Jim Cornette on Antonino Rocca Potentially Working With The CIA

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10 ай бұрын

From Episode 308 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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@stephenrogers4537 10 ай бұрын

Hogan could be a good spy if they catch him he never tell the truth😮😂

@ngiallag2792 10 ай бұрын

i bet you he has a story how he helped them out but had to turn them down or something 😂

@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 10 ай бұрын

Problem is you have to be GOOD at lying to be a spy.

@frankohbk 10 ай бұрын

and they make dookie

@d-mo733 10 ай бұрын

I’m thinking Hogan is somehow messing with ppl with the lies?! I feel like it’s some long, elaborate rib he is pulling! No way he is serious unless he has dementia. It is a good rib to do bc most humans are doofuses and will believe anything you say so makes sense.

@jaythor70 10 ай бұрын

Hogan got a bad case of Liabetes...

@owl509 10 ай бұрын

Maybe four days ago I watched The Lost Boys for the first time in over a decade and now Cornette is depicted as one of the vampires. Great work Travis. Kiefer Sutherland was gold back in the day

@DefendYoungstown 10 ай бұрын

The one thing I could never stomach about Louisville... ... all the damn vampires.

@jonathancarlson6127 10 ай бұрын

Louisville is the murder capital of the world. According to some graffiti, anyway.

@HostWithTheMost 8 ай бұрын

Damnpires

@jamesgroover4643 10 ай бұрын

Hulk Hogan was wanted for the role Rocca played in Communion, but he had to nix because he was touring with Elvis Presley 🪕🪕🪕

@groothewanderer9757 10 ай бұрын

Antonino Rocca was the Funeral Director in "Alice, Sweet Alice"

@philmaier70 10 ай бұрын

Had that film for many years lol Never had a clue, it's like when I noticed fuckin Toby Maguire hangin with that future sex offender Lucas in The Wizard one viewing lol 🤯

@fatalsniper3413 10 ай бұрын

@@philmaier70birds of a feather flock together.

@eamonwright7488 10 ай бұрын

He was part of Gladio! He was teaching the secret services and neo fascists how to properly apply chin-locks and Irish-whips!

@philbuttler3427 10 ай бұрын

Underrated comment.

@leighlowe1069 10 ай бұрын

@@philbuttler3427calling things underrated is overrated

@richardupton8167 10 ай бұрын

Here in Ireland we just call it whip

@eamonwright7488 10 ай бұрын

@@richardupton8167😊

@TheSerpentsEye 10 ай бұрын

I could potentially see Gary Hart as a bad ass double agent. 😂

@thegarygnushow7921 10 ай бұрын

With a sock full of quarters!!!!

@TheSerpentsEye 10 ай бұрын

@@thegarygnushow7921 With a razor in a hidden pocket.

@Kambei420 10 ай бұрын

Dragon Shai brudda

@smallcd 10 ай бұрын

"You're eating maggots, Rocca!!! How do they taste?"

@BasementBubbatunde 10 ай бұрын

Its neat seeing both the boys stumped on something historical lol

@PreacherJenkins 10 ай бұрын

And all it took was for it to be directly related to one of the major US intelligence agencies lol

@Swoll826 10 ай бұрын

LOL at "The Lost Boys" Reference Picture

@fingersTitan 10 ай бұрын

Kiefer Cornette.

@williammitchell4417 10 ай бұрын

Corny Gangrel!!

@azapro911 10 ай бұрын

Vince Sr. packed out the Garden for decades with this daring angle.

@florida_guy03 10 ай бұрын

Someone should ask hulk Hogan about this. Hulk was probably there after rocca but can vouch for him. It was in between his trips to wembley stadium.

@311JW 10 ай бұрын

Hogan was CIA director as well as their top agent at the time... his wrestling was the perfect cover and his ability to warp time by flying back and forth to Japan proved invaluable.

@florida_guy03 10 ай бұрын

@@311JW 🤣🤣🤣

@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma 10 ай бұрын

@@florida_guy03 Trash.

@maxxdahl6062 10 ай бұрын

@@311JW Did he burn the CIA's ring to get the job?

