Cornette is crazy. He has house show records, places that they went, and even fines from over 30 years ago. Plus, it's crazy how he remembers even the small details of things from so long ago. I can't remember 5 months ago.
He sure did record everything...but he did it pen to paper and not anally. I'm kidding, but that does sound like something Bruce Pritchard would accuse him of.
Probably has a little bit to do with him being such a square. He has never been a heavy drinker, nor has he ever been a drug addict. Plus, he probably has a steel trap when it comes to memories, and to top it all off, he has dozens of journals from when he was a photographer, all the way up until the 2000s.
Wrestling reminds me a lot of the Ironworkers. Very elite, select group of mostly men. A job that separates the men from boys, pulls a tad of attention from the opposite sex, has a bit of danger, and Ironworkers have endless stories just like wrestlers. My experience hanging off buildings is prob the closest I'll get to some sort of elite brotherhood like what pro wrestling is, or especially was back in the territory days.
I was born and raised in Bixby Oklahoma. I know exactly where the old MidSouth main office was Downtown. Loved watching it on TV when I was a kid growing up in the 80's
Being older I have respect for the management style of Watts. He was tough but fair. You went to work to work you wouldn’t have an issue. Cowboy Bill Watts if you paid attention gave an education about the wrestling business and how to excel.
1984 was a great time for tough republicans and conservatives, we had Bill Watts and Ronald Reagan, now look how far we've degenerated in 2024, in forty years, now JC's Kentucky is truly a blue state with Andy Beshear as governor.
@MagicKirin1 Talented but deeply troubled person it seems. Makes me wonder what he's fortified his defenses around so strongly. Maybe that's what it takes to make a business as dysfunctional as pro.wrestling work, who knows.
If you don't like how someone talks to you then tell them. Bill Watts always had a great product and it was because of his intelligence and communication.
Matthew Collins his WCW was not good. That no over the top rope stuff was real dumb. Also pushing the hell out of his talentless son was a huge fuck up.
If Jim met Bill Watts today he would hate his guts. It just so happens that he gave Jim a job when he was a kid and didn’t mind shitty pay because he was living his dream.
@@thesandman3196 2 different eras my man... both guys were good in there own sandboxes. lets not start this whole Montana vs. Brady..or Magic/Jordan vs. Lebron shit.
If cowboy Bill Watts had been able to go through with the deal he had with Ted Turner we would still have major competition in the professional wrestling industry.
The Cowboy didn't put up with BS.You worked for him?You were going to do what he told you to do.Or you weren't going to be around.Love to see what he would of done to the Clique when they did the Curtain call.
Watts whole time in WCW was dumb, anyone who runs off the Stieners and pushes their own talentless son needs to be fired. Under him WCW dropped to new lows in PVP buys and I assume attendance was probably similar. The only PVP that did well was Jake Roberts Vs Sting and Watts immediately fired Jake.
Christopher Acosta Well firing Jake may have been a wise move. Because right after his WCW run when he went to AAA he started blowing up and really started hitting the substances hard.
u lost me at Christ. That's half the bs, someone yellin like a dick at anything in sight in 'the name of the Lord' that oldschool shit was nonsense pure power trip to belittle people and burn their confidence
Watts was a retard and a bully! You can pretend he was a patriot and a Christian but he would sucker punch young wrestlers backstage like a punk! Fuck him!
"Bundy, you big fat piece of sh!t!" I die every time corny says that!
I think it was incredible insight by Bill watts to give Jim such a huge role. If you think about it Bill gave him the biggest salute.
I remember Jim Ross saying Bill Watts called him dumb ass so much that he thought his last name was dumb ass. LOL.
Kayfabe Jason 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cornette is crazy. He has house show records, places that they went, and even fines from over 30 years ago. Plus, it's crazy how he remembers even the small details of things from so long ago. I can't remember 5 months ago.
Joseph Delledonne He probably recorded it all. He seems pretty anal about that shit.
