| 1 | 16.04.2024 | MZ009 | 8.0 | |
| 2 | 11.04.2024 | AlexInTheBooth | | Separating today from the territory days. Cornette is one of the greatest talkers in the history of the business. Cornette knew how to drive a story with his words, and played the greasy, grimy heel manager better than most anyone has ever. The stereotypical "above all of you" character that just makes you want to punch him in the face. Now, you just want to punch him in the face anyway. Cornette was successful in every facet except for his own promotion. Cornette's ideas built what the WWF would drill on for the foreseeable future. A man that every wrestling fan should have some sort of respect for, even if he is a piece of human garbage today. |
| 3 | 10.04.2024 | IDriveAFordFusion | 8.0 | Rating him solely as a manager in wrestling and NOT his podcast or influence today in wrestling, although his podcast seem to be quite popular with a certain group of wrestling fans today. As a manager, Jim Cornette is hands down top 5 in the history of Professional Wrestling, his promos during segments were fun to watch and he certainly made teams and wrestlers more interesting. I feel as though Jim Cornette could have managed for a few more years which would have built his legacy up more and solidified himself as a definite top 3 manager of all time. I believe Jim Cornette should be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame, but I believe that due to his controversial commentary on his podcast, and the vitriol he is currently receiving from certain fans of wrestling, WWE isn't willing to induct him just yet, I do believe he should go in eventually. |
| 4 | 10.04.2024 | Mr Nice Guy | 7.0 | |
| 5 | 10.04.2024 | dysboat | 9.0 | The idea that Cornette is some kind of human trash is a reaction that people only have because he talks trash about their favorite wrestlers. Cornette, in his career, was arguably the greatest manager in the history of wrestling, who could run his mouth for days and always knew just how to ramp up the heat in any match or angle. As a booker, he was always the type to make the most out of the least, with a great mind for putting together angles and finishes and for getting wrestlers and feuds over. He made the very most out of the least in SMW and OVW, taking regional territories and making them worth seeking out. Not every on-screen role of his has been outstanding, his WWF tenure was hit and miss and in TNA he was involved in some questionable material, but whatever. Oh, and before I forget, I know this is a touchy subject, but his commentary is actually really good as far as getting an issue over and characterizing a matchup. All this is to say, his understanding and application of the fundamental elements of pro wrestling set him apart from everybody. The only reason that he's a controversial figure amid all the crazy people who've worked and been stars in the world of wrestling is because people are upset that he lambasts modern wrestling and cuts heel promos on the fans of same on his podcasts. |
| 6 | 08.04.2024 | perconflncns | 7.0 | |
| 7 | 07.04.2024 | gilmoregirls | | [1.0] Awesome manager and incredible talker, but spectacularly toxic and verbally abusive, among all his other personality issues. Corny has found himself in the position of being the lightning rod for WWE vs AEW tribalism junkies who need their fix of negativity and bullying. Paints everything with broad strokes. He has some great insight in wrestling history, booking, psychology, etc, but he's 110% bought into the tribalism of wrestling as he has with U.S. politics. Imagine being a wrestling booker and being clueless to the idea that politics are a work. Pardon the pun, but his runs as TNA authority figure was corny af. |
| 8 | 28.03.2024 | eetasa2 | 9.0 | |
| 9 | 27.03.2024 | Pantagrueliannnxiety | 2.0 | Jim Cornette hasn't provided anything substantial in wrestling for a long ass time and only contributes bigoted, dated ass thoughts for his die hard fan-base of wrestling incels to piggy back off of. Just a lot of weird old manisms that existed during his time when he ran smokey mountain and should've been let go a long time ago. He also has the emotional maturity of an infant which makes for a lot of his meltdowns over stupid stuff like Santino not pretending to be scared of the Boogeyman as an audience member or him theorizing nobody in the AEW locker room tried to have sex with the broom girls? Just very creepy, weird behaviour from him. |
| 10 | 26.03.2024 | Pigeon Scratch | 1.0 | I used to like him a ton, but he's really fallen off and is just a massive fucking joke these days. A great manager and promoter who was fantastic on the mic has turned onto an immature bigoted asshole who just hates on pretty much anything because he's so focused on the old days. I totally get the perspective of trying to keep some form of realism in professional wrestling, but to cry bloody murder because of comedy wrestling or wrestling these days has more high flying and whatnot is just absurd. Not only that, he's misogynistic and a massive racist. Comments about Joshi wrestling is the biggest example in terms of the latter. The most recent heinous thing he has done is his comments about the Janel Grant allegations and lawsuit from earlier this year. Regardless of it being confirmed or not, you don't fucking make jokes about that shit. |
