Jim Cornette on WCW's Management & Booking Committee In 1989 & 1990

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From Episode 90 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

Someone walks into that broker's meeting. "Hey, Jim?!" Everyone turns around.

@trapmontana9440 3 года назад

These stories never get old about the wcw booking Committee

@Kas58223 3 года назад

I was amazed that they hired these people that knew nothing about the wrestling business and how they treated wrestlers, managers regarding pay and also stupid ideas like Ric Flair to be called Spartacus

@85futureshock 3 года назад

The 1989 run of the Midnight Express is one of the worst, mind boggling burials of a major main event act in history. You had the promotions most talented and most popular tag team, that a year before was drawing record houses and getting cheered by fans outside the south, not only jobbing but working in opening matches and being made to look bad.

@TheHitmanrj Год назад

I might join Jim Cornette when he pisses on Jim Herds grave.

@emobassist 3 года назад

I absolutely love hearing Corny talk about late 80s early 90s wcw

@chadk890 3 года назад

FACTS

@MilMaska 3 года назад

"When Jim Herd woke up that morning it was still 1973" - Jim Cornette

@falagarius 3 года назад

Jim Cornette wakes up in 1983

@InvisibleHotdog 8 месяцев назад

@@falagarius that's crazy considering Jim produced generations of talent from SMW, OVW, ROH, etc and has had the top wrestling podcasts for years

@mrg8581 3 года назад

Jim Herd wanted to turn Ric Flair into Spartacus. Not to mention he created the Ding Dongs. 🙄

@Kas58223 3 года назад

Crazy stuff from a moron that knew nothing

@joebisciglia4341 3 года назад

@@Kas58223 he knew how to make pizza

@Kas58223 3 года назад

@@joebisciglia4341 he was a regional manager for Pizza Hut

@joebisciglia4341 3 года назад

@@Kas58223 correct hence my pizza comment

@chrischar9428 3 года назад

Hes since claimed ot was an idea just thrown around

@jenisia3600 3 года назад

Flair, Corny, JR n Sullivan looking good in that artwork.

@teresabarrera6855 3 года назад

I like to tell myself that Slick Ric went to these meetings wearing his robes WOOOOOO

@teresabarrera6855 3 года назад

I want Jim to do his impressions of Jim Barnett, Dusty, Ernie Ladd and Kevin Dunn all sitting in a room having a conversation

@john_blues 3 года назад

Don't forget Vince McMahon. 'Good Shit, Pal!'

@matthillegas3099 3 года назад

"Jim, I find you tiresome." 🐹🐹

@viralmedianetwork415 3 года назад

I would like them do a watch along the Okada/Omega matches with Barnett & Ross on commentary.

@viralmedianetwork415 3 года назад

I guess I'm thinking of Josh Barnett

@forumcelebritypodcast 3 года назад

he does the best Terry Funk

@matthillegas3099 3 года назад

I love how they're in their gimmicks in the booking meeting. How great would it be to have Cornette, Flair, and Sullivan doing booking meetings in character?

@SegataNoKen 3 года назад

You remember all that Mr. Cornette because you're a passionate wrestling fan and not only a fan but a phenomenal historian. I thank you, we all thank you for your knowledge, and I love you ❤❤❤

@Kas58223 3 года назад

Amazing mind and great storytelling of retelling of his part in the wrestling business

@xLatinAssazzin 3 года назад

@@Kas58223 great story telling are you stupid lol

@Biggie2829 3 года назад

@@xLatinAssazzin are you?

@chadk890 3 года назад

@@xLatinAssazzin Get a clue

@chadk890 3 года назад

@@Kas58223 I still watch the Midnight Express matches

@saltedllama2759 Год назад

Jim's unending wealth of stories never get old.

@Mr.Cynical92 3 года назад

Looking at the thumbnail and I'm like "There's Corny, Flair, JR, Sullivan, Jim Herd and... wait is that Orville Redenbacher?

@johngallagher72 3 года назад

I think its Jim Barnett ...oh my God Jim loved loved Corny ...he was such a little devil ...my boy!

