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Final Fantasy2389 posted...

Ugh. They're the worst. Jim Cornette needs to keep his awful opinions to himself.

Jim's actually extremely intelligent, and a lot of his observations about old-time wrestling can be really insightful. If you just listen to him in that context, he's pretty good.

He just has a hate-boner for modern wrestling, which kind of irrationally blinds him to anything and everything other than the fact that it isn't exactly the type of wrestling he grew up with, and is therefore evil. The sad part is, because he couches all of his criticism in over-the-top insults, abuse, and rhetoric, it actually winds up completely obscuring the moments when he does have a legitimate criticism of the modern style or presentation. He's become the boy who cried wolf. Except in this case, he's the boy who cried about blow-up dolls, invisible grenades, and pockets.

Of course, there's plenty of people who are absolutely convinced Cornette doesn't even actually hate AEW, as much as he's lost himself in his role of "HEEL MANAGER" and is fully aware that by shitting on it he can draw attention from its fans and remain "relevant" in modern wrestling. So he's overselling all of his opinions and deliberately trolling AEW fans. The fact that his hate for WWE is somewhat passive ("I find this boring and thus don't really watch") is different from his hate for AEW ("This enrages me and therefore I will watch all of it to find things to make fun of") comes across like a bit of a work.

There are also people who point out that, as much as Cornette doesn't hesitate to shit on Trump and his supporters, Jim basically conveys most of his opinions in exactly the same way Trump does. They may have radically different political perspectives, but how they choose to present those perspectives is pretty much the same. So the irony is kind of delicious for people who dislike him. He's very much a demagogue personality relying on emotion and tricks of speech to impose his world-view, and savagely insulting anyone who disagrees with him.

Either way, the real problem isn't Cornette himself as much as his fans who aggressively take his gospel and preach it to anyone who'll listen, treating his every word like dogma, using all of his pet insults and nicknames as if it makes them sound clever, and generally coming across like parrots. It's the same reason I generally loathe political discussion of all kinds online - most of the people talking are just repeating soundbites they barely understand but which they've internalized because "my side" needs to win.
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