Jim Cornette Plays Gordon Solie's Wrestling Trivia Game

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  • čas přidán 12. 05. 2022
  • From Episode 243 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
    Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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Komentáře • 248

  • @MPK112233
    @MPK112233 Před 2 lety +92

    This was entertaining enough for a Round 2 of Trivia.

  • @jackfrost1467
    @jackfrost1467 Před 2 lety +112

    This trivia was fun as hell!

  • @anachronologist2017
    @anachronologist2017 Před 2 lety +123

    This seems right up Cornette's alley, really enjoyed this.

    • @tylerdurden788
      @tylerdurden788 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm sitting here wondering how he remembers all this. But history is why I listen

    • @STTDB1990
      @STTDB1990 Před 2 lety +3

      ​@@tylerdurden788 Corny is a walking encyclopedia of wrestling !

    • @kd17Burger
      @kd17Burger Před 2 lety

      I actually did pretty good on this one as well

    • @rockybalboa1847
      @rockybalboa1847 Před 2 lety

      This and guess the program are better than listening about WWE and AEW... any day of the week

    • @keithdoherty3178
      @keithdoherty3178 Před 2 lety

      @@rockybalboa1847 Lol - you ain't never lied

  • @thequixoticangler3364
    @thequixoticangler3364 Před 2 lety +39

    Holy crap! Ox Baker was my great uncle. I've seen pictures. He was actually a really great dancer according to my Granny.

    • @dreadelectric7745
      @dreadelectric7745 Před 2 lety +1

      THE HEART PUNCH!

    • @spanky9676
      @spanky9676 Před 2 lety +4

      Did you ever get to see the wicker furniture set he won on the price is right?

    • @thequixoticangler3364
      @thequixoticangler3364 Před 2 lety +4

      @@spanky9676 I didn't really know him that well but yes it was still there in the 90s

    • @steveo976
      @steveo976 Před 2 lety +1

      One of the best heals in his era !

  • @johnnygrind77
    @johnnygrind77 Před 2 lety +64

    I would love an omnibus of Corny and Brian doing wrestling trivia. Friggin' walking encyclopedias, they are.

    • @scrappy93
      @scrappy93 Před 2 lety

      Lol

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 Před 2 lety +1

      Or him playing the WWF Wrestlemania board game b/c he’d get stumped b/c he wasn’t watching as he’d put it “any of that shit” lol

  • @wrobinson1702
    @wrobinson1702 Před 2 lety +10

    There were 2 big reasons that Mid-South took off in 1979: Bill Watts and his excellent management and booking skills; and the oil boom in Louisiana in the wake of the Middle East oil embargo. There was more disposable income in south Louisiana than there had been in decades. Watts took advantage of that.

  • @edwardlujan5860
    @edwardlujan5860 Před 2 lety +33

    Jim Cornette and Brian last should make their own trivia game I would totally buy it.

  • @cainsolo1
    @cainsolo1 Před 2 lety +4

    @5:15, the moment we knew Corny was HOOKED!! Now, I want a special segment just for this game.

  • @LeviGIV
    @LeviGIV Před 2 lety +50

    Nothing like some good ol' trivia with Jim Cornette!

  • @scypsylock9402
    @scypsylock9402 Před 2 lety +27

    PLEASE do more trivia questions of this Gordon Solie Trivia! When I heard there was even a game like this my excitement turn on full throttle! It's not just because it's a game, but it is because this is wrestling history that we can learn "why" they are correct, or even incorrect from after Jim answers the card questions. Do I have to beg for crying out loud!? Okay, you got me...I'm on my arthritic knees here now, do I need to pucker my lips for you, too??? lol

  • @jasonamrhein9593
    @jasonamrhein9593 Před 2 lety +9

    "How much Jack Daniels can you drink in a typical Porkchop Cash match"?

  • @yanocain
    @yanocain Před 2 lety +10

    for the years prior to Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Annual Awards, they based the winners according Victory Sports Series "Wrestling Annual" starting in 1973(#4) and up to 1981(for the year 1980). PWI started in 1982(March issue) to do their own Annuals.

  • @nicholashigley5566
    @nicholashigley5566 Před 2 lety +4

    The original "Great American Bash" tour in 1985 was billed as the "50th Anniversary of Jim Crockett Promotions Tour," so that is probably where the board game makers got the idea that JCP started in 1935.

