Jim Cornette fires back at Kenny Omega: “You’ve made wrestling something to be laughed at”

As previously noted, former AEW world champion Kenny Omega addressed longtime wrestling personality Jim Cornette during a Twitch live stream when he said the following…

“When he realized he could make money by delivering hateful speech, he backed himself into a corner, and now, if he wants to make rent, if he wants to buy his fancy McDonald’s double cheeseburger meal, he has to talk about the things that are going to get attention and a lot of the time, that’s going to be yours truly.”

During his podcast, Cornette fired back at Omega…

“[…] You ruined a pastime, a hobby, an interest and entertainment that a lot of us had and some of us [had] professionally, for years and years and decades and decades, because it’s just so silly and phoney and stupid and illogical. And you’ve made wrestling something to be laughed at and you admit that it should be fun, we should all laugh and have fun at the silliness. Well, guess who’s laughing now Twinkle Toes? Because I’ve got 75 to 80% of the wrestling fans that loved wrestling and don’t watch it anymore because people like you on my side. And you’ve got the remaining people that will eat that Elmers glue and thank you for the ice cream – the kind of people who like that kind of thing. So I think the roles are reversed here. Because when you talk about me I trend you don’t trend.”

“[…] So Kenny, you’ve been on TV in this country for three years. Pffttt! So if we want to compare relevance and star power and mainstream recognition, I’ve been on TV in this country most of the time for the past 40 years, you’ve been on TV in this country for three years, I’ve spent more time in a f*cking wrestling locker room than you’ve been alive. I think if we actually did the math, we can probably verify that I’ve been in more locker rooms than at least time that he spent either awake or asleep. So I hate to break it to you Harpo, but I ain’t trying to be a star off of you. You’re trying to do some damage control with me and discredit me, because I just have the platform to bring up what everybody can already see about you. You’re an insufferable tw*t, a douchebag and a sh*tty wrestler is what you are. So embrace it, embrace it! And because that’s what your friends are, too, they should embrace that as well. The problem is, they act like insufferable douchebags on television as heels, but they act like phoney insufferable douchebags on TV. If they just act naturally and be the real insufferable douchebags they might get some f*cking heat.” (quotes courtesy of ITRWrestling.com)