Jim Cornette on Andy Kaufman & Jerry Lawler

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• FH

  @fhqwgads5000 · 1 year ago

  Kaufman understood wrestling more than 99.9 percent of WWE fans

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• MR

  @mrg8581 · 3 years ago

  Andy Kaufman defeated every woman he ever faced.   He deserves be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

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• MA

  @MarquisLeary34 · 3 years ago

  Kaufman, for someone who came in so raw and having no background in the business managed to create one of the greatest heels EVER. Still boggles the mind.

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• JO

  @jonathancarlson6127 · 3 years ago

  The heartwarming part was the end when they mentioned Kaufman didn't cash a single check Memphis gave him.

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• NE

  @nealbaker4170 · 3 years ago

  The best angle in wrestling history. Kaufman had the immortal line about wrestling Foxy: "if she wins, she gets to marry me." LOL.

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• JO

  @johansmallberries9874 · 3 years ago (edited)

  One of the funnies bits from this is Andy’s remote video to Lawler from “Hollywood”(love how he always emphasized that) where he wrestlers some random large woman in his back yard to intimidate Jerry.<br><br>“327 pounds! That’s a LOT more than you weigh Mr Lawler!”

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• CH

  @ChristopherBlanton · 3 years ago

  They really should say Andy Kaufman was an entertainer and professional wrestler. He had more respect in the business and art of professional wrestling. Just Jerry Jarrett saying that it made Bill Watt mark out was something that almost no one else probably ever did.

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• MR

  @MrJjburgess11 · 3 years ago

  For years people actually thought his death was a work. That&apos;s how good he was .

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• RA

  @ravenstrahd5234 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m still mad over this. &nbsp;I spent years believing Lawler hated Kaufman. &nbsp;The heat between them and how well it was sold made me think these guys hated each other. &nbsp;Especially the attack on Letterman. &nbsp;These guys sold this angle so well it was believable. &nbsp;Wrestling has not sold a match better than this. &nbsp;Props to Lawler for keeping the angle alive even after Kaufman passed away.

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• MI

  @MilMaska · 3 years ago

  &quot;Modern day wrestlers are fans of the performance of wrestling instead of the concept of wrestling.&quot; - Jim Cornette

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• KE

  @keithyw · 3 years ago

  Kaufman was way ahead of his time. Some people called him the original troll. He was practically doing his own version of kayfabe like that Friday episode where he would get into a fight with the director and co-stars. You never really knew where he was taking you such as legitimately having cookies and milk after his live performances. But by far my favorite Andy Kaufman wrestling segment was the backyard tape with him wrestling that 300 lbs woman. He had so many good lines in that where he insulted all the people from Tennessee and talked about having brains because he&apos;s from Hollywood. My favorite line in that video was where he says, &quot;She can&apos;t sue me. She&apos;s poor!&quot; I almost felt like he was watching someone like Bobby Heenan to get his snarkiness. That one video was far better than almost everything produced today by a long shot because Andy got it instantly. If he survived, he could&apos;ve been a natural manager in wrestling at the very least.

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• BI

  @bidensanidiot8818 · 3 years ago

  I don’t watch wrestling anymore but I could listen to Jim Cornette go on and on. Honky Tonk Man is also funny as hell.

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