Jim Cornette Reviews Sting & Darby Allin vs. Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs on AEW Dynamite
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- From Episode 325 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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Darby was flung 20ft and almost had his neck broke - “we have the best safety record in professional wrestling”
🤣😆
He survive again
Hard to be more physically reckless, neglectful and self-harming in the ring than Moxley, but Darby's found a way.
Darby has a skill he always just misses crippling himself
Hey, He didn’t miss any work time so it’s non recordable lol
Enzo got really messed up from a bottom rope botch where his head snapped back from hitting the bottom rope from trying to slide, he got a concussion and was out for a little while, so Darby got really lucky but that won’t stop him from trying something stupid again
Actually, Enzo's head hit the top rope. I remember that match because it pretty much killed the Vaud Villains' main roster push.
Good
@@juniorlee9341are you sure you’re talking about the same injury? Because I specifically remember seeing Enzo trying a baseball slide out of the ring and smashing his head against the bottom rope.
Maybe that wasn’t the one that ended his in ring career though?
@@myquest666420nah it was the 15 yr old he was talking to online
@@myquest666420yeah I don’t remember him being hurt from hitting the top rope
Bucks came out with vaudevillian mustaches and it was funeral dead. I saw live recordings inside and nobody said a damn thing
"My DVR mercifully froze" 😂😂😂
A whole new meaning to smart tech
@@chico1680 😆😅😆
@@marvellegends_uk Trash.
@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasomaself-reflecting?
Well he could always record the next show but “IT’S NOT MY JOB!!!!!!”
The Bucks really killed the business
especially their own
WWE did that first by ever starting to push Roman Reigns. dude is boring as hell and so is his whole uncharismatic family. wwe could be having such awesome stories rn if roman got cancer again and Actual talented people got pushed.
Kevin Nash & Hulk Hogan move on over.
Dynamite sinking to new viewing lows during one of Sting's last ever matches was either hilarious or tragic, I haven't decided yet.
Dog, look at the crowd there LIVE, I saw a clip of the show cuz I don’t watch anymore, MAN they’ve really gone down
That finish with Sting and Hobbs onto the tables….not only was it dangerous but I legit thought they killed each other on national tv. It was so stupid and unnecessary
The ratings are low due to wwe bots. If ya don't believe me ask Tony or Dave 😂😂😂
I'm not really trying to watch a 64 year old Sting. To be honest I kind of stopped caring about Sting after the Starrcade 97 fiasco. It says something when the only time he really drew any kind of real money was when he wasn't wrestling or talking.
I cant imagine that Sting cares at this point. Hes made alot of money off of Megamark Tony. If it were me, i would be looking forward to going home to peace and quiet.
The Bucks and Luke Perry’s son’s back to back returns to TV are a librarian’s dream. You could hear a pin drop from the nosebleeds.
AEW had a librarian gimmick lmao.. no wonder they were let go
Charisma Vaccum Perry is playing the "victim" and "scapegoat" while Rod and Todd Flanders return and just stare awkwardly at Sting.
@@Jeff-qd3jy I’ll let him slide considering his existence didn’t completely derail an entire company. TNA had a PPV with all good press and no drama. What would the Bucks and Luke Perry’s son know about that? That’s why Ziggler made the right choice.
@@matthewhostetter8974don’t insult Flanders’ kids like that…
@@matthewhostetter8974 oh they have to be Rod and Todd going forward 🤣
Okay, I can understand Sting's last match being a tag match so Darby can do most of the work. Just...why The Bucks? It feels like even a lot of AEW fans are tired of seeing them.
Because they think that if they're in the ring with people that are over or were at one point in the past people will believe they're over too.
also the bucks want to be in there because they are glory hogs.
Maybe sting cant do singles match as he is old and has to take a few bumps, with tag match darby can get all the bumps and he can just hot tag sting to make that comeback and win the match...or tony has another formula in mind that we didnt know about...
Because they told Tony that's how it's going to be whether anyone like it or not
Nobody wants to see the bucks haven't in years.
FTR could not only carry a great match with Sting and Darby but, do so without stupid illogical spots that will potentially cripple Sting.
Yeah and since FTR are like spiritual successors to Arn and Tully it does make a lot of sense
As good as FTR is they would absolutely do something crazy because Darby in this match
The best Sting match in AEW was when he teamed with Punk and Darby against MJF and FTR. There's no way Sting and Darby vs the Young Bucks is going to top that.
