Bryan and Vinny review the GUARD BIRD episode of Impact

[@Tessou]

Bryan explaining Sting's motivation for the guard bird is one of the crown jewels of wrestling reviews. A bird to hold Eric Bischoff HOSTAGE.

[@piefish1000]

Bischoff sold for the bird is the greatest sentence ever XD

[@turtlehead2]

“He recoiled in fear” is right up there with it

[@At0micPunk90]

I've been binge-watching/listening to these old Bryan and Vinny reviews for the best couple of weeks, and this one might be my favorite so far, just for the absurdity of the GUARD BIRD!

[@KutuluMike]

nothing beats the barbed wire christmas tree rant.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

the souled out review is one my favorites.

[@LMLR187]

they're all good including vinny's lockdown 2014 meltdown

[@Jackaljkljkl]

@@KutuluMike I raise you a Gold Boat...

[@dadgonegamer2654]

Bischoff…SOLD FOR THE BIRD! One of my favorite Bryan Alvarez lines ever.

[@rkoviper9259]

Bischoff SOLD FOR THE BIRRRRRD!!!!

[@johnthesportsarchivist2600]

And it was MINUS FIVE STARS!!!

[@turtlehead2]

RKOVIPER925 I periodically come back to hear that part 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SquallLion90]

A. GUARD. BIRD.

[@turtlehead2]

I'm back again lol

[@At0micPunk90]

"Shawn Michaels would not put up with this shit." If Shawn Michaels saw a bird flying toward him, he'd probably super kick it in midair.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

And ironically, the bird's name would be Stan lol

[@vanille0378]

20:12 The Guard Bird Rant

[@vids2002]

Syth The Dark Thank you

[@JimiHomeless28]

"I was totally fine with this match, until they did the vagina kicking." - Bryan

[@TempestLikesWrestling]

I totally forgot about this video and I just saw the title and I'm crying I'm laughing so hard.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Bischoff SOLD FOR THE BIRD!!!!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Magpies are nothing to scoff at. Smart fucking creatures, that family of birds. Probably smarter than the entire TNA booking staff. Bird should have gotten a push behind the scenes.

[@ramseysteven86]

"Bischoff SOLDFORTHEBIRD"

[@DiscoverPhilSmith]

Bischoff sold for the bird! Stay away from me, bird!

[@DreFromMaine8472]

This is one of my top five favorite B & V vids of all time. And I loved Joker Sting!

[@carnauris1726]

bischoff... SOLD FOR THE BIRRRRD

[@PigMan161]

I’ll find myself saying to myself “HE SOLD FOR THE BIRD” far too often

[@ENTERPLAYSTUDIO]

Who the HELL would dislike this? Awesome vid, thanks man! Really enjoy ur work!

[@toritwopointoh]

ENTERPLAY eric bischoff, at birdpoint

[@fieldingmellish44]

I remember this with great fondness. This was the point at which Impact officially became too dumb to get angry about. Thanks for sharing.

[@stoneharper7038]

One of the best calls in this channels history, to this day

[@deonteswanier6618]

STAY AWAY FROM ME BIRD!!!

[@Headbanger142]

Right as WWE was red hot with the CM Punk Pipebomb storyline, TNA was lying flat on its ass with this totally convoluted Network story line. Pathetic.

[@rickhaavisto9023]

Headbanger142 Storyline? Do you mean storypoints?

[@planescaped]

And yet, back when Christian first jumped ship they were white hot and finally getting people to actually know that they existed... and they *murdered* everything with a chemical Russo attack that drove away an audience that had already been driven away! They were in the 'right place at the right time' moment. And they squandered and botched everything... wow. TNA screwed TNA far more than WWE ever could have.

[@SquallLion90]

Stay away from me bird!

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Guard Bird for 2020 WWE Hall of Fame

[@turtlehead2]

22:29 on repeat

[@KingKZ187]

Oh man I've been waiting for this!

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Retribution could use a Guard Bird right about now...AND Joker Sting.

[@Hammerhead547]

They could have al least used a bird that looked threatening like say a vulture or a falcon.

[@gray007nl]

Nah those birds are expensive

[@tthomaselli2]

2:44-2:55.; Couldn't have said it, better... It drives me nuts when WWE does that.; It drives me even more crazy when TNA does that.

[@GregoryWeagle]

I do love them talking about three ways where the it's 2 on 1 advantage babyfaces like it's a bad thing, despite Wrestlemania 20's main event being 2 on 1 advantage babyfaces in storyline being one of the best main events in the show's history.

[@UMOGrunt]

@Damien Croner Apparently he didn't watch the Bryan-Orton-Batista match about how to do a proper 3 way.

[@kbennett2587]

I like joker sting, I think it was the point sting realized how bad tna was at that point. So, it was like his attempt at voicing his anger at the tna booking.

