Does Cornette’s criticism matter?

Good analysis. That’s interesting about Cornette, because the Jarrett family are the ones who gave Cornette his start in Memphis in the early ‘80s. The same family tree that created AEW’s style in TNA, created Cornette.

Personally though, I feel Jim Cornette’s schtick is a bit of an act to make money, like the Stern or Limbaugh of pro wrestling. Jim Ross is better to listen to, because he’s an historian too, is ten years older so can talk about things firsthand even further back than Cornette, and he doesn’t hate the new product.

If people are obsessed with everything being “logical,” they should watch boxing or UFC. Pro wrestling will always have cooperation and exaggeration. Brisco and Funk were good for the ‘70s, Omega and the Bucks are good for the 2020s. The fans dictate what the business is, and as long as AEW’s product is performing well in the ratings, Cornette can’t say a damn thing.
Beyond that, most of the great living minds in the business - from Foley to Meltzer - are AEW fans. Cornette would have you believe everyone from his generation is a purist who hates modern wrestling, but I’m not seeing that at all. Cornette wants to return to a world that never existed in the first place.
In the mid-to-late ‘90s, he used to argue with Shawn backstage about the direction the business was going. Cornette was the stern old-timer and Shawn was the modernist. The funny thing? Cornette is only four years older than Michaels!
McMahon is also much more modern than Cornette, and he’s close to 20 years older.
Cornette didn’t even come around until the territories were dying out! He wasn’t around in the ‘50s or ‘60s, and was only taking pictures as a teenager in Memphis in the ‘70s. By the time he came into the business, we weren’t far from seeing Vince demolish the territory structure of the industry.

Smokey Mountain Wrestling was goofy as crapand Cornette was a cartoon style manager, it's very often the pot calling the kettle black

that said, some of the things he has said about timing, too many dives, booking decisions etc is accurate. the guy has immense experience even if he's past his due date, but his black and white 2D view on the industry and how people should perform within it is stuck in the 80s.

Cornette has dedicated his life to the business and his viewpoint shouldn't be totally cast aside. But he has found an audience to entertain and boy, does he give 'em what they want. I'm not gonna question the legitimacy of his personal feelings but at some point, the genuine concerns of a mind seeing memories thru rose-tinted glasses gives way to a perpetual showmanship that has been ingrained in him from his decades in the industry, perhaps even from bad experiences with some of the indie hopalongs he now slanders on a daily basis.

Words do matter, but I'm not losing sleep over them until Corny fuels a "friendly tour" of Daily's Place.

Cornette has tunnel vision when it comes to wrestling, everything should be one style and one look. There are a billion different styles of wrestling, and they all have their place. His belief that all these other styles are killing the business couldn't be more wrong. The reason wrestling is dwindelling is because it peaked more than 15 years ago in the mainstream and will never pick up again. It's a niche product and he can't understand that.

As someone who regularly listens to his podcast, I wish he’d stop reviewing AEW shows. Why watch something that makes you sick? Maybe deep down he likes it? If it was booked like SMW it would be getting much lower ratings than it is. When Cornette booked ROH in 2011 and 2012 the ROH fan base hated it because he booked it like SMW which nobody wanted to see. I agree with the person who said if you want logic at 100 percent to watch real combat sports. Pro wrestling can’t be 100 percent logical. Never was and never will be.

I think he's insane. He comes off as a crazy person

Also I forgot to mention that Cornette is literally an Anachronism

His subscribers and viewership numbers dictates yes.

jim cornette only matters to himself.