| 11 | 23.03.2024 | sarahlicity | 0.0 | He was a good manager, once upon a time, forty years ago. And ol' Jimmy has decided that's his meal ticket and has shown no evolution in either his booking style or his opinions since then. It's 2024, Jim, things have moved on. And just like Brazil don't play a 4-2-4 nor Pittsburgh playing the ol' Curtain defence, so too do the philosophies of the 1980s stay stagnant in this industry. McMahon and Bischoff saw the writing on the wall and tried to evolve for the tastes of Gen X and beyond, but Cornette never did, and SMW feels quaint and outdated even from a 90s perspective. And that was thirty years ago! As every year ticks on, Cornette becomes more and more like Abe Simpson being the old man yelling at a cloud. Maybe that's why he had that sojourn with NWA recently; Corgan really loves his nostalgia throwbacks, and what's more nostalgic than Jimmy? But said sojourn exposed a deep rotten personal core about Cornette. Because yes, while some people on the centre-left praised him for being a Democrat in the South, the fact remains is that he is, well, a Democrat in the South. And that definitely shows throughout his career. I mean, seriously, who, even in the mid-1990s, would think for one second that a man wearing the Confederate flag should be wrestling as a face! ? And yet, he booked it that way. And as the years have gone by, his curmudgeonliness has only exacerbated. Like many people in the industry who have refocused themselves as, to excuse my Irish, professional gobshites, there is a distinct sense of nastiness and jealousy that neither Tony Khan nor Triple H will give him a paycheck for existing, and it manifests in misogyny and racism as deep as his bones. Seriously, just listen to him talk about any joshi talent, despite the fact they could run circles around his presentation any day of the week. But you could almost excuse that if it wasn't for the cult of personality the man has. An army of sycophants as deeply unpleasant as him with no indication of independent thought, spreading like a cancer through the IWC. I could never hear from or of Cornette and it'd be too soon. |
| 12 | 11.03.2024 | mangled | | |
| 13 | 11.03.2024 | hawntt | 9.0 | |
| 14 | 29.02.2024 | Tragiic | 0.0 | Sure, he may have been good in some aspects 30 years ago; his promos, management and general influence on the pro wrestling industry isn't bad. However, within the last ten years, he has undoubtedly become a cancer to this industry, trying to grasp onto relevancy by jumping on hate bandwaggons, namely against AEW, because that is what generates the most publicity. He reeks of hatred and attempts to bring negativity to so many things to currently enjoy about pro wrestling. He has undoubtedly overstayed his welcome in professional wrestling, and the sooner this miserable POS is gone from pro wrestling, the better. P.S. his takes about Joshi wrestlers and wrestlers from Asia as a whole proves he is also a racist scumbag, which makes him even less deserving of any respect, regardless of what good he may have done before half of this website was probably born. |
| 15 | 02.02.2024 | Burtch9937 | 10.0 | Without a doubt one of the greatest minds and managers to ever step foot in the wrestling business his longetivty and promos were absolutley perfect from word to word his mind for the buisness impeccable other than bobby the brain heenan Jim cornette maybe the greatest manager in the history of the proffessional wrestling buisness in my opinion. |
| 16 | 24.01.2024 | CMFunk007 | 10.0 | Outside of Bobby Heenan, there was no manager that could generate near as much heat as Jim Cornette. I hated this guy as a kid, so he was good at his job. His ideas are antiquated now and he seems to be stuck in the past, but that doesn't taint his legacy at all. From his early days managing the Midnight Express to his later years with Yokozuna, Vader, Owen Hart, and the British Bulldog, he was always running his mouth at someone and it was glorious. |
| 17 | 22.01.2024 | Beneyriey | 8.0 | I agree with what user 'Arrancar' has to say about Cornette. Initially, I was put off by his personality. Putting that aside, it's hard to overlook the fact that he was one of the greatest managers of all time with the Midnight Express. His opinions/insights on professional wrestling is also logical, and definitely worth listening to. EDIT: People will also rate Cornette lower because of tribalism. These things hppen. Though we should be rating him purely as a wrestling manager, and during the 1980s he was one of the best. |
| 18 | 21.01.2024 | FraterAssenayo | | |
| 19 | 13.01.2024 | Tony Khan | | Cornette is the greatest wrestling historian ever. I have watched him since the 80's and now enjoy his podcasts. He is in the top 5 wrestling managers all time. |
| 20 | 13.01.2024 | gloaming | | During my childhood I HATED Cornette! With maturity (and nolonger being a mark) I came to adore his microphone skills. I'm here for the heels ! |
| 21 | 13.01.2024 | Wllfriedzaha | 9.0 | |
| 22 | 10.01.2024 | BMWrestling17 | 0.0 | A tool who simply cannot keep his mouth shut. An old fart who got stuck in the past and is incapable of letting things go. He was an important manager back in the day and I admit he delivered some solid promos but that's it. The guy is a clown and a hypocrite. It's funny how he considers himself a left-wing but trashes japanese female wrestlers. Let's not also forget the drama and accusations he faced along with his wife. There is no bigger clown than him and it's baffling how there are still people who support him and listen to his drivels. He's also a complete FAILURE as a promoter. It's funny how he criticizes and hates Russo when his work was also trash. I guess that's why he hates him so much, they have a lot of similarities in that way. A big 0, a total cancer and the bad outshines the good. |
| 23 | 10.01.2024 | cosmik debris | 9.0 | |
| 24 | 28.12.2023 | XXDoubleHHXX | 4.0 | The character of Jim Cornette is iconic. He's a over the top cowardly heel that has a recognizable look and voice. As much as love the character, the booker and overall person is not very good. He has booked questionable storylines and moments, some of which he has very much called out for being stupid when other promotors do it. He's only better than Russo because he actually wants Wrestling but quality is the issue. |
| 25 | 24.12.2023 | GabriMazzoli | 9.0 | |
