Jim Cornette Reviews Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho 

Brian’s reaction when Jim told him he watched the match is priceless

Brians reaction is priceless

"Stagey" is actually a good way to describe Omega....he's a physically talented guy,great athlete but his timing and selling are sometimes cringey as hell

Alpha vs Omega was to me "the Chris Jericho show" from start to finish. (Promos, press conference, the match itself and even the post match) Jericho's approach to it were country miles ahead.

Jim Cornette: I just watched it I didn’t take any notes. 15 epic minutes later...

Remember this moment in history when jim said omega doesn't suck. 😂

back when jericho still could go in the ring.

Omega entertains me and so does Cornette. Thumbs up.

Because “it ain’t no Bobby Eaton punch” RIP Bobby Eaton.

"Obvious cooperation" is the exact reason why I hate alot of these bucks matches, you can clearly tell the opponent is waiting and helping their "rivals" complete devastating maneuvers against each other, I was watching alot of Ricochet matches with The Bucks n all them dudes, like why would you help you opponent land moves on u. I get that wrestling u have to cooperate with each other, but it shouldn't be so obvious. For example, like a choke slam, the opponent has to jump for the choke slammer,, but It is never noticeable. Wow obvious cooperation I could never out words to it but that is the exact problem with ALL OF AEW. Thank you Jim

To paraphrase Jim himself, it's not about having the best match or the most spectacular spots, it's about giving the people something they can believe in and emotionally invest in. That's how it's supposed to be anyway. It's why I can't get into the New Japan shit... stiff strikes and overly dangerous high spots do not impress me, especially when it looks too choreographed and you can tell they're working together. No, people will never again believe that wrestling is a shoot but many of us as older fans know how it SHOULD be presented and since we rarely get that now from any promotion, we remain disillusioned and uninvested because they're so tongue-in-cheek about it being a work and making sure you see them taking the piss about it instead of respecting the business. This is why I love to hear stories from guys like Cornette and Ron Fuller of their heydays when kayfabe was strictly upheld, they've practically romanticized it at this point. I long for when babyfaces and heels could be clearly differentiated and the fans bought in and lost themselves in it. You didn't care how many moves they did or how acrobatic they were, you were fixated on the things they DID do that all had meaning and purpose to illicit a reaction from the audience.

It was a 3 star match at best. Jericho had better matches with HBK and Crispen Wah.

In NJPW they don't throw punches, they throw palm strikes and forarm strikes. They know if someone throws a punch,you would have a puffed up eye,so they don't throw worked punches.

I would love to see jim cornette talking about Katsuyori Shibata

wow jim was way nicer to kenny then than he is now lol

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Hearing this 4 years later, after Jericho has been the black hole of opponents charisma & Omega just being awful.

I agree Jericho ran the whole thing. As far as comparing to the Almas match I cant get behind. I agree personally the match is better, they are also two different beasts, so both will be memorable. At the same time, Omega could have been anyone and the result would be the same. We aren't even into 2018 for two months and we've had some great wrestling moments and matchups. As a fan, I'm good with that so far.

Cornette is spot on here. Omega is exactly nothing but a goof playing wrestler.

What a difference 3 years makes

Cornettes right. This didnt hojd a candle to things like austin/bret or HBK/taker, etc

Exactly right about A.J. Omega is nowhere in Styles league.

I’m not a huge fan of the Omega/Bucks style of matches for the most part because I just feel there’s too much in them that essentially nothing matters. But I also recognize that not all styles are for everyone. I think I’d like this style of a match if they didn’t do this every single match they have. I’ve enjoyed some of their matches from AEW here and there but get over it if I see them frequently in a short time. I think this style was adopted largely because they were usually on independent shows where the same people weren’t seeing their matches every single week. So you go out like this because you essentially have new people consuming your match every time and thus the style doesn’t get old for fresh audiences. I think this has been an issue for being on a weekly show because the style gets overdone if you see it constantly. I also think it’s more appealing live than it is on television or PPV. I went to an AEW tv a few years ago when I was regularly following the company and saw Omega in an iron man match live and it was pretty fun to see all of that live. I found it enjoyable in that setting more than I ever have on TV.

The last match was was better. I'm really surprised that Cornette tuned in to AXS T.V. Why is Cornette still bringing up the missed ROH show???

