Jim Cornette Talks About FMW & Onita With Dark Side Of The Ring's Producer

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • From Episode 399 of the Jim Cornette Experience
    Guest Artist: Jeff Brawn (www.jeffbrawn....)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 269

  • @subarashiiashi3894
    @subarashiiashi3894 2 роки тому +37

    I really want them to cover Hayabusa. He was my first exposure to wrestling. Hayabusa is the reason I got into wrestling to begin with, and FMW was all the better for him having been in it.

    • @makaveli4205
      @makaveli4205 2 роки тому +5

      He had some cool matches in ECW late 90s

    • @kyles6813
      @kyles6813 21 день тому

      Magumi Kudo also She was such a star.

  • @RockSmith-rl9qr
    @RockSmith-rl9qr 2 роки тому +61

    Onitas entrance at the Tokyo Dome is still the most bad ass thing I've seen

    • @horgh_japan
      @horgh_japan 2 роки тому +9

      Saw the guy live in Yokohama in a bout against Akebono not super long after he was forced to retire from politics. He was bloated and out of shape, and the arena was pretty much a glorified school gym, but goddamn did we all mark out when Wild Thing started and he made his way to the ring.
      That's the power of Onita.

    • @cyberpunkgrappling6447
      @cyberpunkgrappling6447 2 роки тому +7

      @@horgh_japan
      Yeah that match happened in 2012 when he had a tiny Career resurgence.
      Seeing this live must have been fantastic

    • @horgh_japan
      @horgh_japan 2 роки тому +1

      @@cyberpunkgrappling6447 The match was... well... about as good as an out of shape and bloated Onita with a lazy, unmotivated Bono could be... BUT that wasn't the point. It never is with Onita.
      Funny thing was I was sitting front row (a little over 100 bucks or so at the time) right in front of some sumo dudes. While everyone was going crazy for 'Nita (myself included), the threesome just sat there with their arms crossed looking totally unimpressed.

    • @cyberpunkgrappling6447
      @cyberpunkgrappling6447 2 роки тому +2

      @@horgh_japan
      @Sylvain Parent
      Haha that's a great Story !
      Those Sumo dudes were probably guests it often happens for Sumo Hall shows
      And that reminds me that the first time Akebono was seen in Pro Wrestling was in a random All Japan Card in the late 90s (as a guest viewer too). I think Hayabusa wrestled on that show actually

    • @pirateradio6429
      @pirateradio6429 2 роки тому +3

      Legendary. I've never seen Japanese fans EVER pelt wrestlers going down the rampway with trash/litter. In my opinion, FMW did the in-ring hardcore style the RIGHT way. Alot of psychology to their matches. ECW on the other hand, Had great character work & storyline booking. If only we could have mixed the two in that aspect.

  • @kevindouglas5333
    @kevindouglas5333 2 роки тому +53

    I remember the urban legend that the reason he was trying to get Invader 1 over was to get wacked by the Yakuza for what he did to Brody...one urban legend I hope is true

    • @juicyfruit6311
      @juicyfruit6311 2 роки тому +10

      @Joshua Sharwood One of Onita's nicknames was "Mr. Liar".

    • @dan1th3k1ll3r
      @dan1th3k1ll3r 2 роки тому +8

      Supposedly it was Savio Vega who got word from Victor Quiñones in Japan, that the hit was planned and told Invader not to go work the Onita "stabbing angle" match. They shot the promo in Puerto Rico, Onita even flew there, but the match never happened.

    • @higler.
      @higler. 2 роки тому +1

      haha that's awesome I never heard that

    • @leelohaskin7941
      @leelohaskin7941 2 роки тому +3

      @@dan1th3k1ll3r damn Savio Vega lol

    • @moneymantwin1267
      @moneymantwin1267 2 роки тому +1

      @@leelohaskin7941 ofc PR gonna stick together

  • @Anto_Skum
    @Anto_Skum 2 роки тому +106

    I look at Travis' thumb art as a part of this podcast, but this revolving door of talent were getting to see is a great change of pace!

    • @Shtave3
      @Shtave3 2 роки тому +14

      @Brian stavely Is a schill yes it is.

    • @benjaminsmythe8967
      @benjaminsmythe8967 2 роки тому +4

      You really need to find a better hobby. It's embarrassing watching you every video telling people to boycott and that "it's horrible"... And yet, here you still are.

    • @cHriiSzbEe
      @cHriiSzbEe 2 роки тому

      Stick with BiggCaz he’s sick

    • @natmason5528
      @natmason5528 2 роки тому +4

      The artists subbing for Travis are too cartoonish. I don't want Marvel or DC Universe s**t here.

    • @TerrellMcDuffie
      @TerrellMcDuffie 2 роки тому +3

      @@natmason5528 It's better than that South Park bullshit the drawings were on

  • @ginoongsilvino
    @ginoongsilvino 2 роки тому +91

    Jim should *really* make a coffee book for these artworks.

