Jim Cornette Reviews Dark Side Of The Ring's Chris Adams Episode 

Chris Addams is so out of the loop = Everyone is thinking that Shawn Michaels invented The Super Kick.

The eyes glowing red, literally, was a nice touch but it did make it feel like he was gonna hit someone with the Omega Beams, not a superkick.

Even though the act that followed it was completely reprehensible, the "Feel the Powah" quote was hilarious.

To say Neil Adams, Chris' brother, was an internationally ranked judo star is slightly underselling it. He was a two-time Olympic silver medallist and a World Champion. He was actually a big celebrity in the UK as a result in the 80s and early 90s

Did anyone else see the part where it dawns on Kevin Von Erich that Chris Adams was a piece of shit and he's shattered

That thing in the episode where he essentially pulled that guy's scalp off was genuinely sickening.

How is Jeanie still alive and well... Married Stone Cold and Billy Jack and dated Chris Adams. The stories she must have

I am glad that I am not the only one that thought Boo-Ray looked like The Miz's dad. LOL

Surprised Chris Adams demise didn't happen around the same time as Gino's because they shared the party lifestyle as tag team partners

LMAO, That looks like Larry Zbyszko, not Chris Adams. 😆😆😆😆😆

When Jim says he just and Midnight just wanted to collect his $1k a week in 1986 from World Class, that's almost $2800 per week today.

Chris Adams was a perfect example of someone getting in their own way. The guy was such a great talent that should've gone further in the business if not for his personal demons.

14:43 brian missed the perfect woooooo-ings spot right there😂

I still watch 1985 Mid Atlantic almost every night before bed! WCCW is still awesome to watch as well!

Chris Adams should have been one of the biggest stars in the industry but his behavior reduced his career and legacy to being just Steve Austin’s trainer and a PSA for why alcohol and drugs can get you killed.

There is a BBC documentary on RU-vid probably called 'The Golden Age of British Wrestling'' from about 10 years ago, Adrian Street is in it among others. It would be interesting if Jim Cornette watched and reviewed that, as well as Louis Theroux's wrestling doc from 1999 where he goes to the WCW power plant.

I took a picture with him when I was a kid at a local wrestling show. It only cost five dollars probably two years before he died.

The Apter magazines always listed Brian Adias as Adidas! 😂

I just watched this last night. I'm glad they hadn't forgotten about these lol

This show overlooked Adams's time in the UWF with his feud against Terry Taylor.

As a kid I remember Chris Adams in WCW and saw some old tapes with him later on. Top 3 Superkicks ever. Sucks his personal life was insane.

I like Dark Side of the Ring... I like learning NEW Things Keep doing those episodes 🎉

The first time I saw Adams, and he was a baby face, I thought he'd be a perfect match for Flair. Post Dusty, Pre Sting, mid 80s. He was really good. Him and Geno were a great heal tag team. He trained Steve Austin for crying out loud.

Boo Ray lives just down the road from me here in Mansfield, Texas, believe he’s in his 70s now

The "One Man Gang" has to be one of the Greatest Wrestling Names ever😁... On a sadder note, there were a lot of untimely deaths in WCCW, not just the Von Erich's but also Geno Hernandez. 😢

That Dusty Rhodes muffler line at the end got me 😂

I love how Jim's voice drops an octave when he says, "it's a common name down south".

Booray's house - you can check in, but you can't check out.

I Remember Ron Price from those Justin Credible ECW days when he was part of his group

Adams vs Taylor feud started in Watts UWF. Terry Taylor turning heel on Adams was one of the only good parts of the dying days of Watts.

As a '90s kid, I read about Chris Adams' storyline where he got blinded in one eye and I HAD to track a tape down to see it. The magazine (Wrestling All-Stars) made such a big deal of it.

Brian’s impression of Kevin Von Erich is brilliant 😂😂😂😂

Wccw used to air on one of the UHF channels here in the NYC area

I literally LOLd at Jim's "Booyah" line!

I was a Global fan and remember when he pulled Rod Price’s weave off, no idea it was intentional. They even tried to turn it into an angle, they guy he wrestled the next week cut a promo about taking his weave out before wrestling him because he didnt want the same thing to happen to him..

In 87 Sting turned face to help Chris in 87 UWF. Stings first promo was in Thibodaux LA tv taping.

Having lived in Dallas at this time I can say one thing for certain,we never saw the midnight take on the fantastics.

