The Thread Killer

I don't disagree that poor spelling isn't necessarily an indicator of intelligence. However, I am also of the opinion that if you are choosing to challenge somebody in writing, especially in a public forum like Social Media, it's also not a bad idea to ensure that you use accurate spelling and grammar...if you want to be taken seriously. I admit that I might be showing my age with that comment.

So I guess we're not going to agree to disagree and drop this whole thing, huh?

Yeah, of all the terribly racist gimmicks and representations that Pro Wrestling has been guilty of over the years, the Kabuki Warriors thing never struck me as particularly offensive or insensitive. Then again, I'm a middle aged white guy, so I'm not exactly an authority on what is and isn't racially offensive.

I went back and posted a screen shot, so you could see it. As far as the nosebleeds, just tilt your head back. You know I'm just busting your balls @C.S., even though you're a Mauro Ranallo fan, you're still a Good Brother.

In other Jim Cornette news...the latest Pro Wrestler to try and engage Cornette on Twitter and take him to task is...Lio Rush. This isn't going to be pretty, if Rush is actually committed to following through on this. The fact that Rush is one of those geniuses who can't seem to figure out the difference between "their" and "there" doesn't bode well for his chances in a war of words with Jim Cornette.

One of the things about Jim Cornette that I find hilarious is that, in a lot of ways he is a walking contradiction. The way he talks and acts, you'd expect him to be a hardcore Republican or supporter of Donald Trump...but he is anything but. He grew up in the Bible Belt/South and is vocally proud of that, but despises religion and mocks anybody who believes in God. He owns a gun but complains endlessly about the NRA. He goes on and on about Women's rights, and generously supports supports the "Crusade for Children" charity...and then makes comments right out of the 1950's about Becky Lynch and childbearing and children in general. He made the infamous "Fried Chicken joke" and has no problem taking shots at the AEW Women's division for having too many Japanese women...but he has been very vocal about Asuka's gimmick being racist in nature. He says some of the most inflammatory shit imaginable...the Dana Brooke comments spring to mind as a recent example...but then takes a bunch of people to task for using the term "retard" as it's offensive to people with intellectual disabilities. He gets criticized for making a comment which is seen as "encouraging suicide" on Twitter, but breaks down in tears when relaying a story about a fan whose Brother killed himself. Then he spends months promoting a call in/online Mental Health clinic. He's either working a lot of the time and saying outrageous stuff to further his gimmick, or he is one of the least self aware public figures I've ever seen.

Oh, I get it. My mistake, I didn't understand the difference. If I post something snarky, sarcastic or something that evokes a heated response then I am being condescending. When you do it, then you're just being honest and telling it like it is. Gotcha. Clearly, I was unable to discern the distinction between the two. My sincere apologies. From now on, I'll just be honest and tell it like it is, and then we shouldn't run into any further problems.

You of all people at PWO accusing somebody of being "condescending" is pretty much the height of hilarity.