    • @kennymcbair7323
      @kennymcbair7323 2 роки тому +1

      What the h*ll are those little Fishy’s doing’ Eatting ‘ Grandpas Chicken-Wire 😂🙃😂😂🙃

    • @kennymcbair7323
      @kennymcbair7323 2 роки тому

      L👻👻k at ‘ Jimmy 👀He look like he waiting on my mean ass Aunt to get a Switch off that dam Figg-Tree

    • @DerekDominoes
      @DerekDominoes 2 роки тому +2

      What became of Travis?

    • @kennymcbair7323
      @kennymcbair7323 2 роки тому +4

      @@DerekDominoes Mr. Cornette said that ‘ Travis would he’s a Little under the Weather’ Then Things might get back to Normal’ That’s Just what was on the Cornette-Wire

  • @guitarherofreek08
    @guitarherofreek08 2 роки тому +18

    This is Cornette's GTA loading screen

  • @keithyw
    @keithyw 2 роки тому +9

    i had a friend from college who used to work security for Onita and was friends with him back in the day. he told me Onita's secret back in the day was doing acupuncture after his matches. the guy would be bleeding then afterwards he'd stick a bunch of needles in himself. thought that was an interesting tidbit.
    i recall on one of the FMW tapes i rented where Onita talked about part of the reasoning he did those crazy matches was in part to compete against the rise of video games. my japanese interpretation might've been off but i think that was the gist.

  • @jareddubach1940
    @jareddubach1940 2 роки тому +32

    Love JC. Love Dark Side. Best combo.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 2 роки тому +2

      We need a bright side of the ring that kanyon episode made me sad for a day

  • @MilMaska
    @MilMaska 2 роки тому +51

    "Onita actually made a lot of money doing this shit" - Jim Cornette

    • @horgh_japan
      @horgh_japan 2 роки тому +7

      Not just money. It made him a freakin' cult figure in Japan and allowed him, a barely literate garbage wrestler who graduated high school well into adulthood (because of his political aspirations), to get a seat in the Japanese Diet.

  • @fristlast6967
    @fristlast6967 2 роки тому +31

    I'm astonished anyone would have negative things to say about any of the guests artists

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 2 роки тому +1

      Your astonished about different opinions. Not everyone agrees with you clown lol

    • @Ted_Bell
      @Ted_Bell 2 роки тому +3

      Because they are afraid of change. Still sleeping in their cribs.

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 2 роки тому +1

      They do still, in the backhanded form of Well wishes to Travis lol

    • @fristlast6967
      @fristlast6967 2 роки тому

      @@pleaseshutup7053 no u

    • @fristlast6967
      @fristlast6967 2 роки тому

      @@Ted_Bell sleeping comfortably

  • @-BigMike-
    @-BigMike- 2 роки тому +37

    Glad to see less hate for the change of artwork. Travis will be back, enjoy something different in the meantime

    • @romewilliams3526
      @romewilliams3526 2 роки тому

      Was it hate? I think some were confused or said they preferred the South Park style.

    • @elijahnakumura4375
      @elijahnakumura4375 2 роки тому +4

      @@romewilliams3526 You know any type of different opinion is “hating” nowadays. I prefer the south park as well, doesnt mean I hate the current guy personally

    • @Ian-Omega
      @Ian-Omega 2 роки тому +3

      The new artwork is clearly better. I was hoping they’d replaced him permanently

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 2 роки тому +2

      We wrestling fans we hate change lol

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 2 роки тому

      @Brian stavely Is a schill circle of life clown

  • @benespinosa6725
    @benespinosa6725 2 роки тому +47

    This Artwork is Absolutely Hilarious Jeff Brawn is awesome and Everytime Jim cornette calls Nick Gage the Bank Addicted drug Robber I Laugh everytime Jim's the best.

    • @Ian-Omega
      @Ian-Omega 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah it’s funny because most of Jim’s wrestling buddies have died an early death due to drug addiction lol

    • @davey3884
      @davey3884 2 роки тому

      If you say so...lmao

    • @elianeduardo
      @elianeduardo 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ian-Omega or are sexual harassers

    • @jtg1972
      @jtg1972 2 роки тому

      The word "hilarious" has lost all meaning.

    • @kevindouglas5333
      @kevindouglas5333 2 роки тому

      But he wets himself over the murdering drug dealing biker who tried to blow up a police station

  • @Howyanow
    @Howyanow 2 роки тому +6

    Onita looks great for 63 after the abuse he put his body through. Hearing Terry Funk speak was wonderful, an absolute legend

  • @whildhair83
    @whildhair83 2 роки тому +6

    FMW had some bad ass dudes. My favorites were Sabu, Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Wing Kanemura, Hayabusa, Jensei Shinzaki, Mr. Ganusuke and his mop handle breaking glory! Kodo Fuyuki was cool too.

  • @norielbeato6102
    @norielbeato6102 2 роки тому +5

    As an artist myself, I really appreciate jim cornette's new variation of thumbnails.

