Bonus Drive Thru: Jim Cornette on Wrestlers That Were Blackballed

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Komentáře • 194

  • @heelturnsface
    @heelturnsface Před 4 lety +23

    “I’m sure cuz Rodney’s has graduated to black balling from blue balling...”
    Rodney gets no respect, no respect at all.

  • @d-mo733
    @d-mo733 Před 5 lety +54

    Need more Kerry Von Erich, Brian Pillman And Owen Hart stories..3 of the most underrated

  • @seabassmcbigfat
    @seabassmcbigfat Před 5 lety +21

    “I shoulda yelled two”
    lol

  • @daleandrews6021
    @daleandrews6021 Před 4 lety +29

    Rock Hunter. One of the best managers in Georgia in the 70’s. Such a shame he exposed the business on some radio station at the end of the decade and got so blackballed that he’s been pretty much erased from wrestling history.

  • @pspj24
    @pspj24 Před 7 lety +40

    Stan Hansen had been blackballed, suspended, fined or fired more than any wrestler in history .

  • @DjTractus
    @DjTractus Před 5 lety +45

    Corporal Kirchner blackballed from WWF(E) for punching Vince. Then went to Japan got over as Leatherface got tossed in jail for beating up his promoter got a second chance then immediately fired for taking liberties in a post match beat down. Mick Foley discusses it in his first book.

    • @DjTractus
      @DjTractus Před 4 lety +2

      @Shoeless Joe Jackson Mick Foley is a liar?

    • @heddingite
      @heddingite Před 4 lety +3

      @Shoeless Joe Jackson elaborate? Maybe say WHY its all wrong? From what I've heard and read thats 100% accurate

    • @michaelhunziker7287
      @michaelhunziker7287 Před 3 lety +2

      True or not, Kirchner was lame

    • @shanebolender851
      @shanebolender851 Před 3 lety +5

      I use to lift weights with Corp. Kirchner. He was always nice and helpful. I was younger than him and a amateur boxer. I will always remember him helping me try to get stronger but not bigger. A true gentleman and made weight training fun.

    • @DjTractus
      @DjTractus Před 3 lety +4

      @@shanebolender851 that lines up with what Mick Foley wrote too. He described him as a nice enough guy but just such an intense dude if he got pissed off look out.

  • @tomwalker389
    @tomwalker389 Před 4 lety +25

    I love how Corny goes off tangent on almost every topic.
    No, I actually love it. It's a proper history lesson.

  • @SuperDevolution
    @SuperDevolution Před 4 lety +37

    I've heard Sunny was blackballed on several occasions.
    Oh, THAT'S what blackballed means?

  • @666SAVAGES
    @666SAVAGES Před 4 lety +3

    “Sent his ass to Florida” 😆🤙🏼

  • @stevenmillan9220
    @stevenmillan9220 Před 7 lety +41

    Amongst the wrestlers that were blackballed from the WWE: Konnan,Shane Douglas,David Schultz,and Jesse Ventura.

    • @stanmcserr8576
      @stanmcserr8576 Před 7 lety +15

      Don't forget Jeff Jarrett.

    • @-KillaWatt-
      @-KillaWatt- Před 7 lety +17

      Steven Millan to be fair Shane Douglas kinda blackballed himself with his self righteousness and over valuing himself as a top tier wrestler. He's mid card at best and the only reason he gets any recognition is when he was with ECW. Even that was a Paul Heyman creation.

    • @-KillaWatt-
      @-KillaWatt- Před 7 lety +8

      ShadowAngel Hes been very outspoken against Vince Mcmahon and the WWE. He was also part of the class action law suit against the WWE. I don't know if he still is or if it was settled but he's had ups and downs throughout his career with Vince Mcmahon and Co.

    • @clarknapper3933
      @clarknapper3933 Před 7 lety +11

      Nailz, I don't think he worked after his choking Vince.

    • @jdionio
      @jdionio Před 7 lety +1

      Shane's been doing interview segments for their DVD/BluRay releases so it's not as bad as before.

  • @ralpharroya158
    @ralpharroya158 Před 5 lety +11

    Vince Sr. had Bruno Sammartino blackballed before he became WWWF champion for missing a event, Bruno always said, he was never scheduled to appear on that card....only place he could work was Toronto

    • @servantoftwilight2951
      @servantoftwilight2951 Před 5 lety +2

      @Nich Hodge I disagree. Sammartino had given his notice to Capitol Wrestling and was leaving for California. Vince booked him in Chicago, which was supposed to be his final match there, and then also booked him in Baltimore without saying anything. After that Sammartino couldn't work in the United States without paying the fine so Sammartino went back to Pittsburgh and worked construction. It was then that he went up to Toronto and worked for Tunney. It was in Toronto that Sammartino wrestled Thesz. Sammartino became super popular while the WWWF was struggling after leaving the NWA so Vince Sr paid his fine and the rest is history. Sammartino was so grateful to Tunney that he still wrestled for him once a month even while WWWF champion.

