Jim Cornette on the K.C. O'Connor Car Incident

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  • @nikolausharkness5350
    @nikolausharkness5350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My favorite thing is that in all of these stories cornette calls home to his wife and says “I won’t be home tonight” and then just heads to Ruby Tuesday’s for a nice peaceful meal as he is a fugitive from the law.

    • @nicholasfarrell8403
      @nicholasfarrell8403 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s interesting that he considers ruby Tuesdays a nice dinner

  • @hall911guy
    @hall911guy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    KC should have fired up the camcorder and recorded Jim airing his car out with that bat. I’d pay good money to see the video of that.

    • @noecameron603
      @noecameron603 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i know im asking randomly but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account??
      I somehow lost my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me

    • @kingeli8839
      @kingeli8839 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Noe Cameron instablaster :)

    • @marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736
      @marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It would be right up there with Jim at the Dairy Queen.

    • @benwest1839
      @benwest1839 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So James on the WSI channel actually just interviewed KC in the past year, and KC lamented not doing this exact thing lol

    • @mrbaliles2210
      @mrbaliles2210 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah that would have been a heck of a video. An even better one would have been Jim Cornette's wife chasing Terry Landell down a busy Knoxville road with a folding chair. That would've been must see

  • @terminallumbago6465
    @terminallumbago6465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    It seems like the whole summer of '94 was a disaster for Jim. Everything was just piling up.

    • @thisisnotachannel
      @thisisnotachannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why he ended up coming back to WWF, isn't it?

    • @atimetraveler4910
      @atimetraveler4910 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dairy queen incident was hilarious

  • @kennyburris5011
    @kennyburris5011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a dedicated Member of The Cult of Cornette, I believe that this is my favorite of Jim's stories.

  • @LandonRickettsRDR
    @LandonRickettsRDR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Hey, I was at the TV taping in Saltville, VA mentioned at 21:10 !

  • @tylerlucas3752
    @tylerlucas3752 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    SMW in the summer of 1994 could be made into a movie. Sounds like things just kept piling up on Jim.

    • @cameron3578
      @cameron3578 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tyler Lucas much like the promotion and Jim's booking in general, it wouldn't draw a dime.

    • @LMLR187
      @LMLR187 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      the car smashing would be the funniest scene in any movie especially if it happens the way jim described it.

    • @DarkEliteEric
      @DarkEliteEric 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tyler Lucas Someone get the Netflix, "Glow" people on it!

    • @xSuperiorManx
      @xSuperiorManx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I think there already is a movie depicting the mental breakdown of Jim Cornette. It's called "Falling Down", starring Michael Douglas.

    • @FreneticZetetic
      @FreneticZetetic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "It was the biggest goddamn clusterfuck in the history of clusterfucks!"

  • @mrbobevans
    @mrbobevans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Starmaker is always involved in something.

  • @positively_broad_st3780
    @positively_broad_st3780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The Louisville Slugger strikes again...

  • @Deadpool_64
    @Deadpool_64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Man we all would love to have had an opportunity like KC. If I were 18 back then, I'd have done everything I could have to help SMW.

    • @jacobpeluso2586
      @jacobpeluso2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shut up Meg

    • @justint8635
      @justint8635 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You probably would've done a better job than ol KC

  • @benblackburn702
    @benblackburn702 7 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I reckon it was Jericho who told KC to man up for his money

    • @happyChappy96621
      @happyChappy96621 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Ben Blackburn it probably was Jericho loved pushing people's buttons, look at the diary queen incident that was all Jericho

    • @redrock717
      @redrock717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds like something new jack would say lol

    • @A_real_Ha_So
      @A_real_Ha_So 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He would've ratted out Jericho here lol

    • @sullyb23511
      @sullyb23511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ben Blackburn 😂😅

    • @ufoash440
      @ufoash440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was my first thought too Ben. Pretty harsh for a 'prank' when you think about all the hassle it caused though

  • @testodude
    @testodude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I assume this was before Mark Calloway or Glenn Jacobs were on the roster. Otherwise, Jim should have showed up at K.C.'s house with both of them.

    • @jackdaone6469
      @jackdaone6469 ปีที่แล้ว

      1994, so Undertaker was around. Kane would be 96 for his debut, if memory serves.

    • @JRC99
      @JRC99 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@jackdaone6469Kane debuted in October 97. However he was in SMW in 1995.

  • @CatsClaw44
    @CatsClaw44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    KC admitted later that the wrestler that told KC to get his money and use the camera to get it was Robert Gibson of the Rock 'n' Roll Express.