  • @packrat2473655
    @packrat2473655 Před 2 lety +3

    I lived in mid south during its time and JYD was soooooooooooooo over … the guy could not go wrong and when he came out to another one bites the dust , the pop was HUGE !! He was beloved by everyone. Watching the little kids dancing to his music when he was coming to the ring was awesome. He was super over. Rip JYD

  • @donwilcox728
    @donwilcox728 Před 2 lety +18

    Play the record. I want to hear Gordon's message from beyond the grave in heaven. It will be Gordon Solie's goodbye for all eternity. Our last chance to hear from the Dean of Wrestling Announcers.

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 Před 2 lety +6

      We definitely would love to hear him again 🙏

    • @fayezfawzi3255
      @fayezfawzi3255 Před 2 lety +4

      Indeed. RIP to a true legend and one of the greatest wrestling commentators of all time.

  • @Duddylee
    @Duddylee Před 2 lety +8

    Sports entertainment international Inc. 1987....had Vince ever uttered those words that early? Surprised Corny didn't bring that up.

  • @pronkb000
    @pronkb000 Před 2 lety +4

    PWI inherited The Wrestler awards from 1971 or whenever they started until its own publication began. I definitely remember them spelling this out in one or more of the Year-End issues.

  • @dreadelectric7745
    @dreadelectric7745 Před 2 lety +8

    Gordon Solie: the Belly-to-Belly supley

  • @Elove8703
    @Elove8703 Před 2 lety +8

    Otto & the phone books was an AWA segment at one point.

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 Před 2 lety +2

      Also pics in the Apter mags.

    • @Coco.B.
      @Coco.B. Před 2 lety +2

      I knew the answer to that question because of the AWA. He shredded those phone books like they were paper bags..

    • @Elove8703
      @Elove8703 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Coco.B. same here grew up watching AWA in Wisconsin.never forgot that segment for some reason lol

    • @johnvsbear4247
      @johnvsbear4247 Před 2 lety +3

      People in Austria know him better for this than his promotion. I remember him being on TV in my early childhood a few times.

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 Před 2 lety

      He's even a part of the modern scene due to some rotund (and orotund) guy in WWE and his version of "The Cannonball."😏😂🎤🤼‍♂️B.W.

  • @jonathancarlson6127
    @jonathancarlson6127 Před 2 lety +10

    Ox Baker teaching ballroom dance is like George Steele teaching yoga.

    • @NickWeissMusic
      @NickWeissMusic Před 2 lety +4

      Steele was a pe teacher! If he were coming up today he would have!

    • @cfhcowboy9292
      @cfhcowboy9292 Před 2 lety +1

      Lmfao

    • @jonathancarlson6127
      @jonathancarlson6127 Před 2 lety +2

      @@NickWeissMusic I’ve seen a picture of him in a yearbook- had a polo on with the school name. Looked like he had a sweater on underneath!

    • @NickWeissMusic
      @NickWeissMusic Před 2 lety +2

      @@jonathancarlson6127 haha!

  • @disciple2742
    @disciple2742 Před 2 lety +3

    Hearing Jim answer trivia is exactly what i signed up for.

  • @camduke6
    @camduke6 Před 2 lety +23

    Gordon Solie, the the first voice I ever heard watching GCW as a kid, legend 🙏🏾

  • @dannydetrch145
    @dannydetrch145 Před 2 lety +18

    Would love to hear Jim in an actual Trivia competition against somebody

  • @nicholasmantia5031
    @nicholasmantia5031 Před 2 lety +3

    Spot on Travis with the Gordon Solie thumbnail.......PERFECT !!

  • @paulthompson2231
    @paulthompson2231 Před 2 lety +5

    In British wrestling from the 60's and 70's the most fearsome person was the old lady knitting in the front row because more often than not the knitting needles ended up stuck into the heels

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 Před 2 lety +1

      And not exactly just the bottomside of their feet. Yikes!😏😂😖🎤👵🤼‍♂️B.W.

  • @jameswest4259
    @jameswest4259 Před 2 lety +27

    Love you Jim, you always make me laugh especially when I am kinda down you kick ass and Brian too! Thanks so much to you both, just as good today as you were in the 80:s..

  • @eazypeazy33
    @eazypeazy33 Před 2 lety +4

    My grandpa was on the Athletic Commission in New Orleans in early 80’s.. Helped Jyd get out of some trouble..

  • @viprajjha6103
    @viprajjha6103 Před 2 lety +2

    6:40 "Missy baby it's handsome jimmy" whoo baby

  • @johnvsbear4247
    @johnvsbear4247 Před 2 lety +3

    In Austria Otto Wanz‘s „numerical literature“ achievements are still relatively well known among 40y/o and up. Not sure those people know about his wrestling activities.

