Mad Dog Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 I mean I was nostalgic for the days of not knowing what his wife's ass looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 I'm honestly not terribly surprised about a lot of the allegations that came out today. You wouldn't think it to look at him, but Jim Cornette has always been fairly upfront about his shall we say "non-traditional" views on sexual behavior. Putting aside the unsubstantiated rumors about him from years ago (the whole "banana" story) Cornette has openly discussed the fact that between marriages he was a frequent client of various escort agencies. He has mentioned being a consumer of porn quite a few times, so I already surmised that his attitude towards sex was a lot more "relaxed" than you would expect from somebody who comes across as uptight as he is. On top of that, over the past couple of years Cornette has occasionally used some verbiage or made statements that hinted at the fact that he and his wife might be involved in BDSM. He has never come right out and said it, but if you read between the lines the allusions have been there, once in a while. I've always been of the belief that what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is none of my business. I am well past the point of being shocked when I discover that somebody has a "fetish" or engages in some type of behavior that is considered non-traditional. I think if most of us knew what goes on behind closed doors in the bedrooms of most of the people we know, we'd be shocked. I usually don't care about that kind of stuff, I suppose it's the Libertarian in me. I'm not one to hang the tag "pervert" or "deviant" on somebody based on their sexual preferences, with some very specific caveats. Specifically...the key words in my previous paragraph were CONSENSUAL and ADULT. I am not going to mock or judge Jim Cornette or his wife if they want to engage in swinging, cuckoldry, BDSM or whatever, so long as everybody involved is legal age and consenting. If Cornette and his wife really did use his position of authority in OVW to sexually harass people, then that is obviously unacceptable. Especially if they were chasing teenage girls, as has been suggested in some corners. That goes beyond alternative lifestyles and veers into socially and morally wrong, and obviously I would be very disappointed to hear that. And if it's true, then he deserves whatever blowback he gets for it. And if it isn't true, then I suspect the people making the allegations will be hearing from Stephen P. New. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Yeah I don't really care what people want to do to themselves or each other as long as its not breaking any laws. It seems that there's more than just smoke to the other parts of the allegations, which is at once disappointing yet at the same time not considering how much he prefers how "things used to be". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Help me understand this... so the allegations are that Cornette and his wife made unwanted advances on underlings in OVW? That is not good. The proof is screen shots from an iphone text exchange between his wife and somebody that while salacious occurred at least a decade after their time in OVW.... I don't see the correlation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 The allegation is that he and Stacey used to force wrestlers wanting a tryout to do sexual acts with Stacey while Cornette watched. I am with everyone in that i don't care what your kink is, but full consent from all parties is obviously a prerequisite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 This has nothing to do with a kink and everything to do with abusing a position of power to get sexual favors. Which is sexual harrassment/abuse. If that shit is true, Cornette can go fuck himself, and not with a banana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Oooookay. I get the picture, yeah that's not good. What I still don't get is how are the screenshots of his wife's nude selfies tied into that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Eh what a trainwreck the last few days have been. I think the people making cuck jokes at Cornette are missing the point entirely. The problem isn't the cuckolding, but the abuse of power. I can't be the only one wondering if he's going to touch on this on his next podcast episode, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, joeg said: Oooookay. I get the picture, yeah that's not good. What I still don't get is how are the screenshots of his wife's nude selfies tied into that at all. The nudes were not wanted or asked for. They were part of screenshots one of the accusers put out there. I think that was in reapond to her going after them on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 7 hours ago, cactus said: I can't be the only one wondering if he's going to touch on this on his next podcast episode, right? Apparently he had already recorded the podcast which is supposed to be released today before any of the allegations were made public, so I don't expect anything about the situation to be addressed