The old advise I think is still the best: Listen to the vets, the ones who've been there and done that, and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself. Yes, pride and an empty sack are worth the sack, sometimes if you want to get ahead you have to shut up and kiss the ring, but you also have to be able to live with yourself, you just have to know when to pick your battles, what's worth standing up for and what isn't, and when you do stand do it diplomatically, no sense in wrecking bridges that don't need wrecking. Like Kenny Rogers said: know when to walk away and know when to run. One other piece of advice I'd give: Learn the Fundamentals. A friend of mine ran a small wrestling promotion out of San Angelo, TX for awhile, he once told me a story, pretty sure he probably ripped it off someone else but it's still a good story. Two young guys just out of some wrestling school approached him for a job, he looked the two up and down then asked the first guy "What's your Finish?". The kid told him "I do a reverse 450 into a DDT." or some other highly complicated move like that. My friend turned to the next kid, "What's your Finish?", the kid looked him right in the eyes and said "I get my ass kicked for five minutes then get pinned.", second guy got the job. Focus on the Fundamentals, know the difference between a wrist lock and a wrist watch, know how to move your feet, know how to breath, know how to Sell, learn how to Walk before you try and learn how to Fly.
Addendum: also know how to manage your money, because nobody in the business is going to do it for you, and have a backup plan in case you don't make it, because odds are you won't
If I was an aspiring wrestler with no dignity I’d just buddy up to Chris JeriHogan and get paid to do jobs on Rampage/Dark. It worked for Dr. Luther and Serpentico.
That's a fun idea, but bulk production costs for physical books plus a lack of demand makes that unlikely. Still, it'd be a nice bonus to have all the art in pdf form for people that subscribe to a Cornette patreon or something like that if he ever does one.
If only it was Gorilla Monsoon asking Bobby Heenan that question, especially on live commentary. Gorilla "What advice do you have for aspiring wrestlers Brain??" Heenan "Put a .38 to the roof of your mouth." Gorilla "WILL YOU STOP!!!"
-Never work with the Rancho Reseda Remedial Class Field Trip. -Never let Cokie the Khan book you. -Say no to all things JeriCrashPad. -Deliberately forget any pooper scooper references Vince McMahon puts in your dialogue. -Always ask Bruce Pritchard where the stupid stories and gimmicks he books are going and then say no because it's goofy. -Always ask if teleportation, invisible men, invisible hand grenades, pause buttons, The Force, stupid dance routines, hypnosis, Firefly Fun Houses, Shitstain, or small children will be involved and if so, disappear as quickly as AEW viewers during a Cucamonga Kids match. -Always listen to Cornette, Dutch Mantel, Bret Hart and never listen to Demented Dave Dipshit and Angry Alvarez. Voila, you may succeed in wrestling.
Last year I was contacted by a company that is known for doing deathmatches and they wanted to book me, I said I would do it but I wouldn't do a deatchmatch so they say that's fine but then I never hear from them again. I think its good to set limits and I didn't miss out on anything by not being on that show infact I'm probably better off not having done it.
Kornet is a clown. He has been involved in some of the worst writing & booking in the history of this bizarre, awkward sect of entertainment, and he nearly buried the two most profitable, major murican companies …you cannot make this stuff up. This glorified male ring rat, as one of the head writers for dubya see dubya, wanted to give Tommy. Freaking. Rich a major push during the early 90s. Tommy. Rich. In the early 90s. Yes, you read that correctly. This dude is one of the sorriest people doing these cringe podcasts. Just sad to hear him criticize & delegate 😬
I am starting my pro wrestling training in April in my home state of California but it's my biggest fear like so many mixed genre or comedy wrestling out here!! Only places I know that are serious are United Wrestling network, championship wrestling from Memphis, and Phoenix Wrestling in Arizona
Having been in the business for a decade, I have had an amazing ride but Brian was pretty right that the people who take it seriously have had a rough go through that time
@@charlesthoreson4162 I appreciate the hate from someone who's never done it, but next time I'm working with your favorite wrestlers or working a wrestling show at a rap concert in the Barclays, I'll be sure to have a good laugh about you. And, for your edification, I lived, trained, and fought mauy thai in thailand for 2 years and have wrestled, for realsies, since I was 12.
