Jim Cornette on Working For TNA 

"Fireworks in a broom closet" This line kind of sums up the entire history of TNA.

I use to enjoy watching TNA back in 2004-2009. When Hogan joined the company it went downhill fast.

Thank God Jim will never run out of amazing stories

loved the repeated "YUP", it's like i'm watching storage wars.

The irony is, if Vince McMahon saw the sick in bed segment with Shark Boy, he would have absolutely loved it and tried to figure out how to copy it the next week on RAW or sign Shark Boy himself.

Say what you want about Shark Boy, but his tag team with New Jack was some of the funniest TV I've ever seen.

Shark Boy lives literally right down the street from me lol. Had the pleasure of wrestling with him in the local Indys in 2011-2012ish

Don't forget that Dixie took advantage of Billy Corgan, taking his money while making false promises.

I thought the Shark Boy Steve Austin was pretty good, a decent comedy bit. Even Shark Boys time with New Jack and then later on with Curry Man was also great! Gimme a Shell Yeah!

I love Jim’s TNA stories!!

Sorry Jim. Stone Cold Shark Boy is in my boy stable. Way, way over with me.

"Now I needed to do better than my best to counter balance Vince Russo's badness. But ofcourse I overestimate myself because not even I am that good" - Jim Cornette

"They didn't know how to wind their ass, or scratch their watch!" 😂

I was just in the former impact zone it’s now being used primarily for Horror nights mazes and funny enough AEW Dark tapings.

"Pyro in a broom closet." 😂🤣 100% ON-POINT!!!

Dr. Stevie was such an asinine gimmick but I stand by Shark Boy's fishbowl house.

The fishbowl story had me in stitches.

Brian's laugh the moment Dr. Stevie was brought up 😂🤣. The dumbest gimmick

That "yep" said everything

Debit card Dixie really lost her company IRL like a TNA storyline

2006 TNA days were great compared to WWE/AEW 2021!

That was a heck of a shift for the ad at the end. Well done Jim!

I got my grandson hooked on the "Shark Boy" gimmick. We loved the matches he had with Curry Man (Christopher Daniels). It was a horrible work, but when he was 4 years old he loved it. It was funny AF.

One of my favorite things In TNA was the shark boy steve austin thing, the fish puns were real! "I'm gonna whoop somebody's bass" "Give me a shell yeah!" "And that's the fishin' line cause shark boy said so"

When you hear the term "fumbling the bag", TNA comes to mind. National tv, the best roster of in ring wrestlers, WWE was fucking up/losing fans. How did they fuck all that up?

Please create an Omnibus about Jim's time in TNA. These stories are genuinely appreciated.

Funny how Jim can remember any day of any year dating back to the 60s. Fucking legend.👍

When he mentioned Shark Boy, I thought he was gonna mention the Fish Market Street Fight between Shark Boy and Curry Man (Christopher Daniels) against the Dudley's / Team 3-D

Imagine how different TNA would have been today if Jeff Jarrett was not sent home after stealing Angle's wife.

I actually started watching TNA as an alternative to WWE way back in 2007. 2005/3006 are often touted as TNA's best years. Personally I really enjoyed the product until 2010. Then once again when they started to heal a little from the damage caused by Hogan etc. But boy has that company seen bad management.

3:07 “pyro in a f*cking broom closet” LMFAO

The ad spots are some of the best parts on both the Experience and Drive-Thru.

I just started watching IMPACT this year after not watching for years. I really enjoy what I've seen

Does anyone else smile when Jim plays the Stephen P New Ad?

Hasn’t tna been around longer than wcw at this point?

I see the [Blank] has taken effect...never gets old.

It’s hilarious how Russo is responsible for sinking 2 wrestling companies, out of the 3 he’s been employed with.

This was literally the first TNA ppv my brother and I ever bought. I remember this delay well

Loved Shark Boy. Wish someone would let him do something on tv.

Pyro in a broom closet!!

I was at the TNA ppv where the roof went on fire that was a whole mess I remember staring at roof more than the actual match I think Eric young was on it the good thing is when they send us back in I rush and got better seats

I was never the biggest fan of the Stone Cold gimmick but I loved Shark Boy just as himself, reminded me a bit of The Hurricane. And if look past his overall masked presentation he's actually a decent wrestler.

Here we go..

"Didn't know whether to wind their ass or scratch their watch." Classic.

Despite the silliness of the Shark Boy gimmick Jimbo. Dean Matthew Roll was a great wrestler who's impersonation of Stone Cold was actually very spot on.

Everybody's talking about Dr Stevie and Shark Boy, while I'm over here in awe of the best ad read I ever heard.

I love that Jim refers to “shitstain” and we all know who he’s talking about

Thank you Hulk Hogan (along with Dixie) for completely ruining a pretty decent TNA

8 more wrestlers released from WWE. I remember when it used to be everybody's dream job.

TNA has some great matches and bat shit crazy but fun storylines and gimmicks. Angle, Sting, AJ, Joe Beer Money, Beautiful People, Gail/Kong/Mickie/Victoria to name a few. The fanbase enjoyed TNA more than just " fed = dead" too which was nice. Most of the TNA stories folks tell are always entertaining as well.

