Jim Cornette Reviews The Brock Lesnar / Roman Reigns Contract Signing on WWE Smackdown
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2022
- From Episode 233 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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"Where is security?"
"They're all stationed outside Goldberg's dressing room."
😂
They have skipped a step. If Goldberg is absent they are stationed outside of Gillberg's dressing room. If options 1and 2 are absent then defer to other talent.
I’m so disappointed Jim didn’t review the sit down interview segment Roman did a few weeks ago where he said “If I was in WCW, everyone would be winning… Because they’d still be in business!” Pauls facials during that segment were Emmy worthy 😂
When was that? What week
@@el-youtub3r402 it was 3 weeks ago now before the Saudi Show. On CZcams, type in Roman Reigns Michael Cole interview. One of the best Roman interview segments ever
If Brian Last did his job well, he would have a look at every show and give Cornette things to watch
He would be a jobber in prime WCW
@@CarloisBuriedAlive Not everyone is a wrestling geek that keeps up to date with every god damn show. Especially WWE content which is cancer to watch for the majority of time
Find something more productive to do with your life instead of waisting away countless hours on bad wrestling
Just watched the ruthless aggression documentary of OVW and I got way more respect for Jim than ever!
was it called?
Where can I watch?
Ovw? Jim’s been great since mid south
Cyes
€ Tellahase was a mind reader as well at OVW €
the way brian says "no" at 1:28 had me in shreds
I always love it when Jim says "Lazzzy booking" he should put that on a T - Shirt.
AEW would make sure that t-shirt would sell out 24/7
I think Corny uses US figures to prove his points.
Problem is that with the worldwide audience, then WWE's claim of this being the biggest WrestleMania match ever could very well be factually correct.
Living in South Africa, there was no way to view WrestleMania live back then, not even for Austin/Rock. With all the international deals they've been making, I'm pretty sure WWE has much much more eyes on their lives product than ever before - they've expanded heavily in both India and China, the two biggest countries in terms of population numbers.
Now, for stature and historical relevance, I don't think you can beat either Hogan/Andre and Austin/Rock, but when it comes to total eyeballs on the product around the globe? This WrestleMania will take the cake.
I agree about Roman. His facial expressions are so good!
Remember the promo material for last year's WrestleMania? When Roman sat on a chair with Heyman behind him.
Heyman was talking and Roman was just like "get to the point, Paul." THAT was the day that the new gimmick became legendary in my view.
He looks like he's constipated
The best cop/security angle WWE ever did was when Kane took off his mask.
Yup!
the handcuffs security combined with the slow chemical song made it so good
Lol, when he finally took his mask off he had patches of hair and was made to look burnt and disfigured, then the next week he miraculously healed XD I always thought it is cool how his two different colored eyes are real and not a gimmick tho.Just too bad Kane did a heel turn in real life
@@jameswesten2018 keep the political crap off the thread snowflake
@@jameswesten2018 Twitter is real life now?
Having security people on hand for the signing can be somewhat rationalized by Brock & Roman being the 2 heavyweight champions of the entire company, so security would be called in to protect the promotion's investment in their upcoming fight.
This falls apart once the security become Roman's goons, but in initial presentation, it is kind of understandable.
I can't wait to here Cornettes thoughts on the MJF Punk segment last night.
He called it.
@@nyg804 tbf that wasn’t hard to call lol
@@Ghost-Face420 true, but plenty of people online were making it out to be much more than what it was
@@nyg804 true, as always haha, some even said he will turn face now or something like that 😂😂
@@Ghost-Face420 well, there are people who don't actually understand what wreastling is, and was 100% sure that a Heel being "vulnerable" means he's turning face. Oh they make me laugh.
CowBORK Lesnar proving to be the best cowboy gimmick in wrestling and cutting some of the best promos of his career. As much as I hate Roman/Brock for the 100th time, I'm loving this build-up. Also, Roman's promo and rant were almost Cody's levels of insanity. Brock then destroying all of the security was glorious.
