Jim Cornette on Vince Russo's Ideas For Shotgun Saturday Night

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  • From Episode 443 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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  • @AWX_Wrestling
    @AWX_Wrestling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    Cornette needs to dig through all his papers. This needs to be a weekly segment. Call it the "Shit Stain Files".

    • @switchglitch666
      @switchglitch666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He's gonna need some toilet paper to dig through all those files

    • @colonelrobertsjr.7882
      @colonelrobertsjr.7882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@switchglitch666 Agreed!! Such a steaming pile!!

    • @TheBurningChicken1
      @TheBurningChicken1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@switchglitch666 I’d say a hazmat suit if we’re talking something Russo touched 😂😂

    • @switchglitch666
      @switchglitch666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBurningChicken1 lol! Indeed!

    • @switchglitch666
      @switchglitch666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@colonelrobertsjr.7882 ewwww.....steaming lol

  • @johnpittsii7524
    @johnpittsii7524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +679

    Jim Cornette talking about Vince Russo never gets old

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah it's comedy that's about it there are no facts

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can't lie it's hilarious 🤣🤣 even though I agree with 1 or 2 things that comes out of Russo's mouth.. but I do love Jim's take on things more..

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kenrickeason Jim is definitely a funny guy

    • @kevinwillette5161
      @kevinwillette5161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kenrickeason I'm dying to know what Russo ideas you agree with; every interview I've ever heard or read going back to 1999 has been delusional.

    • @kinginthenorth1437
      @kinginthenorth1437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kevinwillette5161 There are some merits to his belief that you should book the undercard as if it mattered. Unfortunately he was just about the worst possible choice of person to be booking the undercard.

  • @ericroman2403
    @ericroman2403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Bro, first he gets a Shotgun, then waits for Saturday night. He only shoots his shotgun on Saturday nights bro.

    • @ethanbradley2089
      @ethanbradley2089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hey Travolta only danced on Saturday night, bro.

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ethanbradley2089 Its also the only night thats alright for fighting

  • @JOBdOut
    @JOBdOut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "When Poochie isn't on screen, everybody should look around and ask - where's Poochie?"

    • @bdiggs7305
      @bdiggs7305 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey hey, wiggity wiggity, Poochie’s in the house!

    • @mrbangbang4050
      @mrbangbang4050 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where the fuck is poochie

    • @lordaleksandre
      @lordaleksandre หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Poochie died on the way back to his planet.

  • @slowdivespacestation2523
    @slowdivespacestation2523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Cornette's disdain for Russo is just about the only pure thing left in this world LOL

    • @kdfisher547
      @kdfisher547 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hatred is a powerful motivator

    • @david-468
      @david-468 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least he worked with him for a grand total of a year or 2 unlike everyone else he hates where he’s never even talked to them, if you “hate” someone before even talking to them , YOURE THE AHOLE not the guy you hate

  • @thejokerstyle100
    @thejokerstyle100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Corny saying "it was New York bro" in Russos accent cracked me up!

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jim hates everyone from the Northeast

    • @justinmarston4106
      @justinmarston4106 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Im a yankee so it's hard for me to believe people with cornettes accent can speak in any other voice. Not a bigot it's just ingrained in our society. So cornettes perfect russo voice for one second was confounding and shocking

  • @CJ-hd8ri
    @CJ-hd8ri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    I wish corny had a day of the week dedicated to a Russo story. These are always the best.

    • @LMLR187
      @LMLR187 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Weird since people use to complain that Corny was obsessed with shitstain

    • @roberttrester4030
      @roberttrester4030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Poor Jim would end up hunting Vince(shit stain)Russo down! LOL if he had to do this every week!

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣😂

    • @zaodedong9935
      @zaodedong9935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@heel420 hey Vince, how's it going bro.

    • @El_Pinche_Hombre
      @El_Pinche_Hombre 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shitstain Sunday

  • @PhinneusPrune
    @PhinneusPrune 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I have to say. I was at Shotgun Saturday Night in Penn Station there in Manhatten and I to this day say that it was the most entertaining live wrestling event I ever been to. Who came up with the idea to hold a wrestling event in the main train station in NYC at 11pm/12am is a genius.
    Why did it work? Anybody who doesn't understand Manhatten. Penn Station is right under MSG. Trains come into Penn Station from Long Island, Upstate NY. Pennsylvania and NJ. So to get people to come to this event. They hop on a train and they are there. The convenience was the best part. You never have to leave the station, hail a cab, take a subway. Off the train and you are there. Couple that with the fact that people like me always see Penn Station as a crowded race to make your train. It was different to see this hectic place turned into a battle ground of sorts. Something we will never see again. I give credit for that idea.