Please spare me the righteous indignation. I'm surprised you all aren't getting nosebleeds, way up there on your moral high ground. I clearly said, I don't blame Seth Rollins for being angry about what Cornette said about Becky. If I was Rollins, I would feel the same way. (Actually if I was Rollins, the first thing I'd do is shave that stupid looking beard...but whatever.) I absolutely think what Cornette said about Becky Lynch's pregnancy (and about female wrestlers getting pregnant in general) was stupid, archaic and borderline misogynistic. I say that as a Jim Cornette fan. But my other point was, Seth Rollins is a notoriously thin-skinned whiner who frequently has tantrums when anybody dares say anything critical about him. So much so that they actually worked it into his gimmick, for gawd's sake. But for years, Jim Cornette has sung the praises of Seth Rollins to the high heavens. I've always been of the opinion that Cornette based the majority of this praise on the fact that he liked Tyler Black in ROH. I don't even think Jim Cornette has even seen much "Seth Rollins." Cornette avoids current WWE, as well he should. Recently, Cornette reviewed some modern WWE and even his precious Seth Rollins was not spared the patented Cornette criticism. After all the controversial and inappropriate shit Jim Cornette has said over the past couple of years, Seth Rollins has never made a peep. He's kept his opinion to himself. You could make the argument that there was no need for Seth Rollins to comment on Jim Cornette because they don't work together anymore...but that didn't seem to stop pretty much everybody else in Pro Wrestling from throwing their two cents in on Social Media when it came to Jim Cornette. Then Cornette says something inappropriate about Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins responds. As I said, that is to be expected and not really all that newsworthy. But I do find the timing coincidental, that at the exact same time Jim Cornette has soured on Seth Rollins and has been criticizing his work...all of the sudden Rollins has no problem publicly going after Cornette. Maybe he would have done it anyhow, even if Cornette hadn't said anything about Rollins as well. Rollins probably would have said something about Cornette based solely on what Cornette said about Becky Lynch being pregnant. But I was speculating that Rollins was probably just as upset that Cornette said things about him too. Now Rollins has all the excuse in the world to go after Cornette, and nobody is going to question it, that's for sure. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. But if my speculating about that hurt some people's feelings and they need to lie down for a little while in their safe space with a cold cloth on their forehead or something, it's okay. I understand.

I always assumed, based on his goofy in ring facials and hammy, over-the-top heel work that Edge had no dramatic ability, that he just couldn’t convey emotion realistically. I was shocked when he showed up on Vikings (one of my favourite shows) and he did a great job. I guess he reserves the over-acting for wrestling?

Call me cynical, but I have to question the timing of this Seth Rollins interview. For the last couple of years Jim Cornette has been effusive in his praise of Seth Rollins claiming he should be one of the top guys in WWE etc. etc., and basically gushing all over the guy. For the longest time Jim Cornette had nothing bad to say about Seth Rollins. However, over the last month or so, Cornette has really started to sour on Rollins, especially the ridiculous “Monday Night Messiah” gimmick. Cornette has started to become critical of Rollins work. All of the sudden, Rollins is upset with Cornette. I have no doubt that Seth Rollins is very upset about what Cornette said about Becky Lynch. He’s right to be upset, I don’t blame him, and I agree with most of the stuff Rollins said about Cornette. But knowing how sensitive Seth Rollins is whenever anybody says anything bad about him, I have to wonder if this interview would’ve happened at all, or if Seth wouldn’t have been quite so angry if Corny hadn’t taken shots at him recently.

Yeah there is no doubt that Brian Last has probably forgotten more about Pro Wrestling history than Conrad Thompson will ever know. I have no doubt Conrad Thompson is a better businessman and more adept at monetizing his podcasts, but I'm not sure that's a compliment. I don't always listen to the 6:05 Superpodcast (THE MOTHERSHIP) but on the occasions I have, I've always been impressed with the amount of knowledge and research that has gone into them. I have been seriously considering adding Ron Fuller's Studcast to my rotation because it sounds very interesting and informative. Personality wise, honestly I'd pretty much call it even. I don't buy Conrad's "aw shucks I'm just a fan like y'all" act. Hell, even Tony Schiavone was busting Conrad's balls about that on one of those episodes I listened to recently. "Yeah, you're just a fan who happens to be married to Ric Flair's daughter, one of your best friends is Vince McMahon's right hand man, one of your other best friends is the owner of AEW, you're rich and live in a giant mansion...and you also promote your own fanfests." Having said that, you can also tell Brian Last thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. That guy just exudes smugness. I'm not sure either guy is the type I'd enjoy having a beer with and talking Pro Wrestling.