Aew is just Gcw on a bigger budget. This company has a champ whose entire gimmick that he's lazy and doesn't like to wrestle. Yet somehow he became a champ and every match he has is like 20-30 mins long where the opponent struggles to win. Too many carny outlaw wrestlers that make a mockery of wrestling.
my advice would be: don't do it as your fulltime job do it on the side but don't be left without being able to pay your rent if you don't get booked for a months or 2
I actually got offered to do a match while working in Memphis Another time I came to support my frat brother who wrestled part time in Memphis and the wrestlers were scared that I was actually gonna wrestle lol (6'4 255 at the time) If I were to have done it, it probably was gonna be in Memphis where it still is taken seriously. Everywhere else. No way
The fuck are you talking about? When has Memphis of all places been taken seriously? I could have let it slide if you had wrote Knoxville, but MEMPHIS!?
The comment section shows how much Jim has the people. Pro wrestling is healthy and some people don't watch it not for the content, but because they don't believe in pro wrestling. It's always been this way.
If you are given a tryout match, don't go out there and hit every finisher known to man. That's not going to impress a promoter. Work basic fundamentals, be there early and help set up the ring and stay to help tear down. Be respectful. Stay away from back yard shows and if it is too late for that don't tell anyone. You would be how far that will take you.
Is it that hard to ask ? To have one , just one serious promotion these days ? Where its about just who is the better wrestler . Throw some heated arguments in the promos from time to time and go from there . Tell the story in the ring . Even have some chaos ONCE in a while so it means something when it happens . But I guess that is too boring now . It sure would be nice just to see how that would work now . It doesnt mean you cant be modern and do SOME flips . Zack Sabre Jr . and FTR would be prime examples of what I am talking about
@@duckmercy11 Oh I do ! And have since 91 . Its still not what it was , its good though . But nothing beats AJPW in the 90s with the REAL 4 pillars . I still watch those matches over and over !
i worked for a few years on local shows, i tried to keep it going well and not just be a dick and shut down everything. but i kept being asked if i could do ridiculous shit not just goofy spots them not recognizing i'm a 6ft6 powerlifter just no i won't do gymnastics even though i likely could... the little guys wanted me to work with them like i wasn't twice their size and even the bigger guys wanted to do Lucha spots like the two of us weighed 90lbs the whole match then injuries caught up and i stopped
I'm imagining some Pockets sized goof asking you to do a mid match dance routine, or sell for a pause button, or sell for The Force, and you looking at them like Lesnar looked at Moxley when Moxley asked Lesnar about thumbtacks, chainsaws, barbed wire bats, C4, and probably a barbed wire wrapped exploding Minoru Suzuki being included in their WrestleMania match.
@@nickhughes8179 Brock probably told him you're going to be suplexed a lot and then you're going to lose. When Brock left the room Moxley bladed himself in front of the mirror and cut a promo on Brock while whispering so Brock wouldn't hear him.
It's time for the Assassins to re-emerge. Put the mask on someone viable like Baron Corbin. Give him a mercenary storyline and bring in Assassin II and III, when needed.
Man...How come I feel that every night, after seeing the constant mess that the Indieriffic garbage that they call "pro wrestling" nowadays, that every once in a while Jim's watching an old Mid South tape, crying like Vito Corleone and saying "Look what they done to my boy..." (On an aside, I wouldn't get involved with Pro Wrestling, especially that the Territories are dead. It seems that for all the bad, at least it allowed younger guys to get in, trained, and at least be remotely employed...Nowadays, it's either the WWE or you have to be a KooKooMunga Jackoff. Talk about a rock and an hard place...)
Get trained in the sports and entertainment aspects -- the former speaks for itself, the latter means the business side. Going to the best school will take additional time and money, but it'll make someone more prepared to walk through the industry minefield.
