Jim Cornette on Ricky Gibson & The Formation Of The Rock N Roll Express
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- From Episode 213 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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Welcome back, Travis. Glad you're feeling better.
Hey, what's going on with Travis and the recent artwork? I have been out of the loop for personal reasons.
🤘
@@rhettjonke4667 I think he was sick, and that he’s gradually getting back in
@@rhettjonke4667 yea he was sick so other artists did the art work for a few weeks but now hes back.
Travis is back! Best there is, Best there was, and the best there ever will be.
I agree. The guess art wasnt bad but i feel his art style fits better.
@@BUPMY1 ye the guest art was great artwork, but I feel it was a bit too fancy for the humble topics of the podcast. I don't need molecular gastronomy when I visit the drive thru
phuck no.. the new art is x10 better , this shi* looks like some jobber drew it.
@@chibiromano5631 Shut up, peasant.
@@chibiromano5631 Familiarity breeds comfort though, for that reason Travis' art takes the cake anyday
All right everyone, on the count of three: 1...2...
WELCOME BACK TRAVIS!!!!!!!!!!🎈🎉🎊🎊🎉🎉🎈🎈🎉🎊🎉🎈🎊🎊
YAY!!!
Travis, You are the Best! So glad that you are working again
I'm happy to see Travis's artwork again. I missed it.
So have I.
And so have I.
dittos!
The Gibsons were so good. I was a big fan of theirs. Ricky on his own could've been a legend.
I’ve been watching rasslin lol since early 80 when I was young. Love listening to Jim Cornett. Thank y’all for the good memories!!
The good memories as in the near heart attacks AEW gives him. I feel like we're all Lucky to grow up in this Elite era.
Everyone yelling "Travis!!" has a certain Norm on Cheers quality.
Welcome back. Can't wait until the next Tony Khan video...
MR. TRAVIS IS BACK!
I was lucky enough to live in the middle of the Mid-South territory when the RR Express came in and had the feud with the Midnight Express. I saw them wrestle each other countless times and every match was very different and almost magical compared to some of the slower matches.
Same here, that was my youth. Loved the R&R Express and hated the Midnight Express. Cornette would make me so mad. It’s taken videos like this for me to forgive Jim🤣🤣
The art is back!!!
while I've enjoyed many of the other artist's, Travis is just...foundational.
🎋God bless you Travis, he is back !!! 🎋❤❤❤
I always loved the double drop kick finisher by RnR Express
Agreed! It was one of the few tag team finishers that made sense
Ricky Gibson was hugely over in Panama City/Pensacola and on the Pensacola-Mobile TV
Love the Rock and Roll Express. ❤🎉😊❤🎉😊❤🎉😊
Ayyyyyyyy! Travis!!
Travis is BACK!!!
Id love Jim to do 30 mins a week dedicated to stories about a wrestler from the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s
30 mins a week? Jim has enough of those stories for two years worth of content without thinking.
@@zlinedavid people are lazy they don't look up the older videos
All the little girlies screamed when that drum/cowbell from the ELO song came over the speakers (in Crockett).
Seen the artwork, had to make sure this wasn't an old video. Welcome back Travis! I have only five words for you: Damn glad to see you boy! 😜 (Movie quote)
Man, I grew up watching the NWA, WWCW and LOVED the RNR Express. Loved their matches with ME!
HE'S BACK!!!
I never knew Ricky Lee Jones was Ricky Gibson! Makes sense that he would have a different last name at that point.
I saw Ricky and Reuben Gibson take on the Assassins managed by Billy Spears at the Houston County Farm Center in Dothan Alabama around 1980. That night the assassins attacked Reuben Gibson and Billy Spears threw fire in Reuben's face. Later that night Ricky Gibson came out and attacked the Assassins and Billy Spears with a 2x4 he broke accross Billy Spears's face. Best match I ever saw in my life. It's what made me a rasslin fan for life.
The rocket in the picture reminds me of Jerry Lawler’s fireworks commercials.