I have been watching those ECW watchalongs on WHW that Conrad has been doing with Tony. What has been coming up that is very interesting, is that there is a subtle undercurrent where you get the distinct impression that there is legit heat between Conrad and Brian Last. Brian Last has openly taken shots at Conrad on Cornette's podcast, claiming that people who need to rely on selling "dick pills" on their podcasts obviously aren't smart enough to understand how to make money in podcasting. Last has claimed he would never insult his listeners by taking every advertiser that comes along and shilling their product just to make money. A couple of weeks ago I was listening to an old episode of WHW from last year, and Conrad said to Tony that there is another established podcast host out there who thinks he invented Pro Wrestling podcasts, he has something like 10 podcasts and is obviously jealous of Conrad. Conrad claims this unnamed host can take all the shots he wants, but Conrad will put up his podcast revenue and download numbers against anybody. Conrad talked about how this unnamed host has criticized him for having too much advertising, but that Conrad is a better businessman than this person and that the point of podcasting is to make money. Then, as if there was any doubt about who Conrad is talking about, Conrad sang the opening jingle from Cornette's Drive-Thru podcast..."Thank You, Fuck You, Bye..." There was also that big blowup between Bischoff and Cornette last year when Cornette was blasting Bischoff for promoting Blue Chew, Bischoff fired back, things got personal and a full on Twitter war erupted. During the exchange, Brian Last revealed some very personal information about Eric Bischoff...namely that Bischoff was then going through bankruptcy. During another episode of WHW, Tony asked Conrad what was going on with that situation, and Conrad casually mentioned that Eric and Jim had spoken on the phone and declared a truce. I don't remember the exact details, but Conrad implied that he had some how brokered the truce. Either way...it does definitely seem like there is some legit dislike happening between Conrad and Brian Last. Which is interesting.

I was going to mention just that. It's amazing, I found Conrad to be at his absolute best during those Dark Side podcasts...it's almost like he's an entirely different host. That has been a great podcast, I'm sad it's over.

I thought the episode was very moving. I absolutely agree that WWE has no business pushing for Owen to be in the Hall of Fame. I'm sure they'd love for him to be in there, because then they could point at Owen being in the HOF and claim that as proof everything is great with WWE and Owen's family. Their idiotic booking, ridiculous "creative" and lack of concern for their employees (sorry, Independent Contractors) safety got Owen Hart killed. I would hate to see anything done that somehow makes it seem like that is just "water under the bridge." WWE should never be able to squirm out of their culpability for Owen's death, ever. I don't care how much time passes. I also really liked how Owen's son pointed out that every plaque that goes up from the Owen Hart Foundation helping somebody is much more appropriate tribute to Owen Hart than the pointless WWE HOF could ever hope to be. I totally admire and agree with Martha's position on Owen being in the HOF. Having said all that... I have seen Bret Hart take a lot of heat in different circles online this past week. Martha has given a number of interviews where she claimed that Bret was supportive of her lawsuit against WWE, but partially because he wanted revenge on them for the Montreal Screwjob. She has also claimed that Bret was using her lawsuit as a way to attempt to gain ownership of the footage WWE owned of Bret and Owen. Martha basically inferred that once Bret realized he wasn't going to get ownership for his career library he made peace with Vince. Look, it's obvious that some of the Hart family (Bruce especially) have serious issues. It's a documented fact that Smith and Dean (both now passed) had some pretty glaring personality issues as well. The fact that some members of the Hart family actively worked against Martha during the lawsuit is pretty much unconscionable. But I went to a public speaking engagement Bret Hart did in Toronto years ago, which ended with a fan Q&A. The question of Martha and Owen came up, and Bret was very open about the situation. He freely admits that he did support Martha during the lawsuit, partially because he was still angry with Vince over Montreal, but mostly because WWE basically killed Owen. He also admitted he was hoping to get the rights for footage with he and Owen so he could put out his own career retrospective DVD, as part of the lawsuit. But there is more to the story, at least if you believe Bret. Bret claimed that after the lawsuit, Martha told him that her children were members of the Hart family "in name only" and that she also blamed the Hart family's obsession with Pro Wrestling for killing Owen. Martha also allegedly claimed that nobody in the Hart family would have any contact with her children, that they would grow up having no contact with any of their aunts, uncles or grandparents and Bret even alleges that Martha said some very hurtful things to either Stu or Helen. (I forget which, and I forget if Helen was even still alive by the time this lawsuit was settled.) During the interview I saw, Bret basically said in the big picture he didn't care about money or even his career footage, he was mainly upset that Martha was blaming the entire Hart family for something only a few of them had done. I totally understand why Martha would think that way. I understand why she resents Professional Wrestling and even a lot of members of the Hart Family. But I also have a lot of nieces and nephews. God forbid, if one of my brothers died and their widow basically told me I'd never get to see my nieces and nephews, that they were going to grow up not ever knowing their own Uncle...and if the widow said something hurtful to my parents? I'd be very upset as well. Bret has already released a statement this week saying that there is a lot more to the story than what Martha has been saying, but he isn't going to talk any further about it. Not only did that horrible event kill Owen Hart, but it also tore a family apart. As much sympathy as I have for Martha and her kids, I also have some sympathy for some members (but not all) of the Hart family.

