Jim Cornette on Wrestling Shoots

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  • Опубліковано 10 жов 2020
  • From Episode 352 of the Jim Cornette Experience
    Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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  • @trevorduncan9580
    @trevorduncan9580 2 роки тому +110

    I'm not a big wrestling fan ... but I am SOOO addicted to Cornette talking about wrestling lol I'd rather listen to these stories than watch any wrestlemania

    • @user-rm5xy8rx3c
      @user-rm5xy8rx3c 10 місяців тому +5

      Agreed😊

    • @cherokeeoutlaw2.011
      @cherokeeoutlaw2.011 9 місяців тому +2

      weird ass comment but people are weird as f nowadays so carry on

    • @chapterblaq
      @chapterblaq 5 місяців тому +9

      ​@@cherokeeoutlaw2.011 honestly it's not that weird of a sentiment to have.
      I agree with them. I honestly don't watch wrestling and I never have... I find it a little boring but I'll watch the shit out of a UA-cam video about wrestling for sure.

  • @Patrick-ud3vu
    @Patrick-ud3vu 3 роки тому +755

    I don't think Jim Cornette gets enough credit for the vast amount of his wrestling knowledge spanning decades from all over the world!

    • @Brian_Collar_And_Elbow
      @Brian_Collar_And_Elbow 3 роки тому +31

      Completely agree with you ! He’s a treasure to the wrestling society!

    • @lanceharlow8621
      @lanceharlow8621 3 роки тому +17

      Agreed. My problem with Corny wants today’s wrestling to stay in the 70’s.

    • @jtaco4101
      @jtaco4101 3 роки тому +39

      @@lanceharlow8621 i would say that's a little overstating the case. He just wants wrestling to be presented as an athletic contest between two or more badasses that have some sort of plausible beef. He knows that sells.
      That may be impossible in 2020 with worked matches
      .
      Ufc does that very thing with real fights as Jim points out often.
      Imo that's a big reason why the UFC has exploded in popularity in the last 20 years while wrestling is less popular than ever.

    • @rjskum688
      @rjskum688 3 роки тому +24

      @@jtaco4101 wrestling is less popular than ever because of social media. Back then you knew it was fake but you also didn't see a heel and face playing video games and laughing around on social media.

    • @rjskum688
      @rjskum688 3 роки тому +4

      Not saying the guys in ufc aren't friends outside of the fight but they are no where near as bad as the modern day pro wrestlers.

  • @DARC-87
    @DARC-87 11 місяців тому +26

    I love that Lex Luger was smart enough to not want to be locked in a cage with a pissed off Bruiser Brody 😂

  • @tomr3422
    @tomr3422 3 роки тому +344

    a real shoot - Corny Vs Dairy Queen Drive Thru

    • @carrie3470
      @carrie3470 3 роки тому +9

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @tthompson4768
      @tthompson4768 3 роки тому +17

      Lol. Thats a one sided shoot.

    • @jarrettjordan
      @jarrettjordan 3 роки тому +7

      Now I gotta go back and watch that video again. Has me in tears every time.

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 3 роки тому +5

      @@jarrettjordan I am trying to shorten it so I can use it as a ring tone

    • @jimbo-fk4dq
      @jimbo-fk4dq 3 роки тому +1

      It had to be a shoot, since we never got a conclusion to it.😂

  • @davidwitt8724
    @davidwitt8724 11 місяців тому +19

    Things like this discussion is why Jim’s podcast keeps gaining subscribers. People that enjoy wrestling can’t get enough of this!

  • @doeyjiaz4798
    @doeyjiaz4798 3 роки тому +31

    New Jacks career was a shoot

  • @theophrastusbombastus1359
    @theophrastusbombastus1359 3 роки тому +89

    "Tony Atlas! Tony Atlas! Separate these two! Help me out!"
    I love Ernie Ladd impersonations more than I ever loved Ernie Ladd himself lol

    • @RetroQGaming
      @RetroQGaming 3 роки тому +10

      That was probably 1 of the top 3 funniest things I've ever heard on a wrestling podcast ever.

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 3 роки тому +5

      You DUMBED yourself right out of position!

  • @matthewcollins8602
    @matthewcollins8602 3 роки тому +277

    Had Big Van Vader shot on Shawn Michaels then Shawn Michaels career would've most likely ended that night.

    • @christophergranczynski25
      @christophergranczynski25 3 роки тому +49

      Had Vader shot on Shawn Michaels, Shawn Michaels would most likely have ended that night. Not just his career but Michaels himself.

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 3 роки тому +28

      If he got stiffed in the moutHe would've most likely lost his natural smile as his teeth would've been gone.

    • @richardnash6111
      @richardnash6111 3 роки тому +15

      Would've been worth it. He was done in NA at that point. Unfortunately Leon didn't realize it for six months or more later

    • @cyprussphil2299
      @cyprussphil2299 3 роки тому +20

      I wish Leon did, if sm moaned about a few stuff slaps, imagine if he opened up on him for real 😂
      He would have lost more than his smile ☺ 🤣

    • @fishhookism
      @fishhookism 3 роки тому +7

      So would his life.

  • @steveortega8939
    @steveortega8939 3 роки тому +53

    After Corny is asked a question he often audibly exhales in feigned exasperation but you know he lives for this stuff.

  • @christophermyers9076
    @christophermyers9076 3 роки тому +225

    According to Luger’s most recent shoot interviews, he did NOT leave the building. He flat out admitted he was scared when it happened in the ring, but to his credit he didn’t leave the building. He said he was taught by Hiro Matsuda to be respectful to veterans in the business. Oliver Humperdink was managing Brody that night. He said that he actually went to Brody’s dressing room, knocked on the door, and Humperdink let him in. He went up to Brody who was sitting down, and basically apologized for anything he might have done to offend Brody or upset him. To his relief, he said Brody wasn’t upset with him at all. Brody basically said the match just wasn’t working. Brody told him he was working as a face in Dallas, he knew Luger was leaving Florida, and he wasn’t feeling the match was flowing well. They shook hands and that was the end of it. Luger has stated that on more than one occasion.

