Santino took it too lightly. Cornette took it too seriously. People calling Santino "a snitch"? No one should get away with assaulting employees. Staying silent will mean it would just keep happening and getting worse.

Only problem with corney he takes it too seriously I mean its good to a point him goes overboard sometimes

God, it's jarring to hear him without the accent.

He said guys were happy Cornette was gone but OVW went to the shits when he left.

Is it weird that his Canadian accent kinda blends with the fake Italian?

I doesn't take much to ruffle Cornys feathers he's got a short fuse

Look Jim Corentte is a legend but he was out of order in this instance. The amount of people blindly defending him need to stop drinking the koolaid. It's pathetic.

I love corny to death, I don’t even watch wrestling anymore and I listen to his podcasts all the time. But I could never work for him lol. And I side with Santino, you can’t just hit people.

Cornette put Santino over unintentionally 😂

Santino: Man, i just got this rug that really ties the apartment together..... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This is the first time I heard satino without being in wwe character the second I heard his real voice i knew this guy was Italian Canadian

Santino was alright lol, i skipped his stuff most of the time, but he wasn't completely awful. His spots at the rumble always got a chuckle out of me. He seems like an alright dude and its weird to hear him without the accents

It seems funny hearing him talk without his annoying accent he did with he was the centineo Marella character he seemed like a really good genuine guy though

I love this guy. He is a true entertainer.

Weak is a good word for Cornette

Santino showed what he can really do as a serious wrestler when I saw his match on Josh Barnett's Bloodsport show. He used his real name Anthony at that show

What people don't understand about why Cornette was so mad is when Cornette stood up the first time to yell at Santino to "get away he's dangerous!", Cornette unexpectedly shit his pants, as in real drizzlin' shits kind of shit. So from then on Cornette was extra mad ! Cornette tells this himself.

Good on Santino, if I was in his shoes I would've dropped corny right then and there. That was a completely disproportionate response to a small mistake and as far as I'm concerned it's fcking disgusting that He would lay his hands on a father whose with his daughter. Thats a completely childish, scumbag move.

Jim Cornette was lucky Santino didn't hit back. He is a black belt and can beat the shit out of him

"Why didn't you run from the Boogeyman?!"

The only problem he made was thinking that Jim is irrelevent because he's old. He has more fans now than he did when he was in the business. He's more popular than the entire AEW program. Unfortunately for people that don't like him he's more relevant now than he's ever been.

Santino has a legit shoot martial arts background. He'd kill Cornette in real life, especially at that age.

Whenever someone says, "...I started to hit him, but..."

That slap made his career

Ppl will side with Corny bc they like him but Santino is legit in martial arts. I respect him for knowing he could do something but not bc he wanted a job

You wanna talk about an underrated wrestler.. Santino/Santina was absolutely hilarious. Loved this guy.

My brain isn’t registering him without the accent. I feels like a voice over

But Santino could have sued Cornette.

Thank you for getting Jim Cornette fired.

I love Jim Cornette but for him to slap anybody for some stupid shit like that. Especially when dude is with his daughter. New wrestling sucks but Santino Marella was entertaining.

Santino is real for this. The wrestling business sounds rough.

One thing I do disagree with Santino on is saying Jim is out of touch with Wrestling. But he should not of hit you. Even if he was mad about something else as he has said. I like both so I don't take sides,

Im a cornette fan but lets be honest he’s no tough guy to me he’d use some sort of weapon if somebody tried to get into a real fight with him lol

“Word got back to the office” 😂 I wonder how

I didn't know Santino was Canadian . I like him better now .

I like Cornette but he was outta line. Santino should have pressed charges.

And Santino got that chance and never gave him that slap...

Damn Bro!!!! Santino sounds totally different!!! Consequential thinking, Santino was Smart. Why get into a mess, because J.C. , although LEGENDARY, Should not have put hands on the guy!!!

