Jim Cornette on Mid South Wrestling In Late 1983

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  • From Episode 184 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
    Artwork by Travis Heckel!
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  • @greghughes6098
    @greghughes6098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    That artwork will haunt me for all my remaining days

    • @stevegyles3190
      @stevegyles3190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That look on Watt's face is priceless.

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You never dreamed about Jim shaking that thing? I thought that was natural

    • @maxand.1462
      @maxand.1462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's just a sexy corny, sexy cornyyyy

  • @chrisgreig98
    @chrisgreig98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Homer Simpson looks at the thumbnail
    *"Doh, stupid sexy Cornette"*

    • @MatthewSaliba
      @MatthewSaliba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!"

    • @suchiuomizu
      @suchiuomizu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts.

    • @thompur
      @thompur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's just disturbing.

    • @stinkypinkeee5085
      @stinkypinkeee5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MatthewSaliba "Nothing at all...nothing at all..."

    • @Fallout3AtWar
      @Fallout3AtWar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      69 Likes, Nice.

  • @daniel-san-augh
    @daniel-san-augh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Last thing I needed to see today was Jim in daisy dukes. Although Nikolai questioning his existence makes up for it

  • @GEORGIOARCADE
    @GEORGIOARCADE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Personally i love when Brian and Jim talk about the old school stuff more than modern day wrestling. Not that those are bad or anything. There's so many great stories i haven't heard about the old days that i wanna hear. I could listen to this stuff all day.

    • @smarkslowplay3512
      @smarkslowplay3512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      80s specifically yeah

    • @davidleewrath6919
      @davidleewrath6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MemphoWrasslin1 I've the cure for youtube commercials. Adblock on your computer OR just grab the timeline bar and go to the end of the video. Restart it. No more ads.

    • @davidleewrath6919
      @davidleewrath6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MemphoWrasslin1 I've the cure for youtube commercials. Adblock on your computer OR just grab the timeline bar and go to the end of the video. Restart it. No more ads.

  • @jaxsoncruz6804
    @jaxsoncruz6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Jim's sexy graphic looks like he got them shorts from SUNNY KISS😂🤣😭😅

    • @SheriffOutlaw
      @SheriffOutlaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good grief! But hey can't hate daisy dukes shorts 😂

  • @bearface86
    @bearface86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Both the grossest and greatest thumbnail I've ever seen

  • @eiephants
    @eiephants 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This thumbnail is top tier along side Cornette in pigtails on a swing. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @artymixon5316
      @artymixon5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The one with Jim as wolverine is up there as well imo

    • @DarksaberForce
      @DarksaberForce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Fire Marshal Bill?

  • @MilMaska
    @MilMaska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "Business was hot. We were selling out everywhere" - Jim Cornette

  • @christofl6523
    @christofl6523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I loved the "loser leaves town" matches of the 80's.

  • @TheGreatestPlayerInTheWorld
    @TheGreatestPlayerInTheWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Jim in daisy dukes oh my god lmao 😂

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Seems you like it. Got the big boy chubby?

  • @philanderphillips2309
    @philanderphillips2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Travis Heckel: When it comes to this particular artwork I have only one word... NO!!!!!!!!!!! I'll never look at Jim Cornette the same ever, ever.

  • @RickJW-OSM
    @RickJW-OSM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Travis's artwork once again top tier.
    The look on Watts's face is priceless like he's thinking, 'What in the blue hell are we doing here?!'

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they made him look like Meat Loaf

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For a lack of talent, I remember a lot of "scrub versus scrub" matches on Mid South TV in the early 80s. Like Art Crews versus Joe Savoldi--type stuff. And boy, Jim Ross would always talk it up, like--"and this would be a main event, anywhere in the country"!🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @WyattHolliday
    @WyattHolliday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Mid-South and Memphis are two of the territories I wish I could have seen in person.

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Texas during the von Erich years would be on my list. .that and NWA Crockett.

    • @bonusbaby801
      @bonusbaby801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Wyatt Holliday, I was & count myself VERY FORTUNATE to have lived in the hot bed of Mid-South territory. I watched the weekly show faithfully & attended MANY live events. I am forever grateful to my Grandfather for getting me into pro wrestling.

    • @WyattHolliday
      @WyattHolliday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@johngallagher72 I definitely could have gone for some World Class, myself. I saw lot of Crockett though!