Yay he's back
Is Travis back?????
He's back
Oh wait, Travis Heckel is back! You love to see it.
I know Travis art when I see it 👏
I was fortunate to see Rick & Robert Gibson in the Tn territory in the 70s. Jim failed to mention Rick Gibson walking half way across the ring on the ropes, long before "Taker" was doing it.
I always felt Rick was never given the credit he deserved although he held various titles.
Rick Gipson 1 Bad Mutha
Ricky Gibson did a 6 week to 2 month stay in Mid-South.
Travis welcome back
THE KING HAS RETURNED!
Like Corny or not, he is a fountain of knowledge concerning the wrestling business.
Sweet! The visuals feel whole again!!
Jim in "Night of the Legends" said that Ricky Gibson was Flair like before the car accident derailed his career, too bad
Did you guys notice how the other artists were initially making detailed super art to show off their skills and style, and when everyone kept mentioning Travis' art being the best, they all switched to how Travis makes it by making it funny and including something random Jim mentioned into the video?
Welcome back Travis.
Travis is back!
Lol, good to have you back, Travis. The guest artists were great but I missed him. His art work is subtle yet perfect
Travis!!!! Glad you are back and feeling better
OH SHIT SON!! FINALLY, TRAVIS HECKEL HAS COME BACK..........HOME!! HA Welcome back my brother!!
I had the pleasure to meet both RICKY MORTON and BOBBY EATON.
You forgot to to make the thumbnail with a lazy eye.
Robert's lazy eye
@@olschoolTonyCarter yup
Ricky Gibson? For as big a RnR Express fan as I was as a kid in the early 80s, I have absolutely no memory of this guy whatsoever. Or Ricky Lee Jones in Crockett. In fact, I thought the name was a typo until listening.
As a kid growing up here in Houston,me and my folks were fixtures of Friday nights at the Coliseum for several years starting in the late '70,s.Unfortunately,we moved to California in '83,so i missed out on what would've been the greatest matchups in terms of non-stop action with the Midnights and the Rock-n -Roll.My cousin was actually there to witness their scaffold match,which described to me years before it was done at Starrcade,had me absolutely blown away.Kudos to both teams and Jimmy for helping keeping wrestling alive and hot in the Bayou City.I've now got that scaffold match on vid,and it's still epic.
The other artists were all a good fill in but ain't nothing like the original.....and the best! Welcome back Travis. I hope all is well.
Welcome back Travis!
The Rock N Roll Express are an legendary tag team they know how to entrain people in the late 70's early 80's!
The RnR were not around in the late 70s.
@@manuelper My bad
@@manuelper lol
Wow, hearing Jim mention Nova Scotia and the Maritimes is kind of surreal
Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson.
Good to see travis work back the original always best but some of the other art needs more appreciation
Cosmetically pleasing
Glad you’re better, Travis. Missed you.
I like hearing Jim talk about Houston. I'm here in Houston and they tore down the Sam Houston Coliseum and replaced it with a Symphony Theater
Happy to see Travis back even if it seems to be part time since he did a couple 2 days ago then we had a bunch without him and its only like 1/7 today
First thought "Wasn't the rocket launcher the Midnight's move?"
It's always great to hear Jim talking about the RnR & Midnights. You can tell how much he loved those guys, & how great those times were.
Remember Ricky Gibson coming through Mid-South before they became UWF.
Good to see Travis artwork is back on channel.
Never saw him wrestle but I had the pleasure of working on the ring crew for my buddy’s local promotion when I was a sophomore in high school and Ricky Gibson ran shows from a bar he owned here in town. I can’t attest to his wrestling abilities but I can promise you, he’s THE filthiest story teller on planet earth. I’m talking vile things that even now as an adult I didn’t know people could do sexually. As a high school kid we were fascinated.
If the Gibsons were still together, who would have been Ricky's partner. Word has it that three people were considered for the two R&R Express spots. The third was Terry Taylor.
