The dispute began after Paul Walter Hauser shared a video on X (formerly Twitter) of a match featuring Mason Rook, a talent who has garnered multiple instances of praise from John Cena, and Jackson Drake. Hauser commented on the crowd's engagement with the match, referencing WWE Hall of Famer Nick Bockwinkel.
Watch & listen to the crowd. The people who paid MONEY to watch this show are LOVING it. They do not care about the Twittersphere’s ‘Wiser Than Thou’ disdain parade. Sorry it didn’t meet your Nick Bockwinkle [sic] requirements. They got over & had fun. Welcome to wrestling in 2026.
It’s friends and family who got free tickets watching Chaz Bono endure oxygen deprivation, turdblossom. You couldn’t have parked Nick Bockwinkel’s car. F*** off.
Hauser continued the exchange, noting the generational gap in wrestling knowledge and predicting future enjoyment of performers like Rook.
My children & their generation will never know or care who Nick Bockwinkle is or was. Doesn’t diminish his legacy/talent/what he gave. It’s just the truth, Jimmy. The coming generation will likely watch, & enjoy, Mason Rook & Jackson Drake. Boo. Hoo.
Cornette escalated the verbal confrontation with his reply.
Rook won’t be around long enough for a housefly’s generation to enjoy. The problem is idiots in the business who are marks for show biz a******* who are marks for wrestling letting them play in our profession & making them believe they should have opinions. See Hauser, Dumbass.
As of press time, Hauser had deactivated his X account. Mason Rook then entered the conversation.
Thanks Jim, I’m so grateful all my friends and family from England were in attendance last night.
The English wrestler Man Like DeReiss posted a video documenting Rook reading the exchanges between Hauser and Cornette, along with Rook's response.
Cornette delivered a final remark in the exchange.
I didn’t mean YOUR SPECIFIC friends and family, you human waterbed, or there wouldn’t have been enough people in the crowd to count to 15 on their fingers.
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