"It was fake, contrived s**t" - Jim Cornette criticizes AEW's recent booking of 34-year-old star
Jim Cornette recently expressed his disappointment at AEW's booking of its rising star, Wardlow.
Last week on AEW Dynamite, Wardlow faced twenty security guards (Plaintiffs) after tearing down the lawsuit document from "Smart" Mark Sterling. Mr. Mayhem quickly overpowered his opponents and picked up a dominant win.
However, Scorpio Sky's manager, Dan Lambert, proceeded to summon Tyrone Woodley and Matt Hughes after the match. Instead, the UFC veterans turned on Lambert by sending the injured Sterling to Wardlow, who proceeded to powerbomb him.
During the latest episode of The Jim Cornette Experience, Cornette wasn't impressed with how AEW presented Wardlow by saying whoever came up with the idea for the match should be fired. He also thought it was "stupid" and that people were uninterested.
"It was fake, contrived s**t. People were less into it, the longer it went and did you... by the end of it, it went on so long, it was so stupid and so uninteresting that by the time it was over with, he was powerbombing people and the fans weren't even popping on the powerbombs anymore," Cornette said. [From 2:59 - 3:21]
You can check the clips from this episode below:
The former WWE manager also mentioned that Tony Khan's company was screwing up the career of their "only success story" so far in the form of Wardlow.
Jim Cornette wasn't a fan of Wardlow's promo skills in AEW
As the podcast episode progressed, Cornette also called out Wardlow's promo with Matt Hughes and Tyron Woodley after the match. He thought the delivery was forced, and in his mind, Mr. Mayhem sounded like a nerd.
"That's the problem," said Cornette. "Not only the tone, and the delivery, and the verbiage, he's... I mean he [Wardlow] sounds like some f***ing nerd that would be sittin', playing a video game on his computer instead of this big 200 and something pound beast, powerbombing everybody in his path." [From 8:50 - 9:08]
#DanLambert's orders to @UFC legends #MattHughes and @TWoodley have seemingly worked against him, and @MarkSterlingEsq suffers the consequences at the hands of @RealWardlow! It’s #AEWDynamite: #RoadRager LIVE on @TBSNetwork! https://t.co/0xZIJsVwGC
Wardlow has now moved on from Mark Sterling as he's seemingly set to embark on a feud wth TNT Champion Scorpio Sky. It will also be interesting to see whether Mr. Mayhem will continue to cut promos by himself or start working with a mouthpiece.
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