Dark Side Of The Ring season 4

[Fro]

He is definitely passionate, which i can appreciate, but his takes are so set in "it's how we've always done it" which is something I can't stand from ppl...fans are too smart and want to see larger than life things, but want their characters to be real and relatable...and I feel he can't understand what that means.

I do agree, psychology needs to be protected and better in today's wrestling...

 

[sansabri]

my biggest gripe about Cornette is that he insists that the women shouldn't have hardcore matches (even if the story calls for it). dunno if his opinion has changed since Timeless Toni v Mariah May

 

[End of Line]

The Tony Halme episode was prettt crazy to watch

As for Cornette I listen to him because he’s entertaining and don’t take it too seriously

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Not as funny as that clip may lead you to believe, but that was a really good episode. His life story is a little Forrest Gump-ish.

 

[boredmale]

my biggest gripe about Cornette is that he insists that the women shouldn't have hardcore matches (even if the story calls for it). dunno if his opinion has changed since Timeless Toni v Mariah May

I think his gripe is more why is everybody having these gimmick matches for the sake of having gimmick matches then actual women having them. In general he will hold female wrestlers up to the same standard he holds male wrestlers so he doesn't mark them on a curve.

 

[sansabri]

I think his gripe is more why is everybody having these gimmick matches for the sake of having gimmick matches then actual women having them. In general he will hold female wrestlers up to the same standard he holds male wrestlers so he doesn't mark them on a curve.

i checked. he hated the match

 

[McGarnagle]

I just watched the Tony Halme episode.

This is hard to find the right way to say, but for anyone else think Jim Ross is just being performatively angry for clout? Not excusing an SS tattoo or anything, but I don't think he'd have cared that much in 1993 and is blowing it up to play to the culture in 2025 and be all "I'm on the right side of history" and whatnot while patting himself on the back for Borga not being hired on his watch (though I wonder if he feels the same way about the Harris Brothers who he did hire).

Cornette comes across as authentic. Exaggerated but his feelings are real. JR just comes across as playing to the crowd and putting himself over and it's a little hamfisted.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

As a regular listener to his pod (out of habit at this point), he's a guy that's heavy on praise and light on criticism. He's shit on Borga for years. When discussing the Mt. Rushmore of bad wrestlers, Borga was the first name that came to mind and that was back in 2020.



Ultimate Warrior is the other wrestler that he'll take shots at. The rest are backstage/office types.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

I just watched the Tony Halme episode.

This is hard to find the right way to say, but for anyone else think Jim Ross is just being performatively angry for clout? Not excusing an SS tattoo or anything, but I don't think he'd have cared that much in 1993 and is blowing it up to play to the culture in 2025 and be all "I'm on the right side of history" and whatnot while patting himself on the back for Borga not being hired on his watch (though I wonder if he feels the same way about the Harris Brothers who he did hire).

Cornette comes across as authentic. Exaggerated but his feelings are real. JR just comes across as playing to the crowd and putting himself over and it's a little hamfisted.

You know, I thought the same thing.

Did he get any heat for previous ones he was on? Seemed a lot more forgiving, for lack of a better term, on those, even Benoit. I know Dreamer got heat for the Plane Ride from Hell ep, but can't remember if there was anything towards JR.

 

[EpochLink]

That Vader episode should be a good one.

 

[DaaaaB's]

You know, I thought the same thing.

Did he get any heat for previous ones he was on? Seemed a lot more forgiving, for lack of a better term, on those, even Benoit. I know Dreamer got heat for the Plane Ride from Hell ep, but can't remember if there was anything towards JR.

I didn't realize Dreamer took heat but I'm kind of glad he did. Saying that Flair putting the flight attendants hand on his cock was no big deal is a pretty dumb and tasteless thing to say.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

I didn't realize Dreamer took heat but I'm kind of glad he did. Saying that Flair putting the flight attendants hand on his cock was no big deal is a pretty dumb and tasteless thing to say.

Yea I'm pretty sure TNA suspended him.

 

[TheShape]

Cornette has really grown on me over the years. I used to think he was just this old cranky f***, which he kind of is at times, but I love his podcasts. He's got a hilarious way with words.

Cornette is awesome, I've always been a fan. I don't always agree with what he says but I could listen to the man talk wrestling all day.

Brian Last brings the podcast down though. The guys unhealthy hatred of The Rock seems to be rubbing off on Corny.

 

[EpochLink]

Cornette is awesome, I've always been a fan. I don't always agree with what he says but I could listen to the man talk wrestling all day.

Brian Last brings the podcast down though. The guys unhealthy hatred of The Rock seems to be rubbing off on Corny.

Cornette blasting Ahmed Johnson is funny as f*** lmao



Also, Ron Simmons and Ahmed Johnson doing a shoot on Livewire

 

[sabremike]

Cornette is a great example of someone who got so caught up in his gimmick perona that he became it in real life and the actual person Jim Cornette essentially no longer exists. It's actually pretty sad.

 

[boredmale]

Cornette is a great example of someone who got so caught up in his gimmick perona that he became it in real life and the actual person Jim Cornette essentially no longer exists. It's actually pretty sad.

Or he has always been that way. i remember seeing a clip of Bill Dundee(a wrestler who was big in Memphis and became the booker the exact time Cornette got over in Mid South) saying how before he became an onscreen personality he was a yappy young kid who could be annoying at times

 

[Sheppy]

Cornette blasting Ahmed Johnson is funny as f*** lmao



Also, Ron Simmons and Ahmed Johnson doing a shoot on Livewire

"Working with Ahmed was like working with a bag of wet hammers"

For some reason I lost my mind laughing at that.

His one liner on Russo had me in stitches too. "If brains were gasoline he couldn't propel a fleas motorcycle around a raindrop!"

 

[Ozz]

I just watched the Tony Halme episode.

This is hard to find the right way to say, but for anyone else think Jim Ross is just being performatively angry for clout? Not excusing an SS tattoo or anything, but I don't think he'd have cared that much in 1993 and is blowing it up to play to the culture in 2025 and be all "I'm on the right side of history" and whatnot while patting himself on the back for Borga not being hired on his watch (though I wonder if he feels the same way about the Harris Brothers who he did hire).

Cornette comes across as authentic. Exaggerated but his feelings are real. JR just comes across as playing to the crowd and putting himself over and it's a little hamfisted.

JR comes off exactly like you say very often.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Not that relevant in the grand scheme of things but surprised Vader's return cameo in 2012 squashing Heath Slater wasn't mentioned in the last ep.