I like these thumbnails with this art work better. Not sure why there was changes? This art work is simpler and easy to see who's who. It pops more. The recent changes especially on small thumbnails - with video game art work or whatever it was - makes it hard to tell who was who or what was going on. The simpler animation works better...
The regular guy was sick so they had someone else for a bit
I'm just here to give love to Travis
Travis is back. Glad to see he is doing better
Everything is back right with the world
We love you Travis! Welcome back!
I really love the new drawings, animations/illustrations, sedation, masterbation what ever it's called. The newer artists drawing the thumbnails this old ones are low quality, and shiit my 9 year old niece draws like this, so it's not impressive if the person drawing this isn't 9 years old. Please let the new person(s) illustrate ur thumbnails n keep them.
I've watched pro wrestling since I was about 7 (my grandmother introduced me to it) and for all that time it gets harder and harder to look past the brutality of the sport. Not talking about someone working stiff, but that these guys have to take so many risks and invariably suffer the effects for the rest of their lives.
Welcome back Travis! The detail in your drawings (like the bandana on Rock N Roll Corny) is just one example of what separates you apart from anyone else.
Travis is back! The thumbnails just weren’t the same without him. Most of them sucked
What?????? This is terrible
youre just being a travis fanboy, they were amazing.
@@DUFFYISBACK some were good. Most sucked
Welcome Back Trav💪🏾🎉
I don't think I have ever heard anyone say anything negative about Ricky Gibson as a Wrestler.
TRAVIS!!!!!!!!! You were missed!
Goodness! There is a Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson and now Ricky Gibson. Wresting names have been lazy as hell forever. Adam Page, Adam Cole, Ethan Page, Brian Cage, etc.
Ricky Morton’s real name really is Richard (Rick) Morton and Robert Gibson’s real name is Ruben Gibson. At least they used derivations of their actual names. Out of the latter 4 you named, only one even uses part of their real name in their ring name: Brian Cage’s real name is Brian Button.
I give them a pass if they’re using variations on their actual names. Can’t fault a guy for wanting to perform under his real name, even if it may be boring.
Alright Travis is back 🙌
one of the best episodes. really good watch. I was a big Luna fan growing up.
Them dudes are the original Badasses….. I saw it myself………….
Gwan Travis!
Where ya been jim/ travissome of that art was ok but this is jim cornette
Travis the 🐐
Another term for the "Cornette Mullet" is the "Corn Mull".
WE MISSED YOU TRAVIS!!!
From all I heard about Ricky Gibson he was so good that some were considering him for a run with the NWA title. Unfortunately, the injuries and not being a good promo killed it for him.
Corny it was Dave mustaine who grew the mustache. During MTV rock the vote.
I think Travis is taking a back seat and doing fewer cartoons. That's fine health is more important
As if doing “cartoons” has any bearing on health.
@@MedroffYT it probably does. Ik it takes hours and a bunch of drawings to decide what to put out.
@@ridgeroadl3gend100 you would be surprised how quickly it takes to do ms paint drawinings like travis's probably 20 mins top.
Last Time I was this Early, Dave Meltzer had just described the Young Bucks as the Best Tag Team of their Generation … 🤦🏿♂️
Love this artwork
Any matches not predetermined? How often did that happen back when wrestling was wrestling?
The prodigal son has returned
TRAV!!!!
Ricky Gibson and Magnum TA. 2 great wrestlers that had their careers cut short by a car wreck. I never saw Ricky but I've always heard he was awesome. Hope he is well if he is still around.
He has passed away.
Ah Travis' artwork: Pure Bliss.
Jimmy Gibson would have been the partner.
Welcome back Travis it was cool seeing all the other art but seeing his style just feels right.
35X tag team champions
Glad travis back but why Chyna
It burns when I pee
Man, all these comments about ol' Trav...I taught him everything he knows. ;) Great work, Travis.
i think moving forward, we need a mixture of artists.
Whos the fucks this guy callin himself gibson?! We aint related! -Hoot