on The Jim Cornette Experience this afternoon. That's assuming that they even release the podcast as scheduled, they may hold it back in light of all the controversy. I guess there is always a chance Brian Last will hold back the podcast today to add a last minute statement regarding the allegations, I'm not sure. Cornette alluded to the allegations on Twitter today, and basically made a sarcastic comment and implied he was going to get his lawyer to handle it, which was pretty much the response I expected. Cornette is quite litigious (as has been documented) so I imagine he's probably just going to have his lawyer deal with this situation from here on out. Which means I wouldn't expect for him to make too much of a comment. You remember that whole fiasco between Cornette and the death match wrestler, involving the "Fuck Jim Cornette" T-shirt...Cornette ended up getting his lawyer involved there, and so he hasn't even mentioned the guy's name on his podcast since. It's usually standard operating procedure to avoid making any comments of any kind about a situation if there is legal action pending, since anything you say can become part of the lawsuit, not to mention the fact that judges apparently strongly disapprove of litigants publicly commenting on matters that are still before the courts. If Cornette decides to go after the people making these accusations through legal means, then I expect him to make a statement saying his lawyer is handling it and he can't comment. That actually might end up being a way to determine how screwed Cornette really is on this whole deal. If the people making the accusations have any sort of hard evidence, or if there are enough people who could back the claims up, obviously Cornette probably won't pursue this via legal means, since it could potentially blow up in his face and bring even more damning evidence to light. In that case, I'd expect Cornette to engage and challenge the accusers publicly, I expect one of this standard blistering and profane rebuttals, which means it's going to turn into a they said/he said Twitter feud. One thing that will be interesting to see is how this affects Cornette's business. I wouldn't expect his downloads to be affected, to be honest. His fans are generally a bunch of mindless drones who believe everything he says and will follow him regardless. However, Cornette seems to be using an ad agency to arrange rotating sponsors for his podcasts (which is the Conrad Thompson model for making money with podcasting.) I can easily see a lot of those sponsors wanting to get as far away from Cornette as they can since these allegations are now out there. Then again, his sponsors have stuck with him after all the other crazy shit he's said, so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 I was about to say that NWA dodged one hell of a bullet when Corny quit following his "non-racist" joke, but then again, there are allegations against Lagana (which I have not read).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Mad Dog said: I mean I was nostalgic for the days of not knowing what his wife's ass looks like. Yeah. I did not need to see that either. Spoiler tags damnit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 and Mark Jindrak reappears from obscurity to drop straight fire..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Honestly, legally Cornette should probably just shut the fuck up and let it blow over. He can't win a defamation case and sicking his lawyer on alleged victims is a bad look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Blehschmidt said: and Mark Jindrak reappears from obscurity to drop straight fire..... And don't forget Jim is going to be in the corner jerking off with a banana up his ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 I am sure Cornette's wife is no angel, and I am not going to pretend I have not laughed at any jokes made during this entire situation, but I really think mocking her looks during this speaking out completely misses the point. I mean, there are so many other things one can make fun of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, MoS said: I am sure Cornette's wife is no angel, and I am not going to pretend I have not laughed at any jokes made during this entire situation, but I really think mocking her looks during this speaking out completely misses the point. I mean, there are so many other things one can make fun of here. I agree making fun of someone's looks is never acceptable, but on the other hand what she apparently has done was reprehensible so fuck her (not in the way she would prefer either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 So focus on what she did, not what she is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav'oh Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 11 hours ago, sek69 said: but I really think mocking her looks during this speaking out completely misses the point 11 hours ago, PeteF3 said: So focus on what she did, not what she is. I agree 100%. I think there's a lot of "hating on women is bad, unless I choose the woman" seeping through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Sooo... what