It’s crazy that he was asked to say that cause in everyone of his interviews after that he has said multiple times that he considers himself a TNA guy more than a wwe guy & that he has had his best matches in tna. It was obviously wwe being jealous that he refused to come back & wanted to have the rest of his career in tna similar to Sting & his loyalty for tna which wwe would also hold against him as well & take it out on him immaturely with his entire disappointing run in wwe just to lose every match except one, smh.
I wasn't shocked when the Outlaws returned to WWE. After Eric Bischoff walked out on Raw in 2002 and gave Vinny Mac a big ol hug, nothing surprised me anymore.
"If you're a fan of a certain age, ECW may have meant a lot to you when it existed.... also, you should take a break, pause the video, and do some light stretching to help your aching bones" I feel personally attacked! Also.... thank you, I forgot to stretch today...
Never forget that Christian Cage’s original TNA run ended with the Main Event Mafia beating him senseless because he was negotiating a contract with WWE.
I love how serious both sides take CookieGate. And then you have Eddie Konnan and Ray hanging out together. And couldn't care less about what's going on.
No lie, one of my favorite tna moments happened during the ECW reunion show and some fan yells “Vince sucks” during a Tommy Dreamer promo and he turns around and says “exactly”.
The issue with TNA from the start was the folks in charge thought they were keeping Vince up at night worrying when it took about 20 years for WWE to acknowledge TNA even existed.
@@dkupkenot even close i don't even watch Aew or much wrestling as of late but they've done more in the 5 years they've existed then Tna has in almost 30. A comparison can't be made.
@@UNoWhoitis23 Tony routinely attempts to troll WWE and pushes a narrative there is a “war” between the two promotions. WEE rarely even acknowledges that AEW even exists.
For WWE taking shots at TNA, there was also that one time John Cena threatened Vince on Raw that if he was actually fired (I believe this was during his feud with The Nexus) then he'd just "Go down south, Brother!".
Close it was the feud between cena and punk and vince said if cena looses he will be fired cena basically replied saying "if you fire me I'll walk onto someone else's show brother"
@@WhatAisleIsTheMustardOn If you are a Channel Member (or Patreon?) you can watch it earlier. But why would there be a brother to Vince, if he wouldn't refer to Hulk Hogan who was in TNA that time.
No mfer it was during his feud with Punk MITB 2011, stipulation for that match was cena leaves if he loses, then Vince gets relieved trips comes in as COO and Alberto Del Rio is champ by sunmerslam
the problem with VKM is that apparently neither HHH nor HBK even knew about it too much. from what I know, HHH asked the guys what the whole VKM stuff was about only when they went back to WWE, so the "cease and desist" thing was the biggest acknowledgment the story ever got from the "attacked" party. if that really was the biggest shot TNA ever took (which, maybe it was), then it really shows they didn't have nearly as much reach as they thought they had
And both Dogg and Ass later (on a shoot interview after their departures from TNA) acknowledged that WWE did the smart thing by not even trying to follow up.
I miss this channel, I don't know why YT stopped showing me your feed but I have been subscribed since 2016, glad to see the channel is still very much alive and thriving.
LMAO the TNA cookiegate segment from TNA turning point 2004 always makes me laugh the visual of abyss carrying balloons is absolutely hilarious traci Brooks and her cookies i believe david sahadi's dad got fired in retaliation I'm so glad this made it on the list great video brian VKM was very entertaining in TNA.
Robbie is from my hometown and apparently tna did offer him a contract but he turned it down. He's still wrestling on the indys. I'm going to watch him wrestle next weekend
Right!? Rhino was whining about WWE taking something dead and bastardizing it...when years later Dixie did the same thing with ECW (only she couldn't use the name seeing as its trademarked) and Rhino was taking part in it. It made him look like a huge hypocrite.
For someone who grew up after the Monday night war, TNA was the number 2 for a long time. It seemed legit when angle went there, but I always loved it before he got there too. They did so many things that were awesome, x division, lockdown, samoa Joe. I have extremely fond memories of tna
It’s crazy how Billy and Road Dogg would not only win the titles and go into the Hall of Fame but Road Dogg is helping put together the shows. Everyone seems to hate WWE until there’s money to be made.