@josephrother7950 10 ай бұрын

Hogan gave Harry S. Truman the idea to start the CIA after Truman attended one of his concerts.

@JamesSmith-uc8tk 10 ай бұрын

Lol. Whenever wrestling came up around my grandma, she would always bring up Rocca. Maybe I need to look into some of his matches from back in the day.

@yoholmes273 10 ай бұрын

Your Grandma must have been a great lady. My Grandfather was one of those classic "Bruno is Uno" Italians.

@JamesSmith-uc8tk 10 ай бұрын

@@yoholmes273 She was a polock from Chicago, but Rocca must've been one of her favorites or at least made the biggest impression.

@maxxdahl6062 10 ай бұрын

@@JamesSmith-uc8tk Mine would bring up Rocca, dick the bruiser, etc.

@fatalsniper3413 10 ай бұрын

@@maxxdahl6062your grandma used to talk about Dick all the time?

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

I enjoy when Jim and Brian take us back in time

@joegreene7619 10 ай бұрын

Seek professional help.

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

@@joegreene7619 thanks enjoy your day

@james2651 10 ай бұрын

@@joegreene7619???

@accursedsidor8987 10 ай бұрын

He'll take you back to the past, when the professional wrestling didn't suck ass. 😂

@joshuaDstarks 10 ай бұрын

Jim would be the ultimate Lost Boy

@fingersTitan 10 ай бұрын

and just like the film.. Jim is an amazing soundtrack. lol

@koDaffi 10 ай бұрын

Cry little Hulkster, though shall not fall. Come to your brother, though shall not lie. Take your vitamins, though shall pray.

@cerberus_the_rapper3096 10 ай бұрын

@@koDaffibrother, this will be a forever underrated comment. My hat is fully off to you. Lmfao

@gi79304 10 ай бұрын

@@koDaffiyou broke the internet with this😂

@dewforpolitics 10 ай бұрын

Interesting guy and he was trained by Stanislaus Zbyszko.

@iiLivingMeme 10 ай бұрын

My grandpa would always tell me stories about seeing Rocca and Bruno in gyms and highschools when he was younger. This was in the 90s

@lmundiclan 8 ай бұрын

About Antonino Rocca: I was a secretary for the Vice President of an Architectural firm for the government Mr. Melvin J. Kessler in New York City about 1965-70 and had seen Mr. Rocca many times during those years. I knew he used to fly US Jet airplanes to Israel for the CIA. Rocca was a member in the FBI, CIA and Interpol. He was a very nice gentleman as far as I knew. I remember seeing a map of Israel’s installations he said it was worth $150,000. Mr. Rocca was possibly handled by my boss as he was very close to President John F Kennedy. Many people in the entertainment business were and possibly still used as spies for the FBI, CIA, and Interpol. The reason they were constantly traveling around the world. I am now 79 and retired since 1973. What I remember most about Mr.Antonino Rocca was when he met my two rambunctious boys about 6 and 9 years old. I had told him about my anxieties about them fighting with each other. He said to the boys as they sat one on each knee. “Boys do not fight with your brother you must love each other because if you fight you will end up ugly like me. See these big ears, they used to be cute and small like yours before I started wrestling. See my ugly nose it too used to be cute like yours before I wrestled. So if you don’t want to be ugly stop fighting. My boys were in awe of him they thought he was a GIANT. He was so huge he used to have to bend his head down and walked in sideways to fit through the door. Yes he was a giant especially having a big hug giant heart.

@lorim8070 Ай бұрын

This is true I met Mr Rocca when he came into my office in 1969. I was secretary for Mr Melvin Kessler, of SJ Kessler and Sons. Rocca was in the FBI, CIA and Interpol and flew jets to Israel. Mr Kessler was his handler. He was a very nice gentleman.

