Jim Cornette

James E. Cornette ( born September 17, 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American manager, commentator, promoter and booker in wrestling. He worked previously in a variety of leagues. Today Cornette works mainly with the National Wrestling Alliance, where he is, among other things, the organizer and promoter of NWA New Beginnings.

Career

Jim Cornette was in his childhood wrestling fan and began working at wrestling events for 15 years, among other things as a photographer and ring announcer. In 1982, he was incorporated by the promoter Jerry Jarrett in a storyline, was fired in the Cornette as manager of each of his clients after each match. Here, among other things, Sherri Martel managed Cornette, Dutch Mantell and Crusher Broomfield, the " One Man Gang " became famous later as Akeem and.

1983 Cornette was manager of the legendary Tag Teams The Midnight Express. Under his leadership, the team won twice each the NWA World Tag Team Championship and the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. Cornette has already played at this time the role that it should be maintained for the majority of his career: An excessively loud heel, the fans wanted to beat up only too happy even if it did not the opponents. He established a tennis racket as ever-present object, something he often began in the matches of his proteges.

World Championship Wrestling

In the Jim Crockett Promotions, a direct forerunner of WCW, Cornette took over the role of color commentator, so the commentator who gives in contrast to the play-by -play announcer less on the actions in the ring, but rather on storylines, backgrounds and Statistics. He commented mainly on the side of Jim Ross. As of 1989, Cornette also worked as a booker in the league. Due to disagreements between him and Jim Herd, the then vice-president, Cornette left WCW to start his own league.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

In 1991, Jim Cornette the SMW. As an advocate of the old time, in the wrestling leagues exclusively limited to certain territories and not nationally organized, he took this concept to Smoky Mountain - which shows the League has hosted in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia and Carolina. Since this procedure was now considered obsolete, the success of the League failed to materialize despite some stars, so Cornette entered into a collaboration with the WWF (now WWE). Although then came some wrestlers in the SMW on national television and Pay-Per- Views on (especially the Heavenly Bodies Tom Pritchard and Jimmy Del Ray ), but ultimately benefited the league either in financial terms or in relation to the national popularity of the cooperation. Cornette decided in 1995 to close Smoky Mountain. Later he said, it would have been the wrong time for the formation of a league, because the wrestling was in a recession, which ended only in 1996.

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

During the mentioned cooperation Jim Cornette also worked in the WWF as a manager, commentator and booker. He was best known for his role in the shows as the voice of two-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion Yokozuna.

After the end of SMW Cornette entered into a full-time contract with the WWF. He formed the Camp Cornette stable, which consisted at the beginning of Yokozuna, Vader, Owen Hart and the British Bulldog. After his manager career, he had a recent appearance before WWF cameras in the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania XVII.

Behind the scenes Cornette continued to work as a booker, as well as Talent scouts because he had an eye for future stars proved already at Smoky Mountain. After several clashes with Chef Booker Vince Russo, he was removed from the former post. Later Cornette head booker and part-owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling; a farm league WWE. Here he again turned his skills at the sighting of new talents. In May 2005, he was suspended after an altercation with Kevin finished for several weeks. Two months later he attacked the OVW wrestler Johnny Geo Basco to physically after he laughed on camera about the gimmick of the Boogeyman and thus broke kayfabe, which brought the tradition-conscious Cornette in a rage. The WWE released him then; his successor in OVW was Paul Heyman.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In June 2006, Cornette joined TNA and took over the on-screen role of the Management Director. In this capacity he took Jeff Jarrett NWA World Heavyweight Championship after a controversial decision in the main event of Slammiversary and declared the title vacant. At the first meeting of the management Cornette met ( in the storyline ) the end of June some important decisions; so he sent Earl Hebner, the group disbanded Team Canada and Jeff Jarrett explained now but the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Due to personal difficulties Cornettes with the TNA leadership his expiring contract was not renewed. So Jim Cornette was released on 15 September 2009 as part of the storyline of the TNA.