Jim Cornette Reads A TNA TV Format 

I'd love for someone to send an AEW format to Jim for him to read and review on air.

Sounds like Russo thought he was writing a soap opera or an episode of HEELS! BTW Is HEELS still in production?

Mind you this is supposedly supposed to be what "happened" in this production meet.... in supposedly 2009, according to Ole Corny here. How the heck do I know this is legit. This idiot could be making the whole goddamn thing up just to get more views on his RU-vid video 🙄😒. Cornette is a washed up out of touch old man who likes to relive the "glory days" of 1980's American "Pro Wrasslin" 🤭🤔😃🖕🤷🏽....

@@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster You sound like a sexually frustrated troll who apparently enjoys masochism since you intentionally choose to listen to a man you apparently don't like talk for nearly an hour about something you clearly disagree with him on. I get it though, there always needs to be a contrarian in the mix somewhere. BTW, Mike Tenay has confirmed this meeting happened exactly as Cornette has described it over the years. Jarrett, Dutch, and Taylor have also confirmed that Cornette's description of that meeting is about 99% accurate. As far as him wanting todays Sports Entertainment to be like his "glory days" of southern wrasslin; well why wouldn't he? That was when there were nearly 10 different wrestling promotions in the United States alone that made between 1 million to 5 million dollars a year. That was when there were plenty of places for up and comers to work and learn different styles, techniques, and so on. That was when the top guys could actually go out in the middle of the ring with a microphone and almost literally hold an audience of an average 5k to 20k people in the palm of their hands. That was when pro wrestling was taken seriously as a business and because of that it looked and felt real to a lot of people. Between the past product and the current product of now, there is no comparison. Wrestling from 1980-2001 was at it's absolute zenith. Where even low card guys could make 50k+ a year. That's why we continually see both indy promotions and even the AEW do their absolute damnedest to emulate pro wrestling's product and presentation from back then. They know how good it was. What we have now is a horrible product from all companies on a nightly basis. Where all of the top stars all wrestle the same style and all use nearly the exact same moveset as one another. Where all it takes to get a "This is Awesome" or "Holy Shit" chant is someone jumping off of something. Nothing means anything anymore. Fans have to see the exact same garbage every time they tune in and they drool all over themselves when Omega, the Young Bucks, Bryan Danielson, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, and the vast majority of everyone else do the exact same thing every time they get in the ring. It's hilarious how utterly asinine people like you are. I guarantee that if you like today's garbage wrestling then you would've died from excitement if you watched Pro Wrestling in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Also, Cornette was a HUGE name in wrestling from 86-2010. Hell, he was just as manager for 95% of that time and I would say that during that time period he was a bigger name, a better draw, and a better talker than 99% of the guys wrestling today. I'd say that right now, Punk, Lesnar, Danielson are the only North American wrestlers with bigger names than that of Cornette from 85-2010. Even today, right now, he's wrestling's best personality AND HE'S NOT EVEN IN IT ANYMORE. It's sad where wrestling has gone. No wonder wrestling has lost nearly 90% of it's audience from it's absolute peak. Anyways, I digress.

@@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster well other than the fact that multiple sources including Dutch Mantell, Mike Tenay and Don West have confirmed it, the program Jim read off was also shot and televised. It was known forever that shitstain was head of creative for the time period so who else would be in charge of creating the TV formats?! Plus if Jim is such an alleged liar, how come he told this story the exact same way in his interview with Matt Striker 5 years ago?! Usually liars can't keep track of their lies.

And you know that Russo wanted Stevie to emphasize "CHRIS" just the way Jim said it to drive home the point that "it's a shoot bro".

"I tell you, bro, you're gonna love it bro..."

Bullet Point!

HEAT BRO! 😂😂😂

Why are you taking it so serious?! It's just wrestling bro!

So you want him to "expose the business"? Thats heresy!!!

Bulletpoint: HEAT! That would of had me dying!

I agree but hopefully Russo won't sue him

Because they're professionals and only an asshole laughs in a colleagues face publically?

TNA should've let Russo go earlier because he was messing up the shows.Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter screwed up big time.

28:48 For people to watch it again

That was one of the most hearty laughs I've heard from Brian. I can almost see his face turning read and eyes watering from laughter.

Oh I was dying laughing at this… “Heat”… well then what the hell was Kurt doing with the barbed wire and the bat? Ice?? Lmao

It is the main reason why I already have several rewatches of this clip lol.

That laugh is grating to the ears like nails on a damn chalkboard

*Formats! Only Marks say script! 😂

@@dgwfigures5259 Russo never wrote a format in his life though.

More entertaining than wwe today

@@dgwfigures5259 what Russo wrote was actually a script though. that's how bad he was. there are actual differences between a script and format outside of just being industry terminology.

It's hilarious. The effects of restricts blood flow to every muscle. Well there's a very important muscle called Cardiac muscle. so if Dr Stevie spiked Abyss with then Abyss would have had a cardiac arrest and died lol.

I was drinking coffee and nearly spit it all over my laptop. Some of the shit Jim comes up with lmfao

😂😂😂😂😂

More like Jerry springer shit

Vince Russo was too busy doing his "real job" -- doing EVERYTHING that cutie patootie Dixie Carter told him to.

I had to rewind it 7 times

I was just on the edge of falling sleep, and then I heard it xD.... omg woke me up saying: WTF was that?, what?