| 26 | 12.12.2023 | Gold Fists | 0.0 | Good Lord, Cornette is an absolute parasite. How can you give this bastard a 10 when he contributes to a majority of the reasons to why the IWC is as dogshit as it is? From being racist just because he doesn't like Japanese wrestling to threatening to murder Vince Russo, this fool is bottom of the barrel retarded. I don't usually rate people based on stuff outside of what they did on TV, but any of this guy's work as a manager is overshadowed by being an embarrassingly terrible human. There's nothing wrong with not being invested in certain genres of modern wrestling (in his case, basically any match that Kenny Omega is involved in), but Cornette thinks he's living in the 90s and there's nothing anyone can do to make him think he's wrong. He is the elder god to all of the other ass kissing marks on the planet. The sooner that this ugly SOB is six feet under, the easier I can go to sleep at night. |
| 27 | 22.11.2023 | JediSaiyanMaster1203 | 10.0 | (NOTE: went over this in my rating for Hogan and Benoit, not going over who he is as a person since I already went over my criteriums for my ratings) At one point, Jim Cornette was the best mind for the business, a man who was highly respected in the industry that any company that had him on the booking committee were lucky to have (as long as they didn't piss him off). He's easily in the top 3 best managers of all time along with Paul Heyman and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, a truly unique character in the wrestling business who was a true heat magnet that made anyone instantly more hated by just having him as their manager. His promo work is also some of the best you'll find in professional wrestling, he was a fast talker who came at you with a 100 insults in a mile and only stopped to breath, making him even easier to hate and making the audience wanting to punch him even more. So much, that Cornette has pissed off enough fans to get them to actually assault him at wrestling shows. While Jim may have burned bridges in his time and has screwed himself out of having any job due to his stubbornness and finding ways to rub people the wrong way in some form of matter, he's a legend in the business no matter what. |
| 28 | 12.11.2023 | InsertFunnyNameHere | 10.0 | Jim Cornette is something else entirely. Nobody in wrestling outside of maybe CM Punk is as controversial as him. You may have your opinions, but 3 things about him are undeniable. He is one of the greatest managers, he is one of the greatest promo guys of all time, and he might be the smartest person alive when it comes to wrestling history and culture. Those 3 things are enough to easily warrant a 10. |
| 29 | 07.11.2023 | Dntbamark | 9.0 | Jim Cornette's rating shows the double standards that exist within fans of the business. As a manager, Cornette is easily one of the greats behind Bobby Heenan. He got tremendous heat and pissed people off enough to where riots where started and Cornette had to be jailed for assault. Cornette is one of the business's greatest minds but people trash him because he doesn't like your choreographed in-ring gymnastics routines that don't draw money. His wrestling knowledge and storytelling capabilities are almost second to none, I remember being in college and spending hours upon hours with my headphones in listening to his shoot interviews and commentaries on the business. Cornette tells it like it is, he doesn't care if you like him or not, he's not out there simping to try and get a booking job with either one of these promotions that he often criticizes. Sometimes, I'll admit that he goes too far and says something outlandish but you can't deny Cornette's decades of knowledge and experience in the business whether that be behind the camera or in front of it. The fact that people shit on Cornette but then make excuses for Heyman, despite his numerous crimes against the business is downright appalling. |
| 30 | 03.11.2023 | joaosousa20 | 8.0 | |
| 31 | 01.11.2023 | wakaflockaflamewar | 8.0 | I am not going to childishly rate him a zero for his podcast material, but sadly he has put a self-inflicted asterisk next to his previously undisputed legend status. Of course, he was preferable to most long term wrestling fans than Vince Russo but that whole feud + the Santino incident should have probably opened the door to him doing something about his anger issues. Instead we have got to the point where he speaks extremely redundantly about his current grudges Kenny & The Bucks on a weekly basis. FWIW, I also hate the Bucks but what was once mildly interesting listening material has become predictable, tired and redundant. Him trying to analyze other aspects of modern wrestling such as longer women's matches and numerous Japanese imports is poor listening. He'll still occasionally make decent points about what makes good match structure, but he is consistently poisoned by his biases to the extent it's just not worth hearing anymore. It's a pity because he's a top 3 manager of all time (nobody's taking him out of that list for a long, long time) and was an excellent commentator too at times. These roles should be more relevant to a wrestling ratings site than anything he says on a podcast though. |
| 32 | 01.11.2023 | gargoylesmain | 0.0 | Just stopping by to edit my score down to a zero. The sooner this man is out of the wrestling sphere, the better. He turned into a gross, bitter old cunt that says a lot of problematic shit, and feeds into the growing toxicity of the internet wrestling landscape just so he can make a couple bucks. People say he's some genius mind at wrestling, when the truth is he only knows a specific time and area of wrestling. He's completely ignorant on Japanese wrestling for instance and talks out of his ass about the Joshi, openly racist and sexist towards them. He's said gross shit about Sonny Kiss, Jade, Moxley, Riho, Becky Lynch, Penelope Ford, and has damn near called Omega everything from gay (nothing wrong with being gay, but parts of his fanbase certainly thinks there is), to a predator of the Joshi, to a pedophile. Fuck this dude. As a manager he was good, as a promoter he was mediocre, and as a podcaster he's just sad and pathetic. |
| 33 | 31.10.2023 | jonsnoe | 9.0 | |
