Jim Cornette

James Mark Jim Cornette is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent booker color commentator manager promoter trainer and occasional professional wrestler He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers in wrestling history due to his extraordinary mic skills During his career he has worked for the Continental Wrestling Association MidSouth Wrestling World Class Championship Wrestling Jim Crockett Promotions World Championship Wrestling the World Wrestling Federation now called WWE Total Nonstop Action Wrestling now called Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor From 1991 to 1995 he was the owner and head booker of Smoky Mountain Wrestling and from 1999 to 2005 was the coowner head booker and head trainer of Ohio Valley Wrestling During the later years of his career Cornette focused primarily on backstage positions and transitioned away from his role as an onscreen manager In 2017 Cornette retired from managing During a transitional period prior to the retirement he worked as an onscreen authority figure character in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor promotions where he also held backstage positions Cornette has also had an extensive commentary career most recently serving as a color commentator for Major League Wrestling What Culture Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance Cornette is a member of the NWA Wrestling Observer Newsletter Memphis and Professional Wrestling Hall of Fames Cornette is also noted for his longstanding reallife feud with fellow professional wrestling booker Vince Russo in June 2017 Russo filed a restraining order EPO against Cornette for stalking The Cornette vs Russo feud has been featured on two episodes of Vicelands Dark Side of the Ring series