    • @dirtmcgirt8269
      @dirtmcgirt8269 3 роки тому +20

      🤫 shhhhh. I love Jim, but if anyone gets over on things u cant teach (size, looks, charisma,) he seems to not like that & u know how many people parrot his opinions. I always liked Luger quite a bit. Especially 87-91.

    • @jamesburns248
      @jamesburns248 3 роки тому +8

      I saw a clip of that Brody/Luger match, a couple of people in the crowd start yelling boring as Brody stands stock still in the face of Lex's punching and kicking!!!

    • @JoseMiranda-gj4pq
      @JoseMiranda-gj4pq 3 роки тому +21

      Dirt McGirt What? Cornette doesn’t seem to have issues with guys like Luger or anyone getting over with any of the three traits you mentioned as long as they take themselves seriously.

    • @jovanss2361
      @jovanss2361 3 роки тому +1

      @@dirtmcgirt8269 that's kinda true

    • @grabbity
      @grabbity 3 роки тому +7

      @@dirtmcgirt8269 he likes Luger as a person, but he was a shitty worker. Warrior he didn't like because not only could he not work, he was a shitty promo and had no stamina, so even a Bret Hart couldn't pull a good match out of him. Didn't help warrior had zero going for him personality wise either. He was only over because he was juiced to the gills and pushed to the moon. I mean he only had 1 clean loss ever, and that requires Andre to force him to the mat lol.

  • @genericinternetmale14
    @genericinternetmale14 11 місяців тому +16

    The guy's a walking wrestling encyclopedia. Love to hear him talk about old old school carny era stuff: Hackenschmidt, Gotch etc

  • @karma_coin
    @karma_coin 8 місяців тому +6

    I love coming back to some of these older "general knowledge" Cornette videos every month or two, I never get tired of re-listening to them

  • @marcusbrothers5221
    @marcusbrothers5221 10 місяців тому +6

    Brody sat down in a match against Jim Dugan in Houston. Jim discussed this with Jim on an episode of Back to the territories

  • @markabboud8564
    @markabboud8564 3 роки тому +22

    The match Jim was thinking of in Houston was Brody vs Jim Duggan. Another one to add to the list was the 1978 match in Abilene TX with Harley Race vs Don Slatton for the NWA title, where Slatton double crossed Race and briefly was NWA world champion before Race grabbed Slatton backstage, dragged him back to the ring, and preceded to beat him in the ring for the World Title. Slatton later had a belt made for himself claiming to be the World Champion, and when Race came back to town, he found out, and took the fake belt away from Slatton and disposed of it.

  • @stargate121
    @stargate121 3 роки тому +5

    Kurt Angle getting hooked by Daniel Pruder.

    • @daleharris3809
      @daleharris3809 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah that almost went really badly for Kurt. Funny thing is if you believe Bruce Prichard it was actually Kurt's fault

  • @strawhataddison
    @strawhataddison 3 роки тому +73

    Brian: "Next on the list, The Mass Transit Incident"
    Jim: "Ugghhh...."

    • @WilliamBrinkley45
      @WilliamBrinkley45 3 роки тому +18

      That whole thing was disgusting. New jack should have done hard time for that incident, and if that 16 year old kids dad tracked down New jack and put a bullet in him, I wouldn’t blame him. The kid shouldn’t have been allowed in the ring, yes, and the kids dad shouldn’t have allowed it to happen either....but what new jack did to that kid was horrific.

    • @jay_1212
      @jay_1212 3 роки тому +8

      @@WilliamBrinkley45 Apparently the kid was disrespecting Jack backstage and asked Jack to blade him. Not saying he deserved it bust the main reason why Jack wasn’t charged was because the the kid lied about his age and his idiot father helped co-sign it. The father is not completely innocent either in this he deserves as much blame

    • @jay_1212
      @jay_1212 3 роки тому +6

      @Shadow Angel Paul does deserve the most blame of them all since he’s the promoter. The fact that ECW didn’t get shit down was a god given miracle.

    • @SaudiGod
      @SaudiGod 3 роки тому +3

      It was great, New Jack Is the man

    • @halfbkdt8rsalad
      @halfbkdt8rsalad 3 роки тому +3

      @@WilliamBrinkley45 the reason New Jack got off was because the kid lied about his age and training history. Even his dad told Paul Heyman he was 21. Plus, a rookie has no damn business telling a veteran what to do and how to do it.

  • @angeldaroseli3031
    @angeldaroseli3031 3 роки тому +39

    I love listening to this, it reminds me of the old days of wrestling. So much knowledge. Truly enjoyable

  • @noamto
    @noamto 3 роки тому +15

    The Wendy Richter / Spider Lady looks like a work, particularly the way Wendy moves and reacts including the finish and aftermath. Moolah didn't even seem like she was really trying to prevent the mask from being taken off.

    • @909cool-oagents4
      @909cool-oagents4 3 роки тому +3

      When she said she didn’t know it was Mollah under the mask? Be real .she wrestled her b4 the mask isn’t going to hide who she was

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 3 роки тому +73

    Backlund was a bad ass that looked not at all like a bad ass ....he looked like Howdy Doody .

    • @ddave7026
      @ddave7026 3 роки тому +13

      Good ol Bobby. He was scary with the "Mr Backlund" angle

    • @ayewhaddupdoe
      @ayewhaddupdoe 3 роки тому +4

      did he walk the same when he was on top in the 70s/80s? I only saw Backlund during the 90's "return" where they had him beefing with Bret.