    • @jay_1212
      @jay_1212 2 роки тому +1

      Travis is sick I think so they are bringing in newer artists

  • @vincentvangogh9258
    @vincentvangogh9258 2 роки тому +5

    This kind of artwork is so nice to have a portrait and display on your room.. 🔥

  • @mayankprasad7317
    @mayankprasad7317 2 роки тому +14

    Talking about FMW...Hayabusa needs a documentary of his own too

    • @SAM-ru4vx
      @SAM-ru4vx 2 роки тому +2

      😭

    • @sunbrodaveftw6131
      @sunbrodaveftw6131 2 роки тому +1

      Didn't Hayabusa get power bomb like 50 times by Onita in the explosive cage match?

    • @henrygvidonas9573
      @henrygvidonas9573 2 роки тому +1

      Was he really well-known enough to the "Dark Side" audience for that to make sense?
      Maybe make an episode about Darren Drozdov first if you want to discuss the dangers of working in the ring? He's still alive and could give some interesting insight on the topic - if he wants to talk about it. And so could D'Lo Brown.

    • @SAM-ru4vx
      @SAM-ru4vx 2 роки тому

      @@henrygvidonas9573 appeared on ECW ppv with "Hakushi" vs rvd and sabu.
      Broke his neck in the states doing a moonsault?

    • @kidneystonermusic
      @kidneystonermusic 2 роки тому +1

      HayaWHOsa

  • @johnnygrind77
    @johnnygrind77 2 роки тому +9

    I'm excited to hear stories and see more footage of the late, great Hayabusa!

  • @SjC420
    @SjC420 2 роки тому +6

    I'm looking forward to the XPW episode. I was like 13 or 14 when I found XPW ppvs being sold at Best Buy. I have several XPW & best of backyard wrestling VHS tapes & DVDs.

    • @higler.
      @higler. 2 роки тому

      what they got into best buy??? Wow.. I bought my XPW tapes at a local seedy video shop haha

    • @SjC420
      @SjC420 2 роки тому +3

      @@higler. yeah Best Buy had them. It would be like WWE tapes & dvds then they had XPW, JCW, Best of Backyard Wrestling & the Worlds Wildest Street Brawls right beside.

  • @Omoplataha
    @Omoplataha 2 роки тому +13

    I would love for hear Jim trying to read and then announce without notes these matches.
    Caribbean Barbed Wire Barricade Spider Net Glass Deathmatch
    No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch
    One Million Yen No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Double Hell Exploding Deathmatch[
    No Rope 200 Volt Double Hell Double Barbed Wire Barricade Double Landmine Crushed Glass Electrical Barbed Wire Deathmatch

  • @bradpaton3927
    @bradpaton3927 2 роки тому +14

    This guest art is fucking bad-ass! I feeLike it would work just as line art, but I'm sooo glad it's colored!

  • @user-uo1qr6vn1q
    @user-uo1qr6vn1q 2 роки тому +8

    This sounds great by the way. As a long term wrestling promotion it was doomed to fail because, like all those promotions, it either became (or always was) about the shock value instead of the storytelling, and eventually nothing’s shocking 🎸anymore. But as a documentary subject it seems very compelling.

  • @jeremybayne5895
    @jeremybayne5895 2 роки тому +3

    Magumi Kudo vs Combat Toyota mother-in-law exploding barbed wire retirement match is phenomenal!

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 2 роки тому +1

      Was that the match when they were both on the floor holding each other sobbing postmatch photogs snapping photos

    • @juicyfruit6311
      @juicyfruit6311 2 роки тому

      @@tobiasfarragut292 Might be. Toyoda and Kudo were tag team partners at one point. They had a falling out and battled each other. Their deathmatch served as a retirement for Toyoda and to cement Kudo's "Queen of the Deathmatch" status. Of course, Toyoda unretired and went to other promotions.

    • @Mondragora99
      @Mondragora99 2 роки тому +1

      Megumi Kudo is the most badass women who ever put a foot on the squared circle. That japanese girl was no joke.

    • @jeremybayne5895
      @jeremybayne5895 2 роки тому +1

      @@Mondragora99 and on top of it man very very beautiful at the time young Japanese woman you could almost ask yourself why is such a pretty girl doing this to herself and that was part of the draw she was almost a princess!

    • @jeremybayne5895
      @jeremybayne5895 2 роки тому +1

      @@Mondragora99 I remember after the combat mother Toyota Kudo retirement match Onita slapping them both trying to get them up off the gurney and crying and hugging they have the passion in Japan.

  • @SAM-ru4vx
    @SAM-ru4vx 2 роки тому +20

    Yeah the crying in the post match interviews with the press is a unique FMW thing.
    Tokyo pop DVDs!
    Hayabusa vs Mr gannosake is my fav feud. Gladiator Mike awesome vs masato Tanaka comes as a close second.

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 2 роки тому +3

      First crying I ever saw from the loser in a match was Hayabusa after the 97th unmasking

    • @DesCobra
      @DesCobra 2 роки тому +2

      I hated the production of those DVD's. To many clipped matches.

    • @teresabyrne3664
      @teresabyrne3664 2 роки тому

      Kudo an toyoda cried there eyes out after there explosive barbwire match it was harrowing to just watch what they put themselves through an onita carrying toyoda out of the arena on his back what a sight to see

    • @cyberpunkgrappling6447
      @cyberpunkgrappling6447 2 роки тому +1

      @@DesCobra At least the clipped matches weren't as shortened as 80s All Japan footages

    • @DesCobra
      @DesCobra 2 роки тому

      @@cyberpunkgrappling6447 i have seen some of thoes too

  • @lb2.0.45
    @lb2.0.45 2 роки тому +34

    The FMW episode is one of the episodes I'm looking forward to the most.

    • @andrewclayterman6230
      @andrewclayterman6230 2 роки тому +9

      And like most things wrestling.. it came out of the insane Memphis territory..

    • @lb2.0.45
      @lb2.0.45 2 роки тому +8

      @@andrewclayterman6230 As most insane things from Memphis did lol.

    • @MattSingh1
      @MattSingh1 2 роки тому +2

      @@andrewclayterman6230 'Like most things wrestling'? No. Utter nonsense. Very few people in wrestling have any respect for the small-time clown show that was the Memphis territory.

    • @Copperstoned
      @Copperstoned 2 роки тому +2

      @@MattSingh1 Ah, not a fan of Lawler vs Kauffman I see. I thought CWA was one of the more famous and influential promotions in North America. Can you please shed some more light on your point?

    • @lodi70005
      @lodi70005 2 роки тому +3

      @@MattSingh1 You have a point for later years Memphis when all the talent was sucked out of the company by the National companies. However,the company was excellent up until about 1987. The last sellout at Mid South Coliseum was one of the best angles of them all with Dundee and Buddy Landell vs Lawler/Dutch Mantell that kicked into high gear when Dundee/Landell and attacked an 18 year old referee by the name of Jeff Jarrett.

  • @CyrusCageSCWS
    @CyrusCageSCWS 2 роки тому +8

    Old mates definitely been watching Bahu's History of FMW series....

    • @higler.
      @higler. 2 роки тому +1

      Yes they cited him as their FMW consultant. 3:00

  • @Dodong0
    @Dodong0 2 роки тому +3

    Grind house movie poster here.
    FMW was quite the trip… interested in watching this one (even though I watch them all, anyways).

  • @SuperNitroZ64
    @SuperNitroZ64 2 роки тому +13

    The episode airs tomorrow night. Can't wait to witness the FMW story.

  • @stinkypinkeee5085
    @stinkypinkeee5085 2 роки тому +6

    The retirement match for Toyoda east a crazy affair...

    • @williamwalker8201
      @williamwalker8201 2 роки тому

      They sure didn't try to hide the blading going on in that match

  • @rogueprince1341
    @rogueprince1341 2 роки тому +9

    A comic book sharing Cornette's road stories in this art style would be awesome.

  • @wwltd3036
    @wwltd3036 2 роки тому +35

    This thread is suddenly astroturfed with art aficionados.

    • @jamaalmoses8821
      @jamaalmoses8821 2 роки тому +2

      Nick Bockwinkel would be proud of that sentence!

    • @alexythimia23
      @alexythimia23 2 роки тому +3

      Lol since when does one have to be “art aficionados" to enjoy looking at something that takes talent? Just because you have zero mental capacity for it don't need to knock others. Personally all the new drawings are way better then that tween appeasing Southpark "art" they used to have.

    • @gusparedez5532
      @gusparedez5532 2 роки тому +1

      @@alexythimia23 Tween appeasing? Most "tweens" these days don't even know what SP is. I prefer the old art. This new art is actually "tween appeasing" is this day and age. I'm not criticizing the artist, just your take.

    • @wrestlingwithart
      @wrestlingwithart 2 роки тому +1

      The new art is way better than the lazy old style.

    • @leelohaskin7941
      @leelohaskin7941 2 роки тому

      @@alexythimia23 umm maybe you misunderstood what the OP meant

  • @corycybulski961
    @corycybulski961 2 роки тому +9

    Just here to comment on the artwork. This is great 👍 congrats to the artist

  • @Supervillain725
    @Supervillain725 2 роки тому +5

    AEW tried, but they can't pull off anything close to what FMW did in the 90s.

    • @Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma
      @Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma 2 роки тому +2

      They need to stop trying to that shit. What is even the point, do they really need that huge market of the 350 people that got to CZW shows? They already do enough stupid dangerous shit without the weapons.
      WWE isn't really any better with this. I'd like to see a 5 year ban on ladder matches, it's been done so much that no one really cares anymore.

    • @Supervillain725
      @Supervillain725 2 роки тому +1

      @@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma, ladder matches aren't too bad, but I wish they'd get rid of Kendo sticks.

    • @rashira9610
      @rashira9610 2 роки тому +1

      The Problem with AEW doing it, I feel, is the fact that they have to keep things within a certain range due to being a huge mainstream company, nationally televised, traded, etc.
      They can't go all out, no pun intended, the way a small promotion like CZW and GCW can, so you end up with this half assed death matches that are awkwardly stuck being caught between WWE levels of censored and a full blown deathmatch.
      This annoys everyone because Jim and everyone that dislike/hate this kind of stuff are pissed off because it's happening, and those that are into deathmatch and whatnot are pissed off because for the most part it kind of sucks compared to what they are used to.