If Take and Hobbs got booked properly, they would actually make a solid tag team.
They need to be single guys tbh them being with Callis isn’t helping them at all
Starks and Hobbs were a good team too, but they fucked that up too.
Had they not fucked up the booking Take and Hobbs could have been massive stars to be the guys to be involved in Sting's retirement. Instead, we get Rod and Todd Flanders.
@@joeyskywalker1322it only helps if they ain't doing tag team matches
Why would AEW start booking anyone properly now?
Glad Brian is stepping up to jim about takshita
Darbys fall was like the neckbreak scene in scary movie with Mike tyson 😆
Lmao the million dollar baby parody 😂
Young Bucks came Out and the Place was Dead
At this rate Jim's reviews of every single AEW match is gonna be "So such and such had a match and I fast forwarded to the end, did I miss anything Brian?"
Pretty much how the show been for over a year
I miss when they just reviewed WWE.
Jim's an old man now, with limited time left in this existence. Why should he waste it actually sitting through hours of such dreck, that's making him miserable to boot?
I like when jim calls him “ol take”
Stevie Richards did a video just grimacing at the Darby spot after asking if AEW has gotten safer
I love that clip, I showed it to all my wrestling friends at work, and they mouthed in shock at the spot and then laughed at Richard’s reaction. He is a big promoter of talent being safe in the ring so i know this kills him inside
I love when Stevie shows ECW clips. He's like, God must have been with ECW. Miracle no one died. AEW is gonna have someone die at this rate.
@@fehner27 and yet Tony is adamant that aew has a great safety record.
The irony of a young darby allin being straight edge and also being dependent on oxycodone for his chronic pain from all his wreckless moves in the ring
That's sad, he's very young to be so med-dependent.
Young Bucks Playing Politics too be Sting Last Match is just sad. What a joke to go out.
Tbf, he was a joke coming in too
Nah Sting has said he really likes them and it was his choice. Maybe they are just bible buddies or something? some people really rate the Bucks style for some reason, I think they would make a great ten minute cruisier weight match but it's twenty five minutes of non stop stunts.
They're like Hogan without the talent, looks, or charisma.
@@EwanCumia or mustache
Sting made some memorable moments in TNA, and I knew he intended to do the same in AEW, but I knew AEW couldn't do the same.
Sting calling off his career in TNA seems better then him retiring in AEW.
Takeashit is a great name. Don’t ruin my fun Brian last.
Fuck, Perro Aguayo Jr died from a lesser fuck up than Darby's bump.
Darby nearly broke his neck and Sting could have gotten injured for 630k viewers. This is how the legacy of Sting will be remembered. Takeshita and Hobbs of course are meaningless. They could be the guys to be in Sting's final Match if they aren't going to do Sting and Darby. Brian is last Takeshita needs a better name, and he should be a star. He should be a champion over fucking Pockets. Instead, we get the Return of Rod and Todd Flanders now with Omega's pubes glued onto their face. I also worry that Flair is going to get involved in the final match and turn on Sting to make victory plans.
Not nearly. It did broke but he's stupid so he'll brush it off
I do like that Brian refuses to use the pet name if he likes the guy's work
Agree, I think that name has run its course.
@@patrickdepew4976 disagree.
Corny should know "Doc Samson" *is* a classic comic book character. He's the Hulk's gamma radiation-enhanced therapist, with long green hair. Hawaiian Brian should know Samson is canonically part of The Tribe (he'd get a kick out of that).
After the match, the Young Bucks returned with the Vince McMolestache. Funny shit.
Holy hell Top Dollah is back! Brian's gonna be stoked!
Will he go over the top rope?
@robertnapier624 if he does ots the only thing he's getting over
The Balding Bucks are like the episode of the Simpsons where the new Malibu Stacy doll was promoted as having a new hat except it's "The Balding Bucks: Now With NEW Facial Hair!"
The middle aged Bucks are so lame they came dressed as Spy vs Spy several months too late for Halloween.
I think his last match should be Sting vs Darby Allin.
That be a million times better and more understandable than the Bucks
Makes the most sense, but I don't think Sting can go in a 1v1 match at this point which is why his matches have all been tag and no dq.
Sting going to hurt himself for 639K viewers is crazy
Facts
Some Sting fans: "The WrestleMania match with HHH almost ruined Sting's legacy!"