    • @bowserh2012345
      @bowserh2012345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a very interesting insight! Do you have other stuff like that to share?

    • @joen8529
      @joen8529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I thought Shotgun Saturday Night absolutely rocked. When HHH took the tombstone on the escalator, that was unforgettable… I wish they had made it work. Sorry Corny, it might not have been feasible business-wise, but it really was a killer idea.

    • @PhinneusPrune
      @PhinneusPrune 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@joen8529 I was there for that escalator Tomb Stone. I am not just saying this. It was absolutely a very fun live event.
      As crowded as it looked on TV. You were able to follow the action. So there were no missed moments. It was more of a personal show because whether or not the wrestlers were on the other side of the venue. They always made there way around to where we were. If they didn't. It wasn't difficult to get to the action.
      It was like an Indy event where they spent a lot of money on production. I guess for the wrestlers, writers and production. That may have been a headache. But for fans ... it was gold.

    • @dividoguy
      @dividoguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It does seem genius the way you describe it

    • @joen8529
      @joen8529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PhinneusPrune Wow, that’s totally awesome man! Way cool you got to experience it. I would’ve loved to have been there for that. 💎💎💯

  • @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325
    @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    As a 12-year-old, It was cool watching wrestling at midnight on the weekends!

    • @LINKMASTERX
      @LINKMASTERX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's how some of us felt in the 2000s. Velocity and TNA both on Saturday night!

    • @tobiasfarragut292
      @tobiasfarragut292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah but I knew early on based on who was on it that it wasn’t really shit… and they were just trying to run with ECW late night

    • @THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER
      @THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ahhh yes it was 😌

    • @phychmasher
      @phychmasher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was into the Flying Nuns. I thought they were like some kind of unlockable for the Headbangers. It sounds silly now, but then again Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt.

    • @jarvindriftwood
      @jarvindriftwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah I loved watching Shotgun Saturday Night, Jakked and the short lived Women of Wrestling (WOW).

  • @ColeVecsion
    @ColeVecsion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Now some people could've argued it wasn't by Russo until the words "every match is a gimmick match" that's basicly a legal signature in court for Russo

    • @xSuperiorManx
      @xSuperiorManx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But there doesn't seem to be any "Bro!" in these documents. :-/

    • @DefendYoungstown
      @DefendYoungstown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@xSuperiorManx "bro" is implied.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The horrible spelling would be a dead giveaway

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was waiting 4 a Pitcher of Beer on a Pole Match

  • @mcr2124
    @mcr2124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I need more of these!!!!! Another reoccurring segment like Hogan’s Beach Shop?!

  • @ItsAnotherDanny
    @ItsAnotherDanny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    the only thing I remember about Shotgun was a HHH/Taker match where Taker tombstoned HHH on an escalator.

  • @zanon__
    @zanon__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Jericho is watching this video like "Holy shit, I can pitch this to Tony and take the credit!"

    • @WorldTravelA320
      @WorldTravelA320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Russo already does.

    • @8thaccount535
      @8thaccount535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I hope he does, it would be better than all the boring modern wrestling shows.

  • @kshinokevin
    @kshinokevin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "Yeah, This is definitely Russo (laughter). What about a hot ParaLegal !" - the great Brian Last

  • @colinblaine3552
    @colinblaine3552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I laughed my ass off with the free sushi dinner to the fan who guesses Yokozuna’s weight.

    • @taylorsmith9629
      @taylorsmith9629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Now they can do that for Doudrop

    • @SwagAli
      @SwagAli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was the let the fans pick the next move idea for me.

    • @erikstorm8935
      @erikstorm8935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And probably the cheap ass sushi lol. Woulda cost more to enter the contest I bet lol.

    • @p.d.l7023
      @p.d.l7023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The amount of sushi should be equal to Yoko's weight that week.

    • @dustdevil9614
      @dustdevil9614 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      450

  • @biga.b.1079
    @biga.b.1079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    It’s amazing how Travis’ drawings are so simple but you can still immediately recognize exactly who the people are. That guy is talented.

    • @AIGeneratedComment
      @AIGeneratedComment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's emulating South Park

    • @whitemamba0089
      @whitemamba0089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@AIGeneratedComment not really they all have round heads an basically look the same but with different hair , this is more defined

    • @subgrappling805
      @subgrappling805 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is really crazy how these simple cartoonish drawings seem to capture the nuance and essence of each of these people that we all know so well.
      Travis is indeed a talented boy.