The biggest shot TNA ever fired, imo, was its creation. There was a huge vacuum with the deaths of WCW and ECW, and Jeff Jarrett wishing to establish a new promotion to fill in that slot (even if he piggybacked off of the NWA) and held its own for a few years as the de facto #2 promotion in spite of VKM’s nigh monopoly.
About the Eric Youg thing: I found it even wilder that TNA attempted to do a KofiMania bit months later at Bound For Glory 2020 with Rich Swann with his opponent, ironically Eric Young! At least, that's how i saw it
It is fascinating seeing NXT and TNA work together this year and how it isn’t all over your face (which can be debated if it’s a good approach or not).
I mean, Mickie James was in the rumble last year or the year before while she was the Knockouts Champion. But what made Jordynne Grace's appearance a big deal was that she was allowed to get some shit in and look strong. She didn't just come out to a big pop and get tossed from the match in 30 seconds. Man... I NEED Joe Hendry to be in this coming year's rumble. The pop will be insane. I was at Smackdown back in July and one of the biggest cheers of the night wasn't for any of the people actually wrestling - it was for Joe Hendry showing up in an NXT recap package before the show started. Dude is over like rover.
If TNA or nXt don't put the strap around him it's going to be such a missed opportunity, it'll be like how TNA wasted Monty Brown, EVERYONE was salivating to see him win the NWA World title during that time.
One of my favorite times TNA took a shot at WWE was when they had Brian Myers wear an eyepatch due to a kayfabe injury with the whole thing meant to make fun of the eye for an eye match between Rollins and and Mysterio
…I kinda get the feeling that Mahi mahi thing wasn’t a joke. Like, it definitely sounds like Road Dogg was used to having mahi mahi at catering, and just wanted to get his fix before going back to TNA catering
This should be interesting. In 2004-2006 I was a DIEHARD wwe loyalist and I used to shit on TNA as much as I could for being “petty” towards the big leagues . Looking back at it, I was a stupid teenage Jabroni Mark
I remember watching the A&E WWE show about D-Generation X and they showed Triple H Giving an interview where someone asked him "Hey, the New Aged Outlaws are making fun of you and Shawn", and even Hunter said "Man those two are drugged up, who cares".
There was another shot that WWE took at TNA where when NXT was still a reality show, they had Kaval (aka Low-Ki) doing a rhyme battle and he ended it by saying "find out what I'm packing because I'm the only reason for some Total Nonstop Action"
@@immersion726 If I remember correctly, Kaval also got heat backstage for that because they didn't want him referencing them. It led to a segment where both Michael Cole and Josh Matthews insisted Kaval needed to be the next person eliminated. While it made sense for Cole, because he was entering his awful heel run at the time and viewed Kaval as the next Daniel Bryan for him to hate, Matthews had been the face cheering Kaval until he made the TNA reference.
@@jeremybrown1742 I've heard Vince wanted to fire him on the spot but couldn't. Maybe it's the reason they buried him hard when he moved to the main roster? (pure speculation)
@@immersion726 Certainly possible. Vince had some really weird whims. Kaval, Low Ki, Senshi, whatever name he's going by now brought a lot of his misfortune on himself, but I wouldn't be surprised if Vince overreacted to one off the cuff remark on a show no one was watching as if it nearly put the company out of business.
There was also another reason TNA put the title on Eric Young then which was also a copy of WWE. E-Y was hosting his own show at the time(I can't remember what) and TNA wanted to turn that into something culturally significant by putting the belt on him. Get those ratings up someway. Daniel Bryan was popular on his own but he was also showing up quite regularly on Total Divas at the time.
It was 2022 and yes, people really should be acknowledging it more. Especially since it happened under Vince in charge, stuff like that never seemed possible
The big difference though was that Mickie James had a history with WWE. Jordynne Grace had none. Both were shocking, but Grace's entry was on another level.
I find it absolutely hysterical that Dixie Carter had the audacity to say that she created" the beard".I like Eric Young and he definitely deserved that title but for TNA to think that dollar tree Bryan Danielson wasn't anything other than a joke boggles my mind.It's amazing they've lasted as long as they have
@@robertoazuaje9279 and the worst part is that Dixie said it with such convention. I don't know if she was trying to convince herself because nobody else was buying her nonsense
I know VKM isn’t looked upon fondly but as someone who’s favorite tag team was the NAO that storyline helped me really get immersed in TNA and I’m thankful for that.
You forgot Shane Douglas' "Irish Jackass" line against Vince while offering his services to The Naturals, Hulk Hogan's "All he talks about is sports entertainment. He's even afraid to mention the word professional wrestling in his dressing room" line, Team 3D's "Give this guy another line" promo against the ECW reboot and Brother Ray's "ECW fears TNA" sign during a match against Abyss.
I'll be honest I haven't watched TNA since about 2016/17, but I'll always give it respect for lasting so long and really being my first exposure to anything outside of WWE. as a kid it was crazy seeing wrestling that wasn't WWE, and it was how I discovered guys like AJ Styles, Somoa Joe, James Storm, Bobby Roode, Christopher Daniels, amongst many others. I'll always appreciate TNA regardless of the bad reputation it gets a lot of the time.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet but another TNA reference in WWE (though I can see how one might not count it) is when Kid Kash appeared on ECW One Night Stand Joey Styles described him as having Total Non-Stop Attitude.
Hey Brian would you think about doing a video on Miss Elizabeth in WCW? She was there for four years and no one ever talks about it and how weird it all was. Being paired up the man she had fled from and divorced in real life, working as a heel, her treatment under Vince Russo in 1999. All of it just so unbecoming the sweet, demure character she was known as in the WWF and looking so out of time and place.
Tony Khan needs to learn from TNA’s example. There is no re resting the ratings war; the WWE today is a vastly different entity than the WWF was in the 90’s. The tv landscape is also very different. Just like with TNA, his attempts to troll WWE and insisting they are “at war” comes across as childish and desperate.
I expect this kind of video from MarkyD 123. Instead, he's taking shots at the TNA/NXT crossover. Good job BZ! I love when you do other promotion videos.
"Showing hidden footage of me in a compromising position.....seems to be the new thing if you name is AJ" he wasn't wrong on that one cuz TNA did have the hidden camera stuff with him & Dixie first before WWE did with AJ Lee
There was one moment in 2011 where Vince and John Cena were having words in the ring. Cena indicated that if Vince was going to let him leave WWE, he would “walk out on someone else’s television show and keep doing this, brother.” It was a subtle shot at TNA, which at the time was (basically) being run by Hulk Hogan, lol.
"HICKENBOTTOM! LEVESQUE! We'll meet you at the Alamo! High Noon!"
Someone has been watching OSW
“HELP ME! THEY’RE IN MY H-“ DUN DUN DUN DUN!
Never. Gets. Old. 😂
Peewee Herman
I read that in Steve V1's voice! 😄🇮🇪
@@alm5266AT DA ALA-MO
Eric Young had SO many character changes in TNA it’s almost equivalent to Big Show heel/face turns
But he always gave his all in all of them... unlike Big Show haha
@@pierre-paulmarcil8850Big Show got paid more for his 😂
He's TNA's Chris Jericho
I always preferred early EY, when he was a scaredy cat idiot. It went downhill when he became Orlando Jordan's partner.
I think all of you have forgotten about Brutus the Barber Beefcake
That Eric Young angle was the most "Asylum mockbuster" shizz ever.
For real 😂
Snakes on a Train 🚂
In front of a fraction of the WM 30 crowd.
Kurt Angle: "My tag team division is full, but I hear TNA is hiring."
Sami trying not to laugh. KO looking like “I’d rather be dead!”
@@dkupkeSami would be world champ instantly in TNA. WWE is just giving him the Cesaro/Claudio treatment.
@@Kingofb0ngstyle and he’s making more money than he ever did in the indies. He’s not crying.
It’s crazy that he was asked to say that cause in everyone of his interviews after that he has said multiple times that he considers himself a TNA guy more than a wwe guy & that he has had his best matches in tna. It was obviously wwe being jealous that he refused to come back & wanted to have the rest of his career in tna similar to Sting & his loyalty for tna which wwe would also hold against him as well & take it out on him immaturely with his entire disappointing run in wwe just to lose every match except one, smh.