We need episodes for Rick Rude Mitsuharu Misawa Mike Awesome Hana Kimura Daffney Mr Perfect British Bulldog Brian Christopher Perro Aguayo Jr Sean O Haire Louie Spicolli Bobby Duncum Jr and John Kronus

Tully and Gino had history back in Texas. Tully's dad ran a promotion. The question has also been tossed around at times online as to whether or not Gino would have fit as a Horseman.

Man was a psychopath. But just imagine being a wrestler you achieve moderate success but then you train Steve Williams who marries your ex and becomes stone cold Steve Austin damn. It probably ate at him everyday. If he was able to get over that he could have ended up being a great trainer And discovered more wrestling stars

The thing I remember most about Chris, is having one of the Apter mags with a story telling how wonderful a man and husband he was (as if he was a wrestling saint).

man, i could listen to jim tell stories all day long. my listen of choice when taking long drives or when flying.

I haven't watched wrestling in about twenty years. Somehow through algorithms in the last year, ive grown to love this podcast. I could listen to Jim and Brian talk about anything. It has also peaked my interest enough to be aware of whats happening in wrestling but not enough to start watching it. Im tempted though.

16:02 About Chris Adams' attack on an Israeli citizen, The Israeli archives of that time say that Chris attacked a receptionist, At the hotel where he stayed, The employee is a 26-year-old Israeli Christian, and has been classified as seriously injured in the head. Chris gave the receptionist a list of phone numbers in the United States, The last phone number came in a delay for Chris. He got angry and went down to beat the receptionist, He pushed the worker and hit him in the head. The employee was operated on in the hospital, He was injured in the retina and the tear bag. This event was the day before their last show in Israel. And thanks again to Jim and Brian or as Jim calls him "Mr co-host to you" :)

The true tragedy is how he treated other people, including *killing someone*, not the decline of his career that could've been greater. Feel bad for the people negatively effected and for his family/friends losing him than feel bad about him losing his career.

So, Chris & Gino were literally the Shawn Michaels & Razor Ramon, Diesel (during 2 Dudes with Attitudes phase), or HHH (in their first DX run), of their day & era in WCCW. That is kinda how I’ve always seen them.

25:00 i did a spit take at work 😂 u guys are awesome

I gotta watch more of your content Mr Cornette - this is pretty damn funny

It was add watching this doc a few days ago....... Beat for beat, I could have sworn I'd seen it before....... Did someone else do a Chris Adams docu not so long ago?

Cornette should write a book on the History of Wrestling

"Feel the powwer" It is messed up, but I love hearing Kevin tell that story.

There is a chris adams documentary out there . Really gos into a little more detail on the death of chris adams . I believe there's pics from the scene of death . Explains it a bit more

Dark side has to do an episode on Jim cornette

Deep and disturbing at times. Huge fan during the World Class years. Must see episode.

PNW before Texas. The head shave occurred in PNW in a program with Rip Oliver.

I actually met James Beard a few years ago. He came to my college to speak on a panel. Such a nice guy. He loved i was a wrestling fan lol

Freebirds and Jimmy Garvin were heels while express were in wccw if memory serves me right. So was the Grappler and Killer Brooks. Brian Adias was a face that i rooted for then

quote from the great Brian last “yes” lol

BOO RAY! BOO RAY! BOO RAY!

Given Jim's affinity for the backwoods of Louisiana from his days in Mid-South, I'm surprised he didn't remark about "BooRay" being a Cajun card game (that, ironically, can get contentious).

This season of Dark Side has been awsome

Bourré (Booray), means drunk in French means “💩Faced Drunk” or “a bag Crammed with clothes” or so I have been told, however Bourrè is a trick tacking card game that can get very expensive if you Bou/Boo ie do not take a trick, or if you miss play your cards and are caught. If either of these rules are broken you have to match the pot and I have seen people Bou/Boo multiple times in one hand. The game can be played with 2-8 players and as legend has it or so I has been told to me was invented by card playing gamblers who wanted a card game that would not give “card mechanics” (bottom dealers etc). I learned to play the game shooting Skeet as it is the official unofficial game of the NSSA, it also very popular in Louisiana, and from friends I have in the US Merchant Marines there is a 24/7 game of it played on most Cargo ships.

Had no idea he was Neil Adams brother! For anybody who doesn’t know, his brother is a legendary judoka who was known as one of the best most technical grapplers ever. He has a kinda tragic story as well, winning two Olympic silver medals when everybody thought he would definitely win gold both times

Drugs and alcohol change people. I've seen it first hand and it's sad all around. Sometimes you have NO choice but to defend yourself and it can end badly. When someone is beyond drunk, there's no reasoning with them.

