Jim Cornette Responds To Myles Hawkins
Note: I’ve seen Myles Hawkins wrestle in many matches and have always been impressed by his in-ring ability. He’s great as a heel or a babyface and consistently delivers strong performances. He has also wrestled across the region and has appeared on WWE programming as an extra. From what I understand, he trained primarily at the MCW Pro Wrestling Training Center, though I’m not sure where else he may have trained. This is a great job getting publicity by him.
During a recent episode of The Jim Cornette Experience, legendary wrestling personality Jim Cornette shared a revealing email exchange with AEW wrestler Myles Hawkins, who had taken issue with being labeled a "nobody" in a past episode of the podcast.
Cornette introduced the email cold, telling co-host Brian Last:
“I got an email from one of the AEW wrestlers. I haven’t told you about this yet… Would you like me to tell you about this now, or should I just read this AEW wrestler email?”
The subject line of the email read: “Instead of calling me a nobody for attention, why don’t you try to help?”
The message came from Myles Hawkins, who had teamed with Nick Comoroto and Rhett Titus in a losing effort on the April 30, 2025, episode of AEW Dynamite. Hawkins, a former NCAA All-American, pushed back against Cornette’s dismissive reference to him as a “nobody.”
“First, my name is Myles Hawkins,” he wrote, emphasizing it in all caps. “I am an NCAA All-American, trained by some of the best wrestling schools in the Mid-Atlantic... I’m the guy who did the job for Hobbs on AEW Dynamite. I am certainly not a nobody.”
Cornette responded directly and unapologetically:
“Myles, I’m sorry. I don’t have a character. I have an opinion. And my opinion was about the overall show and whether or not your match was of any importance. And nobody had seen you on television ever before.”
He clarified that his “nobody” label wasn’t a judgment on Hawkins’ talent but a reflection of his lack of visibility to the national audience:
“You didn’t really look bad. You just looked like a guy that nobody knew who the f* he was. That’s why you were labeled ‘nobody.’”**
Hawkins’ email also challenged the motives of Cornette’s show, suggesting it exists primarily to mock modern wrestling for attention.
Cornette fired back:
“The premise of what we do is to s* on modern wrestling to get attention? We can’t really mean it? They’re obviously doing a great job?”**
He added sarcastically:
“I’m not getting any extra attention calling Myles Hawkins a nobody.”
While co-host Brian Last attempted to defuse some of the tension with humor, Cornette offered sincere—if blunt—advice on how young wrestlers should approach veterans for feedback:
“If you’re going to ask any veteran or more experienced person than you are for advice, don’t preface it by saying, ‘Well, I know you just say s* like that to get attention and you can’t really mean it.’”**
Cornette further criticized Hawkins’ vague reference to his training:
“He didn’t even say where he trained or who trained him. Just ‘some of the best wrestling schools in the Mid-Atlantic.’ Can you name one?”
Despite not recalling the match until prompted, Cornette emphasized that his commentary was not meant as a personal attack:
“You weren’t important enough for us to go into detail on in the overall critique of the show in that particular slot you were in.”
Still, he concluded with a parting shot that blended sarcasm with recognition:
“If we ever do see him on television again, we’ll have to pay attention so that we can pick his game apart in detail.”
You can listen to the full segment on The Jim Cornette Experience via YouTube here: