Jim Cornette on The WWE Hall Of Fame Legacy Inductees 

loved the fact that Kane gave a lot of credit to Jim in his H.O.F speech, he damn sure didn't forget the people who opened the doors for him and helped him succeed along the way

Undertaker paid Buzz Sawyer to train him to wrestle. Buzz showed him how to lock up and then skipped town with Undertaker's money.

If they’re going to put Brickhouse Brown in the Hall of Fame then iceman King Parsons should’ve been a shoo-in

It's a true shame they didn't put Ray Stevens in when Pat Patterson was still around to induct him, or at least see it.

"Well there's 4 of us and Dennis has a gun, so maybe it'll be even."

Ivan Koloff getting snubbed as a regular or as a legacy inductee is mind blowing

WWE uses a Esther Rolle photo for Ethel Johnson because a little research takes too long.

Gary Hart was so very underrated, Gary Hart was a GREAT wrestling manager

Love the legacy inductees. Always cool to see names from the 30s, 40s, 50s, and so on.

Ice Man King Parsons should be in... was always entertaining and could get over with the best of them

Another thing i LOVE about Jim and Brian is they KNOW wrestling history ! I have a decent knowledge about wrestling to at least argue a bit , but they remember dates , exact years etc...I love it ! Lets see Bobo Brazil was born in 1926 so.... LOL ! i love wrestling with all my heart ! Cheers to ya both . Maybe one day theyll answer a question lol !

Brody's wife said that she wasnt even contacted prior to him being inducted into the Legacy wing, so that right there shows you how little thought WWE puts into it.

It's not reverse racism I think the word you're looking for is Tokenism, you have to have the one black guy and the one woman in the group for it to not be just a bunch of white guys and if you need help remembering the term think of South Park the one black kid is literally named Token Black

In the late 50s, my grandparents took two small kids to a shopping center in Portland and found themselves in a crowd. There was a small stage and a handful of wrestlers, along with a shop owner, were drawing names for giveaways. The Grand Prize was a HUGE 17" tv (remember the time frame). My grandfather dropped their names in the hat for the drawings. Baron Michele Leone pulled my grandmothers name. Not paying attention, she believed that she had won the tv. When she got to the stage, Baron Michele Leone gave her the prize she had actually won: a kiss (on the goddamned mouth) from the Baron and four tickets to the matches. Until the day she passed, she winced every time she recounted the story.

At least the person that beat Dr. Death in the Brawl for All had his career destroyed on the same pay-per-view in which the Undertaker hung the The Big Boss Man.

Funny shit about buzz sawyer was when undertaker said he stole buzz' 2 Rottweilers cause buzz stole his money lol

And another year goes by without Don Leo Jonathan, the man who was just like The Undertaker in the ring 20+ years before Mark Calloway laced them up for the first time . . . tall, athletic big men. Don Leo was a fantastic performer and had a LONG career on top.

How are they going to do international inductees for years now, and no sign of The Great Muta?

Congrats to the late Brickhouse Brown to the WWE HOF.

I love it when it descends into a straight up conversation between Brian and Jim

I dig Gary Hart.....he was always my favorite manager growing MOSTLY because he seemed legit but also the mystery surrounding him....or what I perceived as mystery....my exposure to Gary was the J-Tex thing in the NWA and then managing Al Perez there and in Dallas. As I got older though and began to learn about all the things he did booking wise and then read his book...my respect for him was at a peak. But I think the thing I liked best about Gary Hart was his interview segments in the documentary "Heroes of World Class"...his comments about the Von Erichs, Chris Adams and especially Gino Hernandez...genuine, sincere...God Bless Gary Hart.

I remember when Ray Stevens had an angle with Bobby the Brain Hennan and Nick Bockwinkle in the AWA where eventually they turned against Ray Stevens and they didn't even let him talk.

They forgot to mention that Dick the Bruiser was AWA World Champion when that title was on par with the WWWF and the NWA.

Bruiser & Crusher should have been inducted together. Long overdue induction for Bruiser who was the Hulk Hogan of Chicago wrestling. We could not stand Verne Gagne when I was growing up (/i was born early 1960s), he was as boring as could be and always put himself in main events well past his prime. Congrats to Dick The Bruiser, his induction should be performed at Bens Auto Sales or Moo & Oink.

Regarding Brown, the term you were searching for is “tokenism.”

The whole Ethel Johnson debacle is mind-blowing to me. How do you fuck up that badly, in this day and age?

If I'm not mistaken, Joseph Cohen was in charge of the USA Network at the time Vince made his deal that got WWF on that network. I know, that's no reason to induct someone as one of the only two living WWE Legacy inductees, but it's Vince's world and we're all just living in it, especially after the shitty news we've been hearing non-stop about WWE the last couple of weeks.

My fondest memories of Chaska Whatley - "LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING JIMMY VALIANT....."

Go back and watch some of Buzz Sawyer's work in the 1980s. He's a physical freak. Amazingly talented.

