Jim Cornette Reviews The Ric Flair Episode of WWE Evil 

That dope.

Roddy was just an amazing human being & a real man. Something Flair will never be!

My friend and I met Roddy back in 2011 at a horror convention in Worcester, MA. He had just had neck surgery only 1-2 weeks prior and was still wearing a neck brace. We spoke to him 2-on-1 and thanked him for showing up. He said he didn't want to let the fans down by not showing up...now I'm sure he wanted/needed the money from the event as well, but he said it so genuinely that it was hard not to believe him. It was a very cool interaction.

I met Roddy 10+ years ago at a FanExpo in Toronto and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy. I had him sign some They Live and WWF merch and we chatted for 5-10 minutes. There’s certain public figures that can make you feel special or important when you meet them, it’s a special gift they have. Roddy was definitely one of them, I still smile thinking about that day.

He was probably drunk…

The way Jim delivers this line LMAO

Right

Never put better.

The world didn't change, just a few people got more vocal and scared everyone else

i don't think this is fully accurate. true the world has changed but to their point flair in public outside the ring when not doing programmed wrestling stuff was quieter, more reserved...a different character. not the nature boy. now ric flair is 100% the nature boy. this could be because the world changed but certainly flair changed as well

What a Jaden Smith level comment this is

I wonder if we might get to see Flair strut his stuff with 30 or so beautiful women on "The Bachelor" somewhere down the road? While this may sound like far-fetched as far-fetched can be on this one, I wouldn't dare bet against the "Nature Boy" continuing to still "Kiss The Girls and Make Them Cry" after all these years. :D (y) :)

Me too

Stunt grannies lol

Most of those Grandmas were plants.. yeah some of them were real but most times them were planted Grandmas..

@@kenrickeason Where did you hear that

They say this kind of stuff but if they would've done stuff like Muhammad Hassan; the TV station would've thrown them off the air.

@@walsh9080 I doubt it. They got good ratings for wrestling shows,and they didn’t have to pay to air it back then. It was believed that the only people that watched wrestling lived in trailers,because they had no way to tell who was watching. They simply aired it,and ignored it. They didn’t do promos for the wrestling shows or anything else that indicated there was a wrestling show on their network. That started to change with cable tv.

Lmk kk Olmsted

I’m 1985-2004

@@thesupervisor3270 same

Yep. I appreciate Flair's work from the 80s and 90s, but man do I loathe hearing modern day people "Woo".

Those people would have done the exact same thing if they'd cut the words Ric Flair out of that sentence.

@@radicalstanza3614 No they wouldn't. How many people would Woo for Jerry Lee Lewis?

@@raymondford8919 Yes, they would. Like, it's embarrassing for you to think otherwise. I don't know a thing about Jerry Lee Lewis, but his crowd probably wouldn't woo because they're all 100 years old and shouldn't be spending energy on that stuff. Instead of bringing up a dumb example, stay with the topic at hand. People would have woo'd in the same situation mentioned before without the inclusion of Flair's name. You hear woo fests breaking out at UFC events when someone woos because it's a silly, fun, easy thing to do. The people doing it aren't all Flair marks, they're just random people doing a random thing.

They totally did it at the Boston gig opening for Megadeth.

I've NEVER liked mick foley. He beyond SUCKS. Ric Flair is the greatest wrestling legend alive. Mick Foley is just a stuntman not a wrestler. Ric Flair was a PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER. His personal life is his business.

Bro you could not of said it any better. Ive been saying it for years. He resent’s his peers that are living a all around more healthier than himself.

@hollaatmeross I wouldn't say being single in your 40s is bad at all especially as a man. For every guy who doesnt get married, theres one who did who had a soulless marriage or got divorced

@@AJDaEnvoy I agree with you I'm nearing 40 myself and I'm not married or in a relationship because I'm less of a man. It's because I'm asexual among many other reasons. That said it is true that Flair probably was jealous of Foley if only at a subconscious level that bubbled up occasionally

@@jonpike9502 ric flair is overrated imo he's like a more talented hogan imo

Poor obese mark.