I think Brian Last bears a lot of the responsibility for that, at least when it comes to the Drive-Thru. The Monday podcast is supposed to be nothing but Cornette answering questions from the fans, and I used to love it. In fact, I used to listen to the Drive-Thru exclusively, because Cornette used to make an effort to limit his ranting about modern wrestling and politics to the Jim Cornette Experience on Thursdays. Brian Last used to select questions for the Drive-Thru podcast about the Territories, Pro Wrestling History and Cornette's career. The more popular Cornette has become, the less educated his fan base seems to be getting. The questions are getting dumber, I'm sad to say...or Brian Last is ignoring the interesting questions that get sent in, in favor of sensationalism. If you go back and listen to an old episode of Cornette's Late Night Drive-Thru from two years ago, and then listen to a recent episode, there is a very noticeable difference. Lately Brian Last seems to only select questions that seen specifically selected for the express purpose of sending Cornette into full on rant mode. In some ways, Cornette is almost becoming a parody of himself. Cornette's newer fans don't seem to care about Pro Wrestling history or even Jim Cornette's career, they just want to hear him scream and yell and insult AEW. Lately I've noticed that Brian Last is also making sure most of the questions aren't even historical in nature, they're usually about things that happened the previous week in Pro Wrestling news. "Did you hear what Ronda Rousey said about Pro Wrestling being FAKE this past week? What's your take, Jim?" Cue rant. It's very disappointing. If Cornette and Last are to be believed, their weekly downloads and listener numbers are at an all time high. His podcasts are apparently regularly getting 250,000 to 300,000 downloads a week. As a result, Brian Last claims he is getting swamped with questions for the Drive-Thru every week. You'd think more questions would mean better selection and more interesting answers, but apparently all it means is more questions about AEW. I remember a few weeks ago, a fan asked a question about Fritz Von Erich and how he was able to turn babyface after pretending he was basically a Nazi. Not only did Cornette answer that question, but he ended up basically explaining the entire history of Texas Pro Wrestling. That is the Jim Cornette I want to hear. That's why I listen to the podcast.

I don't have much to add. The line by Nick Aldis that @El-P mentioned made me laugh out loud as well. The only other thing I'd say is that I thought the promo Eddie Kingston cut at the start of the show was exceptional. I'm starting to think that Eddie Kingston is one of most underutilized, under appreciated talents in Professional Wrestling right now. Every time you put a microphone in front of this guy it's pretty much guaranteed gold. I kind of wish he'd go to AEW, to be honest. As much as I love the NWA, Eddie Kingston deserves to be seen on a national platform.

