always be a tie of four, Bobby Heenan, Jim Cornette, Jimmy Hart & Gary Hart. All were BEYOND EPIC!!! Gary Hart and JJ Dillon were awesome, as was Oliver Humperdink

Gary Hart, The most underrated manager

6:12 Brian confuses Father James Mitchell with a Twitter account lol

What about Skandar Akbar?

"Classie" Freddie Blassie was a great heel manager.

Sir Oliver Humperdink got alot of heat back in Florida.

Paul bearer is one underrated manager, that dont get enough credit for what he did. He is one of my favorite managers. He was very entertaining and he could cut promos.

Col. Parker from WCW was underrated.

I remember Dr. Ken Ramey. He had two pretty good sized runs in the SF Bay Area for Roy Shires. First in the early 70's managing a Canadian wrestler Paul DeMarco. Then returned around '72 with the Masked Interns (I think they were the Masked Medics when they worked the east coast). Then a short run in '78 with Playboy Buddy Rose. He wore a cheesy tuxedo with a ruffled shirt and a clip-on bow tie and had kind of a "down-home" Southern drawl. He could generate some pretty good heat against the likes of Ray Stevens, Pat Patterson and Rocky Johnson. There is a little bit of video of him. Type in "San Francisco Wrestling" in the search and some of it will come up. He actually had an amateur wrestling background as a young man.

Grew up watching Big Time Wrestling out of Detroit and Eddie Creatchman was great as the manager of The Sheik. Always got heat because he interfered constantly during The Sheik's matches.

Brian pissing on Gary Hart, but praising Slick must be an April fools joke

Slicks character had perfect timing. And one hell of a talker

Gary Hart is one of the most underrated managers ever in my opinion. He had one of the best minds ever, and managed terrifically in many territories for years. He didn't take many bumps after the plane crash, because he was in a PLANE CRASH

Jimmy Hart is consistently underrated. He worked his ASS off. No one took bigger and more painful bumps than him, including Heenan. He'd dress in drag and anything else needed for an angle.

Sensational Sherrie,The Brain,Jim Cornette,Jimmy Hart. My MT Rushmore

The name "Daryl Van Horne" is from The Witches of Eastwick. The novel at least, I don't know if they changed it for the movie.

I've got two words for you: Paul Ellering. He was a real manager, he didn't just play one on tv.

Later day Memphis Wrestling had a young gentleman who would have done very well if he was in an earlier era...the pride of Germantown, Scott Bowden.

Jimmy Hart in Memphis was a Heat seeking missile. His shrill voice mannerisms vocal skills Incredible.

Sir Oliver Humperdinck had a good run in the mid-80s,--I grew up in the Mid South area, and there was a time when he gave General Skandar Akbar (who I also liked) a run for his money. I liked "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert better as a manager than as a wrestler, because to me, he was a better talker--a comedian--almost on par with Cornette and Jimmy Hart. They should have made Gilbert a manager permanently, instead of a half and half, because his wrestling skills weren't all that great, in my opinion.

Only thing I remember about Skaaland was when Backlund confronted him after his heel turn and accused Skaaland of abandoning him and Skaaland said, "Sorry if you felt that way ... put her there!" and stuck out his hand. Like ... that's it? I didn't blame Backlund one bit for attacking afterwards.

Other good Pro Wrestling mangers: Teddy Long, Ron Fuller, Robert Fuller, Harley Race, Sheri Martel, Baby Doll, Bill Alfonso, Dutch Mantel, Kevin Sullivan, Madusa Miceli, Miss Elizabeth, Sunny, Missy Hyatt, Woman, Diamond Dallas Page, and Slick.