    • @phrjcf
      @phrjcf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My favorite art for his videos

  • @vinylbuff1515
    @vinylbuff1515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Shotgun Saturday Night in the nightclub was actually kinda cool

    • @williambourque926
      @williambourque926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I actually think if done right it could be a successful thing nowadays.

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@williambourque926 That's what I was thinking.. In Today's time it would be good..

    • @markfroman738
      @markfroman738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Fit very well in the late 90’s culture

    • @mysonandme8424
      @mysonandme8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      (sigh), just...no

    • @uncleorr9585
      @uncleorr9585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow not start now

  • @Crueltea
    @Crueltea ปีที่แล้ว +20

    With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest live read I've ever heard

  • @fightrudyfight5799
    @fightrudyfight5799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “Dryer than a nuns twat.” Fucking classic. Jim is the best at telling his story and advertising his sponsors.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Whenever I see “Vince Russo” in a new Jim Cornette video title, I know it’s gonna be a good day 🤗

  • @SSJ2Phenom
    @SSJ2Phenom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    When Jim said, "And this is something that he handed to Vince McMahon on purpose!", I shot milk out of my nose I was laughing so hard. I could listen to Jim rip on Rousseau every day of the week and twice on Sunday. We need events Russo omnibus.

  • @lennylyons777
    @lennylyons777 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love the part when corny says that he gave Vince these ideas on paper and “on purpose”. I burst out laughing while shopping at a department store that was pretty quiet. Thank you guys!!

  • @MrJjburgess11
    @MrJjburgess11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In 96 and part of 97 I didn't have cable. Shotgun was the only wwf wrestling I could watch during that time. Thankfully I could also get ECW with my uhf antenna.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ECW was on the Spanish Channel on Saturday Night at 12:30 AM. I didn't need an antenna lol guess I got lucky

  • @TheMagnificentMongoSlade
    @TheMagnificentMongoSlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I loved the idea of Shotgun Saturday Night. They gave up on it too soon.

    • @willr6521
      @willr6521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I remember Undertaker giving Triple H a Tombstone Piledriver on an escalator, totally bonkers.

    • @shaggay
      @shaggay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I mean some of the ideas are not half bad but unfortunately Jim sours on Russo and he makes seem like all the ideas are terrible.

    • @danieljohnston2379
      @danieljohnston2379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah SSN is what raw should actually be and still be.

    • @MrJjburgess11
      @MrJjburgess11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@willr6521 also Ahmed Johnson giving D'lo Brown a pearl River plung on the roof of a car and all the windows blew out . Lol

    • @erikstorm8935
      @erikstorm8935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrJjburgess11 If there was any time for JR to scream how much of a family a wrestler has...that was it. "Bah gawd almighty!".

  • @IvyKailyn1989
    @IvyKailyn1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Am I the only 1 who get extra extra excited when I see Vince Russos name on a new video the only way it would be better if we could see Jim And Brian's faces when talking about it

  • @michaellee8816
    @michaellee8816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'll be honest, I'd probably watch this show....

  • @DillonPostma
    @DillonPostma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The ads are honestly great content. The helix sleep matress story killed me

  • @thesnakeman8006
    @thesnakeman8006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There should be a special playlist on this channel where its nothing but videos of Jim talking about Russo, that will make my day,for sure 😃

  • @AliSubhi-xs4rn
    @AliSubhi-xs4rn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I lost it at the flashlight match. Low-key wish it would've actually happened at some point.

    • @sheepdavis
      @sheepdavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Low-key?

    • @howardshowens8263
      @howardshowens8263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They had a dry run of this on the “Beware of Dog” PPV.

    • @quentinkaasa47
      @quentinkaasa47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They do so many Dark matches. Just once I'd like to see a flashlight one.

    • @tapset
      @tapset 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It sounds like the end of Requiem for a dream

  • @chrishollister80
    @chrishollister80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love how Jimmy gets under Brian's skin when he's doing these ad plugs. Radio active mattresses is so funny!

  • @AndyGrazianoNYC
    @AndyGrazianoNYC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    i want the "Shotgun Tough Guy Badge"

    • @rosemaryfarell5264
      @rosemaryfarell5264 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tough guy sheriff.love it

    • @josephstewart2821
      @josephstewart2821 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would have loved to see crush going around with the badge trying to act tough around guys like the rock, stone cold, undertaker etc.... Makes me laugh just imagining how hard he would have got shot down in promos

  • @phillywhateverguy
    @phillywhateverguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This makes me think I could have walked off the street and talked my way onto creative Bro!