I don't know if I've ever told this story before at PWO, but even if I have...screw you guys, I'm telling it again. I was fortunate enough to be in the crowd for Hawk's last ever Pro Wrestling match in October 2003. I was working with kids at the time, and Ted DiBiase was running a travelling independent promotion called "Main Event Wrestling." They came to Oshawa, a city about 20 minutes east of Toronto. It was a charity show. Ted Dibiase's organization offered free tickets to disadvantaged or at risk kids, so myself and a couple of my coworkers took the kids to the show. The Main Event was The Road Warriors against Buff Bagwell and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, managed by Ted DiBiase. (As an aside...the match itself was pretty rough. The Warriors looked okay, but Valentine and Bagwell had both seen better days.) The LOD won the match when Hawk hit Bagwell with the "Doomsday Device." Right after the match, Hawk was attacked by a large group of masked wrestlers. They all gathered around him, and bound him in chains. For a few minutes, Hawk lay on the floor struggling, when a local football celebrity (a guy who played for the Toronto Argonauts, whose name I forget) came out, and former wrestler (and local anti-drug activist) The Missing Link came out, and helped him. Hawk broke the chains, and then took the microphone and explained to the 3000 fans in attendance, (mostly kids) that the chains around him were not just normal chains...they represented drugs and alcohol. With the help of his friends, Hawk broke his chains. Hawk then stood up, and shared the stories of how he had let his life be run by steroids, booze, and cocaine. However, he had just this past January gotten clean, and now he wanted to share his message with all of the kids in attendance. Animal, Valentine, and Bagwell all came out and shared similar stories, Bagwell talking about how he became addicted to painkillers after his career threatening neck injury a few years ago. (Sadly, he seems to still be struggling with his demons as we speak.) The show ending by Ted DiBiase talking of how he had really lived the life of "The Million Dollar Man" and been involved in a fast paced reckless lifestyle, but now he was dedicating his life to God, and trying to help kids. One of the chilling things he did, was point to Buff, The Hammer, Hawk, and Animal and say that any of them, or any one of us could die at any time, and there was no better time to turn your life around. At the end, about two thirds of the sold out crowd went down to the meeting area to meet all of the wrestlers, and talk to counsellors. When the news broke that Hawk had died, I had that stupid, reactionary response which so many people have when somebody dies unexpectedly. "How could he be dead? I just saw him two weeks ago, and he looked great!" Considering the recent stories about Ted Dibiase, I try not to focus on where the money raised by that show might have actually gone. What I do like to remember, if how at his very last Professional Wrestling match ever, Hawk seemed so happy and at peace with himself...and his last act professionally was actually to try and help other people. It's tragic that he died so young, but I am still glad he was seemingly at such a good place in his life at the end.

