Jim Cornette Praises AEW For “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton Tribute

Jim Cornette has praised AEW and Tony Khan for their tribute to “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton following the late star’s passing.

On August 8, the wrestling world learned of the passing of wrestling legend “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton. AEW paid their respect to Eaton on Twitter, writing:

“AEW joins the wrestling world in mourning the passing of a true legend and one of the greatest tag team wrestlers off all-time “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton. Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his fans.”

Eaton is remembered fondly for his contributions to tag-team wrestling, notably competing as one half of the Midnight Express. Jim Cornette, who managed the team, has thanked AEW for the tribute.

Speaking on his Jim Cornette Experience podcast, Cornette said:

“I want to say this also, a lot of people tweeted including the folks at AEW tweeted a nice graphic and a respectful message about Bobby. I know that some of the AEW personnel at various positions listen to the show. That’s not a snide comment either.

“If anybody with access to Tony Khan can get to him, tell him that I heard everything that he said about Bobby and how respectful it was and how nice it was and I thank you Tony. Tony Khan is not a horrible human being. We may see way far apart on wrestling in a variety of issues but that was a cool thing to do Tony. I hope somebody will deliver that message to him.”

A GoFundMe campaign was set up by Eaton’s family to help with funeral expenses. AEW’s Cody Rhodes and Chris Jericho both have donated, as well as WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat.

We here at WrestleTalk extend our condolences to the family, friends and fans of Bobby Eaton.

Via WrestlingNews.Co

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