Jim, You were saint to my late brother, Frankie Hatton...he was a kid in a wheel chair and lived in Richmond, Va...You were walking past us and stopped to say hi to us fans...You rolled Frankie to the locker room and allowed him to meet the wrestlers... it was magic!! Thank you so much for giving him such a great time...
Honestly, I think one reason I mostly watch the clips over full corny episodes (other than impatience) is so I can see the various thumbnails Travis draws for the clips.
The NWA got 13% of the gross - 3% went to the office and 10% went to the champion. The champion got days off during the month until Barnett started doing the schedule and then the days off disappeared. It became a grind. Of the long term NWA champions, only Dory, Terry and Ric are left.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1I mean it's not exactly hidden under covers. The info isn't particularly in the open, but if you really wanted to know the facts and stats are out there
Absolutely love hearing these stories from Jim Cornette I myself always wondered the schedule Ric Flair had to go through being the NWA heavyweight champion I say very exhausting but as Ric Flair said he was having the time of his life being the NWA heavyweight champion, Ric legit looked like a champion the way he carried himself the personality, the suits
@@smarkslowplay3512 Just from a young guy growing up seeing Flair you’d want to be like him Ricky Steamboat said it best Flair put it out there who he was what young man growing up doesn’t like that
@@mikebrown2274 it was Flair and Arn were training the next day after a night of drinking then straight to the studio do the matches back out on the town and do it all over again
The good old days when you get to the airport, walk right to the gate, and just get on the plane. No cavity searches back then. In the 21st century that much cash would get you on the Homeland Security watchlist.
That much cash would be confiscated lol. You can only have 5000 on your persons at all times. Anything more gets taken. And not thedifference, all of it.
i drove thru TN layin on my horn n flashing my brights (when no oncomers) because there were so many deer near the hiway/freeway. Fort Lee, VA to Phoenix, AZ
I loved that period, when Race, Funk, and Flair were traveling champions. Flair basically stayed put starting in 1986, when the territories started to flounder, and World Class left the NWA.
NOBODY can talk about the wrestling business like corny......ive been listening to him for over 30 years, I could listen to him for 30 more.......Thank you Jim! :)
Lannis31: They did have a chance to converse about a number of fascinating topics in clear mutual respect when Jim worked in The Ring of Honor Front Office.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
Being the NWA world champion It's the mecca position. No matter where the champion goes. Symbolizes all over the world. Traveling all over. A very tight schedule. Just like the late Harley Race brought the NWA belt on WWF television facing Bob Backlund on a unification match NWA/WWF title for title at MSG.
Don't get me wrong. Harley Race was 7 time world champion. One tough customer. He faced two world's from WWF. Superstar Billy Graham and Bob Backlund. Ric Flair once faced Bob Backlund at The Omni in Atlanta NWA/WWF unification championship match. It was declared a draw. It was a great match. Being NWA world champion is hands full. Make no mistake. All NWA world champions are legendary.
@@milovaldez8269 If you read any of the wrestling history books including history of the NWA world title, Harley is listed as an 8X champ, even Gordon Solie mentioned it when Harley was inducted into the WCW HOF at Slamboree.
There were few wrestlers that had short reins with the NWA world championship. Such as. Tommy Rich. Kerry Von Erich. Ronnie Garvin. Ricky Steamboat. Just to name a few. The only one the had so many title reins was Ric Flair. He was the flagship of the NWA.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1 Yes. I failed to mention Harley Race. 8 time NWA World Champion. Best match even he drop the title. Between him and Ric Flair. Steel cage match. Starcade 1983.
That was the February 83 gig at the checkerdome. It drew over 16,000 fans. That was when the consortium ran St. Louis. They paid less than Sam Muchnik when he was running St. Louis. They also paid their KC talent more $. Once they kept that going, top talent stopped coming into the territory and it died a slow death. They drew more in the past at the checkerdome like in 1982 at Sam’s retirement show and the Brusier-Flair June 82 gig (19,000 fans).
@@shoeplayisbad1 Hulk Hogan has never wrestled 300 days a year, not in the AWA, definitely not in the WWF, and not even close in wCw. If you can find proof, you come back here and post a video.
NWA 80s was a great time. Loved going to Portland and seeing greats like the Big RC Machine, Big Coach Crowe, the late, great Big Poppa Paddy Heenan and of course the legendary Peoples Champion The Pretty Pink Prince
Well, that explains a lot. It explains why Flair kept that title for so long, it's because he enjoyed all the travel and stress that went with it. He was actually saying it back then in so many words, but in my naive mind I thought it was because the refs were just giving him breaks and he was incredibly lucky.
I would had drop the belt in six months because it would have been too exhausting for me if I had to work hurt and never had a night off to rest my injuries
@@MIGHTYBOOSCH198 it was! I only got 1 picture of me in it till I outgrew the XL. Also had a X-title belt shirt. When ever I wore it to a indies or main promotion matches I got bombard with the “where you get it?” Questions. I even wrote the NWA asking to bring it back in their stores.
I'm not a fan of Flair at all. I've never liked his work. But the idea that he outlasted the other NWA champs is really appealing to me. Like I imagine all these big strong tough guys with tears in their eyes going "I'm broken! I can't stand this anymore!" and Flair is over there like "I can literally do this FOREVER, baby!! WHOOOOO!!!"
If the territory model was so much more lucrative, as Jim always says, then why didn't Vince McMahon duplicate that model once he put the territories out of business? Why did he adopt the PPV model instead that has become the standard to this day?