Saaame! 2003-2006 H was top evil

He was so spot on with that bit. We really have completely lost this aspect of wrestling. It's just cheering and chanting at a gymnastics show now.

During his feud with Cactus Jack, I was getting to the point of wishing someone would shoot HHH with a gun so Cactus would be ensured victory.

LOL, if you consider just trying to keep your spot as evil then HHH needs to get in line behind Hogan, Verne Gange, Jeff Jarrett, and probably Kevin Nash.

@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma what Jeff Jarret and Nash?!

Flair ain't that damn good

@@madddoggnogood1491 he is

@@yungchunks6931 Hes not that good to make me like mark masden

@@yungchunks6931 Hes not that good to make me like mark madden

Nah I still hate Mark Madden

Thing is, Hulk still has people who vouch for him. Hulk has a lot of problems, but he hasn't burned almost every bridge like Flair has.

You mean old pervert

GENETICS !!!

He’s drunk all the time and running from his debts.

Ric Flair is fake.

I'm drinking wine right now at 12:45am too

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Was it really Dr Phil?

@@Reallife315 Brooks? That explains what he was doing while out of the biz for 7 years.

@@Reallife315 deep fake

Yep. You can tell that Brian is just like, ‘I have a daughter. How would I feel if Flair did that shit to her?! He’s ripped off more people for money, than I can count on both hands. He’s just a piece of shit!’. Now, if Ric ever goes anti-Semitic, that’s the one where I don’t think Brian would be able to hold back. Cornette might have to just skip that topic. And I notice that there’s been fewer Flair topics overall on the show. That’s likely by design.

@@segagenesis7708 I agree and its definitely by design that there's less discussion on Flair

@@metallicbigtoe3949 I should have known that Cornette could never bring himself to side with Mark Madden. 🤣

@@segagenesis7708 so true 😆

@@segagenesis7708 (Always Sunny title card) *Ric Flair goes anti-Semitic*

That's gross.

@@al5306 that’s the whole point

I always liked it when he would interrupt his own promo to point out a random fan in the audience and say "Shut up, fat boy!' or something similar.

@@42Chewbacca The point is to sound like a pedophile? Cool.

@SuperPunch76 you have such a baby brain

not according to russo lmao

@@leviathan2515 If Russo told me the sky is blue, I'd have to go outside and check. He lies like we breathe.

Thank Jim for these gas prices

Bro! Bro!

​@@maxxdahl6062Like Biden.

"Quiet, you old coot!"

Flair sued WWE over the big gold belt? You must have some reference to this

Did you see the one of Ric in the straightjacket in the loonie bin? 🤣

@@thebigbop5866 Yes I did , also a classic. The way Travis draws Ric's eyes is what I find the funniest part .

@@darensparks burnt into my memory

More like peacock got there hands on it and took a dump hoping wrestling fans would lick it up. EVIL is the worst program of a lazy wrestling documentary done with a bunch of morons

In other words, it was a documentary that Vince was involved with

@@richardpreston7333 don't think thiscwas Vince, pretty sure this is all peacock

Lol haha I c what u did there

That is not a comparison I ever expected to see, but it is scarily accurate!

Fuckin hell 🤣💀

Someone else who got lazy and coasted.

@@kelman727 Thompson was pitiful near the end of his life. Could barely finish a sentence and yet he was still trotted out on the talk show circuit like he had something of relevance to say.

Hunter never would have given someone like Mark Madden the time of day.

All these guys slept with each others wives.

he basically was trying to tell him or warn him rather not to trying anything funny with his family 🤣

Lol 😆 Piper kept it real

He’s a legit wrestling historian. He takes his job very seriously, as any journalist or historian should.

@@hahajones he’s the worst

He’s a guy who born on third base and thought he hit a triple. That being said, he is a student of the game.

@@hahajones and he accepts high numbers for the podcast he runs by reviewing modern wrestling and refuses to do any research on modern wrestling to help Cornette out. He’s horrible.

