WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett recently sat down for an interview with SportsKeeda, where he spoke about long time wrestling manager, and current podcast host, Jim Cornette.
Jarrett has known Cornette for decades, and Jeff discussed all things Jim Cornette, from his time as a photographer, to hosting “The Jim Cornette Experience” podcast. Double J told Riju Dasgupta:
"You know, I've known Jim since I was 10-11, 12-years-old. He broke into the business. My grandmother was instrumental, my father was instrumental. He was a photographer. Like all of us, before he was a photographer he was a wrestling fan. Before I ever put on the boots, I was a wrestling fan. Jim has an incredible gift of gab. I'll say this, he knows how to sell tickets. It's first and foremost in the mentality and I think sometimes in this day and age of... not a lot of barometers, so to speak, whether it's ticket sales or buyrates, even minute-by-minute ratings have somewhat... and I know they're not what they used to be. But at the end of the day, Jim's a businessman and he's looking for downloads like everyone in the world. I would often tell Conrad, in my past, 'Conrad, I don't wanna hear myself talk, I'm not really interested in telling stories.' But when the business component crystallized and seeing the different opportunities... I'm talking to a couple of different media companies about potentially other podcasts.”
With over 208,000 subscribers to his YouTube page, Cornette has become one of the most popular wrestling podcast host's around, love him or hate him. When asked about Cornette's hosting abilities, Jarrett said:
"Jim Cornette, he knows how to generate discussion around his podcast and isn't that the name of the game.”
(H/T and transcribed by SKWrestling)
