Austin Aries is another one of these Indy darlings who are just a legend in their own mind.

Wow after bound for glory he was right. Aires is a diva

Who's here after the Bound For Glory debacle?

It’s such a shame Austin Aries has this attitude. He’s such talented wrestler, but anywhere he goes it ends badly for him.

Austin Aries was great on commentary, like basically the second coming of Jesse Ventura. Too bad he couldn't/wouldn't stay in WWE with that as his role.

cornette is 99.9% correct 100% of the time.

it sucks because Aries is fun to watch especially as a heel. Great in ring and out of ring performer

As much as I love Aries, I guess he must've been doing something wrong that it's getting him fired at so many places. But nonetheless, one of the most talented performers since the turn of the millenium.

Guess Cornette was referring to the Christy Hemme teabagging incident when she accidentally goofed up his and Storm's names and A Double went out of his way to humiliate Hemme at an Impact live show.

I must admit even before his name was mentioned I was thinking C M Punk but I fully agree with Jim about Punk he had legitimate gripes and did make it to the very top.

7:12 - Shawn Michael's. Drinking, pills, "Sunny Days", Screwjob, not wanting to drop at WM14, kicking Vader in the head for missing a spot, and nonstop lying.

Despite the complaints about booking direction but WWE consistently booked him strong and let him be Austin Aries since NXT.

Austin Aries really is a malcontent and a diva

Jim Cornette was the manager of managers!

Maybe Austin Aries is just a miserable soul. I have watch the guy across TNA, ROH, and now WWE, and as big of a fan as I would become. He just seemed like he was kind of a dick. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to come across as I know more than anyone else, just stating my opinion. Nothing more. Don't get OFFENDED Internet.

Brian Last watched The History of the Eagles, where David Geffen says that Don Henley has, and always will be, a malcontent.

Punk isn't a malcontent. He's just a whiner.

Austin is really talented as a wrestler,but as a person working with a wrestling company his attitude ain’t cutting it.

That's a big mistake from Aries. If he'd just sweated it out with Neville's BIG run he'd have looked more over once he bested Neville.

Austin Aires can write a book on burning bridges.

you guys rule thanks lasto

“Teeny little tiny little turnip-eating man.”

better leave then be in that piss poor division happy to see neville be so awesome tho

I think part of why he wanted to leave was Vince's opinions on small guys and vegans

I like Cornette and all but really needs to come out of his shell and tell us how he really feels ......... LOLOL

Aries is en example of a guy who was great and expected that to push him all the way up and be the number one guy. When he didn’t get what he wanted he was sarcastic to people. He even says how sarcastic he is. Unfortunately here’s a life lesson: sarcasm about your job at work is not appropriate. Sarcasm is using irony to mock something. And the truth is when you joke and are sarcastic all the time about what you’re not getting or what he expect people realize you’re not kidding anymore. It comes off like Jim says in a negative way and it can have a bad effect on the other talent and such. WWE obviously ain’t gonna deal with that shit. And I also find it funny that as he walks out of WWE he goes to all these other indie promotions and gets not one not two but like I think 5 or six titles from different organizations on him. That says to me he went and wined about not being the top guy which he thought he deserved and combined with the fact that he is good they just put him over because I’m sure he played it off that it was all everyone else’s fault. Yeah ROH, TNA and WWE were all the issue, not you, right

"They don't pay me enough not to have an opinion". I remember firing someone for this kind of arrogance shortly after I became a supervisor in 2010. He was damaging staff morale, being insubordinate, and undermining his superiors, myself included, all because he had opinions about company protocols and policies that he didn't agree with, so he decided to do shit his own way. He didn't realize that being the employee and not the boss means part of your job is to shut your mouth and do as you're told, unless you're asked to do something against policy or unethical. He didn't see it that way. So after about a week of that, I called him into work on his day off and fired him.

more like 5'6 160 pounds

starting to sound like Austin Aries is the problem, I'm sure 205 live is not the best place for the cruiserweights but it seems he is the problem

Jim Cornette Is The Best ;-)

And this shoot still holds strong today. Lol

Aires is a constantly injured clown.

