I started listening to Jim Cornette on a daily around the time AEW started 5 years ago. Man, this has been a wild ride and all this has aged well

He was spot on with Orange Cassidy lol

years later and this still stands true

"Wrestling is supposed to be silly and fun" - the same fans who say that are the ones who get mad when WWE introduces absurdist characters like Santino, Elias, or Hornswoggle.

“Who’s next, pockets?” Ah, if you only knew then

Coming back to this vid years later, Jim is a prophet 😭

TK's drawing went from being a dork to being coked in just a year. Damn.

"Wrestling fans never left wrestling." Damn, that felt good to hear. Thank you Jim.

'who are they gonna sign, pockets? how long is that gonna be funny?' oh boy...

This has aged well

I remember listening to this in 2019. Holy shit. In 2023, almost everything he said came true. Orange Cassidy is their longest reigning champion. WTF?!!

Listening to this 4 years on… man… Jim was 100% correct on it all!

Listening to this in January 2024 & this is even more relevant. All they had to do was listen to this because the state of AEW now...

The Omega Shakespeare mashup image is just too funny 😂

Anyone here after AEW released the punk/perry video? No? Just me. Cornette was right. It’s crazy.

Whoever is drawing these thumbnail/background images, good job. They're quality and usually crack me up

damn he saw that coming from a mile away 😂

4 years later... still relevant ..

*"Sports based presentation"*

I swear WWE should have Jim cut a promo on AEW like he did on WCW during the MNW’s

And he was right. That’s exactly what AEW became.

Aged like fine wine

Over a year later, and he hit the nail on the head. Jim is the wrestling Nostradamus.

This is resounding more than ever in 2024 😂

HAHAHA Jim Thinks I'm going to Lose my Virginity

"Hey Tony, since you're wasting money on people with no legs...." LMFAO

5:25 and the smart one was the first one out. Also, 7:27 basically said what CM Punk said at the media scrum

It’s so crazy to listen to this now at the end of 2023 when Cody is in wwe and basically everything Jim says came true about wwe.

Listening to this after Pockets had a main event with Jericho is hilarious xD xD xD xD

“If you are a wrestling fan at 10 then you will be a wrestling fan at 60” The fans never left wrestling, wrestling left us. Wow I never thought of things like that but it’s so true. Great quotes there. I watched wrestling as a kid, quit watching as a teen but watched again as an adult once I saw something that was good in wrestling which happened to be 2012 ring of honor, ironically with Jim Cornette vs Kevin Steen.

After years of AEW, this stands correct.

I love listening to Jim's thoughts and feelings. A TRULY passionate wrestling fan, wrestling historian, and wrestling ENCYCLOPEDIA. Thank you for sharing your knowledge as well. A LIVING LEGEND!

Corney is so right. Wrestling done right is for all ages! I am 52 and still enjoy 70s, 80s and Attitude Era. After that I tapped out.

lmao 4 years later and pockets is still play kicking people in the shins and people eat it up

Man this Episode Aged Like Fine Wine, like cornette knew from a crystal ball

He was completely right

Back in the day, when Jim was conflicted about AEW🙂

Kenny Olivier, fucking priceless 😂😂😂

The way Cornette feels about wrestling, I feel about life...I use to give a shit, but now I spend my days regretting that I was ever born.

Holy shit the Tony Khan artwork has really evolved over 4 years. Maybe de-volved?

4 years later, this is just proof that people that have been in the wrestling business know what they’re talking about and marks don’t know shit.

Man, i wish Jim would stop beating around the bush and finally just let it all out n tell us all how he REALLY feels 🤣

JC was right.

I faithfully started watching Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1978 every Saturday, we also started going to the matches EVERY Monday night at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium until they stopped in 87-88. My dad was a minister/pastor and had a small trucking company. He passed away in 2016 but I’m still watching late 70’s-attitude era Jim Crockett;WCW/WWF on KZfaq.

As a 34 year old white guy with a bald head and beard I take offense at this lol

Hearing this now, with Pockets getting signed, a push, & beating their 1st World Championship,!

You see those fans in those stands, they’ll stay as long as we dont turn them away. Tell that to Vinny Mac

Omega should just run with it and change his ring name to Bill O'Goods

As much as I'd really like to see AEW succeed for the sake of pro-wrestling and as a wrestling fan, I agree with a lot of things Jim says here. Wrestling is dead, and I say that even as someone who sometimes watches and appreciates NJPW's attempts to try and protect some of the mystique around their stars and business. Yes, death of kayfabe is a big part of what's missing now, but more than anything, decent storytelling and emotional engagement has also rotted away too. I don't need an elaborate lie to follow a TV show, enjoy a movie or watch a sporting event. I just need a good story that gives me a reason to care about the outcome. Almost no one in wrestling, company or individual, does that anymore. Especially when so many of them spend their time on Twitter proving how dumb they come across both personally AND professionally. I wish AEW good luck, but the more I see, the less optimistic I feel about their longer term future.

the original tony khan artwork is hilarious to look back on

"Time, the ultimate truth teller." - Katy Perry What Jim Cornette said here aged so well because he was spot on and spoke the truth!

Wrestling is never going to be as same as it was in 1980s or 1990s. Those of us can only watch the network for the good ol days.

Telling anyone that you are a wrestling fan these days is straight up embarrassing.

This has aged beautifully

Cornette is right man. The hardcore wrestling crowd has a certain asthetic.

The sadness in Cornette's voice when he hears Gable's hair has been cut haha

jim cornette called it right

This thumbnail is gold.

This segment is 100% spot on 5 years later. Jim and Brian should review it today.

