Jim Cornette Says Hook’s Debut Wasn’t As Good As Ronda Rousey’s WrestleMania 34 Match

Hook, who is the son of AEW commentator and former ECW and WWE star Taz, has been featured on AEW television as the silent enforcer of Team Taz. Many fans never thought he would ever wrestle. It seems Jim Cornette made an interesting comparing with Hook.

Hook made his in-ring debut on last week’s episode of AEW Rampage, where he squared off against Fuego Del Sol. Hook was certainly very impressive in his in-ring debut, as he made short work of Del Sol.

His impressive win even resulted in Hook blowing up on social media and his debut racked up larger numbers than even Bron Breakker’s did. AEW held off his debut for a good reason as well.

While speaking on his podcast, Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru, Jim Cornette talked about Hook’s in-ring debut. Cornette said that while Hook’s debut was not quite as good as Ronda Rousey’s debut at WrestleMania 34, it was still a solid one.

“I am not necessarily saying this was the greatest debut in pro wrestling history or as good as Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34, which had a lot more high-price talent involved and had a lot more rehearsal. However, I said on the show a few months ago, you never get to see anybody anymore that when you first see them you’re like, “oh wow”, like you would, before everything was put on the internet.

You could always find a wrestler who can surprise you but in this case they managed to do it because if anything, from the way he was just hanging around, a couple of months ago he got physical and threw a few kicks but it didn’t do much for him. You lowered expectations for him. All of a sudden he is better than expected and people are getting into it so it was a combination of a really good debut and he has got a lot of talent and a lot of oomph to him, to his personality and people are just surprised because it was better than they thought it was going to be. I really enjoyed it.”

The AEW roster was also ecstatic about Hook’s in-ring debut. Fans also believe Hook will become world champion in AEW someday. It remains to be seen what is next in store for Hook now that he has already impressed many within the company.

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