Tony Khan: "Hold my water..."
Fucking sting last Match with two children having a moustache,I swear Darby or Jeff Hardy or Jeff Jarrett could be best last match for sting,I fuck that thing happen to dynamite, dynamite finally near 500k and they are near falling.
water? try cocaine
A lot of people in AEW are working with injuries. Danielson hid his concussion seizures and lied about his orbital bone being healed and they let him come back and wrestle. There's a culture in that locker room that they're all doing this "for the greater good" and they're rewarded with praise from their peers and fans about how tough they are. They STILL don't have concussion protocol or drug testing either. They will never know if talent are self medicating to deal with pain. The fans should just be honest and say that they support AEW because they don't like WWE and don't care about anyone's health or wellbeing, they just want carnage.
Exactly, it's just a glass-closeted death-match fed at this point. All the ghouls still tuning in should just switch over to CZW and have done with it.
They grew up on wrestling video games and ECW ‘s madness didn’t help. The coffin drop looks suicidal, meanwhile you can die from an innocuous drop kick.
I will die if I see an OLD YOUNG BUCKS sign at Sting's final match
You can’t sway me on the idea that the BUCKS of all people have enough sway to have Sting stuck with them as his potential last match…but the Briscoes not being on Dynamite was ALL on WB.
These conspiracy theories are absurd
@@geteheh3h3636 If the people on Tony’s payroll were all clean as a whistle with the only problematic thing to their names being jaywalking, you’d be right. Alas…
"Don't call. Just play again!" Had me cracking up
I'd love to know what you guys think of wrestlers _not_ signing with AEW lately. Matt Riddle went to MLW, Nick Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) and Xia Brookside went to TNA, etc. Regardless of what they say with official statements - I have to imagine a lot of these guys and gals are like Cody and know not to officially burn bridges where possible - you have to imagine that the industry talent has just caught on to the sh*tshow that AEW is. That more and more wrestlers have seen how ex-WWE superstars like Edge are treated, and pros like Jay Lethal from TNA and ROH are turned into jobbers, and that people don't want to deal with Tony, or the -Dumb F u c k s- Young Bucks and their stupid boys' club antics, or Meltzer and his dirt sheet connections backstage leaking BS narratives all the time, or any of the unprofessional bullsh*t that drove away Punk, Cody, Regal, etc. and seem to be steering clear. It's, uh, not a healthy sign there, is it? Is AEW just going to sign a bunch of accident-prone indie "darlings" (good thing they're signing with the safest, greatest promotion in the world that's great!) and a bunch of older guys past their prime who want to collect a paycheck in 2024?
i know you clearly are not looking for an answer as your mind is made up, but did you ever think maybe none of them were offered an AEW contract?
It seems like all the veterans instead of trying to rein in the younger wrestlers excesses all want to prove they can hand with the kids and do the ridiculous spots that this generation of wrestlers do. The finish of this match has Sting take a bump that seems to almost knock him out so that he struggles to make the cover for the pin
The reveal of The Bucks as Sting's final opponents unsold the pay-per-view for me.
Awe dynamite is the best way to describe the show considering its all toddlers running around
Jim has more notes on aew than tony! I can them hear papers rattling!
TNA is less embarrassing than this
The way these matches keep going, IF Sting actually makes to his retirement match, he'll be walking down the aisle like RoboCop
Sting worked with RoboCop in WCW at Capital Combat '90.
@@JonnyToxxxic 😉
Hearing the concern in Jim's voice here.
I've watched every single dynamite... except this one.
It's getting tougher and tougher to even put this show on in the background while I do other things. That's how I've been watching it for a few years now. It's unbelievable to me they believe they're doing their best work right now.
I've got a DVR full of Dynamite's that I haven't been able to bring myself to watch since TK was scared for his life and fired Punk. Edge and Sting are my guys. My 2 favorite wrestlers of all time and I can't bear to watch the show's they are on. Fμ©king depressing.
@@richardgrayson5359Respectfully I don't get why you're even recording it then. And don't get it twisted I'm not a AEW mark I just simply refuse to watch that bullshit because nothing is interesting since Punk left
I know what you mean, I record it and zip through it in 15-20 minutes.
Cant believe you're even tuning in I dont even tune in cause they dont deserve me to add to their ratings. They need to get the message..their product sucks.