    • @daleva187goligo
      @daleva187goligo 3 роки тому +8

      he looked like chip block from king of the hill, basically an old fashioned ventriloquist dummy... he also looks very british, especially if ur just looking at a pic and don't know any better, especially if he's wearing a bow tie, he looks 10 times for british than william regal and davey boy smith combined

    • @TheGoodReverendSatan
      @TheGoodReverendSatan 3 роки тому +4

      Howdy Doodee will whoop some ass

    • @xmdbjx
      @xmdbjx 3 роки тому +2

      Opie Griffith

  • @fredbrown8344
    @fredbrown8344 3 роки тому +58

    Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle would do the “friendly shoot” spot

    • @stevebarnes4805
      @stevebarnes4805 3 роки тому +10

      Same could be said with Kurt vs Brock or Shelton

    • @chrislyons3127
      @chrislyons3127 3 роки тому +5

      As did Brock and Kurt. Or Rey and Eddie/Eddie and Jericho. Guys who have a background as real wrestlers tend to work a shoot match.

    • @symbiote1982pk
      @symbiote1982pk 2 роки тому +5

      @@stevebarnes4805 Regal/ Finley too.

    • @Mr.Majestic77
      @Mr.Majestic77 2 роки тому +4

      The Ricky Steamboat vs. Bret Hart match had some friendly shoot spots. AJ Styles vs. Roderick Strong in ROH, a lot of classic matches involving: Ric Flair, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Nick Bockwinkle, Chris Adams, Curt Hening, Mike Rotunda, Steiner Brothers matches. Some are available on UA-cam.

    • @nomnomnommy2955
      @nomnomnommy2955 2 роки тому +7

      Wait, how the fuck is a guy with no Amateur wrestling background going to shoot a an Olympic gold medalist who’s bigger than him? Doubt it

  • @joeyravage4798
    @joeyravage4798 3 роки тому +8

    Road to Road Wild ‘97 , Randy Savage vs Scott Steiner. They went at it at the beginning of the match. Savage slapped and chastised Steiner at the end of the second lock up. Check it out!

  • @davidfrederick6003
    @davidfrederick6003 3 роки тому +70

    Luger-Brody Incident....Luger said in several new interviews that he didnt know what was wrong with Brody not selling and he believed he did something wrong during the match. Luger looked to referee Bill Alfonso whats up or what to do. Now Bill Alfonso also in a shoot interview said he told Luger to throw him (Alfonso) down so he an enact a disqualication on Luger so Alfonso could legitimately (unbeknownst to the fans) end the match. Only thing Im unsure is, wasnt the cage chain locked? Because Luger said (they) couldnt open the cage door so he climbed the wall. Now here is what Luger says upon meeting Brody in dressing room. He questioned Brody, did he (Luger) do something wrong to upset him (Brody) or make him mad. Brody did reply it had nothing to do with Luger. Apparently Brody was infamous for not getting along with promoters and decide to change things on a whim by himself and not inform anyone.

    • @PYLrulz1984
      @PYLrulz1984 3 роки тому +11

      Which, if Brody was pissed at the promoters, why in the hell do something out in the ring, and confusing the guy who he is working with in the process? If it "wasn't working" (according to what Luger has said), why pull that out in the ring?
      Then again, Brody was Brody, and thanks to Jose Gonzalez, we will never know what the hell happened.

    • @michaeloraghailligh4785
      @michaeloraghailligh4785 3 роки тому +4

      @@PYLrulz1984 he did something similar with Jim Duggan. Just sat done crossed legged in the ring. Duggan didn't know what to do so just kicked him until Brody lay down and let him get the pin.

    • @blacksheep25251
      @blacksheep25251 3 роки тому +12

      That is what I've read as well. Luger went to Brodie to ask what he did wrong, and learn and make amends with Brodie (Good on Lugers part, btw), and Brody replied something like "The crowd just wasn't into it" or something to that affect, but it was never about Luger... Brodie was notorious for stiffing bookers and promoters.
      Yet, outside the ring, I guess he was a nice guy, great father and husband, so go fig..

    • @defaultusername123
      @defaultusername123 3 роки тому +7

      @Kevin Michaud not true bro.

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 2 роки тому

      @@PYLrulz1984 Why don't you dig up Brody and ask him?

  • @InsignificantNick
    @InsignificantNick 3 роки тому +134

    Great Antonio vs Inoki is great, Inoki indeed kicked the crap out of him!

    • @tser1983
      @tser1983 3 роки тому +9

      That shit was awesome lol

    • @tthompson4768
      @tthompson4768 3 роки тому +4

      Hell, almost killed him

    • @SolidMike84
      @SolidMike84 3 роки тому +5

      Great Antonio did not seem to learn from his mistakes with Rikidozan.

    • @SirVic42
      @SirVic42 3 роки тому +13

      If you see the intro to that match, Great Antonio was led to the ring with a giant chain around his neck like a wild beast. He was there at the same time as Andre (77), and even did a very unplanned run-in during the end of an Inoki-Andre match. Andre grabbed him and fed him a few fists, then Great Antonio hustled back to the locker room. He had no business being in the ring or even the business.

    • @thedrewdog
      @thedrewdog 3 роки тому +3

      "Bye Bye La Pizza" indeed.

  • @violagreene4643
    @violagreene4643 2 роки тому +7

    Enough alcohol to make Andre drunk is an amount that boggles my mind. It would probably kill Jim, Brian, and me, even if we shared it.

  • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
    @drgwhatsthetruth3783 3 роки тому +26

    Dang Corney, is there a match that you haven't seen! Impressed.

    • @Shannon-im7re
      @Shannon-im7re 3 роки тому +3

      He didn't watch hogan vs rock until recently. Shocking because that match was great

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 3 роки тому +5

      @@Shannon-im7re to be fair, when it comes to Hogan matches, if you've seen one youve seen them all but Hogan vs Rock is one of the exceptions, mostly because of how damn good the Rock was at the time.

