I mean....I don't way to say "to be fair" because it was gross when anyone did it, but that was a pretty common refrain at the time in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. You'll find a lot of clips of people a lot more influential than Jim Cornette on much bigger platforms than a local TV wrestling show saying almost exactly the same thing in the days/weeks/months after 9/11.
Jim Cornette Gets Put On That Summer Jam Screen, Wife Gets Me Too'd
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JBL went that far on that Smackdown. Otherwise, Cornette language was a right wing refrain. It generates a thought given his current understanding liberal gimmick
Ya it’s aged terribly but this isn’t far from the general sentiment at the time, for a lot of people.
Coco Brown
All Star
It really is. And it's just as grimy as wrestling too, it just looks shinier from the outside and has a classicism to go along with the racism, abuse and nepotism.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
The band name.
The album name.
How it connects to this thread.
His wife looks like the type who is probably a fan of the group.
OGmittee
Smugest Poster Alive
what evidence are those videos in him being racist? a lot of people felt that way after 9/11 mostly out of ignorance and the way things were being portrayed in the media
not saying he isnt racist but that isnt great evidence
I've only ever heard the YouTube clips, does the podcast have advertisers? If not, there is really nothing that can be taken away. He is super serving a small but seemingly dedicated group of people.
Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru
Cornette responds. Basically says he didn't even have power during the time of some of these accusations and that he had heat during the times he did and Johnny Ace wanted to replace him, so if he did it somebody would've gone to Johnny Ace or the office.
Cornette responds. Basically says he didn't even have power during the time of some of these accusations and that he had heat during the times he did and Johnny Ace wanted to replace him, so if he did it somebody would've gone to Johnny Ace or the office.
Flex Luger
Job Is Finished
So he’s saying head booker = now power?
Yeah I'm listening now, 20 minutes in, no denials that he likes to watch that hog wife of his get plowed. Just that the idea he had any stroke is laughable.
John Reena
Superstar
From what I’m hearing on his pod, he not denying tha freaky stuff, but he def denying using his position to abuse ppl.
PlainSight
Anon
To be honest, I figured he'd say that as that was the most contentious thing in the accusations.
TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
Complete bullshyt.
Cornette was part-owner of the fukking promotion from 1999 until 2007, 2 years AFTER WWE fired him for slapping Santino. And even if he did have heat (which I believe was true), WWE really didn't interfere much with his booking of the promotion, so it's a moot point either way (also, HE WAS PART-OWNER OF OVW. The only person who was going to tell him what to do there that he would have to listen to was Nightmare Danny Davis). He may not have been powerful in the WWE hierarchy, but he was at worst the second most powerful man in OVW itself with a bunch of know-nothing trainees at their disposal. And besides, how often have we heard stories about WWE developmental that clearly demonstrate how little attention they paid to it before Hunter took control of everything (read up on Deep South Wrestling for a paramount example of this)?
Why do people say easily refutable things like this?
Also, that 9-11 clip is disgusting. Cena looks so embarrassed and uncomfortable to be a part of that.
Listened further, he's framing it as though he and his wife are swingers who like to have fun together as opposed to him being a cuckold.