    • @Supervillain725
      @Supervillain725 2 роки тому +1

      @@rashira9610 AEW can't do the things that FMW or CZW did because they're on national cable. They even brought in Nick Gage and that fell flat Wrestling is a niche audience and deathmatch stuff is even more niche; if a major wrestling company tried doing that stuff on a constant basis I don't think they'd be on TV for long.

  • @MattSingh1
    @MattSingh1 2 роки тому +6

    *FMW had 100x the success that backwoods, rinky-dink Smoky Mountain Wrestling had.*

    • @leelohaskin7941
      @leelohaskin7941 2 роки тому

      Ouch

    • @saveus228
      @saveus228 11 місяців тому

      so successful the owner had to kill himself cause he lost all his money and the yakuza's as well

  • @OpticZodiac15
    @OpticZodiac15 2 роки тому +3

    This artwork is amazing !

  • @justjustreid1527
    @justjustreid1527 2 роки тому +5

    Onita never did the piranha match it was in BJW guys come on 🤦‍♂️

    • @juicyfruit6311
      @juicyfruit6311 2 роки тому

      Yup. Matsunaga pioneered those matches with piranha, scorpions, and spiderweb barbed wire matches.

  • @iTzDr0p
    @iTzDr0p 2 роки тому +6

    Ngl I rather the new art work then the old art work

    • @candyiscool357
      @candyiscool357 2 роки тому +3

      I would love it if every week they had a new guest artist from here on out

    • @iTzDr0p
      @iTzDr0p 2 роки тому

      @@candyiscool357 ngl that would be a sick idea

    • @iTzDr0p
      @iTzDr0p 2 роки тому

      @Brian stavely Is a schill boycott the show fuck that only the blue hair brigade boycott shows 😂

  • @jeremybayne5895
    @jeremybayne5895 2 роки тому +10

    BJW Big Japan Wrestling did the piranha matches they also did scorpion death matches which also included cacti tied in each corner. are they having aquarium full of scorpions and they'd have to hold the guy in there for 10 seconds they did the barbed wire trampoline fishnet deathmatch where they fought on a scaffold the whole ring was covered in a big Criss-Cross net of barbed wire

    • @horgh_japan
      @horgh_japan 2 роки тому +2

      People tend to think of FMW as the crazy death match promotion, but ultimately FMW kinda stuck to a core concept and more or less built around it in a fairly organic way by adding a smaller gimmick on top of the original one (barbed wire --> "electric" barbed wire --> exploding electrified barbed wire --> add a cage on top/pool around the ring). BJPW (and IWA-japan to an extent) were the ones doing the really weird stuff and the kept it up even in their later somewhat more comedic incarnations with the King Lear-themed card.

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 2 роки тому

      Lol cacti 🌵 for turnbuckles you’d think THAT was “the texas deathmatch”

    • @juicyfruit6311
      @juicyfruit6311 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah. Big Japan took things to another level. They had Mr Danger, Jun "Fucking Crazy" Kanzai, and Honma. BJW teamed up with CZW which led to weed wacker matches.

    • @jeremybayne5895
      @jeremybayne5895 2 роки тому +2

      @@juicyfruit6311 how can you forget Matsunaga the short-haired bleach blonde guy that always wore the black karate pants he was always in the piranha death match or the scorpion deathmatch always doing that crazy stuff. 😂

    • @horgh_japan
      @horgh_japan 2 роки тому +2

      @@jeremybayne5895 The Stop the Matsunaga Campaign was awesome. A sort of over the hill/bitter would-be badass comes back to mess up pretty young (and more talented) guys. He had no desire to follow the rules by pulling out blades and shit during shoot style bouts because he's jealous and sees them as what he could have been had things turned out differently.
      So much pathos. It humanized Matsunaga and made hm more than a failed shoot style guy.

  • @notasmiler1571
    @notasmiler1571 2 роки тому +6

    Love the shoutout to bahu/BretFMW
    Listen to the history of fmw podcast if you want the most in depth story on fmw

    • @leelohaskin7941
      @leelohaskin7941 2 роки тому +1

      Lol did you ever see him call out Kawada about his alleged temperament while he's at his restaurant in one of these tweets? Happen to stumble upon that, and saw elsewhere about Kawada not having that much patience with some, including gaijjn...

  • @davsavchav
    @davsavchav 2 роки тому +2

    What's next, Robot Chicken Jim Cornette artwork?

  • @johnst3296
    @johnst3296 2 роки тому +5

    Equating FMW and XPW is really not fair Jim. FMW and ECW would be more fitting.

  • @user-uo1qr6vn1q
    @user-uo1qr6vn1q 2 роки тому +1

    Rob Black.🤦🏻‍♂. Didn’t all those losers go to jail for a while?

  • @thrillington2008
    @thrillington2008 2 роки тому +5

    recently I referred to a kid from an 80s Disney Film that "He grew up to be a bank addicted drug robber?" and hearing Cornette saying that term again still makes me laugh.