There were no territories anymore, the connection to the local product was over as there were no local promotions. TV blew it up but then burned it out. The Arena's are the way to go, you make more working around the country every night. Vince destroyed the system, he would no longer be able to run any area several times a month, he would have to travel to a new area every day. No more weekly cards in areas.
Bruno was UNO, not a shooter or the best pure wrestler but the best at being a CHAMPION, even the NWA wanted him as the undisputed representative of the business.
I would love it if Vice or some other production company with money behind it would do a serious history of wrestling series with Jim telling the story. Obviously even with his encyclopaedic knowledge and with diligent research being undertaken there would still be room for classic wrestling “He said/She said” but damn it would be a show worth watching.
*Jim* I have a question about Kansas City Mo and the 80's NWA and Rick Flair. I heard that Rick pissed off Kansas City and every time Rick was supposed to Wrestle at Municipal Auditorium there they would cancel and Kansas City All Star Wrestling would offer free tickets to Kansas City Kansas at Memorial Hall.
Comparing the NWA champion's booking to Andre's booking is a good comparison. I can that when Stu Hart got the dates for the Calgary Stampede, he'd book the pavillion or coreal then send a telegram to Vince senior to book Andre for the week.
Only thing w/ flair was his match was about the same every match, and he could do that because he was in a different territory most times ,never stayed I one place very long. He didn't have a lot of different real wrestling moves.
@@marmcd2003 Nobody in wrestling was. That's just inflation. NWA was still a $20 million a year industy back when Thesz was champ. That's ~$190 million. That's more than what WWE's live event revenue was in 2015.
All four are or were impressive. I have to go with Danny Hodge. NCAA Wrestling Champ. Golden Gloves Boxing Champ (on a suggestion from his boss). NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champ. Used to appear on TV and bend heavy gauge pliers for a lark. Did I mention that this walking talking Superhero survived his own underwater car crash?😃 Throw in Kurt Angle as Special Ref and a knockdown dragout involving these four legendary guys would be downright incredible!🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
In regards to Jim’s comment about Lou Thesz and Bruno, the unification was supposed happen in 1966 or maybe 1965. Around that time, Thesz was past his prime and was starting to be handled by guys like Bob Orton Sr and a few others. Bruno, though not a shooter, was considered one of the strongest men in the world and could more than hold his own in a shoot with the most famous example being him manhandling Antonio Inoki in a 6 man tag when Inoki tried to take liberties with him. I think it’s fair to say at that point in both Thesz and Bruno’s careers, Thesz wouldn’t have had an easy time with Bruno and most definitely Bruno wouldn’t have let him take liberties with him.
Ric Flair just loves to travel, if he stays home Two Weeks, to him that would get on his nerves, luckily his Significant Other, Wendy also likes to Travel.
@James Hagan Has time for what?Screw up his life even more?I mean, the dude is lucky enough to be alive after 2 OPEN HEART SURGERIES, plus it's his own fault that Arn & the other Horsemen don't talk to him much anymore, the man needs to grow up, that's what Buddy Rogers did.
@@TheSportsfan35 I am sorry, it makes me laugh, when people say grow up, do people really, in general? I think a lot of people are good at hiding their childish nature.
In Australian $$$ $100,000 in 1966 is equivalent to $1,379,087.66 in 2020. I don’t know what inflation in the states has been like but it’s definitely a good pay off.
Listening to this gives you a new appreciation. For Ric saying to be the man, you gotta beat the man. It really does appear that nobody was capable of being the man, but ric 😂😂😂😂
Guys carried cash back then because there were no debit cards. Yes, there were credit cards, but think how easy it is now to just pull out your Debit Card to pay for everything.
Awesome art work. Btw kingston selling of the explosion was legendary. Is sad cause there's potential in aew, but god damn the money marks stupid booking and the constant over the top spots.
I love all the clips, but I like everyone else is waiting on the review to end all reviews. Everyone like me who's a card carrying member of the Cult of Cornette, be ready we'll have the AEW marks EXPLODING into the comments I'm guessing.
@@willnchicago696 There was a loose affiliation. Making it more or less like an NWA-lite. Indianapolis was more or less a training territory. Memphis was a loose affiliate, Jarretts own words on it were "It's easier to convince one man to give Lawler the title, than a 12 member board.", San Antonio was a loose affiliate that only used the AWA champion. (Have a nice match from there with Lawler vs. Bockwinkel.), Indianapolis was allowed it's own world title, and recognized the AWA title as the more important one. (Bruiser would book any of the heel champions but he never would book Verne when he was champion.)
maxx dahl: In oh about late 1982 Cowboy Bob Orton and the late great Adrian Adonis had an unsanctioned confrontation for Southwest Championship Wrestling's version of a World Championship. Ironically Orton became Adonis's Bodyguard some time later in The WWF against an enraged Rowdy Roddy Piper. Plus as I recall in the early middle Eighties the then WWWF had Promotional Booking Offices in Toronto, Tokyo, and Mexico City as well as The American Northeast. And The AWA had Promotional Booking Offices that functioned as quasi Territories from Chicago to Winnipeg. The CWA Jarrett Office was headed up by Jerry Lawler who traveled very often in pursuit of Gold and heightened fame from Memphis to Chicago, San Antonio, Tampa, and Atlanta.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
didn't holding 2 shows in the same venue on the same day featuring mostly the same bouts cause an issue with kayfabe? granted before internet and cellphones, but diehard fans would pick up on it. were they just careful to not "injure" someone in the early show so they'd still be 100% for that evenings match?