  • @ericnolan269
    @ericnolan269 Před 5 lety +30

    Randy savage claimed to be blackballed on WCW nitro from Chicago!

  • @macempress165
    @macempress165 Před 5 lety +26

    Or if you were married to the Booker's daughter and cheated on her when she was 9 months pregnant and he did it when he was out with two of 6 of her brothers?

  • @shaolin1derpalm
    @shaolin1derpalm Před 5 lety +18

    Savage in mid south would have been effing awesome.

    • @Kevin-cy4qn
      @Kevin-cy4qn Před 4 lety +2

      OMG, tell me about it!!

    • @cmc5394oparva
      @cmc5394oparva Před 4 lety +4

      God, can you imagine him with Cornette as his manager there? Those two together would have created so much heat, they could have solved the energy crisis.

  • @Sargebri
    @Sargebri Před 4 lety +12

    Loved how he mentioned Mansfield at the end and even referred to him as an Austin Idol wannabe. When he was here in Los Angeles working for the LaBelles he was nothing more than Roddy Piper's flunky during Piper's feud with Chavo Guerrero.

  • @fizzlewiggle
    @fizzlewiggle Před 5 lety +15

    I love hearing jim talk I'd like to have a few beers with him!

  • @MarcillaSmith
    @MarcillaSmith Před 5 lety +11

    Wasn't there a time or more when Dusty was blackballed? Some people said he continued to wrestle as The Midnight Rider, but to my knowledge, it was never proven, if you will

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah...but you had to know that it was him (hee hee hee hee hee hee hee)! I personally didn't mind seeing him fighting back against a suspension, while wearing a mask. I don't believe it was ever "proven" that it was him on a visual scale...but...yeah, it was definitely him, "If you will"! (Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee)! The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, baby! A. K. A. The Midnight Rider. And, man, that Bionic Elbow! When he dropped that on ya, baby, it was all over but the shoutin', baby!!! I think it's great seeing Cody and Dustin Rhodes in AEW, finally free from that Tyrant, Vince "Mr. Sports Entertainment" McMahon! Bye bye, WWE-Here comes AEW!!!!!

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 Před 3 lety +1

      Ohmyfuckinglord

  • @skittymcmahon
    @skittymcmahon Před 7 lety +10

    Dan Maff was blackballed from ROH due to an inappropriate relation with a member of Homicide's family

    • @skittymcmahon
      @skittymcmahon Před 7 lety

      Thanks for the reply. That was my understanding too but you fleshed it out more. I think that would have been in either '04 or '05, and that was also when Maff disappeared from ROH just after he had a great tag run with BJ Whitmer.
      As you said, it makes sense that any Indy in the Northeast would prefer Homicide over Dan Maff, hence why he dropped off the map.

    • @michaelhaggerston8421
      @michaelhaggerston8421 Před 7 lety +1

      my understanding was Dan Maff stayed away because Homicide wanted to hurt him bad

  • @kingalexander2704
    @kingalexander2704 Před 2 lety +1

    Bruno Sammartino got blacklisted by McMahon Sr because he body slammed Haystacks Calhoun and that was a big no no in those days! Calhoun was supposed to be unslammable (not a word but what the hell). Bruno said he'd never seen McMahon so angry.

  • @ExecutionersBong-bn9kx
    @ExecutionersBong-bn9kx Před 5 lety +5

    Dies anyone remember a heel tag team in the 80s called Death Row? Two big black lads in prison uniforms ? If I recall they were in Florida and also , maybe, wow for a while. Can’t seem to find anything about them online

  • @guardianofchaosBD
    @guardianofchaosBD Před 7 lety +3

    PAPW tv and CenterRing316, thank you! JC tells it like it is! Addicted to VG as a person in the industry 30yrs, WOW!

