Cornette fired from TNA for yelling at Russo?

According to a report on The Sun website, Jim Cornette's contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was terminated after throwing one temper tantrum too many. Reportedly, he caused a major scene at the most recent Impact television taping during an argument with head writer Vince Russo.

Cornette directed his anger toward the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion during a production meeting calling for more focus on Eric Young on television.

"Everyone was in a production meeting with Russo running down the show, but Cornette went nuts screaming 'why are we pushing Eric Young?'," according to The Sun's source. "Russo reacted calmly and said it wasn't a big deal, but Cornette wouldn't let it go and kept screaming about it, really causing a scene. He just wouldn't stop. Even after the meeting broke, Cornette was walking around complaining to everyone who would listen."

A few concerned co-workers went to management to voice their displeasure over their belief that Cornette had been acting unprofessionally. Apparently, this was "his latest refusal to be a pro," so the organization decided to release him from his contract.

Similarly, Cornette was released by World Wrestling Entertainment in July 2005 after slapping current WWE star Santino Marella for breaking character and laughing at The Boogeyman
during a live Ohio Valley Wrestling show.

"This wasn't politics or anything to do with Jeff. It was purely a decision prompted by the same behaviour that got Jim fired in WWE," the source said.

lol at him not liking Eric Young

:omg: Let's Sign Jim Cornette to come to here I would like to see him slap around some people

lol yh

i still wish he hit santino harder.

WOW! I never knew about any of this, reading this. Jim definitely deserved to get released. He needs serious help too, WTF He slapped Santino? Please tell me Santino slapped his ass back. And what's his beef with Eric? That man has been on the sidelines for months, its about time he got a push. Jim Cornette DIAF

Eric Sucks, he looks ugly, his tights are ugly, he looks ugly when they shove his face in the camera close up, he sucks on the mic, he sucks all together XD

This still makes TNA look stupid..Why the hell did they need him there in the first place? We had Jarret, Foley and apparently him all making matches...It was confusing :S

I lol'ed.

Jimmy actually hasnt been there in months.

Eric is not ugly, kinda goofy from what i hear but id tap that still.

i dont really care much for Eric
and i like Cornette as an onscreen character
Maybe he should go to wwe and take over Coles job

Eric Young is terrible. He's boring, all his moves are boring, he looks boring, and I don't like him.

Super Eric on the other hand is pretty decent.

Cornette is right in saying that they shouldn't push the guy, and I can't blame him for freaking out. He shouldn't have done it of course, but it's understandable. TNA's decisions sometimes enrage me as well.

It's a shame he was released because Cornette is amazing on camera. I'd rather him making matches than Foley and Jarrett any day. I can only hope that Santino forgives him and WWE takes him back.

Angelwilliamsfan wrote:

Jimmy actually hasnt been there in months.

Eric is not ugly, kinda goofy from what i hear but id tap that still.

Cornette was a agent..so he was there for months

Well I do agree about Jim Cornette being more interesting when booking matches, I'll give him that but his behavior was unprofessional. I also disagree about Eric Young being ugly but that's for another topic. I also disagree about Eric Young being boring, I really hated Super Eric so at the end of the day Eric Young>>>>>Super Eric

Super Eric was super, he is obviously way better than Eric Young.

If Super Eric were to take on EY we'd have a total squash match on our hands. Haven't you seen how strong that Super Eric is?

Chessman wrote:

Angelwilliamsfan wrote:

Jimmy actually hasnt been there in months.

Eric is not ugly, kinda goofy from what i hear but id tap that still.

Cornette was a agent..so he was there for months

i meant on tv, someone had said that Jeff, Foley, and Him were making matches.

Super Eric was only cool cause of Curry Man, he carried the whole fucking team. Plus eric's costume looked retarded. Regular, short hair, not blonde, sexy eric is way way better.

How can you say that Eric is sexy? I don't think I've ever seen anyone less attractive.

are u kidding me? Eric has gone from being eh to being sex on legs. then again ur a guy so eh. It starts with his eyes, they have always been amazing, then his additude and of course his hair which brings out his features more. DUH!!!

lol forgot to mention he's toned.

Sex on legs? I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that. When I first started watching TNA, I honestly thought Eric was an old man. Age 60 at least. I was shocked when I found out he was only in his twenties.

his voice is fucking annoying

Yeah, that too!

...and his mom's a whore!

sex on legs, that makes u throw up? Welcome to the fourm, im sure ull enjoy it

It wouldn't when referring to any other human being except Eric Young.

lol whatever, he's totally the sex. and personally ive always liked him, weither he was goofy eric, slightly annoying super eric, or heel eric now ive always liked him and he should be getting the push he deseveres and fuck cornette for not knowing it.

Pssh, you're just biased because you have a crush on him.

she does the same for Stryker too

At least Striker is half decent.

half being the right word

Well the dude has been in TNA for years, I think he deserves this push. He was a fav fave too and now he's a mega heel. Loves it<3

im not biase to Eric, i just know he deserves it unlike some of the other ppl getting pushed now.

Trust Blue to think his sexy -_-

here is more bout it:


According to a source I spoke with earlier today who is close to the situation, Jim Cornette's TNA release was not as amicable as has been reported.
WrestleZone was the first to exclusively report that Ed Ferrara will begin working with TNA on their creative team beginning tonight, and while that did play a part in Cornette's TNA release, as him and Ferrara do not get along well, there were other factors involved in TNA's decision to release Cornette.
At this point, Vince Russo is the head of TNA's creative team, and Ed Ferrara is coming in to work with him. The UK Sun recently ran an article claiming that a "senior member of TNA management" informed them that Cornette's split with TNA was amicable, and that he is simply taking a break from the company to recharge his battery, but the two sides enjoy working with each other. However, according to the source I spoke with today, this could not be further from the truth.
In reality, The Sun backed off on reporting the truth behind Cornette's release because TNA does not want to run the risk of Jim Cornette berating the company over the course of the next few months and burying TNA in interviews. Cornette has a history of speaking very openly and honestly about the wrestling business, and is not afraid to bash people or companies publicly.
Jim Cornette had a number of blow ups backstage during his run with TNA, and it's being said that his most recent outburst at a taping concerning Eric Young was the straw that broke the camel's back and TNA decided to fire him. The company is using the excuse that he's taking time off to "recharge his battery," but again, this is not true as TNA did indeed fire Cornette because they were growing tired of working with him. If you think about it the "recharging" stance doesn't seem to make much sense as TNA only tapes about 5 days a month.
It's been reported by other websites that Jim Cornette is not publicly commenting on his release from TNA at this point, and now we know the reason why; because the split was NOT amicable and Cornette is keeping quiet so as to not bash the company within the internet wrestling community, which makes up a large part of TNA's fanbase.

Dixie killed it, stupid bitch