Brian is a wrestling elitist, and having met him and having a conversation with him, I can tell you he has every right to be. That dude is an absolute wrestling historian and has a passion for it. After meeting him, I don’t look at him negatively anymore

Same with The Rock. As a "character" he was outlandish but it came from Dwayne Johnson's natural charisma. Basically both he and Austin were just being themselves with the volume turned up to 1000.

Yea, their gimmicks were more authentic in general

I usually roll my eyes whenever he goes off on his "WWE is evil" tangents but he sounds ridiculous trying to differentiate between a "wrestling fan" and a "wrestling HIS-TORIAN" like dude get off your high horse.

@@ChiGuy251 I'd be annoyed too if the people WWE are calling historians on their show get absolute surface level basic facts wrong.

You don’t understand what “gatekeeping” means. This is obvious

@@maxxdahl6062 that doesn’t matter to these idiots. They just hate Brian and quite literally make shit up constantly.

nothing wrong with gatekeeping tons of fandoms turn to shit when the floodgates open

Lmao

@@REALTRUEJOURNEY it might be his first and LAST documentary if it sucks

That 30 for 30 was excellent!

Yup. WAS. Now he is an old man. I can’t stand him now. Always looking for attention. It’s very sad.

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Woooooooooo!!!!!!

That was the best comment so far👍 ditto

End on a positive note? Ric probably realizes he should have been dead many years ago, so every day is just gravy and he's not going to change or modify his behavior, no matter how egregious or boorish. He's 73...he could check out any number of grisly ways, and he wouldn't regret anything. That's at least my take on his psychology.

I couldn’t even imagine how many brain cells he’s killed with alcohol in the past 45 years. If he doesn’t already have some form of dementia, he likely will.

@@trappenweisseguy27 You have a great point. Also, alot of ppl are not familiar with something called Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. I wasn't aware of it either until my dad got it. Its dementia caused by long time alcoholism. It mirrors Alzheimers. And it happens VERY SUDDENLY. It was my birthday 2016 and me and him was drinking like every other night. He said "okay I think I'm going to bed, dude". I said ok and helped him up the steps to his room. Told him I'd see him in the morning and I love him. The next morning after i woke up i went upstairs to check on him as usual. He woke up and when he saw me I could see it in his eyes that he was genuinely scared and DID NOT RECOGNIZE me. He yelled "WHO ARE YOU? GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY HOUSE MOTHERFUCKER" He leaned over to get his pistol from his nightstand (thank God my brother already moved it for safety reasons. He was LEGIT going to shoot me. Then he called the family dog to attack me, the family dog that's been dead for years. I knew immediately something is very wrong. Ambulance came and after a day or so at the hospital they diagnosed him with Wernicke Korsakoff. What's so wild is it hit him literally overnight, and once he woke up with it, he was never the same. He never drank again. He actually didnt know he was an alcoholic. He had days where he was more lucid and aware of his surroundings, but it was just like being around someone with Alzheimers. He passed away June 27, 2020. I miss him so much. It's also hereditary, and I'm an alcoholic myself. I've slowed down and cut back, but i need to stop drinking all together. I'm surprised Ric doesn't have this

Holy shit 😂😂

“When keeping it real goes wrong”

Playing make believe. Ric is sad

robbie e did too but it was cool BRO

Ric is almost always drunk

I hear ya! I can't see Arn being the problem! Arn has always been unselfish in a cut throat back stabbing business!! One of my favorite Arn quotes " yes, flair was the leader of the horseman cause I let him be."

Arn had his own struggle with alcohol issues. Went to rehab and probably found it impossible to be around Flair after that. It's crazy that after nearly dying and ending up in a coma he's still drinking now at 73 years old.

That's why he does that podcast with somebody most people have no clue who it is..

@@DaveMoth flair survived a plane crash too!

@@DaveMoth I do know that one of Flair’s Ex-Wives was also good friends with Arn and that Arn confronted Flair about how poorly he treated her. It wouldn’t surprise me if Flair owed Arn money too, because he’s ripped off a LOT of people for money.

He has gym Cornette next to him to commiserate with.

