ZACH GOWEN 2.0 OR WILL IT BLOW?

[@chocobros1]

My son thought this was gonna be an NXT 2.0 wrestler on RoH for the first time, but don't worry I smacked him one to teach him a lesson.

[@StarlightEater]

Loool sucked in!

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Lol

[@mrbludclot3798]

“Zip it!” - aj styles

[@russellcampbell3500]

Shuv it man. Should have hit him with a brick.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Haa! 😄👍

[@k.jamescarters9557]

This will be fun. I liked Melendez but not sure if I was “tricked” as he was very sympathetic. The guy was at least tough looking unlike Gowan who weighed about 7 stone!

[@ImagineABear]

I spent some time training at Team 3D Academy when Chris Melendez was there. The nicest and hardest working guy you'll ever meet in your life.

[@arostwocents]

Melendez sucked big time. I respected what he had achieved but it was crazy that they kept pushing him. Impact was more popular elsewhere in the world and the US army is seen as a force representing true evil, not something amazing and positive, where the people part of it are at best dupes and at worst complicit in enabling the empire to have a negative impact on the entire world. 👎

[@arostwocents]

The US army has been part of crimes against humanity since their inception yet the propaganda works to make you all think they represent freedom 😂 while occupying over 100 nations 😂

[@arostwocents]

Learn what the US did regarding trade on the border during the NK famine to deliberately make it a lot worse and cause people to starve. Then ask yourself who is the evil side. The side who just wants to stay in their own country and have freedom to not be part of the US financial system, or the country that is targeting farmers to deliberately cause destitution and starvation 👎 when the suffering of the working class means nothing to the US when they are doing it themselves. You think another nation is going to look at you causing their working class massive suffering and say 'yeah, they represent freedom and morality and all positive things, let's allow them to use our nation financially like the rest of the world' ? 😂

[@marcuswatkins9267]

You could do Jarrett's MMA gimmick as a video.

[@Stumpers24]

I actually enjoyed TNA in 2014-15. The EY heel gimmick was awesome

[@JoeChillton]

He and Maria had excellent heat

[@RC99_Productions]

Melendez, to me, is in the category of "wrestlers I randomly remember for no reason at all" and I was still watching TNA at that time. He wasn't bad in the ring, just not as advanced or experienced enough. Maybe doing dark matches before tapings or working the indies (with TNA's permission) would have helped him in the ring because he's super basic. Not good but not bad either. Just meh. Speaking of legs, Dustin Thomas has no legs but, to my knowledge, has wrestled 8 matches in his career so far so he would count for Ring Of The Hawk if you're able to find them.

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I can think of one reason why you remember him.

[@jjohnwords2873]

Fisherman suplex with a prosthetic leg was quite impressive

[@emo_LeBron]

man this is why i love ur channel, no one else would cover obscure TNA content like this

[@rickylewis1451]

Didn't know Mr Anderson was in the army either, that's awesome. Makes that fued with Kurt angle even better

[@Markyd123]

I can't remember if they mentioned tha during the feud. Im planning on making a new episode of FEUD on that one because it's great!

[@rickylewis1451]

@@Markyd123 oh hell yea that will be one I can't wait to see

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@Markyd123 awesome love Anderson

[@ArizonaColt407]

Your early TNA reviews are my favourite thing on YT. Love em!

[@RomaroBrandon]

Xemo looks like Enzo Amore (if he was taller), The Miz immediately following The Real World, or DJ Pauly if he was from Cali instead of Jersey

[@TheMovieBuff96]

I'm surprised you rarely talk about Impact from 2014-2019. They had a lot of agile heavyweights like Bobby Lashley, Brian Cage, Drew McIntyre, Moose, Killer Kross, etc.

[@theepicgaming5260]

So mid tho

[@zheretxc]

other than drew and lashley those guys had kind of lackluster runs as champ

[@TheMovieBuff96]

@@zheretxc you think so, even with Brian Cage? His run had some awesome matches with Lashley, John Morrison, and Sammy Calihan.

[@ryderd8243]

I think the Hawk should look into Kazuchika Okada's ill-fated TNA run. Yes, The Rainmaker was in TNA. And wooooo boy was it bad; so bad in fact that it was the sole reason he took on the Rainmaker character in the first place.

[@HeelDashing]

I remember him having a match as Okada then randomly becoming Okato, Samoa Joe’s sidekick, getting kidnapped finally randomly returning as himself months later for one match.