Jim Cornette basically admitting he might be overly harsh with the post territorial wrestlers. I don't take the professional wrestling business nearly as seriously as he does, and even I have fallen into it. He's talked about this before too. Some guys have to do ridiculous stuff as part of paying their early dues, like AJ Styles before NWA Wildside, ROH, Zero 1 and TNA, while other guys have to due ridiculous stuff later in their career to keep their job, like Ron Killings in WWE, as "Pretty Ricky" and whatever he's been doing since losing to John Cena.
We shouldn’t let the fans off the hook for this either. The small niche of “hardcore” fans who love clown show gymnastics and torture porn death matches are vocal on social media, spend money to attend and prop up these shows, and are so dedicated that AEW feels like they need to cater to them at the expense of a broader audience. The result is a fanbase for AEW that tops out at around 800,000 die hards and that’s why wrestling is basically dead. WWE is a brand like Disney or Marvel that will always draw at a higher floor and WrestleMania will always be a cultural “event” but pro wrestling itself, left to AEW to be the standard bearer is basically dead.
Before AEW there was literally no other major televised American wrestling but WWE. Lol@wrestling is dead. So wrestling was only alive when the redneck territories were running barnyards?
The only way I will ever accept the invisible man is if they do an hour long iron man match where the commentary actively calls the entire match. Stupid only becomes funny when you put effort into it
@@duckmercy11 Did anyone but the man in the turtle costume actually act like he was a real ninja turtle? Even then, it was stupid. It was just a slightly less bad stupid.
Wrestling is dead. This stuff these days is goofy ass sports entertainment. Wrestling died when WCW die because that was the last promotion that still stood on pro Wrestling (until the vince russo era in 2000). After that everybody wanted to present sports entertainment and they cant because honestly Vince McMahon created that shit so thats why its only worked for him. Real "pro Wrestling " fans will understand this.
The only people who would want to be a wrestler today are people like Omega and the Bucks. Nobody serious would even consider being part of this clown show.
The only advice I ever gave aspiring wrestlers was COLLAGEN. Eat collagen. Jell-O is your new favorite dessert. When you eat a steak, eat the gristle. Collagen is what your joints and skin are made of and you're gonna need a fair amount of it over the next few years. Even if you bump well and correctly, you're still being very rough on your joints and skin. One kid that I gave this advice to some twenty years ago is still in there today as one of our area's toughest old veterans.
Don’t be concerned with the marks on Twitter or Reddit. Stand up to bookers who don’t respect you but don’t get too far ahead of yourself and be a mark for yourself. Dave Meltzer is a terrible “journalist” and his ratings mean nothing. Focus on being authentic.
@@danielburger1775 Lmao! Even as Gha-Cha-Ping in Zero1, I don’t think he did anything outrageous. Uh… it was in 2010 and he was unknown. *Cough.* Eh, I have no excuse. It is what it is. 😂
How about advice for aspiring wrestling podcasters or wrestling recappers? What advice would Brian Last offer? How about a wrestling podcaster who interviews other wrestling podcasters and recappers?
The best thing you can do as an interviewer is to learn to ask a question and then have the restraint to keep your mouth closed and actively listen. Learn to be spontaneous and ask follow up questions, not just prepared questions in advance.
I'd take the bookings as long as they are real matches. If it is a Battle Royale, regardless of the invisible Man is there, just call in injured. The Rona or "Mental Health" BS. Might even earn you some points W/ todays soft children
I think I'd tell the asker and Jim both to get their heads out of their butts. The curtain fell long ago and even before that people knew it wasn't real. You don't want your character associated with certain matches? Fine. But if you're a dick to people that do those matches then don't be surprised if you get kicked out.
I know Jim's experience with the NWA didn't end well. However their the best promotion for real wrestling. Number 2 might be Memphis Championship Wrestling.
With independent wrestling better than it was in the 90's, just imagine how ECW or SMW would do today. Paul Heyman could probably adapt, but I don't know about Jim Cornette
Nah Jim can adapt just fine, he just requires that the actions on screen make sense and would be something a logical person would do. That's his primary gripe with modern stuff now that kayfabe doesn't exist. AEW has a lot of like horror movie logic, where dudes stand around waiting to get fucked up when it would be better if they were always doing what you would do if it was real.
