Jim Cornette on Reckless & Dangerous Wrestlers 

"The leaping tombstone spinning vertebreaker piledriver” sounds like a new Zangief move.

No wrestlers have ever put more guys out of the business than the Mulkey Brothers. One match with them and the opponents drop dead on the spot from laughter.

Purposely hurting jobbers is literally despicable. Like how stupid do you have to be? Hurting someone doesn’t make you look tough it just exposes the business. If you punch a jobber for real and knock him out, as a fan I’m like wait why don’t you just do that all the time? Hurting the jobbers is a perfect example of a kid squashing a bug just because he can. It only projects your insecurities as a person and makes the product look worse.

I remember seeing Nikita Koloff hit this guy that was so much smaller than him with his Russian Sickle/clothes line finisher. It was on the old TBS Saturday night studio show with Gordon Solie. The jobber’s ring name was El Geeko and he was a bald guy with a beard and had on shaggy fur trunks and boots. He actually looked exactly like my high school chemistry/physics teacher. That is why I remember him so well. Anyway, Koloff sent him into the ropes and hit him with a clothes line that came upwards under his chin and from about Savannah with how far he swung his arm. This guy was lifted up off of his feet, did a legit 540, landed on the back of his head and if it was a sell from the guy it was the best clothes line sell in the history of pro wrestling. That guy just got absolutely obliterated.

Gino Hernandez "where's the f***ing mirror... what's he done to my face" I could die laughing from that story

Going back through all these old clips has been great for catching up in wrestling history!! It's always entertaining when told by Jim and Brian

Needless Potatoes would be a great name for a band.

“The leaping tombstone spinning vertebreaker piledriver”. Hahaha!

I hope that some day a story is told by Cornette that involves Ernie Ladd talking to Dusty Rhodes

Corny's Ernie Ladd is one of my favorite impressions.

I'm glad Jim referenced Yokozuna in this, because the first thing I thought of is how savage his finisher looked to some of the jobbers, as opposed to on someone like Hulk Hogan or the Undertaker.

I was 15 when I shook Ernie Ladd's big hand! Love that man! 1985 Baltimore Civic Center. 🖐🏾✊🏿👍🏿🙏🏿 #Big Cat

First one that came to mind was new jack.how do you stab someone that many times and still be allowed to ever wrestle again?

Ahmed is definitely at the top of the list. Dude had a fucking laundry list of people he injured AND another laundry list of his own injuries.

I could listen to Jim's stories all day, wait I do lol

I was sitting next to Joe Thurmond in the locker room, and was working security, when he got his back broken. When Vader found out what happened he kicked open the outside door fell to his knees threw up, and started crying, it was Ron Simmons that helped him calm down. And while all of it was going on people kept asking me questions about Joe because I had been sitting next to him, I had never met him, until he sat down next to me. All I could tell them was which bag was his, so they could get whatever info they could. It is something I will never forget.

The problem today is that the wrestlers have to compete with the UFC. And to compete with the UFC when the audience knows it’s a work, you end up doing the spinning backflip vertabreaker piledriver. But the business will never get back to the glory days, where 30-40 arenas drew 2-5,000 people every single night and twice on Sunday.

That was an awesome Ernie Ladd impression.

Kevin nash said viscera nearly killed him when splashing him.

I remember my dad talking about Ahmed in the 90s and how much he liked him but that he wasn’t safe in the ring.

anyone have a link for more info or an interview about the Karl Gotch Buddy Rodgers thing?

Dynamite Kid broke Mick Foley's jaw with a forearm when Mick was a jobber

I'm reminded of a few stories of the APA, they weren't careless or reckless, they were a bit stiff in the ring and liked to pull rough ribs in the back, but they weren't sloppy. But when someone was reckless and sloppy or just let their egos get too big for their positions in the pecking order they'd invariably find themselves in the ring with either the APA or the Dudleys or one of the other 'policemen' who'd proceed to teach them to clean up their act.