Territories didn’t do that. Larger territories would run two towns the same day. Usually an afternoon show in one and then a night show in a nearby city/town
That almost never if ever happened, when Jim talks about a doubleshot on a Saturday or Sunday he means for example 1pm bell time at Boston garden and 7.30 bell time at Madison Square garden in New york like Hogan vs bossman did march 18 1989 www.thehistoryofwwe.com/89.htm
@Travis Heckel do you do drawings please as I want one for my man cave of stone cold, rock , hogan and flair on mount rushmore, moneys here let me know please bro, than you and the art work here is legit lush
Oh great the spoken worked in advertising has started on this channel. Next week we'll hear: "Brian an attack on your personality may be humorous, but and attack on your cyber security is anything but. NordVPN..."
@Cee Wil The Stadium Stampede made me never trust The Fucks, Khan, IC, Matt Hardy and Oliver ever again. It almost ruined Page and Jeribloat for me (The Matt Hardy rivalry and Dinner Debonair bits made me never trust those guys again). I became more critical after that match. There was still enough good things (10%) that made me at least care. Revolution took the last bit of 10% and destroyed it. The real reason I am quitting is because of that, the mark fanbase and damage control for this whole botch has been terrible.
National Wrestling Alliance 1.Ric Flair 2. Harley Race 3.Dusty Rhodes 4. Rick Steamboat 5. Magnum TA 6. Tully Blanchard 7. Nikita Koloft 8. Jack Brisco 9. Kerry Von Erich 10. Tommy Rich 11. Roddy Piper 12. Jerry Bronco 13. Paul Jones 14. David Von Erich 15.Ted Dibiase 16. Kevin Von Erich 17. Dick Slater 18. Jimmy Valiant 19. Bruiser Brody 20. Jay Youngblood 21. Old Anderson 22. Terry Funk 24. Gene Anderson 25. Buddy Landell 26. Stan Hansen 27. Terry Taylor 28. Mike Von Erich 29. Paul Orndoff 30. Terry Gordy 31. Jerry Lawler 32. Michael Hayes 33. Billy Jack Haynes 34. Baron Von Raschke 35. Tony Atlas 36. Butch Reed 37. John Studd 38. Ivan Koloft 39. Paul Jones 40. The Masked Superstar 41. Buddy Roberts 42. Jim Duggan 43. Mike Graham 44. Mike Rotunda 45. Barry Windham 46. Kevin Sullivan 47. Black Jack Mulligan 48. SGT Slaughter 49. Larry Zbyzko 50. Ernie Ladd 51. Shoei Baba 52. Rick Morton 53. Robert Gibson 54. Junk Yard Dog 55. DR. Death Steve Williams 56. Bugsy McGraw 57. Eddie Gilbert 58. Dory Funk Jr. 59. Rick Rude 60. Manny Fernandez 61. Ronnie Garvin 62. Chris Adams 63. Jimmy Garvin 64. Gino Hernandez 65. Bobby Eaton 66. Tommy Rogers 67. Dennis Condrey 68. Bobby Fulton 69. Randy Rose 70 Lex Luger 71. Stan Lane 72. Bill Dundee 73. Steve Keira 74. Iceman King Parson 75. Mark Youngblood 76. Dick Murdoch 77. Austin Idol 78. Eddie Gilbert 79. Ken Patera 80. Superstar Billy Graham 81. Jimmy Snuka 82. Carlos Colon 83. The Great Muta 84. Abdullah The Butcher 85. Kamala 86. Jumbo Tsuruta 87. Road Warrior Hawk 88. Play Boy Buddy Rose 89. Road Warrior Animal 90. The Warlord 91. Konga The Barbarian 92. Hector Guerrero 93. Brad Armstrong 94. Buzz Sawyer 95. Rufus R Jones 96.Bob Armstrong 97. Sting 98. Tim Horner 99. Wahoo McDaniel 100. Steve Armstrong 101. Arn Anderson 102. Ron Fuller 103. The Iron Sheik 104. Robert Fuller 105. Khruscher Khruschev 106. Professor Malenko 107. Angelo Mosca 108. Johnny Weaver 109. Jerry Stubbs 110. Jake The Snake Roberts 111. Big Bubba Rogers 112. Chris Champion 113. Sweet Brown Sugar 114 Sweet Ebony Diamond 115. Pistol Pez Whatley 116. Angelo Mosca Junior 117. Sean Royal 118. Ron Bass 119. Black Bart 120. Killer Khan 121. Kendo Nagasaki 122. The Great Kabuki 123. Magic Dragon 124. Mike George 125. Bull Dog Bob Brown 126. Mr. Electricity Steve Regal 127 . Paul Ellering 128. Brett Wayne Sawyer 129. Rip Oliver 130. One Man Gang 131. King Kong Bundy 132. Crusher Jerry Blackwell 133. Samoan Sika. 134. Samoan Afa 135. Mark Lewin 136. Ed Gandner 137. Les Thornton 138. George The Animal Steel 139. Randy Savage 140. David Schultz 141. Vladimir Petrov 142. Jim Neidhart 143. Mister Wrestling One 144. Mister Wrestling Two 145.Brian Pillman 146. Don Muraco 147.Dino Bravo 148. Luke Graham 149. Butch Miller 150.Terry Taylor 151. Genichiro Tenryu 152. Riki Chousu 153. Ray Stevens 154. Sid Vicious 155. Mike Miller 156. Scott Hall 157. Kevin Nash 158. Dutch Mantel 159. Bobby Jaggers 160 Manny Fernandez
Yeah, sounds like being the Top Champion was some bullshit. No wonder why Michaels never held it again after 02. Dude would've definitely relapsed. Fuck that belt and that schedule.