Brock/roman 100th time
Including this mania they’ve had 6 singles matches since mania 31
@@peterlee6374 still feels so fresh to me, cause they’re characters both did a 180
@@peterlee6374 i am excited for match, story and feel is good
Ik
one of the things forgotten is
we have a larger population than we did in the
1980s. and worldwide (not just in America)
WWE is being broadcast all around the world more
on ppv, internet etc alot more than it had in
2001.
so it's feasable that this will be the biggest
mania ever by default, just as the viewership
has spread over larger population areas.
I doubt any of us know the true WWE ratings
trend of lets
say India 1990s-2020 to now? or Indonesia?
But it's likely in alot more homes today than it
was.
fans only think about the popularity of
the product in America.
Amen.
well might as well say every Mania that comes next will be the biggest ever just as a truism in regards to the natural progression of society. if thats the case, then its pointless to mention it. i dont think too many people are clamoring for this match we have already seen enough times. the best we can hope for is that its their best match in terms of quality
@@greghuffman3061 That's not to say. You can lose TV deals in markets like India or China. We saw Russian channels banned over the invasion of Ukraine, and both India and China have had their issues with some of their neighbours.
I wanna say numbers wise wasn't Rock vs Cena at wm 28 the highest selling ppv all time?
Hah! I watched that Dark Order/security aftermath segment the other day with Cornette's commentary and it was great.
I remember the Kane/Chyna taking on the orderlies on the ramp back in 99. Glorious. The main event that night vs Austin was one of my fave RAW matches. So exciting.
Bump Last. Austin v Rock at WM X7 shits on whatever Hogan ever did
Ummmm. Try Hogan vs Rock one year later ar WM X8. Or even Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior at WM 6.
5 biggest WM matches of all time (in chronological order)
Hogan/Andre
Hogan/Warrior
Rock/Austin (X-7)
Rock/Hogan
Rock/Cena (28)
It's gotta be Big E at MSG, Heyman loves Big E and he was the only one not insulted during the pre Day 1 event promo
Biggest 'Mania match of all-time, money gross, audience and exposure wise was Cena vs. Rock "Once in a Lifetime", at WM 28, fact. That shit was announced 1 year earlier.
Cena and Rock was the most bought mania ppv if I’m not mistaken
That’s when “once in a lifetime” became “twice in a lifetime” lol
Only rock vs Roman can top that now
"All the security are stationed outside Goldberg's dressing room"🤣
To protect posts from his head.
@@Ted_Bell yet he still bleeds before he gets to the ring
@@royalty843 That's just his blood running away from him because even it's scared of his entrance.
WWE has had too many contract signings over the last year or so. It’s almost like they have one for each PPV.
It’s kind of sad how Cornette can’t give people he doesn’t really like credit for anything they do
I want to know how he'll feel about Tony Khan buying Ring of Honor
Other people are asking for Vincent Kennedy McMahon versus The Nature Boy Ric Flair for the NWA championship that Ric sold Vince.. since recently Ric has been talking about how WWE refuses to sell it back to him
Durning this segment I did notice something that quite a few others picked up. There was actually a very quick thinking security guard. When Brock got one of them up for the F5 the security guard noticed he was about to bring the guy down straight on the microphone which would have really hurt landing on that and he quickly grabbed it and moved it out of the way and quickly tossed it out the ring.
WrestleMania 17 was the best WrestleMania of all time...
17, 18, 19, & 20.
@@kingmatt3144 20?!
Best wrestling show of all time
Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐
I haven't watched WWE in several years but since I subscribe to this channel, I've noticed lots of contract signing segment reviews. Do they do them every week now?
Every big event only😂😂😂😂😂
They happen around Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania
They do them about as much as Tony Khan announces the next big news lol
Let’s not forget about Lawler vs. Cole
Taker and HHH Hell in the cell WM anyone
Genuinely lost count how many times these two have faced off especially at mania.
It's about a 1000 at this point.
For Mania, this will be match 3.
Overall it's like 5 or 6.
Austin vs Rock 3 mania Brock vs Roman 2 manias 3 to be soon.
And yet it’s the most invested storyline I have in wwe that I wanna see. They’re completely different characters than they were in previous mania matches
It’s the 3rd time mania 31 and mania 34
In ROH Truth Martini had moles in security and or human road blocks to cut off security when they tried to get to the ring.