I loved Heel manager Paul Jones .. Paul Jones Army was the best I remembet when the raging bull turned Heel and joined Paul Jones

Great Mafisto is criminally underrated

This will sound strange, but Paul Jones was so horrible that I considered him amazing. He was as wooden as a tree, and his spots always went nowhere. Prior to the Road Warriors and Powers of Pain feud, he spent years focused on Jimmy “The Boogie Woogie Man” Valiant. And not a single person understood the rivalry. He often did spots saying: “you’ve interfered with my plans for the last time”. Plans, what plans?!? Even his aforementioned thing with the Road Warriors was simply him saying: “Powers of Pain! Powers of Pain!” Again, he never really made a point. And the funniest thing was the way he pronounced The Barbarian as The Bah Barren

Remember when Bill Dundee was Managing Steven Regal as "Sir William"?

Sherry Martel, Jim Cornette, Paul Ellering, Grand Wizard, Lou Albano,

My top 5 greatest managers are Jim Cornette, Gary Hart, Paul Bearer, Bobby Hennan,and Jimmy Hart

My first memories of watching wrestling go back to 1999 and from then until probably now I feel like there haven’t really been that many managers at all, and certainly not many good ones except Paul and Paul

Wild Red Berry! Seriously, there are a million managers who played a very active role in the golden age, but nobody talks about them.

What about Teddy Long as an underrated manager?

Bobby Heenan, Jim Cornette, Gary Hart, and Jimmy Hart. The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling Managers.

Bill Alfonso was a great heat machine. People literally wanted Fonzies blood during many stories with Taz/Sabu/RVD.

I actually really liked Gary Hart. He made such a perfect evil heel. And #1 Paul Jones was a great heel, too. He kinda had the Hitler/Mussolini gimmick going.

My personal favorite top 5 managers 1) Bobby Heenan 2) Jim Cornette 3) Gary Hart 4) Paul Ellering 5) Father James Mitchell

I wish there were still a place for managers in wrestling. I'd kill it with my peg leg and bicorn hat.

There is something what i don't understand...! Mortis was a WCW character who has almost always been disliked by fellow wrestlers...! I don't get it because i think Mortis with James Vandenberg was fucking great...!!! Way better than Glacier or Wrath...! His mask (Leatherface) and his whole entrance (including the great theme) was awesome....!!! I think Mortis (Chris Kanyon) should have been pushed a lot more...!!!

John Foley and KY Wakamatsu were fantastic in Stampede. We're havin a party, Mister Whalen...and you're NOT invited.

MOST UNDER RATED: "CLASSY" FREDDY BLASSIE He's never mentioned in any Great Manager lists i've seen! MOST OVER RATED: J.J.DILLON I'm sure behind the camera he was a good idea man and talent scout but as the on screen manager for Tully Blanchard and later for the Four Horsemen...let's just say I didn't get it, and I missed BABY DOLL and wished they had developed her persona more!

Harley Race was an underrated manager.

Captain Lou was the all time best. It's a shame he could never get that rubber band surgically removed from his face, though.

Sir Oliver Humperdink and the House of Humperdink was an awesome group. I really think he was underrated. He was really great managing US Steele in Florida. Lord Alfred Hayes was good in the Carolinas. George " Crybaby " Cannon was great in managing Eric the Red. Cornette in my opinion was the best ever thou. Drawed heat like no other.

Most Overrated Manager: Arnold Skaaland Most Underrated Manager: (TIE) Sinister Minister & The Jackal

Jimmy Hart in Memphis was great! He was pretty much the top heel. Anyone he managed went straight to the top. I also remember WIMPBUSTERS!!!

One of my favorite managers was Skandor Akbar!

No mention yet of Lord Jonathan Boyd? That guy was a HUGE heat magnet.

Captain Lou Albino.

I actually remember Mr. Fuji blasting Jim Cornette years ago to.

JJ Dillon and Paul Jones (aside from Cornette) always got the most heat from me. That is until Paul Jones got the "bald headed geek" chants, and then I felt bad for him lol

i am NO wrestling expert, to this day i still do not fully understand managers in wrestling. what i mean by that is are these guys just more characters that are part of the show or are these guys actually in real life the managers of these wrestlers?