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty much that's how Russo got the magazine job.

    • @erikstorm8935
      @erikstorm8935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not enough 'bro's.

    • @christophergargaro959
      @christophergargaro959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just gotta have ideas pal! I think if any of us would've walked into Vince's office with 30 pages of ideas, he'd have liked it.

  • @chadwells5709
    @chadwells5709 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Vince Russo was a genius. Find me someone else that had the foresight to make wrestling legend David Arquette a world champion.

  • @sinsear2404
    @sinsear2404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I laughed so hard at Jim basically saying he wasn’t gonna review Ric Flairs match on this week’s experience

    • @The80sWolf_
      @The80sWolf_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He says something then does against it. He will.

  • @MichaelSmith-fq6hz
    @MichaelSmith-fq6hz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Every third idea here is the worst idea I’ve ever heard, and Russo manages to top it.

  • @benespinosa6725
    @benespinosa6725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Lol anything with Jim cornette and Vince Russo in the title you know it's going to be a great clip 10/10 on the artwork Travis and wasn't shotgun Saturday night WWF's answer to ECW and the Flying Nuns sucked I guess Mosh and Thrasher didn't want nun 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @1985nyg
      @1985nyg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was an unique concept for WWF at the time and it’s interesting to wonder what it could have been had Vince not obviously lost any and all interest in it after literally 3 weeks.

    • @benespinosa6725
      @benespinosa6725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1985nyg that's very interesting

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1985nyg Like Cornette said, they had to fight NYC traffic just to get to these places every week and once Vince realized it wasn't going to work, he made it a standard B show since they didn't have one by then with Superstars becoming a recap show.

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Corny + Russo = Gold

    • @ninowaves4061
      @ninowaves4061 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was they was actually gonna have Heyman do the commentary but he turned it down last minute…small ring intimate crowd low budget look..97 was one of my favorite years of wwf.

  • @Saddison01
    @Saddison01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They actually did the Strip the Valet match in 2000 between Jerry Lawler w/ The Kat vs Perry Saturn w/Terri Runnels. The finish saw the debut of Right to Censor Steven Richards covering Terri before she could take her bra off.
    I know this instead of my grandfathers birthday.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember that too

  • @Sweetestsadist
    @Sweetestsadist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    23:52 If Jim is complaining about spelling "Budweiser" incorrectly because he didn't follow the "i before e" rule, then that means Russo spelled it correctly.

    • @Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma
      @Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I always spelled it h-o-r-s-e p-i-s-s.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unless Russo spelled it Budwieser, which is on the table lol

    • @MikeHawks-Long9
      @MikeHawks-Long9 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KHayes666 no dude, just no.

    • @willyoung4533
      @willyoung4533 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s a saying.. “I” before “E”, except in Budweiser.”

  • @RLSmith-uo9zs
    @RLSmith-uo9zs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That shotgun tough guy thing sounds like Raw Underground. This might be Shane O.

  • @chrisrodgers1087
    @chrisrodgers1087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A Jim Cornette video that's 35 minutes long and its about Russo in the year 2022! I will make time for that!

  • @Arathor82
    @Arathor82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Corny doing a promo on Helix mattresses made my day. Lol

    • @robmurrah3224
      @robmurrah3224 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Helix mattress part is the best part of the whole vid.

    • @user-yo2co3zx7f
      @user-yo2co3zx7f 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m getting one. My boney mattress has had its day

  • @NDiddy
    @NDiddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    We need Shotgun Saturday Night on the network. At least the first several episodes where they actually went to funky locations.

    • @vinylbuff1515
      @vinylbuff1515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The season where they were fucking around in bars/nightclubs/on the street needs to be on the network. Triple H took a fucking tombstone piledriver on an escalator lmao

  • @Firetrainer60
    @Firetrainer60 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't understand how people could hate on Russo when he helped with the hottest era of wrestling ever. Even the Rock and Shawn Michaels publicly said so.

    • @clifforddavidson7273
      @clifforddavidson7273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WcW 1999. The End.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because he parlayed a 2 year run as an assistant coach to ruin everything he touched afterward. WCW, TNA, Jarrett's christian fed and apparently USA if what he says about being on creative the last few years is true.