No. Thesz was a shooter and could take anybody if he needed to. Shortly after the NWA started in 1948 it's founder Orville "Farmer" Brown was hurt in an auto accident and had to retire. They put the title on Thesz because nobody could double cross him. The NWA was the first national organization and they were concerned that some local promoter or home town favorite was going to try and hijack their championship. With Thesz as their champ while they were getting established the NWA didn't really need to worry about it because Lou was that much of a badass.
Jim, You were saint to my late brother, Frankie Hatton...he was a kid in a wheel chair and lived in Richmond, Va...You were walking past us and stopped to say hi to us fans...You rolled Frankie to the locker room and allowed him to meet the wrestlers... it was magic!! Thank you so much for giving him such a great time...
That's incredible
That's awesome. Some people don't realize this is a character,not who they really are. Rarely are there any of these men that you are on TV.
That's awesome. Cornette is a great guy and I'd have words for anyone who doesn't agree. God bless you guys . Thanks for sharing this with us all.
Topics and stories like this is why I love Jim cornette
I like cornette cause, no matter how much he hates the product today, still seems enthusiastic to talk about it.
Honestly, I think one reason I mostly watch the clips over full corny episodes (other than impatience) is so I can see the various thumbnails Travis draws for the clips.
Listen to the entire show then I listen to short ones for the art work
The art is typically spot on, and so reflective of the mood of the story. Love them.
Impatience is what makes me listen to the full episodes in podcast form... but I keep revisiting them in clip form for the art
The clips are best to avoid ads and Brian Ass
The clips are the full shows without the segues.
The NWA got 13% of the gross - 3% went to the office and 10% went to the champion. The champion got days off during the month until Barnett started doing the schedule and then the days off disappeared. It became a grind. Of the long term NWA champions, only Dory, Terry and Ric are left.
Dang bro you talk like you were the champ
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1I mean it's not exactly hidden under covers. The info isn't particularly in the open, but if you really wanted to know the facts and stats are out there
Dory and Ric now. Last men standing.
Absolutely love hearing these stories from Jim Cornette I myself always wondered the schedule Ric Flair had to go through being the NWA heavyweight champion I say very exhausting but as Ric Flair said he was having the time of his life being the NWA heavyweight champion, Ric legit looked like a champion the way he carried himself the personality, the suits
That credibility made it special
@@smarkslowplay3512 Just from a young guy growing up seeing Flair you’d want to be like him Ricky Steamboat said it best Flair put it out there who he was what young man growing up doesn’t like that
and the stories say he was the last one to close the bar down and first one on the treadmill the next morning. total legend
@@mikebrown2274 it was Flair and Arn were training the next day after a night of drinking then straight to the studio do the matches back out on the town and do it all over again
@@Kas58223 I always thought it waa a shame that Tully or Arn never got a World title run.
“I've had more world championships than you've had women!” - Ric Flair
Ironically, Ric Flair has also had more women than you're had world championships. They don't call him "Slick Rick" for nothing!
@@CornBreadtm1 Woooo kiss stealing wheeling dealing son of a gun that made all the women cried they all want to ride space mountain
I was in the Norfolk Scope the night he said that without your edit lol.
Most men haven't had 16 women.
@@rustykoehler2789 my shoes cost more than your house - Ric Flair
The good old days when you get to the airport, walk right to the gate, and just get on the plane. No cavity searches back then. In the 21st century that much cash would get you on the Homeland Security watchlist.
lmao true words..
Spot on!
That much cash would be confiscated lol. You can only have 5000 on your persons at all times. Anything more gets taken. And not thedifference, all of it.
Nah ive taken bout 12k on a flight before
@@ashtonhaggitt216 wrong
you can have any amount of money on you
This is Jim at his best right here. The stories he tells and the knowledge he drops is what seperates him from the rest of these podcasts
The Thumbnail is Great as Usual ... 😂
Accurate depiction (maybe 3 cocktails in Ric's hands missing)
@Hart Smith he was a heavy alcoholic for decades bro
i drove thru TN layin on my horn n flashing my brights (when no oncomers) because there were so many deer near the hiway/freeway. Fort Lee, VA to Phoenix, AZ
Love the NWA history lessons
Thanks for acknowledging Lou Thesz' , people today don't realize how dangerous he was.
I loved that period, when Race, Funk, and Flair were traveling champions. Flair basically stayed put starting in 1986, when the territories started to flounder, and World Class left the NWA.
"He's in Florida so he gets to relax?" I'm starting to hypothesize why Cornette has been so frustrated.
Poor Corney is exhausted in the thumbnail lmao
NOBODY can talk about the wrestling business like corny......ive been listening to him for over 30 years, I could listen to him for 30 more.......Thank you Jim! :)
I wish Bobby Heenan wasn't sick after he retired, he and Corny would be historical magic.
Lannis31: They did have a chance to converse about a number of fascinating topics in clear mutual respect when Jim worked in The Ring of Honor Front Office.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
Being the NWA world champion It's the mecca position. No matter where the champion goes. Symbolizes all over the world. Traveling all over. A very tight schedule. Just like the late Harley Race brought the NWA belt on WWF television facing Bob Backlund on a unification match NWA/WWF title for title at MSG.
