History Wrestling / JimCornette

* HotBlooded

* KickTheDog: "I've got to go kick some puppies, kick the cat's milk over and treat people lousy the way I usually do."
* TheLastDJ

* MotorMouth

* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught

* SharpDressedMan

** Ironically, "Fuck this company" what many of the FANS shouted at Wrestling/RingOfHonor Killer Instinct, October 6, 2012, in response to the botched [[WorkedShoot worked shoot]]-style ending of the main event between [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/roh/roh-h.html ROH World Heavyweight Champion]] Kevin Steen and Jay Lethal. This was the last show Cornette booked for [=ROH=], with Lethal attacking him used as a way to write him out of his role.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from Wrestling/{{WWE}} to NWA / {{WCW}} to {{TNA}} as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with RingOfHonor.

He's also known for [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his love of]] [[BigEater Wendy's triple cheeseburgers]] and [[ArchEnemy seething hatred]] of VinceRusso.

* ArchNemesis: VinceRusso first and foremost. Others include JohnLaurinaitis, VinceMcMahon, Kevin Dunn, Ed Ferrera, Eric Bischoff, Bubba The Love Sponge and Kenny Bolin. All of these are in RealLife.

* BerserkButton: Say you're at a booking meeting that he's attending. You suggest bringing in HulkHogan, Eric Bischoff and ScottHall (and possibly KevinNash), give them all a main event push and sweep the undercard under the rug and/or giving them all stupid gimmicks. Please stand back and [[HotBlooded enjoy the fireworks]].
** Or just say something nice about VinceRusso. Actually, on second thought, don't do that. The building would probably collapse.
* BigEater: JC is a big fan of Wendy's and hamburgers in general, so much so that he's had to go on a diet in recent years, probably to avoid becoming a FatBastard. And so he can outlive VinceRusso, since his life goal now is to piss on the man's grave.

* DeepSouth[=/=]SweetHomeAlabama: Louisville, Kentucky. Where he resides in 'Castle Cornette'. His real life personality is somewhat of a subversion to this trope. While James E is a staunch traditionalist when it comes to wrestling, he is a non-republican, pro choice, pro health care and reform, Obama supporter and an atheist.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Cornette will alternately take credit for the Three Way Match (aka Triple Threat or Triangle Match) or give it to Paul Heyman. The correct response? "One of us did it, the other one ripped it off, and now everyone does it."

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Eric Bischoff called and said he's eaten too many Big Macs and was 241 lbs. in a 12 oz. sack, Jim said he eats Wendy's Triples and he's a slim 231.

-->"I remember going to arenas in the 80s, where the audience was 60% female and they were all trying to kill us for beating up RickyMorton. Those people spent the same amount of money as the guys did but now the audience is 80% men and whatever women those men can drag to the matches with em because it's their night out. So we have completely shut off... where else do find a [[ProfessionalWrestling business]] featuring a bunch of good looking guys wearing very little clothes and no women want to see the show? Riddle me that Lucy!"

* PowerStable: Camp Cornette which featured Yokozuna, OwenHart, The British Bulldog and later {{Vader}} and then the NWA 'Invasion' with JeffJarrett, Barry Windham, and the New Midnight Express.

