10 Most Controversial Wrestling Tweets Ever

2. Jim Cornette Reaches Peak Jim Cornette

This tweet could not have been more Jim Cornette unless it was liked by Matt Morgan logging into Twitter from an alternate universe in which he became a multi-time World Champion.

Dave Meltzer pointed out that Kenny Omega, in New Japan Pro Wrestling, set the all-time gate record for pro wrestling in Sapporo. In response, Jim Cornette, who loathes Omega and Kota Ibushi for wrestling inanimate objects and thus exposing the business years and years after Jim Cornette did precisely that on countless shoot interviews, said something spectacularly ill-advised. Cornette, as you've probably learned, despises Omega and Ibushi, in addition, for daring to portray sensitivity in their work. He hates Omega in particular for his graceful, affected movement and there is most likely a story there.

Let's labour on Mr. Cornette's point which, broadly, is thus: a person's ability to be successful at something shouldn't matter, if they are reprehensible as human beings.

Kenny Omega is a professional wrestler who doesn't portray an overtly masculine role.

Adolf Hitler attempted to exterminate the worldwide Jewish population.

That's...that's not quite the same thing.

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