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Impact Wrestling Archives: That Time Jim Cornette Got Fired From TNA Because Of Eric Young By Hakeem Fullerton

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  Intro: If there was a Mount Rushmore of people who are notorious for being fired or let go from various wrestling promotions a few names come to mine: Jeff Jarrett, Teddy Hart, Hulk Hogan and the man who is at the center of today's storytelling episode: Jim Cornette.   Cornette's many firings from various promotions are as legendary as Vince McMahon's love of big, sweaty, muscular men or the over usage of the Canadian Destroyer or Super Kicks in today's climate of wrestling, However the most funniest example of the Louisville Lip getting the pink slip would have to be the time he got fired from TNA Wrestling in 2009 over the booking plans of Eric Young.  The World's Most Polarizing Duo Are story starts like how all stories surrounding Jim Cornette getting angry start: Jim getting upset over something Vince Russo has said or done. After being hired as an on-air authority figure for TNA Wrestling in 2007, Cornette would unfortun