    • @24magiccarrot
      @24magiccarrot 3 роки тому +4

      @@Shannon-im7re Hogan v Rock wasn't great, take the crowd reaction out of that match and it was boring as shit, it was only because of who was in the ring and nothing to do with what they did, Hogan and Rock would have got the same crowd reaction if they played tic tac toe
      It is the exact same layout of a match as Goldberg had with Lesnar at Wrestlemania 20 and everybody shit all over that because they were pissed off at the guys in the ring because they were leaving.

    • @Batony
      @Batony 3 роки тому +2

      @@24magiccarrot Agreed. I wasn’t impressed.

    • @AmateurBarbarian
      @AmateurBarbarian 3 роки тому +5

      That’s why I love him. He’s worked in every aspect of the industry, and if anyone in WWE or AEW had half the passion of Jim Cornette, the wrestling industry as a whole would benefit.

  • @JeromeDoyle
    @JeromeDoyle 3 роки тому +20

    "They went all out on the gimmicks in the 19-teens."

  • @leond8830
    @leond8830 3 роки тому +10

    It's called "let's see what happens in the ring " in Mexico

  • @MrMarcodarko
    @MrMarcodarko 3 роки тому +12

    From Montreal. Everyone knew the great Antonio. He was a street person later in life. I would take the metro every day from highschool and he would always sit in on the same bench at berri metro, absolutely Silent. People would bring him coffee and food and never say a word. He was huge even till his death. There's a huge statue. One day he wasn't there on his bench. He died that day

  • @laksivrak2203
    @laksivrak2203 Рік тому +5

    That weird great Antonio was a legit bad ass when he was a young man

  • @KingGeorgieIII
    @KingGeorgieIII 2 роки тому +3

    Remember when the Acolytes kicked the shit out of Public Enemy lmfao

  • @platinumgnome3887
    @platinumgnome3887 10 місяців тому +4

    I have watched wrestling since the wef attitude era and listening to jim is incredibly addictive. Mans a comedy gold mine.

  • @MadMarMenace
    @MadMarMenace 3 роки тому +173

    "You worked yourself into a shoot brother" lol

    • @johnkoelle9474
      @johnkoelle9474 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for your insights and stories

    • @jeremyjones599
      @jeremyjones599 3 роки тому +2

      Ef loop lol my wpplz,
      ,
      ,

    • @echopryme
      @echopryme 2 роки тому +2

      I'll be using that as my response to anyone o have to cut off at the bar, from now on. 😁

  • @88THEMAYER
    @88THEMAYER 3 роки тому +10

    May I suggest watching the Anoki/Great Antonio shoot with the Bill Burr commentary! Haha

    • @kpllc4209
      @kpllc4209 3 роки тому +4

      Also Ozzy Man Reviews: Greatest Wrestling Match Ever

    • @blacksheep25251
      @blacksheep25251 3 роки тому +1

      @@kpllc4209 That was so good

  • @derrickgreen9577
    @derrickgreen9577 3 роки тому +7

    It was against Jim Duggan where Brody sat down in the ring!

  • @LordtwigPI
    @LordtwigPI 3 роки тому +19

    A friendly shoot like Piper and Flair in street clothes actually grappling from position. It's on UA-cam.

    • @fishhookism
      @fishhookism 3 роки тому +3

      That was planned. That wasn't a shoot.

    • @TRIIGGAVELLI
      @TRIIGGAVELLI 2 роки тому +2

      @@fishhookism So was it a work? Just because they set it up doesn't mean it wasn't a shoot.

  • @A_real_Ha_So
    @A_real_Ha_So 3 роки тому +7

    If I'm remembering the Houston incident correctly, it was Mark Lewin who Brody wouldn't sell for.

  • @mindlessdroid3630
    @mindlessdroid3630 3 роки тому +68

    "A double cross with a really awkward afterbirth.". Jim sure has a way with words. 😂😂😂 Really do love the behind the scenes talk it's fascinating and entertaining.

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 3 роки тому +6

    Tenta would have killed Kitao . Kitao kept going for Tentas eyes and Tenta said to him make your move and Kitao kicked the ref instead then hauled ass

  • @rickcadee583
    @rickcadee583 3 роки тому +9

    They shoulda talked about New Jack vs gypsy joe LOL

  • @jasoncoward-aintscared
    @jasoncoward-aintscared 2 роки тому +3

    Imagine if Vader legit wanted a piece of HBK.
    It would have been manslaughter.

  • @thebarrebaby3818
    @thebarrebaby3818 3 роки тому +7

    When Daniel Puder shoot on Kurt Angle

  • @noirknight9770
    @noirknight9770 11 місяців тому +2

    Lesnar shooting on Holly was the best one

  • @RickRomo
    @RickRomo 3 роки тому +19

    the real shoot - Cornette VS. Kevin Dunn
    "you know what Cornette, I find you tiresome."

  • @wendigo1619
    @wendigo1619 3 роки тому +10

    APA v Public Enemy was a shoot, Luger v Bruiser Brody was not enough said

    • @wendigo1619
      @wendigo1619 3 роки тому +2

      @@jamesb1988 your rignt it was an ass kicking, but most fights are just that the one on the losing end tries fighting back but is too stunned to do so

  • @whadatmowfdu7320
    @whadatmowfdu7320 Рік тому +4

    Just watched the Brody vs Luger match and laughed HARD. Lex was so frustrated and it started to get to the point of a real shoot at the end. They both started grappling for real and the red tried to get in the middle and Luger threw his little ass onto the mat and the ref called it THEN Lex climbed out

  • @bryskyline
    @bryskyline 3 роки тому +3

    Last is more of the librarian/university professor corny is more of Indiana Jones. 1. Got all the paperwork knowledge down to a tee the other lived and made history. It's a great balance

  • @hesohit
    @hesohit 3 роки тому +19

    Kurt angle shoot against that tough enough rookie. The rookie had MMA background and put him in a key lock. The ref counted 3 but the rookie’s shoulders weren’t down lol

    • @wce05308
      @wce05308 3 роки тому +6

      I think Kurt is great but Daniel Puder owned him there.