Cornette might be an embarrassment for what he says and does on his "own time" as was proven when he tried to work for the NWA. (Although Vince Russo is hardly without stain in that area himself.) But if I'm starting a Pro Wrestling company, at least Cornette also knows a ton of stuff about how to format television shows, edit, produce and about a million other things that Russo literally has no clue how to do. Even though some people love to shit all over SMW and OVW, Cornette was booking, producing and editing those TV shows almost by himself. You can criticize the actual booking, but there is no way in hell Vince Russo would even have the faintest clue how to do any of those other things. Do you remember when Vince Russo went to WCW and got sent home after a couple of months due to his insane booking? WCW brought Eric Bischoff back from exile specifically to try and reign Russo in creatively and work with him, much like Vince McMahon had to do with Russo in the WWF. At first, Bischoff actually liked Russo personally and wanted to work with him. (This was before the Bash at the Beach 2000 incident, which spelled the end of Bischoff and Russo working together.) Bischoff has said one of the first things he did is sit down and meet with Vince Russo, and asked for a written outline of Russo's creative plans for the next 8 weeks. Bischoff claims Russo actually got angry, defensive and emotional and claimed that wasn't how he worked...he didn't plan things ahead like that?! Jim Cornette has confirmed that (and there is zero love lost between Cornette and Bischoff.) Cornette claims that Russo was never able to provide Spike TV with usable show formats ahead of time, and when he did they were handwritten and riddled with spelling errors. One of the reasons Jim Cornette was able to work in TNA so long, is because the television production staff couldn't work with Vince Russo, he was pretty much banned from the TV production truck during shows, because he literally had no clue how to direct or produce Pro Wrestling on television. Jim Cornette's main job in TNA was to direct the action in the TV truck and act as a buffer between Vince Russo and the production staff. If you don't believe Bischoff or Cornette, Dutch Mantell (who actually doesn't seem to mind Russo) has pretty much confirmed the same thing. Russo would write "scripts" and hand them in, but he had no idea how to do anything else. Face it, there is a reason this guy has never worked again in Professional Wrestling. He's pretty much useless. That is not the kind of guy I would hire for my Pro Wrestling company. Besides, the embarrassment with Russo might not come over the stuff he says outside the ring (although I would hardly guarantee that) but there would definitely be embarrassment when people saw the crap he put on television. Keep in mind, this is a guy that Dixie Carter had to pretend to fire and secretly keep on the payroll, because Spike TV wanted nothing to do with his so called "writing." And then the moron accidentally outed himself and pretty much ruined TNA's relationship with Spike TV because he didn't know how to stay hidden. I actually agree with this point. As much as I agree with many of Jim Cornette's opinions, I don't think his vision of Pro Wrestling would work in 2020. I think if you gave him an unlimited budget and access to whatever talent he wanted, he'd probably still be unable to produce a watchable Pro Wrestling product for a significant period of time. I think a lot of his opinions are totally valid, that modern Pro Wrestlers need to calm the fuck down with all the perpetual motion and countless spots, they're burning out the crowds. I think they need to focus on psychology and tell a damn story in the ring. I think there needs to be much clearer lines between faces and heels. I think the majority of today's Pro Wrestlers couldn't cut an unscripted promo off the top of their heads to save their lives, and that's pathetic. I think all so-called "writers" should be fired and Pro Wrestling creative should be handled by people with experience in the Pro Wrestling business. I think Pro Wrestling would greatly benefit from more realism and less self-referential comedy. I think modern "garbage wrestling" is exactly that...garbage. I still think old school, traditional, competition based Pro Wrestling could work in 2020. But I don't think Jim Cornette could adapt and make it work. However, ideas like "Seth Rollins needs to hide his relationship status so he comes across as a sex symbol" are just antiquated and wouldn't work in 2020. Like it or not, the territory days are over, kayfabe is dead and buried and those things aren't coming back. I don't agree with Jim Cornette's opinions on a lot of talents. I despise so-called "modern wrestling" but I still think a lot of modern talent have a lot to offer, with proper production and coaching. But Jim Cornette would not be the guy to offer that coaching. Jim Cornette has made his choice. He has retired from managing and he has now officially retired from broadcasting following the NWA debacle. He has even greatly cut down on his public appearances (before the pandemic.) Cornette has made the decision to focus on his collectible's business and focus on using his podcasts as his platform to act as a critic of modern Professional Wrestling. He can't contribute to modern Pro Wrestling anymore, he doesn't want to and I don't think he should. He has value as a historian and critic. He certainly has comedic value. But his days of actively contributing to modern Professional Wrestling are officially over. He doesn't want to, and honestly I don't think he could. Pro Wrestling has passed him by. Whether that is good or bad, depends on how much you like Jim Cornette.

It's nice to see guys like Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens and Austin Aries express their condolences. EVOLVE, Impact and MLW have also paid respects. I thought it was classy of Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alverez to pay tribute as well. I am glad to see that somebody started a GoFundMe for Larry's daughters and that it seems to be doing well. It did strike me today when I went to 411, that without Larry Csonka writing there, I really don't have any reason to go there anymore. With all due respect, the rest of the so-called "writers" on that site are pretty much garbage.