They actually we're on the also both guys dropped the belt in the other guys territory
Don't get me wrong. Harley Race was 7 time world champion. One tough customer. He faced two world's from WWF. Superstar Billy Graham and Bob Backlund. Ric Flair once faced Bob Backlund at The Omni in Atlanta NWA/WWF unification championship match. It was declared a draw. It was a great match. Being NWA world champion is hands full. Make no mistake. All NWA world champions are legendary.
@@milovaldez8269 Harley was 8X.
How?
@@milovaldez8269 If you read any of the wrestling history books including history of the NWA world title, Harley is listed as an 8X champ, even Gordon Solie mentioned it when Harley was inducted into the WCW HOF at Slamboree.
There were few wrestlers that had short reins with the NWA world championship. Such as. Tommy Rich. Kerry Von Erich. Ronnie Garvin. Ricky Steamboat. Just to name a few. The only one the had so many title reins was Ric Flair. He was the flagship of the NWA.
Uh Harley race?
Virgin
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1 Yep, Lou Thesz. Dusty Rhodes. Jack Brisco
Flair was great, but Race was my guy.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1 Yes. I failed to mention Harley Race. 8 time NWA World Champion. Best match even he drop the title. Between him and Ric Flair. Steel cage match. Starcade 1983.
“Ladies....ladies. Let’s have a respectful moment of silence... for the best-looking man on the face of this earth.”
- Ric Flair
Woooo
Flair has said his best single-night payoff was his hour draw with Bruiser Brody in St. Louis. They both made $6800 cash that night.
That was the February 83 gig at the checkerdome. It drew over 16,000 fans. That was when the consortium ran St. Louis. They paid less than Sam Muchnik when he was running St. Louis. They also paid their KC talent more $. Once they kept that going, top talent stopped coming into the territory and it died a slow death. They drew more in the past at the checkerdome like in 1982 at Sam’s retirement show and the Brusier-Flair June 82 gig (19,000 fans).
And, according to Brody's book anyway, they SHOULD have made even more than that. But some fuckery ensued.
Flair was the only guy who could have kept that schedule up.
Damn right. Not that douche Hulk Hasbeen, he only wrestled eight times a year.
No Harley race did it, Dory funk Jr did it
@@JP-xr3mu he wrestled around the world to
300 days a year they all did. Ric did the most of anyone though
@@shoeplayisbad1 Hulk Hogan has never wrestled 300 days a year, not in the AWA, definitely not in the WWF, and not even close in wCw. If you can find proof, you come back here and post a video.
@@JP-xr3mu there wouldn't be a video
read his book and look it up
he did 300 days yearly, not on TV house shows and live events
This is exactly why Flair is one of the toughest guys ever in wrestling.
NWA 80s was a great time. Loved going to Portland and seeing greats like the Big RC Machine, Big Coach Crowe, the late, great Big Poppa Paddy Heenan and of course the legendary Peoples Champion The Pretty Pink Prince
Does Raycon have a pair of headphones that include sound bites from a famous video the owner was a part of? Lol
"You can pair this thing to all of your blue teeth"😂😂😂
My goal Corny is to listen to every show you’ve done!!!!!!!
I think steve austin in the late 90's got 3% of the house
JC is a legend I could listen to this all day very interesting love it
O.G. cult members know this is what we really come here for.
I’m actually listening on Raycon earbuds. Whoa.
Well, that explains a lot. It explains why Flair kept that title for so long, it's because he enjoyed all the travel and stress that went with it. He was actually saying it back then in so many words, but in my naive mind I thought it was because the refs were just giving him breaks and he was incredibly lucky.
That was like a Norm Macdonald joke at the end
Love the way Cornette says the letter W.
I would had drop the belt in six months because it would have been too exhausting for me if I had to work hurt and never had a night off to rest my injuries
Am still looking for a replacement t-shirt of the “10lbs of Gold” belt over the shoulder and the NWA logo on the other side.
Never even heard of this shirt before but that sounds awesome
@@MIGHTYBOOSCH198 it was! I only got 1 picture of me in it till I outgrew the XL. Also had a X-title belt shirt. When ever I wore it to a indies or main promotion matches I got bombard with the “where you get it?” Questions. I even wrote the NWA asking to bring it back in their stores.
Ric Flair was the real deal, and will never be replaced!
I'm not a fan of Flair at all. I've never liked his work. But the idea that he outlasted the other NWA champs is really appealing to me. Like I imagine all these big strong tough guys with tears in their eyes going "I'm broken! I can't stand this anymore!" and Flair is over there like "I can literally do this FOREVER, baby!! WHOOOOO!!!"
If the territory model was so much more lucrative, as Jim always says, then why didn't Vince McMahon duplicate that model once he put the territories out of business? Why did he adopt the PPV model instead that has become the standard to this day?
There were no territories anymore, the connection to the local product was over as there were no local promotions. TV blew it up but then burned it out. The Arena's are the way to go, you make more working around the country every night. Vince destroyed the system, he would no longer be able to run any area several times a month, he would have to travel to a new area every day. No more weekly cards in areas.
Bruno was UNO, not a shooter or the best pure wrestler but the best at being a CHAMPION, even the NWA wanted him as the undisputed representative of the business.
Are you serious?
I lost it on the furniture polish joke
I love this history stuff I wish wrestling and the world was like this today I wrestled for 16 years and rarely got more than 10 to 12 shows a month
Jobber
That's bcoz you are unwatchable
NWA Booking of the champ was Big Time it makes sense why RIC was the Man 24/7/365
Using the CPI Inflation Calculator from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, $100,000 in January 1966 is equivalent to $822, 584.91 in January 2021!
