Jim Cornette Refused to Work on WWE Biography Over Donald Trump Ties

Jim Cornette says he flat-out refused to work with WWE on a Kane biography project — and his reason? The company’s ongoing relationship with Donald Trump.

On a new episode of The Jim Cornette Experience, the outspoken wrestling legend revealed that WWE contacted him a few years ago to participate in a project about Kane. But Cornette said he wanted nothing to do with it — not because of Kane personally, but because of who he was standing next to.

“If you’d called me five years ago, I would’ve been happy to be a part of it. But now he’s standing there with his arm around Donald Trump, and I’m ashamed of him. I don’t want to be involved.”

According to Cornette, the WWE representative didn’t argue — and even seemed to get where he was coming from.

“The unnamed person I was speaking to said, ‘Well, I appreciate your honesty and your position.’ It wasn’t specifically about him — about Glenn — but they appreciated that. And hopefully more people would have some goddamn principle.”

Cornette made it clear that not everyone in WWE is on board with the Trump relationship — but most are too scared to speak out.

“Not everybody in the company is nuts — but they’re scared to admit it if they aren’t.”

This comes just after Cornette praised Mick Foley for cutting ties with WWE over the same issue, calling the Hall of Famer “my favorite person in the world” for having “backbone and morals.”

“I don’t think Mick Foley’s on Twitter or I’d tag him but I want to state publicly that while I’ve always liked him, he has just become my favorite person in the world. I wish all the boys had his backbone and, more importantly, his morals.”

Turning down the Kane project wasn’t just a passive decision for Cornette — it was a line in the sand. In an industry where many choose silence, he made it clear that his personal convictions matter more than anything else.

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