[@MegaShingo97]

He's already did a a video on his run before

[@terrywilliams8815]

I’m happy you made this one on Melendez, this shaped Eric Young as a heel

[@thebeatdownclowns4276]

I liked this story arc lol. The feud with Eric Young was kind of a perfect hero's tale. He can't compete against two-legged wrestlers, even with his prosthetic. So he bets it, for one more shot at respect. Loses it all. Learns to fight without the prosthetic and then finally. FINALLY. Wins a match and gets his leg back. One of the greatest wrestling stories ever told.

[@arostwocents]

He wasn't a character you liked or had any sympathy for. Their US Audience was tiny compared to the rest of the world. His gimmick should have been he saw the army for what it was and was furious he lost his leg to make rich men richer. That would have worked a lot better. He would have been a big time heel in the land of dupes for pro war propaganda and a massive face everywhere else. Gimmicks that reach into real life issues is how you grow wrestling. Imagine him standing against the US occupying Syria and stealing their oil - it would actually grow the business as people who don't normally watch would want to see the gimmick either to support it or be furious at it, like Austin appealed to those who hated their boss.

[@othertalk3313]

Mocking a one-legged legit combat veteran is top tier cheap heat. Any heel would love that job, even if they had to do the J.O.B.

[@arostwocents]

I don't think many heels are gonna want to job to this guy. It would be worse than losing to the Brooklyn Brawler.

[@theofficalkurtangleaccount4276]

The episodes aren’t actually months apart, TNA was taping around this time. The crowd would’ve seen him more often then you do.

[@Markyd123]

Ahhh okay

[@NoTengoDinero69]

I've been begging for this one for like a year straight! Thank you MarkyD!

[@kyrofletch7189]

Wake up Babe a New MarkyD Video dropped.

[@vonVile]

Zima Ion and Robbie E are now in NXT 2.0 as Joaquin Wilde and Robert Stone. Do Killer Kross's and Scarlet Bordeaux's Impact runs.

[@OrthwormJEB]

Oh, god. I remember this dude. Too bad I only remember him the moment I watched this video. He was quickly forgettable after he was let go.

[@victortineo9278]

He is one of the hundreds of cases of a wrestler that is booked as a geek and can't get over because of it. This guy was a decent wrestler, decent charisma and had a good backstory that could be good character, but TNA just screwed him over and over

[@al-manasama8370]

Marky, I been watching for a year now and I love your videos, keet it up man.

[@redrc9771]

I remember watching this time of TNA and I remember him as well

[@NEMOfishZ92]

The big boot with the fake leg should have been his finnisher lol

[@JohnnyV123]

I was watching Impact during this time and it was maddening they kept doing this. It felt they had no jobbers so whenever you had someone new come in with some promise they usually lost.....even to Robbie E. Along with Chris Melendez not getting a chance and being set up to fail, neither did Santana Garett (Brittany), Samuel Shaw, Taeler Hendrix, Joey Ryan (which now I'm completely okay with), or Joe Hendry. Those are ones I can come up with off the top of my head and as far as I remember they didn't get booked in a way you could get behind them.

[@Markyd123]

You’re not wrong was livid about Brittany she could of been great

[@Hellraiser988]

Shaw was fucking gold

[@Landofnothing]

"At least hes got a new vest...it says army on it." 🤣

[@glenncross4987]

There may have been some promise but it didn't help that tna kept having Chris job out 9 times out of 10 in under 3 minutes. Most fans could care less for a loser and Melendez kept losing. 3 wins out of 14 matches might be the least amount on RoH so far with a horrible win percentage

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Lol damn

[@paulwoodford6229]

"Couldn't care less," not " Care less, " as that implies that they do care to some degree.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Best amputee in the biz . Sorry Zach , although i did enjoy his work too . He sold like a champ !!!

[@m0ndobutter255]

A good one for Ring of the Hawk might be Kana (currently Asuka) in Shimmer, as she wrestled 29 matches in the promotion over the span of 3 years (2011-2014)

[@othertalk3313]

The Hawk doesn't do B-shows. Shimmer seems even further down the alphabet.

[@JacobMobley]

Oh c’mon Hawk, DJZ for what it was and what he was given to do was never boring, maybe even great. He was also entertaining to watch in the ring.

[@Markyd123]

Yea he was but I hated that DJ gimmick

[@brandongordon2392]

I was so happy you used the Samoan Drop bit

[@karlrudd8914]

Good God. I didn't think you could beat the *no leg* elephant in the room until I saw that MASSIVE FOREHEAD

[@flacanell5791]

TNA reviews are epic. I remember Eric Young beating the guy with the leg. Smfh. Bunch of slapnuts lol

[@Ozma2]

I really hate that I'm going to have to tell my nephew one day that the first ever wrestling match he saw was Jesse Godderz vs Chris Melendez

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Lol

[@Markyd123]

Hahah and he still a wrestling fan?