That schedule was just insane
I would love it if Vice or some other production company with money behind it would do a serious history of wrestling series with Jim telling the story. Obviously even with his encyclopaedic knowledge and with diligent research being undertaken there would still be room for classic wrestling “He said/She said” but damn it would be a show worth watching.
NWA Champ hard job
*Jim* I have a question about Kansas City Mo and the 80's NWA and Rick Flair. I heard that Rick pissed off Kansas City and every time Rick was supposed to Wrestle at Municipal Auditorium there they would cancel and Kansas City All Star Wrestling would offer free tickets to Kansas City Kansas at Memorial Hall.
JCS: Intriguing since Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes for "The Big Gold" in KC in 1981. His very first tenure as NWA World Champ.
🤔🎤🐴💎👔👞👞🤼♂️B.W.
9:27...
George "TheAnimal" Steele?!?
Yes. I believe he was once a math teacher.
George was the opposite of his character, I can personally vouch for that.
With today's inflation rate, $100,000 in 1966 would be $807,351.85 in 2021
I've been watching old World Class lately. When Kerry won the belt from Flair, he wrestled 16 of the next 18 days! That's crazy.
Lost it 18 days later. Think if had to keep the champion's schedule for 1 year straight.
He snorted blow 18 of the next 18 days, hence the quick loss.
@@sr7312 The put on him as a favor to Fritz. I liked Kerry but he could not be trust like Flair.
That ending joke... 👍
What a beautiful finish LOL
Comparing the NWA champion's booking to Andre's booking is a good comparison. I can that when Stu Hart got the dates for the Calgary Stampede, he'd book the pavillion or coreal then send a telegram to Vince senior to book Andre for the week.
Evansville in the house 🐱
Only thing w/ flair was his match was about the same every match, and he could do that because he was in a different territory most times ,never stayed I one place very long. He didn't have a lot of different real wrestling moves.
Lesnar basically makes a million a match so Lou Thesz was a deal.
Vince Sr. wasn't making the scratch Vince Jr is.
Try 2 or 3 million
@S R, I often wonder how Lesnar would've done if he would've been in the business back when Thesz, or Harley or Danny Hodge were in their primes.
@@marmcd2003 Nobody in wrestling was. That's just inflation. NWA was still a $20 million a year industy back when Thesz was champ. That's ~$190 million. That's more than what WWE's live event revenue was in 2015.
All four are or were impressive. I have to go with Danny Hodge. NCAA Wrestling Champ. Golden Gloves Boxing Champ (on a suggestion from his boss). NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champ. Used to appear on TV and bend heavy gauge pliers for a lark. Did I mention that this walking talking Superhero survived his own underwater car crash?😃 Throw in Kurt Angle as Special Ref and a knockdown dragout involving these four legendary guys would be downright incredible!🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
I'd love to know what Jim thinks of MLW now , his view of fatu was great a while back, can't wait to see hammerstone v fatu!!!
He liked em well enough to work for them
@@BloodBoughtMinistries1 I know that man, I'm on about now
In regards to Jim’s comment about Lou Thesz and Bruno, the unification was supposed happen in 1966 or maybe 1965. Around that time, Thesz was past his prime and was starting to be handled by guys like Bob Orton Sr and a few others. Bruno, though not a shooter, was considered one of the strongest men in the world and could more than hold his own in a shoot with the most famous example being him manhandling Antonio Inoki in a 6 man tag when Inoki tried to take liberties with him. I think it’s fair to say at that point in both Thesz and Bruno’s careers, Thesz wouldn’t have had an easy time with Bruno and most definitely Bruno wouldn’t have let him take liberties with him.
I guess Hogan knew better to show up a few times a month.
Ric Flair just loves to travel, if he stays home Two Weeks, to him that would get on his nerves, luckily his Significant Other, Wendy also likes to Travel.
@James Hagan Hopefully his final wife, I mean Jesus Flair's in his mid- late 70's. How many more times does he need to get married?
@James Hagan Has time for what?Screw up his life even more?I mean, the dude is lucky enough to be alive after 2 OPEN HEART SURGERIES, plus it's his own fault that Arn & the other Horsemen don't talk to him much anymore, the man needs to grow up, that's what Buddy Rogers did.
@@TheSportsfan35 I am sorry, it makes me laugh, when people say grow up, do people really, in general? I think a lot of people are good at hiding their childish nature.
LOVE the joke @ the end , beautiful finish thats great !!!!!!!
By the way, you would have never told me that I would hear Jim Cornette plugging Ray J in 2021 lol
😂😂😂😂😂
hendersonville tn has a rad pizza place: NY Pie
In Australian $$$
$100,000 in 1966 is equivalent to
$1,379,087.66 in 2020. I don’t know what inflation in the states has been like but it’s definitely a good pay off.
Really hope Aldis starts touring
Flair is the man plain and simple
I’m just waiting to hear cornys take on the aew finish lol
Oh yeah, we all are.
Same but this was good
We waiting for the Revolution Review
Later this week
Listening to this gives you a new appreciation. For Ric saying to be the man, you gotta beat the man. It really does appear that nobody was capable of being the man, but ric 😂😂😂😂
Cmon Corny give us that review were all waitin for! Ill give you a hint it had ----> 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 in the match!
AEW is Bushleague 🔰
That’s 800k for Lou Thesz in 2021
Guys carried cash back then because there were no debit cards. Yes, there were credit cards, but think how easy it is now to just pull out your Debit Card to pay for everything.