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 2 роки тому +1

      Flight of the Bank Addicted Drug Robber?

    • @thrillington2008
      @thrillington2008 2 роки тому

      I'm surprised that you figured it out that quick

    • @RankedShooter
      @RankedShooter 2 роки тому

      Gives Art imitates life a whole other meaning, huh?

  • @tallking7777
    @tallking7777 2 роки тому +1

    At first the new art was jarring but I'm getting use to it. I like the aesthetic of the old art. but this new art has a comic book style that's not bad.

  • @85futureshock
    @85futureshock 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to see some Corny art in the vein of Shinkiro the legendary SNK and Capcom artist.

  • @NoIDAvailable
    @NoIDAvailable 11 місяців тому

    Onita is the exception to the rule, since Corny usually tears into those that participate in these type of barbaric matches

  • @danberger3593
    @danberger3593 2 роки тому

    The piranhas were used in Big Japan Wrestling, but not FMW.

  • @alexhartman6144
    @alexhartman6144 2 роки тому +1

    Bretfmw on UA-cam. I started watching his channel at the beginning of quarantine as well. Cool channel. Explains what's happening storyline wise and behind the scenes in fmw year by year

  • @abcsin6526
    @abcsin6526 2 роки тому +3

    I guess,The artist is a huge anime fan!!!

  • @user-iy8li9xe7v
    @user-iy8li9xe7v 11 місяців тому

    Cornette’s analysis at the end is a bit incorrect. Onita is not running shows in a fruit and vegetable market but actually is running shows under the parking garage of a defunct fruit and vegetable market!
    By the way, the atmosphere of the live shows in that environment trumps the atmosphere at the ECW Arena in its prime, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Dome, Saitama Super Arena etc…
    Unfortunately FMWE is doing an absolutely terrible job filming and producing those shows so the clips online look awful

  • @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527
    @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527 2 роки тому +1

    Really the ultimate Death Match was Atonio Inoki Vs Masa Saito Island of Death wish there was a Darkside on that match as it's the NJPW equivalent of Thriller in Manila

  • @craigstrachan
    @craigstrachan 2 роки тому

    Watched that Dark Side Of The Ring episode with Onita and his FMW promotion being a fan of theirs through bootleg vhs compilation tapes of them and the wild and crazy matches that have done (Have most of them on vhs ) was definately interested to watch it . Definately was interesting to hear Onita's story about how he was a top Jr. Heavyweight in All Japan and was destined to be the face of their Jr. Heavyweight division then he injured his kneees and had to retire then coming back and challenging legitimate fighters only to get turned down then him forming FMW and doing what would become the death match style of wrestling with crazy insane stipulations that look like something from the SAW movies with Barbed Wire , Fire ,Explosions , ninja weapons , Broken Glass . Basically a brawling style amped up to 100 plus bringing in talent like Mick Foley aka Cactus Jack , Terry Funk and who was ever crazy enough to do these style of matches . FMW also spawned many imitators such as W*ING and IWA Japan and BJW where those companies took what FMW did and put their own niche on it plus helping inspire companies in North America such as ECW , Iwa Mid South , CZW plus getting WWF and WCW to create hardcore divisions in their companies . It was also interesting to hear how the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia ) got involved in a few instances and how by the end FMW was in debt and folded due to Owner Shiochi Arai hanging himself caused he owed money to the Yakuza and was in debt to them . FMW created and pioneered a style of wrestling that carved out a bloody violent legacy that is still relevent today . Recently Onita reformed a version of former company called FMW-E (Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling Explosion ) . Have seen a few of the matches and if you're a death match wrestling fan worth a watch . Partial to the original FMW then again they were legendary imo .

  • @grahamryan2481
    @grahamryan2481 2 роки тому +2

    Let's hope they don't ruin anybody's carrer with this episode.

  • @makaveli4205
    @makaveli4205 2 роки тому +3

    Terry Funk is the god of hardcore wrestling. Him and Foley Sabu. It's a amazing those guys are still alive. They never did steroids or anything though.

    • @propstano1
      @propstano1 2 роки тому

      Sabu got busted with a med u take when steroids have fked u up, fk knows what it was, when him and rvd got busted tho so sabu defo did roids

    • @makaveli4205
      @makaveli4205 2 роки тому

      @Jason Thompson he's tougher than a 2 dollar steak I got that from Jim Ross

    • @makaveli4205
      @makaveli4205 2 роки тому

      @Jason Thompson Norman Smiley ruled the big wiggle he was a good technical wrestler too

  • @theconman5540
    @theconman5540 2 роки тому +6

    This should be the art from here on out! This is really good

    • @BUPMY1
      @BUPMY1 2 роки тому +2

      It's good but I think the previous art fits better. The art here has Jim looking how Vince Mcmahon have been drawn by travis lately.

  • @allamaraine8066
    @allamaraine8066 2 роки тому

    Is there a BretFMW for AJPW? I’ve been working my way through their stuff, and I’m at ‘83 now. I’d really appreciate something like this, if someone can point me in the right direction. I already plan to watch Joseph Montecillo’s King’s Road series when I rewatch the 90’s, so that’ll be fun.

