Pro Wrestling News: Jim Cornette weighs in on Young Bucks drop-kick spot criticism

What's the story?

There seems to be a growing divide forming between wrestling fans who like the realism of wrestling matches, and those who enjoy the spot-fest matches like Ospreay vs Ricochet from last year.

The most recent 'spot' to be criticised for its departure from 'kayfabe' is the following one: involving the Young Bucks that UFC fighter Daniel Cormier openly criticised on Twitter, leading to a lengthy internet debate (again.)

Super FLIPPY DROPKICKY Sequence! @NickJacksonYB @MattJackson13 @theAdamPage v @TheFlipGordon @dragon_leecmll #Titan #FinalBattle #ROH pic.twitter.com/KAwzOZxtLM
— Brian The Guppie (@briantheguppie) December 16, 2017

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@philbaroni this is actually pathetic. This is what people wanna see? Go to a god dang gymnastics competition. Suplex, bodyslam, piledriver do some old school wrestling man. DDT, I remember when the frankensteiner was the most you’d ever see someone flip. I say Boo to this BS https://t.co/eF4pnCy0SA
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) December 17, 2017

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Now prominent wrestling personality Jim Cornette has also had his say on the Young Bucks spot after Cody Rhodes jumped to their defence against Cormier's criticism and boy, is he not a fan at all.

In case you didn't know...

Following the criticism from UFC star Daniel Cormier, Cody Rhodes took to Twitter to defend the spot-filled sequence, and he didn't hold back on Cormier, levelling him with criticism of his own.

It's not pathetic. The paying audience enjoyed it. UFC is thriving, and pro-wrestling has been going strong since 1920...besides most of y'all ask hunter for a job when the wheels fall off anyway and most are on the comp list at staples...so lay the fuck off. https://t.co/oqKto3a4TK
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) December 17, 2017

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The heart of the matter

Cornette took Cody's tweet as his spot to get involved and clearly expressed both his dislike of the spot in question, and his disdain towards Cody's defence of the spot against Cormier's criticism.

Come on Cody, don't encourage these ballet dancers. @ufc 's kicking pro wrestling's ass all over the world cause of shit like this. I know you have to work with these clowns but it's embarrassing. Grown men used to want to wrestle, now want to fight in UFC cause of this shit. https://t.co/Py9tirbvRd
— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) December 18, 2017

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Cornette goes as far as to indirectly call The Young Bucks and Flip Gordon among others 'ballet dancers' and 'clowns' and seems to level the blame for the slight decline in pro wrestling's popularity and increase in MMA's popularity squarely on their shoulders.

What's next?

The argument wages on with Cormier responding to several more people to argue his point of view. As for Cornette, he ended his expressing of his opinion by replying to a tweet from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, calling The Young Bucks a 'disgrace'. Strong words indeed

Flair & Steamboat were grown ass men, hitting each other hard & working at the highest level in the sport, & never exposed the business in their matches or outside the ring. These jackoffs are kids playing wrestler & laughing at how they tell people it's fake. They're a disgrace. https://t.co/Bd3SG8oMhG
— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) December 18, 2017

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Author's take

I think there's enough room in the world of professional wrestling for both styles of matches. You can have the unrealistic, yet highly exhilarating spot-fest matches where human beings do incredibly entertaining and seemingly impossible things that aren't realistic in a real fight, and you can have the grounded, mat-based, strong striking style of wrestling that focusses more on storytelling and atmosphere than athleticism, both are equally as entertaining, equally as viable and both have their place.

Edited by Shiven Sachdeva