does everyone make of his response? I'll admit I was starting to think he might of been set-up when he started to explain everything, but it soon became clear that he's trying to work us and emotionally manipulate his listeners by bringing up Hana Kimura, Bobby Fulton's cancer and Stacey's mental heath. I hope whoever made the allegations takes it further as nothing will be done otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 For those of you who want to know what Cornette said in his statement but don't actually want to listen to him, I will post one of my epic recaps (like the Kevin Sullivan and FTR interviews.) I'll probably get that posted within the next hour or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 57 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: For those of you who want to know what Cornette said in his statement but don't actually want to listen to him, I will post one of my epic recaps (like the Kevin Sullivan and FTR interviews.) I'll probably get that posted within the next hour or so. Kudos for this. It's appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, The Thread Killer said: For those of you who want to know what Cornette said in his statement but don't actually want to listen to him, I will post one of my epic recaps (like the Kevin Sullivan and FTR interviews.) I'll probably get that posted within the next hour or so. Hahaha I was just about to come here and request you to do one of your excellent recaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 As mentioned earlier, Cornette's Friday podcast was recorded before the scandal broke, so there was no reference to the allegations during that episode. Brian Last did record a last minute insert segment where he acknowledged the allegations and reported that Jim Cornette would issue a statement on the Monday episode of Cornette's Drive-Thru. This was confirmed by the statement Cornette's lawyer released as well. Today Jim Cornette and Brian Last released a special episode of Cornette's Drive-Thru specifically devoted to Cornette's comments on the scandal that broke last week. I will do my best to recap what he said here. I am going to refrain from editorializing as much as possible, but if I do add my own comments I will do so in brackets. If Cornette specifically or categorically refutes one of the accusations which have been made against him and his wife, I will recap it in bold. - The show began with Brian Last introducing Cornette, as per usual. Last stated that this week they would not be doing the usual Q&A format for the Drive-Thru, and basically turned it over to Cornette. - Cornette started off by joking and pointing out that there was thunderstorm happening in Louisville as they were recording, which you might be able to hear in the background and would add to the gravitas of his statement. - Cornette said that he had accomplished the crowning achievement of his career, since he was now the only person left in Professional Wrestling who could get so much heat and be so despised by everybody even though everybody knows Pro Wrestling is a work. Cornette pointed out that if anything bad happens or any scandal comes up, people who hate him always try and drag him into it. He mimicked Sally Fields famous "you really like me" speech from the Academy Awards by saying: "You hate me. You really hate me." Cornette said that he was not going to take this situation seriously, and he was gratified that he is the only person left in the business that people legitimately hate. - Brian Last mentioned that a lot of very serious allegations have come to light over the past few days in the Pro Wrestling business, it is seemed Jim Cornette has been swept up in it. (In my opinion, this felt like Brian Last was basically trying to encourage Cornette to take the situation seriously.) - Cornette reiterated that the audience for his podcasts has grown tremendously over the past couple of years, and that considering the size of his audience it is possible that many of his listeners "don't live their lives on Twitter" and might not even know what he is talking about, so he is going to repeat the accusations that had been made against him and his wife Stacey. - Cornette said that he and his wife have been accused by a particular person on Twitter of trying to recruit sex slaves while he was running OVW, and that this person alleges that Jim Cornette subsequently threatened to ruin people's careers if they did not succumb to his wife's carnal desires. Brian Last confirmed that was the basic gist of the accusations. - Jim Cornette claimed the person making these accusations was a trainee in OVW in 2017. Cornette says that the accuser claims that Stacey tried to "groom" him for sexual purposes but that the accuser managed to escape them. Cornette claims the accuser further alleged that Jim and Stacey ruined the career of a good friend of his. Cornette said that the accuser has claimed that he was afraid to come forward, and was reportedly "shaking" as he typed out the accusation. Jim Cornette says that based on this accusation and some screenshots, the Pro Wrestling