Why would you do that to yourself?
AEW are exceptionally lucky not to have had anyone with a career ending injury. Those two spots in that match were the dumbest things I've ever seen.
Jim is right, Sting is not known for stunts or hardcore matches. It's literally how a 14 year old in 1999 would have booked him.
When I saw the clip on Twitter/reddit of Darby’s neck hitting the rope I screamed in horror and thought he was dead
Snowflake
@@coldnightmare199Don't be so harsh on yourself.
the most famous “high flying” move Sting is known for is him jumping on Rick Rude and injuring him smfh
Sting will always been known as the down from the rafters guys showing up with a bat.
We can split hairs about whether or not he was a "stunt guy" but what he did clearly resonated with the stunt guys of today
Draby is the modern day Spike Dudley.. Some of those bumps made me sore watching them
Except Spike Dudley took the bumps he took on purpose and with control. Darby just throws his body wherever-the-hell and nearly cripples himself every other match, it seems.
Wasn’t Darby a pro skateboarder? He did get lucky with the ropes this time, but lots of his falls he’s in more control than people think
Cope
Yea he was sure in control with that rope spot and that steps spot with Christian. Dude is gonna end up dying on Everest and it will be nobody’s fault but his own. Jackass and Nitro Circus are already a thing, he doesn’t need to keep the dream alive
@@robdurfee6861 when is he going up Everest again?
The Bucks will probably end up convincing Flair to try and give them a Canadian Destroyer.
I swear I hate to admit it, but this was nearly over before I realized that Darby's head was backwards in the thumbnail lol
This was one of the most embarrassing things I ever saw in this program and that comes with strong competition.
Powerhouse Hobbs was embarrassed in this match. From constantly getting head palmed like his daddy was punishing him to comically getting ridden on the cart jackass style.
#FreeWillyHobbs
Nothing is going to stop Darby from achieving his life long dream of becoming a frozen corpse on Mt Everest.
I'd be happy if I never saw Ric Flair again. I'm over it.
I remember seeing Stevie Richards do a reaction to that throw on the ropes, and I couldn't believe they did that on purpose.
Darby is the pro wrestling version of the fall guy.
Only not entertaining
@ralphso5567 exactly he going to end up in a wheelchair.
The Young Bucks looked like 2 kids playing Backstreet Boys...
I agree, gotta call him Takeshita. I think besides mjf, he’s the best aew. Sucks the booking will probably keep him down
It probably isn't the best time to bring up that Sting/Darby Allin slash fanfiction exists...
Actually, I'd like to see a Drive-Thru hour focused on exploring wrestling fic. It's a fascinating, overlooked underworld. Iirc, one of the world's top 5 longest online fanworks is a Steph McMahon/Jericho romance au story that this woman spent about 18 years writing.
Wtf? And what’s a ‘slash’ fanfic?
@@notgonnapay alright lads, who's gonna tell him
So powerhouse hobbs gets buried again by a 60-year-old sting lol
Surely Tony Khan won’t let the Bucks be Stings last opponents. What’s the payoff?
its in the greensboro coliseum literally doesn't matter who the opponent is, the people that LOVE sting are going to get to say goodbye to him
If Take didn't catch Darby on that dive, Darby would have had his back broken. hopefully Darby went to the back and thanked Take for reaching out and catching him.
Did anyone notice the Darby Allin almost walked pass Ric Flair without acknowledging his. Sting looked pissed at Darby for that.
I am a fan of AEW, TNA Wrestling, MLW, ROH, NWA, UWN, OVW and WCR (WCPW) why in the f*!k is the Young Bucks facing Sting and Darby Allin in Sting's "retirement" match?
Oh, no, trouble in paradise? Sting should discipline his twink better😔
Darby is so reckless that I think one of the only things left for him to do is have a ring entrance where he gets shot out of a cannon & lands in the ring. (Or within proximity....hopefully)
Poor old Take
Let’s keep this going
If I had a ticket to Greensboro for Sting’s last match, I’d ask for a rematch now that his opponents have been revealed. I won’t watch Sting sell for The Bucks.
its actually a miracle AEW haven't killed anybody yet
I love the Flair spot! It was weird when it was over and he got confused and couldn't get out of the ring.