    • @WyattHolliday
      @WyattHolliday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bonusbaby801 That’s awesome! I was around the Florida territory, so I saw a lot of Crockett in the later years.

    • @jamesashmore3655
      @jamesashmore3655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was able to watch both. Memphis on channel 5 and mid south on abc channel 6 out of Greenville MS. Some of the best wrestling ever

  • @rickstalentedtongue910
    @rickstalentedtongue910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jim in those short shorts made me revert to my old habit that dies hard. Any time I am on the phone or online, I unzip.

  • @michaelwilmoth1018
    @michaelwilmoth1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Most of us loved mid south wrestling.all through jr.high and high school.we grew up every saturday watching our ffavorite wrestlers.we could not wait till monday morning to talk about wrestling at school.

  • @leaespejo9776
    @leaespejo9776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Howdy friends. Why is Jim dressed as Sonny Kiss?

    • @tg995nation6
      @tg995nation6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cause he can.

    • @stinkypinkeee5085
      @stinkypinkeee5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because he reads my emails and knows I have fetishes?

    • @leaespejo9776
      @leaespejo9776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@stinkypinkeee5085 if Jim clapped his cheeks I would die laughing.

  • @fishhookism
    @fishhookism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw kamala beat Iron Mike Shape bloody in 1983 at Barton Coliseum in Little rock.

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Iron Mike Sharp

    • @fishhookism
      @fishhookism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mr.mr.4772 Yeah, Sharpe. Sorry for the spelling.

    • @stevejohnson1577
      @stevejohnson1577 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Took three posts but you got canada’s greatest althlete name right🎉

  • @johngallagher72
    @johngallagher72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    82 to 87 Mid South was Vinces first developmental territory ...Orndorrff ...JYD . OMG ...Butch Reed ...Duggan ...Jake Roberts .. DiBiase

    • @p.d.l7023
      @p.d.l7023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Terry Taylor and Big Boss man

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@p.d.l7023 very true ...also Koko B Ware if I'm not mistaken although I think he bounced back and forth between Memphis and Mid South

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Nikolai Volkoff

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The New Zealand Sheepheaders AKA The Bushwackers

  • @MarkJackson-wc2xh
    @MarkJackson-wc2xh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What's next? Corny days or Jimmy Hyatt.

  • @zacheatscrackers
    @zacheatscrackers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That fucking thumbnail 😂😂😂🤣🤣 like lookin at Spongebob in fishnets and high heels

  • @brandedbybryant1144
    @brandedbybryant1144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Strong thumbnail

  • @OongTheLastAirbender
    @OongTheLastAirbender 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    bruh the picture lol

  • @ndr1764
    @ndr1764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing art.

  • @jeffmac9642
    @jeffmac9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    NBC is probably going to cancel 80% of the WWE Library. Anything south, ECW, attitude Era, divas, puppies, Fabulous freebirds.

    • @SuperNitroZ64
      @SuperNitroZ64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What? I thought that was something Disney would do.

    • @-JAVY-
      @-JAVY- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And edit most of the stuff from attitude era

    • @stinkypinkeee5085
      @stinkypinkeee5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are editing out Roddy Piper's "Black And White" interview before WM V (I think it's that WM)...THAT is a piece of business that should be shared with the World, not censored out of existence...I see "tape trading" making a BIG return as Old-School fans try to ensure the preservation of Pro Wrestling in its original form...

  • @ac8274
    @ac8274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best thumbnail yet lmaoooooooo

    • @stinkypinkeee5085
      @stinkypinkeee5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes me wanna wake up the Wofe for a "Tussle"...

  • @philiptew4836
    @philiptew4836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mr. Wrestling #2 was my favorite wrestler from Mid-South, before JYD and the Freebirds

  • @GusGoosegrease
    @GusGoosegrease 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That drawing of Jim needs to be on a t-shirt!

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You beating your thing ain't you? It's okay it's natural Jim too fine

  • @Bandana_Boi
    @Bandana_Boi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had no idea Ole and Watts had a deep friendship until the Dark Side episode came out.

  • @darksideka
    @darksideka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is that Bill Watts or Al Bundy?

    • @gregorybaxter7594
      @gregorybaxter7594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same guy.

    • @davidkos74
      @davidkos74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Al Bundy was the most famous graduate from Polk High. Legend has it he scored 4 touchdowns in one game.

    • @ValiantWrestling
      @ValiantWrestling 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it was Chris Latta...