His comment about masks and Covid at 08:15. He just won't let it go will he.
Democrats like Corny want it to last forever.
Not the gerbil again LMFAOO
Rock and Cena was bigger.
I don't know about the biggest match ever. But it will be the last big match ever. Roman is in his late 30's, Brock is in his mid 40's, there is NOBODY that has been built over the last 10 years to succeed them, and Undertaker, HBK, Austin, Sting, or even The Rock is not walking through that door.
Been waiting for this one!
Does ANYBODY give a shit that Roman freaking CAUGHT the contract folder Brock whipped at him from across the table, then just totally no sold it??
No I really do like what Paul does He's talented always has been
Andre Hogan
Rock Stone Cold
Rock Hogan
Rock Cena
This match isn’t gonna be close
Scorpio sky did the finger snap on Dynamite or Rampage. Lol
Hogan v Andre! If Andre didn't want you to win.you didn't win!!
Bret Hart vs British Bulldog drew a ton of crowds too (over 80,000 fans) and it wasn't for the WWF heavyweight title! It main event SummerSlam!!!
For ic title
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bret hart vs Bull dog didn't draw 80000 fans. WWF drew it and Warrior vs Savage on the card. Bret vs Bulldog was the main event because Bulldog was winning it in England.
@@bourbon646 go watch SummerSlam 92, they even tell you to attendance record!! You didn't watch Bret back in the days huh? Lol!! Bret even said it in his book of the idea, as Hogan and Andre was for the WWF title, the match that stole the show was Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage for the IC title! If it was Warrior Savage that "drew", it would have been MAIN EVENT!!
@@kcx1588x your a nut. ANDRE VS HOGAN sold Wrestlemania 3 and not Savage vs Ricky even if it was a good match.
Bret hart vs Bulldog didnt sell 80000 fans it was WWF and savage vs Randy. Bret hart vs Bulldog was the main event because Davey was winning the belt in his hometown.
@@bourbon646 Learn how to read, what makes you think Savage and Warrior sold a place when it was in FACT Bulldogs hometown??
Vince versus Ric Flair stretcher match for the NWA championship or Vince versus Ric ladder match
Rock vs Austin > Hogan vs Andre and it's not even close.
Maybe if Hogan vs Andre happened (with the same circumstances) 20 years prior.....That wasn't even a shell of the old Andre....
@@bineblick616 Andre wasn't a wrestler 20 years prior to 1987.
My thought about how this fued will end is Roman wining at mania and standing tall in the ring as the world conquering head of the table, and then rocks music hits and he stands at the top of the ramp as the show ends, setting up a true head of the table fued, eventually leading to rock winning and possibly shaking Romans hand bring him full circle back to a face having finally gotten over. Imagine the ratings for raw if that's how mania finishes.
so far it seems the WWE, unifies world titles every 10 yrs. why don't they just stick to it?????SMFH,
Hogan vs Andre is the biggest wrestling match of all time. If you weren’t alive then, you just don’t know how huge it was. I’m surprised Brian Last brought it up to be honest lol.
Warrior vs hogan was bigger than anything..
11:50 what about 4 serums that don't save your life for an illness you don't have? Would you go then?
TRRRRRRRRASH.
Ohh god i had plans to spend 2 days in New York... then when i got there i hated it so much and got so stressed out, i left after like 4 hours
Steve Austin will be guarantee the special guest referee. In a Lesnar vs Reigns.
Jim's I'm afraid is a card carrying member of the branch of covidians. Let it go
Does it hurt to be that stupid?
I cannot even begin to care about these two anymore, especially against each other. It's not even the guy's fault. This is like their 4th "BIG TIME" match.
I’m sick and tired of security getting destroyed, it happens too much, WWE and AEW is both guilty of this.
Didn’t they tell the story that Heyman hired the security?
The gerbil hates tables!
Im wondering if anybody noticed Roman Reigns flinched when Brock bumped against the table.
Jim hates giving a Hulk Hogan credits so much its hilarious. Andre and Hogan not Rock vs Austin. Sorry.
I was thinking the same thing, I’m not a fan of Hogan anymore but you can make an argument the biggest WM Main Event was Hogan/Andre.