Cornette hating comments based on old observations people grow, people learn, people change

"So much of it was just laying around" even though Corny's favourite style of wrestling involves ten minutes of a face trying to get out of an armlock.

This was all Jericho.

Agree with Jim on this. Very similar description to John Cena minus the hair! The bad facial expressions, over reactions, overly staged, phony and contrived.

The days before he was Kenny Olivia

Jericho could work a decent match with the proverbial broomstick. I hope Omega learned a thing or two.

The build was 5 stars. But the match was alright. I like Kenny Omega because when he cuts the horseshit he is really good. Stagey is the perfect word for him. Omega imo isnt in Kazuchika Okada's or Tetsuya Naito's league.

Hey Jim! FYI punching is against the rules. Lol

Best match od the year

Omega needs to slow down and have more matches like this. Minus the can/goofy shit.

7:54

Omega is a complete embarrassment to the sport.

I guarantee you Omega would not go over Jericho if this match had been in W.W.E. Or any other promotion except maybe Lucha Underground or R.O.H.

It felt like a kung-fuey match to me. It felt like if Hong Kong action films, American hardcore wrestling and Japanese wrestling kind of mixed up into a crap shoot.

Wrestling today reminds me of stand up comedy in the internet age: Used to be a comedians comedian was the guy who made comics laugh and not many others, so they found work, but could NEVER draw an audience...but fast forward to the internet age and now these comics gain cult followings, then they get a podcast, and now they're stars. Nevermind they can't land a special, a TV show, or movie...their fans insist they're bigger than that. Indie wrestlers are the equivalent to a comedians comedian

Chris J is a talented guy yes. Agree with Jim and Brian on Omega. To kiddy kid theatrical. Rather see talented 6-5 275lb Plus some what agile monsters like Hall or Sid kicking ass. Can go to Wal-Mart to watch 5-8 175lb. Spike Dudley's fighting. Must be age thing 70s Thru Atitude era then tapped out. Vince and Jim understood the bigger wrestler thing. One of reasons Hall and Kane so over. "We ain't friends fu** the cheap bastards." Lol

The match was too over top. Overselling and overacting. But that's Kenny Omega

He does know Almas was a huge guy in NJPW....right?

I love Corny but hes stubborn and biased against Omega. He referred to his "whiny voice'". That's bs. He's got the raspy voice.

I'll kinda agree with Him on the match, it was a bit slow paced and had a few goofy spots. The way I see Omega is in between Him and the smarks, I think he's a good worker and has had some great matches(him vs Naito at G1 semis is my favorite) but he's not the best in the world. I can see why Jim would not like the guy but at the same time why hold a grudge? He did some silly shit long time ago but he's not the same guy now. You can tell Corny gas a distain for Omega so if course he won't give him any props.

Top 5 in the World right now: Styles Okada Omega Owens Naito

I think he's over rated too. I don't care to see the same move over and over either and he'll hit the "V-Trigger" 17 times in 1 match. It gets annoying and makes the move seem ineffective. I think he has a lot of potential though. I'm way more impressed with Pentagon, Ray Fenix, the Young Bucks and Austin Aries personally

I would like to see bullet CLUB review smw roh ovw because never drew shit as a booker

they can't punch

Cornette cant get over one incident and he is literally old man yells at cloud.

I love Jim, but I couldn't disagree more with him more here.

just here to comment, not to listen cause i know exactly what Jim is going to say. You don't like Omega, I get it. Move on.

January 2021 update: Omega still can't punch.

Taking Cornette's opinion Omega is like listening to a muscle-car fan talk about F1. Fun and all, but he fundamentally, possibly on purpose, misses the point. Omega is fun to watch. More fun than listening to Jim's rants.

Jfc

Chris Jericho is a genius? I don't see that.

Sorry but as of NOW,Omega has better matches than Styles.

Please change that God awful intro music.

Omega is nowhere the best wrestler in the World. He would probably barely crack the top 100.

Jim Cornette hates everything that is cool

Omega is the only really good wrestler today. I didn’t watch wrestling for 10 years and he was the first guy to make me not switch the station.

Jericho hasn't been GOOD since WM26 against Edge.

hahaha!!!look at the „kids“now!!!run their own company the first ppv was sold out in 4 minutes!!!and the matches were amazing!!!!jim cornette stucks in the late 80s!!!

Revival isn't that great as he portrays

he didn't see the match .that's why Jim don't work for any one.