** A rare editorial segment allowed to him on WWERaw back during the MondayNightWars saw him [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome quite soundly]] tear apart a cage match pitting HulkHogan against Rowdy RoddyPiper at {{WCW}} Halloween Havoc:
-->''The pinnacle of this "[[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords icon]]" garbage came at last night's cage match between HulkHogan and Roddy Piper, to determine--in their minds only--who the real icon is. {{WCW}} had the gall to say "this is the greatest cage match in history," but it was only the greatest in three weeks since Hell in a Cell. But here you've got a 46-year-old bald movie star wannabe who looks like Uncle Creepy with a good build taking on a guy with an artificial hip that hasn't wrestled a full schedule in ten years. It's a tribute to the massive egotism (in my mind) of ''both'' men and an indictment of WCW promotional policies that this match ''even took place'', much less being the main event, when the card was probably the best that WCW was capable of having! By the ten minute mark, they were sucking wind so bad the first three rows passed out [[AlmostOutOfOxygen of oxygen deprivation]] (would've been funny if it wasn't so sad). Well, I'm sick and damn tired of guys claim to be the "icon," especially when it usually comes from guys who just didn't know when to quit. Roddy Piper was my idol when I was a teenager, but that was twenty years ago. HulkHogan during his best years was 50% media creation, and those are long gone. This match was a slap in the face to every wrestler that takes pride in his profession! And in my mind, no one man is bigger than this [[InsistentTerminology sport]], but if there ''is'' an icon, it would be a man who has great ability inside the ring and professionalism and maturity outside of it! Let's leave all the petty backstabbing, I-make-more-money-than-you BS with the hat-check girl, and concentrate on talent and attitude! TheUndertaker, RicFlair, and [[StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] have never claimed to be icons, which means they're big candidates to be just that! And on a personal note to HulkHogan: you are a household word, [[TakeThat but so is garbage; and it stinks when it gets old, too]].''
* TheRival: Paul Heyman, in a more WorthyOpponent manner than some of his other rivalries, they respect each other as bookers, but aren't fond of each other as people.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: His reaction upon seeing the MontrealScrewjob. Being in the dark regarding what the plan was to end the match, Cornette hung around the back to see how it'd go down before quickly leaving the arena to avoid the mess that he'd knew would happen.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The Midnight Express Theme was a take on Giorgio Morodor's 'The Chase'. In ECW they gave him the real song.
* TakeThatAudience: When New York Post writer Phil Mushnick used Brian Pillman as a reason to launch a crusade to shut down professional wrestling Cornette fought back in one of his angrier segments where one of the many many things he said is that wrestling fans do not appreciate being insulted by a publication they pay money to read. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1h_5T1PU8 This was point 141 of about 200 he got off his chest,]] and there was a follow up video where fans [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSfTWb3F6kQ voiced their opinion of the New York Post being used to attack wrestling fans.]]

* UngratefulBastard: He considers [[{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]] this. Batista was pushed as the top guy during his run in Ohio Valley Wrestling, winning the OVW heavyweight title and going over such wrestlers as Wrestling/{{Kane}} and TheUndertaker, and only doing the job a few times, once to Kane and on his way out to JohnCena. Later in his career, Batista would run down his time in OVW, saying it was his OldShame and disrespecting Cornette and Danny Davis. Cornette was furious.

->"I remember going to arenas in the 80s, where the audience was 60% female and they were all trying to kill us for beating up RickyMorton. Those people spent the same amount of money as the guys did but now the audience is 80% men and whatever women those men can drag to the matches with em because it's their night out. So we have completely shut off... where else do find a [[ProfessionalWrestling business]] featuring a bunch of good looking guys wearing very little clothes and no women want to see the show? Riddle me that Lucy!"

* ArchNemesis - VinceRusso first and foremost. Others include JohnLaurinaitis, VinceMcMahon, Kevin Dunn, Ed Ferrera, Eric Bischoff, Bubba The Love Sponge and Kenny Bolin. All of these are in RealLife.
* AscendedMeme - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOVOYBLBdw The Cornette Face]], including a WordOfGod [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aESi5b6Z798 endorsement]].
* BerserkButton - Say you're at a booking meeting that he's attending. You suggest bringing in HulkHogan, Eric Bischoff and ScottHall (and possibly KevinNash), give them all a main event push and sweep the undercard under the rug and/or giving them all stupid gimmicks. Please stand back and [[HotBlooded enjoy the fireworks]].

* BigEater - JC is a big fan of Wendy's and hamburgers in general, so much so that he's had to go on a diet in recent years, probably to avoid becoming a FatBastard. And so he can outlive VinceRusso, since his life goal now is to piss on the man's grave.

* CatchPhrase - "Fuck this company!", "I hope you fucking die!", "You couldn't believe him if his tongue was notarized." among many others.
* CausticCritic - Diversol levels of caustic.
* ChivalrousPervert - Once said that he loved sick sex things, just not in wrestling.
* ClusterFBomb - JC's commentaries on Who's Slamming Who. Also the visit to Dairy Queen (which also featured a young ChrisJericho).
* DeepSouth[=/=]SweetHomeAlabama - Louisville, Kentucky. Where he resides in 'Castle Cornette'. His real life personality is somewhat of a subversion to this trope. While James E is a staunch traditionalist when it comes to wrestling, he is a non-republican, pro choice, pro health care and reform, Obama supporter and an atheist.
* DoingItForTheArt - Despite a fear of heights, he agreed to wrestle a scaffold match ''and'' take a 20 foot drop from said scaffold. Unfortunately, the wrestler assigned to catch him had mis-judged his position, and Cornette suffered severe knee injuries upon hitting the ground.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas - The [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen unseen]] "Mama Cornette" from his early career.
* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit - His on screen persona fits this to a T but in Real Life this is harshly adverted. Cornette has a strong sense of values and morality and is not afraid to stick up for the young talent.