media and many fans on Twitter picked up on the story. - Cornette pointed out that last October he was basically accused of being the "Grand Dragon of the KKK" (referencing the infamous NWA fried chicken joke, I assume) and then in December he was accused of hating women (I believe that is when he got into the Twitter spat with the female AEW fan and used a bunch of the old Andy Kaufman lines to upset her) and then in March he was accused of hating babies (the Becky Lynch controversy.) Cornette pointed out that on all these occasions he had trended on Twitter, and now he was trending again and people believed what was being said about him. - Cornette said that things needed to be put into context. Jim Cornette claims that the person making the accusation is a man in his late 30's who lives in Billings, Montana. Cornette says he has proof of that fact and challenges anybody to prove him wrong. Cornette says that means the accuser would have been 35 years old at the time he claims Stacey Cornette tried to seduce him. Cornette basically claimed that maybe the accuser's age had something to do with why he never made it in the Pro Wrestling business. Jim Cornette says there is no proof that the person who has made this accusation against he and his wife is actually even a Professional Wrestler. Cornette does not deny that the accuser may have been to wrestling school, but he denies that the accuser is actually a Pro Wrestler. The only thing Jim Cornette can confirm is that the person making the accusation against he and his wife trained in OVW in 2017. Cornette claims the only proof that this accuser is even involved in Professional Wrestling is the fact that his Social Media profile picture was taken at a meet and greet with Sami Callihan. - Jim Cornette is claiming the person who made this accusation against him and his wife is also holding onto intimate photographs of another known Professional Wrestler. Cornette claims that the accuser came into possession of these photographs under suspicious circumstances, that the photographs were not sent to the accuser or intended for him, and that the accuser is planning on making an accusation against the Pro Wrestler in the photographs, alleging that this person sends out unsolicited photographs of himself without consent. Cornette said he will not disclose which Pro Wrestler is in the photographs. Cornette's point is that the person accusing he and his wife is holding onto these photographs as a "backup plan" in case the accusations against Cornette were unsuccessful. (Basically, he is implying that the person making the accusation is a blackmailer.) - Brian Last interrupted and said that he didn't understand what Cornette was alleging. Cornette reiterated that the person accusing him is holding incriminating photographs on somebody and is "starting a career" of making allegations. Cornette said he cannot say anymore about that situation.because it is not his place. Cornette says the point is, it has been proven that the person who made this accusation has the ability to access information or materials that were never sent to or intended for him. - Cornette says that he has being accused of withholding or rewarding employment and of using fear and intimidation based on people's willingness to engage in sex with he and his wife. Jim Cornette pointed out that he was the owner and booker of OVW from 1999 until 2005, at which point he had a falling out with WWE. In 2005 he resigned as booker and stopped being creatively involved with OVW. Cornette remained an owner of OVW until 2007, at which point he sold his portion of the business. So by 2007, Jim Cornette claims he had no ownership in or creative involvement with OVW. (Basically, Cornette is implying that the timeline of these accusations don't line up, since he had no authority in OVW at the time the accuser allegedly trained there.) - Jim Cornette pointed out that from 1999 until 2005, he had a very good record of training and developing talent for WWE. Cornette implied he was proud of what he did in OVW and that while he was affiliated with WWE, he pushed talents based on merit and not based on fear or favors. Cornette said that at no time in the past 15 years was he ever accused of pushing talent based on him having an unprofessional relationship with the talent in question. Cornette said the only time there was a problem with the wrong talent being pushed in OVW was when the WWE would force him to push talent he thought didn't deserve it. - Cornette pointed out that the most powerful and successful Pro Wrestlers in the industry came through OVW, and none of them ever accused him of pushing talent in exchange for sexual favors. Cornette pointed out that he was very unpopular with John Laurinitis and that Laurinitis would have been happy to have any excuse to get rid of Jim Cornette if accusations of that nature had come up. Cornette further asked if people were afraid to complain about him while he was in charge of OVW, why wouldn't they have come forward with these accusations after he was fired and they were safe from reprisals? - Jim Cornette claims there were plenty of complaints about