    • @alexmartin3143
      @alexmartin3143 Рік тому +1

      Technically it was an amateur wrestling match or under those rules so they only needed a one count for Puder to be down…

    • @hesohit
      @hesohit Рік тому +1

      @@alexmartin3143 true but again the ref count to 3 with is dumb.

  • @chrisclines6321
    @chrisclines6321 3 роки тому +16

    I just love everything you do Jim, always have. As a KY boy myself from good ol Cave City I have always admired the awesome impact you have made in the wrestling business. What a story!!! I really enjoy listening to you and Brian on your podcast as well. I used to get SMW on tv at the house I grew up in, the one thing my dad and I shared was a love for southern rasslin' . 37 year old Life long wrestling fan- Life long Cornette fan!!

  • @decousfrench1679
    @decousfrench1679 3 роки тому +7

    Love both podcasts 💯keep it up Jim lad

  • @ChrisHopkinsBass
    @ChrisHopkinsBass 2 роки тому +6

    British Wrestling on ITV had shoot elements as the promoters were so paranoid about people at home hearing things that the wrestlers weren't allowed to talk to each other in the ring

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 Рік тому

      Lmao, yeah right.

    • @kprnr7140
      @kprnr7140 Рік тому +1

      I can believe that. Guys like Adrian Street, Mick Mcmanus and Nagasaki were all legit shooters. Nagasaki was a shooter but also a black belt in both Karate and Judo.

  • @egyptian316
    @egyptian316 3 роки тому +34

    The story behind the Koji Kitao/John Tenta thing was because both had been sumo wrestlers. Kitao had been a yokozuna (a famous failure of a yokozuna, but that's neither here nor there), while Tenta had never passed the middle ranks. Kitao thought that it would be ridiculous for a top division champion to get roughed up by a mid-rank rikishi, and didn't want to go along with the booking. So, the shooting. Turned out Kitao was not the tough guy that he thought he was, and the whole thing got ugly. Kitao made a comeback to pro wrestling later, only to get betrayed and kicked in the head by Nobuhiko Takada. I guess it goes around and comes around.

    • @joek9353
      @joek9353 2 роки тому +3

      Yup. He was the only Yokozuna to never win a single tournament. He was promoted because of political reasons, not because he was a good wrestler

    • @JennaLeigh
      @JennaLeigh Рік тому +7

      Tenta never passed mid ranks, but it's always been my understanding that it wasn't a failure on the part of Tenta. He had that huge tattoo and for his matches wore an arm band over it, but if he was going to progress, he would have been expected to get rid of the ink- only really doable by skin graft. Tenta didn't wish to go through that whole ordeal, and Japanese culture sees/saw tattoos as dirty or indicative of criminal tendencies, as the Yakuza is covered in them.
      Just adding some context here!

    • @cutekanjii
      @cutekanjii Рік тому +4

      @@JennaLeigh wish more people on the west viewed tattoos more like that. It used to be a lot more strict about them but now every second teenager goes off to get one and it's the most ridiculous things they get. If you really must get a permenant multilation on your body then at least make it meaningful rather than just some old random design u happen to think looks "cool"

    • @BlackPawn14
      @BlackPawn14 Рік тому +3

      @@JennaLeigh There was also some culture shock involved, not just with Japanese culture overall, but with sumo culture specifically. Sumo's lifestyle is grueling, particularly for low-ranked wrestlers, as they have to work as servants for high-ranked wrestlers and trainers, on top of undergoing extremely intense training. The issue with the tattoo, and potentially even some xenophobia targeted at him, only made things worse.
      Tenta actually did very well in sumo for as long as he was around (he was undefeated in sumo's lower divisions, actually!), but retired before he could reach the higher ranks. Had he stayed, he might've had a very successful career.
      Also, regarding Kitao, he didn't so much get promoted for political reasons but because he caught a lucky break; the yokozuna at the time was expected to retire soon, at the same time that Kitao happened to be "best of the rest" (or rather, "most consistent of the rest"). So he got promoted, with the expectation that he would eventually become the top guy, particularly once the previous yokozuna retired.
      Not only did he not improve after he got the title, but the other yokozuna didn't even retire, and two other wrestlers ranked behind Kitao got promoted to yokozuna on their own right, making Kitao's rank promotion pointless. He then got into a feud with his trainer, which got him ejected from sumo in disgrace.
      Kitao then turned to pro wrestling, expecting to be pushed as a top guy because of his sumo credentials... which he did, until the Tenta incident.

    • @PYLrulz1984
      @PYLrulz1984 Рік тому +1

      @@JennaLeighexactly. Tenta supposedly had huge potential, but the tattoos held him back