    • @jbfarley
      @jbfarley ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤡

  • @Leege13
    @Leege13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m dying as he’s talking about sleeping on corpses and hypodermic needles in a commercial promo

  • @IanSane
    @IanSane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Russo's ideas actually sound a lot like the sort of thing I would have come up with if you asked me for ideas for Shotgun Saturday Night. And I mean if you asked me then, in 1997, when I was 15. He was 36.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 10 years old in December 1996 and I would have turned the show off I'd I saw this crap

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Backlunds segment would have been amazing

  • @jasonmyers8600
    @jasonmyers8600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hearing all these ideas show how smart McMahon and the rest of creative team were. To make the attitude era what it was, yet this is what head of creative was pitching? Fair play to McMahon.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is why when Russo marks say "McMahon wasn't a filter, ratings sucked before and after Russo was there, where was his filter then" I laugh in their faces. McMahon took that Shotgun list and made like 2 of those ideas work (girls in cages and Jake prominently featured before he was fired) before Shotgun went into syndication

    • @micharogowski9538
      @micharogowski9538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure, Russo and Ferrara had nothing to do with tremendeous success of the company. Give me a break, now I am obliged to "laugh in your face". As soon as Russo left ratings started to go down and they were going down to the year of 2022. If McMahon is such a genius, what's up with the last 5 years of WWE programing which is amongst the worst in wrestling history? Oh, he lost his Russos and Gewirtzs and was able to push his and Prichard's amazing content. Let's talk about Cornette's achievements as a booker as well. Russo cost him his job at two ocasions in two organizations, that's why Jim hates Vince so much to this day.

  • @Topshelfmedia1
    @Topshelfmedia1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Can you imagine wwe going from bar to bar and turning them into obstacle courses 😭😭😭

    • @annmarie1758
      @annmarie1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laughed out loud when Corny said it, and I just laughed again reading this comment! These "ideas" are priceless!

    • @ColorsBright
      @ColorsBright 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would have been awesome , like a drunk double dare with people on steroids

  • @akamiguelsanchez9985
    @akamiguelsanchez9985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ‘I swear to god bro, I love seeing guys in bars with snakes’

    • @ennbee2051
      @ennbee2051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'With their snake out'.

  • @darylhall2198
    @darylhall2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Shotgun saturday night, sunday night Heat, Jakked, Metal, Velocity. I thought the programming and matches from those junior shows were better than most of the stuff on raw, smackdown and the ppv's.

    • @AGxAG
      @AGxAG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I used to really look forward to Sunday Night Heat! Had good matches on it and i liked it for getting the raw/smackdown highlights

    • @natebaxter9551
      @natebaxter9551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@AGxAG Heat was always entertaining. Raven and D'Lo Brown ruled.

    • @docwhat8370
      @docwhat8370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I loved Heat. Gangrel, Val Venis, D'Lo, Mideon, Viscera, the Mean Street Posse, the APA etc. Loved it.

    • @darylhall2198
      @darylhall2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@docwhat8370 Yeah i wanted guys like Gangrel, Mideon, Val Venis to get super-pushes but they were always on heat so i always watched heat lol. I was more interested in Al snow than i was hhh or the rock. I always preferred the undercard.

    • @docwhat8370
      @docwhat8370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@darylhall2198 Likewise. Gangrel is one of my personal favourites. I loved his moves, his brutal finisher and his vampire look! The European title was the undercard title largely on Heat at the time and I wanted Gangrel to win it. I loved Regal too, I forgot him in my first reply. Yes and Al Snow and Steve Blackman, the Big Bossman, ahhh the memories. I'm with you mate, the undercard is often far more interesting even to this day.

  • @astrosteve
    @astrosteve ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So, way way back, I was part of the early internet wrestling community. When Russo left WWF for WCW, I remember everyone online saying, "Russo is the only reason WWF is any good at all. Losing Russo means they're losing to WCW." A _lot_ of people thought Russo was a booking genius, including me. If only they could have seen that sheet Jim read off, everyone would have realized how wrong they were.

  • @nicks3897
    @nicks3897 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The lengthy rant about Helix mattresses not being radioactive bust me up.

  • @Narrate918
    @Narrate918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When you see Russo in the title of a Cornette video and click due to muscle memory

  • @darionman95
    @darionman95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The yoko idea is cool if done right. It gives off old school carnie vibes

  • @seanpurdom6380
    @seanpurdom6380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "...like diarrhea from his pig lips."! Lmfao goddamn, corny was so nonchalant when saying that. I just laughed until I cried. Lol

  • @rofbagging9749
    @rofbagging9749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I almost forgot about this show entirely. But now that I think about it, it’s really not that different of a show than rampage for the viewer

    • @mysonandme8424
      @mysonandme8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @jabroni destroyer lol, so you wanna make aew even worse...damn, you're savage.