He sure did record everything...but he did it pen to paper and not anally. I'm kidding, but that does sound like something Bruce Pritchard would accuse him of.
Probably has a little bit to do with him being such a square. He has never been a heavy drinker, nor has he ever been a drug addict. Plus, he probably has a steel trap when it comes to memories, and to top it all off, he has dozens of journals from when he was a photographer, all the way up until the 2000s.
@Jason Voorheese you're one to talk, Jason.
@Jason Voorheese lmao. Ok, you fucking idiot. It was a joke.
Wrestling reminds me a lot of the Ironworkers. Very elite, select group of mostly men. A job that separates the men from boys, pulls a tad of attention from the opposite sex, has a bit of danger, and Ironworkers have endless stories just like wrestlers.
My experience hanging off buildings is prob the closest I'll get to some sort of elite brotherhood like what pro wrestling is, or especially was back in the territory days.
I like Corny being happy
Clinkk l Elementary school
paying installments on your fines, that's deep!!!!
@samiam I'm deep in yo girl son
I was born and raised in Bixby Oklahoma. I know exactly where the old MidSouth main office was Downtown. Loved watching it on TV when I was a kid growing up in the 80's
Being older I have respect for the management style of Watts. He was tough but fair. You went to work to work you wouldn’t have an issue. Cowboy Bill Watts if you paid attention gave an education about the wrestling business and how to excel.
Keep sucking ass you pathetic lil bitch
New drinking game. Everytime Corny talks about someone who's over the age of 60, take a shot. Good luck...
My dad is a Vietnam vet 67-69 1st Cav. He use to yell at me like this when I fucked up.
Same.
Your dad is a dickhead
Bill Watts = the Bill Parcels of pro wrestling.
that's just good management. You don't b!tch out the Sgt. in front of the grunts.
1984 was a great time for tough republicans and conservatives, we had Bill Watts and Ronald Reagan, now look how far we've degenerated in 2024, in forty years, now JC's Kentucky is truly a blue state with Andy Beshear as governor.
If Bill Watts had gotten TBS before Crocket the wrestling world would be a better place..
Tony G naw. Watts was a dinosaur. Great mind by 70s standards, but the world was passing him by in the 80s. His embarrassing run in 1992 cements this
I'd say he didn't know how to navigate the open waters and got eaten up. He was more like a warlord who ruled by fear.
@MagicKirin1 Talented but deeply troubled person it seems. Makes me wonder what he's fortified his defenses around so strongly. Maybe that's what it takes to make a business as dysfunctional as pro.wrestling work, who knows.
Please explain then, how does that keep oil from dropping to $12 a barrel and killing the oil states that Watts ran in.
If you don't like how someone talks to you then tell them. Bill Watts always had a great product and it was because of his intelligence and communication.
Matthew Collins his WCW was not good. That no over the top rope stuff was real dumb. Also pushing the hell out of his talentless son was a huge fuck up.
@@thomasc.5219 DQ for being thrown over top rope is traditional NWA rules that had been done in JCP for years
@Ze TheGame and now EVERYONE jumps off and over the ropes to the point that it means absolutely nothing. Maybe Watts was right.
I grew up on Wrestling,and I liked how Bill kept things in line in Mid South
Yes Jim its KTBS channel 3 abc Shreveport Louisiana
I remember Mid South Wrestling on KATC 3 in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Daym you were good at selling. The BW slap after the cake in the face was great entertainment. So much better than anything available no.
He never yelled at Cornette because Cornette followed the rules.
The current WWE roster wouldn't survive under Bill Watts.
@Ze TheGame that ain't fully accurate, Bill Watts did run a good territory, but like UWF and other territories, Vince McMahon steamrolled them
Wrong way round. That’s why Watts lasted six weeks.
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And what happened after that?
He was a dinosaur and all the talent hated him with good reason. Booking his own fucking son. Whatever next?
@@kelman727 are you referencing his time in WCW or Mid-South, I am referencing Mid-South Bill Watts. So take that whatever, shove it up your ass!