| 34 | 27.10.2023 | Rami | 0.0 | The biggest piece of crap in all of wrestling, cornette absolutely nuked his entire legacy when he decided that he'll be the figure head of all the worst wrestling "fans" on the planet, the poster child of the stubborn, hypocrite, childish, refuse to learn mark that think they're always right and feel untitled to ridicule true wrestling fans and wrestlers who have more talent in their little finger than in his old fat ass, being the carny that he is, je found a braindead fanbase and is serving them the crap that they like, cuntnette was behind the times in the 90s, nevermind 2023, his careers as a promoter ended by his fault one way or the other, he's the worst of the worst, and wrestling would absolutely be a better, less tribalistic place without him and his toxic fanbase |
| 35 | 26.10.2023 | No One | 8.0 | |
| 36 | 14.10.2023 | AidanArcher | 9.0 | |
| 37 | 13.10.2023 | djones06 | 0.0 | The single greatest contributor to negativity and online hatred that current wrestling and current wrestlers receive as human beings. His awful hateful rhetoric is spewed back at current wrestlers like a cult. He wishes crippling injury on people actively working in the industry he claims to love . He also straight up lies about wrestlers and makes up some really nasty stuff, like when he shockingly walked back his garbage claim that the bucks had jealously kept the briscoes out of aew. Too bad the Bucks had already been hit with tons of gross comments on Twitter calling them all kinds of awful stuff after Jay's death BEFORE cornette walked it back. Doesnt matter if he is 'exaggerating' for views. Any contribution he had in the 80s he has taken a giant shit on. He says racist nonsense about the joshi who are the hardest working women in the industry. He coins idiotic childish names that his followers eat up and proudly regurgitate. He failed as a booker in multiple promotions. Maybe he has some ok takes on wrestling but who could possibly wade through all that negativity and racism and grossness to possibly care. |
| 38 | 13.10.2023 | Akatsuki | 8.0 | |
| 39 | 13.10.2023 | MrRaider959 | 9.0 | |
| 40 | 03.10.2023 | OnlyHalfTheEffinShow | 10.0 | As a manager alone Corny gets a 10/10 rating, but even going beyond his already significant contributions to and successes in wrestling in a kayfabe sense, from managing some of the greatest tag teams in wrestling history to world champions like Yokozuna in the amazing Camp Cornette stable, Cornys position as quite possibly THE greatest professional wrestling historian and collector in the history of the business and his excellent mind for wrestling psychology earn him credit beyond measure in my opinion. Can the old man be a little too abrasive sometimes? Absolutely, and many of his takes on modern wrestling and modern day workers arent exactly the most praising and can come off as very much behind the times, but it is indicative of the double edged sword that is Cornys passion for the business. Few men not baring the names Hart, Funk, Rhodes, Flair or Fatu/Anoai have ever exuded as much joy and love for professional wrestling as a business as James E. Cornette has. And for that, he will always have my respect. |
| 41 | 03.10.2023 | andytuga86 | 8.0 | |
| 42 | 30.09.2023 | elnino | 10.0 | There's some truly shocking ratings on here for Jim, by giving him a 0 I can only assume it's because you don't like the person and has views. But Cornette has an exceptional mind for the business, and it proved this with some excellent booking work in OVW and smoky mountain. During the manager heavy days of 80s wrestling he was the best around and helped do a fantastic job of getting his tag teams over as top heels. Current day his views on modern day wrestling may be polarizing, but even if you disagree you should appreciate his historic knowledge of the business, and there's still plenty of modern day wrestlers and matches he appreciates and gives great reviews and insight towards. |
| 43 | 21.08.2023 | Cowboy | 8.0 | |
| 44 | 21.07.2023 | Conquistador37 | 10.0 | Ever since he started covering modern wrestling, I tuned out. I don't watch modern wrestling nor care to but its what he currently gets paid to watch and talk about now so - yah. I still love him for his work in the 80's and his "worth his weight in gold" Wrestling historian status. Am I discrediting a massive portion of his work the last few years... yup. Should I? Should you? The answer is very yes. Just focus on his wrestling career and how he feels about previous century rasslin' / totally bypass any info he gives you about anything post 1999. Let him be stuck in those old times, many of us are! If you like the new product, simply ignore us old heads - we'll never get "our" rasslin' back but only some of us are content with that fact (and are smart enough to stream or steal old stuff). Any who - yeah, everything he did on the mic and near the ring was continuous uproarious entertainment. An all time personal favorite. |
| 45 | 20.07.2023 | Khalid Ace | 6.0 | |
| 46 | 19.07.2023 | murielalvarez | 10.0 | Best of the best in his managerial work and was a good booker at the time (have to admit not all the time). Loved what he did in Smoky Mountain and OVW. I care about his opinions on wrestling and I get that he has a liking problem about what's going on right now when I think the guy knows the stuff more than anyone in this business; Hackenschmidt to Gotch, Rogers to Flair, Hogan to Austin. He's my one and only idol in this industry and I'll have his picture in a frame on my wall that he's pissing on Russo's grave someday. |
| 47 | 16.07.2023 | Lcrossin | 0.0 | Pushing aside the man behind the wrestling figure he is certainly an important figure in the history of pro wrestling and was a pretty good booker back in the 90's and his time spent in impact and ovw. The problem is that he has refused to change with the times. It's understandable to not be a fan of a certain type of wrestling like hardcore, or comedy wrestling, but when you let your personal bias blind you from recognizing the fanbase and value in other people's eyes, it shows that he is not capable of seeing things for the wider picture. This view has ultimately caused him to damage his legacy to the point where I think a large portion of wrestling fans in the future will only remember the old man yelling at cloud Cornette, rather than his managerial work in the 80's and 90's. |