@@fandangoandcash5267 Strange how when someone stays the same over decades, marks get mad and say they have changed their mind about them. If you liked him for who he was you should like him for being the same person now, rather than pretending to be something he isn't.
@@goodday2760 he isn’t what? I got tired of his act as I got older and discovered Bret Hart and etc. People aren’t required to be fans of things for their rest of their lives.
@@fandangoandcash5267 Fan is short for fanatic. If your loyalty is so tenuous that you can simply "get tired of him" then you were never a fan.
@@goodday2760 cool, guess never was a fan. So you’re saying that every single thing you have ever been a fan of you’re still die hard to this day?
ironic they are calling it the biggest match in Mania history when its been done twice before and its one of the main events for mania im least interested to see.
That Superman punch is annoying
Anything in Dusty’s voice gets over
Solo Sikoa from NXT would be a good choice for Brock Lesnar.
Solo is a reflection of the Usos and Umaga in every single way. His style is just like theirs.
Charisma, speed, toughness, agility, intensity, and aggression.
Well, Solo is the little brother of the Usos. He looks just like them.
Yeah but Gunther kicked the shit out of him the other night, so he'll need to work his way back up.
The last time these two fought at Wrestlemania they were both booed out of the building
Speaking of Cody, now there's rumours that talks between him and WWE have "fizzled out."
This aged well
Gotta work on these endings.
Remember those signs you used to see that said "Vince gives opportunities." I wonder if that still applies today for anyone not named Brock or Roman?
Back in the day every time a new Pay Per View came out Gorilla Monsoon would say "It's the Greatest of All Time!" XD and I think they've been saying it every month since then XD
It has to be Brock vs. Big E at MSG.
Paul loves complimenting Big E. That could actually work
Hell to the No!
That's a terrible idea. Why on earth would you burn Brock vs Big now?
Brock rips his SHIRTS off and had 10 in sharpie written on his chest...
me thinks Cody is gonna be GM of ROH tbh not even going to WWE
About slow ticket sales. The last wwe event I went to got postponed due to covid. So I can see some people waiting til last minute to buy tix. I do now(for everything)
MSG is in midtown, not downtown
Roman Reigns is so good and Brock Lesnar is arguably the best wrestler today as everything he does looks painful and chaotic. There's no one who looks as legit as him and - right now - he has more personality than anyone.
Too bad the feud is stale because they’ve made everyone look less than
@Shut Up Who is everyone? The rest of the chumps in the locker room? In wrestling you pretty much have an S teir and then everybody else teir. Don't get too hung up on your favorite jobber to the stars not getting a push.
@@uncouthliyouth4486 spoken like a true dummy. When wrestling was actually relevant they had more than 1 full time guy on the S tier while also building up guys to be on their level. Want examples.
Wrestling boom 80s. Hogan piper Snuka macho man Andre were on the S tier while building up ultimate warrior Rick rude Bret hart Jake roberts undertaker.
Attitude era stone cold the rock undertaker mick Foley hhh were s tier building up Kurt angle Jericho Kane Eddie Chyna.
Since wm 31 reigns vs Brock they have built up no one. Styles Rollins Owens mcyntire should be s tier but they are not they are booked like regular guys. Mcyntire is stale af they ruined big e and Kofi with BS booking no effort. Rollins squashed for no reason at elimination chamber.
@Shut Up I actually agree with you. I was only stating the reality of the situation TODAY. It's the same paradigm in AEW... and those guy's have a lot more room for creativity. Circling back to the initial argument that Reigns vs Brock is stale because the rest of the card is meh. I'm simply saying it's not going to bother me one bit that Drew or Big E lack direction. Why let that take away from the best match on the card.
@Shut Up if you said we have seen the match a bunch of times already then I would understand. Even though both have done 180's in terms on they're characters since they met and it's a fresh fued. I just don't understand people like you. You let your frustrations with booking get in the way of enjoying the good stuff. The reality is all those guy's you mentioned aside from maybe Rollins don't have it and they are portrayed as less then because they are less then. Your downplaying how good Reigns and Brock really are. That's why they get the bulk of creative behind them.