@Goawaykidyoubotherme 10 ай бұрын

Ya. His partner was Chuck Barris

@PacRimElectric 10 ай бұрын

This drawing is "chef kiss!" Love me some lost boys 😂

@danburnette7674 10 ай бұрын

Lou Thesz in his book " Hooker " made mention of Rocca as a weapons supplier or Double Naught Spy like Jethro Bodine in " The Beverly Hillbillies ". I see this 73 yr old guy named Terry usually 5 days a week in an Oak Creek, Wi. Diner who claims to be a Semi Retired FBI Agent and on loan to The IRS. We call his stories " TERRYTALES " . His stories - Terrytales were funny & humorous at first but in the last several months he has become a Pathological Liar. Special Agent Terry of The FBI & IRS reminds many of us of " Commander McBragg "

@charleybarley914 10 ай бұрын

Being Vince's color commentater would be a great way to drop "code words" into the match you're calling. perfect cover to communicate. "Flying Mare means the plan is a go, Hip Toss means no go.

@aretnap3653 10 ай бұрын

3:06... *BILL BRASZKY!* (SNL Sketch)

@joey3627 10 ай бұрын

That’s the greatest Cornette pic I’ve ever seen! Well done!

@M-pz2fx 10 ай бұрын

SOME CUCAMONGA KIDS ACTION TONIGHT PAL😂

@eatpigsnot 10 ай бұрын

Peter Levendas "Ratline" is a fascinating read. Makes an amazing case Hitler did not commit suicide in the bunker

@actuallynotsteve 10 ай бұрын

Isn't there pretty overwhelming evidence that he escaped to Argentina?

@joegreene7619 10 ай бұрын

@@actuallynotsteve Overwhelming, no. Enough to suggest it's a legit possibility, yes.

@eatpigsnot 10 ай бұрын

YES!@@actuallynotsteve

@dextercumberbatch4334 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like that baseball catcher Moe Berg.

@Snacksaloon 10 ай бұрын

Curious to see if Jim talks about the passing of Brett Sawyer and Adnan Al-Kaissie

@MrSpeed-lt8gr 10 ай бұрын

When I was growing up in Hawaii, we knew Adnan Al-Kaissie as Chief Billy White Wolf. He and Pampero Firpo (who we knew as the Missing Link) were my first 2 wrestling heroes.

@gothard5 10 ай бұрын

Brett Sawyer?

@Snacksaloon 10 ай бұрын

@@gothard5 Yup Buzz Sawyers brother died 8 Sept

@BasementBubbatunde 10 ай бұрын

Hope so. Adnan had a pretty nuts life

@thehellyousay 10 ай бұрын

@@MrSpeed-lt8gr the missing link was Dewey Robertson, a Canadian wrestler from the 70s.

@anonymousbo0318 10 ай бұрын

Cornette and his stooge Last should talk about how AEW was caught lying about the All In attendance record. That they didn't actually break at all. 😂

@richardcoreno 10 ай бұрын

The story is highly plausible, An FOIA request may shed some light, but -- more than likely -- will be heavily redacted. Worth a try by a historian or researcher, though.

@kungpowmurd3r 10 ай бұрын

I only glanced at the thumbnail but I immediately recognized Jim as Keifer Sutherland 😂😂

@chrischar9428 10 ай бұрын

Oh not gangrel

@leighlowe1069 10 ай бұрын

How do you smuggle planes? Maybe thats why Riddle got 'molested' in NYC by the TSA

@tomwigal8856 10 ай бұрын

Rocca was a funeral attendant in the movie Alice Sweet Alice I just looked it up on IMDb

@BigChucka419 10 ай бұрын

I've heard Peter interviewed on Coast to Coast AM back in the day

@ernestcruz6316 10 ай бұрын

Let me guess: Rocca was in secret ops with Chuck Barris and they were deep undercover for the CIA rooting out undesirables in the pro wrestling and TV game show worlds...call me cynical, but I don't buy it.

@chrischar9428 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad I don't have post this 😂

@jamirimaj6880 10 ай бұрын

The UFC/WWE official merger and the official 70k number for Wembley... another payday again lmao

@walterclark3198 10 ай бұрын

The lost Boyz artwork is super cool. Travis has done it again. Also what happen to Rocca.