| 48 | 15.07.2023 | TheEnigmatic1 | 8.0 | While everyone else is rating Him negatively because of Jim's personal wrestling opinions I'm ranking him on the fact that without Him wrestling would be a very different sport, His work in JCP, OVW, SMW, ROH, TNA ETC this man has given us some of the greatest characters and figures in wrestling history and was one of the best managers of all time for one of the best tag teams of all time, I do not agree with all his takes on wrestling as one does but the man is very entertaining to both watch and listen too and while everyone says he is irrelevant those idiots do not realize they are always going to acknowledge him and keep him more relevant than ever. |
| 49 | 14.07.2023 | NickJammer2221 | 9.0 | |
| 50 | 09.07.2023 | BigDave123 | 9.0 | |
| 51 | 23.05.2023 | Number One Omosapien | 10.0 | 10 points for managing, 0 points for booking. But still one of the legendary managers and an influential person in wrestling, I'll give him a 10. |
| 52 | 21.05.2023 | Leth99 | 4.0 | A good manager, a bad everything else. What can I say? I'm going to keep it close to the center because I don't give a pointless 0 |
| 53 | 21.05.2023 | Dankeyy | 8.0 | |
| 54 | 17.05.2023 | BigDickWrestling69 | 0.0 | Jim Cornette is the definition of "working yourself into a shoot." AEW is not my thing, although WWE isn't my thing either when Vince is on one for a while. I think that deathmatch wrestling is basically just a freakshow that only really sadistic people could ever enjoy. I think pointless flippy shit is more like gymnastics than wrestling and the Young Bucks style is too silly to be taken seriously a lot of the time. That being said, even though I'm commenting about it on the internet, I'm not getting red in the face with anger because PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING isn't 100% believable at all times. I miss the days of George Hackenschmidt when holds were exchanged for hours at a time and the high spot was when one guy stumbled slightly. |
| 55 | 07.05.2023 | EvilGeniusFan | 9.0 | |
| 56 | 03.05.2023 | SKeL | 2.0 | 10/10 for his work as a manager, 2/10 for his work as a promoter with smoky mountain, and -5/10 for his work as a podcaster. So if we do the math that's an average of 2.33333 ------ Jim cornette starting a podcast and some people listening to it is the worst thing to happen in wrestling since WcW shut down and I'm not even joking. Him and his cult of brainwashed sheeps are a cancer to this sport, the most toxic community in all of wrestling by far (and that's saying something). I won't even mention the racist and sexist comments ------ This dude has made more damage to wrestling than anyone in the last 5 years or so, and he's the reason why dozens of wrestlers are cyber bullied every day. Definitely deserves some shoot headbutts |
| 57 | 29.04.2023 | ProWrestlingGuy316 | | Leider hat Cornette durch seine enorm sture Art und vor allem offenen Rassismus sowie Homophobie sehr viel Anerkennung verloren. Komplett selbst verschuldet und auch unnötig, aber irgendwo schade. Denn ganz ehrlich gibt es nur wenige, die ihm in puncto Promos, Fähigkeiten als Manager oder Kommentator das Wasser reichen können. |
| 58 | 21.04.2023 | Giantfan1980 | 7.0 | The best manager of the Jim Crockett NWA/WCW era. Cornette was a little bit Bobby Heenan with the witty mouth and a little bit Jimmy Hart with the iconic foreign object of his that usually found it's way into the match at some point. He's #3 behind Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan on my best managers of all time list. |
| 59 | 06.04.2023 | Oswuold | 0.0 | It's Jim. If you are a 80 years old man that think that done a dive means Having a DUD match and that the only good wrestling was '70/'80/'90 and that Omega and Ospreay are sons of a bitch, you probably love him but good God almighty, can I like spotfests? He Is only able to shit talk on every modern wrestling think and say that It was Better before. He makes you fell stupid if like me you like young bucks match. I love technical wrestling, why can't I love every other Styles? BOLA 2016 trios tag team Is full five stars for me like Kasai/Desperado II, It was more than"hardcore bullshit" but probably for him I mustn't think that. He said this thinks for over 20 years and he wanna continues. Fuck You Jim. -*******1/4 (-7, 25) |
| 60 | 04.04.2023 | uzi | 1.0 | Can we be rating for booking too? Because that's a 0. Failed promoter. As a person he's also a zero, obviously. As a critic, that's a zero. As an influence on wrestling as a whole, 0. As a commentator, 0. As a manager, he was good during his prime but he was pretty bad in the AE and other times he tried to fit in with then modern wrestling. So 7. Average all those out and round it down to a 1. |
| 61 | 14.03.2023 | CommisarRobe | 9.0 | Cornette often lets his emotions get in the way of his opinions on the modern wrestling scene, and can act out of line at times, that being said his knowledge of Wrestling history is almost limitless and his heel work and shoot promos are the stuff of legend, a crucial part of Wrestling history for sure. Cornette is the fucking man. |
| 62 | 06.03.2023 | TSwifty | 9.0 | Jim Cornette is one of the only guys in the wrestling world worth listening to because he's honest about how he feels. He's not a shill for any promotion and doesn't shy away from the harsh truth like most wrestling 'journalists' do. It's funny that some say wrestling would be better without Cornette, as he has near zero influence on modern wrestling, and wrestling is niche and not mainstream or apart of pop culture anymore. So I don't think Cornette going away will bring back millions of viewers. There are issues with some of his takes. He views wrestling through the lens of long-gone kayfabe. Everyone is in on it now, and his views on wrestlers like Ibushi, Takeshita, and Omega wrestling dolls/little girls aren't entirely valid as most modern wrestling fans aren't going to care about that. Hidden by the hyperbole and exaggerations is Jim's real point, which is the business was