Immediately after the match everyone ran to Sting to see if he was still alive!!!!! I thought they were going to kill Darby!!!! One of these days someone is going to be killed on live national TV!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw a clip of the Darby spot on IG and it was hard to watch. That was super reckless. But according to Tony, this company is the safest and has the "best safety record" in wrestling.
The Sting spot was rough too. He was never known for taking these types of bumps in his prime and now suddenly wants to go through tables and do risky stuff. It's like Rick Martel near the end of his career suddenly deciding to be a deathmatch wrestler.
Take a shit is the best of jims nick names. It gets me everytime
The Bucks looked like 80's porn stars!
AEW blew the whole idea of Sting doing big spots. He’s done them so often now that you’re disappointed if he doesn’t have one. Imagine if they saved it up and in his final match you see him hit some crazy spot. It would have been awesome and memorable. Instead it’s absolutely expected and if he doesn’t do something big it will just be disappointing.
Daily’s Place is part of the football stadium complex where the Jacksonville Jaguars play. Just a guess, but Khans probably have access to Daily’s as part of their stadium contract.
"The Buckaroos"😂😂
The name Take-a-shit has grown onto me so much that I no longer chuckle at the sound of it. It's just an ordinary name to me now
I thought of Perro Aguayo when i saw darby hit the ropes, like 2 weeks after tony khan say the are the safest?
It's easy to lead the dance when it's the only one you've ever done.
05:52 Doc Samson was a Marvel Comics character in the Incredible Hulk comics. Jim was close. Maybe he was thinking of Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze.
Safest. Promotion. EVER.
So glad Brian stood up and called out the Takeashit nonsense like he was purposely given a bad name. It's not pronounced that way, and in Japanese it's not spelled that way. If the announcers said it as "Takeshta" and the onscreen graphics listed his name as 竹下, "Takeashit" would never even be a thing.
Look at my name. Take it from someone who knows, if I could spell my name Семёнов and pronounce it as it always has been, no o e would have ever made the connection and I wouldn't have had to put up with the same joke since I was 13. 🤣
Yes, Brian was right, it's really lazy, cheap and racially-insensitive for Jim to make such a crack. He should be above that. It's not like Takeshita can do anything about his given birth name, and as a name is a very personal thing, no-one should be forced to abbreviate or use a stage-name if they don't want to. That being said--your childhood classmates did nickname you Jizzy or something like that, right? Only for the bants of course.
@pendafen7405 yeah, it's pronounced "sem", like "hem". Sem-N-ov. But, of course, every 13yo kid (which means about 50% of grown adults as well) can't help themselves.
Imagine if it was converted using a C, and they allowed us to keep the V instead of changing it to FF to make it "more English". Cemenov... simple as that, no one would have ever made the reach. 😉
But all of this is to say, part of Jim's gimmick is to be childish about some things. I get that. If he doesn't like someone and wants to shit on their name everything he says it (like the way he whines "Kenniiieeee!"), whatever. It's dumb for a grown man, but whatever.
The Takeshita thing just seems like particularly low-hanging fruit and below him, frankly, considering the very notion of it only exists in a translation to a language he can read.
And the crowd goes mild, as far as the Bucks are concerned.
Last time Hobbs get his mouth taped
This time he has to sell Ric Flair Chop 😂
There is a very famous japanese football player called Takefusa Kubo. His shirt says Take , and his callname is Take or Kubo from announcers. Football isn't even a work, Jim is right on takes name, if they didn't want to have him made named that, then dont have takeshita as his call name...
The return of The Ratings Killers.
Hobbs rotated into the floor.
Darby's wont live long enough to get old!
I wouldnt mind seeing Sting/Darby vs HoB again.
Killing yourself to live"-black sabbath
Doc Samson like Doc Baker from little house on the prairie 😂
I wonder if the Bucks are going to try and take credit for all the tickets Sting sold
In future news: Dave Meltzer rates The Young Bucks vs Sting and Darby 1 Milky Way
Sting deserves better.
Lets call it spade to spade here. Sting is doing all of this voluntarily. How a veteran with years of experience and a deep understanding of in-ring psychology is voluntarily doing this shit is beyond me. He's at fault here too
It sure takes it out of a man, trying to impress and keep up with his twink sugar baby😔
I like the name TAKE , use that.
Does Sting want to die in the ring like Randy "The Ram" Robinson in "The Wrestler"???????
The old young bucks 😂😂😂