@sprthrwwychnnl73 3 года назад

I thought it was Mitch McConnell

@smarkslowplay3512 3 года назад

Jolly Jimmy Barnett

@travisheckel5576 3 года назад

Jim Barnett my boy

@Timmyk5150 3 года назад

It's Jim Barnett, my boy and while we're on the subject, what are we doing to do to draw money next month????

@parthivsarma6216 3 года назад

It's so crazy how Cornette remembers every minute details of things nearly 30 years ago with even the months, territory, angles and matches that before or after one specific event.

@lucasclark1178 2 года назад

He must have photographic memory

@patrickdoran180 3 года назад

It's truly a shame that WCW was such a mis-managed mess, because they truly had great talent.

@dhornjr1 3 года назад

The booking committee meetings included Jim Herd, Jim Crockett, Jim Barnette, Jim Cornette, and Jim Ross. That's not confusing at all.

@caarrll7117 3 года назад

Jim James Jimmy JR Jay

@chrisjamesr77 3 года назад

That reminds me one time my dad, my brother, and few other relatives went golfing...I bet the scorecard must have looked confusing, considering it was John R, John R, John R, and John S, lol (btw, if anyone's wondering how there was 3 John Rs, one of the last names is different, cus it was a relative from my mom's side)

@thomasredmond5793 2 года назад

so it wasnt a booking committee, but a jim committee :P lmfao

@nealfeldpausch715 3 года назад

When I saw the title... Knew the thumbnail art was gonna be another classic ! Done. And done. 👍

@TheoONLIous 3 года назад

The guy on the right side of the table holding a wine glass looks like Mitch McConnell

@msoileau83 3 года назад

Jim Barnett ma booooooy....

@PeteOG 3 года назад

Those WCW bookers did about as good a job as our government’s doing!

@reggiefields6551 3 года назад

@KaneMagus i believe he prefers the title "cocaine mitch"

@aaroncushinberry1030 3 года назад

Who approved RoboCop?

@teresabarrera6855 3 года назад

Dick Jones Senior VP for OCP

@aaroncushinberry1030 3 года назад

@@teresabarrera6855 😂😂

@michaelhoule2134 3 года назад

No that would be the ED209...

@thomashagen2480 3 года назад

Jimherd

@IWRInteractive 3 года назад

Capitol Combat 1990 was one of my favorite shows for some reason. I must have worn that VHS tape out by watching it 300 times.

@DarksaberForce 3 года назад

What would've happened if late-80 early 90 WCW was run by a booking not hindered by corporate guys? Especially since during that time so man NWA went to WWF because of poor booking choices.

@bonlouis8808 3 года назад

Did Jim Herd ever host any pizza parties in the Booking Committee after his time as head of Pizza Hut?

@willsmith7921 3 года назад

That would have been the only thing he could’ve been good for.

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

Yeah. But then he forgot those tasty garlic knots...on purpose!

@MarkCratusMatzko 3 года назад

iirc there is a story of him getting pizza and beer for the wrestlers. Supposedly Hawk told the entire lockerroom he would beat up anyone who took a slice or a drink, and it was left untouched after the one taping he did this. Shows certainly the respect the wrestlers had for Herd, well deserved.

@AHalevonEric 3 года назад

Jim, JR, Flair, Sullivan and Funk should've been on the committee while everybody else stayed outside.

@chadk890 3 года назад

Exactly

@PatI-zg9gm 28 дней назад

Corny’s Barnett made me chuckle, as does the character on the thumb nail lol.

@msoileau83 3 года назад

That same Jim Herd cartoon 🤣

@endrsgm 3 года назад

i love listening to cornie talk about the mid to late 80s and early 90s. its golden.

@jasonswacker6419 3 года назад

I own the rise and fall of WCW great film.. Jim Ross even mentions that the talent WCW had was better than WWF and the fact WCW had this revolving door of bookers after Flair Cornet and so on. And didn't have any clue how to manage this talent baffles me. All WCW had to do was let the wrestling people run it's program and WCW most likely would of had a better product in the late 80's upwards through all the 90's. Boy WCW screwed the pooch on this one.

