[1997-12-29-WWF-Raw] Jim Cornette rant

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Cornette rants about the state of wrestling as we go into 1998. This is the most spot-on rant he has done so far. Wrestling fans watching a wrestling program want to see wrestlers wrestle, he says. Indeed.

[ajtroma]

On a show where we had Goldust dressed like Baby New Year and thrown into a goddamn port-o-john, Cornette's words really screamed true to me.

[Ditch]

-Traditional wrestling is #1

-Wrestling is not a circus sideshow

 

Um, Jim...

[Kevin Ridge]

Yes, we all watch wrestling shows to see actual wrestling. He doesn't care for WCW, NWO, ECW or WWF. He respects tradition. It's a good rant but his response with the NWA didn't exactly meet expectations.

[Zenjo]

On some of these rants Cornette was just being a mouthpiece for McMahon. I think it's fair to say that these weren't Vince's views on wrestling.

[soup23]

This did feel like a more sincere attempt at what Jim actually feels. In fact I think this was the debut episode of the Jim Cornette Experience. He gives a good rant that carries a lot of sentiment but I don't believe his stances are shared by the majority of the wrestling audience.

[PeteF3]

Does *anyone* from the South like Connecticut? I haven't been there myself but man does that place seem to angry up the blood in these people. This is definitely Cornette shooting but all this *really* is, is a set-up for the ill-fated NWA quasi-invasion. I'm not a guy to fetishize NYC or any particular part of it but there's honestly a bit of over-the-top regionalism here that I'm not comfortable with.

[Exposer]

This is the best one yet with Cornette saying there's no real wrestling anymore & just "Sports Entertainment" instead. He says in 1998 he's going to bring real wrestling back to the WWF. The start of the NWA invasion.