Jim Cornette on Promoters Wanting To Kill Vince McMahon 

"The territory promoters wanted to kill Vince." "It wasn't all of them."

The more I hear stories like this, the more I think of Vince as the Michael Corleone of professional wrestling

Artwork is on point AF as usual

Vince joked that those promoters couldn't even get together to order a cup of coffe let alone work with together.

Dammit Jim you made me spit out my water when you said he picked up a wheelchair with an old lady in it and threw it at someone I died 😂 laughing

I'm sure a couple of the deaths that have happened in wrestling were murders we just dont know it.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Ole thought about that a couple times over the years.

Eddie Graham probably would've had Crockett whacked before Vince, Crockett was doing a lot of the same crap being broadcast nationally on the superstation, didn't promote a lot of live shows i guess in other people's territories, but they definitely had a presence

As an avid mob historian, I can safely say that if they wanted to whack Vince, 1984-86 would have been the perfect time to do it. This was the era of the Teflon Don, John Gotti. The younger mob guys basically considered themselves invincible to law enforcement, and had killed most of the old guard who preferred business to violence. In fact, the 80's was the deadliest decade to be in the mob, with more mob related violence and public assassinations than ever before. They could get their hands on basically anyone they wanted, celebrities, politicians, and especially jurors when it came to keeping themselves out of prison. But most importantly, this was the era of the stupidest mobsters ever, flashy, showing off their wealth, drawing police attention to themselves, talking to the press, etc. Which is also why it was the last decade the mob were at their most powerful. So if there was ever an era of mobsters so coked out of their minds and stupid enough to whack a public figure like Vince McMahon, which would draw national attention, it was the 80's.

Remember kids never throw a person in a wheelchair 😂

Lol I'm surprised vince hasn't had more attempts on his life honestly seeing how many people hes screwed over the years

Damn, Cornette just straight up dry snitching on these guys lol

Damn I guess that hilariously cheesy Vince McMahon movie script from a couple years ago wasn't that off...the NWA really was a Mafia organization 😂

I'm not even surprise some promoters would think about probably puting a hit on vince mcmahon.

Wheelchair tossing needs to be an Olympic sport

If Go Fund Me had been around back then the territory guys would have had no trouble raising the cash to put a hit on Vince

Hearing the stories is why I am interested in watching Netflix upcoming documentary on Vince McMahon

"Vince had a 13 million bux mansion he uses a week a year".........I wonder if he'll let me use it the other 51 weeks of the year.

Iron Sheikh claims that Verne Gagne offered him 20 grand to break Hulk Hogan's leg in the ring. There's also a story that Bruiser Brody was offered considerably more to storm the ring at Wrestlemania 1 and ruin the main event. Of course that was a much stupider idea because tough or not it's not like Brody was going to fight all four of those guys. Personally, I think if any of those guys were really serious about all this we'd be talking about Vince McMahon that promoter who mysteriously vanished back in the 1980s.

We use to whack dangerous people's on the water front and it worked better than now days

Great Artwork! But Once Vince with National with the WWF Kayfade was gone.. Cause Vince was letting people in who didn't Respect the Pro Wrestling business.. It made Vince McMahon money and gave his business exposure but it came at a cost! Breaking Kayfade!

Ole Anderson hated Vince with a passion so that doesn't surprise me at all.

I've always wondered how many wrestling promotions were involved with organised crime...

IMO, the ones who really feared for their lives were Jack & Jerry Brisco. They sold WCW to Vince on April 9, 1984. Two things happened: At a show in Canton, OH, they were to face The Road Warriors. Animal told them that someone had offered to pay them a huge sum of money if they legitimately hurt them, "But we don't do business that way," he said. Later down the road, wrestler/manager Paul Jones told them that someone had been hired to shoot them. Needless to say, they went around with their heads on a swivel for a while. Then there is also the story where Verne Gagne offered The Iron Sheik a huge sum of money if he broke Hogan's leg the night of the WWE Title change at MSG (1-23-1984).

Who the hell summers in Florida and winters in Connecticut?!

These thumbnail images are hilarious!

"he killed the writer just to prove a point." "what was the point?" "that he can kill a writer."

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

I must say I've weighed the pros and cons of a world without Vince McMahon starting in the mid 80's and the pros far outweigh the cons.

Sounds like a bunch of "tough guys" talking big while shouting "Hold me back!" lol

JR actually talks about this on Legends of Wrestling back in the day but I don’t remember the episode of the top of my head 🤦🏻‍♂️

Tony Ferguson's the type of guy to win a split decision in an argument with Ole Anderson.

The Gobbledy Gooker was sent by the heads of the NWA to assassinate Vince but he changed his mind and Vince gave him a job🥳

Can someone tell me more about the problem Barnett had with the Kentucky football team leading in him going to Australia?

That Jimmy snuka guy did kill someone but was not found guilty. Death was pretty common in wrestling.

Thumbs up instantly, just for the thumbnail! 😁

Ken Shamrock.. Break their bones!? Vince: Break the Promotors Bones! " YEAH"

Where in the hell is that Skyscrapers and Mike Blackwell video? That was a classic!

Someone trying to put a hit on Vince McMahon in the 80s? Lol! Good luck with that.

Those promoters were definitely ruthless enough to do it. Vince was lucky as hell.

Dick The Bruiser, what a name, watch out ladies.

Take Vince out, somebody else goes national eventually. Probably Jim Crockett Jr..