healthier and more robust when people within the business treated it more seriously. That is 100% correct. Even two of Cornette's most notable targets (Omega and Ibushi) seem to be great examples of Jim's own thesis, as they really became stars and rose to the top of NJPW by cutting out most of the silliness and focusing on putting on great matches. The biggest criticism people have of Cornette are his 'contrarian' views of AEW. But as the years go by, we've seen his views become more and more agreed upon even by AEW fans themselves. His viewpoints on modern wrestling are mostly brilliant and he's the ONLY person who states the obvious. He's right about things like there being too much comedy in AEW, how every backstage segment or match has to end in a fight to the point where all of them are meaningless, Rampage being a completely useless show (which now has less than 300k viewership as of last week), too much weapon use and gimmick match overkill to the point where nothing matters and the audience is desensitized, poor presentation of top stars who debut with comedy gimmicks and are competitive with nobodies, Tony Khan giving way too much TV time to Jericho, Garcia, Yuta and others, the unsafe nature of modern wrestling and how everyone has to take ridiculous pointless bumps that won't be remembered a week later (Julia Hart's table bump for example), the women's division of AEW being an absolute travesty and ratings killer, the heatless spotfest matches that numb the audience and drive viewership away, wrestlers getting into the business just to be on television, indie wrestlers being poorly trained, referees like Rick Knox being useless, and SO MUCH MORE. He isn't right about everything obviously, and there are things that he's unfairly biased on. His takes on Japanese wrestling are often wrong, and he's a harsh critic of modern Joshi wrestling (Is he wrong about Riho being competitive with Nyla Rose and Jamie Hayter though? ). He's also got a great sense of humor and I love hearing him tear people apart. I can't give him anything less than a 9 for enjoyability alone |
| 63 | 15.02.2023 | JumpinJerry | 7.0 | |
| 64 | 30.01.2023 | Austinisaew | 9.0 | |
| 65 | 13.01.2023 | benh2 | 9.0 | As a manager, Cornette was one of the best. He was a master on the microphone and served solely to get his men over, which is what a manager should do. As a booker in SMW and OVW, he never came up with angles that set the world on fire but they always adhered to the tropes of wrestling; no hotshotting, no lack of continuity, no nonsensical angles. It seems like a lot of people are rating him on his views and comments now he's outside the business but I don't think Cagematch ratings should be used for that. Rate the wrestling personality only (same with Benoit etc.). |
| 66 | 04.01.2023 | MDavis2001 | 0.0 | Whatever minuscule amount of poor this excuse for a man did in the wrestling business is far outweighed by the bad. As fondly as some people look back at this primary contribution to wrestling, those old shoot interviews, he is a racist, homophobic twat with his head lodged so far up his ass he is practically coming back out again. As DammitChrist said below, the sooner that this angry, emotional cunt/narcissist disappears for good, the better that the wrestling world will eventually be for the long-term. He deserves no respect whatsoever. |
| 67 | 03.01.2023 | CLUCK | 7.0 | |
| 68 | 08.11.2022 | BongStroman | 9.0 | |
| 69 | 06.11.2022 | ucey | 9.0 | |
| 70 | 28.10.2022 | conker8 | 9.0 | |
| 71 | 21.10.2022 | Reinhard Lohengramm | 3.0 | Lot of significance when it comes to booking and managing. But I'd like to go a week without hearing his name. The bigotry and weird allegations he throws around just rub me the wrong way. Absolutely toxic and his fans get pretty annoying from time to time. He doesn't get a zero cause it's admittingly funny seeing him shit on Russo. |
| 72 | 17.09.2022 | DammitChrist | 0.0 | Yep, someone else said it best. This disgrace of a man is a cancer to the professional wrestling industry. Any of his contributions from the 90s is horribly overshadowed by his awful comments from his irrelevant podcast/talk show nowadays where he pretty much just incites hatred and spreads toxicity through his cult who also hates good wrestling. He has a shitty mind for this business, and he's completely out of touch with current wrestling; which is why he's not employed by any of the major promotions around today. This is without even mentioning some of the idiotic takes he has about AEW, and the talented joshi wrestlers too. The sooner that this angry, emotional cunt/narcissist disappears for good, the better that the wrestling world will eventually be for the long-term. He deserves no respect whatsoever. |
| 73 | 11.09.2022 | Steve N Punk | 10.0 | One of the greatest managers, commentators, bookers and overall minds in the history of the business. |
| 74 | 09.09.2022 | coppercowries | 2.0 | A cancer on the current wrestling landscape. I cannot imagine being so filled with hate and toxicity. Down another point for me. A hero in his own mind, I'm sure, gleefully hacking apart his own legacy for the sake of clicks and views in a bid to stay relevant. His incessantly toxic ranting and tunnel vision about certain wrestlers or types of wrestling is harming the platform for everyone else. Giving him a few points because as a historian he has some value. |
| 75 | 06.09.2022 | UltraNano54 | 6.0 | |
| 76 | 18.08.2022 | Weberklaus00 | 9.0 | |
| 77 | 18.07.2022 | NoNameAlexey | 9.0 | |
| 78 | 18.07.2022 | marexcel | 9.0 | |
| 79 | 12.05.2022 | danzgalliwag | 10.0 | Listen I get it. I totally understand why people hate him. And I don't agree with all of his traditional views on the wrestling business. But you can't deny that the man is thought of as one of the greatest talkers and managers in wrestling history for a reason. Bret Hart made you believe the wrestling was real; Cornette made you believe the storylines were real. Screw it, Jim Cornette is the excellence of execution on the mic. The Bret Hart to Paul Heyman's Shawn Michaels if you will. |