Off-topic: Is anyone else getting booted off of Amazon Music/Podcasts when trying to play Exp./Drive-Thru episodes. Works fine for other podcasts, just not the two most important. Thanks.
The nerds and (former) neckbeards took over wrestling, which was probably also caused by the Attitude Era. These are the kind of people that think it's okay to act silly to attract other nerds. When the wrestlers were focused on getting laid, this crap wasn't done.
The proper advice is to go take some kickboxing lessons and get into MMA. Wrestling is fucked. SERIOUS WRESTLING is dead. Either that or get enough money to start your own company.
The old advise I think is still the best: Listen to the vets, the ones who've been there and done that, and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself. Yes, pride and an empty sack are worth the sack, sometimes if you want to get ahead you have to shut up and kiss the ring, but you also have to be able to live with yourself, you just have to know when to pick your battles, what's worth standing up for and what isn't, and when you do stand do it diplomatically, no sense in wrecking bridges that don't need wrecking. Like Kenny Rogers said: know when to walk away and know when to run.
One other piece of advice I'd give: Learn the Fundamentals. A friend of mine ran a small wrestling promotion out of San Angelo, TX for awhile, he once told me a story, pretty sure he probably ripped it off someone else but it's still a good story. Two young guys just out of some wrestling school approached him for a job, he looked the two up and down then asked the first guy "What's your Finish?". The kid told him "I do a reverse 450 into a DDT." or some other highly complicated move like that. My friend turned to the next kid, "What's your Finish?", the kid looked him right in the eyes and said "I get my ass kicked for five minutes then get pinned.", second guy got the job. Focus on the Fundamentals, know the difference between a wrist lock and a wrist watch, know how to move your feet, know how to breath, know how to Sell, learn how to Walk before you try and learn how to Fly.
You can't anymore. Most of the "vets" are clowns like Omega and the hardy's.
The only thing about this is in a few years, guys like Kelly Omega and the Cucks are gonna be considered as "vets", and that's a scary thing
Addendum: also know how to manage your money, because nobody in the business is going to do it for you, and have a backup plan in case you don't make it, because odds are you won't
Isn't a reverse 450 a shooting star press?
Listen to the vets like racist/sexist hypocrite Cornette who wrestled a Ninja turtle.
If I was an aspiring wrestler with no dignity I’d just buddy up to Chris JeriHogan and get paid to do jobs on Rampage/Dark. It worked for Dr. Luther and Serpentico.
Luther is a saint ya mark
@above.average.gaming.natio3026 just because he makes your mom yell “OH GOD!”, it doesn’t make him a saint. Plenty of guys do that on a nightly basis.
I mean, as far as paychecks go, it's far from the worst.
@@above.average.gaming.natio3026you are a moron
@@above.average.gaming.natio3026 he is a saint? What saintly things has he done? Legit question?
Travis needs to release a book of all his work because I'd certainly buy one!
It would sell more copies than AEW: Fight At Some Point
That's a fun idea, but bulk production costs for physical books plus a lack of demand makes that unlikely. Still, it'd be a nice bonus to have all the art in pdf form for people that subscribe to a Cornette patreon or something like that if he ever does one.
@@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour 😂😂 no way that vidya game is still coming out
looking forward to his artwork for when jim talks about char on smackdown last week. i sense a juicy fruit art.
Or you could just continue to look at them for free.
"What advice do you have for aspiring wrestlers."
"Put a 38 to the roof of your mouth."
-Bobby Heenan shoot interview.
With the wrestling business the way it is nowadays, that's the best advice one could give. Wrestling is as dead as a doornail !
If only it was Gorilla Monsoon asking Bobby Heenan that question, especially on live commentary.
Gorilla "What advice do you have for aspiring wrestlers Brain??"
Heenan "Put a .38 to the roof of your mouth."
Gorilla "WILL YOU STOP!!!"
Look like Sid Vicious, talk like Ox Baker, go like a Steiner and NEVER sell for Bray Wyatt.
-Never work with the Rancho Reseda Remedial Class Field Trip.
-Never let Cokie the Khan book you.
-Say no to all things JeriCrashPad.