I too thought Gary Hart was black while he was in WCCW in the 80s. Really the only time I watched him. He was soooo cool. I looked up Ethel Johnson & had never heard of her. However, immediately thought that don’t look like the same person.

A corporate board are making these decisions now. Not people from the wrestling business given Vince's senile brain.

Kamala, Demolition, Ivan Koloff, Ron Garvin, Crusher, Midnight Express, Missy Hyatt, Andy Kaufman and Cyndi Lauper.

Met Ray Stevens a couple of times at the Stockton CA. Memorial auditorium when I was a kid. He was friendly.

Phone call from Harvey Race...

I'm genuinely curious what WWF would have done with Gary Hart(outside of an obvious name change)? I say this knowing they had already misused Oliver Humperdink as essentially Lou Albano's replacement. Does Kabuki work in 80's WWF? Does he manage OMG and hopefully prevent Akeem from ever happening?

Sawyer lost to Dan Severn in a state high school wrestling match.

Buzz Sawyer was the most naturally gifted pro wrestler ever. He was arguably the top star in Georgia and nationwide on TBS from 1982-1983. Personally if I could only watch the matches and promos of one wrestler it would be Buzz Sawyer. Technically brilliant, always entertaining, incredibly physical and stiff, tremendously strong, always on the offensive, a selfless seller and great on the microphone Buzz Sawyer was the complete package. Jim described Sawyer perfectly as a beast and a vicious heel. Gordon Solie considered Buzz Sawyer one of the greatest wrestlers he ever saw. "Low center of gravity, tremendous body control and one double tough hombre" is how Solie described him on an edition of Georgia Championship Wrestling. Sawyer was a staunch promoter of the sport because his matches always looked real. Sawyer looked like he was really kicking the crap out of his opponent because truth is he was. When I think of growing up in the early 1980s as a wrestling fan Buzz Sawyer stands out in my memory as being a top star and a hall of famer.

OH SHIT !!! I was busting a gut in the first minute of this ! Thanks again Jim ! I shot beer straight out my nose ! im literally 1 minute and 4 seconds in before i had to comment ! Maybe its just me

Legacy Wing is a joke I cant believe that Luna was inducted in that. Then they do it again with Bruiser Brody people were pissed as hell about him.

The Legacy wing: Where Senile McMahon takes credit for stars he didn't make

“Positive discrimination” Jim’s right.

Dick the Bruiser was one of two main badasses in STL, the other being Bruiser Brody. The day Bruiser passed away it made front page news in the papers and the top story for the local news.

The fact that Dr. Death Steve Williams was just part of the Legacy Class rather than an individual, and have people talking about him was very confusing to me. I guess since he was, "JR's Boy" and JR doesn't work there anymore was part of this reasoning?

My Gimmick is on next year's induction list #Legendary

Historical correction regarding Buzz Sawyer. He came to WCW in late '89 as part of Gary Hart's "J-Tex Corporation" with Muta, Terry Funk and "the Dragon Master" (wasn't he one of the American versions of Kendo Nagasaki? Can't remember offhand his name when he worked in Stampede--one of the numerous Asian performers who went as a "Mister So-and-So"; he was one of the guys who helped train Bret Hart, if memory serves). He was in the Clash of Champions main event against the Horsemen when they turned heel that night (the one where Sting injured his knee trying to climb the cage), and audience reacted by cheering on the J-Tex heels--most specifically, Muta (a missed opportunity to make Muta a face if he had planned to stick around). He left by the spring of 1990. Can't remember if he came back briefly in '91 as Brian Last recalls, but if it was only briefly for some west coast house shows, it's plausible.

The people in charge of WWE’s video and website production are clueless. A few years back they put a picture of Jules Strongbow and Evan Strangler Lewis up on the website as the HOF profile pics of Jay Strongbow and Ed Lewis.

Gary Hart has one of the best wrestling books ive ever read. Its expensive now though , it will run you 400 bucks

Why is xpac in the HOF with hogan, hall and nash?? 🤦🏻‍♂️ xpac isn’t even one of the founders of the NWO, hogan, hall and nash are

Kamala should have gone into the hall of fame

I have hardly seen any of Gary Hart's work, but I know from reputation he should have had a genuine Hall of Fame entry. He seems to have been huge whereever he went.

One Man Gang best gimmick name ever.

Who else isn't watching Wrestlemania but is just waiting for Jim's review because he's more entertaining?

He was with gary heart for a time in the 90s. I saw he and AA live in Baltimore at that time.

"reverse racism" Is that like "not racist"?? 🤦🏿‍♂️🤯🤦🏿‍♂️

They almost always down play people who do more other places. A few exceptions are guys who are under contract at the time(Sting) or guys who have become yes men backstage(Michael Hayes).

They should induct Ray the Crippler Stevens into the Hall of Fame⭐

A friend told me Pez might not have been one of the biggest stars, but was really respected in the locker room.