It’s kinda getting hard to listen too

He really doesn’t though. You listening to the same podcast?

@@unknowniam121 Oh really? Proof please. Oh wait… you’ll only gather he knows more than them

historian? he's a glorified mark lol

Lol Flair's podcast blows, and its literally falling apart. Mark Madden just needs to kick the last beam standing, and it all comes down. 😂

@@xavierrhcp13 Flairs podcast is not nearly as good as I thought it would be but he still has over 100,000 subscribers. I’m hoping it’ll get better with the new host.

You literally just made that up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Plenty. And that’s a funny twist on what he’s saying. You were close but completely missed the point.

Basically lol

Brian is saying that wwe is using the Rosenbergs and Sam Robert's of the world for good press/help wwe white wash wrestling history.

@@moses0686 Exactly.

It’s a documentary with people who weren’t there and don’t know shit. It’s stupid. It’s weird you’re accepting of it.

@@juliotorres3147 it’s a documentary made to be as entertaining as possible? If you’re looking for a dry 5 part fact finding mission about Naitch’s life from infancy til current day, maybe you and Last can petition Ken Burns to make “Ric Flair: An American Life” and ask for creative control of the guest spots.

@@seanbarton4940 So, why not just make his life story absolutely up from a fiction from the beginning? It's not unreasonable to expect accuracy from a documentary.

@@maxxdahl6062 “WWE Evil” is not nor does it purport itself to be a “real documentary.” In fact, just reading the series description and tag line makes it pretty clear that the show probably is coming from a kayfabe perspective. “WWE EVIL, an entertaining psychological exposé into the minds of the most diabolical villains in WWE history.” If you think this WWE Network/Peacock show about “the most diabolical villains and the evilest minds in the business” is going to be feeding you straight unadulterated facts about the life and times of one Richard Morgan Fliehr? Maybe check the back of your shirt for a chalk mark.

@@seanbarton4940 Then why not make it up from the start? "Ric flair became an astronaut at the age of 5, could play the piano without looking at the sheet music, could pull a fully loaded train with his teeth." If you're doing an expose of anyone it's not unreasonable to expect some accuracy, especially from people who you're parading around as a "historian".

He's in an office position. If he cant even handle that anymore, he needs to leave the industry and take care of his family.

Not high pressure questions, but something higher pressure than a light pat on the back fluff piece questions.

Lmfao high pressure questions? Really? Those are tame and relevant questions.

Asking a WWE official..official questions....that bastard

@@maxxdahl6062 He was there to announce his retirement from in-ring wrestling....it wasn't an interrogation. Last just hates WWE with a vengeance....contrast with some of the soft-sell reactions he gives to stories on Tony Khan....Jim had to do another segment on the ratings thing that time because Brian went with the narrative it was a "hit piece" and was defending Khan when it first happened.

My grandma hated him too! She had a ton of tapes and Flair just had a way of getting under her skin years later. Cornette is right about it being gone, I never felt the kind of sheer rage she felt about Ric Flair.

My dad absolutely loved his promos, I didn't get it until I was a bit older. lol

Flair seems hell bent on doing that himself...

your grandmother probably rode space mountain and ric never called her again

Thats the worst part of it

Warrior was never a mark for wrestling, he treated it like a business opportunity and was also aloof and had issues with anxiety, so he didn't warm up to that many people.

I liked wrestling a lot better when I didn’t know anything about the personal lives of the people involved or how the business worked.

@@TheJJWA totally agree with you

How can I miss you if you don't go away?

Borderline personality disorder. Google it

He’s been drowning himself in alcohol for 45-50 years. That stuff kills brain cells.

@@trappenweisseguy27 yeah society has normalized alcohol like pepsi but it’s poison

lived? He was his gimmick for better or worse looks like for the worst.

Was

and in order to be the man, you have to BEAT THE MAN! WOOO!

@@flyguy7825 even more than that….the gimmick over took the man. Lol

And wasted all his money

Exactly

Foreal bro

Alice would enjoy seeing the Helicopter spinning around 😜🤪

Bruh you KNOW she'd break it off.