Jim Cornette on Wrestling Fans Getting Too Involved 

I was at a show in connecticut where my brother was portraying a heel manager sort of character, and of course I directed as much derisive noise at him as possible. At some point, without giving me or apparently anyone else any advance notice he came over and smashed a plastic cup on my head and I acted like I had just gotten shot and slid out of the chair while mumbling "call the police!." Then the security tried to throw HIM out because they thought he was just assaulting random audience members. Supposedly I was even bleeding! Definitely the best part of the day.

A few years ago I was at a indie show at ringside w/a vip seat and during a tag team street fight outside of the ring one of the wrestlers pointed at me and said move, i ran off and looked back and watched as he took my chair bashed his opponent in the head 4 times sat it down and yelled: hey you can have your seat back. lmao

I could listen to Cornette ALL DAY!

>Girlfriend >At a Ring of Honor show lol, no.

“Pretty good shape” really meant “pants fit”

Roddy Piper said one time his favorite trick was to catch a fan trying to get in through the ropes and curb stomp him into the ring apron.

Lawler was probably so used to it that he saw everybody coming. Those Memphis fans were insane.

nothing makes me more angry than when wrestlers fight into the crowd. its a lawsuit waiting to happen if the fans come into the ring or ringside area, then they get what they deserve if they get their ass handed to them. but i beg wrestlers not to brawl into the crowd. brawl in the ring, at ringside, even in the aisleway, but not the crowd, that should be off limits.

I went to a local show in 2007. Two fans front row start beating up one of the wrestlers who roll to the outside. Two other fans and the ring announcer bounce the two out of the place. Also this was during a an ROH style Pure Match.

I remember an incident at a local show where I used to live when some guy who was high as a kite invaded the ring during a match and one of the wrestlers literally grabbed him and threw him over the ropes like a sack of potatoes from roughly the middle of the ring, the idiot's foot got caught in the ropes and he ended up slamming his face into the ring apron so hard the he knocked himself out and shattered his face. That single moment bankrupted both the promoter and the wrestler.

Seeing this after the Fan attack on Rollins lol

I remember being security at an Indie show where the wrestlers decided that brawling in the kids area would be a great idea. The parents were all like "if my son gets hurt I'mma sue your ass"

For a great wrestling riot, check out Spiros Arion vs Colin Joynson, it's on youtube.

I'd been wondering about that with current day ROH. They have a spot almost every week on TV where they launch a guy into the middle of a railing section, and of course, if moves right into the fans' knees and shins. That has to hurt like hell, and I'm surprised it hasn't broken legs.

One of the wildest riots I've seen is when the road warriors vs Curt Hennig and the baron and it turned into a total mess.

Thought this was going to be about Tony Khan...

Try to imagine if UFC fighters were allowed to draw heat like that.

Oh man, where is the video with the story about the Midnights fighting the guy in West Virginia? That happened in my hometown of Beckley, have been wanting to hear Jim's story on that for years.

I think the last time and pro wrestling that fan scared enough and believes enough to jump the rails and hit the railing to go after the heel was the Monday Night War era. I can remember several times in WCW That WCW fans would storm the ring to get at the NWO guys. Hell a lot of times WCW fans we’re getting into fistfights with NWO fans. I was a huge NWO fan and my mom drove a school bus for the county that she had parked outside our house. The night after WCW fall brawl wargames 1997 some diehard 4 Horsemen fans spray painted “fuck you nwo “ on my mom’s bus. I really miss the 80s and 90s. Today’s fans really aren’t into it like we were. We actually really loved someone in the ring or really hated somebody in the ring. Today it’s the fans going there so they can take over a show and it’s all about the fancy instead of the show.

I had a wrestler land on my foot at an indy show once. My first thought was I gotta move out of the way.

I don't know how more accidents with fans didn't happen at the Sportatorium in Dallas with World Class. Fritz Von Erich was a lawsuit fixin to happen by only having DENTAL FLOSS surrounding ringside to protect fans from wrestlers because he was too cheap to get real steel barricades to do the job! Even Mid South up the road had barricades--at least Bill Watts had enough legal sense to realise that was a liability and was willing to spare that expense to keep fans and wrestlers safe

So now I've learned that Jimmy Jacobs isn't someone to fuck with

People are going to have to sign and agree they will take full responsibility for their actions and will not sue before entering an event. A few people ruining things for everyone else has to stop.

Ahhh wrestling before the "you dee-zerve it" generation took over

Holy shit that emailer was either lying or he’s a total mark for himself. Jacobs would have kicked his ass

But Jimmy wasn't scared of the big guy

And that's why we have metal detectors at shows these days😅

Why does everybody that is 6'4 think they are a bad ass 🤣

I wish I had of heard of this fellah earlier but I’m listening now lmfao

[ insert "watch out, we got a badass over here" meme here ]

Zami Zayn was ready to cross the barrier..... 😉🤔😜😂

The best crazy fans ever were the Wild Samoans; scaring the shit out of every heel going into the ring.

Monroe Civic Center mid South wrestling.Iron Mike sharp thru Ted Dibiase onto me and a cousin of mine.Cornette was standing in center of entrance . Yes good times

FYI about the beginning of this video for those who may not know (or care to use a search engine), Tyler Black is WWE's Seth Rollins.

The late blackjack mulligan was also stabbed by a fan in his leg loss a lot of blood

we'd have flipped on them.....im ded.

Fan jumps Nikita during Nikita v. Flair.

Depends if you jump the railing to fight Shawn Michael's you might get the best of him but if you jump the railing against haku that might be the last thing you ever do. Or new jack imagine that happening

Someone pulled a knife on Moxley back in WWE and Mox was a major baby face

During Randy Savage's run in WCW, fans would always try to get into the ring whenever he was in a match. Never saw fans do that to anyone else.

Triple H Stone Cold match, Hunter was all over that dude.

Anyone else sleep listening to Jim>? I don't even care about wrestling anymore.

If it was like it was back in the day I bet the young bucks would lose matches after being hit by the trash people threw into WCW rings. First grade little ass got knocked out by a paper bag maggle!

1:07 DEAD

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I'm 5'8 and have whooped 2 ppl over 6 foot. That mark at the start must think tallness equals being a ultimate soldier lol

I was at this SHOW. The guy was watching the men's bathroom all night long. He also had knee pads on and every time a guy wud go n the bathroom the 6 ft 4 guy wud apply chap stick and follow the man n the bathroom

Cornette lies. He himself tells the story of how the Samoans were recruited because they kept beating up the heels so they had to smarten them up to stop it.

Old wrestling, I get the appeal, but it had the dumbest fucking fans. You're on parole and you're willing to lose it because of a fake fight? You never deserved it to begin with, and if you thought it was real, same thing. I don't care what Cornette says, WWF's "cartoon wrestling" from the 80s on & most of the brief time WCW was in existence were the best for wrestling. The only problem with it nowadays are the joke wrestlers and all the dorky, nerdy losers known as smarks.