10 greatest wrestling managers of all time

#4: Jim Cornette

Being loud and annoying allowed Cornette to get several of his teams over as heels.

Jim Cornette is a well known nowadays for both being a great manager and an outspoken wrestling personality. Cornette always brought one of his signature tennis rackets to the ring and would often use the rackets to attack his clients' opponents.

His gimmick of a spoiled rich kid manager was easy to hate for a lot of the hard-working, blue-collar audiences in front of which the wrestlers performed. He was loud and obnoxious and often interfered in his clients' matches.

His start occurred in the south and took steam when he started to manage the Midnight Express, consisting of Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton. Stan Lane would later replace Condrey in later versions of the express.

His earliest feud was against the Rock N Roll Express. There were never enough teams with the word 'Express' attached to their names in the 1980s. His fame grew when he managed Lane and Eaton in NWA/WCW and he gained even more notoriety when he went to WWF.

Prior to moving to WWF, Cornette started Smoky Mountain Wrestling and eventually would become the American advocate for WWF Champion Yokozuna. During this tenure, he also led a faction, Camp Cornette, that included Owen Hart, Vader, and the British Bulldog.

He also led a version of the Heavenly Bodies but it wasn't as successful as his other clients. Cornette would later become part owner of OVW, the one-time developmental territory of WWE.

During his tenure, WWE signed John Cena, Randy Orton, Batista, and Brock Lesnar. After cutting ties with WWE, Cornette had a stint in TNA and ROH but eventually departed both promotions due to inability to get along with many in charge backstage.

He has famously had verbal feuds with Vince Russo and opposed the SCUM faction during his time in ROH. He recently made controversial comments over the last few years when he said Kenny Omega wasn't that great of a pro wrestler.

I think Omega got the last laugh in that feud with his entire NJPW career.