him while he ran OVW, that he screamed and yelled at the talent about their work and "having crummy matches" so people obviously weren't afraid to complain about him, yet nobody ever accused him of that. Cornette reiterated that not one person over the past 15 years has ever accused him of pushing talent based on sexual favors. - Cornette pointed out that he was gone from OVW from 2007-2010. Cornette says in October 2010 he was contacted by Danny Davis who was the owner of OVW. OVW was no longer a WWE developmental territory by that time. Cornette was working for Ring of Honor/Sinclair Broadcasting by that point. Danny Davis asked Cornette if he would be willing to take over the booking of the OVW TV show, and Cornette agreed. Cornette started writing TV for OVW in October 2010, but he was not booking the house shows. Cornette claims at that point there was no affiliation with WWE, and he did not control the bookings, so he could not have possibly offered or withheld any favors at that point. Cornette pointed out that the OVW roster was pretty much depleted by that point, and there were only four guys who were any good...the rest were "the drizzling shits." Cornette claimed that he continued booking OVW TV from October 2010 until April 2011, at which point he handed off his duties. Cornette claims that his name was kept in the credits for OVW but by that time he was working full time with Ring of Honor and had nothing to do with OVW. Cornette pointed out that from 2007 until 2011 he either did not work with OVW or was not in the position where he could grant any favors to people who would have sex with his wife. - Cornette says he set up a sponsorship for OVW as a favor in 2015 and made a few appearances on OVW TV, but by that point he was only a paid talent and was not in a position of authority. Cornette says for the past 10 years he hasn't paid any attention to or had any involvement with OVW, especially since Danny Davis sold OVW to Al Snow. - Cornette addressed the accusation that he had threatened to use his power with the Kentucky Commission to punish people who wouldn't submit to his and Stacey's sexual whims. Cornette says that back during the territory days it was possible to bribe the commissioner to look the other way when wrestlers would blade, but that the modern day commission is a government post and it would be impossible for him to exert that type of influence. Cornette claims that would be an actual crime for the commissioner to do a favor for him just so he or his wife could "get laid." Cornette admits that he did ask the commissioner on some occasions to not drug test certain talents until after a show took place, or to not suspend other talents for not having a valid license, and whenever he would ask for favors like that, he would be denied. Cornette says he never asked a commissioner to suspend, fine or punish anybody in OVW. Cornette claims he could get a sworn statement to prove that. - Cornette also "categorically denies" ever promising any type of favors or threatening any type of punishment or exclusion on the condition of sexual relations with he or his wife. - Cornette says no female Pro Wrestler he has ever worked with his ever claimed he treated them in a sexually inappropriate manner. - Cornette says he has never been involved sexually with somebody who is not legal age. - Cornette says he has never physically abused anybody, expect for the men he hit with his tennis racket. He has never abused anybody in a sexual way. - Cornette says he has never sent an inappropriate picture or message to anybody on the internet. - Cornette says he never had any non-consensual sexual contact with anybody. - At this point, Cornette basically admitted that he and his wife Stacey are "swingers" for lack of a better term. Cornette admitted that both he and his wife have a relationship where they engage in sex with others, sometimes separately and sometimes apart, but he does not "cheat" on his wife as she is always aware of what he is doing sexually, or she is there when it happens. - Brian Last asked Jim Cornette to clarify that although and he and Stacey are admitted to being sexually active with other people, it was never associated with people getting a push in OVW. Cornette agreed, and joked that all he could offer is that if people got into the hot tub with he and Stacey, they could drive the OVW ring truck. - Cornette also talked about how the stories going around were making him sound like Hugh Hefner with all the hot tub parties. Cornette basically claims that even that aspect of his sex life is being blown way out of proportion. Cornette claims that in the past 15 years, he and Stacey have been involved with 5 or 6 people who are in the Professional Wrestling business, at most. Cornette claims that none of the people who were ever in his hot tub over the past 15 years were under contract with any major organization. - Cornette says that if you take out the accusation of he and Stacey using his position in OVW for sexual reasons, the only they are being accused of is having an interesting sex life. - Brian Last pointed out that in his opinion, Cornette is