-Deliberately forget any pooper scooper references Vince McMahon puts in your dialogue.
-Always ask Bruce Pritchard where the stupid stories and gimmicks he books are going and then say no because it's goofy.
-Always ask if teleportation, invisible men, invisible hand grenades, pause buttons, The Force, stupid dance routines, hypnosis, Firefly Fun Houses, Shitstain, or small children will be involved and if so, disappear as quickly as AEW viewers during a Cucamonga Kids match.
-Always listen to Cornette, Dutch Mantel, Bret Hart and never listen to Demented Dave Dipshit and Angry Alvarez.
Voila, you may succeed in wrestling.
"The pandemic would have never happened in the territory days. Jarret and Barnett and fucking Crockett would´ve never allowed it ". - Jim Cornette.
What are you talking about dude
Last year I was contacted by a company that is known for doing deathmatches and they wanted to book me, I said I would do it but I wouldn't do a deatchmatch so they say that's fine but then I never hear from them again.
I think its good to set limits and I didn't miss out on anything by not being on that show infact I'm probably better off not having done it.
Deathmatches take years off wreslters lives and nobody will remember them for more than a few weeks anyways so it’s not worth it.
A lifetime of scars, chronic pain and possible disabilities for a $50 night. Those guys are braindead scumbags.
You’re right
I did some of that when I was younger. I'm regretting it now at 39.
@@1983jcheat What's the worst spot or bump you took?
We seriously need a full color hardcover book with all of Travis's artwork.. Signed by Jim Brian and Travis
I don’t think Jim has realised that MJF once took a pinfall for the Invisible Man
Oof
Kornet is a clown. He has been involved in some of the worst writing & booking in the history of this bizarre, awkward sect of entertainment, and he nearly buried the two most profitable, major murican companies …you cannot make this stuff up. This glorified male ring rat, as one of the head writers for dubya see dubya, wanted to give Tommy. Freaking. Rich a major push during the early 90s. Tommy. Rich. In the early 90s. Yes, you read that correctly. This dude is one of the sorriest people doing these cringe podcasts. Just sad to hear him criticize & delegate 😬
He took a finger to the bum once too
And wrestled women
Hypocrite Cornette doesn't care, he'll ignore it and always make excuses for his faves.
This is a fantastic rendering of Toni Storm. 5 star artwork if I may say so myself!
🤣 huge pop
@@getschwifty9531 hahaha I see what you did there
Chris Jericho is slowly becoming Adrian Adonis
….slowly..?
Lmao!!! I never thought of it that way but yes. Perfect analogy
Speaking of garbage, I just watched AEW Dynamite with the trios match in Winnipeg. Botchamania will have plenty of material.
I am starting my pro wrestling training in April in my home state of California but it's my biggest fear like so many mixed genre or comedy wrestling out here!! Only places I know that are serious are United Wrestling network, championship wrestling from Memphis, and Phoenix Wrestling in Arizona
Best of luck.
Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling in Houston is also a serious promotion.
What kind of dooshbaguette clown artist would ever aspire to be involved with freaking professional rasslin…? 😳🤦🏻
I hope it works out for you.
Santinos Bro’s check em out!
Kane started out as the Christmas Creature, and now he’s the mayor of Tennessee or some shit…
Everytime I hear about an invisible man in wrestling, my mind always goes back to that one Cheech and Chong movie 🤣
Is there gonna be teleportation?
😂😂😂
Having been in the business for a decade, I have had an amazing ride but Brian was pretty right that the people who take it seriously have had a rough go through that time
@@charlesthoreson4162 I appreciate the hate from someone who's never done it, but next time I'm working with your favorite wrestlers or working a wrestling show at a rap concert in the Barclays, I'll be sure to have a good laugh about you.
And, for your edification, I lived, trained, and fought mauy thai in thailand for 2 years and have wrestled, for realsies, since I was 12.
Aew is just Gcw on a bigger budget. This company has a champ whose entire gimmick that he's lazy and doesn't like to wrestle. Yet somehow he became a champ and every match he has is like 20-30 mins long where the opponent struggles to win. Too many carny outlaw wrestlers that make a mockery of wrestling.