  • @glengibson4156
    @glengibson4156 3 роки тому +26

    Jim Cornette needs his own wrestling game like Madden. Cornette 22

    • @ThisCharmingMan1984
      @ThisCharmingMan1984 3 роки тому +4

      I’d love a territory-style game, when you’re a Promotor, and/or Booker, and you have to run a territory, and try to be successful; sort of like a ‘Football Manager’ type of game, where you’re the manager of a football club, and you have to work within the limits of the club you choose to manage.
      Where you have to: buy and sell players, work within your budget, hire/fire coaches, and other backroom staff, improve the training facilities, increase the capacity of the stadium, keep team/player morale up, etc; and you have to do all of this, while trying to be successful with your team, and not get fired because of your piss-poor results haha.
      It’s a great game, and can be addictive, once you get going; oh, just in case you didn’t know, it’s football as in soccer- I don’t know where you’re from, so thought I’d best mention it.
      But it would be great to have a game called something like ‘Jim Cornette’s Pro Booker’ (shit title, I know, but it’s the first one I thought of haha); where you open a promotion, and are in charge of everything that goes on: hiring/firing the talent- including negotiating their pay, and either blistering them when they fuck up, or encouraging them when they do good, in order to build up them up, so they do good next time; creating angles, giving finishes, organising big main events, getting your show on television, expanding your territory, etc, all while vying for supremacy with other promotions, and trying not to go out of business haha.
      That would be fantastic; and it would be even better if you could also play as the wrestlers too; where you have to have great matches to entertain the crowd, and perform the finishes, as they were given, so you don’t displease the fans (or your boss), and risk them not coming back, and not tuning into your TV program…
      Something like that, but I’ve rambled on enough haha.
      Still, it would be great to have a wrestling game based off the old territory system, with a modern twist; maybe one day someone will get around to it eventually…at least I can hope haha.
      Apologies for rambling on so long; brevity is not my strongest attribute haha.
      All the best. 👍😀

    • @chippydippy1530
      @chippydippy1530 2 роки тому +4

      @@ThisCharmingMan1984 Sounds like the GM mode from the Smackdown Vs Raw games but an entire game

    • @addi0922
      @addi0922 9 місяців тому +2

      FR THO

  • @jpmcpheemcphee2695
    @jpmcpheemcphee2695 3 роки тому +6

    The only "shoots" in AEW is Chutes and ladders

  • @madbrowniac7871
    @madbrowniac7871 3 роки тому +4

    Jim books great Country Music (in his masterful depiction of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" as a Heel vs. Face Archrivalry). Now he's writing it! "Ageless in Houston" is a Song Title needing to happen. And I stayed in Songwriting just long enough to prove that I am darn lousy at it so...😂B.W.

  • @charliewise1971
    @charliewise1971 3 роки тому +7

    It was Moolah under a mask

  • @AlexBrovo
    @AlexBrovo 3 роки тому +8

    Angle and Brock had a friendly shoot

    • @Rschr101
      @Rschr101 2 роки тому +1

      And Angle schooled him.

  • @johngallagher72
    @johngallagher72 3 роки тому +13

    On a JR podcast interview a few years ago Bill Watts tells the story of Verne Gagne wanting to shoot with him in a hotel room for ownership of Mid South.

    • @alexpayne5914
      @alexpayne5914 3 роки тому +6

      Is there anyone Verne didn't challenge to a fight at some point? Judging by all the stories told by "old-timers", Gagne seems like a complete lunatic.

    • @philipclarke9696
      @philipclarke9696 3 роки тому +5

      Verne was a world class amateur( an alternate on the 1948 Olympic team) and All American at Minnesota. He would’ve broken that bully’s ass in half in 30 seconds flat. Though Watts had a college wrestling background at Oklahoma,he wasn’t in Gagne’s class. That’s why I’ve always laughed at Hogan’s claim of shooting on Gagne in the dressing room as Verne,even at an advanced age, would’ve killed him.

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 3 роки тому

      @@philipclarke9696 you should try finding the interview ...its one of the Watts Interviews on the Ross Report (JR'S show pre conrad) . Its a fascinating listen.

    • @zach7948
      @zach7948 3 роки тому

      Verne did in fact kill someone, in the nursing home, in the last years of his life.

    • @davidharrison7332
      @davidharrison7332 3 роки тому

      Like he wanted to Queer Off with the Ole Boy???

  • @j.m.ziadeh3021
    @j.m.ziadeh3021 3 роки тому +6

    There's an old rumour that Akira Maeda also punted the original Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama in the balls. Apparently, the kick was so hard, Sayama lost the ability to have Tiger cubs of his own.

    • @debraco7748
      @debraco7748 2 роки тому +1

      akira maeda was notorious for cheap shotting. That match with sayama is on here, the ball shot that killed the UWF

    • @dannymcelroy922
      @dannymcelroy922 2 роки тому +2

      I laughed waaay to hard at "tiger cubs"😂😂😂 and felt the pain of it just off reference in my tum tum! Well played sir😂😂💀💀

    • @pavlovsdogman
      @pavlovsdogman 11 місяців тому

      He knocked out Dutch Mantell with a real kick too

  • @pastormikewelchtv
    @pastormikewelchtv 3 роки тому +28

    Jim is spot on. There is shooting and there's working. Double crossing or taking advantage of your opponent is not the same as shooting.

  • @kingofkings69nerjr90
    @kingofkings69nerjr90 3 роки тому +9

    Brawl For All is an example of a shoot

  • @DoomKitteh
    @DoomKitteh 3 роки тому +2

    Devon Dudley was the partner of Mass Transit

  • @adamhalstead2561
    @adamhalstead2561 3 роки тому +16

    Listening to them talk about brody luger or other classics..it really makes it so crystal clear how far wrestling has fallen.

  • @akuma4u
    @akuma4u 3 роки тому +5

    They didnt talk about regal vs goldberg on nitro. To a lesser degree shamrock vs vader in your house

    • @patrickcampbell9445
      @patrickcampbell9445 3 роки тому

      Those aren’t shoots.

    • @akuma4u
      @akuma4u 3 роки тому

      @@patrickcampbell9445 they had shoot moments in those matches.

  • @AmateurBarbarian
    @AmateurBarbarian 3 роки тому +6

    That Doug Gilbert shoot interview from Power Pro Wrestling in like 1993 was fire. He accused Jerry Lawler of rape, Randy Hales of smoking crack. Look that up if you haven’t seen it.

    • @ajk
      @ajk 2 роки тому

      It was more like 1999 actually. Was well after all that rape stuff took place, which of course was 1993.

  • @davidporter7051
    @davidporter7051 3 роки тому +3

    I'm not the toughest guy but I'm not scared of Matt Bourne. Paraphrasing Jim Duggan.

  • @isaaccolorado5352
    @isaaccolorado5352 3 роки тому +5

    That was entertaining thank you guys.