  • @userjim83
    @userjim83 Před 2 lety +20

    I kinda wish one of the weekly show Brian and Jim do was purely historical wresting, it’s way more interesting. I know there’s all the old shows covering lots of it but I could listen to old wrestling stuff all day…

  • @keithjackson7419
    @keithjackson7419 Před 2 lety +12

    Wahoo played for Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, NY Jets and Miami Dolphins. Ernie Ladd played for San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs.

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 Před 2 lety

      What do the following have in common? Dusty Rhodes, Tully Blanchard, Ted DiBiase, Terry Funk, Barry Windham, Stan Hansen, Tito Santana, Manny Fernandez, and technically Dick Murdoch.🤔🎤🐴💎🏈B.W.

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 Před 2 lety

      And as a bonus what is the Pop Cultural significance of Paul Jones's Birthplace?🤔🎤🤼‍♂️B.W.

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 Před 2 lety +1

      Ernie Ladd played for The AFL Los Angeles Chargers in 1963, the year that The NFL World Champion Chicago Bears categorically refused to play The AFL Champion Chargers to determine who was better.🤔🎤🌩🐻🏈🤼‍♂️B.W.

    • @keithjackson7419
      @keithjackson7419 Před 2 lety +1

      @@madbrowniac7871 They all went to West Texas State University

    • @keithjackson7419
      @keithjackson7419 Před 2 lety

      @@madbrowniac7871 No idea

  • @elmagnificodep
    @elmagnificodep Před 2 lety +6

    Cornette will forget more wrestling trivia than any of us will ever know.

  • @lyylski
    @lyylski Před 2 lety +8

    Ha, finally! I've almost thought about sending my copy of this to Jim & Brian because I thought it would be fun to hear Jim play this thing.

  • @bubbiesdad
    @bubbiesdad Před 2 lety +3

    I remember Gordon hawking this game on a wrestling show.

  • @mrwednesdaynight
    @mrwednesdaynight Před 2 lety +6

    Do more segments like this. This is very enjoyable.

  • @frankohbk
    @frankohbk Před 2 lety +2

    If this doesn't become a weekly segment WE RIOT.

  • @violagreene4643
    @violagreene4643 Před 2 lety +3

    Or my favorite word for foreign objects: PLUNDER. Or "plunda" if you go fully on Dusty Rhodes, baby.

  • @JackgarPrime
    @JackgarPrime Před 2 lety +4

    Ya know, I think making some form of wrestling trivia game would be a good business opportunity for Jim. You could make a mobile app version and can update and expand it over time.

  • @djjasonalan8
    @djjasonalan8 Před 2 lety +8

    I really enjoyed this segment. Please give us more episodes with trivia.

  • @Ballin4Real88
    @Ballin4Real88 Před 2 lety +3

    This was entertaining. Love Jim answering old school stuff. Thanks Jim!

  • @Jayce_Alexander
    @Jayce_Alexander Před 2 lety +16

    This was a lot of fun. I was really proud of myself for getting some of the less obvious ones right, but about 90 percent of that is due to this podcast in the first place. 😅 Honestly the wrestling history is my favorite thing about this podcast, whether it's in the form of games, questions from listeners, or just Corny and Brian talking. I enjoy it way, way more than the reviews of modern wrestling.

    • @LOSKOSKI
      @LOSKOSKI Před 2 lety +1

      I agree. The way it's going these days and most tv wrestling being crappy this is waaaaay better.

    • @bilklein
      @bilklein Před 2 lety

      Couldn't agree more, I have been saying the same. Less modern crap wrestling reviews, more history!

  • @shaneomac900
    @shaneomac900 Před 2 lety +17

    This was so entertaining wow! Cornette is the Master

  • @noahhowell9513
    @noahhowell9513 Před 2 lety +2

    I had so much fun listening to this. This definitely needs to happen more!!

  • @belinda8780
    @belinda8780 Před 2 lety +4

    I got Rotunda right, dang. I remember they announced his as being from Syracuse

  • @johnhess9443
    @johnhess9443 Před 2 lety +5

    This was exactly what I was in the mood to listen to and I had no idea until I started listening. Fun stuff.

  • @StevieDamnit
    @StevieDamnit Před 2 lety +6

    They should bring this game back.

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 Před 2 lety +3

      Segments like this as well as when Brian does the Guess the program 😎

  • @ringspan2731
    @ringspan2731 Před 2 lety +2

    The trivia was great. Hell, I'd listen to Jim Cornette read the damn phonebook for three hours!