[@Ozma2]

Never mind, I was sure it was Jesse Godderz but as far as I can tell that match never happened. Maybe it was a segment, who knows.

[@Ozma2]

@@Markyd123 I'm trying my best with that!

[@othertalk3313]

Have you tried slapping your nephew in to submission?

[@markosziss6452]

Ring of the Hawk request: Sabu in XPW Jake the Snake in AAA

[@diluted8]

I remember this dude. Was a sergeant I think.

[@annualgiftman9472]

good on him for chasing his dream and making it to tna : )

[@nonverbalpie8151]

A weird suggestion for Ring of the hawk, Abyss in ROH.

[@Rabid.Prinxe]

Damn thought this was an old video lol

[@pro42o81]

i like these videos cuz i grew out of wrestling in 2006ish. havent watched anything until last year and i rather watch your content than any wrestling promotion

[@Slycology]

I come here for Drew McDonald

[@jjohnwords2873]

It's always a like from me when I hear the Dutty Wine Instrumetal on your videos

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Looked like Sammy Callihan was yellen at Sandmans methed out brother in the crowd lol !

[@Markyd123]

Hahaha it really does!

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

This was the guy that Johnny Ace was supposed to hire for WWE. And…he hired the wrong one…Zach Gowan.

[@i_am_raph]

so, if the prosthetic leg is attached, it doesnt count as a "foreign object" right? if someone pulls it off and hits someone with it, is that a dq?

[@Ripevenriplier]

Went the lack of Carisma hits.....

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

**Charisma

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Of course Wild Slap Nuts appears

[@TheJrockfreak]

lol I have to admit I did love the DJZ gimmick. I love a gimmick where someone is being over the top

[@retropiledriver1558]

I have a request, maybe it's an odd one. I'm a pretty big fan of Jamie Noble and I think it would be really neat to have his passage in ROH as James Gibson, less than 30 matches, probably a bunch of great ones in there!

[@mehmetgoren5955]

A video about Bram(Tom Latimer) would be nice Totally underrated

[@middlefinger1565]

Zach Gowan had ZILCH business being in pro wrestling. Period. No offense...but he should have taken his mom's advice...and wrestled in the Special Olympics...instead. That would've been his safest bet. And I'm NOT saying this in a disrespectful way...either. It's just that Gowan would've been a superstar if he wrestled in the Special Olympics.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Sorta like a TNA one legged Sargent Slaughter

[@conradojavier7547]

please talk about Kerry Von Erich's Run on the WWF.

[@gonzalogca4907]

You should do a video about Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis in WWE since they just returned to Impact.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Maria was in WWE in the 2000s also

[@Markyd123]

Already on my list I'm a fan of both

[@ltdisthe1589]

Here's a good ROH idea, Pentagon Jr./ The Lucha Bros in TNA!!!

[@rickylewis1451]

Wow he was in Iraq 2 years before I was, didn't know that

[@treywar25]

just because a wrestler gets up after a move doesn’t mean they “no-sold”… if they’re acting groggy and unbalanced then you’re still selling the move…

[@borobinson7005]

Is we still flyin to Graceland at 100k subscribers?? 🦅

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Yes

[@Markyd123]

The Graceland of Wes Pisco

[@casper5523]

He only has one foot, how was he eliminated

[@larrytod9790]

I Barely remember this guy in TNA. I was watching WWE because they were one a roll at that time so I didn't watch TNA all that much

[@JoeChillton]

Speaking of this era, mind doing The Rising consisting of Mika, LA Knight/Eli Drake and Galloway/McIntyre?

[@jordansatranny9269]

Brian cage’s aew run for ROH

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Did he already leave lol

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

He’s still signed there

[@DofSWORDZ]

Robbies yellow balloon gear and Eric youngs pink tighties look terrible 😂

[@lookingforlove839]

Southpaw regional wrestling please

[@illlogick7151]

a one legged maven

[@theotakuthug5351]

I was like 15 and I love the bromance gimmick including djz

[@zoewood1746]

First shuv it man

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Lmao Tna had someone put their prosthetic leg up in a match and he lost. I will always love tna for its wacky storylines

[@tajunoor1311]

Wasn't expecting a wild slap-nuts appears.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

I have a question about : what's the difference between Chris Melendez and Zach Gowen prosthetic leg ? Why Chris can wrestling with his prothestic leg and have a good mobility. But Zach have to removed it before to compete a match ? Is it possible for Zach to wrestling with his prosthetic leg like Chris ?