@@dkupkeand he might win the world title as well Sami
I wasn't shocked when the Outlaws returned to WWE. After Eric Bischoff walked out on Raw in 2002 and gave Vinny Mac a big ol hug, nothing surprised me anymore.
Vince loved buying people that had a gripe with him.
Hogan after the steroid trial
Sable after a 110 million dollar lawsuit
Bret Hart after Montreal
"If you're a fan of a certain age, ECW may have meant a lot to you when it existed.... also, you should take a break, pause the video, and do some light stretching to help your aching bones"
I feel personally attacked! Also.... thank you, I forgot to stretch today...
i'm 44 and that shit hit way to close to home
Never forget that Christian Cage’s original TNA run ended with the Main Event Mafia beating him senseless because he was negotiating a contract with WWE.
17:01 - Billy Gunn looking like the maximum sweat action figure version of Jeff Hardy here 😆
“sweating was forbidden HEHEHEH by the Undertaker”
I love how serious both sides take CookieGate. And then you have Eddie Konnan and Ray hanging out together. And couldn't care less about what's going on.
LWO
I had no idea that Duthty wath in TNA.
Crazy to think Cookiegate was probably the last time Eddie, Konnan, and Rey were seen on TV together
and Ron Killings was there!
They just needed Billy Kidman to reunite The Filthy Animals.
No lie, one of my favorite tna moments happened during the ECW reunion show and some fan yells “Vince sucks” during a Tommy Dreamer promo and he turns around and says “exactly”.
The issue with TNA from the start was the folks in charge thought they were keeping Vince up at night worrying when it took about 20 years for WWE to acknowledge TNA even existed.
Precisely where Tony khan is now
@@dkupkenot even close i don't even watch Aew or much wrestling as of late but they've done more in the 5 years they've existed then Tna has in almost 30. A comparison can't be made.
@@UNoWhoitis23 Tony routinely attempts to troll WWE and pushes a narrative there is a “war” between the two promotions. WEE rarely even acknowledges that AEW even exists.
For WWE taking shots at TNA, there was also that one time John Cena threatened Vince on Raw that if he was actually fired (I believe this was during his feud with The Nexus) then he'd just "Go down south, Brother!".
Close it was the feud between cena and punk and vince said if cena looses he will be fired cena basically replied saying "if you fire me I'll walk onto someone else's show brother"
Thats not a shot at TNA and also how did you make this comment yesterday?
@@WhatAisleIsTheMustardOn If you are a Channel Member (or Patreon?) you can watch it earlier.
But why would there be a brother to Vince, if he wouldn't refer to Hulk Hogan who was in TNA that time.
@WhatAisleIsTheMustardOn I just noticed that too. I thought my YT had a glitch lol
No mfer it was during his feud with Punk MITB 2011, stipulation for that match was cena leaves if he loses, then Vince gets relieved trips comes in as COO and Alberto Del Rio is champ by sunmerslam
the problem with VKM is that apparently neither HHH nor HBK even knew about it too much. from what I know, HHH asked the guys what the whole VKM stuff was about only when they went back to WWE, so the "cease and desist" thing was the biggest acknowledgment the story ever got from the "attacked" party. if that really was the biggest shot TNA ever took (which, maybe it was), then it really shows they didn't have nearly as much reach as they thought they had
And both Dogg and Ass later (on a shoot interview after their departures from TNA) acknowledged that WWE did the smart thing by not even trying to follow up.
Are you referring to the Voodoo Kin Mafia or Vincent Kennedy McMahon?
Voodoo Kin Mafia@@packedentertainment2866
@@packedentertainment2866 I thing Hunter and Shawn knew Vince well before they knew about the Mafia
@@NcWcN1 And both of them were fucked up on drugs at the time and barely even remember it.
I miss this channel, I don't know why YT stopped showing me your feed but I have been subscribed since 2016, glad to see the channel is still very much alive and thriving.