WWE fans listen to wrestling, not watch it
Wtf Brian called it
What if Brock beats Roman to keep his title controversially with Heyman or the Usos screwing something up on Friday and then Lesnar gets beat at the PPV? To me, that would make sense to keep both belts in play, and it adds a little new drama for the PPV as Roman is angry and embarrassed.
Who cares the titles are meaningless and whoever wins or losses feels the same
@@pleaseshutup7053 I tend to agree (it is a booked sport), but, from a booking for views perspective, you have a throwaway match that has to happen before the big one, so why not use it to increase the visibility of the payday match? That was my point.
How many times have these 2 been put against each other now? Must be at least 10, boring AF.
Are we just supposed to forget that we’ve already had LESNAR and REIGNS at 2 separate Wrestlemania
For me it will always be Hogan vs Andre.
See those matches happened already so it's not a fair comparison yet. The stakes of this Main Event can claim it being the biggest.
@@Cboz1978 I doubt it since Hogan and Andre had like 40 to 50 million ppl watching it live. and no modern pro wrestling event has ever gotten something as close as that
Hogan vs warrior
I think it will be Brock vs Seth at msg
In years? Lol Did Cornette forget when Lesnar destroyed everybody on Smackdown a few months ago 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The best Wrestlemania match of alltime is HBK vs Taker 1 in my opinion, the biggest will probably either be Austin vs Rock or Andre vs Hogan
2 is a very close second and some put it as 1
Biggest? By what measure? If it's about total eyes on the product, this year's WM will be seen by countless many more millions of people.
My top 2 WM matches of all time are Bret vs Austin and Savage vs Steamboat.
@@gothard5 You resemble that remark
Ugh dont call Roman Pacino
Reigns is a pretty good actor anyway.
I think they told lesnar to somewhat dress as he would in reality… I think he’s actually being himself… dressed wise
Not just dress wise, I think personality wise
Hogan and Warrior Wrestlemaina 6
Not sure what Jim is talking about at the end. If Brock wins at the Garden, he would still be champion and wouldn't win Roman's title because they are not doing a unification match at an untelevised event.
The stakes are clearly there to call it biggest match of all time.
Maybe if you have not finished puberty yet.
can you put the bleeps back in for profanity? Cutting the audio with that pop noise is way more annoying.
Brock vs BRANDY RHODES!!!
I WOULD BY A TICKET.
*BUY...
I have to correct Jim on a fact here. He said wrestling has never been viewed by more people since WrestleMania 17. While that was true for the time, WrestleMania 28 has since surpassed it as the highest grossing professional wrestling pay-per-view of all time.
in the first 75 seconds he states "grosses may be bigger because of price changes".
@@maceomaceo11 WrestleMania 28 had 200,000 more ppv buys than 17.
Also, take into account the worldwide audience and the method by which they consume the media. Expanding into China and India and leaning heavily into local TV deals and streaming services have made the WWE product to be watched by many millions more people than ever before.
Brock versus Cody first blood match
Paul heymans promos are tired as hell.
Sasctune hahahahahahahha
If Brock wins then a part timer breaks Reigns streak and then who's big enough to beat the man that beat Reigns??
Reigns wins and then who's big enough to beat him when he's established as the main guy with his streak??
So either Reigns wins to solid himself or its gonna be screwy finish where neither win.
Jim can never just "go with it" can he?
Gable Stevenson should show up beat Brock go on to WrestleMania and beat Reigns with the help of Heyman. Leaving both Lesnar and Reigns angry setting up a triple threat at SummerSlam.
RR is a LOSER he's going to Hollywood if Vince loses Brock he is finished and like always faces win at mania
Didn't Reigns win last year in the main event at 'Mania? And so did Rollins at WM 31. Both were heels.
Cody costs lesnar and joins Reigns.
Saying first so that we can get on with it 🙂
They're marketing an event. Of course it's going to be billed as the biggest ever. Good grief I think Jim like to hear Jim complain. And Reigns addressed Jim's security contention. They were on his payroll.
Come on jim, best segment in years? It was ok, but not that great.
Dude Jim is loosing it 😝