    • @TranceMasterJack
      @TranceMasterJack 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the Cincinnati Bengals still don't have an indoor practice facility.

  • @SaigaTenshi
    @SaigaTenshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew Sunny is Jim Cornette in disguise all along in that thumbnail

  • @thundertyrant
    @thundertyrant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The November 1983 Dome Show in New Orleans they had to bring in people from everywhere else. I was there.
    JYD vs Butch Reed in a yellow streak match
    The Road Warriors vs II and TA
    David Von Erich vs Kamala
    Kerry Von Erich vs Missing link
    Dusty Rhodes vs. King Kong Bundy
    Hacksaw Duggan vs Anvil Neidhart
    It was an awesome show but like they said a change needed to happen. It was hard to beat the heat the birds vs jyd got or the heat teddy vs dog got.

  • @Dakatari
    @Dakatari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mid South just like any company had their highs and lows

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A lot of lows. Considering they went out of business. The thing is 95% of wrestling at any given time is garbage it's just people get captivated by the 5%. Then the 5% that wasn't garbage becomes garbage because they beat the horse until it dies. Actually that describes life.

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I was a faithful viewer to the bitter end in 1987!

  • @christianpierce4978
    @christianpierce4978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm booked at a show with Mike Jackson tonight 😂

    • @travisheckel3788
      @travisheckel3788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude, get me Mike’s contact number! Would love to get him in this wrestling game I’m a fan of!! (Filsinger games legends of wrestling)
      Yes, this is Travis that does that art!! Lol

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're lying

  • @venom74799
    @venom74799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That thumbnail is pure nightmare fuel.

  • @erickmack4131
    @erickmack4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    🤣not sure how i feel about this one, travis. Mixed emotions 🤔

    • @longj74
      @longj74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is that because Corny in those dukes turns you on and you don't like that?!?!? 🤣😂🤣

    • @smarkslowplay3512
      @smarkslowplay3512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stupid sexy Corny

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@longj74 it got him happy. He got a lil chubby

    • @Fallout3AtWar
      @Fallout3AtWar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scared and Aroused?

  • @PhoShoTheatre
    @PhoShoTheatre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Did Jim ever explain JJ Dillon wearing women's lingerie under his suit?

    • @davidkos74
      @davidkos74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was in the Florida territory right?

    • @PhoShoTheatre
      @PhoShoTheatre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidkos74 that's right th-cam.com/video/LTjUyYBzKsw/w-d-xo.html

  • @031767sc
    @031767sc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    artwork needs to be a t-shirt

  • @seangoodwin3046
    @seangoodwin3046 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:30: Why did Jim Ross only mention Dennis as someone coming in soon?
    Dennis is probably the only name the Mid South fans would have recognized in 1983. Bobby hasn't left Tennessee territory (including Alabama and Kentucky and Indiana etc) yet, I don't think, and I know Jim had not at that time.

  • @magnificentone4686
    @magnificentone4686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Bill Dundee is the reason Randy Savage didn’t come to Mid-South? Man what a missed opportunity

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A reunion of the Poffos as a team might have given Lanny a real push! He was struggling as a job scrub in Mid South for years!

  • @kennethanway7979
    @kennethanway7979 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please turn up the volume!!!!!!!

  • @EnergyFitnessCX
    @EnergyFitnessCX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jim in Daisy Dukes sold me into clicking on this video lol

  • @MrQuinn-tc3uo
    @MrQuinn-tc3uo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ha! corny in the "daisy dukes". he he he.

  • @stormthepitbull
    @stormthepitbull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice Legs Jim !

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im trying to smash. Never knew i liked men

  • @JeremyPeeples
    @JeremyPeeples ปีที่แล้ว

    The Darsow Daisy Dukes!

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I never did understand him wearing anything like that in the North woods of Minnesota!

  • @JoJo-ie8sl
    @JoJo-ie8sl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Travis....whyyyyyyy

  • @ChrisC11291980
    @ChrisC11291980 ปีที่แล้ว

    What years did Grizzly Smith book for Watts?

  • @78bcat
    @78bcat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's funny is that Bill Watts gets hired by WCW and decided he needed to recreate the "dark days" described above...rather than find a new, fresh mind to handle creative.
    Bill Watts is one of the legendary idiots of the industry...

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Go ahead and list your wrestling resume and then we'll compare it against bills

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watts did what he was told to do by WCW cut costs

  • @kennethanway7979
    @kennethanway7979 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm old, deaf, andmy tablet is crappy!