@DateTwoRelate 10 ай бұрын

Rocca died young. Rockers Joplin, Morrison & Hendrix also died young. Coincidence?

@J.D.1. 10 ай бұрын

None of those 3 were ever Rockers. That was Michael's, Janetti and later Cassidy.

@thenextsyphillis 10 ай бұрын

No mention of the fact that Communion/Alice Sweet Alice was Brooke Shields film debut?

@tomservo4299 10 ай бұрын

lol from the picture i wonder how keifer sutherland in lost boys works into this

@thomaslyne3243 10 ай бұрын

Alice, Sweet, Alice was Brooke Shields film debut.

@user-rb3pu8gx3d 10 ай бұрын

Travis is the BEST 👌 👍

@williammitchell4417 10 ай бұрын

The Arteest 😎 always delivers

@kajuan2g6 10 ай бұрын

Just waiting patiently for that confirmed AEW All In attendance video

@d-Equalizer-b 10 ай бұрын

Now where did I put my tin foil..

@stevenstark6104 10 ай бұрын

They should have added the two Corey's in the artwork

@jordanwillis542 10 ай бұрын

This artwork. Good lord...

@treyhamiter6509 10 ай бұрын

Rocca was on the grassy knoll with Jack Valenti.

@AHalevonEric 10 ай бұрын

Lou Thesz said he didn't consider Rocca a wrestler in the traditional sense, but they got along, and he liked working Rocca.

@AHalevonEric 10 ай бұрын

I've seen Alice, Sweet Alice. I own it. I don't remember Rocca being in it.

@insupportofjunhado 10 ай бұрын

That's because Rocca was a comedic guy, though by today's standards not so much. He would do ridiculous things to mock his opponents, but he'd at least give you the impression that these were strikes they could not avoid or intercept, holds they could not escape. Thesz hated tomfoolery, and threatened to hurt Rocca if he tried to make him look like a fool, but would otherwise do everything he could to make Rocca look good the "correct" ways.

@davidcgrabowski 10 ай бұрын

If he was living in Argentina, they didn't participate in WW2.

@nubreedchristopher4539 10 ай бұрын

I think Jim should've been the video store owner and head vampire in Lost Boys.Imagine how crazy that shit would've been.

@joesicari666 10 ай бұрын

If you need a copy of Alice Sweet Alice let me know I can provide a file. By the way pretty good film for being low budget.

@splintermouth 10 ай бұрын

Jason Miller….Scranton boy. Alice Sweet Alice screened last year at a drive in near me Jimmy. It’s near Tamaqua. Pennsylvania rules. Tell us another PCW story 😂

@louis3141 10 ай бұрын

Needs to be an episode of Dark Side on him. But hey maybe Billy Jack isn’t so crazy now working for the government lol

@insupportofjunhado 10 ай бұрын

Jim girl Melina Perez had a CIA agent gimmick before OVW.

@LOSKOSKI 10 ай бұрын

Rocca, Antonino Rocca.

@markfroman738 10 ай бұрын

The Chuck Barris of pro wrestling!

@NLaBar 10 ай бұрын

Corny in thumbnail looks like vampire Brian knobs

@huh8662 10 ай бұрын

They're only noodles, Antonino.

@Fitz2393 10 ай бұрын

Peter Levenda meets Cornette…my worlds collide…

@theronquishow5837 10 ай бұрын

Where's the PodcastOne video?

@vinceraven1501 10 ай бұрын

Didn't Hulk Hogan work for the FBI at one point.. Seems like he mentioned it once.... Lol. Heard at one point that Bruno Sammartino had ties to some mafia stuff too.

@televiper11 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like Rocca was “working” these people

@joshhallidat5259 10 ай бұрын

Corny looks like If nobbs was a vampire

@darkmessiah1883 10 ай бұрын

Why does Jim look like Brian Knobbs 😂

@MrChristopherHaas 10 ай бұрын

This sounds completely ridiculous. 🎣

@jasonlane1528 10 ай бұрын

My God but this thumbnail...lol

@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337 10 ай бұрын

This guy most be a conspiracy theorist believer or he met somebody that was using the name of one of the most famous itallians of the moment so nobody can identify him. Rocca was active in Japan and Puerto Rico wrestling for Baba and Carlos Colón respectively.