Something is up with WWE. Can't help but sense that they're purposely trying to tank their own company. Why? Don't know, that's the mystery. But something is definitely up with WWE. There's no effort put forth in PROPERLY storing their own history - let alone, wrestling history in general. And with the Peacock deal, they've obviously checked-out at this point (when you're getting paid over 9-digits guaranteed, and stop caring about the quality of the product... again, something is up with WWE).

I hate the way Steve Williams career is judged by the lame shoot fighting idea from Shit Stain. I wish more people would remember the man had an unscripted injury, had to get over 100 stitches over his eye and wrestled that night.

Gary Hart was always my favorite manager.

What do you got against Harvey Race? I saw him defend the MWA championship against Don Maricaibo at the Joel Louis Arena when I was a kid, and was a fan ever since. He belongs right up there with the likes of Rock Flair and Duckey Rhodes.

Not '84. According to Gary Hart, he was going to join WWE in the early 2000's to form Black Friday Management and Umaga was going to be one of his clients

I'm not understanding why would you have Legacy Class inside of HOF Class?

If we could get Jim cornette in a studio to do a dan Carlin type history podcast on wrestling history. I would love that.

Holy shit. Finally I hear somebody clarify WTF ethnicity Gary Hart was. Ok he wasn't black, but this man had me fooled more than that white NAACP chick with the curly hair LMAO. I was just watching him on old vids too. Thanks for clarifying that.

At last Gary Hart got the recognised for his contribution to the business.

Surprised the Mulkeys, Rocky King & Italian Stallion aren't in the HOF...... 😜

I's crossed and T's dotted..😂😂

These Legacy Hall of Fame inductees are more worthy than the Bellas, Khali, Shatner, Bischoff and Bradshaw put together

One comment on this: reverse racism technically doesn't exist. Racism is racism, regardless of who it is against. That is the technical definition of the world. I think picking people to meet quotas in general is racist, regardless of which quota they are trying to meet.

It's sad that a lot of wrestlers will get inducted via Legacy rather than having their own induction. So many deserved their own time - Bruiser Brody, Ray Stevens, Gary Hart, Wahoo McDaniel - but because some snot-nosed, bed wetter didn't see them on TV last week, they're "irrelevant" and just get a brief 10 second mention.

Imagine... Buzz Sawyer doing a HOF speech...

Jerry Lawler got Brick House in the HOF

Can't argue with Buzz Sawyer, his shit always looked real 😁

How could anyone forget Big Daddy Siki if they wanted a Black wrestler? Not even the blonde Butch Reed.

I'm thrilled to see the Baron in the HOF, but like they said, waiting until next year in LA would be great. I think his wife Billie is still with us.

Grief, anyone should be in before the Great Khali.

Sheik would have been around 58-59 when he won the WM 17 gimmick battle Royal. Sting is 62 now.

Brickhouse never tried to sue the company that's probably why he's in the hall of fame

They should have a jobber section in the HOF. SD Jones, Iron Mike Sharpe, Brooklyn Brawler, Red Rooster, etc.

Say what you will about his in ring abilities, but Baba was a genius promoter

"Wrestlemania Number" sounds great dependent on the number. "Wrestlemania 5"? Sure. "Wrestlemania 39"? Not so much. "Wrestlemania whole/landmark number (25/30/45/50)"? Yes. "Wrestlemania 29" sounds "Meh, I'll wait for 30"

Dutch Savage should be in Vince's HOF, he was a top star & was a minority owner in the Portland territory

Well.. the WWE did just rehire John Laurinaitis.. He has been known to mix up talent before.. #Yikes

I would of loved to have seen Gary Hart manage Harlem Heat, Doom, and Dewaye "The Rock" Johnson!!!!

Put the Mulkey Brothers in the Legacy HOF!

"Shaska" Watley is in? Well where is Bad News M'fn Brown?

Butch Reed is not in the WWE Hall of Fame and probably never will because of this; In July 2016, Reed was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.

Jim Cornette is great.

"Where they put up the most unflattering picture of them" - Jim Cornette

When you said this Ethel Johnson was inducted an someone from her family posted on "twitter' angry they didnt ask or reach out to them about the induction. Would WWE ever put Owen Hart in without his wife's permission? (And its on camera fact she refuses his induction)

I think Legacy is for those long passed away.

Atleast Kane shouted out Corny

Big fan of cornys but what he needs to realise is Dr Death had a choice he could've sat down and said nah I've got a main event push with scsa coming up why would I want to get into a ring with fucked up rules and try prove to be the "toughest" guy in the wwf...unless it was a vanity thing

Brickhouse was in WWF in the 80s

Shawn Michaels knew brickhouse Brown as well

Triple H knew of brickhouse Brown

The Legacy inductees aka people that we think no one will care about enough to give us money.

I wanna know what the message from Harvey Race was. Never heard of the guy... /s

In the 70s Dick the Bruiser and the Crushers as a tag team could sell out The International Amphitheatre in Chicago against and other tag team. Throw the Hennah family you got a near riot.