  • @tacosworld-oq5tv
    @tacosworld-oq5tv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cornette in daisy dukes is scarier then any horror movie

  • @DrRonThomasJr
    @DrRonThomasJr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cornette doing a great Missy Hyatt (can't blame Heckel for putting him in a Cornette shirt rather than the classic red PWI)

  • @markstaffieri5732
    @markstaffieri5732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome conversation about the greatest decade of wrestling. In those days, Volkoff could have generated heat in any promotion. How ironic that he was Croatian.

  • @thetheoryguy5544
    @thetheoryguy5544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jim Thicc Tho 🤣

  • @NORWOODShadow
    @NORWOODShadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does Jim actually see his thumbnails?

  • @Breakfast_of_Champions
    @Breakfast_of_Champions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a virtual catcall.

  • @russellcampbell3500
    @russellcampbell3500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim I never thought daisy dukes would burn my eyes. Thanks for that Jim u ruined my childhood. Lol

  • @magnificentone4686
    @magnificentone4686 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    To get One Man Gang and Bob Orton Jr. from ICW paid off big dividends

  • @theoelliott4649
    @theoelliott4649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cornette got played in the artist work for this one.

  • @rickjones5377
    @rickjones5377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think the last mid south show for 83 was Bill Watts slapping Jim Cornette I've been watching old mid south shows.

  • @mjcastro82
    @mjcastro82 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Corn makes a mighty fine snack

  • @davidmreyes77
    @davidmreyes77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on the video thumbnail art.

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    *looking from foot to head*
    _Whhiiiit_-NOPE

  • @ernestoj.infante2433
    @ernestoj.infante2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim’s pic lmao 🤷‍♂️😏

  • @peterriverajr6899
    @peterriverajr6899 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was there an issue between Dundee and Macho that i dont know about

    • @KayFabe87
      @KayFabe87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big time issue. Plenty of shoot interviews and stories from both Dundee's perspective and the Poffo (Savage) perspective. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle, but all agree that there was a pistol involved in the most notable incident.

    • @peterriverajr6899
      @peterriverajr6899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KayFabe87 are these shoots on youtube id like to hear the stories. Thank you by the way

    • @KayFabe87
      @KayFabe87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peterriverajr6899 : Plenty of shoots all over TH-cam. Pretty much any shoot interview with Bill Dundee or Lanny Poffo will reference this incident.

    • @peterriverajr6899
      @peterriverajr6899 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KayFabe87 thanks im gonna go listen to some

  • @brandonizaguirre2963
    @brandonizaguirre2963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I see Jim has been in Sonny Kiss' closet. Probably the same one he came out of.

  • @ericgilbert56
    @ericgilbert56 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please don't make me visualise Jim in those shorts.

  • @ddlk9913
    @ddlk9913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hard to believe Jim approved that absurd graphic

    • @travisheckel3788
      @travisheckel3788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol, he doesn’t. He gives myself and Brian free reign

  • @joeygrunge
    @joeygrunge 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Look at the gams on Jimmy

  • @anthonydaro4134
    @anthonydaro4134 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jeff sword 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @Am0ment0fB
    @Am0ment0fB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Second too!

  • @osaji922
    @osaji922 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why's Jim look like Sonny Kiss?

  • @Phantasia_Workshop
    @Phantasia_Workshop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worst. Thumbnail. Ever.

  • @IamBrixTM
    @IamBrixTM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    what tHE FUCK

  • @avid2112
    @avid2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yum yum cornette

  • @ivaerz4977
    @ivaerz4977 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That thumbnail should be reported

  • @GTA-qv8pk
    @GTA-qv8pk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sh!t that thumbnail is terrible before you know it Jim will be 69ing in an AEW ring

  • @johnkelsiemcnair7787
    @johnkelsiemcnair7787 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim, you're the greatest but that pic of you in those "catch me, pound me" hot pants is disturbing to say the least.

  • @Am0ment0fB
    @Am0ment0fB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First again!

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm the best!

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Am0ment0fB First means nothing, 3rd requires talent.

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxxdahl6062 Well then, I was actually first, second, and third. So, I get all the ribbons! Ha.

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Am0ment0fB Nope, you were not.

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maxxdahl6062 yeah. I totally was. I'm the best!

  • @kensmith1813
    @kensmith1813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1st