Jim Cornette Quotes

If I play my cards right, I could bring network wrestling back to TV. Unfortunately, to most people, wrestling is a laughingstock. But fortunately, I'm reaching people who otherwise wouldn't watch it.

I think the way British wrestling lost its way in the mid '80s was that the athleticism and the sporting side to the drama kind of went away and it almost became a joke of a TV show.

Wrestling died. It had a comeback in the early '90s just through word of mouth with Brian Dixon's shows.

Bullet Club has been huge. It's something that's transcended wrestling a little bit.

The McMahons are generational promoters, Vince's grandfather was a promoter way back in the day, and obviously, his father was a very, very famous promoter.

NXT really built some momentum and became something pretty special.

Vince McMahon could care less about the ECW legacy.

Ring of Honor has always been a company that focuses on youths and being a true alternative.

Aw, man, it's huge to actually have a platform and let the world see Reality of Wrestling as well as to be able to compete with all the other independent companies around the world.

This IWGP title means more with me than any WWE championship.

The Bullet Club has sort of become this pop-culture phenomenon. You don't even have to like wrestling or follow our product, and you can wear a Bullet Club shirt, and it's cool.

Earlier, professional wrestling happened only abroad, but now the youngsters are getting a good platform here in India as well.

Freebird Michael Hayes was my first broadcast partner who was a pure, 100% antagonist. Hayes and I joined forces during Cowboy Bill Watts' attempt at expanding the Mid-South brand by renaming Mid-South Wrestling the Universal Wrestling Federation.

All the people who were on WSX Season 1 are the life blood of the alternative wrestling business, and now the mainstream wrestling business as well. That is what Lucha Underground is doing.

I just wanted to stay Harley Race in the wrestling world, worldwide, and that is what I did for a long time.

I started wrestling in Mexico, and then I came to New Japan.

The WWE is the be-all and end-all of sports entertainment. They just do things right.

All I want is wrestling to grow while living my dream, and if I can help, then that's beyond my dreams.

New Japan is far superior to WWE when it comes to the quality of the roster and the quality of the matches.

I talk about Hulk Hogan being in my corner back in the day... Back in the day, if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, I don't know if Booker T and Stevie Ray would've gotten the push that we got.

I always knew that in the U.S., if you wanted to be a wrestler, Ring of Honor was the place to be.

Let's face it: when we were crazy into wrestling, there were 20 million people on Monday nights watching wrestling. So what you have are 17 million lagged wrestling fans. People who connect to it somewhere, but haven't really found an inspiration or a cultural connection to it.

Coming up the ranks, I've got to see those who were sons of professional wrestlers get in the ring when they were five years old. I would wrestle around with them. Guys like The Rock and Randy Orton.

All In' is not my baby, it's my brother or my cousin. We sold out a 10,000 seat arena in less than 30 minutes, and that, to me, says a lot about the health of wrestling outside of the machine.

I obviously wanted to keep wrestling and stay in the business. The opportunity came up with WWE, and it's been an incredible experience.