  • @Seth589
    @Seth589 3 роки тому +15

    Apa vs public enemy...not really a shoot more just a ass whooping

    • @evilsWa
      @evilsWa 3 роки тому +1

      So you still don’t know what the shoot is then… How the fuck you gonna listen to this nearly hour long video and still not know what the shoot is?

    • @nighthawk4251
      @nighthawk4251 3 роки тому

      @@evilsWa well that’s why he said it was an “ass whooping” and not a shoot

  • @matthewmonsour9802
    @matthewmonsour9802 3 роки тому +2

    Next time i gotta have more commercials baby!!!

  • @segagenesis7708
    @segagenesis7708 2 роки тому

    The PPV in Baltimore was Super Brawl V. I was there. My first attended PPV.

  • @jimmywarner6124
    @jimmywarner6124 2 роки тому +2

    Inoki vs Great Antonio, that was a shoot! Lol

  • @tuben9217
    @tuben9217 3 роки тому +4

    The Inoki-Great Antonio match is Japanese legend

  • @sheasheagaming1660
    @sheasheagaming1660 4 місяці тому

    Almost every match in the old Portland territory house shows were “friendly shoots”. Eldon, Don Owens brother, like amateur wrestling and he’d have the guys go out and shoot the first few minutes and then go to a finish. I loved to going to those cards in Medford, OR and Grants Pass, OR. 1978-1989

  • @kurtvanderbogarde8402
    @kurtvanderbogarde8402 3 роки тому +16

    It's a pity there was no mention of the legendary Stecher/Caddock match from 1920 where Joe Stecher "went mad" and forced Earl Caddock into a shoot. (It's now believed that Stecher was Type 1 Bipolar and was having a manic episode at the time of the match.) There's about 20min of it on film: ua-cam.com/video/18wMsQsLMGI/v-deo.html

    • @g7721
      @g7721 3 роки тому +3

      Great wrestling history my man. I had not heard of this incident!

    • @kurtvanderbogarde8402
      @kurtvanderbogarde8402 3 роки тому +1

      @@g7721 It's a recognised NWA title change (start of Stecher's second title run of three)

    • @debraco7748
      @debraco7748 2 роки тому

      I've not seen that match for 20 years, but what i remember was tight working, normal for the time. joe probably was bipolar, his diagnosis was listed as "melancholy"

    • @kurtvanderbogarde8402
      @kurtvanderbogarde8402 2 роки тому

      @@debraco7748 >tight working
      Not even Working. A very high level form of carrying at most. We don't really know what the booked result for Stecher-Caddock 1920 was although there is some opinion that Stecher was booked to win anyway, in which case Caddock just had to spin Stecher along for two hours before giving in.

    • @debraco7748
      @debraco7748 2 роки тому

      @@kurtvanderbogarde8402 there wasn’t room for carrying of anyone in that match, what you do have is slow counters to facilitate the flow, the two had split a series of matches when caddock was wrestling amateur, a legitimate match between two elite guys that are familiar with each other would tend to be rather boring and a war of attrition

  • @DarkNorthEmperor
    @DarkNorthEmperor 2 роки тому +2

    32:48 Bill Burr made a video on that one 😂

  • @HunterPhenomMakoy
    @HunterPhenomMakoy 3 роки тому +29

    HBK vs Vader shoot! 😂😂😂
    For HBK it would have been safer for someone to actually shoot him

    • @tthompson4768
      @tthompson4768 3 роки тому +6

      Lol. No shit. A pitbull on a poodle...

    • @HunterPhenomMakoy
      @HunterPhenomMakoy 3 роки тому +6

      Even aside from the physical nature of Vader, watching him take a second to pop his eye back in so he can continue a match is a sure sign you don’t get in a fight with him.

    • @SpiralPoliFemboy
      @SpiralPoliFemboy 2 роки тому +3

      Vader vs Shawn is like a Tiger vs a Kitten. Ain't gonna be competitive. Someone Shawn's size and strength cannot compare to Vader. Vader would give Hardcore Fucking Holly and Steve God Damn Blackman a hard time. Let alone Shawn. He'd be tangling with Haku and Buzz Sawyer due to size and strength.

  • @henrikschmidt3964
    @henrikschmidt3964 2 роки тому +2

    Sitting under the learning tree.
    That is the Jim Cornette Experience.

  • @chrislubold5408
    @chrislubold5408 3 роки тому +4

    Jim is the king of the shoot. Great segment Jim! Love the way you explain everything down to a capital T! Thanks JIM CORRNETT😁

  • @stephenhamel9464
    @stephenhamel9464 3 роки тому

    It was hacksaw Duggan in Houston when Brody sat down

  • @scrappy93
    @scrappy93 3 роки тому +1

    Lmao Watts standing on the dude's head lol.

  • @toddrichardson8595
    @toddrichardson8595 3 роки тому +4

    God, I LOVE Cornette! This guy IS WRESTLING! Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody beat the f$$k out of each other!

  • @FortunateJuice
    @FortunateJuice 3 роки тому +7

    That Great Antonio v. Antonio Inoki match was amazing. If you haven't seen it, look it up. You won't be disappointed.

  • @Hotsaucedeluxe
    @Hotsaucedeluxe 2 роки тому +4

    I love listening to Jim talk about wrestling.

  • @jaredc1987
    @jaredc1987 3 роки тому +4

    Wish we’d hear more about Don Owen and the Portland territory

  • @noamto
    @noamto 3 роки тому +6

    I think the most obvious shoots I remember are Saturn / Mike Bell although it was one sided, and JBL / Meanie which was also kind of one sided. And maybe Goldberg / Regal if that counts. And Anlge / Puder although that was not a proper match despite being a proper shoot.