  • @emmphaticallyemm6476
    @emmphaticallyemm6476 Před 6 lety +13

    Eddy Mansfield

    • @daniflores5119
      @daniflores5119 Před 4 lety

      Wild how I just saw the DSOTR episode just now

  • @JessieBlackheart
    @JessieBlackheart Před 4 lety +10

    Dude in the picture looks like Macho Man Seth Rollins

    • @TheLuscious
      @TheLuscious Před 4 lety

      David Mechaly dummy Billy Jack Haynes

  • @jabrockobiden9434
    @jabrockobiden9434 Před 8 měsíci +1

    It should be hard to track people down

  • @LT-qd9ts
    @LT-qd9ts Před 7 lety +14

    I heard Bruiser Brody was blackballed from the WWF for a locker room rift with Gorilla Monsoon around 1976.

    • @markg.1078
      @markg.1078 Před 5 lety +5

      I heard that Bruiser Brody//Frank Goodish could not get work in more than one territory. I'm pretty sure that his last stop (before Puerto Rico) was in Dallas Texas under the WCCW. Fritz Von Erich let him work, when nobody else would let him work and didn't want him around. My understanding is that he was very, very difficult to do business with or the work with. He wouldn't think twice about screwing a match up if things didn't go his way. You don't need somebody around who's going to do that.

    • @TuMalditaMadre
      @TuMalditaMadre Před 5 lety +2

      @@markg.1078 when you have options you can do whatever you want. If America didn't have anything for him there was always All Japan. He was all about business. If it made business sense, Brody would do it. But again, if you've got options and you can draw everywhere you go you're doing things your way.

    • @jamesbowen8960
      @jamesbowen8960 Před 4 lety +3

      Also, Bruiser Brody pushed a kid in a wheelchair over on its side. Ric Flair talks about it as he saw it happen. He said he couldn't believe his eyes. Brody didn't look back because he didn't want to break character. But Al Snow speaks very highly of Brody so it depends on who is talking.

    • @diablo666541
      @diablo666541 Před 3 lety +1

      He knew how crooked promoters were .heknew they would screw g us on their pay u obviously never seen his popularity

    • @paulschmick869
      @paulschmick869 Před 3 lety

      Brody belongs in the HoF and Vince should make a movie about him with Jason Mamoa. Bruiser was a beast.

  • @melbias5046
    @melbias5046 Před 4 lety +1

    Yukon Eric got bruno the job in Toronto. Bruno visited the boys and yucon told him about toronto.

    • @xanderharris1104
      @xanderharris1104 Před 4 lety

      I remember my dad telling me about watching yukon eric from the old days

  • @greedyd5524
    @greedyd5524 Před 7 lety +17

    Matt Borne and under age girl. Never heard that one.

    • @toptenguy1
      @toptenguy1 Před 7 lety +15

      Now it makes sense that Doink was Jerry Lawler's "Court Jester" at Summerslam 1993. :)

    • @DjTractus
      @DjTractus Před 5 lety +4

      Yep 14 year old ring rat.

    • @samsmith8725
      @samsmith8725 Před 5 lety +4

      @@DjTractus believe it or not they all don't look 14 and say they're 14 I've seen it happen backstage a lot of times sometimes the boys dont think twice and shit happens

    • @MisterBeauJanGels
      @MisterBeauJanGels Před 2 lety +1

      Must be a thing with those Portland boys. Art Barr had to go wrestle in Mexico after getting popped. In his case, The Oregonian had a long-standing beef with the wrestling show. They ran a column questioning why he was doing a child-friendly gimmick when he had an incident with a girl in Pendleton hanging over his head.

  • @ICHIBAN-cz8ih
    @ICHIBAN-cz8ih Před 5 lety +5

    I know Giant Baba blackballed Genichiro Tenryu from AJPW for life but what was the reason for that?

    • @wrestlinghistorian4064
      @wrestlinghistorian4064 Před 5 lety +2

      The Super World of Sports walkout is the rumor and it makes sense, because it forced Baba to retool at a time when he had already lost a great deal of available talent thanks to relations souring with Jim Crockett. It actually worked out really well for Baba in the short term and led to Kings Road and 4 pillars All Japan era. This is really a Meltzer question. This is right up his alley.

  • @ItsAVolcano
    @ItsAVolcano Před rokem +1

    There's an old interview between Bruno and Colt Cabana where Bruno mentions he fell out with Vince when Buddy Rogers came into the territory, and more specifically Buddy's boys coming in as well and Bruno ending up falling down the card. Bruno's arguments over this with Vince are apparently what led to the "no-show" situation.

  • @isaacgraham5727
    @isaacgraham5727 Před 3 měsíci

    Regarding Powers and Barnett… Barnett *was* gay, right? I never thought that part of the story was at issue.