A social Distancing match wow I had to TH-cam that & it actually happened wow. People are insane
my advice would be: don't do it as your fulltime job
do it on the side but don't be left without being able to pay your rent if you don't get booked for a months or 2
I guess Jim has forgotten about MJF's fucking song and dance number with Jericho
Cheech and Chong should be the only people to ever have wrestle the invisible man. Member berries when they stretched his balls around the ring.
I actually got offered to do a match while working in Memphis
Another time I came to support my frat brother who wrestled part time in Memphis and the wrestlers were scared that I was actually gonna wrestle lol (6'4 255 at the time)
If I were to have done it, it probably was gonna be in Memphis where it still is taken seriously. Everywhere else. No way
The fuck are you talking about? When has Memphis of all places been taken seriously? I could have let it slide if you had wrote Knoxville, but MEMPHIS!?
Here We Go
i wonder how many people that wanted to wrestle never even bothered training for it after seeing all the outlaw magic bullshit
Many I'm sure.
So Cornette wrestling a Ninja Turtle wasn't outlaw bullshit?
@@duckmercy11 it was, but he didnt use any invisible hand grenades or penis moves did he
The comment section shows how much Jim has the people. Pro wrestling is healthy and some people don't watch it not for the content, but because they don't believe in pro wrestling. It's always been this way.
I realised that was meant to be a blow up doll in the graphic but for some reason by original interpretation was Liv Morgan.
If you are given a tryout match, don't go out there and hit every finisher known to man. That's not going to impress a promoter. Work basic fundamentals, be there early and help set up the ring and stay to help tear down. Be respectful. Stay away from back yard shows and if it is too late for that don't tell anyone. You would be how far that will take you.
This Thursday!!!
Is it that hard to ask ? To have one , just one serious promotion these days ? Where its about just who is the better wrestler . Throw some heated arguments in the promos from time to time and go from there . Tell the story in the ring . Even have some chaos ONCE in a while so it means something when it happens . But I guess that is too boring now . It sure would be nice just to see how that would work now . It doesnt mean you cant be modern and do SOME flips . Zack Sabre Jr . and FTR would be prime examples of what I am talking about
Watch NJPW.
@@duckmercy11 Oh I do ! And have since 91 . Its still not what it was , its good though . But nothing beats AJPW in the 90s with the REAL 4 pillars . I still watch those matches over and over !
RHYNO IN MONROE - IRW Michigan is a solid independent show.!.!.
What does he mean by "pockets" ?
"Pockets" = Jim's nickname for Orange Cassidy, the AEW wrestler who performs with his hands in the pockets of his wrestling attire.
i worked for a few years on local shows, i tried to keep it going well and not just be a dick and shut down everything. but i kept being asked if i could do ridiculous shit not just goofy spots them not recognizing i'm a 6ft6 powerlifter just no i won't do gymnastics even though i likely could... the little guys wanted me to work with them like i wasn't twice their size and even the bigger guys wanted to do Lucha spots like the two of us weighed 90lbs the whole match then injuries caught up and i stopped
Were you ever asked to do humiliating comedy spots?
I'm imagining some Pockets sized goof asking you to do a mid match dance routine, or sell for a pause button, or sell for The Force, and you looking at them like Lesnar looked at Moxley when Moxley asked Lesnar about thumbtacks, chainsaws, barbed wire bats, C4, and probably a barbed wire wrapped exploding Minoru Suzuki being included in their WrestleMania match.
@@britishbulldogsvsthehartfo5677 a bunch of them as well
That sounds like the NJ indies now. Buffoonery ×100
@@nickhughes8179 Brock probably told him you're going to be suplexed a lot and then you're going to lose. When Brock left the room Moxley bladed himself in front of the mirror and cut a promo on Brock while whispering so Brock wouldn't hear him.
Ik if i was a wrestler I'd just straight uo go to PWG and start stretching the whole roster. They wouldn't even be able to move
Sounds pretty sus
@@brendanrodgers9753 idgaf man that's ur problem.
@@brendanrodgers9753 Would be the first time they ever get laid. 😂
I was one of those promoters who was serious.