Where’s the video on his response to Christian!?!?
it's like you don't understand how the delay works, give it a few days ffs
They didn't record these five minutes ago. Take a midol.
Awesome art work. Btw kingston selling of the explosion was legendary. Is sad cause there's potential in aew, but god damn the money marks stupid booking and the constant over the top spots.
Pretty sure a ratings freefall is coming soon. Every fad disappears
Explosion? lol
@@smarkslowplay3512 no chance they are here to stay as Its just beat nxt in the somcalled wed night war
Hahaha....a horrible way to go....but a beautiful finish.......love it!
I love all the clips, but I like everyone else is waiting on the review to end all reviews. Everyone like me who's a card carrying member of the Cult of Cornette, be ready we'll have the AEW marks EXPLODING into the comments I'm guessing.
Probably tomorrow. They usually release on Tuesday now
I hear Olivier is furious lmao!!!
AWA champions had to do similar things too. Might have to go to Memphis, Indianapolis, San Antonio, and other AWA territories.
The AWA didn’t have territories. The AWA champ could be booked to work towns when he wasn’t working dates for the AWA.
@@willnchicago696 There was a loose affiliation. Making it more or less like an NWA-lite. Indianapolis was more or less a training territory. Memphis was a loose affiliate, Jarretts own words on it were "It's easier to convince one man to give Lawler the title, than a 12 member board.", San Antonio was a loose affiliate that only used the AWA champion. (Have a nice match from there with Lawler vs. Bockwinkel.), Indianapolis was allowed it's own world title, and recognized the AWA title as the more important one. (Bruiser would book any of the heel champions but he never would book Verne when he was champion.)
maxx dahl: In oh about late 1982 Cowboy Bob Orton and the late great Adrian Adonis had an unsanctioned confrontation for Southwest Championship Wrestling's version of a World Championship. Ironically Orton became Adonis's Bodyguard some time later in The WWF against an enraged Rowdy Roddy Piper. Plus as I recall in the early middle Eighties the then WWWF had Promotional Booking Offices in Toronto, Tokyo, and Mexico City as well as The American Northeast. And The AWA had Promotional Booking Offices that functioned as quasi Territories from Chicago to Winnipeg. The CWA Jarrett Office was headed up by Jerry Lawler who traveled very often in pursuit of Gold and heightened fame from Memphis to Chicago, San Antonio, Tampa, and Atlanta.🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 Thank you for that post. I really appreciate it.
@@madbrowniac7871 I probably actually have footage of that.
didn't holding 2 shows in the same venue on the same day featuring mostly the same bouts cause an issue with kayfabe?
granted before internet and cellphones, but diehard fans would pick up on it. were they just careful to not "injure" someone in
the early show so they'd still be 100% for that evenings match?
Territories didn’t do that. Larger territories would run two towns the same day. Usually an afternoon show in one and then a night show in a nearby city/town
That almost never if ever happened, when Jim talks about a doubleshot on a Saturday or Sunday he means for example 1pm bell time at Boston garden and 7.30 bell time at Madison Square garden in New york like Hogan vs bossman did march 18 1989 www.thehistoryofwwe.com/89.htm
Even Jim is bought by raycon now, that's disgusting.
Don't buy this crap, get something better, for example wireless in ears from Bose, Sony or Jabra.
I listened to this using the Sony wf-1000xm3 earbuds, they're the real Mccoy.
Like James Bond ...
Charlotte, Mars didn't have as nice of a ring to it
"what's causing all this"
My cousin Harley Race I did not see him for weeks at a time .
I didn’t see my cousin Lou Thesz for months on end
As my first name is terry, I'm sat here thinking, when was I Champion?..
@Travis Heckel do you do drawings please as I want one for my man cave of stone cold, rock , hogan and flair on mount rushmore, moneys here let me know please bro, than you and the art work here is legit lush
Oh great the spoken worked in advertising has started on this channel.
Next week we'll hear: "Brian an attack on your personality may be humorous, but and attack on your cyber security is anything but.
NordVPN..."
Funny, but tbf Jim gotta make his money too. You can always fast forward through any ads.
JC comments soon on AEW Revolution main event or we riot !!!!!!
Oh he definitely will be all over that mudshow .
5 percent
Oh I can't wait for him to eviscerate that shitshow called Revolution on the Drive Thru tomorrow. That was the straw that broke this camel's back.
Revolution was that, the death match and the bucks match was bad tho
oh no...what do you think will happen?!?!?!
@@MilkmanC We will find out tomorrow but we can make guesses lol
@@Hellwolf36 he's going to do the usual but I will be ready with popcorn lol I do expect them to triple shit all over the ending though
@Cee Wil The Stadium Stampede made me never trust The Fucks, Khan, IC, Matt Hardy and Oliver ever again. It almost ruined Page and Jeribloat for me (The Matt Hardy rivalry and Dinner Debonair bits made me never trust those guys again). I became more critical after that match.
There was still enough good things (10%) that made me at least care. Revolution took the last bit of 10% and destroyed it.
The real reason I am quitting is because of that, the mark fanbase and damage control for this whole botch has been terrible.
Corny for President !!!
This.
@@maxxdahl6062 This.
Ric truly live the rockstar life what a life it has been for the kiss stealin wheel dealin son of gun. Woooo
That schedule was a beast Ric earned every penny.
For those wondering technically thez would of asked of. 1.23 m dollars in todays money for the job to bruno
Cornette is advertising Raycon ear buds? He'll shit if he knew Ben Shapiro advertises for them too. lol
Rest in peace Zepedo.