  • @TranquillityInFlames
    @TranquillityInFlames 2 роки тому

    Amazing artwork

  • @Gotchism4Life
    @Gotchism4Life 2 роки тому +6

    I used to watch deathmatch but lost my taste for it. One thing about Japanese deathmatches compared to garbage like CZW is that Japanese deathmatches employ psychology.
    Edit- For Jim's comment regarding FMW-E using a Produce Stand as a venue...truthfully...attendance figures for pro wrestling in Japan aren't all that high for any promotion. NJPW leads the way but even then a lot of their events have less than 1,000 fans. For Wrestle Kingdom, they get around 30,000 whereas back in the 90s they would seat over 60,000. So pro wrestling isn't as hot in Japan either and hasn't been for a long time.

  • @Steve_Buscemi_on_LSD
    @Steve_Buscemi_on_LSD 2 роки тому +2

    Love this artist

  • @SirGriefALot
    @SirGriefALot 2 роки тому +2

    Is that Cornette or Henry Rollins?

    • @henrygvidonas9573
      @henrygvidonas9573 2 роки тому

      Hank and Corny are about the same size these days. Both have completely messed-up knees and totally shredded vocal cords. Both are great storytellers and sources for amazing road stories and insight into parallel societies/subcultures that don't really exist anymore. Both raised by single mothers. They're almost the same age, both were born in 1961. Both socially awkward nerds that are completely obsessed with certain special interests. Both have strong obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Both are former fans that for some reason were asked by their idols to work for them and become professionals with little-to-no training and almost out of the blue. Both got major culture shocks when they did and had to deal with very violent audiences that physically attacked them. Both are self-made millionaires and started DIY businesses that grew into something much bigger. Both have written books and are published photographers. There are more similarities...
      I wonder what would happen if the two had a conversation on a stage in front of an audience. It could be the most interesting two hours ever - or the most awkward and boring.

  • @EliteEasyE
    @EliteEasyE 2 роки тому +1

    good job Jeff

  • @kevinmoore5206
    @kevinmoore5206 2 роки тому +1

    Flair and Cena were right 💯💪

  • @johnnguyen270
    @johnnguyen270 2 роки тому

    BJW was the one who did the Piranha tank match!!!

  • @drewbog1055
    @drewbog1055 2 роки тому

    Who's doing the new artwork?

  • @garyhen1707
    @garyhen1707 2 роки тому

    There is a massive disconnect in this interview lol, its great

  • @cl-vision5029
    @cl-vision5029 2 роки тому

    Rochester NY's own rob black

  • @rolltide_rhiannon
    @rolltide_rhiannon 2 роки тому +1

    Nice pic!

  • @Collinzmusic
    @Collinzmusic 2 роки тому

    2:06 what?? 🤣😅

  • @plan9tek
    @plan9tek 2 роки тому +2

    XPW is sadly back also like this art style.

    • @SuperNitroZ64
      @SuperNitroZ64 2 роки тому +3

      I personally can't wait to see what XPW can bring to the wrestling table in 2021. From what I've heard from Rob Black's podcast, the revived XPW is gonna be about sticking it to the snowflakes. You know, intentionally offend them, to a point, going for that "Fuck you, snowflakes! We're gonna be as offensive and insensitive as we want!" kind of approach.

    • @presidentskroob
      @presidentskroob 2 роки тому +2

      @@SuperNitroZ64 so not actual wrestling, just more stupid bullshit?

    • @SuperNitroZ64
      @SuperNitroZ64 2 роки тому

      @@presidentskroob I think it's the storylines, or lack thereof, that will be anti-SJW.

    • @ltheisen3327
      @ltheisen3327 2 роки тому +2

      @@SuperNitroZ64 The thing is all these "SJWs" wont even notice XPW....
      Also if all you got is shock and edgyness you are basicly a low rent Vince Russo. Mid South or JCP wasnt "pro or anti SJW", they did good wrestling. There werent political.

  • @Pewpewpew182
    @Pewpewpew182 2 роки тому

    Wonder if the world heroes death matches came from FMW?

  • @duxsta779
    @duxsta779 2 роки тому

    2:49 you can hear a small piece of Jim’s youth die…

  • @MrArukimasu
    @MrArukimasu 2 роки тому +1

    You know count: 534

  • @minechaftgamer288
    @minechaftgamer288 2 роки тому

    Me and Corny are quicksands two biggest fans

  • @artymixon5316
    @artymixon5316 2 роки тому

    All the art has been good but this is the first I can say I like as much as Travis

  • @jeffbradley5723
    @jeffbradley5723 2 роки тому +1

    Bank addicted drug robber....

  • @josebronson454
    @josebronson454 2 роки тому

    ピラニアとメリケンサックは松永だよな

  • @Jim-Tuner
    @Jim-Tuner 2 роки тому +3

    FMW? That was the promotion that did the an*l explosion death match with the male porn star doing the loser right? I think Hayabusa was in the match. I hope dark side of the ring covers that. And I hope they cover when the original leatherface tried to kill Onita with the nail strip. The other cool thing about FMW (and Japanese wrestling in general) is that they used to let the wrestlers brawl with or abuse the crowd itself.