@@tjs1098 you’ve tried already? Lol..which one the Fruity? The Frosted or did u combine Peanut Butter and chocolate to make it like a reesie cup like corn says 😂

".... why are we going down this road??" Oh Brian, the spot hasn't *begun* to gloriously derail yet.

“Fuckin’ gum bump in’, no-polar bitch” had me laughing as hard as Brian.

"Rant" is the best way to describe his ad pitches.

it's obnoxious

I died laughing at"Heat"

I imagine Brian's belly shaking like Santa claus, as he laughs!

@@malikevans2615 I agree. Sounds fake and forced

@@Ratmann8436sounds like your shitstain replying to yourself 😂🤣

Magic mushrooms

​@EwanCumia the mushrooms used to create blank

I envisioned all of them at the production table talking about the format and he's curled up in the corner with his bag as a pillow and they just ignore him like it's a common occurence lol

or the cringiest is more accurate lol

It's more entertaining than watching the actual show!

Like...you know it's going to be good and then it turns out even better. Also, "Heat"

Would’ve been nice if Tenay would’ve called in and read some of it in his Tenay monotone eye rolling delivery..give you that feeling of a production meeting 😅

Hahaha it sure was! Had me cracking up.

@@jaymeister4850 😊nq🎉-🎉❤😅

That line right there had me laughing so hard Pure Gold

Sounds like my brothers ex wife 🤣

@@MrJjburgess11 hahahaha and my brother’s too🤣

Well there was no Format...heel, babyface, go...

Hell you could do a whole podcast just on this type of stuff. Not like there’s a lack of material, lol.

I really don't understand what was so funny about it.

@@micharogowski9538 okay

I've been trying to do that for a year lol

😂😂

That goddamn thing probably has chapters and tabs.

@@zlinedavid No wonder it's such a snoozefest nowadays.

@@zlinedavid Sort of like Kayleigh McLieany (Donald Trump's last "Press Secretary" aka "personal and Cabinetcritter entertainment") and her book of lies. Everything McLieany said was a lie but she had a large three ring binder with chapters and tabs for every lie she might have to tell that day.

@@mharris5047 she had binders full of women, and she's married to a minor league pitcher who's brother is a Trump crook. I call her KayLie MagaNazi.

@@mharris5047 keep your personal political views to yourself. This is a wrestling page take that bullshit to CNN or MSNBC you tube pages.

Pretty much just summed up why a lot of people think Russo is a hack. Even the ones who like sports entertainment instead of wrestling.

Yep... I download them offline so that I can play them while I'm out fishing on the boat where the service isn't so good on the lake

I find that Corny is especially funny after a drink or soMe weed.

@@lmaoitsmee1812 down right hilarious....I had a girl that would casually sleep over and hookup every once in awhile and when I'd be listening to corny and she'd overhear she'd be like who is that guy and why is he so hilarious mad.... I would just say Babe...There's not enough time to get you to understand. Just know he's lost all hope 🤣🤣🤣

The omnibus collections (especially 86/87 mid south) are awesome to fall asleep to.

@@palecurve you said it

Yes, "stopping the blood flow to EVERY muscle in the body" is only possible if you stop the heart with a heavy depressant that paralyses the CNS, which also makes you unable to breathe. Or by exsanguinating the victim, which also stops the heart after the blood volume has dropped enough. Either way, Abyss would be unconscious, get irreparable brain damage, and die. He would not be able to hear "Dr. Stevie's" bargain-bin Bond villain speech. RuBro is one of the dumbest people who ever worked in pro wrestling. And that's REALLY saying something, considering some of the numpties that have run around in that world over the decades!

July 9, 2009

Impact has gotten better wrestling wise and they're traveling again at least.

And as sad as it is that I have to say this....I'm actually glad that they still haven't been killed off. They play an important marker in the wrestling ecosystem

Its because of the blank!

@@JBlingBlang 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Basically all that happens in the segment in Stevie attacks Abyss. Why all this high cost, elaborate nonsense for what could have been accomplished by having Stevie jump Abyss in catering?

Then Hogan and Bischoff

This is everything to you?

Being from Philly, yes...this video is EVERYTHING!!! All it means from these parts is that it's very well done...something I, and many others obviously, want to see a lot more of. Word to the wise, don't try to come at me on my comments. I am actually in the business and can prove it....and I will slay u every single time hands down! Period!

LMFAO

Wow.

Being fair, they had their legitimate high points: the often mentioned Samoa Joe vs a debuting Kurt Angle, the period of time where the Knockouts division was booked so hot that they ended up pulling off a whole episode of Impact with girls matches that was one of the highest rated and reportedly made quite a few of the guys jealous, and the original Global Impact show(s) in 2008 with New Japan. Problem was they could never sustain those highs, and either blew everything up to "start over", squandered anything that was truly working, or both simultaneously. And the trainwrecks and bullshit is what everyone clings to for *ironic* entertainment because the good stuff is so few and far between.

@@DefendYoungstown 06 (after Jarrett) - 10 TNA was still pretty solid though.

@@lmaoitsmee1812 I watched since the weekly PPV days. I gave up a few years ago though. Don't regret it.

@JOVANKA---------👇🥰 desperate Ho's need love too I guess

@@Kevin-cy4qn It's a spambot, you bellend! Report that shit and move on!

Every interview has "gets attacked back stage" at the end of it .

With this as the subtitle: (Whilst having primetime on national television, the backing of millions of dollars, and one of the greatest rosters ever assembled) Oh! And the header on the cover could be this: WRESTLING COMPANY ON A POLE