Jim Cornette Reviews Dark Side Of The Ring's Magnum T.A. Episode 

Ran into Heenan at a Truck Stop when I was a kid and asked him how I become a wrestler. He pointed to my father and said “Is that your dad?” I said “yes”. He said “well, you gotta stay in school and become a doctor.” Walked away. I didn’t understand but my dad thought it was hilarious.

​@@BarfbagdontsagFFS that is brilliant 😂😂😂😂😂😂 thank you for sharing

@DMB-mq3tt Us modern-day Neanderthals are soooo desensitized that yes, a car accident isn't that dark. Too much media has us looking for stories like Grizzly Smith, or Owen's fall. Sad.

@DMB1990 Lots of professional wrestlers careers have been cut short due to injuries. Might as well make a biography episode for all of them. If Magnum died in the car accident then it would be dark.

@@gothsteeze not many of them were on the brink of superstardom that’s why magnum TA is being discussed you uncultured swine

@@gothsteeze Lots of guys' careers ended for good right before they were going to become world champion and on their way to possibly being the biggest star in the industry? You don't see how that adds to the darkness? That a person is on the verge of what seems like destiny, an unstoppable ascent, only to have it all taken from them in an instant due to a slippery road.

@@bradleygermain6288 Well, the whole selling point of the show is to see really bad stuff. That is why it's called " _Dark Side_ of the Ring". No one's saying that every episode has to have a Grizzly Smith or a incident where someone dies, but the truly bad stuff in the episode didn't even happen to Magnum.

That's how it was back then.

@@williammitchell4417 that’s how it needs to be now

@@pleaseshutup7053 problem is, these dipsticks like the Cuckamunga Kids wouldn't know what Kayfabe is except for Sean Oliver has

That was one of the most touching things in the episode as far as the wrestling business went.

Who knows maybe she was an annoying bitch. She did seem kinda odd.

would have been worse if he had been cheating on her during the accident.

Same. I mean that's such a dirtbag thing to do.

well.. he didnt lose that in the accident. man is flawed for that very reason. too much thinking with the little head over the big one.

But atleast he was honest about it. Didn't sugarcoat it

Then imagine his WWF jump in 1991 when they'd make him a wrestling plumber

​@@SAVikingSAthey already had a plumber, he would have had to be a roofer or electrician.

@@Principaledpragmatist maybe a pest control worker

Buzz fucked over the undertaker too

I totally agree Drake

Major omission. Magnum raised Tessa!

I couldn't agree more. The I Quit match, the kiss with Baby Doll, then the brawl with Tully. Why Jake? He had absolutely nothing to do with Magnum's career

​@Daniel Boom weren't Jake and TA both babyfaces in Mid South at the same time? I don't think it's a big deal that they never wrestled each other just as long as there was a personal relationship between the two which there apparently was.

Maybe if Tully and Tessa weren't flaming racists they wouldn't have gotten themselves rightfully canceled and been included.

🙏🏿

@@pleaseshutup7053 Heroes of World Class is brilliant. I must have missed watched it at least 10 times. Absolutely brilliant. Love the skits with David and Jimmy Garvin that they show in it too

@@stevebarnes8368 that documentary is so sad but so cool. You a strong person to be able to watch that 10x I was in tears the first time I watched it. I do want to see it again. For the parts I missed

@@stevebarnes8368 have yet to watch it 😢is it available for purchase on streaming?

@@Charsi_Escobar it’s on RU-vid it’s more than 3 hours

That better be a special, 2-hour episode.

@@aceldamia9114 Jim: hey! We ordered the fucking food!

Even the guys behind the camera cracked at that

When I heard that in the season 4 preview I was SURE he was talking about Candido and Sunny. Lol

​@@Jiren261sounded like David Crockett in the background

That easy when Jim is a virgin, Who'd do that squeaky voiced twerp?

😂😂

fr fr No cap

​@@HessenUKGesundheit

lol true. It often surprises me.