| 80 | 06.04.2022 | Makoto92 | 9.0 | |
| 81 | 20.03.2022 | cpatchj | 9.0 | |
| 82 | 22.02.2022 | ThatsJustElDandy | 10.0 | I have to admit I was wrong. I originally posted a negative review of Jim Cornette solely as a reaction to his podcast. Granted, Jim Cornette is what many of his detractors say: stuck in his ways, relies on outdated material, etc. However, Jim Cornette the performer, the manager, is one of the greatest of all-time. When you discuss some of the greatest promos of all-time, Cornette firmly belongs on that list. Watching his work with the Midnight Express through the years is just a masterclass in managerial work. Concerning his podcast, it is a good listen because you will gain some incredible insight into the territory days whose histories are murky as best as we're often relying on testimonial experience with some Observer Newsletters and various fanzines to fill in the gaps. Cornette stands as one of the great historians of wrestling and for that alone he deserves respect. I have also come to recognize that he makes some valid points about the state of modern wrestling. I don't always agree - sorry Corny, I love Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega - but I often realize his insight does give me a greater appreciation for the art of professional wrestling as a whole |
| 83 | 20.02.2022 | Okaro143 | 4.0 | Mixed feelings about Cornette. He is a great wrestling pundit with 40 years of experience. Unfortunately he is too old school and doesn't appreciate what wrestling is now and is very critical of modern wrestling. He was a great pioneer for ROH in its early years during the time of Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness. Unfortunately he is but a shadow of his former self and is extremely bitter and verbally abusive of the present wrestling scene and most of the great performers in the 2010s. |
| 84 | 06.02.2022 | GreyScaleLJH | 9.0 | |
| 85 | 24.01.2022 | Brianm654 | 6.0 | |
| 86 | 22.01.2022 | arrancar | 7.0 | I'll admit that I've previously been very reactionary in rating Cornette very lowly on here and expressing my disdain for him. The more I've followed his content online, the more I've come to really appreciate his opinions and insights, plus of course his incredibly interesting wrestling knowledge and experience. Yes, his personality is very difficult and incredibly off-putting with how seriously he takes wrestling and attacks those he views as "damaging" it, and I feel that if we listened to 100% of what he says about how modern wrestling should work then we'd probably get a 90% decrease in the output of great matches... but when it comes to questioning the logic of certain storylines, character actions, and character motivations, Cornette raises some fantastic points that can help illustrate just how amateurish wrestling still is compared to most other media-based art forms. Yes, wrestling is inherently over-the-top, but that doesn't mean that we have to throw all rules of logic out the window, especially when just making these very minor changes that Cornette advocates would immediately enhance the modern wrestling products and give them a more serious and compelling approach. Cornette is still pretty excessive in his criticism of AEW, mostly just nit-picking a bunch of things to the extreme, but those criticisms have really stuck with me and given me reason to likewise question why AEW doesn't show more care with certain things they do. Things like questioning the logic of every backstage segment ending in a heated confrontation or fight, theme music somehow already lined up to play exactly as a babyface runs down to make a save, top stars coming in only to feud with nobodies, heavily goofy wrestlers getting centre stage, wrestlers not trying to exit the ring or go to the ropes to defend themselves when the lights go out and its implied they're being jumped, etc. are all valid points of criticism that Cornette is right to point out. There's still stuff he's insane about, like his ridiculously harsh opinions on certain wrestlers which seem spurred on by personal animosity (obviously Omega and the Bucks being the main ones), but the things he's right about are things he's really well-reasoned on. As well as that, he's just a fantastic talker and immensely entertaining in the way he delivers his opinions, regardless of whether I agree with them. If you can look past some of your favourite wrestlers and matches being mercilessly and perhaps unfairly attacked, he's got a great sense of surprisingly modern humour and wit, and it's true when people say that he's always in "promo mode", able to go on a heated tirade that will convince you that he's genuinely angry at whoever or whatever, all at the drop of a hat. I don't even care if Cornette would hate every match I've ever given 5 stars. If he's going to keep this level of engaging insight, knowledge, and personality, then it's worth it. |
| 87 | 19.01.2022 | GriffinX | 0.0 | Cornette is a guy that people think know wrestling when in truth he knows an era of wrestling. Doing commentary can cause ear bleeding with his unfunny lines he's been using for years and years. His promos if you want to call them that are just unfunny jokes. Booking lets see he booked WCW at it's corny worse, WWF at the time it lost money, ROH at its worse and his own company last what 4 years' |
| 88 | 07.01.2022 | Muggo | 10.0 | Cornette is one of the greatest managers ever, can cut a promo with the best of them, and was one of the biggest heat magnets in wrestling during his heyday. While his mindset to modern wrestling is controversial, it's stupid to lower the rating on that, as Cornette has almost nothing to do with the industry now |
| 89 | 30.12.2021 | benny5bellys | 10.0 | I will ignore the current podcast nonsense and the weird cult thing and say Cornette is very probably the best manager of all time. In nearly all circumstances he makes the match better by being ringside which I can't say for a single other manager. He cuts one hell of a promo and could really get folks riled up back in the day. |