LMAO the TNA cookiegate segment from TNA turning point 2004 always makes me laugh the visual of abyss carrying balloons is absolutely hilarious traci Brooks and her cookies i believe david sahadi's dad got fired in retaliation I'm so glad this made it on the list great video brian VKM was very entertaining in TNA.
Don’t forget about the time when Low Ki was in NXT as Kaval and said “total nonstop action” in a promo!
He lasted about 5mins
@@Supervillain725 Haha yeah he did. And he won that season of NXT too!
@@Supervillain725Its not his fault, unless you count his reckless wrestling style
@@itskennyjohnsonHe was my favorite. I bought a ticket to NXT/Smackdown, just to see him, Matt Hardy & Christian.
I loved that one
Robbie is from my hometown and apparently tna did offer him a contract but he turned it down. He's still wrestling on the indys. I'm going to watch him wrestle next weekend
I always liked The Highlanders
Hello fellow Woodstonian! I'm glad Derek has found some inner peace and rediscovered his love for wrestling.
@AndyBruinewoud he's wrestling at the polish hall here in woodstock next Friday night.
Always thought that was such a b*tch move showing his face
@@logd27tna as a company likely didn’t tell the camera man (or woman) to show them. So it’s more so the camera person’s fault
Kind of funny Rhino was able to directly namedrop ECW for that promo but when Hardcore Justice happened they had to dance around it so much.
Right!? Rhino was whining about WWE taking something dead and bastardizing it...when years later Dixie did the same thing with ECW (only she couldn't use the name seeing as its trademarked) and Rhino was taking part in it. It made him look like a huge hypocrite.
Hell doesn't look like a fiery pit; it looks like Derek Graham-Couch trapped in the Impact Zone.
HEEEEELP IM STUCK IN THE IMPACT ZONE
@@mayfly619he tries to escape but as soon as he gets out of the parking lot he warps right back into the Impact Zone
For someone who grew up after the Monday night war, TNA was the number 2 for a long time. It seemed legit when angle went there, but I always loved it before he got there too. They did so many things that were awesome, x division, lockdown, samoa Joe. I have extremely fond memories of tna
Other than the Hogan and Bischoff time. Loved TNA back in the day with AJ, Daniels, and Joe.
The Highlanders were The Viking Raiders before The Viking Raiders
A Wrestling With Wregret video and my first concert on the same day. What an early birthday gift for me.
I'm hoping your first concert was Green Day
It is actually.
@@V-Master-ez1ht I was about to randomly guess Napalm Death. Boy, I was way off.
It’s just a TH-cam video dude
Cringe@@V-Master-ez1ht
The real HICKENBOTTOM! and LEVEQUE! were all the friends we made on the way to the Alamo.
Speaking of Sandow, would love to see a Damien Sandow wreget video one day
Same
Id like to expand and include an entire list of 2010s what ifs
Yes please
Probably not. His opinions post-Rona might be... Controversial.
@@RobertJW
😞 The pandemic really showed people's true colors.
The "I hear TNA is hiring" from Kurt is legendary lol
I mean he should know. He worked there 😂
It’s crazy how Billy and Road Dogg would not only win the titles and go into the Hall of Fame but Road Dogg is helping put together the shows. Everyone seems to hate WWE until there’s money to be made.
They probably buried the hatchet before they returned to wwe
@@dkmenace1990 Wow really! 🤦♂
The biggest shot TNA ever fired, imo, was its creation.
There was a huge vacuum with the deaths of WCW and ECW, and Jeff Jarrett wishing to establish a new promotion to fill in that slot (even if he piggybacked off of the NWA) and held its own for a few years as the de facto #2 promotion in spite of VKM’s nigh monopoly.
I live in NS, Canada and McAllister wrestles for one of our local promotions now!
About the Eric Youg thing: I found it even wilder that TNA attempted to do a KofiMania bit months later at Bound For Glory 2020 with Rich Swann with his opponent, ironically Eric Young! At least, that's how i saw it
I never seen that comparison till now and can’t unsee it 😂
They had a fued together because Eric young kayfabe broke rich swans ankle . So that was the grudge match . No kofi mania
Randy: "In 2005, AJ was down in Florida getting a TAN with Dixie Carter while I was here facing the Undertaker."
I met Derek/Robbie at a couple shows in my area. Really nice guy and signed a picture for me.
All of WWE'S shots are taken behind the scenes. Like spreading false rumors, tampering with contracts and stopping business deals.
I feel attacked by that stretching comment in the Rhyno entry 😂😂😂
Hickenbottom Levesque Alamo, high noon!
Sometimes, it's honestly better to see different promotions work with with each other as oppose to making each other look like shit.
And if they can't work together (For whatever reason) just focus and do their own things separately
It is fascinating seeing NXT and TNA work together this year and how it isn’t all over your face (which can be debated if it’s a good approach or not).
Because it's low-key since NXT has always had a faction of Raw and SD's viewership while TNA still has the viewership of an indy fed.
I mean, Mickie James was in the rumble last year or the year before while she was the Knockouts Champion. But what made Jordynne Grace's appearance a big deal was that she was allowed to get some shit in and look strong. She didn't just come out to a big pop and get tossed from the match in 30 seconds.
Man... I NEED Joe Hendry to be in this coming year's rumble. The pop will be insane. I was at Smackdown back in July and one of the biggest cheers of the night wasn't for any of the people actually wrestling - it was for Joe Hendry showing up in an NXT recap package before the show started. Dude is over like rover.
If TNA or nXt don't put the strap around him it's going to be such a missed opportunity, it'll be like how TNA wasted Monty Brown, EVERYONE was salivating to see him win the NWA World title during that time.
TNA took shots with Stormtrooper Aim.
One of my favorite times TNA took a shot at WWE was when they had Brian Myers wear an eyepatch due to a kayfabe injury with the whole thing meant to make fun of the eye for an eye match between Rollins and and Mysterio
…I kinda get the feeling that Mahi mahi thing wasn’t a joke. Like, it definitely sounds like Road Dogg was used to having mahi mahi at catering, and just wanted to get his fix before going back to TNA catering
6:22 Yeah and Anderson says in that promo “I worked 15 years in this business and I win the world title and they give me the divas title”
When you realize TNA had the better product for a decade...
This should be interesting. In 2004-2006 I was a DIEHARD wwe loyalist and I used to shit on TNA as much as I could for being “petty” towards the big leagues . Looking back at it, I was a stupid teenage Jabroni Mark
I remember watching the A&E WWE show about D-Generation X and they showed Triple H Giving an interview where someone asked him "Hey, the New Aged Outlaws are making fun of you and Shawn", and even Hunter said "Man those two are drugged up, who cares".
A missed WWE to TNA jab was when Low Ki was in game show NXT as Kaval and he made a reference to “total nonstop action” in a promo.
He said Vince tried to fire him right then but lawyers said legally he couldn’t
That's... Not a jab
Cats and dogs living together, except in Springfield
Sir I didn’t come here to be so personally attacked with that ECW line!
1:41 - Damn, that felt personal.
What blows my mind is that Billy Gunn, the oldest member of DX, is still wrestling today. He is also still completely jacked.
There was another shot that WWE took at TNA where when NXT was still a reality show, they had Kaval (aka Low-Ki) doing a rhyme battle and he ended it by saying "find out what I'm packing because I'm the only reason for some Total Nonstop Action"
wasn’t gameshow NXT Unscripted tho?
@@immersion726 If I remember correctly, Kaval also got heat backstage for that because they didn't want him referencing them. It led to a segment where both Michael Cole and Josh Matthews insisted Kaval needed to be the next person eliminated. While it made sense for Cole, because he was entering his awful heel run at the time and viewed Kaval as the next Daniel Bryan for him to hate, Matthews had been the face cheering Kaval until he made the TNA reference.
@@jeremybrown1742 I've heard Vince wanted to fire him on the spot but couldn't. Maybe it's the reason they buried him hard when he moved to the main roster? (pure speculation)
@@immersion726 Certainly possible. Vince had some really weird whims. Kaval, Low Ki, Senshi, whatever name he's going by now brought a lot of his misfortune on himself, but I wouldn't be surprised if Vince overreacted to one off the cuff remark on a show no one was watching as if it nearly put the company out of business.
Saying punching upward while showing the Cm Punk sucker punch clip is hilariously diabolical good on ya Brian
How was putting someone in a front face lock while in there face a sucker punch?
Sucker punch... "Dumbfuck" is your first name I suppose
09:24 "Hey-uh, Z-Man. Don't you mean, TANk-uh?"
You should do a video on Roman's babyface run from 2014-2020.
0:50 Z Man, do YOU believe in Joe Hendry?
Video Idea… “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button..I Mean Shelton” Very Underrated Talent. He definitely deserves his own career retrospective
The Gold Standard
Remember that tag team with Chad Gable 😂
Yes. Shelton was incredibly talented, and so damn humble. Had the opportunity to meet him on a few occasions, one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Cool video as always Brian 💯
How does Matt Hardy's "Man of 3 H's" burial promo NOT make this list?
I remember that Rhino promo. That was wild.
I love the Ghostbusters quote at the start, channeling your inner Bill Murray Brian, I applaud you
At least the VKM angle gave us the line "Michael KissMyBottom" 😂
I know it’s a joke but I actually did have to stretch before finishing this video. Thanks Brian.
There was also another reason TNA put the title on Eric Young then which was also a copy of WWE. E-Y was hosting his own show at the time(I can't remember what) and TNA wanted to turn that into something culturally significant by putting the belt on him. Get those ratings up someway. Daniel Bryan was popular on his own but he was also showing up quite regularly on Total Divas at the time.
James's boy Robbie Mcallister! LET'S GOOOOOOO!
God I miss pre-hogan tna it was the best wrestling promotion ever
Mickie was knockouts champ when she appeared in the rumble...was it last year? Either way, it seems that was the catalyst to all this crossover
It was 2022 and yes, people really should be acknowledging it more. Especially since it happened under Vince in charge, stuff like that never seemed possible
The big difference though was that Mickie James had a history with WWE. Jordynne Grace had none. Both were shocking, but Grace's entry was on another level.
@dwightyboy5324 yeah, Vince was not as close-minded that the iwc tries to act like he was.
@@dkmenace1990 I don't think so either. Guy was more open minded then some people make him out to be, he just wasn't willing to give into the IWC.
@@dwightyboy5324 and when he did cave to the IWC, he ended up with Stomping Ground 2019...one of the least attended wwe ppvs of all time.
The VKM segments - If the DX segments were directed by Ed Wood.
HA! 😂
@@comixproviderftw_02 *Takes a bow*
Best comment 😂
@@claymathewselevator8121 You're so nice! Thanks very much!
I find it absolutely hysterical that Dixie Carter had the audacity to say that she created" the beard".I like Eric Young and he definitely deserved that title but for TNA to think that dollar tree Bryan Danielson wasn't anything other than a joke boggles my mind.It's amazing they've lasted as long as they have
Her coming out and saying all that nonsense instantly kills whatever credibility that angle could have
@@robertoazuaje9279 and the worst part is that Dixie said it with such convention. I don't know if she was trying to convince herself because nobody else was buying her nonsense
I was in the Impact Zone when Voodoo Kin Mafia was born. Man, what a time
I liked DPW's idea for Robbie's big anti-WWE promo.
"I hate the fed because TNA got me fired!
.......wait. Damn it, let me out of the Impact Zone."
Mickey James did it first a few years back
I know VKM isn’t looked upon fondly but as someone who’s favorite tag team was the NAO that storyline helped me really get immersed in TNA and I’m thankful for that.
Thank you for not dwelling on the “big fat oily guy” segment.
You forgot Shane Douglas' "Irish Jackass" line against Vince while offering his services to The Naturals, Hulk Hogan's "All he talks about is sports entertainment. He's even afraid to mention the word professional wrestling in his dressing room" line, Team 3D's "Give this guy another line" promo against the ECW reboot and Brother Ray's "ECW fears TNA" sign during a match against Abyss.
For TNA lasting this long, TNA definitely deserves their flowers. TNA! TNA! TNA!