* HiddenDepths - A southern traditionalist fervently against the glitz and glamor of Sports Entertainment...that just happens to be an atheist liberal firebrand that's very internet savvy.
* IKnowMaddenKombat - The tennis racket.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes - Bright red on pink, bright red on blue, and pastels in every color combination imaginable. Plus his tennis racket was for some time fitted with a boa.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne - When Eric Bischoff called and said he's eaten too many Big Macs and was 241 lbs. in a 12 oz. sack, Jim said he eats Wendy's Triples and he's a slim 231.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Pretty much every time you hear Cornette in an interview, he's a loud-mouthed, vitriol-spewing f-bomb machine that will eat up every second of time he can to bash everyone he hates in wrestling. However, this is because he loves the business and can't stand that the younger generation is being stifled by older stars that hog the spotlight.
* KickTheDog - "I've got to go kick some puppies, kick the cat's milk over and treat people lousy the way I usually do."

* PrecisionFStrike - His Fuck You's of the week on Who's Slamming Who.
* PowerStable - Camp Cornette which featured Yokozuna, OwenHart, The British Bulldog and later {{Vader}} and then the NWA 'Invasion' with JeffJarrett, Barry Windham, and the New Midnight Express.
* PowerTrio - With the Midnight Express, Owen Hart, Yokozuna and others.
* RealMenWearPink - And just about every other pastel color imaginable.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - Tends to give these out like sweets on Halloween to pretty much anybody who's crossed his path.

* TheRival - Paul Heyman, in a more WorthyOpponent manner than some of his other rivalries, they respect each other as bookers, but aren't fond of each other as people.

* SissyVillain - Invoked this trope during his early career, wherein he talked about his (unseen) "mama Cornette" and how she apparently paid for his tennis lessons (which explained why he carried around a tennis racket)
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - The Midnight Express Theme was a take on Giorgio Morodor's 'The Chase'. In ECW they gave him the real song.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck - How he described the infamous 25 ft. scaffold match. "Boys...the University of Alabama Crimson Tide couldn't [[IronicEcho 'catch me like they catch the girls at the football games']]..."

* WeaponOfChoice - A tennis racket, usually kept inside a gaudy, fur-trimmed case.
* WorkedShoot - He had several during the Monday Night Wars when he was still employed by the (then) WWF as on-screen talent. Of course, how much was "worked" and how much was "shoot" was up for debate, since apparently his instructions were limited to "Don't curse, don't get us sued;" a few even lambasted current WWF stars! These segments are basically the SpiritualPredecessor to his now-infamous rants from so many online sources.
* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses - Averted during his career as a mostly Heel manager. Comes with the territory.

* MammasBoy: Early on in his managerial career he was implied to be one of these - he was sometimes mockingly referred to as "Mrs. Cornette's baby boy". This aspect of his character was quietly dropped after his first few years in the business.

* MindRape: The exact phrase he uses to describe what he believe WWE did to Dough Basham.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - The Midnight Express Theme was take on Giorgio Morodor's 'The Chase'. In ECW they gave him the real song.

'''Jim Cornette''' is one of the all time great and colorful wrestling managers, promoters and personalities of TheEighties and [[TheNineties nineties]]. His instantly recognizable southern accent and angry motormouth have entertained fans for over three decades.

* ArchNemesis - VinceRusso first and foremost. Others include JohnLaurinitis, VinceMcMahon, Kevin Dunn, Ed Ferrera, Eric Bischoff, Bubba The Love Sponge and Kenny Bolin. All of these are in RealLife.

* ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere: His reaction upon seeing the MontrealScrewjob. Being in the dark regarding what the plan was to end the match, Cornette hung around the back to see how it'd go down before quickly leaving the arena to avoid the mess that he'd knew would happen.

* ArchNemesis - Vince Russo first and foremost. Others include John Laurinitis, VinceMcMahon, Kevin Dunn, Ed Fererra, Eric Bischoff, Bubba The Love Sponge and Kenny Bolin. All of these are in RealLife.

** Or just say something nice about Vince Russo. Actually, on second thought, don't do that. The building would probably collapse.

* ClusterFBomb - JC's commentaries on Who's Slamming Who. Also the visit to Dairy Queen.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - The Midnight Express Theme was take on Giorgio Morodor's 'The Chase'. In ECW they gave him the real song.

* PowerStable - Camp Cornette which featured Yokozuna, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and later Vader and then the NWA 'Invasion' with Jeff Jarrett, Barry Windham, and the New Midnight Express.

