Jim Cornette Set to Headline New Vice TV Wrestling Series

Jim Cornette is heading back to television, and this time the cameras will be pointed squarely at him. Vice TV has announced a new series built as a companion piece to Dark Side of the Ring, its long-running wrestling docuseries, with Cornette positioned as the central voice offering his own take on pro wrestling’s history.

It’s a natural fit. Cornette has been one of Dark Side of the Ring’s most reliable and colorful talking heads since the show debuted, lending his decades of insider knowledge — as a manager, promoter, booker, and lifelong student of the business — to episodes covering everything from territory-era scandals to tragic angles gone wrong. His blunt, often profane commentary has made him a fan favorite interview subject, frequently stealing scenes even when he’s just one of several voices in a given episode.

Giving him a dedicated series suggests Vice TV wants to lean further into that appeal rather than keep him confined to supporting appearances. Cornette has spent years building a media career outside of in-ring wrestling roles, most notably through his long-running podcast work, where he’s built a reputation for lengthy, opinionated breakdowns of wrestling history, modern booking decisions, and industry figures past and present. A TV platform that puts him front and center plays directly to that strength and gives Vice TV a built-in audience that already follows his podcast commentary closely.

For Vice TV, expanding the Dark Side of the Ring universe makes business sense. The flagship series has become one of the network’s signature properties, mining pro wrestling’s dark, scandal-heavy history for a format that blends documentary filmmaking with first-person testimony. A spinoff centered on Cornette’s perspective would let the network keep that audience engaged between seasons of the original show while offering a different format — presumably leaning more on Cornette’s own commentary and storytelling rather than the multi-subject documentary structure of Dark Side of the Ring itself.

It also continues a broader trend of legacy wrestling figures finding new life as media personalities rather than in-ring performers or traditional on-air talent. Cornette, who has never been shy about his opinions on the current wrestling landscape, has carved out a niche as both historian and critic, and a dedicated TV platform only amplifies that voice further.

No premiere date, episode count, or additional format details have been revealed yet, and Vice TV hasn’t laid out exactly how the new series will differ structurally from Dark Side of the Ring beyond centering on Cornette himself. Wrestling fans who’ve followed his podcast work, however, likely have a good sense of what to expect: strong opinions, deep historical knowledge, and little patience for revisionist history.

As more details emerge about scheduling and content, expect Cornette’s profile within Vice TV’s wrestling programming to keep growing — a logical next step for a performer-turned-personality who has spent the back half of his career becoming one of the sport’s most quoted historians.