@constablekennedy8227 3 года назад

S**TStain has Left the Chat ... 👀

@YogsenForfoth 10 месяцев назад

Travis drew Jim Barnett in a way that makes him look suspiciously like Mitch McConnell. 😂

@chperezjr 3 года назад

Vince purposely humiliated Dusty Rhodes with that stupid polka dots dancing gimmick. Hated everything about it. The same with the ridiculous gimmicks he gave to Barry Windham

@Artegeddin 8 месяцев назад

Humiliated him by having him win most of his matches? By having him wrestle Bossman? DiBiase? Macho Man? He could’ve made him the opening card guy if he wanted to bury him.

@keeganhurley119 5 месяцев назад

@@Artegeddinbingo

@mike04574 4 месяца назад

And dusty still got over with it. He still won matches too

@keeganhurley119 2 месяца назад

Move on you whiny mark. Vince and dusty became good friends. Watch the video of the Dusty Rhodes tribute. Vince is trying to keep his composure but on the verge of tears.

@user-uj7zp5qs7q 15 дней назад

That wasn't specific to Dusty, at that time, in that place, goofy gimmicks were too common. 🙄

@oN3xShOtxkilL 3 года назад

If we are posting old corny rants from the old Vanguard channel than I would love to hear the classic Russo rants

@doubled7080 3 года назад

just type jim cornette vince russo in the utube browser and many will come up.

@positively_broad_st3780 3 месяца назад

How many Jims can fit into one office? Just need to add Valiant, Del Ray, Hellwig, Hillbilly, Jimmy Jam, and Slim...

@LoganSewell83 3 года назад

I wish I could do a run in during the moment depicted in the artwork and yell out, "Hey Jim!"

@DBonaldi 3 года назад

I’m sure Jim Herd is probably a nice guy outside of the working environment, but he was clearly out of his depth. Ok, he gave people jobs and the opportunity to create a living, but he seemed to be a horrible employer and communicator.

@justinswindle4078 3 года назад

Barnett's looking like Mitch McConnell

@kingrama2727 3 года назад

Why is Mitch McConnell in this picture?

@JamaisArriere1 2 года назад

Good lord, you had the 4 Jims in the office!

@jerseyvoid3123 2 года назад

There will never be another human being who broke the fourth wall of reality like the Loose Cannon. I was at a NWA show in fl where Cornette brought Adam Cole from ROH to wrestle for the NWA tile. But my favorite spot in that show ws Kevin Sulivan was part of a tag match as a manager and we were in the front row and I yelled "I respect you booker man" got the biggest pop of the night.

@LastCallComedy 3 года назад

Wow. I remember all this. Eventhough Jim Heard messed things up. It was still epic!

@nickw7235 3 года назад

Oh snap, I’m from altoona. I’m looking for this show!

@johngallagher72 3 года назад

"Oh my God...you're so so wrong Corny . .mmmm I would have luved luved luved to rock Jim Herds boat ...oh my God...my boy "..Jim Barrett

@Geoffchuggachugchugg167 3 года назад

You guys must be thrilled Brandi Rhodes is pregnant. That will be a year break from her confusing booking and bad tv that just doesn’t make sense.

@-JAVY- 3 года назад

Lol she still wont be off tv

@colonelrobertsjr.7882 3 года назад

@@-JAVY- I was just about to say that!! She'll find a way to stay in the mix, baby bump and all!!

@-JAVY- 3 года назад

@@colonelrobertsjr.7882 lmfaoo yep

@manuelper 3 года назад

@@colonelrobertsjr.7882 If they want to truly make a heel, they should have someone attack Brandi (before she gets too big) and kick her in the stomach. That writes her off TV and creates an instant-megaheel.

@lodi70005 3 года назад

@@manuelper It might have worked in the days of kayfabe. Now,nobody would care.

@generallordjowbra8871 3 года назад

I thought Kevin Sullivan was Russo in the thumbnail and had a "huh" moment...

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

Russo: Bro....I'm Kevin Sullivan now, bro!

@thomashenley1903 4 месяца назад

How Jim Herd didn't get his ass whooped by the wrestlers is beyond me.

@TheGGShow77 2 года назад

Cornette is just The BEST! I KNEW this guy was Radio GOLD back when he was swatting the gnats from YokoZuna with his 🎾 racquet! He has the creative gift of gab needed for streaming! Big fan!