| 90 | 14.10.2021 | Pete Gallows | 10.0 | Wouldn t you know who won the pony? One of the funniest people ever, period. I hated him as a kid = he was good at his job. I could listen to him for hours on end.. and I do. As a manager, he was one of the best, his Mid South work is great. I do not watch current *wrestling* at all, rarely I look something up, but I would not be able to name you current champions or whatever, if you held me at gunpoint. I listen to Cornette all the time, he? s the only source of my information, but I mostly listen to him because of the old stories, I generally only listen for entertainment, I honestly dont even know half the people of current era, he talks about. He is just entertaining, I do not necessarily agree with all his political views, but thank God trump isnt us president anymore, because I had to skip through all those rants, because I just do not care about American politics one bit, I do not think any politician in the world is worth worshiping - if anyone praises one politician like his sh1t dont stink, while hates some other one, because well that guy is *stupid* or whatever, (or like Corny described it - tasty burger vs piece of shit as Biden vs Trump? sorry corny, there is nothing tasty about any us, or any other president).I zone out and I do not care. Ive been around state level politics when I was at uni and after I graduated- after getting to know some of these leaders personally, I got disappointed and quite frankly disgusted to the point I changed my career from having to deal with them on daily basis, to actually work manually instead, so that I can get things done and see real results (and that is when I listen to Cornette podcasts- while I work). Anyway, so yeah, I do not listen to those bits about politics, but he makes even ads sound entertaining- And this is coming from a guy, who does not watch tv, because of constant ads and has adblock on everything, because I just cannot stand it. I never bought any of the products Corny talks about, probably never will, but he makes me laugh talking about them. Actually, the funny thing is, I totally stopped listening to conrad thompson podcasts about two years ago, although I liked the topics and some hosts, but God almighty, I cannot stand conrad for constantly selling snake oil and his never ending pitches. His podcasts are pretty much just ads with some wrestling here and there, it is just not worth my time, even though I would like to know the backstories, it is just not worth it, same as watching tv. I cannot stand the constant, unfunny interruptions. Corny has the only shows, where I do not mind the ads - done by him and Brian. |
| 91 | 04.10.2021 | Justt | 10.0 | The greatest manager of all time and one of the brilliant minds in the business. I don't agree with everything he says about professional wrestling or other topics but Jim is very intelligent and funny. |
| 92 | 12.09.2021 | Den003 | 6.0 | |
| 93 | 31.08.2021 | juiceisloose | | A big LOL at people who gave zero points only because they don't like his personality or his comments on wrestling and didn't consider his qualities as a promoter, booker and manager. Quit being butthurt and rank him objectively. Sure, he makes outrageous comments all the time and thus, is his own worst enemy sometimes. It's a fact that modern wrestling is shit and wrestling is nothing like it was 20-30 years ago. However he's very bitter about a lot of things and seems to never get over most of them. But seperating his personality from his work in wrestling, Cornette is a great manager, booker, talker and promoter and these qualities of his cannot be denied. |
| 94 | 31.08.2021 | Firebird22 | 8.0 | |
| 95 | 27.08.2021 | Rodycaz II | 10.0 | As as human being, he's an asshole. Having said, he's clearly one of the greatest personalities in the history of the business. Easily one of the all-time great promos. One-third of the Holy Trinity of wrestling managers alongside Heenan and Heyman. |
| 96 | 18.08.2021 | Jucak | 9.0 | |
| 97 | 02.08.2021 | hirsty97 | 9.0 | |
| 98 | 30.07.2021 | CoolKyle | 4.0 | I agree with him on a lot of things about the current wrestling landscape. That said, he's an unapologetic racist and I am not a fan of him as a person. And as far as his AEW criticisms go, he's not an emotionally honest person. In some cases his personal feelings lead to irrational criticisms. In other cases, he's brutally honest because it's how he really feels. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out whether he's playing it up or not because he's not consistent with where he's coming from. I do wonder how much of his podcasts and views/opinions are just for clicks and views. I mean if something is working and it's making you money, you might as milk it and ride that train if you got people who will constantly give you money and buy your merch. |
| 99 | 14.07.2021 | Tomas Cunha | 10.0 | I don't rate anyone else for their personal behaviours, so it would be dumb to start here. To get that out of the way, yes Cornette exaggerates here and there with his comments, but his points on wrestling are correct more often than they are not. Anyway, my ten is for his stellar work in wrestling as one of the best managers ever, particularly with the Midnight Express. Also his work as a booker/agent in places like SMW, OVW and others, helping develop the careers of future legends such as Kane, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, Batista, Shelton Benjamin, etc, just to name a few. Also not to forget some of his work as a passionate (mostly heel) commentator on some WCW events in the late 80s and also in the WWF in the late 90s, etc. Not to mention him being one of the best promos of his era and of all time. I could be here all day. Like him or not, and it's more than fair if you don't like him, but for all his work and contributions to the business, he is more than deserving of a 10. |
| 100 | 07.07.2021 | TigerDiver | 10.0 | One of if not the best manager of all time. Absolute gold on the mic. An insane heat magnet. Great heel. All controversy asides, he's worthy of a ten IMO. |
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