Two episodes in and this series has been outstanding so far, in my opinion. The Undertaker has always been so private and gone to such great lengths to "protect his character" so now it's amazing to see the amount of personal access he gave this documentary crew. Sitting around joking with his wife, playing with his kids, interacting with his coworkers, and especially some of the personal interviews he gave, I did not expect. Honestly I thought this would be more of a typical WWE Network "puff piece." They certainly have highlighted a lot of "rah rah WWE" interviews and really played up how much Mark Calloway loves Vince McMahon. They have also stacked the program with the obligatory complimentary soundbytes from countless WWE stars and executives praising The Undertaker to the high heavens...but that was to be expected, and to be fair I think their admiration is genuine. All pro-WWE content aside, I still think so far this series has been very revealing. There have been a couple of legitimately moving and emotional moments. I can honestly say I never expected to watch a documentary in which I saw The Undertaker waxing poetic about how much he loves his wife and how much she has helped him. I am actually quite surprised at how vulnerable he has been portrayed, how much he admitted he is insecure about how he is seen by the fans and his peers and struggling with his "legacy." Watching him tear up while watching the WM33 Main Event with his wife, being embarrassed by his performance was not something I expected to see in this documentary. Talking about how he feels he let Roman Reigns down, and actually apologizing to him. Seeing how disappointed he was that he and Cena only got 5 minutes at WM34, because he wanted a competitive match to try and make up for the previous year was also something I wouldn't have predicted. Considering how good this series has been so far, I just find it equal parts amusing, baffling and ultimately sad, that one of the main talking points that a small but vocal group of fans have come away with, is complaints about what Mark Calloway has written on his t-shirts. I consider myself to be a reasonably observant person, and I can honestly say that the only shirt he has worn so far that I even noticed was that hideous canary yellow Andre The Giant shirt with the Japanese script on it. I guess I should be finding some hidden alt-right meaning in that, and complaining about it on Twitter. The funny thing is, were it not for the pandemic I probably wouldn't have even watched this series. I don't even consider myself a fan of The Undertaker and I usually avoid WWE documentaries for the most part. I got about 15 minutes into the first episode of the "Ruthless Aggression" series before turning it off. I generally can't stand WWE, but I'm not so blinded by bias against them that I can't admit when they produce something that is actually good.

He had the audacity to wear a shirt that said “Blue Lives Matter” which is intended to show support for the police, obviously. I actually saw another tweet where a fan was taking him to task for wearing a shirt featuring the American flag and some generic patriotic slogan, which the fan designated as “alt-right.” I really need to stop looking at Twitter. 99% of Pro Wrestling fans on Twitter make my brain cry.

Larry Csonka seemed like a really decent human being. I loved his reviews, his reports have been the only way I have kept up with WWE programming the past couple years. I followed him on Twitter and was amazed at how positive he was after losing his leg to necrosis last year. He always tweeted cute pictures of his pets and stories about his kids. His poor family must be devastated right now. This is so unexpected and such a shock, he just posted some news items on 411 earlier today. Unbelievably sad. EDIT: I just saw that his final tweet less than 24 hours ago was complaining that he was really tired and didn't feel well.

That statement right there clearly sums up our own difference in opinion regarding Jim Cornette. We both disagree with some of the things he says. Neither of us agreed with what he said about Becky Lynch's pregnancy, or Dana Brooke's face. I agree with most of his opinions about Kenny Omega, you do not. The difference is, I don't think the opinions that Jim Cornette has with which I disagree, somehow invalidate the opinions he has that I do agree with.

Yes, those parts. And don't forget the blow-up doll. Jim Cornette did not make any half-covered homophobic remarks about Kenny Omega. I never even knew there was a rumor about Kenny Omega being gay or bisexual until I read this thread. Cornette has said Kenny Omega prances around the ring like a sissy. You know where this insult originated? The fact that Kenny Omega is featured in an independent short film about Professional Wrestling called "Sissy Boy Slap Party." And also from the fact that he prances and dances around the ring like a modern interpretive dancer. Jim Cornette has never accused Kenny Omega of being gay, he has accused Omega of having an unhealthy fascination with female Japanese wrestlers. Cornette never said Omega is not a star. Quite the opposite. He thinks Omega and The Young Bucks are the biggest stars in AEW and that's the problem...that they're playing exclusively to their extremely passionate but also limited fan base, without taking advantage of their national TV exposure to try and draw in new fans and compete with WWE. He has never denied that Omega is popular. Nor would I, nor could anybody claim that...because it's not true. But just because Omega had a brief period of success in Japan and is now one of the Vice Presidents in charge of AEW, that does not make him the best or most popular Professional Wrestler in the world. But Omega does have the jazziest hands and does the best "pew pew" finger motions of any active Pro Wrestler I have ever seen. As far as the geek part? I've never heard Jim Cornette actually call Omega a geek, but if he did...he'd not be wrong.