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At OVW, Cornette fostered talent that went on to become multiple-time World Champions, including Batista, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton and John Cena. Cornette helped establish Ohio Valley Wrestling as a WWE developmental territory, bringing future WWE Superstars to his hometown. Having numerous peers and colleagues careers shortened by head injuries, I’m thankful it doesn’t need to be this way anymore. The gentlemen he wrestled was in no place to cover up or fight back without getting heat on himself. Though Cornette was out of WWE rings by 1999, he still had a hand in many Superstars’ careers. Listen to the Jim Cornette Experience each Thursday and Jim Cornettes Drive Thru each Monday on iTunes, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, and everywher. Jim Cornette (TheJimCornette) April 28, 2020.

Jim cronette on vader series#

Cornette got on his soapbox in a series of Keith Olbermann-esque monologues on Monday Night Raw, punctuated by an almost-unneeded statement: “I’m Jim Cornette and that’s my opinion.” Cornette and his charges were a consistent thorn in the sides of WWE Champions like Diesel and Shawn Michaels.Īfter becoming an announcer in 1997, he also took up arms against those who undermined the wrestling business. Camp Cornette quickly came to include Yokozuna, Owen Hart, British Bulldog and the unruly Mastodon, Vader. “The Louisville Slugger” also wanted the biggest spotlight on himself, so he joined WWE in 1993. Under his tutelage, The Midnight Express captured the NWA World Tag Team Titles on two occasions and the U.S. With a global audience watching, he led Condrey, Eaton and, later, Stan Lane, to global success. Cornette’s sweet forehand earned him the moniker “The Louisville Slugger.”Ĭornette and The Midnight Express soon headed to the Carolinas and Jim Crockett Promotions.

Most often, he utilized a tennis racket swing that would make John McEnroe jealous. The underhanded manager did anything possible for a win. Fans hoping to see Cornette, “Loverboy” Dennis Condrey and “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton dethroned often left unhappy. Wearing garish pink and purple suits, the obnoxious adviser spoke for The Midnight Express, the finest tag team that his mama’s money could buy. Looking to gain more experience, Cornette headed further south to Bill Watts’ Mid-South territory.

Deciding to become a manager, he told the world that he had the backing of his very wealthy mama. When he wasn’t making his foes’ ears ring with a screeching diatribe, the Louisville, Ky. native was whacking his opponents with the trusty tennis racket that never left his hand.Ĭornette broke into the wrestling business in the early 1980s as a photographer, announcer and magazine writer in Memphis. Perhaps the most obnoxious manager in wrestling history, Jim Cornette was never at a loss for words.