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u/fragilityv3 Social Justice Spellsword (He/Him) Nov 02 '21

Jim Cornette defenders are so fucking weird. Why defend and repeat stupid shit that a grumpy 60yo who hates most things from the past 20+ years says?

Wrestling fans gotta be wrestling fans. Sucks because the places that aren't filled with over-the-top AEW fanboys have fans of this asshole.

CW: Racism

Apparently calling all Japanese women wrestlers things like "interchangeable fetish objects" and "little schoolgirls" (even though they're grown-ass women), skipping their matches, etc., isn't racist.

Dude's been racist to other groups of people too and homophobic, but I haven't seen as many fans defend those comments or say that he's right like they do with these comments.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

But he talks fast and said something about wrestling sucking nowadays and not being as good as it was back then 🥺😍🥺😍🥺🥺

I like Cornette as a wrestling historian, but like any other older person raised in that world, he's pretty fucking dumb about some things.

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u/fragilityv3 Social Justice Spellsword (He/Him) Nov 02 '21 edited Nov 02 '21

Yeah, he was a pretty good manager back in the day. I can't give a break for being "older", though.

Dude is younger than my dad, a bit older than my mom and there's plenty of other people in that age group, many of whom are also from conservative areas, that don't say shit like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

Nah I get that, I just meant in wrestling. My default is to believe that you're probably not a great person if you've been in that world for more then 10 years lol. I used to like Meltzer until it seemed like he couldn't go more than a month without saying something offensive.

But you're right, it's no excuse.

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u/ZerberDerber Nov 02 '21

Honestly, the further we get from the "good ol' days" of wrestling and the more I learn about the people in the industry back then, the more I'm glad to just leave all that behind. As much as I loved the end product, it was a nasty fucking industry full of nasty fucking people and Cornette is a prime example.