  • @MilMaska
    @MilMaska 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ""The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side. Unless Vince Russo Was There, Then The Grass Is Probably Dead." - Jim Cornette

  • @WorldCupWillie
    @WorldCupWillie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's the 1st time I've ever heard Jim mention his 1st wife. I'm intrigued, has he mentioned anything else about her?

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Apart from "I have no idea what Russo is saying" he doesn't talk about her much. The only other story is he gave her a baggie filled with the hair of Shawn Michaels that Bret Hart ripped out.

    • @pendafen7405
      @pendafen7405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KHayes666 No wonder she took off

  • @kaceesunshine2246
    @kaceesunshine2246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jim should send that Shotgun idea list to Tony Khan. He might be crazy enough to do some of them.

  • @Mr.Classic91
    @Mr.Classic91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yokozuna vs Bret Hart, the crowd starts chanting "450 , 450!" Yokozuna climbs to the top, muttering "Fuckin Russo"
    Bret harts last match

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More like "650"

  • @john_savage
    @john_savage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In other words, McMahon thought it would be cool to have wrestling in bars. And then "took wrestling out of the small bars!" It all makes sense now!

  • @MCastleberry1980
    @MCastleberry1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm fucking dying at the Tough Guy Badge

    • @planetschlock
      @planetschlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm surprised the Shotgun Tough Guy didn't just get a ribbon like in an elementary school relay race 🤣

    • @MCastleberry1980
      @MCastleberry1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@planetschlock on paper, a show specific/ TV champ type thing isn't terrible, but Russo has to Russo it up

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@planetschlock Don't give him any more ideas

  • @TeddyKGB12
    @TeddyKGB12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I can see Shitstain coming up with something like "Bro, let's do an angle where Yokozuna is trying to lose weight and is addicted to diet pills. They would be like Popeye's spinach to him. Then the guy he is wrestling would bring doughnuts out during the match to distract him and beat him!"

    • @michaelbonner5604
      @michaelbonner5604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I waiting for the Mentioned Shitstain 😂

    • @BrutishYetDelightful
      @BrutishYetDelightful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If Shitstain came up with something that good it would be a vindicating comeback for him.

    • @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325
      @brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They should do that angle with Doudrop! That would be gold! Could you imagine the outrage! lol

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 Yeah let's bodyshame Doudrop for no reason other than just to "own the libz". Worked so well when Russo did it to Rhonda Singh in WCW didn't it?🤣

    • @TeddyKGB12
      @TeddyKGB12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KHayes666 I'm a democrat and I think it's hilarious! I'm sick and tired of the whole "it's ok to be fat, you're beautiful" BS! It's not a good thing to be fat. It's very unhealthy and leads to many other medical issues!

  • @hoozle
    @hoozle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I thoroughly enjoyed this. Most of those ideas were absolutely comical.

    • @kvsimagination7299
      @kvsimagination7299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So at last we see the Genesis of "Judy Bagwell on a Pole" matches. Oy, vey...

  • @televiper11
    @televiper11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shane was usually on “the rails” rather than off.

  • @MIN0vision
    @MIN0vision 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    1 of the beast Corny-Clips ever!!
    Imagine a show with:
    - Headbanging flyin' nuns
    - the laughable shotgun-title is a badge and can only defended in a gimmick match on that show
    - a match of 2 top guys will be interrupted every 5 minutes by a jobber
    - every main event will be a time limit draw
    - 2-minutes against Jake Roberts (if the challenger loses, he's fired)! NOTE: Jake Roberts has to lose every f-n week in unter 2 minutes 😆
    - Jake Roberts has to "wear" his snake all the time
    - Fans decide which move the wrestlers have to perform (imagine a 450° by Yokozuna or the Earthquake Splash by Zack Gowen)
    - a match between some strip club bouncers
    - speeking of strip club: we bring back the girls for the perverted fans
    - a bunch of "stars"
    - Russo on commentary
    - Yokozuna on a scale with a bunch of jobbers on the other side to equal the weight EVERY WEEK
    - the light in the arena/bar is off and the fans have to light the ring with flashlights
    - Lawler anounces news from the week and put some fake wrestling twists in them
    - a MEN-IN-BLACK-security that looks like a swat team
    - "hidden camera" skits with wrestlers wo tried to get into a strip club
    - the wifes of the wrestlers will have a match insted of the wrestlers themself (i smell a 5* classic)
    - female refs with huge knockers
    - a bear as a heel mascot who got bullied by every wrestler
    - the wifes/gfs of the wrestlers has to strip each time their man took a fall
    - a talent show where the fans can imitate the wrestlers
    - every fan who's dressed as a king gets an audience with Lawler
    - Todd Pettengill interwies the craziest guy in the arena/bar EVERY WEEK
    - a talk show with Sunny. Only topic: Sunny
    - Whacky Bob Backlund reviews the news of the week
    - JR interwies a heel
    - an obstacle course for the fans and wrestlers inside the arena/bar (like in Takeshi's castle)
    That show would be called RUSSOMANIA 🤣