We’re gonna stay right here until ya calm down and start listening to me

Jesus, I just saw the clip: watch?v=Jk6T74T-0xg , it was Rick Steiner. Scott always said Rick was the crazy one, and NOT the one you wanna stiff in the ring. It wasn't a receipt, it was a goddamn murder. Teddy Long was like, "Dude, I ain't even gonna hurry on counting this guy, he's out."

lmfao ernie ladd sounded like joe clark from that movie lean on me lmfao

Nia Jax for sure. Ahmed Johnson in the Attitude Era. Also Hardcore Holly was a bully so he was a dangerous loose cannon.

Gatekeeping kept it in check. Bring it back

I could listen to Cornette imitate Ernie Ladd and the Dream all day 😂😂

Wrestlers HAVE to be more careful in the ring. Have we learned NOTHING from that fateful night when the Undertaker almost deprived us of Hulk Hogan's greatness with that botched pile-driver?

The Beverly Brothers potentially? Their tag team finisher was brutal. Just watch some of their squash matches in the WWE.

Shit happens in ballet too, real shit

Steiner didn't NOT appreciate that.. A cross between a Goldberg spear and Stan Hansen Lariet almost killed Chris.

For the definition of "stiff " watch Mad Dog Vachon...Moondogs tag matches from Memphis, or WCW era Buzz Sawyer.

The von erichs style has ruthless agression era written all over it.

2:25 I wish I could see that omg, so many great stories told by Jim

I think Zangief can do the Leaping Tombstone Vertebreaker Piledriver

Cornette is SO much at his BEST when talking about classic wrestling, not his boring repetitive negativity against current wrestling

Funny how strength can make someone safer or dangerous, depending on how they use it. Compare the Ultimate Warrior injuring Bobby Heenan's neck or nearly breaking his own neck against Rick Rude by jumping too hard vs. Kane, who I remember once lifting Taker up during a near-botched tombstone so that Taker's head was in the right position, and thereby avoided either a botched finisher or a neck injury for Taker.

New jack- scott Steiner- ultimate warrior-JBL-andre the giant- vader.oh and bob holley.

Gotta mention New Jack

Been a huge fan of Corny since 82 gr8 to listen to his tell of the business priceless

Buzz Sawyer is lucky he wasn't in the same locker room as Andre The Giant when he abused job guys, Andre had none of that crap, ask Iron Sheik.

Surprisingly there is a story of Shawn Michaels slapping Mabel for hurting a jobber

"Vertibreaker Piledriver" my new favorite name, lol.

When it comes to Corny's last point on the job guys, if I was the promoter and I trusted a member of my management team for lack of a better word to book jobbers who at least somewhat knew what they were doing and one or two turned out not to fill that criteria, I wouldn't blame the guy in the ring for it, I'd pay them then go to the guy who booked them in the first place and chew them out saying something like "what the fuck are you doing, did you not think to fucking check if that guy knew anything before sending them out there?"

"It's not their fault they don't know what they're doing" Definitely never thought id hear those words come out of Jim Cornette's mouth. Pretty sure he didn't know he said it lol.

The worst shot had to be Foley vs undertaker damn that match is just fucked and hard to watch

I wouldn't dream of kicking Rick in the face. That's a ticket to getting stretched to the max and an as kicking.

Did the Chris Champion/Rick Steiner incident happen when Champion was teaming with Sean Royal as "The New Breed"?

That makes a helluva lot of sense.

Well I freaking hurt and limp around all the time anyway. Wish I had the money from it being wrestling injuries instead. Lol.

I can't wait for Corny to sound off about Sami Callahan and that bat...

double goozle...classic Midnight Express...