I ALWAYS thought The ''Hands Of Stone'' Ronnie Garvin was very underrated. I was told once that when Ronnie Garvin threw those fists that knocked people out that He was actually knocking them out.

dandy jack was the best way back in the early 70s late 60s dont diss dandy

When I first started watching, the Grand Wizard of Wrestling was the nexus of evil on earth.

no Blassie, Albano, or Grand Wizard? wow

Not one mention of Paul Ellering,captain lou albano,freddie blassie. Sad!

Way back when I was a kid it, was Homer Odell and J.C. Dykes.

I feel jim doesn't give paul bearer enough credit.

Heyman is pretty overrated. People seem to remember that Heyman was and is a manager and his big cell phone but not so much the guys he actually managed (early career). Cornette had the tennis racket, sure but you remembered the Midnight Express, which is what managers were supposed to do. Get their team over.

"The Graham Wizard" was awesome. Like Jimmy Hart "The Graham Wizard" was the least physically imposing. Yet, "The Graham Wizard" had the bravado and heart to take on 250 pound plus Grapplers with no hesitation to ensure victory for Greg Valentine, Don "The Magnificent" Muraco.

Paul Jones had ONE good moment as a manager. He was great in the angle between the Road Warriors and the Powers of Pain. Especially the bench press. Other than that, its difficult to say much about him as a manager because he managed alot of lesser talent and was stuck in that multi-year feud with Jimmy Valiant.

Gary Hart & Paul Ellering were the top two of all-time.

Rock Hunter was good..he got much heat in GCW in the 70’s

Paul Heyman. Although he's an advocate, not a manager.

Disappointed that they forgot Ron Wright. He was one of the best parts of smw in my opinion

I think the Grand Wizard is far too neglected. There was a stretch in the 1970s when he was the epicenter of the Northeast heel scent, both in the WWF and Detroit.

JJ Dillon was GREAT

No one ever mentions Capt Lou or the Grand Wizard...

Bobby Heenan was the best ever.

I still see it as Heenan, Cronettte, as 1 and 2. Greatest managers ever. The rest is a toss up. Was so random. But the top two, Bobby and Jimmy. The best ever.

Jeff G. Bailey from NWA Wildside was incredibly underrated, he had some of the most violently descriptive promos that i've ever heard.

Gary Hart was not overrated i can tell the fool who said it is from the northeast and grew up watching that WWF garbage

I'm gonna have to give Jim the top spot, Heenan 2 and...I guess corny 3. Sure bobby and corny are legendary managers. But when Hillbilly Jim took the Godwinns to the top of the mountain. Well that's just on a whole new level.

Underrated. Bobby Davis. He invented the modern wrestling on-screen manager.

Bobby Heenan but Corny a close second .... Rock Hunter is a forgotten name ... Ken Ramey was a classic ... and Homer O'Dell and Sir Oliver Humperdink

Sensational Sherri was the best manager ever

Paul Jones is the worst manager of all time, a real joke. The only reason he was there is because of the friendship or business deal he had with the Crocketts.

AGREE slick was very slickand not raten a lot..jimmy heart? How is he not rated? He was introduced as the top Manager to us 90s wwf boomers

Yea n no mention of betton butterfield they even made rhat movie about him in the 50s

thoughts on hunter q robinson the 3rd was watching some eastern championship wrestling and hes quite the character

The "MOUTH OF THE SOUTH" JIMMY HART WAS GREAT

Percy Pringle.

The Grand Wizard 🏆

At least in late 1997 and 1998, I don't remember Sonny Onoo doing a damn thing in WCW besides selfies. He wasn't a mouth piece for any of his wrestlers since none of them ever did enough to be in a real feud. Onoo was just kinda... there during the luchadore matches. Then with Yuji Nagata, who never feuded with anybody, so what the hell did he need a manager for?

Bobby Davis, Freddie Blassie, Grand Witzrd.

I liked Gary Hart when he managed Abdullah the Butcher.

James Mitchell.

The brain for a reason!! Bobby legend

Wrestling is far less forgiving to the managerial talent than the wrestling talent because the managers always have to be able to talk AND take bumps.

Overrated: Captain Lou Albano Underrated: Slick