    • @tysontomko
      @tysontomko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha oh shit

    • @alstover
      @alstover 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think that explains why Cornette didn't name the wrestler. If it was Jericho, he would've said so.

    • @LumpyAdams
      @LumpyAdams 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@alstoverDoubt he would have. He liked Jericho before 2020.

  • @Enemy3113
    @Enemy3113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Don't truck with Jimmy, and if you do make sure he doesn't have access to a baseball bat.

  • @robintaylor4249
    @robintaylor4249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When Jim mentions the name Rick Rubin is that the same Rick Rubin music producer for DEF jam records?

    • @michaelmclaren1333
      @michaelmclaren1333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes

    • @robintaylor4249
      @robintaylor4249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael Mclaren I’ll be Damned when did Rick Rubin get into the wrestling business?

    • @michaelmclaren1333
      @michaelmclaren1333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If you listen to jims epic burial of tim horner he goes into more detail and that is what JC says, "rick ruben has produced (then he goes down the list)" then he asks jc "why is tim horner singing on my station? Its more funny when jc says it.

    • @robintaylor4249
      @robintaylor4249 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      soabcnsk2012 Super interesting man thanks for the WhatsApp I really appreciate it I’m gonna Google that today I am very interested I had no idea.

  • @tanmartselby6937
    @tanmartselby6937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It was Gibson that told KC to hold out for his money! It was Hoot! 🦉 Wooooo! 🔥

    • @Fnoel98356
      @Fnoel98356 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In all honesty I really think that Robert Gibson was trying to help KC after getting the short end of the stick himself.

  • @stephenrogers4537
    @stephenrogers4537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    🖕Don't mess around with Jim 😡!

  • @dcrawford9258
    @dcrawford9258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    @Ben Blackburn lol spot on it was Jericho 😂 I heard JC telling this story on Jericho’s show and JC says I find out that Jericho told him the most important thing is not to let anyone mess with your money because it will continue forever.

  • @Deadpool_64
    @Deadpool_64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How are you going to hold someone's property hostage over money you think you're owed, but since you didn't do your job, you ended up costing them money, so it evened out?

  • @jflack6
    @jflack6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    1:06 JC! My home!

    • @fins2334
      @fins2334 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      J Flack Johnson City?

  • @stevetackett581
    @stevetackett581 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kc has repeatedly said Robert Gibson told him to get his money or get screwed from now on. It was not, repeat not Jericho

  • @RonJones-gs4tr
    @RonJones-gs4tr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds like Michael Scott's nephew from The Office in that one episode

  • @SmashBrosOdyssey64
    @SmashBrosOdyssey64 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    TBH KC sounds like most 18 year olds I know, including my 18 year old self!

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even when I was 18 I remember having more sense than that, lol.

  • @MARTalks
    @MARTalks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    And Corney steps up to the plate...

  • @texjohnson2765
    @texjohnson2765 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Thus: Corney isn't welcome in Canada. Admit it, most of us wish we had the gall (and money) to pull something like this. Besides, the attempted vehicular homicide story is the ultimate JC rager.

    • @timf7413
      @timf7413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Just based of the stories he admits to, I'm somewhat amazed Cornette hasn't done a stretch or two in prison.

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@timf7413 He's done some time in jail before, but not full blown prison.

  • @rockysworld4872
    @rockysworld4872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If I had kcs job I would been the best poster boy and the best at errands or anything cornett's said just to be around the business in the 90s

  • @TRoller927
    @TRoller927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    15:20 Alright, you asked for it, KC!

  • @tjjordan4207
    @tjjordan4207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The whole time I’m thinking, “Where’s the car crash?”, only to realize I misinterpreted the title.

  • @doctheperfectfaceforradio6022
    @doctheperfectfaceforradio6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @14:14 It was Robert Gibson

  • @mrperfectedkelly
    @mrperfectedkelly 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Jim cornette is the best 😏

  • @jerricafrench1384
    @jerricafrench1384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a prime example never to get on Cornette's shit list.

  • @scottwilson3741
    @scottwilson3741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    According 2 K.C. it was Robert Gibson that told him 2 get the $.

  • @tlbradio
    @tlbradio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The wrestler not named who was giving KC the advice of "get your money" was Hoot ! Robert Gibson !

  • @johnlewisbrooks
    @johnlewisbrooks ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Someone needs to make a Grand Theft Auto mod where Cornette beats people he hates wirh a 🎾!!!
    Lol

    • @amirpourghoureiyan1637
      @amirpourghoureiyan1637 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hah, replace the golf club in vice city and tommy's outfit with jim and you'd have a pretty good semblance to corny's antics in the 80s

  • @alexiscardoso778
    @alexiscardoso778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I fuckin love this story!!! "Only if you bring me my money!" K C!!