"You have been sold a bill of goods" - Jim Cornette

I've been a fan of wrestling since the 70's, and I'm still here. And I agree with a lot of his concerns.

This should be played to any who thinks they can be a wrestlers and those who aspire to be wrestlers

I don’t like video games & prefer wrestling to be presented seriously. That said, a few facts: - Video games is a far bigger business than professional wrestling. - There are far more video game fans than there are wrestling fans. - Vince is currently shitting himself because he can’t get anyone to draw 18-34 year old males. - The Attitude Era was primarily 18-34 year old males in the audience. - The Attitude Era, which Cornette hated, was shit hot & did monster business. Here are opinions: -There are more women at AEW shows than WWE shows. -AEW has not started TV yet and Jim is already convinced they are finished - that’s ridiculous. -AEW could put on 1979-1986 NWA/AWA shows and (a) Cornette would still hate it because of the involvement of Kenny and the Bucks, and (b) AEW would be out of business in a year. This is 2019. -There are legitimate criticisms to be made of AEW’s first two shows, but they are literally their *first two shows.* But if Jim was to come on and say that everyone needed to calm down about the bad stuff because it may not be long term, and the elite are humans so of course will make mistakes by coming up with bad gimmicks etc, and Jim isn’t cutting promos on how terrible Kenny is for exposing the business, then nobody would listen to Cornette’s podcast... in which he exposes the business.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL @ Kenny as Hamlet....."my art.." Lol 😂😂😁😀😂😂😂😁

Cornette just napalming AEW 😂😂😂

I Stg i typed "Tony Khan Mark" and this popped up. Hadukah? 🤣🤣

Kristen Jarrett gave a 14 year old Jim cornette a great piece of wisdom about the wrestling business

I'm married, a father, have a very good job & love AEW.

A year later and he nailed it.

This aged very well

Jim has to realize that Fyter Fest was was CEO, so obviously they are going take cues from computer games. If it happens on the weekly show, then he can complain.

I love how Jim champions tag team wrestling, it really is in dire straits at the moment

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR JIM AND BRIAN ADDRESS THE TONY KHAN TWEET🤔🤣💯

You knew, Jim. You knew. They should review this video on a new episode

3 years later and Jim has been right about aew

I can't help but notice the prevalance of grannies in the front row as well as fans holding babies while watching NWA programming on the Network. How often do you see many people 55+ at shows?

This aged well Jim was right in this money!

Okay a few things. First off fyter fest was literally a glorified house show for a gaming convention omega is big on. Something similar to this would be the Jericho cruise. It’s not a ppv or indicative to what they will be doing weekly on tnt. No matter what the bucks or omega do, Jim will take issue to it. They could go back to the rest holds on the 80’s and he would still find an issue with it. The pre show is the only fair argument that can be made. But there’s still a group of wrestling fans that like comedy wrestling. Even I laughed when orange Cassidy came out at double or nothing. As for the demographics. The male demographic at 20-34 is what they should be chasing. It’s literally the exact same demographic the ufc gets. Which Jim claims does better wrestling then the wwe right now. Now will older people watch it, of course. My father and uncles are very old school guys and watched it most of their lives up until about 8 years ago. They loved double or nothing, especially the young bucks match. The age of oversized steroid body builders are done. Even the wwe has trouble getting those types over. Their two biggest male stars are both more of a new Japan style wrestler.

He is absolutely right. As much as I think Kenny and the young bucks are great I can see how old it will get quickly. its always the same shit i miss old 70s- late 90s matches. yea some were bullshit but atleast every age could get into not just gamers

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

It's not a "fad" audience, they're diehards. But I also struggle to see them expanding their audience beyond those diehards.

AEW is going to have to create new stars. Period.

Even today, JC's words ring true.

He’s rite . It’s fine now but when you have to do weekly tv, you got to reach a larger audience

I'm a 71 year old ex-wrestler who loves AEW & NJPW. I have to disagree with Jim here, but I love hearing him and agree with him on 90% of his stuff

Don't fall into the trap of ppl telling that Cornette is a bigot, or misogynistic, or even Islamophobic. It is what it is, a guy with the knowledge of Jim Cornette might made some mistakes once or twice, but he undoubtedly nailed it in this one, and nobody can disqualify him right now that the twinkle toes wrestling promotion is losing it.

Cornette is one of the best minds in the business. I’m glad he’s part of MLW.

This is what I've been thinking.. Its a mid card spot fest.. They talk high but itll run low once the newness wears off..

But ... but ... BUT KENNY'S ART!

The funny part of this today, he signed Pockets & put him in a major spot.

18-34 audience... does Jim not remember the Attitude Era???.. only the most successful period of wrestling ever.. there were no babies and elderly people going to those shows 😂😂😂

This was prophecy

I would love to see Jim react live to this next AEW event

Corny's voice was changing before our very ears from the raspy young Corny into the old man full of piss & and vinegar post AEDubbya Corny. Love this clip!

Cornie makes some very valid points.

im a wrestling fan since 89, i am not offended by anything omega or the bucks do, besides that little girl thing

I hate the crappy explosions in AEW, Orange Cassidy's style, Miro going from emasculated to being a beta with Kip, the whole musical shit with Jericho. I also hate the whole Alexa Bliss-Bray Wyatt crap, the whole slime pouring on Braun, Cameron Grimes running from ghosts. Both are just as fucking outrageous.

This video was brutal. 😂😂😂

I’d have high hopes for AEW if they took wrestling seriously. They’re doing what the WWE is doing, only using different people. That shit isn’t going to draw on TNT. Remember the final months of WCW? That’s what’s going to happen.

Say what you want about Cornette but he's speaking some real truth