  • @popachellione6799
    @popachellione6799 Před 3 měsíci

    Maybe Sammartino pissed off some Mobsters.🤔

  • @elijahnakumura4375
    @elijahnakumura4375 Před 6 lety +10

    Eerily looks like Elias in thumbnail

  • @falseteeth9106
    @falseteeth9106 Před 4 lety +4

    Black balled? Anybody remember Eddie Mansfield?

    • @Dakka0451
      @Dakka0451 Před 4 lety +2

      They mention him at the end of the video.

  • @spac18
    @spac18 Před 4 lety +1

    Peroxide balled

  • @chrisbailey4893
    @chrisbailey4893 Před 4 lety +8

    I love jim cornette I wish he would pop in in aew just to pop Kenny omega or the young bucks with his tennis racket that would be awesome I love aew best thing going today hopefully we can get jim and jim ross together for one of those awesome interviews

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 Před 4 lety

      Jim Cornette, and Good Ol' J. R....two of the legends! I'd definitely sit and listen to these two Wrestling Treasures talking shop. Definitely!!!

  • @TuMalditaMadre
    @TuMalditaMadre Před 5 lety +5

    3:17 crazy knowing they had a tape exposing the business that was finally released what, 6 months ago?

    • @hezamachine
      @hezamachine Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/video/O-sLiA0cP0A/video.html

    • @michaelallanrubin2376
      @michaelallanrubin2376 Před 3 lety

      @@hezamachine they're lying of course many injuries are real fuck orton he is a liar

    • @shannonbarnwell3114
      @shannonbarnwell3114 Před rokem

      No I watched plan B maybe 5 or 6 years ago on CZcams

  • @momosupremacy8349
    @momosupremacy8349 Před 4 lety +20

    People say the Rock is black balled but i think he is Samoan and Caucasian

  • @bjlogwood1181
    @bjlogwood1181 Před 5 lety +6

    Who wins in a strait up middle of the ring technical wrestling match: Arn Anderson or Brett Hart ....................go , please tell me that this match happened , and where to find it if it did

    • @monstermaes9610
      @monstermaes9610 Před 5 lety +5

      Bj Logwood Arn Anderson would isolate a body part, hit the gut buster, spine buster, rear chin lock, a couple suplexes, Bret would take over with that crappy sit out clothesline, atomic drop, back breaker, side Russian leg sweep, elbow from the second rope, the figure 4 around the ring post, then slap on the sharpshooter, Arn wound tap. Just my take Arn was never ashamed to put somebody over even though most wrestlers couldn’t legitimately out wrestle him. I think he’s the greatest worker of all time. Bret always bored me.

    • @brey4190
      @brey4190 Před 5 lety

      Hey by bret Hart is one t climax Brett is two ts

    • @GaryBowen00
      @GaryBowen00 Před 5 lety +2

      Arn would lose most matches but would look spectacular while doing it. Bret would put him over in a major way when he did win. Arn of course would be the heel and Bret the baby face.
      They would do good business together and remember one fact about Arn Anderson. He's the only man to ever pin both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Everyone respected "The Enforcer", everyone wanted to work with him, and he never gave a damn about the world title. If that surgeon wouldn't have botched his neck surgery he would have wrestled Bret eventually.

    • @chrisbucci5769
      @chrisbucci5769 Před 4 lety +1

      Not sure about a singles match between the 2 but the opener of Summerslam 89 is The Hart Foundation vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. Its a forgotten classic of tag team wrestling back when WWE could do it.

  • @NicolasBowling
    @NicolasBowling Před 6 lety +6

    Geez, the way Brian pronounces some words is so annoying "bwlow up" "fawwing out wif Eddie Grawam".

  • @harrybrown4077
    @harrybrown4077 Před 4 lety +1

    WTF did Dan Maff do to ROH and Homicide ?

    • @memewizrd
      @memewizrd Před 4 lety

      Some paedophilia shit Maff was busted for

  • @spinalthepirate7207
    @spinalthepirate7207 Před 5 lety +2

    Steve blackmon

  • @streetsofsouthphilly
    @streetsofsouthphilly Před 4 lety +2

    If there is a title for wrestling historian Jim Cornette should have it but I hate when rants about "exposing the business". Like the nation didn't know wrestling was fake since at least the 1930s.

  • @fatjec
    @fatjec Před 4 lety +1

    Pat Patterson came all over Jim Wilson's wig.

  • @timmahan1131
    @timmahan1131 Před 3 lety

    Hey. Did someone step on a duck?

  • @killerpretty
    @killerpretty Před 7 lety +4

    did vince jr get dr d david shultz blackballed?

    • @patale1640
      @patale1640 Před 7 lety +1

      rico dakid makes no sense if anything he was protecting the business.