  • @Hatchbasic
    @Hatchbasic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please don’t let Tony Khan here these ideas he might do them

    • @adamluce1901
      @adamluce1901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tony does listen so I'm sure he will hear it

  • @kovulion7777
    @kovulion7777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way Brian laughs, this would have been one of their best funniest reviews if this actually got out

  • @undertakerfanz628
    @undertakerfanz628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I have never seen a person hate another person in my life as much as Cornette hates Russo

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wrestling is Cornette's life. Russo almost singlehandedly tanked one wrestling company and put another one in such dire straits that they never recovered. Brawl For All got everyone involved legitimately hurt and we all know what Russo sending Owen Hart to the rafters resulted in. Gee, wonder why a wrestling lifer would hate the guy who did all that just for kicks?

    • @goodday2760
      @goodday2760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually, I think Bischoff hates Russo more than Cornette does.

    • @wilcee238
      @wilcee238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Jelly Nutella hates Cornette, more than Cornette hates Russo.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wilcee238 Does Janella constantly blame Cornette for everything wrong in wrestling past and present?

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's because Russo did a better job than Jim in 2 years then Jim could his entire life

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We got the striptease match with the entire womens division & the title actually changed hands that way. (The Cat)

  • @ReinEngel
    @ReinEngel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is the most accurate cartoon depiction of Vince McMahon ever drawn.

  • @earlgrayteabeard8471
    @earlgrayteabeard8471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think they should revive Shotgun Saturday Night as a show for all 3 brands to wrestle on, a sort of SmackDown vs Raw vs NXT card of matches

  • @mr.dudebro924
    @mr.dudebro924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lmao I can just imagine cornette boiling over internally the first time he read that list.

  • @thepalatrpro
    @thepalatrpro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’d listen to Jim read box of Frosted Flakes and be entertained. His way of storytelling is phenomenal!

  • @StonyHeatbag
    @StonyHeatbag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In the late 2000s , probably 08 or 09 I found Jim’s famous shoots on Shit Stain. So legendary. Wonder if Vince listens. He must.

    • @StonyHeatbag
      @StonyHeatbag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Best one to this day is the one he taped in 2000.

    • @LoungeLizard_33
      @LoungeLizard_33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StonyHeatbag 100%, it's the greatest shoot ever

  • @azapro911
    @azapro911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Russo could come up with the basic beginnings of a good idea, but it took the likes of Vince (McMahon) to make those ideas workable from there. That was the gigantic mistake WCW and TNA made, allowing Russo to actually have full creative control.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the best diplomatic explanation yet. I posted my own comment that all the ideas Russo put for Shotgun, the only one that I'd go for was Sunny being an insufferable heel. Vince basically did the same thing by taking one idea out of 10 and running with it

    • @pmfg11
      @pmfg11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What about the product before and after Russo, why couldn't McMahon take those ideas and make them workable and draw millions and millions of people?

    • @cjskylark6659
      @cjskylark6659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because dude was a hack writer who watched Jerry Springer and Howard stern
      So no way did WCW and TNA have a chance

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pmfg11 After Russo they did better business all around and Cornette was on creative a whole five months before the infamous Germany Raw when Russo started. Can't blame Cornette for 94-96 sucking throbbing DeltaIndigoCharlieKilo the same way you can't blame Russo for WCW 99 being off the rails before he got there.

    • @danieldonnelly3589
      @danieldonnelly3589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never really understand the idea of McMahon being the genius who filtered out Russo’s bad ideas and only put the good stuff on air. Yet there’s been decades of garbage on WWE TV both before and after Russo’a run. Hornswoggle the illegitimate son? Al Wilson? Katie Vick? Mae Young’s hand? We can go on and on.
      I think it’s more accurate to say that the McMahon-Russo combo just brought out the best in each other. Neither one really reached the consistent creative peaks without the other.

