5 Reasons Why Jim Cornette Is The Biggest Heel In Wrestling Right Now
2. He Stays In Character
Jim Cornette is a student of old school southern wrasslin’, where the territories were small, and people likely saw their favorite wrestlers every week or so. That being the case, kayfabe was more important than anywhere else, so wrestlers would live and breathe the characters they portrayed. Ol’ Corny has this ingrained into his mind, and thus, although he says things he clearly knows are awful and incendiary, he will not back down or apologize for the tone or delivery. He’s a heel, and he’s going to make you angry. He’s not going to be Raven, who had to walk out and apologize to the ECW arena for the Sandman crucifixion angle of 1996. He’s certainly not going to be heels in WWE and post cutesy, friendly things about people he’s feuding with when “not in character.”
Cornette is always in character, and the crucial reason why is...