It's time for the Assassins to re-emerge. Put the mask on someone viable like Baron Corbin. Give him a mercenary storyline and bring in Assassin II and III, when needed.
Wrestling changes based on what the fans want. Old school is a juiced up steroid person. New school is super athletic or emo
Aspiring wrestler's need to take the business serious and don't do non sense in the ring. No matches with the invisible man of blow up dolls.
💯
Man...How come I feel that every night, after seeing the constant mess that the Indieriffic garbage that they call "pro wrestling" nowadays, that every once in a while Jim's watching an old Mid South tape, crying like Vito Corleone and saying "Look what they done to my boy..."
(On an aside, I wouldn't get involved with Pro Wrestling, especially that the Territories are dead. It seems that for all the bad, at least it allowed younger guys to get in, trained, and at least be remotely employed...Nowadays, it's either the WWE or you have to be a KooKooMunga Jackoff. Talk about a rock and an hard place...)
Get trained in the sports and entertainment aspects -- the former speaks for itself, the latter means the business side. Going to the best school will take additional time and money, but it'll make someone more prepared to walk through the industry minefield.
Invisible men and invisible grenades??? Lmao. Was this a thing???
Chuck Taylor
Yes, along with Cornette wrestling a Ninja Turtle 🐢
Jim Cornette basically admitting he might be overly harsh with the post territorial wrestlers. I don't take the professional wrestling business nearly as seriously as he does, and even I have fallen into it. He's talked about this before too. Some guys have to do ridiculous stuff as part of paying their early dues, like AJ Styles before NWA Wildside, ROH, Zero 1 and TNA, while other guys have to due ridiculous stuff later in their career to keep their job, like Ron Killings in WWE, as "Pretty Ricky" and whatever he's been doing since losing to John Cena.
We shouldn’t let the fans off the hook for this either. The small niche of “hardcore” fans who love clown show gymnastics and torture porn death matches are vocal on social media, spend money to attend and prop up these shows, and are so dedicated that AEW feels like they need to cater to them at the expense of a broader audience.
The result is a fanbase for AEW that tops out at around 800,000 die hards and that’s why wrestling is basically dead. WWE is a brand like Disney or Marvel that will always draw at a higher floor and WrestleMania will always be a cultural “event” but pro wrestling itself, left to AEW to be the standard bearer is basically dead.
Before AEW there was literally no other major televised American wrestling but WWE. Lol@wrestling is dead. So wrestling was only alive when the redneck territories were running barnyards?
The only way I will ever accept the invisible man is if they do an hour long iron man match where the commentary actively calls the entire match.
Stupid only becomes funny when you put effort into it
Battle royal full of invisible wrestlers
Did you accept Cornette wrestling a Ninja Turtle?
@@duckmercy11 Did anyone but the man in the turtle costume actually act like he was a real ninja turtle?
Even then, it was stupid. It was just a slightly less bad stupid.
AEW Fight Forever has dance routines.
Let that sink in....
I think it's so dumb that it's going to have minigames, but won't have a damn cage match.
Wrestling is dead. This stuff these days is goofy ass sports entertainment. Wrestling died when WCW die because that was the last promotion that still stood on pro Wrestling (until the vince russo era in 2000). After that everybody wanted to present sports entertainment and they cant because honestly Vince McMahon created that shit so thats why its only worked for him. Real "pro Wrestling " fans will understand this.
If you want to be taken seriously...choose another profession.
Honestly these days anyone literally a one armed 55 year old woman can be world champion now! So just go do it and hope they push you!
I'm glad I was trained in a different era. 😌
The only people who would want to be a wrestler today are people like Omega and the Bucks. Nobody serious would even consider being part of this clown show.
Keep yelling yourself this boomer, while I watch Zack Sabre Jr, Timothy Thatcher and Tom Lowlor tear it up in Japan.
@@duckmercy11 Not a boomer.
While you watch who?
The only advice I ever gave aspiring wrestlers was COLLAGEN. Eat collagen. Jell-O is your new favorite dessert. When you eat a steak, eat the gristle. Collagen is what your joints and skin are made of and you're gonna need a fair amount of it over the next few years. Even if you bump well and correctly, you're still being very rough on your joints and skin. One kid that I gave this advice to some twenty years ago is still in there today as one of our area's toughest old veterans.