  • @scrappy93
    @scrappy93 Před 2 lety +1

    From what I'm reading the magazine started in 79, but was giving the awards out in 1972 before the actual magazine.

  • @greenonions7492
    @greenonions7492 Před 2 lety +8

    This was "not unentertaining". I love these and look forward to them. I try to guess as many as I can as Corny. I don't do too bad. Anyways, don't stop doing these kind of segments, keep 'em coming,they're hecka fun!! And looking at the comments I'm not the only one that thinks that. And who woulda guessed Ox Baker moonlighting as a ballroom dancer.💃💃💃

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson7046 Před 2 lety +7

    Yes, please! More of this! I quite enjoyed this segment.

  • @joeygrunge
    @joeygrunge Před 2 lety +2

    8:42 Or as we call them in Canada, Objects

  • @scottbeckett3061
    @scottbeckett3061 Před 2 lety +1

    I honestly love that trivia game. I hope they do more of it. Thumbs up!

  • @HellhammerSS
    @HellhammerSS Před 2 lety +3

    Now I see Ox Baker making an entrance with Fandangos theme....

  • @jtown1022
    @jtown1022 Před 2 lety +3

    Senator Gary Hart of Colorado got "defrocked" twice in the 80's. First in 84 when Mondale asked him "Where's the beef?" and 87' when Hart dared reporters to investigate accusations of infidelity, and they found him having an affair with a girl on a yacht called (I shit you not) "Monkey Business." My dad worked on the first Hart campaign. His job was to entertain Mrs. Hart while Gary was away "on business..."

  • @johngallagher72
    @johngallagher72 Před 2 lety +1

    Got the Sran Hansen one. Hansen broke Brunos neck.

  • @seereadnhear
    @seereadnhear Před 2 lety +6

    I miss the times when guys like Gordon solie work doing commentary work and everything and made wrestling more real.

  • @porygontheboy5169
    @porygontheboy5169 Před 2 lety +3

    This is awesome I have so much fun watching this I got to Unc Chapel Hill .. My friends don’t get this kind of awesomeness so .. this wrestling trivia and skit made me happy man

  • @kevindouglas5333
    @kevindouglas5333 Před 2 lety +3

    Sports Review Wrestling did the awards from 72-78

    • @Rjensen2
      @Rjensen2 Před 2 lety +1

      No they didn't, only the 1981 awards. The rest were in the Annuals.

  • @TeefrmGA
    @TeefrmGA Před 2 lety +5

    Gordon Soli was The Man...Georgia Championship Wresting and NWA. The psycho fans of the South.

  • @jediabsolute7897
    @jediabsolute7897 Před 2 lety +1

    Jim never ceases to amaze me with his historical knowledge of pro wrestling. It's f'n amazing.

  • @Clubber-Slang
    @Clubber-Slang Před 2 lety +2

    did Gordon like to drink Vodka...someone could've made some "Gordon Stoli's"

  • @markfabin4431
    @markfabin4431 Před 2 lety +2

    This was one of my absolute favorite clips from these two. Love hearing wrestling history.

  • @meninblack3585
    @meninblack3585 Před 2 lety +2

    Yall gotta do these more often

  • @blkpanther11
    @blkpanther11 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow That's Was Awesome I Hope They Got The Board Game On Ebay

  • @thelifeboxmediachannel
    @thelifeboxmediachannel Před 2 lety +2

    The Big Cat Ernie Ladd Drafted And Played For The San Diego Chargers Too

  • @jefffrench1706
    @jefffrench1706 Před 2 lety +1

    Great episode. I hope you do more trivia episodes.

  • @JUYAN16
    @JUYAN16 Před 2 lety +7

    I couldn't even imagine today's generation of wrestlers getting into bar fights. There would be a ton of news stories of wrestlers getting their ass kicked probably.

    • @dolandarkxgrandayy6953
      @dolandarkxgrandayy6953 Před 2 lety +4

      I don't know man, I could imagine Darby Allin smashing a guy with a pint glass in a bar and then diving off the bar onto him.

  • @morganwilliams2974
    @morganwilliams2974 Před 2 lety +1

    This was a Great segment! I Hope to hear more of this game in future episodes. This is by far more interesting and entertaining than reviews of shows I gave up watching Years ago.