In my opinion, when Jim was a part of TNA, TNA was the best promotion not named WWE at that time and I could argue that it was way better than both current WWE AND AEW now

I would love for Cornette to listen to a TNA based episode of Jeff Jarrett's My World Podcast. And then do an episode of the Drive-Thru giving his commentary on that podcast. That would be awesome.

Sharkboy was over af in TNA.

To me TNA always felt like it never hit its stride. It had an ok start despite the weird weekly PPV deal and would almost get going when it got bigger names but, always just stumbled over itself trying too hard in attempts to “go to war”. That’s why I get nervous when Tony Khan tries to take it to WWE so early. Just take your opportunities and let the company grow naturally.

I will always miss Meme Era TNA with the godawful storylines like Claire Lynch

I remember hearing a fire alarm during Raw because of the pyro smoke

"The family is still here, Dr. Fishman is still here, Nurse Bass is still here."

The Claire Lynch angle will stand out or anything involving Jeff Jarrett

Another great one Travis!

Tetrodotoxin is what Shitstain was too lazy to look up. It was used in the movie Law Abiding Citizen. Gerard Butler’s character used it to paralyze one of the men who he was going to kill. He explained that it causes paralysis, but leaves you conscious and doesn’t block pain.

Things about TNA I still wanna know about from Corny: -TNA's X-Division vs today's video game wrestling -Motor City Machine Guns -Agenting gimmick matches like Ultimate X, Terror Dome/Steel Asylum, Tuxedo matches

Brian just cracking at the end trying to segue lmao

Still pop at the Stephen P. New plug

Corny was starting to sound like that Dave Hester guy from storage wars with the Yups!🤣👍

Shark Boy was brilliant

The PPV in question was 2006 Hard Justice, and the fire occured during the Eric Young/Johnny Devine match FYI

Didn’t aj styles say they wanted to cut my wage in half after hogan that’s not for me brother came in

I loved Stone Cold Shark Boy 😂😂

I honestly loved sharkboy as a kid. He was over for me but i definitely understand jim not being a fan of that gimmick lmao

Is that the World Class Championship Wrestling theme song

Trying to picture a pot of piss flying out of a window and hitting some poor shrub in the face cracked me up! Oh Jim!

Corny never ceases to amaze "Didn't know whether to wind their ass or scratch their watch."

I remember them having the shark boy set haha.

Jim got mad again just telling the story about Sharkboy's house. Ha.

I've been waiting for this

I was also at the show that involved a roof being lit on fire. I can let you know, Universal Studios was less than pleased. The entire arena was filled with smoke that night.

From a fellow Kentuckian, I laughed everytime Cornette said "Pot o' piss"

Watching old TNA/Impact just makes me wonder to myself, imagine if TNA/Impact had Tony Kahn’s money and didn’t get taken over by Hogan and Bischoff. Then they probably would’ve actually been a threat to WWE and we wouldn’t need AEW.

I love sharkboy when he did the stone cold thing was grate oh shell yea lol

I live for the Steven P News ad

Im 30 seconds in, I dont know if Jim mentions this, but I remember this vividly. The fans even chanted "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire." First and only time that chant was ever chanted at a wrestling show. Look it up.

Looking back on it , yeah that totally tells me Vince Russo.

Thais happened at TNA Hard Justice 2006 during the opening match between Eric Young & Johnny Devine.

I'm just curious because I haven't listen to Jim and Bryan a lot but has anyone emailed or tweeted them to talk about the incident involving Jeff Hardy and Sting at TNA's Victory Road in 2011?

PYRO IN A BROOM CLOSET IS DIRTY WORK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

It is extremely strange to think about how when wrestling was hot in the 80s and 90s the status quo was constantly changing. The Hogan era started in 1984 and by 1990 most of the territories were gone. WCW as the national promotion owned by Turner was around for about a dozen years. ECW was around for less than 10. But when wrestling has been cold we've had a steady status quo for years. From 2002 until AEW appeared in 2019 the North American wrestling landscape was WWE, TNA and ROH despite TNA being essentially a money pit from day one. How on Earth did companies that were hot during the Monday Night Wars die out so soon while TNA/Impact has lasted almost 20 years?

I would love more Jim cornette watch alongs

I remember watching that ppv

I agree with Jim plenty.... but I will ALWAYS love Shark Boy hahahah

Oh Shell yeah!

"None of them had a fucking clue whether to wind their ass or scratch their watch." How does he come up with these things on the fly like this? It's incredible

@7:27 sounds like Vince took notes of that 😂😂

Give some TNA/Impact Wrestling some credit for still around in the business today. Plus Impact Wresting isn’t that bad like most people say about it give it a try and watch it.

Brian busting up laughing trying for the Steven P. Nu segway was perfect. 😂😂😂

Jim been listening to Deadlock lately lmao better try this ONE MORE TIME

We need more TNA stories …

I don't know why, but hiring a lawyer to throw piss at people in court is fucking hilarious😀 and the way justice should be

Shark Boy 24/7 says "I just bit your ass"

What TNA PPV did the pyro catch the building on fire 🔥 lol

Can’t wait for his take on the new releases. Like who saw hit row being dropped already