  • @namelessjedi2242
    @namelessjedi2242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my favorite Cornette stories. 👍

  • @christiankarlkarganilla2763
    @christiankarlkarganilla2763 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Going back here after KC O'Connor talked about this incident and he pretty much confirmed everything Corny said here 😂

  • @bigglilwayne7050
    @bigglilwayne7050 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tracy Smothers is the unnamed source who KC had gotten advice from

  • @robb3743
    @robb3743 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just returned to hear this after watching KC O'Connor's interview about this story and he completely confirmed Jim's entire side of the story... lol

  • @ddave7026
    @ddave7026 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I worked with guys that were incompetent aswell. Its reaaaal frustrating, but dont go down that route funny thou 😅

  • @flclfan85
    @flclfan85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I would have loved to be going down that street and see Cornette just losing his shit on this dude's car

    • @tysontomko
      @tysontomko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aired it out haha

  • @levithomas2700
    @levithomas2700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    But Jim ever get his camcorder back?

  • @awkc63
    @awkc63 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Jim Cornette and New Jack man... Lol always a good time

  • @chrislaverick
    @chrislaverick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A legend

  • @wiliehayes863
    @wiliehayes863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Batter up!

  • @TheZom1965
    @TheZom1965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Boy he showed him.

    • @TheZom1965
      @TheZom1965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      $4,000? How many camcorders and posters could you have bought for that?

    • @mrbadguysan
      @mrbadguysan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TheZom1965 it's the principle of the thing.

    • @mauriotremainewillingham229
      @mauriotremainewillingham229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The publicity he got from it helped to make up for the $4K.

  • @atheistveganmillionaire2952
    @atheistveganmillionaire2952 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    LOL! Jim I hope you live forever !

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jim cornett you are a great guy.

  • @L_Train
    @L_Train 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The guy is should remain nameless is Robert Gibson

  • @jonalbertson10270
    @jonalbertson10270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did he get the camcorder back???

  • @shrews12001
    @shrews12001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Living 25 miles away and having gotten WOAY on TV for years yes Beckley is shit and WOAY looks like it's still filming in the 70s. And sadly Beckley is still the preferable town to be in for a good 90 mile radius

  • @fins2334
    @fins2334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who is the worthless guy working at The Torch?

    • @kael2450
      @kael2450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wade Keller

    • @Fnoel98356
      @Fnoel98356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Possibly Bruce Mitchell also.

  • @akamiguelsanchez9985
    @akamiguelsanchez9985 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lesson of the story: don’t fuck with Corny

  • @sharelleclark2752
    @sharelleclark2752 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SORRY IT WAS TERRY LANDELL THAT JIM WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER WITH HIS CAR, CAN'T FIND THE COMMENT I WROTE TO EDIT IT 😂

  • @jakubwidlarz
    @jakubwidlarz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What was the exact Saturday night slot on WOAY?

  • @moedoe188
    @moedoe188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Use to hate Cornette when I was a kid . Im 35 and it all make sense now😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Willie-C
      @Willie-C 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly how I felt

  • @howardmighty6764
    @howardmighty6764 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jake was on the dope😂😂

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Robert Gibson is the guy who gave K.C. the shitty advice, apparently.

    • @Fnoel98356
      @Fnoel98356 ปีที่แล้ว

      While it might have been poor advice, Robert Gibson heart was in the right place when he gave that advice to K.C.

    • @justint8635
      @justint8635 ปีที่แล้ว

      KC thinks that he gave him the advice when it was actually meant for the guy next to him!

  • @jasoncutshaw8401
    @jasoncutshaw8401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jim could have saved WCW I think

  • @gmorgcyborg
    @gmorgcyborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ya kc was wrong.. his fault on that

  • @chriscarmichael5726
    @chriscarmichael5726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sting or Cornette who was better with the bat? Lol

    • @emilysanders4807
      @emilysanders4807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the same thing 🤣🤣🤣

  • @hazardousmatter2
    @hazardousmatter2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who's the person who works at Pro Wrestling Torch? Bruce Mitchell?

  • @bludluva
    @bludluva 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How is Jim not in jail??? Wow. Only Jc could pull this off

    • @melbias5046
      @melbias5046 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      he turned himself in and with a lawyer and once he paid for damages so he didnt have to be in jail.

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He said right in the video he was held in jail shortly because of this (around 17:41 he talks about what he did after he got out of jail due to this incident.) He's just not been in full blown prison.