@MemphoWrasslin1 don't forget George Gulas, Greg Gagne, or the greatest example of all The Von Erich boys.
Watts said he took Scott Steiner to the ground wrestling style in his office, so he and Erik Watts said?
When did he say that?
Show your work.
Corny's mic sounds hilarious 5 years ago.
One of the best...
If Jim met Bill Watts today he would hate his guts. It just so happens that he gave Jim a job when he was a kid and didn’t mind shitty pay because he was living his dream.
Midnight express @ 2:23
Only a true cowboy can demean everyone he ever meets and still come off as the salt of the earth.
Friggin Ernie Ladd was great. Big guy that could work, cut a promo and book. Kevin Nash should have took notes.
Nash drew more money in 5 years then ladd did his whole life.
That's a funking lie but you keep saying it. Is that you Nash?
@@thesandman3196 2 different eras my man... both guys were good in there own sandboxes. lets not start this whole Montana vs. Brady..or Magic/Jordan vs. Lebron shit.
@@pisto30EXACTLY! well said my friend.
@Mr. Bludclot stick to playing video games in your mom's basement.
I always assumed Bill Watts could make a wrestler cry n carried a gun n blade in his boot
If cowboy Bill Watts had been able to go through with the deal he had with Ted Turner we would still have major competition in the professional wrestling industry.
Can you imagine the number of pay-per-views we missed out by not having Eric Watts headlining them
Huh?
So how does that stop oil from dropping to $12 a barrel, and sending the oil states into a deep recession?
The Cowboy didn't put up with BS.You worked for him?You were going to do what he told you to do.Or you weren't going to be around.Love to see what he would of done to the Clique when they did the Curtain call.
They'd have been fired before they even left the ring
Bill Watts should yell at his no talent son, Eric. Why WCW had Eric Watts was dumb.
Watts whole time in WCW was dumb, anyone who runs off the Stieners and pushes their own talentless son needs to be fired. Under him WCW dropped to new lows in PVP buys and I assume attendance was probably similar. The only PVP that did well was Jake Roberts Vs Sting and Watts immediately fired Jake.
KP LLC , well said.
And Bill Watts (for a while) banned jumping off the top rope
Christopher Acosta Well firing Jake may have been a wise move. Because right after his WCW run when he went to AAA he started blowing up and really started hitting the substances hard.
when your dad is the boss. Also Watts thought everyone believe everything he said.
Professional wrestling is truly the most dysfunctional entertainment industry ever lol.
BILL WATTS LIKE HIM, OR NOT, OLDSCHOOL,IS COOL, AND HE IS A REAL MAN, REAL AMERICAN, AND A REAL MAN OF JESUS CHRIST.
@Solomon Kelsie McQueen you probably sleep great at night.
u lost me at Christ. That's half the bs, someone yellin like a dick at anything in sight in 'the name of the Lord' that oldschool shit was nonsense pure power trip to belittle people and burn their confidence
HELL YEHA BORTHER BILL WAST WAS A TURE PATRIOT HOPE THIS HELPS GOBBLESS
2 idiots in their natural environment! 🧐🛐
Watts was a retard and a bully! You can pretend he was a patriot and a Christian but he would sucker punch young wrestlers backstage like a punk! Fuck him!
Would you rather Bill Watts for president or any of the choices we are given now?
That's a tough one. I like Watts but knowing him he'd probably make his geeky son Vice President.
Watts and corny in the White House would be amazing
David R No he'd hire someone like Ernie Ladd or Jim Ross. Bill Watts Alan Page!
Ernie Ladd would have made a great Press Secretary. Jim Ross would make a great Secretary of State.
Imagine Jim Cornette for Secretary of Defense.
Cornette was too wimpy to be yelled at by Watts--he had no time for clowns, he was "beneath his contempt"
Watts likes Jim because he made him laugh! Stop sucking off Watts you simp!
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Trash.