  • @jeremyw.norwood1453
    @jeremyw.norwood1453 3 роки тому +1

    I admire the man, he is not just another wrestling personality, but a truly intelligent and wise man who always stands up for what he believes in... and he is more often than not right in his conclusions.
    Nobody can be perfect, and everyone makes huge mistakes in their lives, yet this man owns his mistakes... personally I think that he has quite admirable & principled beliefs... he has the right kind of honor... one based on having just and fair standards for those things he criticizes.

  • @MrBlockice22
    @MrBlockice22 3 роки тому +6

    New Jack and everyone else LMMFAO

  • @jonnybrotten1290
    @jonnybrotten1290 3 роки тому +13

    They forgot the match where Adonis was throwing potatoes at Dan Spivey and trying to stretch him and Dan had enough and KOd him in the ring for a shoot. Adonis went to dressing room looking for more and got the shit beat out of him by Spivey and had to get over 300 stitches in his face. After that Adrian was never the same and he damn sure stopped being a bully.

  • @stevenr7471
    @stevenr7471 3 роки тому +2

    I can't find the clip anymore, but there was a tag team match in japan Bruno was apart of, i think it was the company in japan he wasnt too thrilled on, at that time someone got into the japanese wreslter (Might of been the champ) to shoot on bruno..... the problem was, Bruno was a real strongman, so he powered out and went after the guy, the guy ran and tried his hardest for the rest of his match to avoid Bruno.

  • @francoisdumont4105
    @francoisdumont4105 2 роки тому

    I really need that Great Antonio episode.

  • @JohnnyFarang
    @JohnnyFarang Рік тому +1

    29:22 "Late stage Andre" sounds like something terminal 😂

  • @joshlinn7534
    @joshlinn7534 3 роки тому

    Harry Carrey and Harrey Carrey jr., had me dying hahaha oh man, this is why I listen, had a hard day..thanks

  • @ajc1080
    @ajc1080 2 роки тому +1

    I played flag football with Vader's son in the late 90s. Dude looked so gnarly, but was a chill guy.

  • @joemcmunn9422
    @joemcmunn9422 3 роки тому +1

    Brody sat in the middle of the ring against Duggan in Houston.

  • @louclarkson6098
    @louclarkson6098 3 роки тому +3

    I highly recommend looking up bill burr breaking down inoki whooping antonio if you've never heard it.

  • @Solitude82
    @Solitude82 3 роки тому +3

    Perry Saturn comes to mind......

  • @ronxxf
    @ronxxf 3 роки тому +1

    20ish mark
    Origins - NJPW/Inoki/Gotch/Robinson
    Shooto = Tiger Masks
    Shootboxing = Takeshi Caesar
    Pancrase = Funaki & Suzuki (named by Karl G)
    Rings = Maeda
    Pride FC = Takada (vs Rickson)

    • @ronxxf
      @ronxxf 3 роки тому

      Found this on wiki
      Shoot wrestling branched into several sub disciplines after the breakup of the original Universal Wrestling Federation. The main forms and revivals are listed below.
      -Yoshiaki Fujiwara's students Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki founded Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion.
      -"Tiger Mask" Satoru Sayama founded Shooto, which added Muay Thai, Sambo and Judo to the shoot wrestling arsenal.
      -Kickboxer Caesar Takeshi founded Shoot boxing, a Stand-up fighting league allowing standing submissions and throws.
      -Akira Maeda founded Fighting Network Rings, a defunct organization which emphasised submissions.
      -Another Yoshiaki Fujiwara student, Bart Vale, developed Shootfighting.
      -World-renowned gyms like the Lion's Den, Takada Dojo, and the Shamrock Martial Arts Academy propagate the shoot wrestling-based style.
      -Dutch kickboxer and MMA legend Bas Rutten trained with shoot wrestler Masakatsu Funaki.
      -Junior National Korean taekwondo champion Masa Kin Jim has trained in shoot wrestling. During a brief tour of Japan promoting Korean Martial Arts, Masa Kin Jim became fascinated with the shoot wrestling style. In 1998, he would go on to open one of the first shoot wrestling academies in South Korea.
      -In 2004, shoot wrestling received official sport status in western Canada and was eligible for licensing. The first of many matches were held open to the public to build a foundation of awareness for the new sport.

  • @q2rawgaming247
    @q2rawgaming247 3 роки тому +2

    In Houston when Brody sat in the ring, he was going up against Jim Dugan that night, Duggan said it threw him off as well, so Duggan did his signature stomp around the ring to kill time, he later said Brody was pissed the promoter screwed him over the house.

    • @forumcelebritypodcast
      @forumcelebritypodcast 3 роки тому

      never heard that but again, Bobby Heenan and many others have said Luger went up to Brody and told him how the match was going to go. Luger didn't even know how to wrestle yet but was arrogant and Brody lost it. If Brody was owed money, he would physically demand it from a promoter. The one territory that didn't pay him was puerto rico and they murdered him.

    • @q2rawgaming247
      @q2rawgaming247 3 роки тому +1

      @@forumcelebritypodcast That’s the point, Brody hijacked matches to get back at promoters, he did this too multiple promotions, this is why he was known as “The Rebel” 💯

  • @thatpart
    @thatpart 3 роки тому +8

    Erich Kulas(sic?) - Mass Transit - died of complications from a gastro bypass surgery here in the last 15 years or so, I think.

  • @bowilson2483
    @bowilson2483 3 роки тому +3

    Curt Angle vs Jeff Jarret felt pretty legit in the parking lot that night

    • @Venomx-nb1jr
      @Venomx-nb1jr 2 роки тому

      I don’t think there’s any question on anything between curt and angle. Letting those guys wrestle each other was probably a bad idea.

    • @alexmartin3143
      @alexmartin3143 Рік тому

      Cause of a woman?

  • @kylek9684
    @kylek9684 3 роки тому +1

    Friendly shoot matches should happen these days but I feel like it may end up like Brawl For All lol