​@UndisclosedOffer he's basically saying he agrees. Hello fellow dinosaur

The only ones out of touch are the Cucamonga contingent

Had he gone to WWE if that accident hadn’t accured I believe he still woulda been Magnum TA Andre who gave him that name would’ve influenced Vince to keep magnum as is. Andre had a lot of stroke in the WWE at that time

@@kylefisher6521 and then Magnum T.A. would've at best feuded for the IC title, won it and kept it until the next big acquisition arrived and then be upper midcarder until he decided to quit. Vince was ride or die as far as Hogan as champ was concerned. It took a federal investigation to weaken that bond.

And got paid $$$

@@kylefisher6521 Vince doesn't care. It's not like Andre would quit over it and give up that WWF money.

Then why did Ric Flair win the WWF Championship and keep his gimmick?

He's very determined to outlive Russo.

He could show up in AEW praising MJF and get booed out of the building by fans.

absolutely!

@@darthnowlan needs to form a group with punk and ftr

He looks good because he LEFT the business. 😁

Jim Cornstanza 😂

​@@Teddy42O lmao, this so needs to happen

@@timtimly6085 either that or make this the next action figure variant 😂

TA and Tully never fought over the TV title. TA was already US champ and Tullys main rival for the TV title was Dusty. After Dusty beat Tully for the TV title they started the US title feud.

​@@johngallagher72 yeah, TA was battling Wahoo for the US title, then Tully, then Nikita. It would have been interesting to see how things would have developed with Windham, Dusty, and Luger there, what with the decline and absorption of both Mid South and the Florida territories.

Wouldn't he be too tall?

​@@btipton6899 wolverine is supposed to be 5 foot 3 in comics but in movies Jack human is over 6 foot. 😅

​@@btipton6899 exactly

Me too, they're just pissed at Jericho because cm junk is incapable of doing the job.

He is goign to outlive Vince Russo!

Brian is bitter

​@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 Agreed. He thinks cause he's memorized some dates and does a podcast with Corney, he's a wrestling expert. Really wish Sean Oliver was Jim's co-host instead.

Yeah Brian is hating Jericho is good

It's actually the one thing he's doing right now that I actually like lol

Brian is being weird. Wrestling wise is fair, but complaining a narration he sounds like a child.

Certainly preferable to Jericho the wrestler, Jericho the singer or Jericho the hotel guest!

@@joesmoe8841 he sounds like an old fart when do children cry about narration

Yeah, it was a great episode. Nice to see a good ending for once lol

@@6ANUR34DT81S Wasn't perfect but it didn't make me cry like most of them do

I had that issue!

Yes. Great episode.

For all his faults, give him this, Jericho makes it sound serious but in a relatable way. But this is Jim Cornette's lackey - he was picked to mirror as many of Corny's points as possible. He is to Corny what Alvarez is to Meltzer.

@@horgh_japan Not in this case, Brian hated on Jericho before Jim did actually. Jim turned on Jericho due to his AEW work and political leanings in the last few years.....before that they were pretty good friends. Brian shit-talked Jericho way before that.

He was terrible, stop trying to be cool by going against what everyone agrees on

Or Luger's?

Both would have broke through ...just would have taken longer

Sting would've broken through regardless. He just had "it." I could picture a scenario where Magnum and Sting would've been the JCP/WCW equivalent to Hogan and Warrior in WWF where they would eventually meet in a babyface vs. babyface feud.

@@johngallagher72 agreed. the difference is that you probably couldve done a magnum heel turn to set up those guys later on. magnum wouldve been a great nwa champ and potentially a heel champion if given the opportunity. magnum just had 'it'.

​@@DLRX he still comes in as the wannabe horsemen

Agreed. I never saw the mic skills everyone in the documentary raved about. He was solid, but hardly extraordinary.

But the real what if is if TA truly became the Hulk Hogan of the NWA, would that have meant WCW under Turner even occurred? Would TA's star power keep Crocket funded enough that they remained independent and competitive to the WWF? Bare in mind that TA himself said he wanted to leave wrestling by 30. So the chances of him ending up under McMahon's auspices were always low.

@@DoctorEviloply It may have still occurred but either slowed, or not as bad. Crockett needed better office financial people. And the ppv carriers should have called vinces bluff with the starrcade deal. At THAT time, Vince needed the carriers more than they needed Vince.

Yeah, I mean he ruined Stoen Cold Steve Austin...oh wait. IT is a moronic assumption when there are plenty of examples of those he didn't ruin.

