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  1. Deezy

    Jim Cornette and The Midnight Express

    I was bred on WWF steroid junkies, so the southern wrestlers looked like fat slobs compared to them. I didn't know better than so he just never appealed to me. Plus his punches were those "up yours" gestured uppercuts, which looked completely phony, since you could see him slapping his...
  2. Deezy

    Jim Cornette and The Midnight Express

    Eaton was way too doughy for me to take him serious, and that mullet was wow, just wow. I remember wondering why he was the TV champ when Steve Austin beat him for it. He had that southern style that never appealled to me, mainly because the punches looked so phony. Jeff Jarrett punches the same...
  3. Deezy

    Jim Cornette and The Midnight Express

    I said they were damn good in the ring, I'm not saying they weren't talented. All I said was, I don't think they would be heels in todays market. Cornette's promos would also get them over more than the high flying would. The 80s were a totally different time, and the 90s killed kayfabe so any...
  4. Deezy

    Jim Cornette and The Midnight Express

    They never talked, Cornette carried the interviews their entire run. Not much to say other than that. In the ring, sure they were good. Damn good. Not denyingn that, I juist don't think they would be heels in todays market. The thing about today's market is no matter what you doi in a storyline...
  5. Deezy

    Jim Cornette and The Midnight Express

    I was groomed off WWF style, and when I got WCW through illegal satelite signals, I thought Bobby Eaton was fat and looked out of shape. Bare in mind the only wrestlers I've seen up to that point were roiders and looked like superheroes. I remember the Midnight Express as a high flying team...