@@kvn8r They're the zombie of pro wrestling. They're dead but they won't go away lol
@@ReflectionOfPerfectionI would say ROH is the zombie of pro wrestling. After being bought by Tony Khan they became AEW’s D show
@@Y2JHHHDX nah, RoH got bought out. They're essentially NXT without the charm these days. TNA is still independently owned....for now
I'll be honest I haven't watched TNA since about 2016/17, but I'll always give it respect for lasting so long and really being my first exposure to anything outside of WWE. as a kid it was crazy seeing wrestling that wasn't WWE, and it was how I discovered guys like AJ Styles, Somoa Joe, James Storm, Bobby Roode, Christopher Daniels, amongst many others. I'll always appreciate TNA regardless of the bad reputation it gets a lot of the time.
@@Y2JHHHDXif it wasn't for Tony ROH would disappear lol, just be glad that he bought it and employes people, dumbass
Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet but another TNA reference in WWE (though I can see how one might not count it) is when Kid Kash appeared on ECW One Night Stand Joey Styles described him as having Total Non-Stop Attitude.
Hey Brian would you think about doing a video on Miss Elizabeth in WCW? She was there for four years and no one ever talks about it and how weird it all was. Being paired up the man she had fled from and divorced in real life, working as a heel, her treatment under Vince Russo in 1999. All of it just so unbecoming the sweet, demure character she was known as in the WWF and looking so out of time and place.
5:25 Remember the match he had with Christy Hemme? Poor Christy, i heard she had a big contract, but that was just.... bah.
Thank you Brian for reminding me that my aching bones needed a stretch. That's what being 40 does to ya.
Gunn and Jamnes calling out DX was pretty
sad and pathetic
Especially since they were like 1/3 of DX 😂
No, it was pretty funny. Plus the revival of DX was just a shit tag team anyays.
They wrestled long enough to become the Old Age Inlaws.
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No it was actually really sad and a desperate cry for attention
The "Will the WWE talk about it?" joke was pretty clever.
Tony Khan needs to learn from TNA’s example. There is no re resting the ratings war; the WWE today is a vastly different entity than the WWF was in the 90’s. The tv landscape is also very different. Just like with TNA, his attempts to troll WWE and insisting they are “at war” comes across as childish and desperate.
The worst thing Tony could ever do is attempt the Monday Night Wars like TNA
Excellent video
I expect this kind of video from MarkyD 123. Instead, he's taking shots at the TNA/NXT crossover.
Good job BZ! I love when you do other promotion videos.
Kaval/Low-Ki on NXT Season 2 saying he was the 'Total Nonstop Action of NXT' was pretty hilarious actually
Thanks for the video Brian
I hope TNA gets better talents from NXT rather than the unknowns they had so far
I've been watching your channel for years!! Whoop Whoop
You can't spell "yes" without E.Y(Eric Young)
Remember When Dr. House From House M.D. was watching TNA In one episode of the Fox Medical drama It's Real It's Damn Real
Oh my gosh, Number 4 I think was mentioned on the Deadlock podcast when they were reviewing that episode!
"Showing hidden footage of me in a compromising position.....seems to be the new thing if you name is AJ" he wasn't wrong on that one cuz TNA did have the hidden camera stuff with him & Dixie first before WWE did with AJ Lee
Think you'll ever cover the WWF "Billionare Ted" Skits one day?
There was one moment in 2011 where Vince and John Cena were having words in the ring.
Cena indicated that if Vince was going to let him leave WWE, he would “walk out on someone else’s television show and keep doing this, brother.”
It was a subtle shot at TNA, which at the time was (basically) being run by Hulk Hogan, lol.
Please do the AEW version of this video lol
*”Szatkowski! We’ll meet you in Amsterdam! High, noon!”*
I like TNA nowdays, watch it weekly.
When I was growing up I tuned in to TNA once. And I saw a VKM segment, and it turned me off the product for years
Yeah I saw about 20 minutes of one episode of one show. I never came back. Dixie Carter has zero business in the business.
When a segment has a subtle jab at the competition, it's all fun. However, too many behind the curtain references can be confusing. The ALAMO!!!
Great Ghostbusters reference
Wow, I was today years old when I learned about “Cookiegate” 😂