WOW - I've never heard this.....I would guess Ole, Verne, and maybe 1 or 2 others

Cornette is great

What a bunch of non sense. It would never happen, it's al a work to add to bs stories these guys come up with. People forget these guys are all actors and entertainers. All talk.

Roy shire? Really? He exposed the business after he closed his doors.

Brian > Conrad. JC > JR.

Great Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐

Jim is the man .

What about Verne, was he there?

The Dick the Bruiser story about running opposition is crazy. Never heard that before.

yeah,im sure it was passed about the table at a meeting once by individuals. half jokeing and half trying to brag about how bad they are like some half drunk ass in a street fight,but no way did they sit down and seriously talk about putting a hit on vince ffs they couldnt even co promote a ppv let alone this! corny and others take this shit way to seriously,sure they were serious buisness men and hard ass and dodgy to deal with but they werent murder inc!

His company is dying. I wonder which one will die first?

This is the best art

They contracted Enforcer Luciano

That cartoon is fucking hilarious

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Vince is a decent guy mostly. It's a cut throat business. Not everyone can be happy all the time.

Yeah. Well the other factor in all this that 1984 was the year Harley Race went into the WWF locker room in Kansas City with a gun and confronted Hulk Hogan talking about how he came there to kneecap him. And 1984 was also the year that Verne Gagne supposedly tried to get the Iron Sheik to break Hogan's leg at the Garden. Putting the top star in the WWF out of action would have been a far more typical wrestling thing to try than hiring a hit man to go after a promoter. Ole was already done as a player by the time of the NWA meeting. Dusty had plotted with Crockett `to basically ruin Florida by stealing just about all of Eddie Graham's wrestlings. Jim Crockett and Fritz Von Erich are not murder for hire kind of guys. The minor people in St. Louis like Geigel didn't count anymore because they were Verne Gagne's junior partneres. Bill Watts was way, way more angry at Jim Crockett at that time than he was Vince McMahon over Crockett kicking him off TBS. Verne Gagne might have thought about it, but he would have been smart enough not try to arrange a hit through a committee of people he didn't trust. But I really doubt the story about anyone seriously thinking about this at the NWA meeting. Even of those guys had the idea in their mind, the NWA meeting is the last place they would have talked about it. Those guys hated Vince McMahon but in 1984 they also hated each other, they stabbed each other in the back whenever they could and just about every one of them had a plan to become a national promotion. None of those guys would have ever trusted each other with something as legally compromising to themselves as talking about a contract killing. But I really do believe that there was serious thought given to how to end Hulk Hogan's career in 1984.

In a weird twist it was the lovable stu Hart lol he didn't pay the million

I remember the story on Bruiser Brody -- I miss him.

I love Corny's stories when men where real men and calling the cops never crossed their minds. Actions had physical consequences.Corny is my crack rock. Thanks for my daily fix.💉

Surely Verne, right? He was old school as fuck. And just like Ole, he was from Minnesota. I can tell you they don’t must like “east coast pricks” up there.

JR said Watts said they were full of shit so wasn’t him

Just saw this on Tales of territory’s mid south last night

Good old days

He threw a wheelchair (with a person in it) @ someone. 😆

i dont understand why vince isnt in jail ...hes done soo much evil to many workers ...he is the devil

This the funniest wrestling story of all time out of context.

that wouldnt be surprising. I mean he literally bought WCW and then just destroyed it. He didnt see any incite to keep it going as a separate promotion. Just to have some competition to the WWE brand. You need competition or look what happens...............your product becomes sht.

What about Harley Race? Vince cost Race over half a million in losses over the St. Louis wrestling club by booking against him and taking their tv over. That’s a very good motive for Race to get even with Vince Jr. Eventhough Harley let bygones be bygones by joining the WWF in 86...

Someone call Geraldo Rivera.

I think it was Gagne and Geigel and maybe Anderson were dis ussing it

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JR just told this story on the new Ask JR episode of Grillin' JR: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0g-U9YXeEfM.html @ 1h17m

Whateber you think of vince you dont fuck with him.

A bathroom stall is a politer way of saying a public toilet.

What about Harley Race vs Vince Jr?

Shout-out to Cincinnati Gardens! I saw a lot of wrestling there. It's a shame it was torn down 🙁

Corny always trails off in every topic. He's supposed to be talking about promoters trying to kill Vince then he starts talking about a guy throwing a wheel chair

Vinny mac ruined pro wrestling and made it into a horrible bad joke

Take that back I do

I love the image of Jim as a mobster taking money for a hit job 😂 He hates Vince for exposing the business publicly. Key word PUBLICLY. Because the business was already getting exposed by family and friends but, Vince told the masses.

What about Bill Watts?

Serious stuff , holy cow 🐄 blame HHH

Cornette enjoys this topic ever so slightly

Bloody hell I didnt think Jim was actually going to name them haha..

I never thought it was more than this guy has to go

Too bad they didnt.. vince ruined wrestling

Well goddamnit pal

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he had problems with the patriarca family

Dying at JR peering out over the stall

Why I don't feel sorry for the territories.

Kenny Omega is the guy

Vince is immortal I think we can all agree on that

Brian "vlad" lass

I wish the NWA promoters had colluded to have Vince whacked, wrestling would still be great today without Vince McMahon's WWE ruining it!

lol

if anyone actually wanted to do this and tried to make it happen then they deserve to rot in hell as conspirators to murder