    • @juicyfruit6311
      @juicyfruit6311 2 роки тому +1

      Eiji Ezaki dropped the Hayabusa persona and became "H" during that match.

    • @Rando1975
      @Rando1975 2 роки тому

      Leatherface did the nails match in IWA Japan and it was not against Onita. The an*l explosion match was where they stuck a firecracker up a guys ass. Chocoball Mukai had nothing to do with it.

    • @Jim-Tuner
      @Jim-Tuner 2 роки тому

      @@Rando1975 There were different kinds of anal explosion matches. They did the firecracker one but they also did the one with the porn star. And both Leatherfaces did hate Onita.

    • @Rando1975
      @Rando1975 2 роки тому

      @@Jim-Tuner when was the one with the porn star? I've never heard of it. And why would the other Leatherface hate Onita? He never worked for FMW.

    • @dolandarkxgrandayy6953
      @dolandarkxgrandayy6953 2 роки тому

      That was later FMW after Onita was fired.

  • @colino5056
    @colino5056 2 роки тому +1

    THIS ART IS THE BEST!! Love the nameplate for the episode

  • @RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA
    @RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA 2 роки тому

    Regardless of common opinion..I was a fan of Rob black xpw...for more personal reasons...But never heard of FMW til ECW mentioned it

  • @AVENUENIGHTS
    @AVENUENIGHTS 2 роки тому

    long live Hayabusa...FOREVER! FOREVER!

  • @Jim-Tuner
    @Jim-Tuner 2 роки тому +3

    XPW! XPW! XPW! Homeless Jimmy 4EVER!!!!!

  • @hornylorney8150
    @hornylorney8150 2 роки тому

    Is that meant to be Jim or Stanley Kendall?

  • @mrwednesdaynight
    @mrwednesdaynight 2 роки тому +1

    How did they dig up dirt on Ric Flair this week? Did they catch him going over there and calling them all nips.

  • @teresabyrne3664
    @teresabyrne3664 2 роки тому +1

    💕 onita hayabusa fukuki pogo goto gladiator

  • @tommyfraz.
    @tommyfraz. 2 роки тому +3

    Manga Jim, I think he should lean into the curve. Give us some of the wilder Jim moments in Manga form 😂

  • @jayrock111
    @jayrock111 2 роки тому +1

    did Jim get a new artist?

    • @mauricewilson7116
      @mauricewilson7116 2 роки тому

      Nope, guest artists while Travis is out with an illness

  • @americandiablo
    @americandiablo 2 роки тому

    This guy's a good artist, but I miss Travis!

  • @cleftturnip7774
    @cleftturnip7774 2 роки тому +1

    There's nothing wrong with this new art style. But I preferred the old style

  • @angelamorgan3504
    @angelamorgan3504 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome 😎👍👍

  • @giacomocivollani9050
    @giacomocivollani9050 2 роки тому

    Y'know

  • @TheKilodead4
    @TheKilodead4 2 роки тому

    #ONITAISGOD

  • @frostbite3318
    @frostbite3318 2 роки тому

    I thought they released an episode every week??

  • @drewhowardentertainment954
    @drewhowardentertainment954 2 роки тому

    Is that Dwight from The Office in the thumbnail? Get well soon, Travis. The cult needs you back.

  • @thegreatone7916
    @thegreatone7916 2 роки тому

    Just watched aew dynamite the fans chant for cm punk throw the attire show matches / promos straight over looked every aew original and cm punk was burying the show on the commentator the attire time while they chant his name aew is fucking dead and pay attention this is there second time booing mjf out of the ring just see cm punk lol

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 2 роки тому

    I love how Jim says "hardcore," lol.

  • @radbradmusicartist
    @radbradmusicartist 2 роки тому

    I just watched a onita match and was wondering what jim thought of him considering jim hates hardcore wrestling.

  • @GregLionProductions
    @GregLionProductions 2 роки тому

    where did the old thumbnail artwork go ?! :(

  • @carloslozada470
    @carloslozada470 2 роки тому +4

    Travis is a billion times better than this

    • @SNOCHILT
      @SNOCHILT 2 роки тому +3

      Wrong

    • @kennymcbair7323
      @kennymcbair7323 2 роки тому

      Way better

    • @henrygvidonas9573
      @henrygvidonas9573 2 роки тому +2

      He'll be back when he's healthy again. Stop with this nonsense already! It accomplishes absolutely nothing. Travis is not going to recuperate faster because you whine about the guest artists in the comments.

  • @docthemetalfreak
    @docthemetalfreak 2 роки тому

    I would bet about anything they passed on talking about a match in which the loser had to have a lit firecracker blow up where the sun never gets to shine

  • @suzannemazur298
    @suzannemazur298 5 днів тому

    Can someone explain the phrase "Bank addicted drug robber" to me?