Santino had his mind right. Even if he got fired though it would have been self-defense. There were witnesses. Cornette was fired because he hit someone else before. He came off the suspension then came after Santino. The trash always takes itself out.

They met again at some kind of convention. Santino was trying to apologize to Cornette and Cornette basically told him to F' off. No returned slap.

Cornette would be a cop or a c.o in a jail if he wasn’t in the wrestling business lmao those kind of people only lash out when they have the authority angle

Santino Strode: It was the boogeyman. Dr. Cornette: As a matter of fact, it was.

Controversial Wrestling Shoots, aw man, u beat me to it. I was gonna upload this clip to my channel. Santino's RF Video Shoot Interview was really good cause it shows the real him and his actual voice.

clearly Jim thought there was only one child that not but guess Santino's kid had a higher iq than him

Santino got that a little bass-ackwards! Cornette is way more relevant than he is, was, or ever will be. If anybody is trying to cling to relevancy it’s you Santino! You’re remembered for being a comedy act while Corny had a hall of fame career in the business and currently has the top wrestling podcast by far

Santino should have called his lawyer John Chena

It wasn't too soon after this that Santino and Cornette met at that convention center , I think Cornette got thrown out.

He should have sold being afraid of boogeyman, that's why Cornette was upset. Even if it was a goofy sell. Like grab a chair and use it to create distance. Cornette takes wrestling way too seriously. It's his entire fucking life. He doesnt have kids, he doesnt have a religion, it's all his life. It's kinda sad. So when u dont show respect he takes it like you kicked his dog. He takes it very personally.

Imagine had Jim Cornette actually trained Santino...

Lmao nobody like Jim Cornette 😂😂😂

Cornette definitely shouldn't have slapped him but the way he tells it the whole thing was basically because he was pissed at his situation in general. He blew up at the guy over something minor because he hated his work and most everybody around him, seen it happen to a bunch of people at work. Maybe not as far as slapping but for sure seen people massively overreact because the job got to them.

“My employer gave me a role to play” lmao Jimmy tells this story way better

Imagine if santino beat cornette up after that .. some people need a receipt. And be Able to have a drink afterwards. But cornette is someone who thinks cause he's so mad he can beat the world up

Props on Santino he did the right thing and didn’t loose his cool and u can tell Vince like him he love his comedy wrestlers or wrestlers that can make him laugh R Truth, Santino and Helms and Santino had a hell of a career in WWE won some titles had a amazing run with Beth that help Beth get some character and more personality aside from being a strong woman they made a cool combo and can’t forget Santino trying to break the Honky Tonky man record and other memorable stuff he’s a cool dude and help his daughter break into the business he’s a stand up guy

I always felt like if they had dropped the comedy act and turned Santino heel he couldve been maybe world heavyweight champion. The guy could talk and wrestle. It's too bad he got stereotyped as a comedy guy.

I initially thought he was wrestling boogeyman and smiling at him inside the ring, but why would you slap an audience member?

Why would you be worried about getting in trouble to that extreme if you were slapped first?.......

Why does it seem his voice been dubbed over ?

That couch must’ve been really comfortable

He should've done this interview with the accent.

“ it was a job from my EMPLOYER”

Jim is very careful who he gets "tough" with. Basically anyone he has power over or that isn't there in person.

Nah this sound like voiceover LMAOOOO

Had Jim Cornette been there longer Santino could have been a legitimate force on the card like they changed Batista, but oh well still worked out for him

What we would give for a show with Santino

Jim Cornett has been wrong so many times about some of the greatest stars of the 2000s era there’s a reason Vince dropped his ass

Everything that I have seen about this incident makes it clear to me that Santino was absolutely in the right here. Cornette is an absolute nut, even if I like his podcast

Cornette would have been in the right up until the slap. Even though Santino had no knowledge of how to act as a fan in that section men sometimes just learn by getting yelled at once in a while, most of us accept that.

