Wrestling has gotten so show-biz, it's to the point where people scoff at it. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I'm kind of off modern wrestling. I want somebody to step up and impress me. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Lio Rush, this little guy is a perfect heel manager, updated for modern times. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Ladies & Gentelman, the man who tought William Kennedy Smith everything he knows about dating, Sweet Stan Lane! — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
The saddest moment in a child's life is not when he learns that Santa Claus isn't real, it's when he learns that… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I think tag team wrestling is every bit as exciting, if not more exciting than singles competition. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Without talent, I don't care how funny the writers are or how many comedy lines they come up, without wrestlers you can't… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Vince Russo has been there in which case the grass is most… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
The thing is, wrestling is the oldest form of combat known. The cavemen wrestled. And everyone in the American public can understand… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I had to spend eleven months in the same room with Vince Russo and Vince McMahon, that's where I really got to… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
It's a tossup on whether WWE is going to insult your intelligence, religion or sexual preference. It's become a joke and a… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
We would get VHS tapes from wrestlers who wanted to come to Smoky Mountain. I got this tape from a guy called… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Between the '80s with The Midnight Express and the '90s with The Heavenly Bodies, and then in the 2000s on the reunions… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
In the old days, talent owned their costumes, their intellectual property, their gimmicks. They were not employees and could wrestle anywhere they… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
They way new stars were made in WCW and WWE was by beating the established guys and getting in that mix. When… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I think people are realizing that whereas now the 'Ultimate Fighting Championship' has taken over what people used to like about pro… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Amateur wrestling was never considered a big box office draw because they're really competing but they're not getting a chance to call… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I've had experience in management and TV and hope to be able to lend some of that to TNA and maybe persuade… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
When you are as big and strong as Strowman, WWE notices you and basically pays you to go to school. He was… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I thought the Rousey match was the best major league debut in the history of wrestling. They did the right thing at… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I didn't get a chance to see Bruno Sammartino regularly because I didn't grow up in the northeast, but he came into… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Johnny Valentine's the one who said, 'I can't make them believe that wrestling is real, but I can make them believe I'm… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Every wrestling show is now designed to be the greatest show ever. In contrast, the NWA show is different. It didn't tire… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I can beat anyone, either male, female, animal, vegitable, or mineral. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Picking out Vince Russo's faults could be a full-time job for somebody. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler's match was the one thing people believed most about wrestling in the last 35 years. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
The NWA has money, it could have enough talent, and it has the resources of TBS. It just needs someone to give… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight,… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
There's a lot of crossover between comic fans, wrestling fans and pop culture fans. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I had always in the past thought The Ultimate Warrior was the epitome of a guy making money with no talent. — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Johnny Valentine's the one who said, 'I can't make them believe that wrestling is real, but I can make them believe I'm real.' It… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
I didn't get a chance to see Bruno Sammartino regularly because I didn't grow up in the northeast, but he came into Indianapolis in… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings. — Jim Cornette Copy Share
Two things I have never done and never plan to do are catch Coronavirus or meet Jelly Nutella in person. — Jim Cornette Copy Share
We all prosper when folks are more appraised of how great those matches were and how great those talents were from all of the… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
We got shorted when it comes to recognition for the '80s war. Everybody talks about the 'Monday Night Wars' and the 'Attitude Era,' but… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
One of the greatest matches I ever saw was Jerry Lawler against Terry Funk in the Memphis Midsouth Coliseum, but there was Flair vs.… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
I would never commit acts of domestic or family violence, stalking or sex offenses against Vince Russo or his household members or any other… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
Nick Aldis is a great champion. He looks like a professional athlete. He dresses like one. He carries it well. — Jim Cornette Copy Share
MMA and the UFC have taken all of the pro wrestling fans because it's pro wrestling from 30 years ago, just in an Octagon… — Jim Cornette Copy Share