basically being "kink shamed" for having an unconventional sex life. Cornette says it wouldn't be possible for his sex life to be as exciting as some people have made it out to be and he wishes it had been. Cornette admitted that he and Stacey have been sexually involved with people outside the Pro Wrestling business, but "just a few, not a ton." Cornette also pointed out that the stories online have made it sound like Stacey is the one doing all the sexual exploring and not him. Cornette says the amount of sexual activity between the two of them is probably even. - Cornette talked about how seriously he takes the Pro Wrestling business, and how he finds it insulting that people would imply he would compromise the business for his own sexual gratification. - Cornette says some local Louisville fans think his wife Stacey is actually the character she portrayed on OVW TV and is some sort of deviant cult leader. - Cornette says the only evidence against him is a Facebook message and a picture of Stacey's ass. Cornette says that some people have claimed that the accuser must be telling the truth, because he has a picture of Stacey's ass. Cornette says that he hopes he does not offend anybody's sensibilities, but pictures of his wife's ass are not uncommon. Cornette says he has taken hundreds of pictures of his wife in a variety of locations over the years, and while she does not send them out unsolicited there are "quite a few" risque pictures of his wife in existence that she has shared. - Cornette says the Facebook message in question was written by Stacey, but it was not a conversation she had with the person who is making the accusation. Cornette is claiming that the accuser came by that conversation through other means. Cornette claims Stacey was drunk when she wrote the message and she was venting about a friend of theirs with whom she had a falling out. Cornette claims that the friend in question has since "made up" with Jim and Stacey, and he claims to not know how the accuser came into possession of the conversation. Cornette claims that the conversation has been cut, pasted and altered. - Cornette claims that neither he or Stacey actually know the person making the accusation, or recall ever having any conversation with him. Cornette claims they have never met and that he and Stacey "couldn't pick him out of a police lineup." Cornette claims that the accuser might have contacted Stacey under false pretenses pretending to be friends with the person Stacey references, when that was actually not the case. Cornette says their friend denies knowing the accuser and does not know why he has been dragging into this. The point is, the accuser claims he is close friends with the person referred to in the Facebook message. Cornette claims that is categorically untrue, and that he and Stacey are still friends with the person being referred to in the message. Cornette claims the accuser is not friends with the person referred to in the Facebook message. Cornette says the person being referred to in the Facebook message has no issue with Jim and Stacey Cornette, and was never under contract in OVW. So "grooming" would have been technically impossible and the entire backstory behind the accusation is a lie. - Cornette claims that anybody who corroborated the accusation are people from the local Louisville Pro Wrestling scene who have an axe to grind with he and Stacey, but have no proof of them "grooming" anybody because it never happened. Brian Last brought up the fact that two people have come forward and corroborated the accusation. Cornette claims that he knows the person who came forward, that his name is Michael and he is actually responsible for both accounts that backed up the accusation. Cornette claims that Michael has mental health issues, he is a veteran and Cornette says he does not want to malign him. Cornette says that when the accusations became public he looked into who was corroborating them and that is when he discovered it was Michael, a former OVW employee who he does know, that has a history of issues and he does not want to go into them. - Cornette pointed out that since the accusations have been made public, there have been calls on Twitter for Stacey to be banned from Professional Wrestling, which is impossible because she hasn't even been active in Pro Wrestling for 15 years. Cornette claims people have made the same statements about him, that he should be banned from Pro Wrestling. Cornette says he doesn't care about that. - Cornette says he accepts the hatred because he chose to make himself a public figure. What he doesn't understand is that these accusations are being made in the spirit of stopping bullying and intimidation against women in the Pro Wrestling business, but in that cause people are now attacking, bullying and slandering his wife. Cornette says that these attacks against his wife are being made by people who hate him but can't get to him. Cornette claims his wife has been overwhelmed with messages from people mocking her physical appearance and calling her a slut and whore and a sexual predator. - Cornette pointed out the timing of this controversy