Aries and Lowki are two of my fav indy 00 guys. Both idiots and weirdos come to find out

Not to mention Thea Trinidad broke up with him he got on her nerves too she got tired of vegan now she got beef alester black

I'm sorry, but when you feel that the company is doing something wrong with someone or your gimmick or putting you in the wrong place, you deserve to be able to open your mouth and say what you need to say.

5'9? that's generous

Yeah the guy has always thought he was bigger then he was. Great wrestler but he's attitude has always stunk and he let that out in a big way at bound for glory that time. Came into WWE thought he was gonna be booked big and tbh he could of gotta a better run in NXT okay but he was moved to on the main roster to try heavy up the cruiserweight division that needed name and vince probs took one look at him and thought mid card anyway. Then he was lumped into the crusierweight division but he just wasn't the guy in that either cus Neville was doing the best work of his career

Did a heck of a fucking promo alrighty then lol

plant based eaters really do talk the most. doesnt surprise me.

Aries is great but 5’9? That’s being generous. I’m 5’7 at best and he isn’t a centimeter taller than me.

I mean yeah Aries sounds miserable but doesn't sound like he's wrong. 205 is dead, TNA was horrible, and ROH has gone down in quality since delirious got the book.

Too bad Aries has such a bad rep because he’s one of my favorite wrestlers of all time

I love Cornette

He was there?

jesus any mor ads

Aries was the best talent whereever he may roam. From Crusher to Aries the most entertaining wrasslers come from Milwaukee

Mom how do you spell malcontent? Sure Jimmy it’s spelled A r i e s

A heck of a fucking promo .lol

5’9 is generous… he is barely 5’6.

Can't even win the 205 belt...as a former tna world champ haha

Well this has aged very well.

He was pretty good all around but it just sounds like the dude wasn’t happy with life. Kinda sucks that his personality killed his career

Brian takes A LOT of pitch out of Jim's voice and makes it easy more tolerable

Punk would ruin Aries ...10 second match....I'd pay to see Ryback over Aries....maybe even Shane over Aries

I like Aries. I think overall: work rate, gimmick, and mic ability, Aries was arguably through best overall performer on the WWE roster. Cest la vie tho. Might be time for GFW to give him another run considering the problems they're having w/ Patron rn (another guy I like alot).

Aries sounds like the Shawn Michaels of ROH

Pot calling the kettle black.

Most overrated TNA and Roh world champ ...Aries

He's 5' 7" and 180 pounds actually, don't call us 5' 9" 200 pound guys small! 😆

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Corny Jim for president.

Damn this is Pre covid and jim sounds like shit here lol. Def sick

"He was always miserable" says Cornette who is always miserable

A tiny turnip eating man from times gone by!!!

koooooooooooooooooooool

He didn’t leave. He was released. He wanted to continue working for the WWE. But creative had nothing for him.

Jim is wrong, Aries had a great run in tna from 10 to 14. and left because they never paid anyone on time.

Aries doesn't sound like Cornette at all ;)

Aries is a midcard talent at best and the blame is on him. WWE has a stacked roster of main event talent on Raw and Smackdown.

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His name means nothing..sooo overrated ..to even mention Aries or talk about him is a waist of time ..but when your so known and are overly cocky and are a 2.5 out of 5 ...you get no respect...I don't see him as better then average...Taz would beat Aries in less then 1 minute

I've known Austin Aries for 32 years. He was my roommate a couple times. He's my favorite person. As such, I can attest that he is not a miserable person - especially compared to Punk, who I knew a bit. For Cornette to call someone miserable is the pot calling the kettle black. And a lot of time Aries complained, it was to fight for the boys. He tries to do what's best for business.

Corny hates everyone.

Never got the appeal. Austin Aries strikes me as CM Punk lite. Bad ring name. Not a marketable look. Poorly defined character. Who cares?

I appreciate punk but he’s not a big money draw. He sold merch but the ratings didn’t equate

CM Punk is a malcontent and showed it when he no showed WM30

says the guy who has left on bad terms where ever he has worked and talks about a enemy every day for the last 20 years. LOL

Smokey mountain did not draw better than ring of honor