    • @kpllc4209
      @kpllc4209 Před 7 lety +1

      Some claim that Vince wanted Shultz to hit Stossel. I found it interesting that after he retired Shultz moved and started his bail bonds business in Connecticut, maybe Vince was taking care of him.

    • @redrock717
      @redrock717 Před 7 lety +4

      KP LLC it's hilarious today that the news and reporting is more fake than wrestling!

    • @sambennett8387
      @sambennett8387 Před 7 lety +1

      diggitydave3000 That is one cool story. 👍

    • @tvtitlechampion3238
      @tvtitlechampion3238 Před 7 lety

      There will always be someone attempting to call it like it isn't for profit.

  • @spinalthepirate7207
    @spinalthepirate7207 Před 5 lety +4

    Lance von Erich...I'm sure was blacballed from wccw...although not really his fault

    • @TuMalditaMadre
      @TuMalditaMadre Před 5 lety +1

      They introduced him wrong. Everyone in Dallas knew who he was. They could've brought him in as the football star that he was, had The Freebirds draw heat on him, beat him up a couple of times and have the Von Erichs save him, and have him adopt the Von Erich name, not just say he was a Von Erich.

    • @fhumperdink8897
      @fhumperdink8897 Před 4 lety

      He should have been...or whoever's stupid ass idea it was (Fritz).
      And Lanny Poffo was such a shit stain. He managed a B list tag team in the Beverly Brothers.

  • @smallworldz7241
    @smallworldz7241 Před 5 lety +2

    Black balls

  • @dallasparty316
    @dallasparty316 Před 6 lety +13

    WWE blackballed Lavar Ball in the 90s. Lavar would have been bigger than Austin, Rock, NWO, DX all combined

    • @JRMoney94
      @JRMoney94 Před 6 lety

      Chris Lavar Ball?

    • @TheStevehuff
      @TheStevehuff Před 6 lety +1

      Chris Who is Lavar Ball?

    • @Jakes2x
      @Jakes2x Před 6 lety

      Are you serious?!

    • @brianstone3722
      @brianstone3722 Před 5 lety

      Lol he's the black dude who was on Raw with his son lonzo who plays for the Lakers him and the miz did a funny segment

    • @jbellflower83
      @jbellflower83 Před 5 lety +1

      @@brianstone3722 attempted funny moment. Let's keep this in proper perspective

  • @Scorch1028
    @Scorch1028 Před 6 lety +3

    Some of these so-called ‘black-balled’ pro wrestlers have actually been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

    • @Linusofthedead
      @Linusofthedead Před 4 lety +4

      Sorry to ressurect the dead thread. But the in all fairness the Hall of fame is mainly a way for Vince to get rights for the networks streaming service.

    • @shivx1
      @shivx1 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Linusofthedead its not reddit bud you can post anytime. i'd agree with you on your hof analysis

  • @gregorylevi1826
    @gregorylevi1826 Před 3 lety

    I believe that Barnett rumor

  • @brucewhite360
    @brucewhite360 Před 2 lety +1

    🤓🎾

  • @jeffreyriley8742
    @jeffreyriley8742 Před 7 lety +14

    I love Jim but I wish he could go ten minutes without talking about Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler.

    • @rickylucas6503
      @rickylucas6503 Před 7 lety +8

      Jeffrey Riley or Vince Russo, or Midnight Express or Rock n Roll Express or Republicans

    • @redrock717
      @redrock717 Před 6 lety +4

      Ricky Lucas watch the Tim Horner rant lol

    • @jonathanlindsey790
      @jonathanlindsey790 Před 6 lety +7

      If you had grown up on the Memphis territory, you would get it. Cornette grew up as I did watching wrestling done right. Everything else is sad by comparison.

    • @hollywood21639
      @hollywood21639 Před 6 lety +2

      I wouldn't have walked across the street to see Lawler wrestle any day of the week.

    • @HoustonIsImmortal
      @HoustonIsImmortal Před 5 lety

      He speaks to his experience. I get it.

  • @robferguson2525
    @robferguson2525 Před 6 lety +1

    I like Jim...but he doesn't know everything..not sure what he is doing

    • @shannonbarnwell3114
      @shannonbarnwell3114 Před rokem

      Your right he doesn't know everything... but he dam sure knows most things

  • @bobsucks9647
    @bobsucks9647 Před 3 měsíci

    Back when Cornette was still listenable and didn’t just obsess over AEW 24/7

  • @sonnycrockett9900
    @sonnycrockett9900 Před 4 lety +1

    Black balls