National Wrestling Alliance 1.Ric Flair 2. Harley Race 3.Dusty Rhodes 4. Rick Steamboat 5. Magnum TA 6. Tully Blanchard 7. Nikita Koloft 8. Jack Brisco 9. Kerry Von Erich 10. Tommy Rich 11. Roddy Piper 12. Jerry Bronco 13. Paul Jones 14. David Von Erich 15.Ted Dibiase 16. Kevin Von Erich 17. Dick Slater 18. Jimmy Valiant 19. Bruiser Brody 20. Jay Youngblood 21. Old Anderson 22. Terry Funk 24. Gene Anderson 25. Buddy Landell 26. Stan Hansen 27. Terry Taylor 28. Mike Von Erich 29. Paul Orndoff 30. Terry Gordy 31. Jerry Lawler 32. Michael Hayes 33. Billy Jack Haynes 34. Baron Von Raschke 35. Tony Atlas 36. Butch Reed 37. John Studd 38. Ivan Koloft 39. Paul Jones 40. The Masked Superstar 41. Buddy Roberts 42. Jim Duggan 43. Mike Graham 44. Mike Rotunda 45. Barry Windham 46. Kevin Sullivan 47. Black Jack Mulligan 48. SGT Slaughter 49. Larry Zbyzko 50. Ernie Ladd 51. Shoei Baba 52. Rick Morton 53. Robert Gibson 54. Junk Yard Dog 55. DR. Death Steve Williams 56. Bugsy McGraw 57. Eddie Gilbert 58. Dory Funk Jr. 59. Rick Rude 60. Manny Fernandez 61. Ronnie Garvin 62. Chris Adams 63. Jimmy Garvin 64. Gino Hernandez 65. Bobby Eaton 66. Tommy Rogers 67. Dennis Condrey 68. Bobby Fulton 69. Randy Rose 70 Lex Luger 71. Stan Lane 72. Bill Dundee 73. Steve Keira 74. Iceman King Parson 75. Mark Youngblood 76. Dick Murdoch 77. Austin Idol 78. Eddie Gilbert 79. Ken Patera 80. Superstar Billy Graham 81. Jimmy Snuka 82. Carlos Colon 83. The Great Muta 84. Abdullah The Butcher 85. Kamala 86. Jumbo Tsuruta 87. Road Warrior Hawk 88. Play Boy Buddy Rose 89. Road Warrior Animal 90. The Warlord 91. Konga The Barbarian 92. Hector Guerrero 93. Brad Armstrong 94. Buzz Sawyer 95. Rufus R Jones 96.Bob Armstrong 97. Sting 98. Tim Horner 99. Wahoo McDaniel 100. Steve Armstrong 101. Arn Anderson 102. Ron Fuller 103. The Iron Sheik 104. Robert Fuller 105. Khruscher Khruschev 106. Professor Malenko 107. Angelo Mosca 108. Johnny Weaver 109. Jerry Stubbs 110. Jake The Snake Roberts 111. Big Bubba Rogers 112. Chris Champion 113. Sweet Brown Sugar 114 Sweet Ebony Diamond 115. Pistol Pez Whatley 116. Angelo Mosca Junior 117. Sean Royal 118. Ron Bass 119. Black Bart 120. Killer Khan 121. Kendo Nagasaki 122. The Great Kabuki 123. Magic Dragon 124. Mike George 125. Bull Dog Bob Brown 126. Mr. Electricity Steve Regal 127 . Paul Ellering 128. Brett Wayne Sawyer 129. Rip Oliver 130. One Man Gang 131. King Kong Bundy 132. Crusher Jerry Blackwell 133. Samoan Sika. 134. Samoan Afa 135. Mark Lewin 136. Ed Gandner 137. Les Thornton 138. George The Animal Steel 139. Randy Savage 140. David Schultz 141. Vladimir Petrov 142. Jim Neidhart 143. Mister Wrestling One 144. Mister Wrestling Two 145.Brian Pillman 146. Don Muraco 147.Dino Bravo 148. Luke Graham 149. Butch Miller 150.Terry Taylor 151. Genichiro Tenryu 152. Riki Chousu 153. Ray Stevens 154. Sid Vicious 155. Mike Miller 156. Scott Hall 157. Kevin Nash 158. Dutch Mantel 159. Bobby Jaggers 160 Manny Fernandez
Insanity.
AEW sucks
😆🤣😂
Sting Darby Allin match was good last night.
@@edwardclement102 Wasn't a match . Twas a movie but it was bester than Wonder Woman 84 . Not bester than bestest but twas ok 👌
Yeah, sounds like being the Top Champion was some bullshit. No wonder why Michaels never held it again after 02. Dude would've definitely relapsed. Fuck that belt and that schedule.
Was Bruno better than Thez?
If Bruno wasn’t in the WWWF there wouldn’t be what wrestling is today Vince Jr top organization. That’s my answer
Bruno didn't know a wristlock from a wristwatch.
No. Thesz was a shooter and could take anybody if he needed to. Shortly after the NWA started in 1948 it's founder Orville "Farmer" Brown was hurt in an auto accident and had to retire. They put the title on Thesz because nobody could double cross him. The NWA was the first national organization and they were concerned that some local promoter or home town favorite was going to try and hijack their championship. With Thesz as their champ while they were getting established the NWA didn't really need to worry about it because Lou was that much of a badass.
Bruno was the bigger draw.
Bruno was perfect for the North East. He wouldn't have drawn in the South.
do AEW plz