is terrible. He reminded Brian that Stacey's Father died this past winter and this was her first Father's Day without him. He said that she cannot even visit her Mother in person due to the pandemic, so she is feeling very lonely, sad and emotional when suddenly she is confronted with these accusations out of nowhere and is being insulted, mocked and degraded. Cornette says that his wife was having a bad enough weekend and on top of that she is being called a whore and spent three hours crying. Cornette talked about the Hanna Kimura incident and claims the exact same thing is happening to his wife, but people are okay with it because she is his wife. - Cornette pointed out that by a terrible example of timing, right before this whole controversy broke, Bobby Fulton of the Fantastics (who has been having a very public battle with Cancer) happened to Tweet a message thanking Cornette for being his friend and Tweeted a picture of them together. Since it happened right before the story broke, people have apparently been harassing Bobby Fulton and verbally abusing him. Cornette asked how can people who say they're against harassment of people in the Pro Wrestling business turn around and verbally abuse a 60 year old housebound man who just underwent chemotherapy. By this point, Cornette was obviously incensed and was basically cussing out everybody who was harassing his wife and friends. - Cornette says that a lot of people have been accused of a lot of things over the past few days, and unless the person admits they're guilty then he isn't going to judge them because based on what has happened to him he's not sure he can believe accusations are true. Cornette says that by making false accusations, people like his accuser are hurting the poor people who actually have been harassed or abused, because once they have been proven to be lying people will start to doubt everybody who comes forward even when they are telling the truth. - Cornette said in summation, the only thing he and Stacey are guilty of is having fun sexually, and cussing people out when they're angry. - Brian Last said that due to his relationship with Jim Cornette he has heard just about every criticism and claim against him, but he had never heard the allegations of "grooming" or trading sex for professional favors before. Cornette said that when somebody can prove that he did it, then he will be contrite but they can't prove it because he didn't do it. Brian Last asked on the record, for an unequivocal denial that Jim Cornette had never groomed John Cena, Dave Batista, Randy Orton or Brock Lesnar. Cornette laughed and said he couldn't even get Stacey in the same room as Brock Lesnar because they didn't get along. Cornette said you could go down the list, but he never groomed anybody. Cornette said he and his wife "have their fun" but they didn't do it. Cornette reiterated that his life hasn't been as exciting as the story has made out, and that these sexual things don't exactly happen all the time. Brian Last asked why he had never been invited to one of Jim Cornette's hot tub parties. Cornette said that Last never leaves his house, and now he can't due to the pandemic. - Cornette said this whole thing is just stupid and ridiculous but the way people have reacted has been repulsive. - Cornette said that he was so upset about this that he "wasn't going to sit here and answer questions about the Ding Dongs." - Cornette and Last said the show will go back to normal next time, and a standard Q&A edition of the "Drive-Thru" will be released later in the week. 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El-P Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 40 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: Cornette says that he hopes he does not offend anybody's sensibilities, but pictures of his wife's ass are not uncommon. I legit laughed at that one. Ok, first of all, thanks for the transcript, one hell of a job. I just wanted to add that Meltz said that the Corny accusation seemed suspect to him, although he had no idea if they were true or false. He mentioned the fact that with all the enemies Corny has in the business today, if grooming had happened, it's probable other people would have jumped in following that sole accusation. And it's a pretty good point. Shitting on Corny in 2020 is not gonna cost you any job nor make you a bad guy in the community, there's no risk of that sort here (contrary to all the young women who are currently talking about co-workers/trainers). Reading this transcript, I must say, although it's pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, that I think Corny is making a pretty case of defense for himself, honestly. And either way, people who have called Corny a "pervert" because he's a swinger, really, fuck you people. Or go get fucked, that'll suit you good. "Kink shaming" is pretty accurate. As long as it's consensual between adults and there's no power play involved, whatever people do in their sex life is nobody's business. Fucking intolerant normies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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