Hawk was dangerous .... he was dropping people on their heads from being pilled up

He did manage the Gangstas, and we all know about New Jack

I think maybe more interesting is the guys today who are safe, who will protect you in the ring, who go out of their way to make sure you and they come out the other side and then get insulted for it. Good example, the Miz, love him or hate him he's almost never hurt, he's not stiff, he doesn't throw potatoes, and his moves are made to look good but not bump hard... And they let Daniel Bryan insult him about it. Like he wasn't a real wrestler cause he hadn't caused himself enough injury.

I love how passionate Jim is about traditional wrestling. You try to do it differently and he'll give you an earfull.

I love that intro it rocks

Mabel. End of debate. God he was bad and dangerous.

I use too love the steiners

Anyone who goes out of their way to hurt job guys is a prick and I wish more of the boys had stood up for them. This isn't a shootfight

I wonder what Jim's opinion is on the Eddie Edwards baseball bat botch.

Leaping tombstone spinning vertebreaker piledriver... someone get on that. Make it work.

there is video out there of a job guy messing up a Road Warrior Animal clothesline so bad that Animal just punched him in the face elbowdropped him and covered the poor guy

HAHA, the Leaping Tombstone Vertebreaker Piledriver !!!!! My new move on WWE 2k19

Karl Gotch was a LEGIT badass

Jim seems like an uptight guy. It's like he can never chill.

Helpful feedback from a new subscriber: Turn down the LOUD intro.

Cornette= best ever

Watch Undertaker vs Goldberg

2:30 lol

More Gino Hernandez stories, please!!!!

Road warriors huge 1985 awa championship s won crokit cup 1986 1987 nwa champs miss these guy s

The best ever jobber was the guy that wouldn't sell for the sky scrapers, even when they were shooting the fuck out of him after the bell. He should be in the WWE hall of fame, maybe 2018

Needless Potatoes, sounds like a children's book

Vader did that shit to Stevie Ray, and got F up for it ,,per S.R

Since when did Yoko Banzai Drop Corny?

Okay everybody has heard this one Superstar Billy Graham made a statement that Abdullah the Butcher had cut some dark-skinned Indian guy so bad that the guy was turning white in the locker room from Los of blood, and blood was literally running down to his feet that is taking it too far another example of taking it too far is Abdullah the Butcher cutting people and knowning he had Hep C basically crashed Hannibal's career and who know how many others

Enjoy his stories.

I have to give Hulk Hogan credit just once, he wasn't wreckless in the ring, he is just wreckless in life.

I've heard that JBL would be reckless in some matches depending on who you talk to although I think top reckless guys would be warlord and barbarian

Long live the Von Erichs!!!!!!

7:24 holy shit I want to see that move one day.

😂😂 at their bodies look like🍔 or their limping all the time from being🍘 potato'ed

Randy Orton is one of the top cleanest wrestlers i have ever seen... The man wrestle super clean..

Potatoe me and imma get my receipt,BROTHER

I worked the indys in the 80's and 90's got back in a few years ago to be in a battle royal for a old friend who had passed had to give more receipts than I did in 15 years of ring time. I was good till some kid in his 1st year in ring tells me I don't hit hard enough did one more match with him beat the hell out of him

Ahmed Johnson dangerous to others and himself.

No mention of Buzz Sawyer? Wut.

Perry Saturn kicking Mike Bell's ass

I think they didn't mention New Jack on purpose. Like Atheist Jim did when asked about Pat Patterson and the cream team he covers for the vilest offenders he calls friends. Snuka too

A recent example would be Nia Jax.

End of this match is the Chris Champion situation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jk6T74T-0xg.html

WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!The Von Erichs!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Seriously...you want to contemplate something funny? I betcha most of these young, crazy wrestlers getting started in the business would beg Animal to throw potatoes at them so they can brag they were pummeled by Road Warrior Animal. It'd be major clout for them.

“If they are here, then they need to fucking take it!!”

Love the videos but there's some noise picked up by the mic that sounds terrible. Worst audio...

He was a chic Donavan of color

Sasha Botch, Botch Twins