  • @james_the_animator
    @james_the_animator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The security would have Shotgun badges? Wouldn’t the Tough Guy champion have to fight them all then?

  • @lukeyj8331
    @lukeyj8331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Im Surprised Russo wasn’t the one who sent Cornette the wwe on Mars idea

  • @IanFlocka1017
    @IanFlocka1017 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    15:22 lmaaoooo Jim’s impression of Russo is actually spot on 😂😂😂😂

  • @jeffnickels2279
    @jeffnickels2279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That Helix mattress ad was the best thing I've ever heard 😂

  • @melliott604
    @melliott604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video is gold. A “ Flashlight match” LOL

    • @ebransc09
      @ebransc09 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Flashlight Saturday Night

  • @coryshannon3815
    @coryshannon3815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As the list goes on, it makes the "Shotgun Toughguy" badge idea sound genius, though it'd still need some tweaking to work decently (like not having every match be a gimmick match).
    I'm shocked "Todd Budweiser" didn't become a gimmick under Russo.😂

    • @planetschlock
      @planetschlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I knew Todd Pettengill in real life, I would feel obligated to call him "Todd Budweiser" at every opportunity.

  • @joeljones8066
    @joeljones8066 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this mattress promo is gold

  • @ricstormwolf
    @ricstormwolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Live, from New York, bro! It's Shotgun Saturday Night!

  • @brianharrington4400
    @brianharrington4400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a simple man I see Jim saying anything about Russo I'm clicking immediately

  • @wrestlingcommunity
    @wrestlingcommunity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shotgun Saturday night was one of my childhood highlights

  • @goodwin9114
    @goodwin9114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Interpret the fever dreams of a maniac”. I’m going to start using that from here on out.

  • @Filmation77
    @Filmation77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'd would've been down for a Jerry Lawler version of Weekend update back in the day

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That does sound funny. Lawler ripping on news stories

  • @foleynj86
    @foleynj86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will never forget when Russo showed up on Livewire and said something to Cornette and I thought Cornette was gonna punch him.
    It's too bad he didn't punch him because that would have sent a message.

  • @KingBudds
    @KingBudds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dude.... The weeLC match was one of the greatest 5 star matches ever.

  • @dgb7984
    @dgb7984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Yoko challenge was pretty much the same as when Andre would fight 3 or 4 guys at a time.

    • @KHayes666
      @KHayes666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andre didn't have to weigh in first, that's the tasteless part.

  • @dawa7267
    @dawa7267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    '...the two STUPOR-stars...'
    Had it right the 1st time, JC. 😃
    Reminds me of Daffy as 'Stupor-Duck'! Ah, comedy!

  • @yelb9135
    @yelb9135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ‘Monkey Tennis’

    • @IronDiva
      @IronDiva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A ha!

  • @goldwynn6098
    @goldwynn6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Art work on point as always.

  • @marvelfan8670
    @marvelfan8670 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Tough Guy Badge actually isn’t a bad idea

  • @gavmcel2590
    @gavmcel2590 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The strip tease match had me in bits 😂 amazing

  • @mr._muji
    @mr._muji 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A 35 minutes Vince Russo slander? Count me in.

  • @DPK365
    @DPK365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Always love hearing Russo stuff from Jim........makes me happy lol

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But it's usually never true

    • @LlyodLlwelleyn
      @LlyodLlwelleyn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@heel420 how? It’s literally written notes from 26 years ago

    • @heel420
      @heel420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LlyodLlwelleyn "written notes"

    • @LlyodLlwelleyn
      @LlyodLlwelleyn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@heel420 you sound like a Vince Russo alt

  • @syxxpoppin8830
    @syxxpoppin8830 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jim said he was chasing by munchkins from the wizard of oz cast while he was in his tidy white's 😂😂😂 probably had a hole 🕳️ by his right cheek 😂😂

  • @robswords3151
    @robswords3151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ideas:
    1.Pick two teams of four for a main event Survivor Series team:My own:
    Undertaker/Bret Hart/Goldust/Ahmed Johnson vs Sid/Steve Austin/HHH/Faarooq
    2.Fatal Four Way tag team:Owen/Bulldog vs Headbangers vs New BlackJacks vs BodyDonnas
    3.Tammy vs Terri(just one time)
    4.Vader vs Undertaker vs Sid.