On the most recent edition of his podcast, Jim Ross discussed Jim Cornetteās criticism that AEW wrestlers are too small, and fans should get behind all promotions, not just AEW.
āWeāre still friends. We never agreed on all kinds of things because, heās the kind of guy that very rarely has a compromising moment. Heās very set in his ways, he knows what he likes, he knows how wrestling, in his view, should be positioned, and Iām not disagreeing with that. Itās just that sometimes the message gets a little bit, I think, course, very overly generalized. We know what we have, we know what we need. I think basically Corny is pointing out the obvious. He is not providing any information that Iāve seen that is new and revolutionary. Itās the same thing many of us say behind the scenes. There are things we need to do, but look, these kids are working their asses off, Conrad, and theyāre not all giants, but you go back and look, your father in law, Ric Flair, is not a giant, he did pretty good in his career. He might be six feet, he might be. Buddy Rogers was 5ā8ā³ or 5ā9ā³, Jim Londos was 5ā6ā³, go back all these years, every generation, some of the biggest, Verne Gagne was 6ā0ā³.ā
āNWA Pro, I want those guys to do well. NWA, all of them, we all have friends. As long as Iāve been in the business, thereās not a wrestling company in the world that I donāt know somebody. Somebody at some level of influence. So for me to have such a narrow minded, ignorant point of view that I want their brands to suffer so my brand can grow is, Iām being a coward. Itās like I tell our guys now, I donāt care what NXT does, I donāt care who is on that show, itās irrelevant to me, I want them to do well, I have friends that work there, that have been working there a long time. There are people there that I signed. Randy Ortonās hotter than hell right now, I signed Randy Orton, you think I want Randy Orton to fail? Of course not. So thatās how I look at it, is if youāre a wrestling fan, either support everybody and their families to make a living or just hold all your overt criticism to yourself. Itās a negative influence and the more negative you bring in to your life, you feel like you gotta carry it around and distribute your negative bullshit, distribute it some place else, Iām not interested. I want everybody to do well in our business.ā