@Lord_Bibulous 3 года назад

Jim Herd let Ric Flair leave without losing the WCW/NWA title and *LET HIM KEEP THE ACTUAL BELT!!!* That stupidity alone says enough about Herd's knowledge of the job.

@patrickdoran180 3 года назад

Flair had put a 25K deposit on the belt, which Herd would not pay back. That's why he took it with him.

@Lord_Bibulous 3 года назад

@@patrickdoran180 I know. The money owed to Flair was actually close to 40K with the interest from the initial deposit. Still shows how dumb Herd was. Running a multi-million dollar company and you let that company get embarassed over 40 grand.

@chamae01 3 года назад

Should be a tv series

@john_blues 3 года назад

Wait, Corny was almost a horseman?!?! Shut the front door. I didn't know this.

@TheSportsfan35 3 года назад

@John Blues, no the storyline was going to be Corny "selling" the Midnight Express to Ole that way Ole could manage the 4H & Corny could continue working as a commentator.

@chadk890 3 года назад

Corny actually split up the Horsemen when the Midnights beat Tully and Arn for the NWA belts and the Horsemen were never the same

@willsmith7921 3 года назад

According to a recent Arn podcast, the idea of the Midnight and furthermore Cornette being part of the Horsemen was a fleeting idea at best.

@TheSportsfan35 3 года назад

@@chadk890 That was the fault of the Crocketts pissing off Tully & saying he was not loyal to the company, & they meaning Tully & Arn were being paid LESS in 88 than JJ was that year, that's why they went to work for Vince.

@chadk890 3 года назад

@@TheSportsfan35 Big mistake letting Tully and Arn go. They were the backbone of the NWA. What a team they were!

@codyjack8918 3 года назад

Jim Cornette is so funny yet so real 😂

@davidholzer4155 3 года назад

Imagine having four Jims in a meeting. That would be very confusing

@ricstormwolf 2 года назад

Zenk. Not Zinc 😂😂

@renafan3333 3 года назад

Hey there are people on top,champions that wish they drew as much as Dusty drew in those polka dots. Rib or not

@TheSportsfan35 3 года назад

@renafan3333, if you're talking about the current champs yes, BUT Harley & Dory were better than Dusty as champs.

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

Two things that happened under Jim Heard's reign of terror made me not watch ANY wrestling for over two years: Firstly, Robocop being treated as kayfabe. Even as a kid I knew that was bullshit. Then I saw the freaking Ding-Dongs! Those freakin' Ding-Dongs were as dumb or dumber than The Red Rooster!

@MrChristopherHaas Год назад

My related question involves Tod Gordon at head of table on 88’ tv in regards to dusty rhodes/four horsemen storyline. Was Tod Gordon in wcw management or was he playing a role. The hosts of this show KNOW

@Dakatari 3 года назад

Ww need a Jim Cornette it. Would be awesome to see his Ife on film.

@JBar 3 года назад

what is so damn offensive about polka dots?

@russoswerve3974 3 года назад

I could hear Cornette rag on Jim Herd all day. It’s boring when he trails off about wrestling stories but when he’s wishing death on people he’s worked with/got him fired he’s great

@MrT571 3 года назад

Cornette looks really happy to be here.

@anonymousbo0318 Год назад

So Jim didn't like being told he can't do something cause he and his team weren't main event guys, which they weren't. But nowadays he literally uses this same argument whenever mid carders or the women do interesting things in matches/feuds? What a damn hypocrite.

@marcelmoreau2733 3 года назад

How many times Jim going to have to talk about this? Like every other week spmeone asks about this. Anyone ever watched drivethru or experience should know all this already.

@Limerick1993 3 года назад

Looks like it's from an old episode

@smarkslowplay3512 3 года назад

Episode 90. Also a very interesting subject. Herd was the definition of clueless

@frankbonini7085 Год назад

Ole Was Fired ... Barry Windham Held the Booker Position for a Spell ... Then, Dusty Returned to Take It from Barry (Who Basically, by Barry's Own Admission, Held It till Dusty Was Able to Return & Take It)

@frankbonini7085 Год назад

Kayfabe Commentaries's "WCW TIMELINE : 1991 With Barry Windham" Has Better Detail on It

@frankbonini7085 Год назад

The Angle Could've MADE Pillman a "Main Event Guy"! ... FFS, Jimzy!