I like Santino, but I'm not buying this story at all haha. He didn't think about being deported nor his couch. He was a newbie who was shocked since the boss was slapping him, understandably. Then he goes back to his seat and is like, "a situation happened, but nothing major". I'm not buying this story at all. Edit: and making it a point to say he thanked Johnny Ace for being unbiased and Johnny at that moment realizing he's the Cornette guy is such BS haha. Again, I like Santino, but everyone knows he got that gig because of the slaps, not his talent

His gimmicks were some of the worst for the reputation of Wrestling world wide . Cross dressing and making a fool out of the women’s division, making a mockery of Jake the snakes gimmick . He’s just not good and his gimmick is stereotypical especially since he’s French Canadian

Cornette is lucky he didn't get his butt kicked. But Vince heard about this and pushed Santino hard.

Cornette smacked the accent out of his mouth.

So what would have happened if he was just an audience member?

THIS was heavily edited on favor of cornette

I have so much respect for him

Should have brought out the Cobra on Cornette

CULTIST HERE: Yeah Jim was having a rough go at it...... This was the totally "wrong place, at the wrong time, in the wrong event, in the wrong company," etc... Cornette's passion is amazing, but you can tell it got him into trouble. He may have gotten off lightly, to be honest... He coulda faced charges, or gotten spanked lol. Look, It's kinda like "YES YOU ARE RIGHT, but at what cost?" Kinda like telling a young kid that Santa is fake before they're ready to hear it, you know? I'm not calling Santino a kid.... I'm just saying that sometimes being right ISN'T the right choice within context. Anyone coulda called on Jim over this. This is just one of those things where it coulda been worse or better than it turned out. But it is what it is, and its over. THE END?????

Santino got Cornette back a few years ago at that convention. Jim was screaming like a woman for security. So embarrassing.

Cornette is passionate and it shows. Am I condoning the fact he slapped Santino? No, but tbh let's face it: only thing i remember Santino for is losing to Jimmy Kimmel's cousin.

People keep pointing out Santino has a martial arts background. Cornette is a heel manager from the late 70. I PROMISE he's got a gun somewhere lol. He's threatened to shoot Brock Lesnar, threatened to beat Russo with a bat and tried to KILL Terry Landell by running him over Richie Aprile style lol

He tried to say JC is irrelevant 😂😂😂

He got the freebee

Santino was a great talent 🫡

Dude still doesn't understand that you're supposed to sell for Boogieman.?!

This guy is the unfunniest wrestler in history.

feels uncomfortable without the accent

Cornette even said that he could have done something better than slapping him

Ehhhhh...... I dont know what to say. I feel bad for him too. Slapping someone's too much, cornette couldve just lectured him or called him an idiot. On the other hand, laughing at the boogeyman when theres 100s of people puttint the effort to make him sell as a serious character was a shit thing to do. Dude you had ONE job... ONE single simple job that night... DON'T laugh at the guy, look scared if anything but atleast dont laugh. Come on...

Aged like fine milk. Jim's more relevant than ever 😂

What Santino wasn’t really from Italy? NO!

Atleast he got a job out of it

Jim Cornette ain’t shit 😂😂

Quistion for those that defend the slap. If I. Was to work at youre company or lime or work ( being real ). And he slapped you or you slapped him would it be looked at as defending you’re work or preaching company moral standards. Reason iam asking is. Cause if this was anybody other than Jc. Hugh Morris. Comes to mind it be a diffrent story concedering the crap santino has put himself trough during wwe. Iam pretty sure he would have done the kayfabe stuff.

Everybody love Santino ❤

Santino is jacked lol

Without a doubt in my mind iknow santino would whoop him but come on why he acting like he wasnt afraid in that clip

Didn't earn his job. WWE gave him a job on the main roster so that he wouldn't sue. Jim Cornette is a clown but this guy didn't earn a spot, it was given to him.

I miss santino

Top ovw stars were able to make it with cornette 🤷‍♂️

Jim cornette is lucky santino didnt beat his ass dude is tougher then ppl think