  • @wwilder9228
    @wwilder9228 Před 2 lety +1

    The show should have more of THIS

  • @johngallagher72
    @johngallagher72 Před 2 lety +2

    They should make that a reg segment...that was great 👍

  • @MichaelSmith-fq6hz
    @MichaelSmith-fq6hz Před 2 lety +4

    Eddie the Lamprey sounds like an inside joke from whoever wrote these.

  • @Yellowrose71
    @Yellowrose71 Před 2 lety +2

    Love it!

  • @AHeroAlmost
    @AHeroAlmost Před 2 lety +1

    This is the stuff I signed up for ..
    Awesome half an hour ..

  • @txmetalhead82xk
    @txmetalhead82xk Před 2 lety

    We need more of these. These are great! Interesting game, seems really fun.

  • @fayezfawzi3255
    @fayezfawzi3255 Před 2 lety +1

    Unlike what last said, I would LOVE to have this be a frequent series. It is really informative and I try to guess the answer too which makes it even more fun. Really hope they continue with this :).
    PS: I would LOVE to own that game lol.

  • @awkc63
    @awkc63 Před 2 lety

    I love these. Do more of them.

  • @briancoffey4581
    @briancoffey4581 Před 2 lety +1

    Apparently, "close" only counts in equestrian devices and hand grenades.

  • @michaeldimeo8063
    @michaeldimeo8063 Před 2 lety +4

    Love the artwork

  • @brianmorelock7798
    @brianmorelock7798 Před 2 lety +1

    they used to advertise this on Continental Championship Wrestling every week

  • @joleree1
    @joleree1 Před 2 lety +2

    Yeah truly you guys, I don't anticipate any show like I anticipate this one.
    You just get better and better.

  • @STTDB1990
    @STTDB1990 Před 2 lety

    this was an unexpected treat. more of these please

  • @emobassist
    @emobassist Před 2 lety +1

    Fun Fact: There is a video with Ox Baker on youtube where he was a contestant in the price is right

  • @benreese7602
    @benreese7602 Před 2 lety +1

    Please do stuff like this more!!!

  • @alicespratt1449
    @alicespratt1449 Před 2 lety +4

    Let's do this again. I like the trivia game.

  • @jwhan8615
    @jwhan8615 Před 2 lety +1

    I am surprised Cornette didn't say old women were more dangerous. At the house shows in the town I grew up in during his Mid-South days, there was some old lady that always sat front row in the same seat and she went after Corney everytime the Midnight wrestled. The JYD vs the Freebirds was huge even before JYD was "blinded". Also, the substance that JYD was "blinded" with was to be used during the hair vs hair match for removal of hair, but Hayes was about to lose so he put the substance in Dog's face.

  • @beeractivist4439
    @beeractivist4439 Před 2 lety +2

    This is a great segment 👍 Jim's laugh 😁😄😀

  • @BO4SHO
    @BO4SHO Před 2 lety +4

    love the artwork

  • @gregorykrug8034
    @gregorykrug8034 Před 2 lety +1

    12:09 Grant is not buried in Grant's Tomb. He is entombed in it, not buried.

  • @tobiasfarragut292
    @tobiasfarragut292 Před 2 lety +2

    I really wanted to hear the Gordon vinyl..

  • @LINKMASTERX
    @LINKMASTERX Před 2 lety +2

    Listening now at 12:16am, drunk, stoned, and shaving...happiness.

  • @millertime7761
    @millertime7761 Před 2 lety

    I loved it. Please do more

  • @larrysweeney12large
    @larrysweeney12large Před 2 lety

    Love this, thanks

  • @JackBarrett7
    @JackBarrett7 Před 2 lety +2

    Idk about The Mummys experence, but Mulligan got a bad infection from a knife wound in NYC, I believe.

    • @elc1960
      @elc1960 Před rokem

      That happened in summer 1971 at the Boston Garden.

  • @benwest1839
    @benwest1839 Před 2 lety +1

    More of this!!!

  • @robertfeldmann542
    @robertfeldmann542 Před 2 lety +1

    good fun please keep this going

  • @xantastic6301
    @xantastic6301 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome segment fellas! 👍

  • @LongLiveRockAnRoll
    @LongLiveRockAnRoll Před 2 lety +1

    It's not a blacksmith it's a local equestrian facility dammit!- vince mcmahon (probably).

  • @cpwhite44
    @cpwhite44 Před 2 lety

    Great segment!

  • @UMAMIMAMU
    @UMAMIMAMU Před měsícem

    Most underrated manager in history: Captain Lou Klein.

  • @mitzicarpenter2820
    @mitzicarpenter2820 Před 2 lety

    Please do more of this