@frankbonini7085 Год назад

I Know I'm Yelling at a Guy Who's Been Dead Since 2000 ... I'm Just Giving You All a Hypothetical Thing I'd Say if I Had a Chance - However Possible - to Discuss This with Him

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

Dusty and Sullivan tore up that Florida territory in the early 80s.

@1burnman 2 года назад

Now we know why WCW was so poorly ran

@frankbonini7085 Год назад

Jim, as Well as Jerry Lawler, Was Pretty Much "Straight Edge" Before There Was "Straight Edge" ... That's Quite Possibly Why He's Able to Have Clear Remembrance Abilities

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

People not into wrestling: I'd watch if they were all wearing polka-dot pants.

@timkabatra3126 2 года назад

90s WWF and Jim Herd's WCW were to wrestling what Olive Garden is to Italian Food. Bland and bastardized.

@stinkypinkeee5085 3 года назад

To this day, ALL Create-A-Characters I make wears black with yellow polka dots, if possible...

@luisg.407 3 года назад

Fuuuuuuck, Flair, Arn and The Midnight Express with Corny would have been a sick 4 Horsemen. Flair and Stan Lane would've monopolized ring rats. Lmao

@Lord_Bibulous 3 года назад

Cornette wasn't going to join them. As I remember him saying, he was transitioning to full time commentating. The story would've been that Cornette let them go to join the Horsemen. This way as a heel commentator he can still talk up the Midnight Express.

@g7721 3 года назад

Imagine wanting to rename Flair Spartacus and dress him up like a homosexual Roman gladiator. Maybe if he just waited till 96 he could have teamed with Ron Simmons in his gladiator gear in WWF lol

@TrueJoeyBowie Год назад

Christ, that's a lot of Jims in one room. They had to have been on a last-name basis with each other.

@atomthorium3744 3 года назад

The Dusty 'polka dots' were actually 'CORN IN SHITE'....hence the yellow. Seriously.

@guardianofchaosBD 3 года назад

The ole loaded boot 🥾

@cancelme4200 3 года назад

Lol, cornette talking smack about Jim Barnett 🤣.

@fgajtani 2 года назад

I don't know who these people even are; but I would rather listen to Jim Cornette talk about these people than watch an episode of AEW

@StevePTFOx49 3 года назад

"At 9 I knew it was bad booking". Stop, you didn't. Stop trying to outsmark everyone. Brian is a good dude but constantly acting like "nobody see's wrestling like I doooooo" schtick is so tiresome.

@SammyPro820 2 года назад

Guy likes hearing his own voice. I don't care for him. Corny could do this show with a broom and it be a hit

@StevePTFOx49 2 года назад

@@SammyPro820 perfectly said

@p.d.l7023 3 года назад

"Girls would cry when Brian Pillman would get hurt..." What a bunch of marks.

@darkest_knight4446 3 года назад

First

@imfreviews Год назад

Wow. Cornette talking about how Jim Barnett was really on top of his game thirty years prior but was out of touch in the 80s has irony so deep it could drown a giraffe. Don't get me wrong - I love Corny - but man, that's a dangerous direction to go, my friend.

@juansanchez209 3 года назад

Otis is the modern-day Dusty Rhodes.

@RockSolidEJV420 3 года назад

More like Chris Farley

@juansanchez209 3 года назад

@@RockSolidEJV420 Chris Farley is a draw!

@RockSolidEJV420 3 года назад

@@juansanchez209 So was Dusty. What’s your point?

@juansanchez209 3 года назад

@@RockSolidEJV420 Dusty was a draw. Chris Farley is a draw. You said Otis reminds you of Chris Farley while I said Otis reminds me of Dusty. Based on these connective fibers and inductive reasoning, we can say that Otis is the modern-day Dusty Rhodes. That's my point.

@RockSolidEJV420 3 года назад

@@juansanchez209 Otis is nothing like Dusty though. Otis is just a blundering goofball who has the personality of a child. Dusty was nothing like that. He’s more Chris Farley because of the blundering stuff he does. I’m comparing personalities not drawing appeal.