Chris Adams wrestled in Portland just before Dallas.

24:57 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I want a supercut Omnibus of Brian Last laughing about something Jim says. 🙏

"SELF DEFENSE, MURDERING and HEAD SHITTING" 😅😅

They never cover much of anyone's midsouth/uwf career.. that's the best part

I thought jim and brian were gonna make fun of the glowing eyes and how hokey it was, especially brian, but nope, no mention

I've wondered about the self defense claim too. BooRay's mom lived there and she said she never heard a shot. It was a .357 magnum, you can hear that a mile away. If BooRay was drunk too, he may not have realized he had done it, and had to think fast

Big Johnny! You got yo' mufflah?

When is Cornette going to review The Iron Claw??????????

Chris Adams was certainly no Gentleman

I watched Chris Adams when he first started with World Class. He was really a helluva worker and even when you watch his WCW stuff and he was past his prime, it was still really great. My friend Dave was the only other person watching World Class at the time since we were from Upstate NY. After World Class' heyday it was difficult to figure out where Chris was (I believe he had some major legal trouble before the girl he did GHB with died). But anytime he would pop up on TV and either Dave or I saw it, we would call the other to tell them that Chris was on TV because he was just that damn good. Him signing with WCW showed the issues with having too large of a roster. WCW just didn't have a place for Chris. He wasn't spectacular at anything, just really good at everything and a worker like that you often times have to put a focus on and build them up because they probably won't get over if you immediately try to establish them as a superstar. He actually would've been a great candidate to be a Four Horseman instead of Paul Roma (nothing against Roma, but he was a midcarder in the WWF and that didn't translate to being a Horseman). He had the look, the in-ring ability, the promo ability and could work as a single or in a tag team.

Some of the greatest in the business have the most troubled history. Especially when you’re looking at certain eras. The 80s up to early 90s so many of those talents are no longer with us. If I’m not mistaken just from WWF/WWE nearly the entire card from WMVII have passed away. But the fast life of WCCW probably claimed more lives than most.

Feel the power!!!

Feel The Power!

I'd like to see some writing on Gino, comparing and contrasting all his tag teams • Gino / Tully • Gino / Jake • Gino / Chris

So no mention of the AWF?

Two seperate people, BooRay and Kevin Von Erich, mention the glowing eyes - that’s weird.

The muffler ! Hahaha yes !!

I HATE angry drunks. You shouldn’t have to babysit a grown man when everyone is trying to have a good time. If he would’ve assaulted a pilot & flight attendant post 9/11 he would still be in prison today, and therefore alive. He was a great talent nonetheless.

Feel bad for the daughter, she says she was there to defend her dad. That guy was a POS

"Hate it that i had to kill him before he murdered me." Had me laughing.

Booray reminds me of too many people that I knew growing up. Scary.

“Snatch you bald headed”

this was a great episode of dark side of the ring i learned so much about chris adams because he was before my time wasn't he in the universal wrestling federation the superkick used to be special now it's just a transitional move that doesn't finish anybody it only gets a two-count.

When I was a kid I loved Chris Adams, I never knew any of that, I just thought he was adorable. It did look ridiculous when they made his eyes literally glow red like an evil robot.

Probably the most squandered potential in the business ever. Chris was phenomenal in 1985 and should have only gotten bigger from there. Such a shame. 🇬🇧

Got to see Chris win the WCCW World Championship 4th of July 1986 against Ravishing Rick Rude (Percy Pringle hit Rude with the championship belt that aided Adams with the victory). Never forget it cause I was a mega Chris Adams fan. He lost the belt (not televised) a week or two later to Black Bart (who was unknown to kids my age then) and never bounced back. I think he got into some legal issues and may have done some jail time as well.

14:38 were the Von Erichs not all that bright?

Self-defense murdering and head shitting... wasn't that a GG Allin song?

Had to Google Top Dolla after hearing him mentioned, apparently he's in TNA? Someone tweet Jim and Brian they gotta watch it now

Come on Last where are the new episodes!

There was overlap in this one due to tales from the territories. Still good though. 👍

Guy was a total jerk. Good that he is gone .

The realest super kick of all time. I grew up in Dallas watching these guys. I was so hurt when Gino died. But I loved baby face Adams. In 86 when Kerry got hurt I quit watching.

I wonder what happened in Chris Adams early life that made him have so much anger when he was intoxicated?

he certainly wasn't no damn ' gentleman ' he was a very ; abusive guy towards his second wife or girlfriend. even Kevin von erich said on the episode he ; was surprised that he was a violent guy

FEEL THE POWER