@wildwine6400 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Hulk Hogan story 😅

@chrischar9428 10 ай бұрын

And co starred kevin bacon

@leewall1275 10 ай бұрын

What's you're name sir. Rocca, Antonino Rocca.

@knicksfule 10 ай бұрын

Lost Boys Corny!!!

@TorrenceKingman 10 ай бұрын

Brian Kendrick was right!

@whiteythaboss407 10 ай бұрын

Last weds aew?

@greghughes8147 10 ай бұрын

You're eating maggots Antonino

@metallicbigtoe3949 10 ай бұрын

You're eating maggots Corney how do they taste ?

@user-xm9ms5dl8d 10 ай бұрын

Intelligence agencies working for Israel? That would never be true 😅

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

Afraid and Lost the Tony Khan story

@andresuker858 10 ай бұрын

The CIA The Church Inside association

@john_blues 10 ай бұрын

So Hogan is the next generation Rocca.

@thegarygnushow7921 10 ай бұрын

LMFAOOO

@benespinosa6725 10 ай бұрын

This story is very fascinating lol.

@williammitchell4417 10 ай бұрын

Corny as David (Gangrel) the Arteest delivers as always 😎

@THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER 10 ай бұрын

I'm gonna HAVE 2 hear it 2 find out Y in da FUCK is Corny drawn as David from Da Lost Boyz 🤣🤣🤣

@benespinosa6725 10 ай бұрын

@@williammitchell4417I didn't realize this was Gangrel I forgot that lol

@benespinosa6725 10 ай бұрын

@@THEWRESTLERSWRESTLERLMAO it looks like Gangrel I could be wrong

@THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER 10 ай бұрын

@benespinosa6725 Naa man DATS DEFINITELY David from Da Lost Boys. He even has da box of Chinese noodles dat David turns in2 maggots 🤣

@davidmurray6949 10 ай бұрын

Are they sure Rebanga ain't the dude who got Stabbed in Scarface movie 😂😂😂😂

@constablekennedy7705 10 ай бұрын

Please give us the Upload regarding the WWE return of Nia Jax.

@MichaelSmith-fq6hz 10 ай бұрын

Nia Jax is like the COVID pandemic. Just when you thought it might finally be over, it makes an unwelcome return.

@maxxdahl6062 10 ай бұрын

@@MichaelSmith-fq6hzHerpes.

@fingersTitan 10 ай бұрын

@@MichaelSmith-fq6hz Charlotte Flair loves your post.

@bootneyfarnsworth2844 10 ай бұрын

@@MichaelSmith-fq6hzLeave Nia Jax alone. She never hurt anyone!! Oh nevermind ..😅😅

@emilioamaro2790 10 ай бұрын

They could’ve saved some money by just putting a wig on a waterbed.

@ngiallag2792 10 ай бұрын

please find more of these jems of wrestling folklore more entertaining than aew quartly viewing figures ect ...

@anthonymackey222 10 ай бұрын

You do know Becky Lynch used to be a clown and mime.

@ngiallag2792 10 ай бұрын

so are some of the wrestling talent that aew have on there roster !!

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

Different day same Jim and Brian

@Jim-Tuner 10 ай бұрын

The story is nonsense. It doesn't line up with anything that historically happened in terms of the weapons talked about.

@jasonmiller7628 10 ай бұрын

Well I am another Jason Miller no relation and didn't know that there was so many Jason Miller's in the world 😮🎉....ps I am not a doppelganger

@cctitansfan 10 ай бұрын

Lost boy Cornette

@elijahchesterthomas5334 10 ай бұрын

Jim... you are a very smart man. Why would anyone ever disclosed that he was part of this club? Do you know how many Hollywood stars are in the same Club? Think critically for a minute and ask yourself if you had to run a business such as America, what strategies would you take? I know it sounds crazy but really isn't that crazy?

@mjdf122 10 ай бұрын

I wrestled in NY for Northeast Wrestling