  • @Freddy70008
    @Freddy70008 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They got to make a movie about Jim. In an industry of out of control maniacs he's probably the most insane! I don't agree with his politics but he is entertaining and so knowledgeable about Wrestling.. Definitely a legend

  • @paulknight5300
    @paulknight5300 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is Robert Gibson the one that is nameless?

  • @raywarren5446
    @raywarren5446 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol shoutout to Roanoke va

  • @tinfoilhat3268
    @tinfoilhat3268 ปีที่แล้ว

    For being an atheist Corny sure seems to be a firm believer in "to fuck around is human to find out is divine"

  • @bricesilver8790
    @bricesilver8790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It probably was jericho who told him to man up for his money but jericho probably that he was smart enough to know when to say his stuff aka pick his spot but he just choose the perfectly wrong time.

  • @nicholasfarrell8403
    @nicholasfarrell8403 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder who the unnamed wrestler is who gave KC the bad advice.

    • @mr.joedirt8583
      @mr.joedirt8583 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      KC said in a couple of interviews that it was Robert Gibson.

  • @jaylew8408
    @jaylew8408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Corny is actually capable of being a badass

  • @chubbycatfish4573
    @chubbycatfish4573 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What would he have done if KC came out with a 12 gauge?

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      James Douglas its Jim so he probably would have laughed and said shoot me

    • @redrock717
      @redrock717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jim kept a gun in his vehicle at the time.

    • @theorignalgrayson
      @theorignalgrayson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jim would have shoot him, believe me he had a gun on him during that time

  • @RemmySkye
    @RemmySkye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pizza, Brian? I'm born and raised NYC. I wish youd see this comment because I'd really love to know what Kentucky pizza is. Is it by the slice? Where..... how.... just.... I wish you could tell me... what is Kentucky pizza? Wonder bread with ketchup or tomato paste plus government cheese?? Kentucky pizza................Kentucky..............pizza........I'm guessing it had to be Dominos or pizza hutt......little caesar........wow

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remmy Skye I’m from Long Island. We have the best pizza in the world here in NY. I picture Kentucky pizza basically as you described it. Lol

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      NotSnarl. I’ll put Long Island pizza up against any cardboard flavored pizza from out of state. We don’t do Dominos or Pizza Hut ova here.

    • @GraveMemories
      @GraveMemories 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@yankees29 chicago pizza is better 😒

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MemphoWrasslin1 my cousin just moved outside of Lexington from Long Island. She likes it there. I could see some transplants doing well. In this day and age it’s probably easier to get really good ingredients shipped.

    • @jordanjohnson7285
      @jordanjohnson7285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yankees29 I’m from Tennessee and I’ll put our wood fired pizza against any pizza in the world. My friends are world renowned for their pizzas and have people come from Australia and around the world to learn how to make it.

  • @JackPrice-rx8mo
    @JackPrice-rx8mo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Attempted fan-slaughter... 🤣

  • @davey3884
    @davey3884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how Brian tries to interject himself into every situation...jesus what a mark

    • @jessiepalermo7234
      @jessiepalermo7234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That dude is fucking obnoxious.

    • @nathantturnert1631
      @nathantturnert1631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessiepalermo7234 finally! 2 people that can agree w me and I can agree w them. Nobody seems to notice this and always defending his interrupting correcting ass

    • @nathantturnert1631
      @nathantturnert1631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@halfdayofthejackal9372 Exactly

  • @jessebowman161
    @jessebowman161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i like jim cornette but he's lucky kc didn't film him destroying his car. Cornette would have gotten a year in prison at least for destruction of property

    • @hubrishero2914
      @hubrishero2914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would’ve been ironic af

    • @carloscjr23
      @carloscjr23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that leech what would have gotten for stealing the cam recorder?
      A slap in the wrist?
      Your system is rotten.

    • @matthewgabbard6415
      @matthewgabbard6415 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But didn’t he admit it to the cops and got no time? Just made restitution

    • @jbfarley
      @jbfarley ปีที่แล้ว

      Incorrect

  • @brucewhite360
    @brucewhite360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🤓🎾

  • @kryceksangel
    @kryceksangel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jericho blading with a broken arm made me a long time non Jericho fan btw

  • @honkeykong4049
    @honkeykong4049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    *100th Comment*

    • @JohnKobaRuddy
      @JohnKobaRuddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did your free 100th comment section sex toy turn up?

  • @jasonjoseph6497
    @jasonjoseph6497 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cornette is a Democrat. Nuff said

    • @TheEzzells
      @TheEzzells 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He didn’t storm the Capitol like Republicans, whose leader was found liable for rape.