@@maxxdahl6062 while true about the ppv carriers, they probably also took into consideration what would be a better long term investment. McMahon had a marketable, mainstream oriented program, cross-promoted with MTV and major current, popcultural stars with his top dog being on the way to mainstream superstardom himself. Crockett had Southern rasslin. Hogan had been in Rocky, on Carson, on SNL, the A-Team and countless other TV programs. Dusty and some others had been in a forgettable movie ten years earlier. They could never compete, no matter how much better their wrestling, how much more talented their roster was and how much more "real" and "legit" their product felt.

@@KomradeKrusher And the PPV carriers didn't need all of that to survive, they had boxing which was hot, Crockett which was also hot, McMahon was still unproven at that time maybe having had a handful if that PPV's? And the biggest tell that it was a bluff, the ones who chose starrcade got Wm anyway.

Didn’t foley also narrate a few episodes from season 1?

I had no idea there was a doc about the 68 Tigers..have to check it out!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He said it would be tasteful!

😂😂😂 lover boy...you are a lover boy

@Donna1175 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I feel fat😣 Naahh!!! Youre STOUT!!!💪🏽 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Some kind of ill conceived pornography ring " 😂

I liked Foley the 1 episode he did

I liked Dutch as well. His voice has that grizzled old veteran tone to it.

It was refreshing.

Magnum T.A. still got his happy ending but he had still lived as a wrestler, I’ve said it many a time that I thought Tom Selleck took up wrestling when I first saw him,Magnum was just a no nonsense babyface the people loved him

I get what you mean, but it's just easier for them to talk about someone who has passed away, since you know the whole story has been told.

They did Jake the Snake (well Grizzly Smith's family) but Jake is barely alive at this point

The episode doesn’t make him look bad, doing something like that does

Tully should have his own episode. His story is kinda dark. Extremely talented guy - a heel's heel whose career was done when he was still in his prime.

What would the story be? Tully & Gino working in Houston than Tully vs magnum ta than Tully & arn than end it with the run in wwf than finish it with "finding religion" ❓

@@SAM-ru4vxRight!? IMO Tully was awesome! A criminally under ratted world champ level heel!

@SAM3 I was thinking more along the lines of what was happening with him behind the scenes. You should check out his older shoot interviews. He was really candid in those.

I think it’s a matter of interpretation. I think Brian interprets Documentaries to be A-Z on everyone’s life and career. I see documentaries as TV shows and TV shows are supposed to tell a story and entertain. The point of the Magnum story was to tell the rise and the fall and the redemption. So what they didn’t talk about one specific match? Again I’m not saying you’re wrong I just don’t think not mentioning Tully is that big of a deal.

Can't Stand Ya!

For the longest time I have tried to figure out at what event the 2 of them would have been together = WCCW and Jim Crockett promotions did not mix. My best guess is super clash 85 at Comiskey park, which I think was under the old "pro wrestling USA" awa/nwa quasi-alliance

@@vimalmurthy3665 I believe you are correct. Kerry wrestled Jimmy Garvin and Magnum wrestled Ric Flair.

TERRIBLE SERVICE!!!

Even better: They have Jericho doing the narration, but they are going with the point of view that Jericho can whine about the stupidest things, thinking he's more than he is.

That montage of Jim Crockett Productions vs WWF was awesome too, they nailed that shit 👍

I figured Magnum was going to get the gold-but I had no idea how much they had riding on him. That was eye-opening.

Most likely he would've never been used to his full potential much like a lot of guys that jumped over to the WWF around that time and he knew that. Hell, Dusty Rhodes was in the WWF for a brief stint, got over with the fucking polka dots and he never even won the Intercontinental Title. The highest Koloff probably would've gone would him being built up just to be fed to Hulk Hogan. But it's hard to predict what might have been. We'll never really know for sure.

​@@Partyboy22 I think Dusty was in the WWF only for a payday while he recovered from FCW going under. I don't think he figured into a title run of any sort.

Nikita could've gone to the WWE I believe in the late 80s to early 90s. But, his wife was sick and he left the business entirely. Then he became a born again Christian and found that to be his calling

Magnum wins the feud, lol.