[@sppspharmdude]

Cause one is the whole leg and the other is from the knee down. Maybe the quality of the prosthetic is a factor as well.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

@@sppspharmdude Thank you for answer 🙂

[@mariomm9080]

Can't imagine how would anyone want to see this

[@kamarichristie4346]

Underrated

[@JustJulyo]

Had no clue Anderson was in the army great research with these series!

[@Hellraiser988]

Anderson, Bobby Lashely, Randy Ortion and Mendez were

[@eternalblasphemy6526]

@@Hellraiser988 I wouldn't put Orton in this list for the reasons both you and I know.

[@aaronrobinson8394]

I hated Xema so much and not in a good way. Brilliant worker but his character is just annoying and not in a way I want to see them ever again. Wonder what he got up to after

[@garyblackburn3080]

I hated him too. Hes in NXT wrestling as Joaquin Wilde or somethin

[@aaronrobinson8394]

@@garyblackburn3080 it’s sad really even his indie work he still played a dj. That shit got stale in society after people stopped giving a fuck about jersey shore. Defo seemed like he couldn’t be arsed to think of a new gimmick

[@michaelneves1371]

I didn't buy any Jeff Jarrett Gold bars. Did I miss out or was it a scam 🙄

[@garyblackburn3080]

It was a pyramid scheme...the video even got taken off KZbin for being fraudulent lol

[@aperson5215]

Ring of the hawk matt striker? Or Joe Hendry in Impact wrestling

[@bandu2512]

How is Barood doing?

[@Markyd123]

spoke to him today he's good. Coming to uk in june

[@bandu2512]

@@Markyd123 Great news. You have created awareness about him right from the ring ka king series and Jimmy Rave interview. Thank you very much.

[@philthatcher6111]

Wwf 1990 tugboat run brother

[@HereIsRick]

Goldberg as a full time wrestler in WWE. He had less than 30 matches I'm pretty sure, plus you get to review the HHH reign of terror. It's a lose-lose for everyone!

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

I want to thank Brian Maxwell Mann for coining the term "Option Leg", after them using Melendez's prosthetic leg as a prop device several times.

[@ColeYote]

I liked DJZ... (I mean, granted that was more for his wrestling ability than his character work) (His involvement in Legado del Fantasma is an improvement)

[@Votedjt2024]

Yes i remember Chris Melendez helped to team 3d

[@marcohavokkhaos]

I didn't watch TNA, during this time. It didn't look like I missed much.

[@realghosttea]

Southern Justice. WWF. Slap nuts. Squawking Stephen Hawking. Review it.

[@theguy1233]

Can you do Shane mcmahon his run 2016 to 2022 he had 28 matches

[@StarlightEater]

Someone needs to get smacked one

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

He’s gonna have more clearly

[@edwells4769]

Report the commentors "b" and "lol" as they are bots. There are hundreds of these that just recently showed up. You'll see them on all the wrestling channels from AEW to NWA

[@Markyd123]

Yea I see loads of spam and bots I don’t see what the point is

[@theOneOnlyTed]

Yep

[@seantaft3853]

11:24 If I need to explain, you must be new here and welcome.

[@robw5741]

The original hurt business? You're not going to wait for bobby Lashley to say that?

[@ShowstopperHerbB]

Voicemail: Please leave your message for.. “Double J. JEFF JARRETT”.. after the tone

[@conradojavier7547]

Givr me a Ring of the Hawk on Mr. America in 2003.

[@GeneralJLC]

I remember this guy. Wish I didn't.

[@CheezusChrist1776]

Will he get in a boat and give it a row? The haters are all dying to know

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Lol

[@jasperdegroot5928]

This guy could have used Steve Maclin's current gimmick.

[@texangamer137]

I feel tna could have done better with him. I feel it was impressive just for the fact that he was able to at least hang with the others despite having one leg and can barely move. He sure as hell can hold himself, despite some booking decisions

[@Hallofshame-f7x]

Hey markyd123 can you review tna victory road 2011 ppv

[@Markyd123]

It's been done so many times by other channels. I did review 2009 though which was also a bad show.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@Markyd123 yeah but you’re way better than other channels

[@Markyd123]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Thanks dude means alot

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@Markyd123 no problem man, you’re the man

[@anonluxor470]

Isn't Robbie e afraid of clowns in real life?

[@andreask3675]

We want TJ in CZW

[@tajunoor1311]

You should do a video of Eli Drake's Impact world title reign