[@lordofthedrums93]

I find this photo of Sting... Unsettling.

[@d04lvallier]

But Vinny when hasn't there been "bullshit with Eric Young" on TNA

[@tomsawyer5736]

Classic episode.

[@EvanSchatz]

sting reminds me a lot of the title character from American Psycho here

[@The90Inferno09]

Instant Classic... They (B&V and everyone else) were so pissed, this was so stupid... This was the last Impact I ever saw because I recall myself thinking "This is what they give to me, so this must be what they think of me...and fI found it very offensive"... Later in time Dixie explained just that... (but I was long gone)

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

What a fucking coincidence. In the WWE Samoa Joe's gimmick is "fat-fuck who can't beat anyone" - guess we know where they've been getting their booking ideas. Late-2000's TNA. That's a bold move, Cotton. Also - was it common misconception back then that a kick to the cooch didn't hurt? It does hurt, there are a lot of nerve endings down there. Not as much as for dudes, but it's not like that episode with Peggy on kick of the hill. You kick a chick in the vagina and she is going down like a ton of bricks.

[@jerransperarman9411]

good review

[@ryan_alexander]

jerran sperarman good comment

[@grahammoreton3626]

@@ryan_alexander good review of the comment

[@CMXfan]

Oh Jebus. Here we go

[@GregoryWeagle]

To Vinny: The NFL has had 278 ties in the past 83 years; which is 3.3 ties a year, and only 20 ties in the past 30 years. That's much less than one tie a week; more like once every five and a half weeks.

[@alec1115]

Gregory Weagle I think he meant tie at the end of regulation.

[@TheDrunkLawyer]

I wish 2010 2011 impact episodes were on the impact plus app lmao so bad

[@Wartypenis]

Yes God yes

[@loganm986]

I swear, Russo was in an arms race with himself to make the most ridiculous, anti run-in set up and make a run-in somehow

[@ItsAGoodChannel]

#guardbird4mainevent

[@DreFromMaine8472]

LOL, they actually said Hogan’s career began in 1984??? Please! I’ll bet they thought their audience was ignorant and that none of them were aware of Hogan’s time in the AWA in the early 80s. They were clearly going by old school WWF standards of never acknowledging their wrestlers’ time in other companies. And they actually thought no one would catch that and know it was wrong? Pathetic, and so typical of TNA at the time, hahahaha!

[@markmallone7484]

I never expected anything of TNA so didn't get disappointed even when the hit the hight of stupidly. Joker sting didn't bother me much, thought he at least played the part ok. I only had access to WWF in my country as a child however so maybe thats why it didnt bother me. If it were Undertaker in impact zone with stupid stories I'd be super sad as he arrived when i started watching wrestling so guess thats kind of what old school wcw fans feel about sting.

[@calebbonney4193]

Did they actually say Rob Van Dam wasn't very good?

[@rickhaavisto9023]

At that time he wasn’t. He consistently botched and hurt people

[@wereallscrewed9714]

He wasn't

[@UMOGrunt]

Not a good worker nor that good of a wrestler.

[@LostOneOmega]

Seems like there were more talking segments than wrestling... that's just poor booking

[@AnArchyRulzz]

LostOneOmega sounds like a Russo show

[@dcoker9738]

Russo was gone at this point

[@SirJoelsuf1]

22:30

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

Nothing says ratings and BUYS like authority vs. authority storylines. Every instance of "the network" in wrestling sucked: Cyrus in ECW, Palmer Cannon on Smackdown, The Miz as the network's host and cRaZy Sting as the network's executive in TNA.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

@Stone Harper Don Callis could have been the GOAT in that role but I just don't care about two non-wrestlers feuding on a wrestling show.

[@Jackaljkljkl]

Pterodactyls were not birds, Bryan!

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

to be fair im fairly certain almost every cage match has had some from of interference, but still a fucking bird really :/

[@kjdWHU]

To think people critique AEW. This is sooo bad it funny

[@rosscampbell5141]

You're wearing makeup Scott Steiner cried

[@GranTyrant]

It's always pathetic to hear an amateur criticize a pro by relating their amateur experience to those of the pros. Nobody ever saw you wrestle, Bryan, so forgive me if I don't believe you. And Dave, how can you be critical of RVD s kicks when you hang on the nuts of strong style and stiff wrestling whenever you're handing out star ratings?

[@rickhaavisto9023]

How about, for one thing, the fact that it wasn’t Dave. Maybe pay attention to the title bud?

[@Azreal231916]

Hahahahaha! Vinny and Dave don’t even sound alike

[@GranTyrant]

I stand corrected

[@UMOGrunt]

Except strong and stiff style you're supposed to hit people in American style you're traditionally not supposed to really hit one another unless you and your opponent both want to work stiff. Plus RVD is the same guy that once 5 Star Frog Splashed Triple H and landed on his neck.