** A rare editorial segment allowed to him on WWERaw back during the MondayNightWars saw him [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome quite soundly]] tear apart a cage match pitting HulkHogan against Rowdy Roddy Piper at {{WCW}} Halloween Havoc:

* TakeThatAudience: When New York Post writer Phil Mushnick used Bryan Pillman as a reason to launch a crusade to shut down professional wrestling Cornette fought back in one of his angrier segments where one of the many many things he said is that wrestling fans do not appreciate being insulted by a publication they pay money to read. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1h_5T1PU8 This was point 141 of about 200 he got off his chest,]] and there was a follow up video where fans [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSfTWb3F6kQ voiced their opinion of the New York Post being used to attack wrestling fans.]]

* TakeThatAudience: When New York Times writer Phil Mushnick used Bryan Pillman as a reason to launch a crusade to shut down professional wrestling Cornette fought back in one of his angrier segments where one of the many many things he said is that wrestling fans do not appreciate being insulted by a publication they pay money to read. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1h_5T1PU8 This was point 141 of about 200 he got off his chest,]] and there was a follow up video where fans [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSfTWb3F6kQ voiced their opinion of the New York Times being used to attack wrestling fans.]]

'''Jim Cornette''' is one of the all time great and colorful wrestling managers, promoters and personalities of [[TheEighties the eighties]] and [[TheNineties nineties]]. His instantly recognizable southern accent and angry motormouth have entertained fans for over three decades.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from {{WWE}} to NWA / {{WCW}} to {{TNA}} as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with RingOfHonor.

** On the other hand, he isn't a big fan of Dairy Queen, as one can find out easily on YouTube.

* CatchPhrase - "Fuck this company!", "I hope you fucking die!", "You couldn't believe him if his tongue was notarized." among many others.

* DeepSouth[=/=]SweetHomeAlabama - Louisville, Kentucky. Where he resides in 'Castle Cornette'. His real life personality is somewhat of a subversion to this trope. While James E is a staunch traditionalist when it comes to wrestling, he is a non-republican, pro choice, pro health care and reform, Obama supporter and an atheist.

* HiddenDepths - A southern traditionalist fervently against the glitz and glamor of Sports Entertainment...that just happens to be an atheist liberal firebrand that's very internet savvy.

* TheLastDJ

* NerdGlasses

* TheJimmyHartVersion - The Midnight Express Theme was take on Giorgio Morodor's 'The Chase'. In ECW they gave him the real song.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from WWE to NWA / WCW to TNA as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with RingOfHonor.

* SharpDressedMan
* SissyVillain - Invoked this trope during his early career, wherein he talked about his (unseen) "mama Cornette" and how she apparently paid for his tennis lessons (which explained why he carried around a tennis racket)
* TheLastDJ

* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses - Adverted during his career as a mostly Heel manager. Comes with the territory.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from WWE to NWA / WCW to TNA as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with Wrestling/RingOfHonor.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from WWE to NWA / WCW to TNA as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with RingOfHonor.

With signature [[IKnowMaddenKombat tennis racket ]] in hand, JC has managed many great tag teams and wrestlers, most notably the Midnight Express, JeffJarrett, Yokozuna and {{Vader}}. He has worked with or for nearly every major wrestling promotion in the United States, from WWE to NWA / WCW to TNA as well as running his own wrestling promotion, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Now having ditched corporate wrestling, JC is now proudly employed with Ring of Honor.

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne - When Eric Bischoff called said he's eaten too many big macs and was 241 lbs. in a 12 oz. sack, Jim said he eats Wendy's Triples and he's a slim 231.

* DeepSouth[=/=]SweetHomeAlabama - Louisville, Kentucky. Where he resides in 'Castle Cornette'. His real life personality is somewhat of a subversion to this trope. While James E is a staunch traditionalist when it comes wrestling, he is a non-republican, pro choice, pro health care and reform, Obama supporter and an atheist.
* DoingItForTheArt - Despite a fear of heights, he agreed to wrestle a Scaffold match ''and'' take a 20 Foot drop from said scaffold. Unfortunately, the wrestler assigned to catch him had mis-judged his position, and Cornette suffered severe knee injuries upon hitting the ground.

* BigEater - JC is a big fan of Wendy's and hamburgers in general, so much so that he's had to go on a diet in recent years probably to avoid becoming a FatBastard. And so he can outlive VinceRusso since his life goal now is to piss on the man's grave.

* UngratefulBastard: He considers [[{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]] this. Batista was pushed as the top guy during his run in Ohio Valley Wrestling, winning the OVW heavyweight title and going over such wrestlers as {{Kane}} and TheUndertaker, and only doing the job a few times, once to Kane and on his way out to JohnCena. Later in his career, Batista would run down his time in OVW, saying it was his OldShame and disrespecting Cornette and Danny Davis. Cornette was furious.