Don’t be concerned with the marks on Twitter or Reddit. Stand up to bookers who don’t respect you but don’t get too far ahead of yourself and be a mark for yourself. Dave Meltzer is a terrible “journalist” and his ratings mean nothing. Focus on being authentic.
It worked for Günther.
@@Copperstoned and it should work for every other wrestler. I hope they'd all follow.
@@Copperstoned Gunther used to do Asscrack Jack Death Match shit, like that bank-addicted drug robber.
@@danielburger1775 Lmao! Even as Gha-Cha-Ping in Zero1, I don’t think he did anything outrageous. Uh… it was in 2010 and he was unknown. *Cough.* Eh, I have no excuse. It is what it is. 😂
I wish I would’ve appreciated James E fatass more when he was a manager. God I love this show!
How about advice for aspiring wrestling podcasters or wrestling recappers? What advice would Brian Last offer?
How about a wrestling podcaster who interviews other wrestling podcasters and recappers?
buddy up to a famous wrestling personality and lobby to be his cohost is what he's daay
The best thing you can do as an interviewer is to learn to ask a question and then have the restraint to keep your mouth closed and actively listen. Learn to be spontaneous and ask follow up questions, not just prepared questions in advance.
I'd take the bookings as long as they are real matches. If it is a Battle Royale, regardless of the invisible Man is there, just call in injured. The Rona or "Mental Health" BS. Might even earn you some points W/ todays soft children
I think I'd tell the asker and Jim both to get their heads out of their butts. The curtain fell long ago and even before that people knew it wasn't real.
You don't want your character associated with certain matches? Fine. But if you're a dick to people that do those matches then don't be surprised if you get kicked out.
NWA
I know Jim's experience with the NWA didn't end well. However their the best promotion for real wrestling. Number 2 might be Memphis Championship Wrestling.
Kenny Olivier eats corn the long way.
Legit thinks serious wrestling will bring in sell out crowds every week. It's not realistic.
NJPW in San Jose did it.
try doing it for a year. then get TV deals. Then sell merchandise. then have kids watch your show.
With independent wrestling better than it was in the 90's, just imagine how ECW or SMW would do today. Paul Heyman could probably adapt, but I don't know about Jim Cornette
Nah Jim can adapt just fine, he just requires that the actions on screen make sense and would be something a logical person would do. That's his primary gripe with modern stuff now that kayfabe doesn't exist. AEW has a lot of like horror movie logic, where dudes stand around waiting to get fucked up when it would be better if they were always doing what you would do if it was real.
I've seen SMW and I've seen OVW and I've seen ROH when he was around. He adapted.
@@joegreene7619 You heard him correctly. He's lost his mind.
@@jbo8540 everyone forgets that those were probably the best times for those companies I sure enjoyed it.
Paul didn't adapt and that's why ECW went under. Paul was an awful buisnessman, and he owed A LOT of people money in the end
Wildkat sports pull up
Off-topic: Is anyone else getting booted off of Amazon Music/Podcasts when trying to play Exp./Drive-Thru episodes. Works fine for other podcasts, just not the two most important. Thanks.
Jim is wrong.. ask me how I know
This coming from a guy that wrestled a Ninja Turtle.
Booooo
The nerds and (former) neckbeards took over wrestling, which was probably also caused by the Attitude Era. These are the kind of people that think it's okay to act silly to attract other nerds. When the wrestlers were focused on getting laid, this crap wasn't done.
Underage children?.
Yeah Kenny Omega did that
@@plannein Braun Sttowman
@@danielburger1775 what about him?
@@plannein Worked with an underage kid.
At WrestleMania, no less.
@@danielburger1775 the kid was outside the ring the whole time. We're talking about kids taking super kicks.
The proper advice is to go take some kickboxing lessons and get into MMA. Wrestling is fucked. SERIOUS WRESTLING is dead. Either that or get enough money to start your own company.
NJPW and MLW exist.